Nebraska Newspapers

    THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIDUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
1 f DEFINITE
RAILWAY COMMISSION WANTS
MORE DETAILED REPORTS
TO AIO STATER LAWMAKERS
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Tho state railway commission is In
Blsting upon a raoro detailed report
from railroad companies in regard to
passes issued. In 1907 tho Nebraska
legislature passed an anti-pass law
which makes it unlawful for a railroad
to give or for persons to receive or
use a freo pass, employes and certain
others excepted. This law lias beoli
in force in Nebraska ever since its
passage. It requires railroads to Mo
monthly reports of passes issued. Re
cently these reports have boon meagre
In form and havo failed to show under
what exception in tho law tho person
rocolvlng a pass is entitled to recolve
one.
Tho penalty under tho Nebraska law
for giving, or receiving or using an
unlawful pass Is n fine of from $100 to
$1,000 for each offense. Every tlmo
such a pass is used would probably
constitute a scperato offense. Tho
stato law excopts tho uso of free
passes by tho following classes of per
sons: Officers, agontB, bonalldo employes,
the major portion of whoso tlmo Ih
dovoted to tho sorvlco of such railroad
company, and dopendent mombors of
their lmmedlato families.
Children under sovon years of nge.
Officials and linemen of telegraph
companies.
Ex-employes retired from sorvlco on
account of ago or tholr widows.
Ex-employes retired from scrvlco on
account of disability sustained while
in tho sorvlco of said railroad com
pany and tho dependent mombors of
tholr lmmedlato families, or the wid
ows or dopendent children of all em
ployes who die while in tho sorvlco of
such railroad company.
Tho corpuo of any employe dying In
the sorvlco.
NocesBary caretakers of livo stock,
poultry, vegetables and fruit, includ
ing transportation to and from tho
point of delivery.
Employos of sleeping car compan
ies, express companies, and railway
mail service omployos, nows boys on
tralnB, baggage agents and persons' in
jured in wrecks and physicians and
nurses attending them.
To Aid the State Law Makers
A eommlttoo comprising legislators,
attorneys and representatives of tho
legislative reference bureau called on
Governor Morehoad last wook and
later orgonlzod for tho work of for
mulating recommendations to tho leg
islature for tho standardization of
bills and legislative procedure J.
J. ThomftB, ono of tho attornoys ap
pointed by tho stato bar association
wbb olocted chairman of tho commit
tee and MIsb Myrtlo Keogan, an as
sistant in tho legislative roforonco
bureau, was chosen socrotary, It will
bo somo time boforo tho committeo
formulates its report. Tho recom
mendations will probably bo some
what similar to Uiobo mado by a Joint
loglslativo committee appointed for
lhat purposo from tho membership of
tho legislature of 1013, and which
submitted Its report to tho governor
and tho members of tho legislature
of 1915.
To Sue Douglas County Treasurer
W. Q, Uro, treasurer of Douglaa
county and his bondsmen will soon bo
made defendants in a suit filed by tho
state of Nebraska, probably In tho su
preme court at Lincoln, to colloct
$8,800 as Interest at 10 per cent on
state monoya which ho hold back ut
djfforcnt tlmos during the period from
April, 1915, to and Including February,
1916, and which he Bhould havo re
mitted monthly to tho Btato treasurer.
On tho outcomo of this Buit will do
pend whothor or not tho state can col
loct similar ponnltles from other coun
ty treasurers of tho state who havo
failed to maKo monthly romlttancos at
different timos Blnco last February. If
Uro Is hold llablo for tho interest
charged against him by Stato Auditor
Smith, tho treasury will bo enriched
by several thousand dollars moro from
those delinquent oftlclals.
University Collegiate Dobate
With olght Intorcolloglato dobnin
victorios out of the last ton contoHtB
In flVe years with Wisconsin, Minno
Botn, Iowa, Illinois and Kansas, Ne
braska loams for tho 1910 bottles will
tako tho forum Wednesday evening,
Decomber 13. Thoy will dlsouss with
representatives of Kansas, at Lincoln
and at Lawrenco, tho quostion of tho
incompatibility of the submarlno war
faro on commorco as now conducted
with tho rights of neutrals and tho
laws of nations regarding non-combatant
enemies.
To House All 8tate Departments
In tho event that a new stato houso
is provided for Nebraska by tho com
ing legislative session It will contain
room for tho stato historical society
and for tho mammoth stato library.
That is the Judgment of a number
of legislators who are favorablo to
th new capltol and who want to see
all stato activities proporly belonging
to the, stato house government housed
under one room.
MS
COUNTIE8 OWE THE STATE
Total of $46,785 for Care of County
Insane Patlonts
Counties of Nebraska owo tho
stato $40,785.78 for the care of Insano
according to tho roport of Stato Audi
tor W. II. Smith. Tho total was
$90,000 when W. B. Howard, auditor,
started to collect from the countlos,
Gage and Stanton countlos havo ro
fused to pay and n suit involving tho
matter Is pending in the supremo
court.
Most of the counties that now owo
the stato have promised to pay and
are making regular payments. Saun
ders county has paid $10,833.49 to
Auditor Smith and Its account has
been wipod oft" the books. Burt coun
ty paid $2,003.31 and Boono county
$5,272.22 and aro now square. In
two years Auditor Smith has collect
ed $32,197.17 from counties. Tho
amounts still due tho stato aro as
follows:
Box Butte $ 2.003.31
Butlor 5.C83.97
Colfax 2,500.00
Dakota itt 192.94
Dawos .-i'i 1,061.31
Gago ;"H 3,925.79
Greeley ,4, 400.00
Hayes , C07.99
IIo't 2,414.93
Johnson 5,500.00
Keith 1 7G7.8C
Lincoln 5.G98.92
Logan ' 940.76
Madteon ; 7,007.17
Worco 1,552.75
Scotts Bluff '. 381.2C
Slanton 2,213.36
Webster 3,337.47
Total $46,785.78
Quarter Million In General Fund
Nebraska's state treasury still can
tains a balance of nearly a quarter of
a million dollars in tho general fund,
notwithstanding that tho "lean sea
son" for collection of toaos has boon
running for sovornl months. Tho
statement issued by Treasurer George
Hall at tho ond o business for No
vember shows $247,000 still In that
fund. Tho totnl cash in all funds
on Novombor 30 was $1,289,000.
Tho general fund always runs down
in November and December to tho
lowest point during tho wholo year.
Stato Treasurer Hall figured last
Juno that he would probably touch
bottom with something llko $100,000
to go on, but now it looks as though
tho general fund balanco will not be
diminished much below isnnnnn imtit
county treasurers begin remitting now
Hunting for OH In Nebraska
Any rowards tho stato may offor for
a flowing well of oil may not bo ap
plied for within the next year, but
thoro aro several outfits In Nebraska,
now drilling for that product, and it Is
tho belief of stato ofllclals that limited
quantities may bo located boforo long.
Three prospects aro promlnontly
montlonod tho areas In Cass, Furnas,
and Dawes countlos, whoro offorts aro
now being mado to obtain petroleum.
Indications In all threo placos aro that
good luck will bo encountered and
that what NobraskaiiB havo hoped for
for many years past will at last be
roallzod.
Tho coming sosBlon of tho stato
loglsiaturo will bo asked to further
aid tho proposal of extending a plpo
lino to oastorn Nebraska from tho
Wvomlni? nil iini.t.. .
. .. ., 1110 lllHl H0Stj10ii
appointed a commission to InvostJgato
tho subject and tho feasibility and do
Birubillty of tho project will bo ro
portod to tho sosBlon, it is stated hero.
Edgar Howard Speaks to Students
In a spooch onllvonod by bits of
ooetrv tn uiuatrntn t..i.
- ' -- -----..v ,i uui. tun uo uono
with words, Edgar Howard, lleuton-nnt-govornor-oloct,
editor of tho Co-
iimbus Tologram, spoko to Journal
sm Btudonts nt tho university, on
tho duties and opportunities of tho
odltor. Mr. Howard nBsorted that
whllo tho olty papers might bo under
tho control of tho publlo sorvlco cor
poratlons, tho country editor was
often no less subsorvlont to tho pow
orful intorosts in his community, and
ho urgod nn Independent stand by
thoso who entered tho profession.
A compreheii8lvoro.onnctmeiit of
publlo health laws la qulto apt to ro
suit during tho coming loglslativo sos
a on. Dr. Cnrroll Fox, tho fodoral phy
slclaii, who reviewed Nebraska's con
dltidns carefully a year ago, has mado
oxtenslvo recommendations behind
which tho groater share of tho modi
cnl profession scorns to bo solidly in
trenched. Will Banquet the Members
Sovon of the writers of Nebraska's
prosont constitution havo boon locat
ed nnd hnvo Indicated tholr willing
ness to attoiul tho banquet to be ten
dered thorn Snturdny night. Decern
bor 30, by tho lognl association of
Omahu. Thoy are O. A. AbboU or
Grand Island; A. G. Kendall of San
Bernardino. Cul.j John Leo Webster
of Omaha j JomeB W. Dawes of Ot
tuinwn, In.; Isaac Powora. Jr., of Nor
folk; ox-Chiof Justice M. B. nooso of
Lincoln, and A. M. Walling of David
Governor-elect Novlllo has an
nouncod tho following appointments:
W, fa. Itldgell of Alliance, ro-up-pointed
stato flro commissioner.
H. F. noquartto of York, re appoint
ed doputy flro commissioner.
J. H. Prosson or Omaha, reappoint
ed recording clerk in the exocutlvo
olllco.
Georgo KoHter ot Niobrara nnmod
game wardon to succeed Gust Ruoton
beck ot Sowaro.
William Wood of Lincoln has been
chosen cnrotukor of the governor's
mansion. Ho has hold the place four
years.
0. S. SENDS PROTEST
WASHINGTON FORWARDS NOTE
TO BERLIN ON DEPORTING CIT
IZENS OF BELGIUM.
CALLED BLOW TO HUMANITY
Document Cabled to American Charge
Grew After President Wilson DIs
cussed Matter With Ambassador
Gerard Germany Defends Action.
Washington, Dec. 11. A note to Ger
many protesting against tho deporta
tion of Belgians for forced lubor was
contrary to nil procodents und huuuiuo
principles of International practice was
made public on Friday by the state de
partment. The note was cabled to Charge Grow
nt Berlin on November 29, tho day Am
bassador Gerard discussed tho subject
with President Wilson, with Instruct
ions that ho read It to the German
chancellor personally.
In making It public, tho state depart
ment announced that tho Interview luiil
taken plnce, but said nothing about re
sults. The text of tho protest follows:
"Tho government of tho United
States has learned with the grentest
concern nnd regret of the policy of the
Gurmnn government to deport from
Belgium n portion of tho civilian popu
lation for the purpose of forcing them
to labor in Germany, nnd is constrained
to proteiit In a friendly spirit, but most
solemnly gainst this notion, which Is
n contravention of all precedents nnd
of thoso principles of International
practice which havo long been accepted
nnd followed by civilized nutlons In
their treatment of noncombntants In
conquered territory.
"!' urthormoro, tho government of the
United States Is convinced that tho ef
fect of this policy, If pursued, will In
nil probability bo fatal to the Belgian
relief work, so humanely planned nnd
so successfully carried out, a result
which would bo generally deplored nnd
which, It Is nssumed, would seriously
embarrass the German government."
Senator Lodge Introduced u copy of
resolutions adopted by tho American
Illghts league at Boston, condemning
tho deportation from Belgium of non
combntants and calling upon congress
'to support the president of the United
States In every monsuro ho undertakes
to maintain America's traditional po
sition ns tho friend nnd tho champion
of all tho oppressed."
Berlin, Dec. 11. Tho German gov
ernment Issued a statement on Frhlny
In explanation nnd Justification of the
transfer of Belglnn laborers to Ger
many. It snys tho measure Is by no
means a hardship for tho laborers, but
Is n social necessity.
Owing chiefly to tho British embnrco
against Belgium's overseas trade which
boforo tho war supported a largo part
of the Industrial population, large nura-
ncrs of Belglnn workers nro Idle, the
stntomcnt says, and conditions nro
growing worse.
FRENCH BATTLESHIP IS LOST
8uffren Left Port November 24 Has
Not Been Heard From Since
730 on Board.
1'nrls, Dec. 11. Tho bnttloshln Snf-
fren, which left port on November 21,
lias not neon heard from since, nnd
tho minister of mnrlno considers thn
vessel lost with nil on bonrd. Tho
Suffroii sailed for Lorlent. n French
nntval station In Brittany. Tho SulTrcn
displaced 12.750 tons. Her nnrmnl
complement was 730 men. She wns
iiu root long nnd 70 feet of benro, and
was laid down In 1800. Sho wns imnmi
with four 12-lnch, ten 0.4-lnch and
eight 4-lnch guns, 22 8-pounders and
four torpedo tubes. Last year tho Suf
fron took part In tho bombnrdm6nt of
tho Turkish forts nt the Dardanelles.
TWELVE MARINES WOUNDED
Americans Kill Eleven In Battle With
Forces of Governor Perez of
Santo Domingo. '
Washington. Dec. 7. Tim nnvv tin.
pnrtment received word
from CapL Harry Knapp, commanding
mo uiiucu states forces nt Santo Do
mlhgo, that In nn engagement between
United States marines and forces or
Governor Perez of San Francisco,
n'MncotlH, on the nlirht of
20-80 11 nntlves wcro killed. About n
dozen Americans wcro wounded, sov
ornl seriously.
Poultry Men Are Indicted.
Now York. Dec. 7. Indictments
based on an Investigation of tho so
called poultry trust, which Is nlleged
to havo cleared about $200,000 through
controlling tho city's llvo poultry mar
ket during tho last year, were handed
down on Tuesday by a grand Jury,
charging violation of tho stnto anti
trust net.
Hawaii Has Population of 237,633.
Washington, Dec. 11. Hawaii has n
population of 2117,033, nn Increase of
415,71-i over 1010, according to the an
mini report of Governor PInkhniu. Tho
greatest Increnso wns among tho Japa
nese, Shoots Wife; Kills Himself.
OruyB Lake, 111., Doc. 11. Edward
Madolo shot nnd seriously wounded his
wlfo In their home, and, locking his llvo
children In tho building, ho set It nflro.
Then ho killed himself. Tho children
were rescued.
FLICKERING!
ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC.
1- tSX-AVlH
BUCHAREST IS TAKEN
PLOECHTI, IMPORTANT RAILWAY
8TATION, ALSO CAPTURED.
Fall of Roumanian Capital Marks Cul
mination of Brilliant
Campaign.
Berlin, Dec. 8. Bucharest, capital,
of Itoumunlu, has been cuptured, It
was announced ofllclully hero on
Wednesday.
Ploechti, the important railway
Junction town, 80 miles northwest of
Bucharest, also has been taken.
Field Murshul von Mackenscn'H
troops, advancing victoriously, ap
proached the railway lino running
northward from Bucharest to Ploech
ti, causing tho Roumanians to evneu
ato their positions north of Slnnla, the
war ofllco announced.
South of Buchnrest the Teutonic
troops hnvo occupied, other towns
nlotig the River Alt. More than 0,000
Itoumunluns wore enptured.
The capture of Ploechti, on tho rail
way running north from Bucharest,
cuts the muln lino of retreat for the
Roumanian armies operating In tho
Bucharest region. Tho olllclul state
ment does not Indlcnte whether tho
entry of the Teutonic forces Into Bu
chnrest nnd Ploechti wns simultane
ous. Tho cupturo of Ploechti before
that of tho capital would bo far moro
serious for the Roumanians.
Tho tnklng of Buchnrest virtually
completes tho conquest by tho Teu
tonic forces of tho southern section of
tho Roumanian kingdom, embracing
territory of more than 50,000 square
miles.
THOMAS J. HICKEY IS ELECTED
St. Paul Man Chosen President of
American Association at
Indianapolis.
Indlnnapolls, Dec. 11. Thomns J.
Hlckey of St. Paul was elected on
Fridny president of tho Americnn as
sociation, defeating President Thomns
M. Ohlvlngton, who wns n candidate
for re-election. Hlckey was tho first
president of tho association when it
was organized In 1002. The vote wns
B to 8.
Tho election of Hlckey to the presi
dency Is a victory for tho Cnntlllon
forces on thnt minor organization. It
Is a defeat for Georgo Tebcau and his
backers who dominated tho league for
many yenrs.
Louisvlllo was chosen ns headquar
ters for tho American association. A
committee of live wns appointed to
confer with representatives of tho In
ternational lenguo on the question of
n series of Intcrlongtio games.
JOHN D. ARCHB0LD IS DEAD
Associate of Rockefellers for 40 Years
Expires at Tarrytown, N. Y., After
Illness of Two Weeks.
Tarrytown, N. Y Dec. 7. John
Dustln Archbold. capitalist, president
tho Standard Oil company of New
Jersey nnd olllcer or director In vnri.
ous other enterprises, died nt his homo
nero on Tuesday, after nn Illness of
two weeks following uu qperatlon for
appendicitis.
Leather Shortage Ties Up Report "
Chnrlestou, W, Vu., Dec. 11. It was
announced hero on Fridny that reports
of the supremo court of appeals of
West Virginia cannot bo mudo public
because of a scarcity of leather with
which to bind them!
Congressman Trlbble Dies.
Washington, Dec. 11. Roiiresontn.
Uvo Samuel J. Trlbble. who renrosenti.ii
tho Eighth Georgia district for threo
terms, mod nt n local hosnltnl. it
was stricken with apoplexy In bis of-
uco ou tno opening duy of dongross.
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TO HEAD NEW CABINET
DAVID LLOYD-GEORGE yILL RE
PLACE ASQUITH AS PREMIER.
Reported That General Joffre, Com-
mander In Chief of Allied
Armies, May Resign.
London, Dec. 7. David Lloyd-George
litis overthrown tho Asqulth cabinet
una will become prime minister him
self.
Tho new government will ho conli
tion,, llko the old ono. but nrobnblv
without tho sumo measure of har
monious support which attended tho
formation of tho first conlltlon gov
ernment, because Its birth has created
additional factional differences.
There wns a nrosnect that the nor
sonnl olHces of the klnir mlcht solve
tho situation, nnd tnany thought that
tno Asqulth recline mlcht bo continued
The king cnlled tho pnrty leaders to
Buckingham palace and conferred with
tnom for more than an hour. Mr. As
qulth und Mr. Llovd-Gcorcro of the Llh
erals, Bonnr Law nnd Mr. Balfour of
tho Unionists nnd Mr. Henderson of
tho labor party were present.
It is many years since u British rulor
assembled the representatives of the
dlflVrent factions face to face when
thoy hnd shown themselves unable to
settle their differences. But no such
serious crisis has arisen before to re
quire such action by tho king.
The king gave nn nudlenco to Mr.
Bonnr Law, who declined to undertake
the formation of a now ministry, and
then to Mr. Lloyd-George, who ncccpt
ed the responsibility, ns everyone, an
ticipated he would If the opportunity
came to mm.
The ofllclnl announcement that Mr.
LIoyd-Georgo had undertaken tho task.
with the co-operntlon of Mr. Bonar
Law, was a notification that tho new
government would bo coalition.
Thero Is strong ground for belief
thnt Mr. Asqulth, who resigned as pre
mier Inst night, will hnve no place In
tho now coalition government.
Dispatches from Pnrls quoto politi
cal writers as saying that the political
upheavals mny bo followed by the res
ignation of General Joffre.
Thero aro reports that the French
government may be changed so ns to
concentrate authority for quicker de
cisions and nctlon.
ERB IN JAIL REVEALS PAST
Former Railroad President, Held at
Chlcauo as Automobile Thief,
Breaks Silence.
Culcngo, Dec. . 8. Tho "checkered
cnrt.cr," a term often nppllcd to tho
experiences of ono who has practiced
various occupations with dubious suc
cess, wns nppllcd to tho past of Louis
Erb, former railroad president, and
now under Indictment ns nn nutomv
bllj thief In Chlcngo. Erb was tbo
principal witness for tho state In tho
trial of Mrs. Elvlna Stiles, receutly
acquitted of tho charge of being thk
bond of nn automobile thieves' tnut.
Breaking his sllonco regarding him
self for tho first tlmo since his ar
rest, Erb snld thnt ho has two broth
ers. Newman and Louis, ono nrosiitit
of several railroads and n copper mng-
nate, worth S.to.OOO.OOO, and tho otlu-r
a former Judgo, nnd Chlcngo lawyer,
now In London.
Steer Brings Record Price.
I. hlcngo. Dec. 1). "Callfornln
Jte," grand champion steer nt tho In
ternational liivo stock show, sold to a
Dotrolt firm for Sl.077.f30. Tho nnlnmi
wna tho property of tho University of
uaiirorniu.
50,000' Farmers Apply for Loans.
Washington. Dec. 0. Olllclnls nf thn
farm loan board nnnounced thnt nn.
000 fanners havo applied for mortgage
loans aggregating approxltnntely $100,
000 moro than tho amount available for
loans,
2 AMERICANS SLAIN
HOWARD GRAY OF ILLINOI8 SHOT
AND THEN HANGED BY VIL
LISTAS AT PARRAL, MEX.
ANOTHER CITIZEN IS BURNED
British Subject Also Murdered Min
ing Man Killed While in Doorway of
Home and Body Suspended Sixty
Carranzlstas Have, Ears Cut Off.
El l!nso, Tex., Doc. 0. Government
agents sent a report to. Washington
on Thursday saying nn American
named Foster had boon mutilated, thcil.
burned at tho stake by Villa bnndlta
operating near Torreon. The report
was wild to hnvo boon brought by ref
ugees coming to the border from Tor
reon. They also reported CO Curranzn
soldiers, with tholr cars cut ort by Vllln
bandits, near Torreon. Foster's son
was forced to witness his father's exe
cution, tho roport said. Foster wusan
Amorlcun hacienda superintendent.
Gulllonno Snyinan, son of the Into
Gen. W. D. Siiynmn of Boer war fame,
Is reported to hnvo mot his death nt
the hnnds of Vllllstus at San Publo
Meoqul, Chihuahua, near GhUiunhun
City.
Howard Gray, nn American mining
man nt Pnrrnl, Chlhuahuu, wns killed
by Villa bandits when thoy entered tho
town November C, nccordlng to a tele
gram received by the Alvurndo Min
ing nnd Milling company. The mes
senger reports all other Americnns safe
and American property unharmed.
Grny has n sister, u Mrs. Bowman,
residing In El Paso. Ho wns born li
Pcorin, III.
Gray was shot to death In the door
way of his home, near Parral, and his
body then hnnged by a bnnd of Villa
bnndlts from Villa's main column, two
foreign refugees who renched here
from Parral reported.
Cincinnati, Dec. 0. Tho man mur
dered by Vllln bnndlts and known In
Mexico as Howard Gray, Is, In fact,
Hownrd Weeks, brother of Dr. R.
Weeks, a dentist of this city. Doctor
Weeks said Weeks hnd used tho namo
as Gray while in Mexico for business
reasons. Howard Gray formerly
lived In Denver, nccordlng to his
brother.
BOYCOTT ENDS EGG CORNER
Prices Drop 10 Cents at Chicago Fol
lowing Drastic Action Taken by
Women Foodstuffs Lower.
Chicago, Dec. 0. Tho "egg corner"
is smashed.
Food prices are tumbling.
Speculators, packers and produce
men uro "unlondlng."
This was tho good news brought ta
Chlcngo housewives on Thursday on.
the heels of tho opening of tho federal
grand Jury hearing, egg and butter
boycotts, and a report of warehouse
men showing the selling out of big
holdings of eggs.
Eggs have dropped io cents a dozen,
wholesale, in tho last ten days. Butter
Is 4 cents cheaper than it was a "week
ugo. Potatoes started on the downward
road with u drop of from 5 to 8 cents
in the week. Southern fruits nnd vege
tables came down from 8 to 10 cents.
While packers and produce men
woro Inclined to hold tho boycott re
sponsible for the drop In prices, tho big
shift came with the opening of tho fed
eral grand Jury's Investigation of food
prices.
'That tho packers and warehousemen
nnd produce men nro "unloading"
hoarded supplies of foodstuffs beenmo
known immediately after a conference
botweeen Arthur Meeker, vico president
or Armour & Co., nnd United States
District Attorney Charles F. Clyne.
LINER CALLED A TRANSPORT
Note From Germany Contends Subma
rine Commander Believed Arabia
Was Carrying Troops.
Washington, Dec. 0. Gcnnnny in n
note mndo public on Thursday by tho
stato department contends that tho
British steamer Arabia, sunk in tho
Mediterranean November 0, was in
reality "a transport ship for troops in
tho service of tho British government,
which is to bo considered as an aux
iliary wrashlp according to Interna
tional law, and can, therefore, bo treat
ed liku n wnrshlp." The German gov
ernment's nttltudo, however, like that
In the Marina case, Is expressed to bo
ono of readiness to make nmends If It
be 6howu that tho submarine comman
der violated Germany's pledges to tho
United Stntos and mado n "regrettable
mistake."
It may bo said that the United Stat,..
does hot regiml the circumstances that
tfco German noto recites ns showlni?
Justification .for sinking tho Arabia
wrthout warning or ns relieving tho
submarlno commander from establish
ing tho status of the liner.
Australia Trade Increase.
London, Dec. 11. Tho trado commls-
Hlonur of New South Wales reports
tnnt figures show that In tho last threo
yours Australia's trado with America
hns Increased G00 per cent, or $45,000,-
000.
Allies Drop Bombs on Trieste.
Rome. Dec. 11. Two Italian son.
planes raided Trieste Thursday, ac
cording to nn olllclnl statement issued
by tho admiralty, The statement says
that tho raiders dropped llvo bombs ou
naval sheds and returned unharmed.