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10 ADVERTISE STATE HOUSE FAVORS BILL REQUIRING ASSESSORS TO FURNISH DATA Hems of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House Western Newnpupor Unloo News Service. Governor Neville's recommendation for n better system of collecting and disseminating Information In regard to Nebraska's agricultural resources has mot the approval of tho lower branch of tho legislature. Tho Naylor bill, mnklng It Incumbent on local assess ors to collect this Information and to furnish estimates where they could not securo tho exact data, was sent to third roadlng. The measure met wth somo opposl sition, especially as to tho failure making county board members llablo on their bonds If they should pay tho salary of any local assessor falling to make tho returns of agricultural statistics. Mr. Anderson (Boyd) assisted by Messrs. Hoffmelster, Auten and Green wait, mado tho main light against the bill and amendments. All four de clared that tho farmers object to giv ing the Information. "This would simply holp tho grain gamblers and manipulators of Wall strcot and tho Chicago board of trade," asserted Hoffmelster. "Tho farmor would get no benefit, as his vjheat will all ho sold and he will be flooding his corn to hogs beforo tho fltniros are complied and published." Still Contends Sales Illegal Nobraska railroads have appropriat ed stato, school and saline lands through tho years since 18D6 without paying either a purchase price or a rental, according to tho alleged discov ery of Land Commissioner G. L. Shum way. According to this finding tho & Burlington railroad secured the irost land belonging to the stato under the 18G9 act which gave the roads tho rfeht to ontor stato land but made no provision as to compensation. Tho law has provided a way for tho rail roads to turchase land and the con stitution provides that state lands eu all not be donated to railroads. Since Land Commissioner Shumway flnds no record of anything having been paid, he assumes that tho rail roads appropriated the land. Nebraska Second In Autobomlles Nebraska Is the second stato In the United States in per capita ownership of automobiles, according to statistics In tho hands of Secretary of Stato Pool. Tiro figures compiled on tho basis of 101,400 automobiles in Nebraska, show that there Is one machine for evory 12.37 people. Iowa alone leads Nebraska with 198,587 cars, or ono for every 11.2 persons. Fourteen states have in numbers over 100,000 automobiles each, so that Nebraska so far as number of cars Is concerned Is tho fourteenth on tho list. Although tho stato of New York lias 318,114 cars, It has only ono to eaoh 32 people, and stands at the bot tom of tho list per capita ratio. State In Good Financial Shape While the prospect of a 20 per cent Increase In stato appropriations may affright somo people, tho state Is In good shape to pay it. It is out of debt, has a balance of over a million dollars In tho treasury, owns $10, 000,000 of sccuilties yielding an aver ago of iy por cent Interest for the temporary school fund, and Is now on a low tax rate basis. The people are enjoying tho greatest prosperity In the history of the stato. Last year, tho bank deposits increased by $55, 000,000, or 50 por cent, over tho year before. BUI for Agricultural Research Gojernor Nevlllo's recommendation for a' better system of collecting and disseminating information in regard to Nebraska's agricultural resources met tho approval of tho lower branch at tho legislature at its first session of tho week. Tho Naylor bill, making it incumbont on local assessors to col lect this Information and to furnish estimates where thoy could not secure tho exact data, was sent to third read ing. Entries for tho coming stato high school basketball tournament, which is to bo staged in Lincoln, March 7 to 10 undor tho direction of tho athletic dopartmont of the university of No braska, are still pouring in. Tho total so far surpasses tho mark made by Guy B. Rood, assistant director of the athlete department, who predicted that tho full list would lncludo not loss than 130 entries. The 1910 NobraBka tournament attracted about 90 entries and tho tourney was tho biggest event of its sort In the annals of American basketball. Are Making Co-operative Sales County agent work In Nebraska is bearing fruit in a now form tho co operative salo of live stock. Utah In terests have called upon county ngentB of this stato to supply ton carloads of pnro-brod cattlo and ten carloads of brood sows. This foreign demand is tho direct result of cooperation of farmors In county agent work. For somo time, farmers associated togoth er In farm bureaus have been pur chasing Hto stock co-operatively, but this is tko first big salo they have etteotwt PASSES "BONE DRY" BILL Drastic Measure Goes Final Vote Will be Taken at Once. Tuesday morning was sot as tho hour for the prohibitory enforcement bill, II, R. 793. Following tho adop tion of tho "bono dry" rider by Con gress last week tho standing commit too on prohibition proceeded to form ulato amendments to tho bill making It as drastically "dry" ns tho Englfsh language" contains words to do so. Not only was every permission of ship ment Into the stnte cut off, but tho person who had "stocked up" In April In ordor to hr.vo something at hand In his homo when tho fatal 1st of May ar rived, was automatically created a vio lator of tho law and subject to Its penalties. At 10 o'clock Tuesday tho houso commenced consideration of tho en forcement bill and In loss than two hours completed tho measuro and or dered It engrossed for third reading. Tho committee nmondmonts abovo reviewed wero adopted without com ment or dobato and tho bill was then road section by section and approved without opposition or uuestlon. As it now stands tho bill Is probably as drastic and uncompromising a "bono dry' law as has over been submitted in this country. The final voto In tho houso on tho bill will in all probability bo taken beforo tho closo of tho pres ent week. Pig Raising for Boys and Girls Boys and girls who want to do a little fnrmlng "on their own hook" have an opportunity to do so by en rolling In tho pig-raising project con ducted by the agricultural extension service of the University of Nobraska, Lincoln. Children who entor this project raiso aud fefd their pigs undor the direction of tho extension service and keep accurate records of gains, ex penses, and receipts. At tho end of tho year, tho boy or girl who scores tho highest wlih respect to cost and rato of gains, merit of tho pig pro duced, and the kind of records kopt, will bo awarded a prize. Completion of this work may tako tho placo of an examination in agri culture for eighth grado promotion. High school credit may also be given. Further particulars may bo secured by writing tho Extension Service? University Farm, Lincoln. After the Tax Dodgers Mattes of Otoe obtained tho ap proval of tho committee of the whole for his bill, S. F. 94, directed against tax dodgers, but which Deal said would not hurt the dead but might In jure tho Innocent living. It provides that estates transferred by deed or will which have escaped taxation shall bo put on the tax lists for every year they have been omitted, together with an annual penalty of 50 por cent. Ho said It did not rotor to real estate, only to personal property. He sug gested that real estato need not bo included becauso It was easily found by assessors and If omitted from tax ation the fault is with the assessors. Federal Body Will Co-operate Chairman Meyer of tho Interstate commerce commission has Informed tho Nebraska railway commission that Examlnor W. P. Bartel has been dole gated to sit with tho state commis sion when tho latter body commences a hearing on tho application of car riers in Nebraska to increase tho in trastate minimum weight of car loads of flour from 24,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds Tho interstate commerce commission did not favor excluslvo federal control of railroads when that matter was being discussed, but In stead proposed to co-operate with state tfummlssions. To Reorganize N. N. G. Complete reorganization of the No braska national guard on a footing that will entitle it to full recognition and support from tho war dopartmont is proposed in H. R. 423, reported by tho houso committee on miscellaneous subject for the general file. This bill provides for a brlgado or ganization of not more than five in fantry regiments, with such other bod ies as artillery and cavalry troops, en gineer and signal corps, aviation sec tion, medical and sanitary troops, and other units. At present there are but two regiments and detachod signal corps and field hospital organizations. One of tho important changes al lowed by tho bill Is that commissioned officers may Ire mado appointive In stead of olectlve. This Is a fenturo that Adjutant General Hall favors. The stato Benate has unanimously paused tho Norton bill from the house calling a constitutional convention. It was by unanimous voto that tho houso acted on this bill. Reversing its rec ord of a gonoration tho scnato Is now unanimously In favor of a constitu tional amendmont. Prior to tho adop tion of the prohibitory amendment by the people last fall the senate had re fused to permit tho peoplo to hold a convention to amend or revlso tho constitution. It Is now willing to lot tho peoplo do as thoy please with tho constitution. Sawyer Saved the Squirrels Sawyer of Lancaster mado such a tolling plea for the saving of squir rels that Oborllos of Lancaster willing ly consented to the indefinite post ponement of his bill, S. F. 155, a bill to repeal tho present law which pro tocts squirrels except two months In tho year. Oberlleo said ho Introduced tho bill for tho killing of squlrrols at tho request of lovers of birds. Ho said he did not lavo tho affection for squlrrolB that his colleague did, but ho had an affection for Ills colleague and would not defend tho bill. TO FREE AMERICANS U. S. SAILORS WILL BE RELEASED BY GERMANY ON MARCH 7. FOUR ARRIVE AT COPENHAGEN Physicians and Veterinarians, Cap tured on the Yarrowdale, Tell Ex periences Since They Were Captured by Teuton Raider. Washington, March R. Germany, In n note delivered to tho state dopart mont by Dr. Paul Rltter, Swiss minis ter, promises tho release, of tho Yar rowdale prisoners on Mnrch 7, saying quarantine regulations will have been complied with by that date. Copenhagen, March 5. Four Ameri cans from the steamer Yarrowdale, who hail been prisoners In Germany for throe months, arrived here on Fri day. They are Dr. John Davis, Colum bus, Miss. ; Orvllle McKIm, Wntortown, N. Y.; Dr. II. D. Snyder, Norfolk. Vn and Richard Zabrlskle. Englowood, N. J. Tho four men wero virtually desti tute. They arrived here with only the clothes thoy wore and will be support ed by the British consul under tho cus tom of tho son until It Is possiblo to send them home. Tho men owe their release beforo the remainder of tho 72 Americans who wero on the Yarrow dale to the fact that as physicians or veterinarians they ranked as otllcerH and were confined In tho officers' camp at Karlsruhe. The horse tenders and sailors, who composed tho majority of tho American cuptlves, are still held In "quarantine" nt tho prison camp for enlisted men nt Dulmon. The four men left tho camp at Karls ruhe February 27 and traveled under escort directly to Wnrncmuiule where after being subjected to the usual fron tier search, they wore put aboard a Danish ferry and left to shift for thorn solves. Tho Danish police took charge of them upon their arrival In Denmark, provided them with quarters for tho night In n hotel at GJedser and gave thorn tho first henrly meal they hud enjoyed since landing In Germany In December. The next morning the Dan ish authorities provided railroad trans portation to Copenhagen. Ancient sea practice makes seamen stranded In a foreign port the guests of the consul of tho power under whose ling the lost ship sailed. The British consul provided hotel accommodations. Few more dramatic tales have boon brought forth by tho war than the story of adventure, hardship and peril at soa. short rations on land and the new danger from the sky, which was related by those four American profes sional men. Snapped up by the Gor man raider In mldoccnn, thoy cruised around for days while tho commerce destroyer was gathering further prizes. Then they mado the voyage In tho Ynr rowdnle to Swlnemunde under such conditions thnt they expected the ship's seams to open and the vessel to sink beneath them at any moment. Thoy lived in prison camps In Ger many on the meager prison fare pro vided by the German government, without food parcels, which lighten the existence of other prisoners of war; thoy passed through four air plane attacks on Karlsruhe, during which bombs Intended for the railroad station rained on all sides of their camp and to cap the climax they wore Ignorant until the last whether thoy were prisoners of war or neutrals In detention. To add to their nnxletles their fel low Americans from the Yarrowdale, at the time when thoy left them at the Neustrelltz camp to be transferred with other officers from the captured steamers, wore In a state of destitu tion. U. S. INDICTS THREE AS SPIES American Newspaper Correspondents Alleged to Be in Plot to Get Infor mation for Kaiser. New York, March 0. Tho federal grand Jury, which has spent five days probing the nlleged spy plot by which American newspaper correspondents were sent to England as "observers," Indicted on Friday Albert A. Sander, Georgo Vaux Bacon and Charles W. Wunenburg. Tho two alleged loaders of the plot, who were arrested when detention of George V. Bacon, In England, wns fol lowed by revelations of a spy system, pleaded not guilty and wero rcleused on $5,000 ball. The Indictments charged that San der and Wunenburg sent spies to Great Britain and Ireland to obtain Infor mation for military authorities In Ger many, particularly to discover sailing times of merchant ships and collect In formation regarding economic condi tions which wore forwarded here aud relayed to Berlin. 100 Subsea Dreadnaughts. Paris. March 5. Germany has n fleet of 100 battleship submarines, heavily armed and capable of bombarding son coast cities and fortifications. It s wild that tho disclosure was made by Admiral Dogony of the French nnvy. Hospital Unit Coming Home. Copenhagen, March fi. -The Ameri can hospital unit from Naumburg, In cluding Doctors Sauor of El Paso. Frick of Now York und Nurses Bertha Bocht, Mary Cnnnard and Allda Moyer are on their way homo. TIME TO BEGIN HOPES TO AVOID WAR PRESIDENT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR PEACE. Group of Pacifists Headed by Jane Ad dams of Chicago, Present Resolutions. Washington, March 1. "I have done, am now doing and will continue to do everything In my power to keep tho United States at peace." This was the assurance given a group of pacifists by President Wll sol this afternoon. Tho pacifist com mittee had presented resolutions to the president, urging him to keep this country out of war. "Nothing short of Invasion should be allowed to Involve this country In tho holocaust," tho pacifists told thu president. The group wns headed by .Tano Ad dams of Chicago aud Included Miss Emma Green Batch, professor of eco nomics, Wellesley college; Joseph Cannon, representing mlno workers and labor organizations of tho West, and Dr. Frederick Lynch, executive secretary of the Church Peaco union. HOYS DIED IN OPEN BOAT Clergyman, Who Was Passenger on Liner Sunk by Submarine, Tells How Americans Died. Liverpool, .March 1. Rev. F. Duns tan Sargent of Grenada, British West Indies, a passenger on the Laconlii, who administered the last rites of the Roman Cnthollc church to seven per sons who perished, gave the Associated Press the following account of the deaths of Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago, and Ccdrlc P. Ivatts of London. "Mrs. Hoy died In the arms of her daughter. Her body slipped off Into tho sea out of her daughter's weak ened arms. The heart-broken daugh ter succumbed a few minutes after ward and her body fell over the sldo of the boat as wo were tossed by the huge waves." SHIPPING LOSSES ARE GREAT Vessels Destroyed Since the War Be gan, Exclusive of Warships, Repre sent Tenth of World's Marine. New York, March 8. Shipping de stroyed since the wnr began, exclusive of war vessels, represent 10 per cent of tho world's mcrclinnt marino as It existed August 1, 1014, according to figures published by the Journal of Commerce. Construction of warships has offset most of tho losses, It wns cited. Tho statistics record tho de struction of 2,57.'l vessels of 4,811,100 gross tons, of whlrh more than half was owned by Groat Britain. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSED Measure Carrying $138,000,000 Appro priations Approved by House Without Record. Washington, March 2. The sundry civil bill, carrying appropriations to taling $138,000,000 and providing $400, 000 for an Investigation of tho high cost of living by tho federal trade com mission, passed the house on Woduos day without a record voto. 30,000 Troops Quarantined. El Paso, Tex., March Thirty thousand regular and National Guard troops stationed nt El Paso havu been quarantined In their camps here be cause of nn epidemic of pneumonia among the troops. Denmark Is in Dry Column. London, March St. Tho sale of all spirits and other alcoholic liquors has been prohibited In Denmark, says a dispatch. The order Is temporary and calls for returns to bu made on all stocks of spirits In the country, TO LOAD HER UP? H0LLWEG HITS U. S GERMAN CHANCELLOR QUES TIONS AMERICA'S FAIRNESS. Declares Recall of Gerard Unprece dented and Brusque Doesn't Know Why Action Was Taken. Berlin, March 1. German Chancel lor von Bethmann-Hollwog told tho German relchstag that Presldout "Wil son's action In breaking off relations with Germany was "unprecedented." He characterized tho method by which America terminated friendly Inter course as "brusque." He drew a paral lel between President Wilson's coursu In the Mexican Imbroglio of 1013 and the German situation after tho start of the war. "Gentlemen," continued the chancel lor, "lot us consider tho whole ques tion. Breaking off of relations with the United States and the attempted mo bilization of all neutrals, against us does not servo for tho protection ot the freedom of the seas proclaimed by the United States. "They won't promote the pence de sired by President Wilson. They rnther must havo consequently encouraged the attempt to starve Germany and multi ply bloodshed. "Wo regret the rupture with a nation who by her history seemed to bo pre destined to work with not ngalnst us. "But since our honest wish for peace has only encountered Jeering of war on thu part of our enemies, there is no more 'bnckward step;' there Is only 'ahead' possiblo for us." Gormnny's peace conditions aro baHod on "reparation for nil wrongs suffered and guaranties for the exist once and future of 11 strong Germany." Tho chancellor so outlined them In his speech. SEVEN KILLED IN CRASH Twelve Others Injured When Train Strikes Auto Carrying Work ers at Lima, O. Limn, O., March 1. Seven dead nnd twelve Injured In the hospital, at least two of whom will die, was tho result of an automobile and railway accident here. Twenty-two honiownrd bound em ployees of tho Ohio Steel foundry wero hurled through thu air and then crushed beneath train wheels when a Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton freight struck the auto. BERLIN STIFFENS SEA ORDER No Notice to Be Given All Boats In Atlantic on Same Basis. Berlin, March J!. The admlrnlty mado tho following announcement: "On March 1 expired tho final period of grnco allotted for. sailing ships In tho Atlantic. From this dato no spe cial warning will bo given to any boats by submarines." King Alfonso Sends Note. Madrid, March !!. James W. Gerard, former ambassador from tho United States to Germany, Is carrying a mes sage from King Alfonso to President Wilson, according to reports in circu lation In official circles here. Noth ing Is known of tho nature of tho com munication. To Lend Turkey $48,000,000. Borne. March 5. A Vienna dispatch says that Austria has agreed to lend Turkey 240.000.000 crowns ($4,000, 000) lor an unspecified period. The money Is to bo used for purchases in Auntrla-lluugary. Kaiser Has Severe Chill. Berlin, March 5. Tho German em peror Is suffering from a severe chill. It Is stated that tho emperor Is compelled to remain Indoors, but receives tho ministers and communicates dully with headquarters. KILL SHIP MEASURE ARMED NEUTRALITY BILL DIEQ AS RESULT OF FILIBUSTER. POWER TO ARM SHIPS DENIED Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska De nounces Action Manifesto Shows How Senators Stood. Washington. Twelve senators lod by Sonator La Follotto and oncour agod by Sonator Stone, democratic chairman of U10 foreign relations committee in a filibuster, donouncod by President Wilson's spokesman, Sonator Hitchcock of Nobraska, as tho most reprohonsiblo In tho history of any civilized nntlou, dolled tho will of an ovorwholmlng majority In con gress up to tho closing minute of tho Sixty-fourth congress, and donled to tho president a law authorizing him to arm American merchant shlpB to meet tho Gorman submarine mcnaco. Unyielding throughout twonty-slx hours of continuous session to ap peals that Uioir doilanco of tho presi dent would bo humiliating to tho coun try; uncompromising In a crisis de scribed to thorn as tho most serious to tho nation since tho civil war, La Follotto nnd his small group of sup porters refused a majority of tholr colleagues an opportunity to voto on tho armed neutrality bill and It dlod whqn confjross ended at noon, March 4. To fix responsibility boforo the couutry sovonty-slx senators, thirty ropubltcnns and forty-six democrats, signed n manifesto proclaiming to tho world that thoy fnvorod pasaago ot tho measuro. Tills declaration embodied In tho record of tho sonato reiorred to tho fact that tho houso had provlously passed a similar bill by a voto of 403 to 13 and also rocltcd thnt tho scnato rulo permitting unlimited dobato gavo a small minority opportunity to throt tlo tho will of tho majority. Thlrtcon senators declined to sign tho declaration. Those Who Held Out. Tho twolvo who wont on rocord with tho thirteen mmbors of tho Iioubo against granting to Proaldont Wilson tho authority ho asked from congress in tho crisis woro: Republicans Clapp, Minnesota; Cummins, Iowa; Gronna, North Dako ta; Kenyon, Iowa; La Follotto, Wis consin; Norrls, Nobraska; Works, California 7. Domocrnts KIrby, Arkansas; Lane, Oregon; O'Gorman, Now York; Stono, Missouri; Vardaman, Mississippi 5. Associated with them in opposition to tho nrmod neutrality bill woro tho following roprcsontntlvcB who votod against tho houso bill: Republicans Boncdlct, Cal.; Cary, Wis.; Cooper, Wis.; Da via, Minn,; Holgoson, N. D.; Llndborgh, Minn.; Nolson, Wis.; Stafford, Wis.; Wilson, 111. Democrats Docker, Mo.; Shackle ford, Mo.; Shorwood, O. Socialist London, Now York. Whllo tho armed neutrality bill wns going to Its death, President Wilson forowarnod of Its doom, was In his room Just off tho sonato chamber signing bills nnd watting to tako tho oath of offico for his nocond torm. Many senators hastonod to nhako his hand and nssuro htm of tholr loyalty after adjournment. Sonator La Fol lotto left tho chamber immediately and wont to his office. Asked If ho id any stntomont to mako, ho only said: "No, but I havo a groat Bpooch undollvorcd, which I propoBO to de liver throughout tho country." Fix Print Paper Price. Washington. Tho fcdoral trade commission nccoptod a proposal by news print paper manufacturers that it fix a prlco for tholr product and named $2.50 a hundred pounds a a rensonablo charge Illghor prices woro sot for pnpor In less than car load lots, and for sheet pnpor. Ac ceptance of tho arbitration plans was nnnounced by tho commission In a pre liminary report to congress on Ub news print Investigation, nnylmr thoro had been no roal ahortago of print pa por, but that important manufacturers of tho United Stnton and Canada had bandod together to secure unreason able profits. Troooshlp Tornedo-rt. Berlin, Mnrch 1 (By Wireless to Sayvlllo, March 4). An armed trans port steamer of 34,494 tons, with about 500 colonial troops, artlUory and horses on board, wbb sunk by a Gorman submarine In tho Mediterra nean on February 24, the ndmlralty announced. Somo of tho troops on board woro lost, A troop lnden transport of about 5,000 tonB was sunk on Fobninry 22, It was also announced. Skinner Dies of Persecution. Now York. A dispatch from Berlin says tho Lokal Anznlgor mtotes Eng llu napors to the effect thnt Captain Martin of the British trawler King Stephen, who, Fobrunry 4. 1910. did not roscuo the crow of n wrockod Zep pelin In tho North Sen becauso he fonred tlm Germans would overpower I1I0 'small crow, died an tho result of pornecntlon. According to the dis patch he received threatening let b from Epcllsh people, which so affrrtnd him that he became lnsano. I 41 1