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.
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