THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
WILL PLAGE GUNS
UPON U. 3. VESSELS
WILSON DECIDES TO ARM SHIPS
AGAINST GERMAN U-BOATS.
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
National Body to Meet In 8pcclal
Session April 16. Desires Aid of
Country's Legislators to Protect
American Rights. European War
Toll Over Ton Million.
Washington. Pre.shlont Wilson him
ordered the tinning of Amurlcnn mer
chmitniuti against attack from Gor
man submarines. A proclamation win-
I Nsii (Ml at the same time calling for i
nn oxtra session of congriws to con
vone April 10. Tho president said
that ho wanted congress In session to
support him lu matters collateral with
the defense of our merchant marine.
Hoth decisions came lifter the senate
had passed resolution killing tmllmlt J
ed debate, and Secretary Lansing and ;
Altornoy Gregory had told tho proM
dent that he had power to protect
American lights, did he decide upon
the course he should take.
No Details Made Public.
No details of the armed neutrality
have been made public, as the ad
ministration ollk'lals wish to avoid en
dangering American lives and ships
by permitting the Information to
reach Germany. The president's deci
sion came only after ho was con
vinced that Germany was sincere lu
carrying out her ruthless submarine
decree, and hud made efforts to align
Mexico and .Japan against tho United
.Stntes In tho event of hostilities be
tween tho two countries. The action
taken Is considered to bo tho unavoid
able step In tho policy adopted by the
president when he severed diplomatic
relations with Germany on February
II, nnd warned that the United States
would not tolerate attacks on Ameri
can ships and citizens lu violation of
International lav.
Isouo Resto With Germany.
Regardless of tho step taken, old
clals and senators declared that thu
Issue still rests with Germany. Prepa
rations for tho arming of merchant
men havo been completed by Secre
tary of tho Navy Daniels. The secre
tary Issued an appeal to tho press,
urging them that they refrain from
discussing them.
Tho president's proclamation call
ing for a oxtra session of congress
follows :
"Whereas, public Interests require,
thnt the congress of the United Slates
should be convened In oxtra session
at 12 o'clock noon on tho lflth day of
April, 1017, to receive mich communi
cations ns may bp made by tho ex
cctitivo; .
"Now, therefore. I, Woodrow Wil
son, president of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that nu extraordinary occasion
require the congrewi of the United
Slntes convene In extra session at
the capltol In the city of Washington
on tho lflth dny of April. 1017, at 12
o'clock noon, of which nil persons who"
slmll nt thnt Unto bo entitled to act
ns members thereof nre required to
tako notice.
"Given under my hand and tho seal
of tho United Stntns of America tho
ninth day of March In tho year Our
Lord ono thousand nine hundred and
seventeen and of the Independence of
tho United States the one hundred
and forty-first."
Tils decision to arm vessels canto
nfter ho wn?t told that the old stat
ute, passed In 1810, cited In Mitt sen
ate iir prohibiting Htich n step without
congressional action, could not be ap
plied to the present situation, lie aNo
feelR thnt the nation Is behind him,
owing to tho passage of his armed
neutrality bill In the house and Mie
known opinion of the majority of the
.orintorn. Tho armed bill, which was
tnlked to denth In the senate, provid
ed nn appropriation of $100,000,000 to
pny expenses of such a course. Ito
gardlena of Its failure to pass, tho gov
ernment lias enough money available
for Its Immedlnte purposes, and con
gress will be naked to provide more at
tho extra session.
Can Turn Quns Loese.
The ftnte department's view of de
fensive nrnmment l that the more ap
pearance of i Qermnn mibmnrlno or
Its periscope near nn American nrmod
vessel wonld entitle the vessel to tnko
nil measures of protection on the pre
sumption that the 8Hbnmrtio'n pur
pose was hostile. ThlH Is bnsed on
Germany's announcement that her
submarines would nttnek without
Carranzn Polls Huge Vote. I
Mexico Clty.Oeneral Vonustlnno
Carranzn was elected president of
Mexico Inst Sunday by what Is be
llovcd to have becu the lnrgest vote
over cast In the republic. Although
Mio voters hnd the privilege of writ
lug In or declaring any nniue they
dcatred, General Currant received all
but n few scattering bnllots. The es
timated votw east runs all the way
from several kumlrrd thousand to
J ,000,000. Moxl co villi now have a
coflffUutlontil srcjjlrieiit for (he tlrst
warning nny belligerent or neutral
merchantmen encountered within the
Imrretl zone. The nttltude of Presi
dent Wilson hns heen thnt no steps of
a belligerent elmnieter Hhould be tuk
en mid thnt If u slate of war comes
It must bo through Germnny's com
mission of acts In clear vlohitlon of
lulcrniittonnl law.
War's Toll Over 10,000,000.
Washington. More than ten million
men are recorded as killed, wounded,
captured or missing, lu tho Kuropeati
war In the llrsl complete tabulation
of ofllelal and authenllcated semi
ofllelnl report of the various belllg
eients received here. Among the mil
Mary proper I.I 11.200 are reported
dead: UfiltH.nOO wounded, and 2,501.
r0O captured and missing. Anion n
civilians, especially on the Husslnn
and Balkan frontiers In Armenia
nnolher '100,000 are figured as either
dead or wounded through tho war.
These figures are admittedly only
approlnixale and In some Instances
necesarljy several weeks old. They
are not called exact In any sense, but
are known lo be so nearly so as to
give a fairly reliable picture of the
wnr's results.
They depend for their accuracy
first, nn the ofllelnl reports of the var
ious belligerents which are certainly
minimum figures and then on a care
ful checking with all available au
thentic Information.
Allies Lose the Most.
The entente's losses are given ns
0,:il8.-l00. as against .US 1.800 for tho
cenfrnl empires. One reason for tho
great discrepancy between the two Is
believed to bo Mie relative unprepar
edness of the entente, the disastrous
retreats In Franco at the beginning
of the war, In Itussla from the Ma
zurlan lakes and the Carpathians nnd
lu Itotimnnla.
The entente's dead totnl 2,800.100,
against 1,550,800 for the central pow
ers; the entente's wonnded totnl 1,
075,500, against 022,000 for the ene
mies, and their captured nnd missing
1.0.ri2,noo, against 012.000 for the cen
frnl powers. Those losses are based
upon the assumption that In Germany
00 per cent of Ihe total wounded re
turn to the front and 80 per cent In
all Ihe other countries.
UiiRsIa Is Infinitely tho heaviest
loser so far, with a grand totnl of
;,0sl,'J0O men. Franco Is next with
1.810.000.
British Capture Bagdad.
London. General Frederick Stan
ley Maude, In cnnimand of tho en
tente forces In Moopotnmln, has dis
patched the welcome nows for tho
Hrltlsh of the occupation of the cltv
of Unwind, the chief Turkish city In
Mesopotnniln and formerly tho capital
of the empire of Caliphs.
The fall of Hagdad, besides ending
Oerninn hopes of near enstern domin
ion, based on a Heiiln-Hagdad rail
way, and reverberate throughout tho
Mohammedan empires and, It Is be
lloved. will more Mian relinbllltato
Hrltlsh prestige In the far east, 'dam
aged by the earlier loss of Kut-131-Amaru.
Perhaps no more welcome news
could come at n lime when the Brit
ish public for the first time, owlns
to the submarine war, Is beginning to
feel the effects of the wnr In a great
ly reduced food supply, .besides belli
thrown Into depression by the revo
lutions of the Dardanelles veport.
Scores Killed by Tornado,
Indianapolis, Ind. A tornado swept
over control eastern Indiana late Inst
Sunday afternoon, killing more than
a score of persons at Newcastle, a
number In towns near here, and two
children In Wayne county. The totnl
number of Injured will run over 200,
some of whom are probably fatally
hurt. The damage will total well
over $1,000,000 at Newcastle and sev
eral thousund dollars In Wayne
county.
Ohio Hit by Twister.
Glnclnnall, O. -Three persons are
known tit hnve lost their lives, four
others are probably fatally Injured
anil a score or more less seriously
hurt as the result of n tornado which
wreclcod thirty houses In Mm residen
tial district of Hyde park In the east
ern section of this city, Nenr Dayton,
Ohio, one tteron was killed and n
! gront deal of damage done by n tor
nado.
U-Boat Warfare to Continue.
Amsterdam. Dutch newspapers
publish the following statement nindn
by Dr. Alfred Zlinniermann, the Ger
man foreign secretary, to a represen
tative of a Hiuhipest newspaper:
"As far as the United States Is con
cerned, we hnvejqtokon our Inst word
nnd the decision Is In President Wil
son's hands.
"We are determined to onrry
through the subiiinrlne. wnr to the end.
The results of unrestricted subma
rine wnr thus far have been virtually
snllsfnctory."
Mine since 1011. when Francisco Mn
'em received more than IIOO.OOO votes.
General Vlctorlano Iluerta called an
.lection lu 101-1 and declared himself
elected, but later nullified the election
on Ihe grounds that an Insufficient
number of votes had been cast. HI
election to the presidency marks Mis
climax lo tho efforts of General Cnr
ranzn, who took the field against
Iluerlit February II), 1D1R, after
Iluerta had seized tho executive pow.
er. The clocMou wns si in pi I tied by
tho fact that there ia no vice presi
dent under the new constitution,
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
-March 20-21 Itoyal Neighbors of Ne
braska State Meeting at Fremont.
March 21-22-2JI State Chapter P. K.
O. Annual Meeting at Fremont.
March 21-22-211 1). A. It. Annual State
Convention at Fremont.
March 20 North Nebraska High
School Declamatory Contest nt
Wayne.
April 0-M Annual State Howling
Tournament nt Fremont.
April 21-22 Missouri Valley Ghlro-'
praetors' Association Meeting nt
Omaha.
May '1 Group No. 2 Nebraska Hank
ers' Association Convention nt Co
lumbus. May 8-0 Knights of Columbus Slate
Meeting at Alliance.
Frank Knapp, who brought 7,000
bushels of potatoes to Fremont, from
his ranch In Kimball county last fall,
has disposed of the last of them nt
$2.25 a bushel. Ho received nn aver
age price of Sl.no a bushel for hfs en
tire crop of 12,000 bushels.
Work on the brick exterior of tho
new Pathfinder hotel at Fremont has
reached Ihe fourth story. A large
force of men is being employed lu an
effort to have the hostelry complete
by .lune 1. The building Is six stor
ies high and will cost. $2:10.000.
Announcement has been made that
the Union Pacific Railroad company
will build a new passenger station at
North P.end. Work on the structure
will begin with the opening of spring.
North Pint to has Just dedicated a
Junior high school building that was
erected at a cost of $58,000. The
building Is equipped with u "gym,"
manual training and domestic science.
Grand Island has purchased a res
idence for Hlshop DufToy of that Cath
olic diocese, paying .$11,000 for tho
property. Tho bishop will move
there from Kenrnoy.
Tho Merrick county commissioners
havo hired a manager and will run
tho county farm themselves, giving
up the plnn of letting the farm out
to the highest bidder.
The laboring men of Fremont have
asked that a swimming pool and
bnths for the use of Ihe public-he In
stalled In the new auditorium It Is
proposed to erect In the city.
llosklus has Just voted on n water
works proposition for tho fourth time,
this Mine with success to the proposi
tion. The bonds to be Issued will bo
for $8,500.
Joe Steelier of Dodge and Earl
Caddock of Anltn, Ta wrestlers, are
to meet on the mat at Otnaha April
8. A fast match Is expected.
Fred Schelstede of Hlchland sold, a
shipment of hogs at the South Omnlia
live slock market which netted him
$14.5H per hundred pounds.
Citizens of North Platte will vote
on three bond propositions totaling
$.11,000, nt a special election to be
held on April 5.
A fifty-five aero farm located nine
miles west of Omaha sold junt recent
ly for $13,750, or nn nverage of "$2.10
an ncrs.
Proprietors of shoe shining pnrlors
In Omnhn havo announced that here
after, the price of n week-day shine
will be 10 rents Instead of fi.
Business men of Wnyne are behind
a proposition to build n $50,000 hotel
In the city.
Intersect Ion paving bonds to the
nniount of $40,000 were voted by the
people of Heatrlce at a special elec
tion. One carload of hogs and a number
of cattle were killed In a Burlington
wreck In the Tecumseh yard".
Table Rock citizens got together re
cently nnd re-organlzed their Com
mcrclnl club.
Moorfleld Farmers' Equity Union
will build nn elevntor nt thnt place In
the nenr future.
William Ernst, well-known farmer
and breeder of Nebraska, and a fore
most citizen of Johnson county, died
nt his homo in Tecumseh. He Intro
duced ninny specimens of grasses and
vegetables to Nebraska, having been
associated with the stale Ijoard of ag
riculture nnd the state university for
years.
The Saunders County Baseball
league has been organized with teams
at Widino, Ceresco, Yutnn, Cednr
Muffs, Morso Muff and Memphis.
Games will be played on Sundays dur
tng the spring and summer months.
South Omnha live stock market
led the world In receipts on March
(I. with n totnl of 20,100 head of stock
of nil kinds. Chicago, second, hnd
20,000 head. Hogs sold for $14.20 n
hundred pounds nt Otnaha and for
$14.70 at Chicago on that date.
Resolutions fnvorlng n new capltol
building for Nebraska nnd u provls
Ion whereby people of the state bo
given nn opportunity to vote on a se
lection of n site where It should be
built, were adopted by the Kearney
Commercial club.
Scoltsbluff Is to have n new hotel
to cost In the neighborhood of 100,
000. W. II, Ostenberg, president of
the Scottshluff National bank, nnd an
Omnhn capitalist are behind the pro
Ject.
A shipment of hogs from Scotts
hluff county sold for $13.S0 per nun
dredwdght on the South Omnhn mar
ket March B, topping the market for
thnt day.
A movement Is on foot to battel n
new hospital In Aurora. The demand
for such an Institution Is extremely
urtwnt.
Applications for loans aggregating
$2,421,740 uro nlrondy on IHj with tho
ofllcors of the Federal LimA bank of
Omaha. These are from the forty
nine national farm loan associations
already organized In this, the Eighth
district. Nebraska lends the list with
twenty-six associations nlrondy form
ed, npplylng for n grand totnl of $1,
JHJO.IOO. South Dakota, with fifteen
associations, asks for $00-1,180. Wy
oming, with six associations, wants
$:i!ir,000. Iowa has two associations
nnd wants $115,000. The farm loan
act requires these associations to sub
scribe for stock In the Omaha Land
bank to the umount of 5 per cent of
the loans granted. Upon this bnsls
the amount of loans asked for will
bring an accumulation of $121,2,'I5 to
the capital stock of tho Federal Land
bank ns soon as the loans arc made.
Scarcity of hogs Is given by stock
men ns the causa of the present high
price of porkers. The lowest prlco
carload hogs ever brought on tho
Omaha market was August 0, 1800,
when Frank Crittenden, South Omaha,
sold some for $2.r.r. On tho same day
Jake Payne nnd Dick Carpenter, Sar
py county, sold a wagon load of hogs
for $2..$.". The lowest market uvcr-
nge prices were on July 20. ISOfl, and
August 0, 1800, when the nverago
was $2.71. A herd from Nellgli top
ped the South Omnha market on
March 0, selling for $11.20 a hundred
pounds. Old stockmen predict that
before April 1 hogs will sell for $15
nnd eventually $20 per hundred
weight. With his automobile converted Into
kindling-wood, when it wns struck by
a Rurllngton passenger train near
Hastings, Grant Lovelady was thrown
100 feet from the railroad cros.-tlng
with no signs of Injury other than a
slight scratch on the back of his
hand. Lovelady Is a farmhand for
Menno Lay, six miles south of Hast
ings.
Wheat Is still allvo In southeastern
Nebraska. A number of observing fnr-
mcrs glvo It as their opinion that
there Is enough wheat alive to moko
practically a full crop. Some wheat
Is dead In every Held. Ground which
grew good corn In 1010 Is in worst
shape. All wheat needs moisture soon.
Just recently tho congregntlon of
the Prairie Union Hnptlst church, nenr
Stelln, held n monster Jubilee celebra
tion In honor of the fiftieth anniver
sary of the founding of the institu
tion. The Sunday school of tho
church wns cstnbllshed In 180.1. Over
400 people were in nttendnnce.
The Logan County Fair association
Is to erect a large amphitheater on Its
grounds this year, having decided on
such action ut n meeting held recently
In Stapleton. Tho nssoclntlon has a
snug sum of money In the treasury
which Is to bo spent on Improvements
this yenr.
All record prices for cattle nt tho
South Omnha market were shattered
when C. P. Orton of Unndllla sold
forly-one bend for nn average of
$11.75 per hundredweight. The snlo
was made on March 7. The highest
previous top price In nil the history
of the market wns $11.50.
North Platte. Is to have a Com
munity Center In the new Franklin
school. An effort is being aaade ti
convert the school auditorium lute a
place of recreation, where men, wom
en nnd children of Mia elty may find
nmusemtnt.
The Associated Commercial Oluba
of Western Nebraska have gone on
record favoring IIouso Iloll No. 1, In
troduced by Henry O. Richmond f
Omaha, calling for the ereetlon of n
new capltol building nt Lincoln.
The Union Pacific has stationed
watchmen nt nil Imitortnnt bridges In
Nebraska. The action Is taken, It Is
said, to prevent possible damage by
crunks lu view of tho present crisis
with Germany.
Hustings business men gnve a pub
lic reception and banquet to tho offi
cers and privates In company G who
recently returned from border service.
Disposing of Irrigation water rights
lu the North Platte river valley In Ne
braska worth more than $2,000,000, a
Nebraska supremo court decrco up
holding validity of the state's wnter
law of 1805, and sustaining the wnter
claims of tho Trl-Stote Land nnd Fnr-
mers' Mutual Cnnnl companies, was
put Into effect by the United StateB
supremo court.
Tho now $15,000 brick block recent
ly built nt Lowlston by Representa
tive D. S. Dalbey of Bentrlce wns ded
icated with n grand ball given by res
Idonrs of that town.
Postmaster N. J. Ludl, ef Wnlioo,
has received Instructions from Wash
ington to advertise for bids for the
new federal building to bo built there.
The npproprlntlon for tnls bntldlng
Is $50,000. City delivery will prob
ably be put In upon ompletton of Mis
new building.
Tho Christian church of Aurora,
which has been meeting In Its bnse
ment, has commenced a atimpnlgn t
raise funds to complete the building.
When finished the church will be on
of the best In the stute.
Ex-County Clerk Hudbon of Adams
county, convicted of forgery recently
by a Jury, was sentenced to the state
penltentlnry for u terra of from one
to ten years. He has already besun
serving the term at Lincoln.
The month f February set a new
high water mark for marriage It
ctnevB In Dodge Bty. Forty-two
wre Usuod by Cennty Jndgo TTultls
Ylnterstea.
Calveii twnty-u in rag in
Onge cousfcy have bsn teand to be
nftllcted with fclns&Ug, nMonlin to
a report of Connty Atfcat R4st.
E
BUT THREE VOTES AGAINST
PROHIBITION MEASURE
WANT TO ADJOURN APRIL 1
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Wcstot .i Newspaper Union News Service.
Threu votes were recorded against
tho "bono dry" prohibition bill on Its
final passage by the Nebraska house.
Two of them were cast liv members
of the Douglas county delegation,
Messrs. Keegan and Schnolder. Tho
third negative voto wns by Moyson
burg of llutler.
Tho bill reot-lvod ninety votes and
wan declared pnssed with tho omcrg
encv clause. Tho absentees vere
Messrs. Qehrcns, Cronln, Lcldlgh,
Mears, Trumblo and Waite. Of tlrese,
Messrs. Cronin, Trumblo aiRl Wallo
were tho only ones who had been
marked absent on tho morning roll
call, tho others having been in their
scatf earlier in the forenoon.
Mt Koch was In his seat when tho
prohibition bill came up, but declined
to voto on It. Although his name was
callo'l sovcral times, ho did not re
spond. Ho and Mr. Behrcns, who was
nbsont at tho time, are from Cuming
county, which Is known as ono of tho
strongest anti-prohibition counties la
tho state, having a largo foreign popu
lation. Mr. Mcysonburg explained his voto
against tho bill by Baying it was not
tho kind of a measure the people vot
ed for last fall. Mr. Richmond voted
for it, notwithstanding, his hpllcf that
It is not In accordance with tho wishes
of a majority of tho people of Ne
braska. It being the only measure be
fore tho legislature making tho dry
amendment effective, ho saw nothing
Ohio to do.
Wsnt to Adjourn by April 1
Farmer members of tho- legislature
are beginning to talk about the time
of adjournment. Representative Rels
nor would havo the two houses ad
journ about April 1, whethor they
had finished what they wanted to do
or not. He said that others wore
discussing the question and he looked
for a movement of that kind to be
stnrted In a short time, if the flno
weather continues.
To consider, all the bills before it,
it would take tho legislature until
July. No effort will bo made to do
this. Tho general fllos in both
bouses, upon which are placed all the
bills that pass tho gauntlet of the
committees, nre well filled. Two or
thio weeks would bo necessary to
clean up tho house calendar alone,
ami there are several hundred bills
In the handB of tho committees. This
condition will force a sifting com
mlf.tee early In tho month.
Ars Guests of Omaha
Members of the legislature, officials
of the executive departments of the
stnte and seme of thalr wives were
gueats of Omaha last Friday. The
special from Lincoln, bearing 1SS of
Mwn, arrived at South Omaha at
11 o'clock In the forenoon. Gover
nor Neville was a member of tho
party.
General Manager Buckingham of
thr stock .yards, took the party in
tow, piloting tho visitors through the
yards and packing houses and giving
an automobllo ride about tho South
SIiJc. At noon luncheon was served
at the Live Stock Exchange restau
rant. In tho afternoon tho party took
In tho auto show as guests of tho
Omaha Automobllo Trade association.
In tho evening the Commercial
club gave n dinner to the visitors at
tht- club rooms.
Ovnr $10,000,000 Bond Investment
Over $10,000,000 of Nebraska's
fufds are Invested In bonds bearing
5 aor cent Interest or better, State
Trfnauror Hall has announcod. This
Is the first. time in the history of
th stato the bond Investment has
paised tho $10,000,000 mark. The
stfito's cash balance was $1,302,241.
95 nt tho closo of business in Feb
ruary. Wwnts Enforceable Antl-Clgaret Law
Representative Dorsoy may remove
some objections to tho olgaret stat
ute which he seeks to get through the
lejflslature by amondlng It to provldo
I iuhv uu juuuio uuuer ai years anau
I be allowed to purchase cigarets in
thin state. The present draft of the
hilt sets the figure at 18 years. Tho
thing about tho bill which appeals to
mi or a practical turn of mind la
tlu-t It Is enforceable and offers a bo-
.....v.., w j.iu.i.uu, 1,11.11 una wurncu
mttny boy-workvrs In th past few
yonrs.
Raises State Printer's Salary
Passage of the Dafoe-Taylor bill
making the state printing commission
er tho purchaslne agent for all print
Inp, stationery and typewriter sup
plies used by tho state departments,
Institutions, boards and commissions
(except in the state unlvcrstr and
normal schools) was accomplished In
the lower branch of th legislature
by the vote of 79 to B. The bill raises
'the printing commissioner's salary
rrom ?i,&qo to ?z,C09 and requires him
to put In his full time for toe state.
PASS
DRY SILL
CUT DOWN THE ITEMS
No Raise In Salary for University
Professors
A reduction of almost one-third of
a million dollars In tho total nmount
carried by tho special Itemized ap
propriation bill for tho University of
Nobraska nnd Its branches was de
cided on by tho llnanco commltteo of
the house nnd tho committee's report
to that effect has been mndo to tho
chiimber.
Tho bill ns originally introduced
contained Hems aggregating $1,350,-
000. From this sum, the finance
commltteo has lopped off $307,500,
leaving tho total at $1,042,500. This
Is more than was appropriated in
tho same bill two years ago. This
bunch of appropriations is separate
from and additional to the regular
one-mill levy for university mainten
ance and the three-fourths mill levy
for campus extension and new build
ings. Dates for Annual Inspection
Tho dates for tho annual Inspec
tion of tho Fourth regiment Nebras
ka national guard, have been an
nounced by Adjutant General Hall.
Tho Inspection is purely a formal
ity. Colonel Root of tho regular
army will conduct it this yenr.
The dates nro:
Hcadquartora company, Friend,
Mnrch 5.
Company L, Kearney, March 6
and 7.
Company M, York, March 8 and 9.
Company IC, Osceola, March 10
and 12.
Company H, Madison, Mnrch 13
and 14.
Company E, Wayne, March 15
and 16.
Company L, Gordon, March 17
and 19.
Company G, Stanton, March 20
and 21.
Supply company, WiRner, March 22.
Company F, Blnlr, March 23 and 24.
Regimental headquarters, Compa
nies A, B, C, D, and machlno gun,
Omaha, March 26, 27. 28 and 29.
Open Season for Water Fowl
Scores of requests for Information
on tho open season for waterfowl in
Nebraska are pouring weekly into the
office of tho state game warden, duo
largely to tho confusion occasioned by
the altered federal migratory bird
law, which went Into effect AugiiBt 21,
1910.
Tho Nebraska warden is sending
out cards which show that tho open
season In Nebraska is betwoen Sep
tember 16, nnd Decomber 31.
Although the state law leaves tho-
opon season until April 5, this is su-
porcedod by tho federal law, which
controls.
Death of Edward Royse
Edward Royse, secretary of thc-
state banking board, died at 5:35 p.
m. Monday. He had been In ailing
hoalth for about two years. Ho was
aged 59 years.
Mr. Royge held the position of
secretary of the board of fourteen
and one-half years and at tho time
of his death was a candidate for re
appointment. Although a republican
in politics, ho had held over under
three democratlo governors.
Mr. Royse was nn efficient ofllcor,
nnd was popular with the bankers of
the state. He bad a thorough hnowl
odge of the banking laws.
Favors New Wlnjj to Capitol
Tho house finance, ways nnd moans
committee adopted, without a distient-
lng vote, a motion thnt it bo tho aonse
of tho committee that Richmond's bill.
H. R. 1, be reported out amended to
provided for a two-thirds of a mill levy
for tho noxt two years, tho proceeds
to bo expended in building a new vast
wing and In paying for tho poncll
sketches for a completed structure.
The bill will carry the present rec
ommondatlon for tho erentlon of a
capitol commission, composed of tho
governor and four citizens to bo
named by him, which will adopt tho
plans for tho new structure.
February Warrants Total $327,194.48
Stato Auditor W. H. Smith Issued
state warrants in Februnry amount
ing to J327.194.48. Tho nmount of
warrants issued in January wnB $739
422.74, making a total or ?1,$C5,617
for two months. The Arc commis
sioner's office drew on tho stato treas
ury for $1,697.84 to pay the expenses
of that dopartmont for the month of
February.
Cannot Collect Tuition
Private or parochial schools cannot
collect free high school tuition nor
can they receive money appropriated
for normal training In high schools.
This Is tho substance of an opinion
given by Attorney General WWIb E.
Reed to State Superintendent W. H.
Clemmons at the latter'e request.
The statutes governing matters of
tuition and distribution ot normal
training funds, Mr. Rwul points out,
aro only broad enough to Include tree
public high schools in their jurisdic
tion. Still Hope for New Capltol
The Nebraska legislators' present
to the state In the fiftieth year ot
its existence may be a brand now
state capltol bulldinr. Thnt mnrh
apueared t be more certain on tho
dawn ot Us blrthduy than at any
other time In years and years. Adop
tion by the house of a $60,000 item
for repair sf the building added to
tho fact that the senate and unan
imously indorsed the Idea f a fycw
building, makes the prodletion jsfabd
with security.