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    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
SPECIAL SESSION
E
BOTH HOUSES PASS RESOLUTION
WITHOUT DISSENT.
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
HAS PASSED INTO HISTORY
Members of the Houso Take the Op
portunity to Express Themselves
When the Final Moment Arrived
Senate Ratifies Resolution Early In
tde Session.
Lincoln. By tho unanimous consent
of both bouses, tho Nebraska leglsla'
ture.'in extraordinary session assem
bled, placed its approval upon tho
Joint resolution ratifying the amend
ment to tho national constitution for
bidding congress or any state of tho
Union to abridge tho rights of suffrage
to women.
Tho houso of .representatives gave
Its approval to tho resolution in tho
closing hours of the session, the sen
ate having passed upon the matter
two days previously. Many members
took tho opportunity to express their
appreciation of tho privilege tho extra
Bession afforded them, of being among
those upon whom the honor devolved,
several saying that it was tho proud
est moment of their lives to share In
tho work of passing equal suffrage
along to tho mothers and daughters
of tho "nation, which had shown by
meir uuuriug ciions nnu uovouon i"
the nation's cause during tho trying
period of the great war that they are
entitled to share equally with men in
the affairs of state.
Allen of Gago county, a member of
tho session In 1913, who voted to kill
tho bill at that time, was the first
member to rise when the houso pre
pared to vote. He said that people's
views had changed and so had he, and
that ho wished to bo the first to vote
aye. Hardin of Harlan said ho was
voting yes for tho third and last tlmo
To celebrate tho ratification moving
pictures'were taken in tho house when
that branch was voting. An hour later,
the signing cf the bill by Governor Mc
Kelvio in the senato chamber, with tho
officers of tho house and senate and a
group of suffrago enthusiasts sur
.rounding him, wus enacted before a
Qlm machine.
After tho result of tho roll call was
announced tho suffrago workers and
members of the house engaged in a
ibandshaklng and mutual congratula
tions. A fow minutes later Chairman
McLeod of the house commltteo on
engrossed and enrolled bills and
Chairman Harris of tho senate com
mittee appeared together with the en
rolled suffrage bill for Speaker Dalby
and Chief Clerk Hitchcock to sign, as
tho last pleco of legislative business
of tho session. As tho speaker an
nounced the fact that the bill was
signed the members broke into ap
plauso which lasted for several min
utes. A motion to adjourn sine die was
held in abeyanco while Mrs. V. E.
Barkley, late state president of tho
state suffrago association and in
chargo of tho legislative work, ad
dressed the houBO. She recited a part
of an odo to democracy. She said tho
session had the thanks of every suffra
gist in the state, and tho women of
Nebraska were glad to have tho oppor
tunity to express their appreciation of
tho act which placed Nebraska on rec
ord as. one of tho necessary states to
ratify tho enfranchisement of all
women of tho United States. As a
representative of the association she
desired to thank them for their abso
lute, splendid courtesy, co-operation
and respect shown. It might not seem
necessary to do this, as it was to
havo been expected, but it was so full
hearted and splendid that it should
not go unrecognized. Sho thought it
simply a forewarning of tho help and
comradeship that would como when all
were equal citizens in all respects.
Sho desired to have tho membera
who might go to the constitutional
convention know that tho women de
sired to see in the document produced
no qualification of box. The women
desired this becauso they wanted the
ballot through tho special act of the
men of their own state and not owo
all to the men of the nation.
Mrs. Barkloy said that no greater
happiness can como to a human being
than to espouse a great cause and be
allied In the work that brought con
tact with the splendid men and womon
who love it.
1919 Cotton Forecasts
Washington. A cotton production
of 11,016,000 bales this year was fore
cast by tho department of agriculturo
basing its estimate on tho condition
of tho crop July 25th which it an
nounced as 67.1 per cent of a normal.
Refused to Act on H. C. L.
Lincoln. Governor McKelvle re
fused to heed the request of the house
for another extra session to deal with
profiteering. After a resolution had
pussed the house, the governor ap
peared before that body and stated
tho reasons for his decision to refuse
their request, in a personally deliv
ered message. Ho cited tho members
to the fact that they hud failed to pass
legislation at the last regular session
to curb profiteering, and called tholr
nttentlon to tho civil codo bill's pro
visions for that purpose.
fill FIES
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GOVERNOR M'KELViE REDY
TO PUT CODE INTO FORCE
Secretaries Announced When Court
Passed Upon Referendum Petition,
Declaring It Void Cabinet Mem'
bers, Promoted from President Po
sition, Receive $5,000 Yearly.
LI." coin. Governor McKclvlo, fol
lowing n decision of tho district court
holding the codo referendum petition
to bo void, will lmmcdlotely onforco
tho code bill. To this end ho has an
nounced tho appointment of tho fol
lowing as secretaries of departments:
Flnanco Philip P. Bross.
Agriculturo Leo A. Stuhr.
Trade and Commerce J. B. HarL
Labor Frank A. Kennedy.
. Public Work3 George E. JohnBon.
Public Welfare H. H. Antics.
Tho governor explains In his an
nouncement that In nearly every caso
theso secretaries who will draw $5,000
a y'oar salary, have been promoted
from positions they now hold under
tho stato administration. In florae
instances the secretaries will perform
tho duties they are now performing
In addition to the duties of secretary
of their department. This will savo
one salary.
Tho subjects over which tho vari
ous departments have administrative
authority are as follows:
Flnnnce Business systom, uniform
ity, accounting, reporting, purchasing,
budget, taxation.
Agriculture Foods, drugs, dairy and
oils, live stock, health and sanitation,
hog cholera, tuberculosis, stallion reg
istration; markets and marketing,
agricultural statistics, publicity, stato
development, gamo and fish.
Trade and Commerce Banking, in
surance, flre commission, bluo sky..
Labor Workman's . compensation,
free employment bureau, welfare of
workers, child labor, health and safoty
regulations, inspections, industrial sta
tistics. Public works Highways, stato aid,
bridges, automobile licenses, irriga
tion, water power, drainage.
Public Welfare Health, contagious
diseases, communicable diseases, san
itation, examining boards, physicians
and surgeons, osteopathy and osteo
Western Union TWO
pathic physicians, chiropractic, den
tists, nurses, pharmacy, optometry,
embalmers, veterinary medicine, vital
statistics, maternity homes, child wel
fare, charities and correction, par
dons and paroles.
In announcing tho appointment of
six secretaries Governor McKelvio
made the following statement:
"It has been my opinion' that tho
civil administrative code has been tho
law since the 18th of July, and now
that tho district court has held with
the secretary of state in his opinion
that tho referendum petitions against
the codo were not properly circulated,
I feel justified in making tho appoint
ments of the secretaries of tho six
administrative departments under tho
code. x
"The administration of tho state's
business under the codo simply means
that by consolidating tho several sub
divisions of administration into six
major departments, togother with tho
elimination of tho boards and com
missions under which they wero for
merly administered, it will bo pos
sible to fix responsibility and obtain
efficiency.
"In making tho minor appointments
under the codo, I shall dopend largely
upon tho recommendations of tho
secretaries of tho departments. This
Is tho policy that I havo pursued, not
only In my own business, but in tho
handling of tho state's business sinco
I havo been governor, and I think it
Is tho only plan through which disci
pline and loyalty of service can bo in
sured. Governor McKelvio has boon quoted
as having said tho code bill gavo
power to copo with profiteering, so
far as coping is possible by state or
local authorities. On ono occasion
tho governor pointed out tho following
paragraph in tho codo bill under the
head of department .of agriculturo:
"The department of agriculturo shall
havo power to encourage and promote.
In every practicable manner, tho In
terests of agriculture, including horti
culture, the llvo stock Industry, dairy
ing, cheese making, poultry, bee keep
ing, forestry, fishing, the production of
wool, and all other allied Industries;
to promote methods" of conducting
these sbvoral industries with a view
to increasing tho production and facili
tate the distribution thcroof at tho
least cost."
It Is considered probable that tho
new secretaries of tho six depart
ments will advise the reappointment
of tho majority of their present cm'
ployos.
State Printer Cunningham Is an
other whose place will soon bo dlscon
ttnucd. Mr. Bross, acting secretary
of flnanc.e, will serve as state printer
and purchasing agent under tho state
printer law.
Senate Censures Hastings.
Lincoln. A resolution censuring
Dean W. G. Hastings of the state uni
versity college of law, for accepting
employment as attorney in tho effort
to defeat tho foreign language law en
acted by the last legislature, was
passed by the senate iu the last min
utes of tho extra session. The voto
was 14 to 9. Reconsideration of tho
approval of tho senate's minutes,
which had Just pasnod, was necessary
In order to get the resolution to u
voto over the points of order raised
by its oppononto.
RIOTING DIES IN
FACE OF GUNS
Illinois Militiamen Prove Their
Worth as Soldiers; Act
Like Veterans.
SEE PLENTY OF EXCITEMENT
Opposed by Angry Mobs Which Out-
numbered Them Many Times
Rescue St. Louis Negro
Hanged to Telegraph Pole
Negroes Go to Work.
Chicago, Aug. 2. Tho militiamen of
Illinois have proved their worth ns
soldiers. Their advent Into tho in
llumed districts of tho South sldo has
curbed the rioters, but the rnco feud
that has killed 82 men and beaten,
killed, stoned, stabbed, nnd shot mora
than 300 others, still smolders. Last
night one man, colared, wnB killed; six
wero hurt.
In tho district controlled by tho
Boldlers there Is llttlo lnwlcBsness.
Outsldo It there wero several out
rages committed by whlto mobs.
Ono such mob tried to set nflro the
houso at 0432 South LnSallo street,
whero n negro family resided. Threo
times tho night before It hod been
fired. Tho men of the Tenth National
Guard found tho Incendiaries Just In
tlmo, and chased them. Tho colored
Tesldents ran from the houso and took
refugo In a hollow square, the edges
of which were bristling with bayonets.
Tho mob, numbering sevcrnl thou
sands, hooted nnd Jeered, but they
didn't dnro to pass that wall of steel.
With tho coming of reserves the mob
wns scattered, nnd orders wero Issued
thnt no ono should be allowed to leuvo
or enter that block between LnSallo
and Wentworth, nnd Fifty-fifth and
Fifty-fourth streets.
The troops were doing excellent
work. Adjutant Gencinl Dickson said
ho was proud of them. Their com
manders said they acted like veterans.
They saved many lives, protected
property, and were cool and steady
facing angry mobs that outnumbered
them many times.
They saw plenty of excitement.
They rescued Itlchnrd Dnlde, a negro
from St. Louis, who was about to bo
hanged on n telegraph pole by a white
gang at Sixty-third street and Camp
bell avenue.
The negroes, feeling safe now that
tho troops had como, went to their
work In tho stock yards. They wero
pursued by whites, beaten, knocked
down, klckedv Then came the militia
men with bayonets fixed. Tho rioters
drew back, snarling nnd cursing, bill
tho bayonets didn't waver.
$1,000,000 FRAUD CHARGED,
Charles A. Strang, a Shipbuilder, Is
Arrested In East on a Federal
Indictment.
New York, Aug. 2. Chnrles A.
Strang, n shipbuilder, was arrested In
West Brighton on a federal Indictment
chnrglng him with conspiracy to de
fraud the government by means of n
fraudulent pay roll. Tho complaint
was 'made by the Emergency Fleet cor
poration, which operates the Duval
Shipbuilding company In Florida,
where Strang wns employed.
Fcdernl officers declared that when
Strang's alleged co-consplrntors are
rounded up It will be found the gov
ernment wns robbed of $1,000,000.
AURORA AND ELGIN MEN OUT
Interurban Employees Voto to Strike
at Two O'clock Wednesday Morn
ing Many Towns Affected
Chicago, July 31. Employees of
tho Aurora, Elgin & Chicago in
terurban road voted yesterday to
go on strike nt two o'clock this morn
ing. This will mean a complete tie
up of all transportation on the "third
rail" line. Elgin, West Chicago,
Whenton, Glen Ellyn, Villa Park nnd
Lombnrd will bo without light nnd
ninny lnrgo Industrial plants In those ,
vicinities will be without power, as
they nro supplied with electricity from
tho Interurban dynamos.
SALES OF WHEAT INCREASE
33,793,000 Bushelo Received From
Farms During Week Ended July
1817,493,000 Previous Week.
Wnshlngton, July 81. A total of H.
703,000 bushels of wheat was received
In mnrkets from farms in the week
ending July 18, nccordlng to figures Is
sued by tho United States Grain cor
poration, covering tho wheat and flour
movement throughout tlfo country.
This compnred with 17,403,000 bush
els for tho previous week and 32,510,
000 for the samo week In 1018.
Lansing Replies to Senate.
Wnshlngton, Aug. 4. Two hundred
nnd seventeen Americans have been
killed In Mexico slnco the close of tho
regime of Porflrlo Dlnx May 25, 1011,
the senato was Informed by Secretary
Lansing In response to an Inquiry.
Deity Still With Kaiser.
Berlin, Aug. 4. Tho former Gorman
empress In tho course of a letter to
tho vicar of Christ, church at Wll
helmshohe says: "Tho kaiser Is bear
ing his burden, but tho Lord will lead
hire vut of tho dark valley."
THE TROUBLE'S WITH THE TIME LOCK
f sin
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INDIANAPOLIS NEWS
SENATE GETS TREATY
PACT WITH FRANCE HANDED IN
BY PRESIDENT.
Almost Identical With One Signed
Between Great Britain and
France.
Washington, July 31. President
Wilson transmitted to tho senate tho
special treaty with Franco by which
tho United States pledges Itself to
como Immediately to tho aid of that
republic In tho event of nn unprovoked
nttack by Germany, and asked for Its
early ratification "along with tho
treaty with Germany."
Submission of tho trenty camo after
shn" criticism by senate Republicans,
who for sevcrnl days had openly
chnrged on tho senato floor that In
falling to present tho draft of tho pact
along with the treaty of Versailles, the
president had vlolnted ono of the ar
ticles of the document. Tho president
did not follow tho usual custom of
presenting tho trenty In person.
The Franco-American trenty Is al
most Identical with ono signed be
tween Great Britain nnd Frnncc. Ono
difference between tho texts, as mado
public by tho French foreign office, to
which nttontlon hns been called, Is
thnt the United States pledges Itself
to go "Immediately" to tho assistance
of France, whllo Great Britain "con
sents" to assist that country.
Tho president told tho senate tho
purpose of tho treaty wns to provldo
nsslstnnco for Franco In caso of un
provoked aggression by Germany with
out waiting for the advice of the coun
cil of the League of Nations that such
action should bo taken, and explained
that It wns to bo nn arrangement, "not
Independent of tho League of Nntlons,
hut under It."
7-CENT CAR FARE FOR ALTON
Public Utilities Body at Springfield
, Raises the Tariff In Many
Illinois Cities.
Springfield, III., July 31. Orders en
tered by tho public utilities commis
sion will continue until October 31,
1010, the effective period of rates In
the following eases:
Seven-cent cash street car fare for
tho Alton, Granite City and St. Louis
Traction company, affecting Alton,
Brooklyn and Venice.
Slx-cont cash faro for street railway
service In Hockford.
Slx-cont cash street car faro In East
St. Louis.
Temporary rates authorized for In
terurban express between Sterling
and Dixon by the Sterling, Dixon &
Eastern Electric Hallway company.
STRIKE THROWS 100,000 OUT
Situation at Scranton, Pa., la Serious
Whole Lackawanna Valley
Without Electricity.
Scranton, Pn., July 31. The Indus
trial situation In tho Lacknwnuna val
ley has assumed n critical phase. Tho
strike has practically shut off tho op
erntlons.of tho Scranton Electric com
pany. Industry nftor Industry has
been forced to quit, and It Is estimated
thnt moro thnn 100,000 workers nro
Idle.
Germans Vote Extra Wealth Tax.
Welmnr, July 81. Tho proposed ex
traordinary tax on wealth was voted
upon favorably by tho council of state.
Close Six Army Hospitals.
Washington, Aug. 2. Six army gen
eral hospitals, located at Ontario,
N. Y.; Btltmorc, N. C.i Now Haven,
Conn.; Fort Benjamin Tlnrrlsoii, Ind.;
Fort Douglas, Utah, nnd Fort Snelllng,
Minn., will bo closed September 80.
$25,000,000 for Cola Firm.
Atlantn, Gn Aug. 2. Sale of tho
Coca Cola company of Atlanta to Now
York Interests for $25,000,000 beenmo
known hero, tho final transaction be
ing dependent upon reports of nud
Itors for the Now York capitalists.
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SLAUGHTER 19 JAPS
MIKADO'S SOLDIERS ARE SLAIN
BY CHINESE.
Chinese Government Expresses Regret
Over Incident Chinese Losses
Not Given.
Washington, Aug. 2. Sixteen Jap
anese officers nnd men nnd thiwo Jap-
anosa policemen wero killed, nnd 17
Jnpaneso soldiers moro or less seri
ously wounded In n clash with Chi
nese troops at Kuanchenghu July 10,
nccordlng to nn official report received
by tho Japaneso embassy here. The
losses of tho Chinese were not given.
Tho clnsh was sa'.'J to havo followed
an assault on nn employee of tho
South Manchuria Knllway company by
about 20 Chinese soldiers.
Tho report said tho Chinese govern
ment expressed regret over the Inci
dent, and dismissed from office tho
Chinese commanders nnd reprimanded
Gen. Mcng Un Yuan, governor general
of Klrln province, In which Kuan
chenghu Is sltunted.
CHICAGO TRAVELS ON FOOT
Employees of the Surface and Elevat
ed Lines Walk Out After
Week's Conference.
Chicago, July 80. Chicago Is walk
ing. After a week of fruitless confer
ence between hcadrj of tho trolley
men's unions nnd compnny officlnls tho
order was given for a walkout and tho
surfneo and elevated cars wero run In
to tho barns. Tho men demnnd 85
cents nn hour, un eight-hour day, 00
per cent of the runs to ho straight
time and tlmo and one-half far over
time. BIG FIRE PLOT IS BARED
Mayor of Chicago Says That Informa
tion Caused Him to Yield to
Troop Call.
Chicago, Aug. 2. In n statement
supplementing nn announcement ho
made, Mayor Thompson said thnt It
was Information that Wednesday night
had been chosen for a widespread plot
to start fires In the riot district, which
Induced him to call out tho stato
troops. Ho was guided In that action,
too, by knowledge that the police wero
worn out by continuous duty.
NEWS FROM FAR
AND NEAR
London, Aug. 1. Two hundred and
eighty-three Hungarian communities
In Hungary hnve decided to declare
their Independence of the soviet gov
eminent nt Budapest, the Copenhagen
correspondent of tho Exchnngo Tele
graph reported today. The soviet
troops at Budapest refused to quell
the demonstrations of striking metal
workers.
Washington, Aug. 1. Tho senate
commerce committee reported favor
ably on tho nominations of John Bar
ton Pnyno of Chicago to be chairman
and of Henry M. Robinson of Los An
geles and ThomiiB Scott of Now Lon
don, Conn., to ho members of tho
United' Stntcs shipping board.
Washington, Aug. 1. Senator Chnm
berlaln of Oregon Introduced n bill In
tho senato providing for universal mil
itary training.
100 U. S. Ships Sold.
Wnshlngton, Aug. 4. Ono hundred
steamships built on the Groat Lakes
during tho war havo been sold by the
shipping bonrd to tho Anderson Over
seas corporation of Now York for ap
proximately $80,000,000.
Mrs. John Barton Payne Dead.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Mrs. John Barton
Payne, wlfo of tho new chairman of
tho United States shipping bonrd, Is
dead at her country homo nt Elm
hurst, near here. Sho had been 111
two weeks.
PUTS RAIL WAGES
UP TO CONGRESS
Wilson Asks Special Commission
to Pass on Increase of
$800,000,000.
APPEALS TO THE HOUSE
Requestes Speaker Glltett of Body to
Postpone Its Recess Until Uefinlto
Action Is Taken on the Rail
Wage Question.
Wnshlngton, Aug. 4. President
Wilson nsked congress to creato a
special Investigating commission to
pass on tho wago Increases asked by
tho railway shopmen nnd other rail
way employees.
Tho president forwnrded to Senator
Cummins nnd Representative Esch,
chairmen respectively of tho houso
and senato Intersfuto commorco Com
mittees, tho proposal rondo originally
by Director General Hlneg nnd nsked
that provision bo mado for representa
tion of both labor nnd the public on
tho body.
Tho president nsked congress to
stipulate, In Its legislation, that if
wngo Increases nro allowed under It
nwnrd, It should bo mandatory on tho
rlitc-mnklng authority to tnerenso rail
rond rates enough to meet tho ad
vnncos. President Wilson nsked Speaker Gil
lett of tho houso to postpone Its re
cess, until defiulte notion was taken
on his request that congress set up n
committee to pass upon wage In
creases asked for by railroad em
ployees. An Identical letter wos sent
to Representative Mondell, tho Repub
llcnn floor lender.
Director General nines Informed
tho president that Inasmuch ns tho
Increases being nsked by nil clnsses
of railroad workers aggregated 800,
000,000 a year, ho hoped something
might be done to rcduco the cost of
living ns nn alternative, because ho
doubted that his powers ivcro suffi
cient to Increase rates enough to meot
tho vast sum.
Mr. Hincs also nsked that the rail
road administration bo nllowed to con
tinue to bundle questions of rules and
working conditions, saying these could
not bo satisfactorily separated from
the current handling of railroad oper
ations. President Wilson wroto the commit
tee chnlrman that Jio concurred In tho
view of Mr. nines thnt tho legislation
undertaken shoflld authorize the body
thus set up to mako Its findings with
regard to wago Incrcnses retroactlvo
to tho 1st of August, 1010, ut any rnto
to tho extent thnt tho tribunal may
regard rensonnblo nnd proper, In or
der to glvo rcnl relief to the em
ployees concerned."
' L. F. Shepherd, chief of tho Broth
erhood of Hallway Conductors, ac
companied by nntlonal officers of that
organization, called on President Wil
son to discuss with him tho conduc
tors' recent demand on the railway
wago commission for wago Incrcnses
averaging 35 per cent.
Tho delegation told the president
tho conductors wero obliged to nsk
for tho Increase becauso during tho
lust six years their wnges had fallen
below tho prlco of necessaries to tho
extent of 85 per cent.
"An' Increase of 85 per cent would
put the conductors exnetly whore they
wero six years ago," Mr. Shepherd
said, "and even nt that tlmo wo felt
wo were not fully paid."
Reference wns mndo by ono member
of tho delegation to tho recent action
of tho Italian government In cutting
tho cost of food CO per cent In that
country, to which tho president wns
said to hnvo replied that no such dras
tic action could bo taken under tho
laws of the United Stntcs.
On leaving tho Whlto Houso Mr.
Shepherd said he had been given to
undersland thnt tho president, In deal
ing with the situation, was limited to
tho enforcement of laws already on
tho statute books.
VOLCANO KILLS THOUSANDS
Molten Lava Carries Death to 50,000
Persons In Java, Says
Refugee.
Singapore, Aug. 4. The nwful
scenes which prevailed when tho vol
cano of Kniut, In Java, burst Into
eruption on Muy 20, destroyed 20 vil
lages and caused a loss of llfo esti
mated by some ut, C0.000, are vividly
described by Miss E. W. Crnnon, who
lnts nrrlvcd here from Sourabay
n. A river of boiling mud nnd lava
which overwhelmed tho village of Blt
tar, whero Miss Cranen was staying,
sho snys, was ten miles wldo nnd four
feet deep.
Chinese and Japs Battle.
Honolulu, Aug. 4. Serious nntl-Jnp-nueso
disturbances nre reported ntTsl-Nnn-Fu,
Shantung, China, by cablo ad
vices from Tokyo by tho Nlppn, Jill,
nnd that tho commander of the Chi
neso garrison hns declared martial low.
38,000,000 Pennies Coined.
Philadelphia, Aug. 4. Tho abnor
mal demand for pennies Is still tax
ing the capacity of tho presses In tho
Philadelphia mint, tho enormous total
of 38,031,000 having been struck dur
ing July.