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A ship without a rudder F helpless,
grd si■ is an automobile without a
steering wheel. That semis to i«- the
thought behind a now invention de
signed to prevent the stealing of auto
mobiles left ut the curb. Ttie new
Wheel is easily attachable and detach
able, no that the owner can take it with
him when he leaves his oar. The wheel
differs from the conventional construc
tion in that it has a hub in which is a
slot which fits over a similar sized
block rigidly secured to the upper end
©f the steering post. The hub may be
locked on the block in two dilt'ennt
* ways, according to whether the lock
ing bar is integral with the wheel or
With the block. Jn the first me.thod a
•moll bar is pivoted over a small pin
at the opposite side. In the* second
method a small bar is pivoted to tho
block at the center. As the liar is re
volved about its pivot notches provided
at the ends of the bar on opposite sides
fit over pins on the hub. To prevent a
•thief from fitting a wheel of his own
of the same type, the hub is provided
with a socket into which a pin in tho
block fits.
Drought and the ravages of locusts,
says Commercial Agent Frank H von
Motz, Buenos Aires, have so reduced
pasturage and tho available supplies of
fodder in Argentina that the attention
of planters and stock raisers Inis been
focused on tho feeding stuff question
and the advantages of silos discussed
with vigor. “I am told that many silos
of reinforced concrete are being erected
by local contractors. The machinery for
preparing ensilage and for filling tho
silos will have to be imported and sev
eral American factories already have
made arrangements for the sale of this
class of machinery.”
The girls of Rumanian country dis
tricts take groat pride in a clear, heal
thy complexion, and Just os the girls In
our own rural districts a generation
ago would get up before breakfast and
steal-down unobserved on the first day
of May to wnsh their freckles away in
tho dew of tho morning, so tho girls of
Rumania take red and white threads,
. twist them into cords, from which they
suspend coins around their nocks.
These talismans they wear from tlie
dead of winter until they seo the first
blossom of spring, feeling sure that
(thereby they will guarantee themselves
a milk-white complexion, rosy cheeks
and ruby lips.
x lit" Riuuni nuic nun uin
fhshion, principally for tho reason that
such a thing is a source of danger ly
ing around loose, as a cane is apt to do;
but a whistling cane has been Invented
by which help may bo summoned by
one who is attacked and for any rea
son unable to moke an outcry. The
apparatus is entirely hidden In the
handle of the cane, but yet exposed
sufficiently to be quickly reached by
the hand of the person carrying It, and
two or three hard compressions will
cause a whistling noise, whloh will at
tract instantly the attention of anyone
within a distance of several hundred
yards.
Leather for shoe manufacturing pur
poses comes under two broad classifica
tions, upper leather and solo leather,
these, as their names imply, being used
respectively for the sole and for the
other portions of the shoe. Tho upper
leathers most commonly used are calf
skin, coltskln or horsehide t. ud kid.
Calfskin comes in various finish,*, pat
ent. wax, bright, dull, boarded and vel
vet. Coltskln and horsehide aiv used
principally as the bases for patent
leather, but they are also employed in
dull finish for men's high grade shoes.
Kid may bo glazed, patent, pebbled or
morocco, according to the tanning pro
cess.
There was more fog during 1916 than
In any previous year, according to
figures compiled at, the various signal
stations for the United States bureau
of lighthouses. The figures represent
the total hours of fog or thick weather.
The greatest fog was at the San Fran
cisco Light Vessel, where there was a
murk for 2,221 hours during the year,
more than one-quarter of tho time. The
highest record on the Atlantic coast
was at East Itock, Mo., where 2,043
hours of fog were recorded, equivalent
to about 23 per cent of the year.
The beings that can leap the great
est distance In proportion with their
sizes are Insects—the flea and grass
hopper. The former can hop over an
obstacle 600 times its height, which Is
the samo as if a man could hop over
a mountain 3,000 feet high. A grass
hopper can jump 200 times its length.
How tall are you? Four feet? Well,
if you wero a grasshopper you could
leap 800 feet.
A new varnish which, when applied
to metal, giving it a crystalized effect.
Is now on the market, and is known
as crystallizing lacquer. It is as yet to
be bad only In black and in a trans
parent varnish that gives tho effect of
frosted glass except that the design la
not so regular. Hat ornaments, belt
buckles, buttons and all sorts of arti
cles may be coated with It with excel
lent results.
A bridge projected between San
Francisco and Oaklkand will be the
largest of its kind In the world. It will
cost more than $2,000,000, and will carry
throe roudways and four railroad
tracks. The supports will consist of 16
epans, two of which will be large
enough to allow the passage beneath
them of any ship entering San Fran
cisco harbor.
The flying lemur lives in the IndtaD
archipelago. It is from 2 to 3 feet in
length, and Is furnished with a sort ol
membrane on each side of its body con
necting its limbs with each other. This
Is extended and acts as a parachute
while it takes its leaps, from a higher
to a lower place. Sometimes it will
soar from a distance of 300 feet, ot
about the length of a city block.
At Ellersiie, where William Wullac*
was horn, there is an oak which Is 21
feet in circumference. One summer,
when the trite was in full leaf, Wallace
end 300 of his soldiers are stud to hav«
hidden away in its upper branches, so
*s -aping capture by the English.
Fuel oil obtained from Scotch shale
fields has been found highly suitable
for the ltritish navy, and it is estimated
that from 400,000 to 500,000 tons will
V-s available annually for 150 years.
New automobile goggles for night
driving have opaque diagonals on the
•crises to enable a wearer to turn hi*
head slightly and thus avoid tho glare
of headlights he lares.
Experiments are under way in Eng
land with a method for thawing frozen
meat without hurdling its tissues so
that it will compare favorably with
fresh killed meat.
What i:t known as a "scoop" Id
America does not exist in Japan. If on*
newspaper has a particularly choice
Item of opus, it communicates it to
•tiler papers.
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OF GILLS IS Pi
Litter Feeling Develops in the
Nebraska House When
“Pet” Measures Are
i “Abused.”
Unenln. Nib,. March :j Bitterness
nr feeling is griming among members
of the house, as usually happens at this
period of the session when pet meas
ures are slaughtered and the men be
hind the let measures lay plans to
slaughter the pet measures or others.
This cropped out in the debate over
the Qsterman resolution to have tie
speaker appoint a committee before
whom nil complaints of lobbying should
! he laid and which should have power
I to send for men and papers. Richmond,
of Douglas, attacked Taylor, of Custer,
• and declared that the machine of the
house was attempting to override the
rights of other members. The machine
is made up of the farmers, and It lias
had as Its object the putting through
of a series of legislation by which the
cities contribute to the upbuilding of
rural schools. Mr. Richmond insisted
that the most persistent lobbyists were
members who had blllH they wanted to
fiush through and that the effort to
prevent any outsider from giving ad
vice u ism them was bottomed on a
desire to prevent interference with
their own activities.
Have Warm Debate.
\ number of members declared they
wanted their constituents to be free
[ to come and talk with them, and that
If any member was so weak that he
had to be guarded from the lobbyists
he ought to resign and let his people
send some one else In his place. Trum
ble ended the debate by declaring that
tho house had spent $25,000 worth of
time considering buncombe resolutions,
and ho urged that "we quit this damn
foolishness’ and go on with business.
Pass Rural School Bill.
The house passed without serious op
position the Ollls bill which is intended
to afford the rural schools of the state
an opportunity to build themselves up.
It provides for the redlstrlcting of all
the rural schools of the state and their
organization Into a county unit, but
with control so distributed that the
farmers havo something to say in the
management.
Irdvor new vapiioi Dunumg.
Tho chances for a new capitol are
Improving. The house put an Item of
$50,000 for repairs to the house wing,
but many who voted for It said they
did so in case the capitol bill failed.
The measure provides for a commission
• to plan a new capitol and to construct
j it out of money raised from a series of
j annual levies covering five years. The
Douglas county, delegation is a unit
in behalf of the bill, and it wants the
new building erected at Lincoln. Omaha
does not want tho capitol moved to
Grand Island or some other central
point and thus have another rival com
mercial center built up. Stuhr, of
Grand Island, has a bill providing for
a vote on removing the capitol. This
hill puts Lincoln against the field. If
removal Is decided upon, then Lincoln
will be barred from the competition.
Hit at Fee Collectors.
The house finance committee has
recommended for passage a bill in
tended to stop the various departments
of (lie state that arc supported by fees
for services performed from handling
the money. The hill makes the state
treasurer the supervisor of all collec
tions and requires that all bills save
those incurred by the state university
regents, the state board of control or
the normal school board, shalj pursue
the usual method through the auditor’s
office. It lias also recommended a blit
to appropriate $50,000 to start some
new industries at the state penitentiary
and furnish working capital.
Against "Millionaire’s Highway.”
A hundred farmers gathered in repre
sentative hall Thursday afternoon to
protest against various hills intended to
promote paving of country roads. They
are unalterably opposed to any plan
which they suspect the automobile
owners of the cities want to pave the
country roads for n "millionaire’s
highway." Ttiey voted unanimously not
to support, at any subsequent election
any representative who has voted or
who will hereafter vote for any of the
objectionable bills.
No Session Today.
Neither house of the legislature was
in session today. I loth voted to accept
an invitation to go to Omaha and
make a two days' visit to the automo
bile show. Tlio members went In a
special train at their own expense.
Many Bills Recommended.
Among the bills reported from the
judiciary committee with a favorable
recommendation is Norton's hill to re
duce the legislature to 60 members, nil
in one body. Under its terms the people
are to vote on the proposition for a uni
cameral legislative body at the 1918
election, and the next legislature is to
do tho apportionment. The idea has
never been tried out in any other state,
and it is not likely to be adopted by the
present legislature. Mr. Norton says
that the old Idea of checks and balances
has been dissipated by the experience of
legislatures, where the two houses more
often work in opposition to one another
and destroy good legislation from mo
tives of personal pique.
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OMAHA GRAIN DEALERS
PROTEST MUNITIONS SHIPMENTS
Omahff Neb., March 2.—Acting in con
junction with similar organizations ail
over the United States, the Omaha grain
exchange has till'd a proiest with the in
terstate commerce commission, going on
record with the commission as emphati
cally protesting against the apparent
policy of the railroads in handling first
munitions of war for the destruction of
human life, when not only hundreds in
the United States, but thousands upon
thousands in Kurope, need the necessities
which sustain life, but which in trans
portation affords a smaller revenue to the
railroads than munitions of destruction.
"We believe that when humanity is suf
fering throughout the world that food
stuffs should be given preference over the
transportation of munitions."
The protest was sent by wire and It Is
understood that today in Washington the
commission will receive hundreds of sim
ilar telegrams,
"WILD HORSE” PRESIDENT
HAS BEEN SENTENCED
Omaha, Neb., March 2.--.I. Sidney Smith,
president of the United States Live Stock
company and the Omaha l,and A- invest
ment Co., convijo.-d w th eight other men
I of using the mails defraud in sates of
wild horse* in Coconino county, Arizona,
today was sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary and lined {10,000, the maxi
mum penalty for tho ol'fen.-e. Appeal will
be made, it was announced.
fill DEFEATED
Organization Opposed to Bryan
Control Used Influence
to Beat Telephone
Measure.
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Lincoln, Neb.. March 3- -The defeat
of Edgar Howard, lieutenant governor
of Nebraska, in the only legislation
he asked at the hands of the senate,
is construed as a success for the ma
chine with which he has been at odds
since the session- began. He represents
the Bryan wing and the senate majority
belongs to the other faction. In ad
dition, the telephone companies had put
up strong arguments against a maxi
mum rate bill which nobody appeared
before the committee to combat. Mr.
Howard studiously refra 1 reed front urg
ing the bill upon the committee.
Telephone Official Explains.
Mr. Morsman. for the Nebraska Tele
phone company, argued that the prin
ciple of a maximum rate was Vrong
in theory and impossible in practice
because of the difference in service
and in equipment between the different
exchanges. He also urged that it was
not possible to give adequate service
for tlie figures proposed, and that it
would benefit only business men who
are Interested in service and not in
price.
To Consider Toll Rates.
The same committee still has two
other toll rate bills before it. These arc
reductions in existing rates, amount
ing in one case to 40 per cent. The
house committee has several that mak'
35 cents the maximum and reductions
in other rates that cut. the total nearly
in half. None of these has been acted
upon. There are also bill? compelling
toll companies to pay 15 per cent on
“in'" calls and 20 per cent on “out '
calls, instead of the 10 and 15 now paid.
The senate committee has reported for
the general file a bill that gives to see
ond class cities the right to regulate
the rates und service of telephone,
power, light and heat companies. This
now rests with the railroad commission.
To Benefit Rural bcnoois.
Representative Taylor won a distinct
victory in the house when ho secured
the passage of what is admitted to be
a subsidy to the rural schools of the
state. It is the 1-mill levy on all tax
able property in the state and will yield
$1,000,000 every two years. A similar
law existed up until 10 years ago, when
the state superintendent recommended
its repeal, because under the method
of distribution it took money out of
one pocket to put In another. Taylor
proposes a different system. He says
It will bring the high school courses to
the door of the farm boys and girls
and stop the drift toward the cities.
He secured 69 votes on passage, or
eight more than needed.
The “Drys” Are Worried.
Prohibition leaders in the legislature
are worried over the effect on the legis
lation in this state of the possible fail
ure of the national congress to agree
on the bill that carries the Reed
amendment. The bill has passed the
committeb of the whole of the house
und cannot now be brought back for a
specific amendment. It will come up
for passage Kriday and if the Reed
amendment fails the senate will have
the first chance at fixing the amount
of importations to individuals.
Refuse Salary Increase.
The house committee on finance has
refused to allow the $-00,000 increase
asked for in salaries for the professors
and instructors at the state university.
These have complained that they are
tieing sadly pinched by the high cost
of living, and want legislative relief.
Tlie only way open Is for the regents
to cut down other expenses, as the
house committee declines to specifi
j ally authorize these increases In the
i itemized bill for salaries. The bill as
reported carries over $1,000,000 for the
university salary list.
Kill Bridge Bill.
I The senate has killed a bill asked for
by the Standard Bridge company,
which would have given tlie company
[ I he right to sue for work done on u
; state aid bridge across the Platt© near
i I 'remont. The state board has ail -
: inltted the justice of the claim, but the
[lodge county commissioners say they
| pave paid once for the work and don't
want to be bothered with a suit. The
bridge company had undertaken a Job
the previous contractor hud thrown up
because lie couldn’t tame the river. The
. Standard people did the work, and now
I want pay for protective work necessary
| to keep the river in place.
Against Annexation.
The house committee on cities and
towns reported unanimously against
: the bill permitting a vote on whether
Lincoln suburbs, University place, Col
! lege View and Bethany should be an
nexed. The first two suburbs were
j violently opposed, while the latter was
j willing. Tlie opposition was so strong
j that it was deemed idle to hold an elec
tion, and the Lancaster delegation will
piuke no effort to overturn the com
j jnittee verfilct. Major Bryan started
I the agitation, and Insists that the
I suburban towns, which number about
i 10,000 people, are standing in their own
way. Tlie increased tax argument was
the principal one used.
Machine Interests Defeated.
The same committee also reported for
indefinite postponement a bill backed
by machine interests in Omaha that
have been fighting for years to put R.
H. Howell out of the control of the
Omaha municipal water system. The
bill proposed to put the board under
the control of the city commission, and
was beaten by 0 to 5.
Fooled 'Em.
From the New York Telegraph
“It is remarkable.” sold Mr. Gruntlcr.
“how mean some people are. 1 bail with
me on a fishing trip two friends who .w~
dently were (familiar with my reputation
as an angler- Hcfore utarting, one ol" them
made the following suggestion: *We wiil
agree that the first one who catches ,»
fish must treat the » rowd.’ I assented t<>
this, and we started. Now. don't y«,u
know, those tv*o fellows both had a hip
and were too mean to pull them up.”
”1 suppose you lost, then." r« mark*)
the friend.
"Oh. no." replied Mr. Gruntler. “1
didn’t have any laiit on my Look."
The Old. Wronq Way.
Appropriating fcVW.OnO or $50,000,000 "to
feed the poor” is the generous, old-fash
ioned American way of meeting a e.risit.
And it is the-wrong way.
Much more merciful, much more intelli
gent. much more effective won d be
prompt reorganisation of the agencies of
food transportation.
The crisis is first an* foremost one of
proper distribution. It ranges from the
i’-boat blockade bark to the railroad
yards.
We have no obV*ction to a IjO.OGO.OOO
charity fund-save iwat it is a lazy, inmm
petent attempt to meet a most pardons na
tional situation
Lieutenant Governor Howard’s
Measure Provided for One
Rate Within Bounds
of the State.
Lincoln, Neb., March 2.—The senate,
by a vote of 17 to 15, today killed Lieu
tenant Governor Howard’s bill provid
ing for a 35-cent maximum telephone
toll within the state, an*l recommitted
a bill recommended for indefinite post
ponement, providing for air line charges
for messages that reduces tolls 25 per
cent.
Robertson Changes Front.
Robertson, who led a light yesterday
to make the. entire senate a sifting
committee, today asked the senate to '
lay his resolution over for future action.
The house spent the entire’ morning
passing hills. The only one of im
portance, upon which a fight developed,
was Taylor’s bill providing for a state
wide levy of $500,000 annually, to be
distributed to aid rural schools to put
in grades above the eight. It passed,
59 to 83.
NEBRASKA SENATE
FOR NEW CAPITOL
Lincoln, Neb., March 2.—Senate went
on record Tuesday afternoon as favor
ing a new capitol. A resolution by Sen
ator Spirk affirming as the belief of
the senate that a new building was
needed and that work thereon should
be begun at the present session, was
adopted without a dissenting vote and
without discussion.
The senate also went on record as
being favorable to publicity of all in
come tax returns. It adopted the Mat
tes’ resolution asking congress to so
amend the income tax law and to re
quire the filing with each state board
of equalization secretary each year a
copy of all returns made by residents
of the state.
Wants a Sifting Committee.
Insurgency has broken out in the
senate Robertson is the leader. He
wants the entire senate made a sifting
committee. This Is a blow aimed at
the small group that controls the sen
ate and which expects to attend to the
business of telling the senate what bills
It may have up for consideration. He
figures on allowing each senator to
piok out one bill from the general flic
and have those considered ahead of all
others. After this supply is exhausted
the same process Is to be repeated. The
organization succeeded in having It
made a special order for today.
Wets Are Worried.
The "wets” are looking with longing
hearts upon the senate to save them
from the danger of death by thirst im
mediately following May 1. As the pro
hibition bill passed the house commit
tee of the whole it makes it unlawful
for an” person to have any liquor in
his possession after the law goes into
effect on May 1. They desire it amended
so that a person may have in his pos
session whatever he may desire at that
date. The ‘'drys”'say that will enable
a bootlegger to stock up for a year or
more. A sensation was sprung after
the hill passed by the discovery by a
“wet" member that under the pro
visions of the iawr about to be passed,
any person who retains old magazines
in which there are liquor advertise
ments will be liable to arrest and fine.
Censoring the Movies.
After a consultation w'ith the mov
ing picture men of the state the house
committee on miscellaneous subjects
has recommended for passage a bill
that provides that upon the complaint
of 10 persons the Nebraska conserva
tion and welfare commission shall cen
sor all pictures, no mateer by what
national body they have been approved.
Without complaint it may act on all
films not censored by the national
board of review. After a hearing it
may destroy the films.
Commandant Parker Is Blamed.
Commandant Parker at the State
university is made the object of some
criticism because of the activity of the
military science department in circu
lating petitions asking congress to
adopt the system of military training
of young men prior to their 20th year,
and asking an extra session to enact
the legislation. It is claimed that if
such a bill is passed the commandant
will be a colonel in a few years. The
commandant merely smiled in answer.
He said the measure was in the interest
of the national defense and was favored
by army officers because they believed
it would give the nation a second )in£
of defense ample for contingencies of
the future.
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COUNTY JUDGES MUST
NOT PUSH FAVORITES
Lincoln, Neb., March 2.—Per a county
judge to suggest the name of any at
torney for employment by any one hav
ing business in his court, or to say
anything which might prejudice such
person against a particular attorney, is
made an impeachable offense, subject
ing the magistrate to removal from of
fice, under the terms of a bill which the
Nebraska house advanced to third read
ing. Richmond Is the sponsor.
The purpose of the bill, as explained
to the house, is to stop favoritism by
county Judges who use their, influence
in throwing probate business to their
friends among the lawyers and advis
ing people not to go to attorneys whom
the judge may happen to dislike.
50 CASES OF SCARLET
FEVER IN LINCOLN, RECORDED
Lincoln, Neb., March 2.—-A scarlet
fever epidemic lias broken out in this
city, witli i>0 cases recorded and all
manner of exposures thought to have
occurred, laical authorities are in a
quandary as to when it can be stopped.
it is said that as many adults as
children are affected and that it orig
inated in the university, both on the
city campus and at the farm school.
Out in tlie state cities complain of
similar In mile, according to State
lb ’Mi inspector ,1. D. Case. That of
l . . had four calls today from out
side towns f<If his immediate presence
there to suggest means to stop the
spread of the disease.
Local doctors unite in saying that
the disease is light in its present at
tacks.
Ancient Rome was built on seven
hills.
i Now that European production has
been stmt off. Nebraska v leads the
world in the potash industry.
“The Song of the Bell." Schiller's
best known poem, came to him as he
was inspecting a bell foundry.
The Women's Co-operative Guild, ot
[England, which has been in existence
j JO yours, has ."0,000 members.
[ Both salt and fresh v.ater fish at-*
caught in lake Maracaibo in Vene
zuela
NEBRASKA “ITS"
WANT “SEAR BEER"
Amendment to “Bone Dry” Law
Would Permit Its Manufac
ture—Notes From
Lincoln.
T.lnooln, Neb., March 1—In an effort
to get around the “bone dry” character
of Nebraska legislation, forced by the
action of the national congress, it is
planned to have the prohibition bill,
now before the legislature, amended so
as to permit the sale of near beer. This
contains from 2 to 3 per cent alcohol, or
nearly as much as lager beer. It is
understood that certain “wet” senators
have the matter in hand and will en
deavor to force the house to accept a
provision permitting the sale of this
sort of liquor. Members of the house
say there is no chance of its being
adopted in that body, the “wets”
numbering not to exceed 20.
Make Brewery an Apartment House.
Nebraska breweries are understood to
be waiting on this sort of legislation
before changing over into soma other
form of enterprise. One is known to be
ready for transforamtion into an apart
ment house and another into a cold
storage plant, but they want first to
know What the legislature will do.
Are Anxious Over Bill.
It is not unlikely that a disagreement
between the house and senate will
occur oyer questions connected with
permitting liquors to be retained that
will be on hand when the bill passes,
and as it must have three-fifths of each
house to pass' with the emergency
clause and go into immediate effect and
as the senate is "wet”, leaders are a
little anxious as to the fate. of the
measure.
Farmers Fear Wall Street.
The house Monday decided to oper
ate on the farmers of Nebraska in
order to permit them to know what is
good for them. The law now requires
precinct assessors to gather crop sta
tistics. Most of the farmers, believ
ing that it is a scheme to inform Wall
street and the Chicago board of trade
as to their business that will enable
the latter to fix prices when market
ing time comes, have been refusing to
give the information. As passed by
the house the assessor must get the
Information or make his own estimate
or he won’t get any pay. The farm
ers of the house were generally op
posed to the bill until Ollis demanded
to know whether they were not more
interested than the grain speculator
in having accurate information as
such information was essential to them
when they came to making’ up their
mind whether to sell or to hold at
threshing time.
• u naaiai iMiiurdru vuicr,
Representative Shannon is hacking a
bill that will enable the ignorant voter
to carry a written or printed slip to
the polls from which he may instruct
the Judge how he wants marked the
ballot he cannot read. Members of the
house are waiting with axes in hand
the coming up of this bill, now on the
general file. As the law now is, the
voter who cannot read must tell the
judge how he wants his ballot marked
and the election officers proceed to fol
low his wish. These voters are very
numerous in Omaha, and it lias been
a vexing proposition every election as
to how to instruct them, since they can
not remember any detailed instructions.
Thus, last fall, it was necessary to in
struct them to ask that the Judges
mark their ballots against prohibition
and it straight democratic ticket. The
machine in Omaha didn't want all of
the democrats on the ticket elected,
and favored some republicans, but the
latter were beaten because of the num
ber of straight democratic'tickets cast.
House Flooded With Bills.
The house now has 183 bills on its
calendar, . ruiugh to last it three weeks
without Hiir more being reported out.
Only four hills have so far passed both
houses and gone to the governor. The
legislature is now in its ninth week,
and wiii possibly stay six weeks longer.
In the senate Monday afternoon Sen
ator Mattes introduced a resolution me
morializing congress to remove the ban
of secrecy about income tax returns
and to instruct the collectors _ of in
ternal revenue in the various states to
file annually with the secretary of state
a copy of all income returns for those
states. It went over under the rule.
CLAIM NEBRASKA MILLERS
AF^E FAVORED BY RATES
Lincoln. Neb., March I —Kxatniner
Bartel, of the Interstate Commerce
commission next Friday when it takes
up the hearing of the application of
the railroads to Increase the intra
state minimum weight of carloads of
flour from 24,000 pounds to 40,000. The
matter is pending before the federal
body on complaints of discrimination
filed by Missouri parties who allege
that the Nebraska miller Is permitted
to ship as low as 24,000 "pounds while
they must pay on the basis of 40.000
pounds to a car. Retailers are protest
ing to the Nebraska commission that
they cannot store the larger size car
load. and that the increase in cost will
have to be passed dn to the consumer.
The activity of the millers has resulted
in the filing of numerous protests of
this kind with the commission and
with the legislature.
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SERVED FOUR SENTENCES,
IS GIVEN ANOTHER
Lincoln. Neb., Feb. 27.—Four years
in the federal prison was the sentence
handed to A. L. Baker, who pleaded
guilty to using the mails to defraud. He
ran the Sunflower Poultry farm at
Falls City, hut it existed only on paper,
and it was not his intention to fill any
orders received. He cleaned up about
$700 before arrested. Under the name
of Cobb he served five years in New
York for forgery; as Harold C. Whit
ney, he served two and a half years at
another New York prison, and under
the name of Dinsmore was in two
other prisons.
BRITISH FREIGHTER ARRIVES.
New York. Feb. 27—The Portuguese
Prince, a freighter (British), arrived
here today from Brest.
The British freight steamer Luciline
sailed today for Havre.
GERARD AT CORUNNA.
Madrid. Feb. 27.— (via Paris)- Am
bassador Gerard and party have ar
rived at Corunna, according to a mes
sage received here from the governor of
Corunna. The ambassador left Madrid
yesterday afternoon and will take
steamer from Corunna for the United
States.
MRS. MATHEW MAURY DIES.
Roanoke. Ya.. Feb. 27.—Mrs. Mathew
Maury, sister of Mrs. W. O. Rrownson,
died here this afternoon after an op
eration for peritonitis.
WANTS NAVY ^
FUNDS READY
IMMEDIATELY i
President Expected to Be Given
Full Authority Late To
day or Early To
morrow.
SENATORS DELAY ACTION
LaFollette Prevents the Senate
Taking Up Armed Neu
trality in Place of
Naval Bill.
Washington, r>. S.. March 3—With
out discussion, the Senate today ap
proved the action of the naval commit
tee ip eliminating from the naval bill
the provision reaffirming it to “be the
policy of the United States to adjust
and settle its international disputes,
through mediation or arbitration to the
end that war may be honorably
avoided."
It was put in the hill in the house by
Minority Leader Mann.
The Senate also adopted another com- ,
mittee amendment making all appro- J
priations in the bill immediately avail- A
able, instead of waiting until July 1.
In urging senators to accept the
amendment, Senator Lodge said the
present situation required passage of
the naval bill and also an extra ses
sion of congress.
“The country," said he. "is in a situ
ation where it may be sit war at very
short notice. The navy is our first line
of defense. We want all of these ap
propriations immediately available. To
tie up the money until next July would m
be a great mistake” This money we 1
need now. If we do need it we shall
need it very much incheed. ’
“I also think there ought to be an
extra session of the whole congress. In
the present situation the whole Ameri
can government ought to he here, mat
ters ought not to be left entirely to the
minority. Congress ought to be here
In this condition of public affairs. If
necessary appropriations can be held
up, but this naval bill ought to pass for
no one cap tell when we will need every
dollar with the utmost quickness.'1
issuance of $150,000,000 in bonds to
provitfe the emergency fund of $115,
000,000 given the president to expedite
naval ship building and for additional
submarines costing $35,000,000 added to
the naval bill by the Senate committee
was approved today by the isenate, 50
to 24. e
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From The Tribune Washinqton Bureau. ®
Washington. D. C., March 3—Once
President Wilson is given tho authsrity
he seeks from congress, he is expected
to order the arming of merchant ships.
It is said today officially that he is
prepared to do so as soon as congress
acts- The navy lias taken ail prelim
inary steps and is ready to do its part
in furnishing the guns. The navy and
army have completed other plans to lie
utilized in case of necessity. Among
other things, precautions were already
being taken to guard against German
submarines striking American skipping
along the coasts of the United States.
Washington, D. C., March 2.—The
next step of putting the United .States
in a position of armed neutrality to
deal with Germany was delayed in the
Senate today by objections of some
members, based on the exigencies of a
parliamentary situation until 4 o’clock.
At that hour an effort will bo made
tmsubstitute for the armed neutrality
bill, which last night passed the l louse,
tin; Senate bill which confers on the
president the authority to use "other
instrumentalities’’ in addition to arm
ing merchant ships. This bill has the V
backing of the administration and is >
expected to be later accepted by the
House.
Notice Causes No Change. '
The official notice of the Berlin ad
mirality that consideration for shipping
ended on March 1. and that the cam
paign of ruthlessness now is ir. full
swing has not changed tl^e situation
any, although its bold declaration that
no special warning will be given to any ;
boats by submarines was regarded in J
sharp contrast to the delayed portions “
of German Foreign Minister Zimmer
mann’s speech to the reichstag, spoken
before Germany’s plot to ally Japan and
Mexico with her in war on the United
States was revealed.
Members o4S>congress who have been
hoping to force an extra session in
March, acknowledged today its improb
ability at least until June.
Democratic leaders now do not ex
pect any extra session at all, tinless, of
course, there should be extraordinary
international developments.
Officials confidently looked for ex
pressions of friendship from both Japan
and Mexico today, and consequent col
lapse of the German intrigue.
Nevertheless, preparations were hur
ried along for whatever may confront
tho nation. The bill authorizing Presi
dent Wilson to arm ships and providing
a bond issue of $100,000,000 was passed
by the House late last night, bv a vote
of 403 to 13.
The Senate in response to its formal
inquiry, had President Wilson’s official
assurance the version of German
Foreign Minister Zimmermann's note
to the German minister at Mexico, pro
posing the plot, as revealed yesterday
by the Associated Press, was authentic.
Fall Raps Republicans.
Senator Fall, republican, during the
debate, bitterly upbraided tile demo- m
crats for their attitude toward the reso
lutiop, declaring democratic senators
by suggesting that the letter was given
out to influence public opinion, "were
accusing the president of the veriest
trickery and impossible practices."
A .substitute for the Hodge r< solution
and its proposed amendments then was
offered by Senator Smith, of Georgia
democrat. Prepared in collaboration
with several senators it would request
til* president "to furnish to the Ser.at,
wbatever information lie has lonccrn
ing the "Zimmermann note." which in
his opinion is not incompatibh with
tiie public interest. Never since the
impeachment of Andrew Johnson Sen
ator Fall declared had he heard' such
“insinuations" against a president
fiom his own party.
"Y°“ saying to ,he president in
this resolution ho went on. -that you
want him to decline whether this not.
is authentic, and in your speech here V
jou are saying ,\ou will not boi!e\ e |
him when he says it is authentic if it
comes from a belligerent government." !
ARKANSAS BANK ROBBED.
Wheatley. Ark., .March i Unmasked
men held up the cashier of the liiee
to rowers hank here, locked him in the
vain:, and es aped with $2,1.01. A posse