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EPITOME OF EVENTS PARAGRAPHS that pertain to MANY SUBJECTS. HE SHORT BUT INTERESTING Bre* Mention of Whot to Transpiring In Yens— Sections of Our Owe and Foreign Count rise WASHINGTON. Feuerai rt-*el*t ton of elect ions of •enaioro and represent alive* on de mand of eftiaeas mas sought In tmo Mis introduced bj Senator Sherman • • • Kepnoa hit Hire I'adrrmood. candi date for the democrat senatorial nomi natloa has t.Ud his campaign coairi hmtesi and expense showing expend! tare* of S3.f7T.lfc. with contribution* from private mum amounting to S3.13fc.C3. • • • Serious depletion of rmtimay retra aacrn through tbe allonance of lumber “tap line* of a part of through rales, mu alleged In _n argument filed with the supreme court by chief Counsel loseptr Folk and Charles W Need Banc for tbe interstate comtumeree • • • Opposition, led by Representative Swtuas. defeated a motion to agree to the caafereuee report on the urgent Ntcirfirjr bill mhich mould bam cat the appropriation for tbe Bern depart r> | **• to Sfc.Net. fcia uinc an appropriation of ll.fcf for th * fcarexa of labor statistics The b. ! wax then seat hack to conference • • • 1‘m.lUsr Lane of tbe interior de fsartmest announced that be had au • thorurd the roastrurtior of a railroad tmeaty mi.es kmc. south of Yuma. Arte, to provide transportation faci lities lor the formers and settler* «>n tbe Yuma irrigation project. The mad arts be boat along the levee run Bing eoa.it from Yuma sad mill be of standard gauge It is expected to he CMBpleted and ready for operation m Phis etuy days • • • Debate am the Stni’h cotton es rtitr* regulation MM in the senate Indicated that the measure would tie radically amended before it passed. f»- -!e |.-a4ef> said that, while pr»d»i Met of wse of the mail to members Of riHuati* demine in future* for ether than actual delivery would be •WtUeOad » the MU, the aeuioa prob et .f would be changed to make it apt i only to questioa* directly relat ing to fstrre contract* • • • V. hi. a i jew to developing comm uni ra ■•* Mvev the I'witcd Stale* and *» -ah hue. -«ra. lie&ator Week*, re paharaa v£ Massachusetts. Las .ntro &ucx a re* -!ct*aa requesting the sec re ar* at ?h- navy ta prepare a plan lor es'ab-iahtag a line at naval cruis er- ta carry passengers. freight and ci. eweea New York. New ftrleans at: \ a. Paramo. OrtSe. and ititcrme dal pert The resolution designate* as the slips ta be utilised for such ae-iae the erutoer* Colam bis and X u ~jr utd the scoat c-ulser* la.rn. f'Xmnpr and Birmingham. DOMESTIC. C ■ «s»: ilnorge W fjaethal* and his w .:e wave arrived at Colon from (he I ad d it* tan. With thaa were Dr. Ksrsnal ©srbria, chief quarantine offi cer. and W M Way. the aewiy ap pwjsrad ma'afaal of the Canal zone • • • Two nutadrsd and fifty hotel prop: i* tees at Man Fran* into agreed ia an me-dt»* e iet«sa of their association *-j* to raise their charge* above the rate now prevailing during the year at -ta Panama-Pacific Interna uonal aaposdnaa. s • • t .-tense on freight rate* on cement nujnr from 1 la : cents a hundred pounds proponed by railroads operat ing throughout the middle west and northwest have be~u saspended by the Interstate commerce commission af Warhiagum until July 34. The proposed advances average about 15 per rant Coder a suk.es black banner, bear tog it blood-red letters the tn^erip Ua. "haoSKloM," l.we men and wo men anarchists. the unemployed and member* <jf the industrial workers of (be world marched up FUlb avenue to New York for miles without wait ing to wak the city authorities the pern..' required bjr ordinance • • • Charged wiit obtaining money un der false pretences from the fidelity Trust company at Tacoma. Wash. V H Tender, formerly of that city, was arrested on the steamer Aiastlan. which arrived at Halifax. • • • Chicago's regivtr. tkm ILK was re Curwd to below cTo.Umm by striking off the names of approx imately 20.000 persona who failed to respond to 'sus per notices More than TZ.OO0 of these nonces were mailed. l.C&S in the first weed where there are a large number at cheep lodging houses, wee An snanymone cash gift of $&o.ooo las been received at New York by «ae hoard of foreign missions of the Me'yodist Episcopal church, to be ndded to the permanent fund tor the care id retired missionaries. e e • The gover.ment*a regulations re ■ard.xg the manufacture and sale of gkesartar.se are so strict that the rnolsi.-ma of the law charged against John f. Jelke and others were im -«,e*ib> it was argned at their trtai n the Chicago federal court by their attorney. Jobs Barton Payne. • • • Tie federnl grand Jury »t Council Bvfi. Iowa, r-turned as indictment against Harry H WoodJiag. proprietor «t a Council Bluffs mail order hots*, charging misuse of the mails by cir grtr"r misleading advertisemecta Kansu last >eor produced 5,000,000 bushels of potatoes. • • * Gold filled teeth have been found in t:ie jaws of skeietenc exhumed in Pompeii. • • • In a battle with a sheriff's posse near Shawnee. Okl., Joseph Patterson, w ho. It is charged, robbed the State bank of Newella. Oki.. recently of $1, -00. was shot and killed and Clar ence Hawk, chief of police of Shaw nee, and Frank Trtnmous, a deputy sheriff, were wounded. - • • • It would be better to leave the pres ent anti-trust statute unchanged than to risk losing the advantage gained through yean of judicial interpreta tion. in the opinion it William H. Taft, as expressed in his closing lec ture before the law school of the Uni versity of Minnesota at Minneapolis. • • • A plea for half a million dollars more to provide for retired Methodist ministers and their families was made by Rev. Dr. L. C. Clemens of Des Moines at the formal opening of the seventy-fourth annual session of the Mew England southern conference of 'be Methodist Episcopal church at WlUiamantic. Conn. • * • A -trcng stand for prohibition was taken at Bangor b> Maine progress ives at their first state convention to nominate candidates. Their platform adrocated the submission of the ques tion of national prohibition to the peop e of every state and pledged the party to a strict state-wide enforce rnent of the prohibition liquor law. • • • Indictments growing out of the re : cent street car rioting at Terre Haute, Ind.. have tieen returned against Chief *rf Police Edward Holler. Edgar I Hrown. a laltor leader, and Hilton Red n^ui. an attorney and politican. who are • harged jointly in one indictment I with conspiracy to cause the riots for the purpose of causing injury to the property of the traction company • • • \\ :i. tam B. McKinley, former mem ber of conpres- and manager of Presi dent Taft's campaign for re-election, ha.- returned to Chicago from a seven :: tntbs trip around the world and an nounied himself a- a candidate for e-election to congress as a republican from the Nineteenth Illinois district. He expressed a belief in a union of the republicans and progressives with in a short time. Re-'urns received at Little Rock from the democratic state primary eiection in Arkansas had not indicat 'd a probable result in the contest be ■ *s*!i United Slates Senator James P '»ar*. ><-eki:.e renotuinations. and his opponent. Wiliam F. Kirby, a-sociate justice of the state supreme court, contests in several districts in which oncressiionai reperesentatives were opposed also were in doubt. fl • • • The Michigan motor car lax law. ••_s>ed at the last session of the legis • *i, e Providing for a of 50 cents per horf-j'' wer on motor vehicles, has b.-r declared uuconstituional by tlie Mm-:, is an f upreme court ot loin sing. It tir ?.-id at rue secretary of state's -flu the.' approximately $-2t'>,0<»0 has ’■ .*t. collected under the new law and this money will now be returned to mobile owners with the exception I }:i. which was the tax under the prov talons of the old law. FOREIGN. Urit.sh municipally owned street railway last year carried 8.920,120 P-seng-rs and averaged $1,714 in daily receipts, • • • Tae Turkish government has de nied to admit women to the universi ty. where special lectures in hygiene, domed!;c science and women's rights w ill be delivered for their benefit. • • • M .dame 1 aillaux. in her prelimin ary examination before Magistrate ilenri Bouchard at Paris, recounted the motives which induced her to kill Gaft- n t’almette. editor of l-’igaro. She was taken from Saint luczare. • • • John Lend. President Wilson's en voy may make a trip of observation « ver that portion of the Mexican re public controlled bv the federals. as a result of the conference at Vera Cruz with the Mexican foreign minis ter. Jo*e Popez Portillo y Rojas. The recommendation was made by the minister, who said Mr. Lind appeared to be favorably impressed. Legalized gambling in France has increased so enormously ;hat the gov ernment has decided it ought to get a greater share of the profits. Under an act passed in 1907 the state has been getting 15 per cent of the gross receipts. A parliamentary commis sion has brought In a recommendation that from the gross incomes of gamb ling casino the stale should have 3 per cent on incomes less than $7,000 up to 45 per cent on incomes exceed ing $1.0vo.<KH). according to a gradu ated scale. • • • Tbe rebel net about Torreon and vicinity was drawn closer and General Hererra fought the most important en gagement of the advance near Ha cienda Santa Clara, twenty-two miles north of Torreon. • • • Kfng George of England has assum ed the role of peacemaker in an effort to prevent threatened trouble in Uls ter. Just what the result of his ma Jestey's conciliatory move will be is a matter of conjecture, but it is known that the king is using every influence to avert the bloodshed. • • • Announcement of the death in Mad rid. Spain, of Adolph Francis A. Bando lier. one of the foremost authorities on archeology in the United States, is contained in a cable message. He was 74 >ears old. * * * A brief, defending slavery for the colonies, declaring that its immediate abolition would deal to native upris ings. is handed in by the governor of German East Africa. Dr. Schnee, in response to a resolution passed by the reichttag last year, calling for the termination of household slavery. MAKES REPORT ON PROGEDORE AND BUDGET LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURE COM. MITTEE FINISHES ITS WORK. WIDE REFORMS ASKED FOR t —_ Preliminary Draft of Report of Senate and House Committee on Legit lative Procedure and Budget Following Is the report of the joint sen ate and house committee on reform in legislative procedure and budget which has been at work since the adjournment of the last session of the Nebraska legis lature. The investigation was conducted by correspondence for a period of nine months with persons familiar with legis lative practice in the various states of the union and other countries. Several hun dred letters were written and answers se cured. Great interest wras manifested in the In vestigation by governors, legislators and students of political science in other st ates. In addition to the correspondence a member of the committee visited in per son the provinces of Manitoba. Saskatche wan. Alberta ami British Columbia, in western Canada and made a first-hand study nr the methods of government in use !n those provinces. To Honorable John H. Morehead and Members of the Thirty-fourth Session of the Nebraska Legislature: The joint committee of the senate and • the house, appointed under a resolution of j the thirty-third session of the Nebraska legislature to make a careful study of j methods of legislative procedure in other states and countries, including the pr»*p j arution of the budget and appropriation of j money for public expenses, and to formti ; late a report and recommendations upon ; these subjects, herewith submits its flnd ; tngs. We recommend the following schedule: A. Bills. 1. Sir*, style, type, margin, etc. Paper—Same quality as that used for tiiirtv-third session Nebraska legislature. Pize—7*5X11 Inches, the same as us ell In Wisconsin. i Type —10 point, with nonpareil (C-potall | slues between lines. si ze of type pages—5xSS Inches. Display headings—not more than 11« inch.es at ton of bill, using the same words for heading as in tiie thirty-third session Nebraska legislature. 3. Amendatory hills. T'se the same form as that used in Wisconsin, viz.: New matter in italics. Old matter to be omitted with horizontal black line across face icanceled letters!. S- Enrolling and engrossing bills. Ise Wisconsin plan, vis.: Engrossed b iis typewritten, enrolled bill printed w.tti different headings with different t.'pe and upo.a different sized paper from t> ,.t ■ sed in printing for regular bill files I Suffie ent copies of enrolled bills shall be printeil to supply members and furnish secretary of state’s office for use in mak ing cer tified copies of laws. 4. Bill drafting. The establishment of a bill drafting diViS’O:. of the legislative reference bureau on lines similar to the one r.ow in sm in Wisconsin. Service by tin's division shall be rendered to members of the legislature upon signed requisition from members and without charge. 5. Rill files. F r the use of the senate during the se ss: on house bill files shall be made up SO s to include only those bills which I have already passed the house, therehv ■ :iV‘ niine the great hulk of unused bill's upon the desks of members. A similar 1'. in shall be used in the house for sen ate hijis. 6. Number of bills. In order to check the introduction of tin necessary hills, anil at the same time afford the people a fair hearing in the i ii l_,I P their demands, a rule sea1, lie adopted in both houses providing that t imbers shall introduce such bills onlv :s they are willing to give their p. sona. endorsement and defend before the coir nut-tees and upon the floor. 8. Legislative Publications. j 1. Journals. A printed daily Journal of the dav’s pro ceedings shall be placed iijsin the desk of 2* !VP,,llTr uP"r* t*>e next following lecislative day. The presiding officer at ’bP r”>'r'Pr 'lnT p’"’h da> shall call for eorre-tions of the printed .journal. When all eormectiotis are agreed to the corrected r. « o ,1 shall ;.t once )>»■ transuiitt.nl hv the chief c.erk or secretary to the official in.or. who shall nro-ced to mint from type forms the full number f’. 11 pryssionx required for the hound vol u nes of the house and senate journals d,'.'S«£rtwS ’lh?JI bp f-’P-ated from dav to ,P,!bu at the cl,>se of the session the , "Jttion of both journals shaH be n i• t d und require only indexing and tlon bP rP;,flv for Public distribu °ther publications. ’hit primed calendars of committee me. tings, subject Indexes of hills intro dneed and the r order of hearing before tvimmutees and in each ’house be ore SoTinai,«,sJri,;t<,d dallv ’tubing the ses ,r! .U rtl form and manner as will JT. .thp most adequate knowledge hv legis’atjon'. iI,,PrPS,Pd 1,1 «he progross of C. Legislative Printing. e*tting of contracts. s. -F'-i'on,h^f '',fiSl,V-‘\P Pb'htmg of the 34th . s.on of the Nebraska legislature the stat** commissioner of printing i« re btlbT'n^a ,,°,prepare specifications, invite f?.™ !pf t™.tracts in accordance with ibp ffOPP8“ri<r recommendations and pur suant to the resolution of the senate and house O. the thirty-third session of the Nebraska legislature. To that end he is re<|!ies».f=d to confer and co-operate with the chairman and secretary of the joint committee presenting this report. D. Committees. 1- Names and membership. The rules tees wdtTmen £T 'hbe folloBi'’* commit tees with membership annexed: ~ ??=? 2 = 23 ~ , = far Stnate—* - = t = 3*3 sS-SS a=!fl 2. 2 Accou.'ts and expenditures. 3 “ s Agriculture . . 2 } Banks and current:)-.. - - t onstltuticinal amendments and "* federal relations . . Drainage, irrigation and" Water power (combinedi _ s in ■duration (including university r!,orm2l Kcho:>ls and library). 5 16 Enrolled and engrossed bills. 3 - ,I‘nfUlc€>» w*ya und means. - o 1 iaims and deficiencies . “ 4 ^ Fish and game . « - lli*rhways, bridges and ferries 7 u Judiciary . 2 ; i-tbor .a ? I-ive stock and grazing..’****’ - V Manufactures, retail and commerce (combined) . <r 1n j Medical societies .’ * ]. - Miscellaneous corporations !!!!!.’* Miscellaneous subjects = 4 Mi^ olianeous affairs . k ? j Municipal affairs . £ Privileges and elections . 5 ‘7 Public institutions (including In sane hospitals, reform schools and otaer asylums. soldiers' homes, state penitentiary, deaf dumb and biind institutes, pub lic lands and buildings).. - Railroads . 1 Revenue and taxation ...!!'.!!! *’ 7 School lands and funds.!!!!! 3 4 Rules and resolutions (combined) 5 3 standing committees . - - Note: In the above list of senate com mittees are 2. committees with a total membership of 139. compared with 4s committees with 25.-1 members at -the thirty-third session. |n addition to*the committees consolidated with other com mittees the following hitherto existing senate committees are omitted the'r ■work, where any existed, devotviwg noon other committees: Apportionment .i. ^ Employes . Internal improvements . 1 Public charities . V Military affairs .•••••. e Public printing .****”' j Counties and county boundaries.j ?5=S If si = ? “7 House— ' 5 5 15 !=■£=• E-S £ ° C. 3 Accounts and expenditures. 5 11 Agriculture . 11 15 Ranks and banking . 9 15 Cities and towns . 11 15 Claims and deficiencies (combined) 11 22 Constitutional amendments . 7 11 j Corporations . 9 9 Education iincludes university and normal schools, public schools and libraries) ..•. 11 33 Irrigation, drainage and water Bower i first two combined, last one added) . 11 20 Engrossed and enrolled bills. 3 9 ! Fees and salaries . 7 9 I Finance, ways and means. 11 15 Fish culture and game. 7 9 | Insurance .,. 9 15 1 Judiciary .v. 11 15 I-abor . 7 14 Live stock and glazing. • 9 I Manufactures, retail and commerce j (combined) . 5 14 Medical societies . 5 11 Miscellaneous subjects . 11 11 ; Privileges and elections . 7 11 Railroads . 9 15 Revenue and taxation. 11 11 Roads and bridges. 11 15 Rates and resolutions (resolutions added) . 5 7 School lands and funds. 7 11 State institutions i includes in tone hospitals, other asylums, public lands and buildings, sol diers* homes, state penitentiary) 11 49 j Telegraph, telephone and electric companies . 9 15 Note: In the above list of house com mittees are IS committees with a total membership of 23S. compared with 47 committees with 49t> members at the ! thirty-third session. In addition to the committees consolidate with other com mittees. the following hitherto existing house committees are omitted, their work, where any existed, devolving upon ' other committees: I Apportionment . 9 Benevolent institutions . 7 ' uty boundaries, ,-ounty seats and ^wnship organisation . 9 ! Employes . 7 | Federal relations . 7 I Immigration . 9 \ lrtemal improvements . 7 i Militia. 9 ] Mines and minerals .7 ! Public printing . 9 2. Meetings. The rules shall provide that regular meetings of committees shall be held from 9 until 12 o’clock a m. daily, after the session has advanced to the stage of committee work upon bills: that a sched ule exhibiting tile time and place for meetings of each committee each week ■ during the period of active committee j work shall be prepared and printed: that I the schedule shall be so arranged for 1 different days and hours as to secure full i membership of each committee at meel | ings without interfering with meetings of other committees. The rules shall provide1 for >>int meetings of the senate and house committees on finance, ways and meagrs. claims and such others as may seem advisable. 3. Committee work and roll calls. The rules shall provide that final action in reporting bills from committees shall be taken only in the regular daylight hours of committee meetings and that a bill shall be reported for the general file of the house of senate only when a majority of all the members of the committee de i clare themselves in favor of the bill and willing to defend and promote it upon the floor in committee of the whole. The rules shall provide that a record of the vote in standing committees, where a division occurs in the committee, shall be kept, accessible to the public during the session and shall he filed with the secretary of state at the session’s close. E. Employes. 1. List of employes. The rules shall provide for the follow ing schedule of regular employes for the house and ,s< nate. and no more. The statute shall be amended, where neces sary to conform to the rules: A ~ Officers and Employes — 51 of the Senate— ~ — ? I x Secretary ..... 1 1 Assistant secretaries . 1 Chaplain. ] J Sergeant-at-arms . 1 l Assistant sergeant-at-arms . 1 1 Clerk of enrolling and engrossing room . 1 1 Pages. 2 3 Stenographers- - Engrossing room . 2 Clerk's office . 2 Subject to call . 2 6 .t Messenger (jointly with house).... ’* 1 Bookkeeper . 1 1 Custodians . 1 ll Mall carrier ijointly with house).. 1- i Postmaster . 1 1 Janitor (to care for .11 rooms). 1 2 Proof readers and copv holders.... I 4 Clerks— Bill room . 2 Finance committee (jointly with hbusev .ij Claims commute (jointly with house) .)» Subject to call . I 4 25 Mimeograph or amendment clerk.. 1 1 lktorkeepe r . 3 Watchman . 1 Note: Extra help in thirty third session was rendered by six different persons, aggregate of 161 days, equal to two regular employes . 2 25 71 __ _ Officers and Employes — “ of the House— V — r- x m Chief clerk . 1 1 hirst assistant . 1 1 Second assistant, third and fourth assistants . 1 2 Chaplain . 1 l Postmaster . 1 j Sergeant-at-arms . 1 1 Assistant sergeant-at-arms . 1 1 Clerks— * Enrolling and engrossing room 1 Bill room . 4 Judiciary committee . 1 Finance committee and claims committee . 1 Mimeographer . I Subject to call . 2 10 i2 Stenographers— For clerk's office .2 For enrolling and engrossing room . 2 Subject to call .4 8 3 Timekeeper and bookkeeper. 1 3 Mail carrier (jointly with senate), hi 1 Custodians . 2 38 Messenger (jointly with senate)... W 1 Pages . 2 5 Proof readers . 3 Porter . 1 Day and night watch . 2 Notary . 1 Poor and gate keepers . 3 Note: Extra help In thirty-third session was rendered by !4 dif ferent persons, aggregate of 233)4 days, equal to 3 regular employes . J 31 71 2. Employes' wages. -■» iiMdparison oi me oost or me neces sary help to run the legislature with the oost of legislative help in the thirty-third srssion has been made upon the hasis of full time for 90 days for each regular em ploye. as follows: Tost of employes as per this commit tee report: Estimated Actual Cost Cost of 33d Session ’louse .$ yjfiO *30.358 Senate . 6.750 21.505 *15.210 551.S63 Estimated saving to the state by adopv tion of tile committee's report of *36.653. 3. Overtime. In order to abolish the abuse of over litbe and the absence of employes from their duties during the legislative session, a rule shall be matfe requiring all em ployes to check their time in and their time out each day of service during the session. 4. Selection of employes. A rule shall lie adopted providing for the ejection by ballot of the members of t.ie following officers In each house: Senate—Secretary, chaplain, sergcant at-arnis. postmaster. House — Chief clerk, first assistant clerk, second assistant clerk, chaplain, sergennt-nt-arms. assistant sorgoaul-at nrms, postmaster. Other employes of the senate shall be chosen by the president pro tempore and secretary, in the house by the speaker ii v ” clerk Any appointed employ* shall lie subject to removal by the np polntlng power or by a two-UVrds votq of the house which he serves. WILSON JS VICTOR WINS INITIAL SKIRMISH OF TOLLS BATTLE, UNDERWOOD’S PLEA IS IN VAIN Twelve Republicans Side With Ad ministration and Bull Moosers Stand Solid Against. Washington.—President Wilson won the opening skirmish of the greatest legislative battle of his administra tion when the house, over bitter pro tests from the recognized democratic leaders, and almost solid minority opposition, adopted a sp?cial rule for the consideration of the bill repealing the provision of the Panama canal ' act exempting coastwise American I ships from tolls. Speaker Clark, Democratic Leader 1 Mann and Progressive Leader Mur | dock were at the head of those lined up against the administration, but the ' house responded to the presidnt's per | house responded to the president’s per of the repeal bill as a means of sup porting the administration's foreign policy. Two votes demonstrated the presi ! dent’s commanding influence with his j party in congress. On the first test, a morion to end the dehate and pre i elude amendments on the rule, car J ried by a vote of 207 to 116; the rule 1 itself was adopted 200 to 172. , Underwood's Plea in Vain. Nothing to compare with the scene : had occurred in the house since the • famous Cannon rules fight four years | ago. In v ain Representative Under wood took the floor of the house and urged his colleagues to vote against the rule>. The rank and file demo crats. after listening to three hours | of passionate argument, swung into I the president's columns. 199 of them ! voting to prevent the amendment of the special rule, while but fifty-five followed the leaders in joining with the minority in opposition. The administration supporters con sider the crucial poiAt passed, and ’ jubilantly predicted the passage of j the repeal bill itself by a majority of 1 more than 100. Given Year in Prison. Xew York.—Frank Tannenbaum. a leader of the unemployed, who lias i been on trial for several days on a charge of participating in an unlaw ful assemblage, was convicted. Tan I nenbaum was sentenced to serve one year in the penitentiary and fined I $500. a default of payment meaning an ' additional day's imprisonment for each dollar unpaid. Sacramento, Cal.—Edward Teedflale, one of the leaders in •'General" Kel ley's army of unemployed, was sen tenced to six months in the county jail for vagrancy, of which he was convicted by a jury. The judge re marked that if his authority permitted ■ he would consign Teesdale U> Africa, i where he "would find more congenial • companions among the gorillas." Bering River Coal Unfit. Washington.—Secretary Daniels has reported to congress that coal from , the Bering river fields in Alaska was unsuitable for use by the navy. Tests j by the geological survey, by officials at Annapolis and aboard the naval cruiser Maryland, he said, all were un favorable, except that the Alaskan j coal made less smoks. The report j stated that the Bering coal was in- ' capable of generating sufficient steam and could produce only 50 per cent efficiency of power. Dr. J. A. Holmes, director of the bureau of mines, said in the report that Bering coal could be I mined only at great cost, was full of faults and was chiefly valuable if turned into coke and shipped. Combine Against the Socialists. Milwaukee. Wis.—David S. Rose and i Theobald Otjen. defeated candidates | for mayor in Milwaukee primaries, have announced they would unite their forces with those of Mayor Ger hard A. Bading. the successful candi- j date on the nonpartisan ticket, in an ; endeavor to defeat the socialist can- i didate. Emil Seidel, in the election to be held April 7. Patron Shoots Waiter. Fort Wayne. Ind.—Anthony Trent man. a wealthy brewer, is held in jail on a charge of having shot H. J. Bruce, a negro waiter at a local hotel. Trectman told the police that he shot the negro because the waiter had treated his request for his overcoat in an indifferent manner. Over Thousand Suspended. Altoona. Pa.—The retrenchment policy of the Pennsylvania railroad company has brought about the sus pension of 1,250 men from the Altoona and Juniata shops. Suffragists Win Victory, Boston.—Woman suffrage won a victory here when the house concurred with the senate in proposing an amendment to the •.•ons'.itutlon by which the word "male-’ would be stricken from the provision describ ing the qualifications of a voter. Rivers and Harbors Bill Passed. Washington. D. C.—After many days ; of debate, the rivers and harbors ap propriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $43,400,000. was passed by the house without substantial amendment. Will Try For Congress. Lincoln. Neb.—Governor Morehead has announced that he will soon issue formal statement declaring he is not a candidate for a second term as gov ernor, but will make the race for the democratic nomination for congress in the First Nebraska district. Indian Guilty of Murder. Stillwell. Okla—Tandy Folsom. * Cherokee Indian, was found guilty here of the murder of Patrick Dore, an Oklahoma politician, at WcrtvXla. He wac given a Ufe sentence • BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA The Nebraska D. A. R. jvill meet it Omaha next year. York county has organized a •‘good roads" association. The state Sunday school cqnvention will be held at Aurora in June. Saunders county schools will visit the state farm at Lincoln next week. Blair is making strenuous efforts tc rid itself of dives and gambling dens T. J. Majors of Peru will deliver an address at Seward on Decoration day. Elder L. E. Snapp has been secured as paster of the Christian church at Stella. The Wahoo Commercial club cele brated its twelfth anniversary with a banquet. Fremont will get the next meeting of the Nebraska Rove! Neighbors of America. Walter Warwick of Scribner fell from a hay loft and sustained, a frac tured skull. Monday was the anniversary of the tornado that left several Nebraska towns in ruins. A summer Chautauqua course prob ably will be held in Havelock during July and August. The Fairbury district of the Metbo ; dist conference will meet at Tobias. April 21 and 22. Plattsmouth public schools are over crowded. and additional buildings have become a necessity. Fire of unknown origin destroyed ! the buildings and stock of the Zaugg | Lumber company at Leshara. A syndicate of farmers has pur chased the Snyder roller mills and elevator at the village of Snyder. There was not a single Indian or negro born in Richardson dounty in 1913. There were 453 white births. The Sisters school of St. Mary’s . parish in David City has been closed j temporarily on account of scarlet fever. Fire starting from a defective flue completely destroyed the home of , Herman Brandt in Glenover. neat i Beatrice. Dawes county farmers have engaged ! George Schaefer, a graduate of the j Colorado agricultural school, as farm 1 demonstrato’-. j The Southeastern Nebraska Educa Itional association will hold its twenty first annual meeting in Lincoln on April 1. 2 and 3. W. W. Perrin, a Lincoln man. was held up and relieved of his spare ' change on a downtown street at eight o'clock in the evening. There are 5.210 communicants ol l the Protestant Episcopal church in ! the Nebraska diocese, according to the ; church annual just issued. rtans are oetng drawn tor tne erec 1 tion of a $50,000 library building at ; Burwell and a $16,000 high school ; building may be erected. The city of Hebron will vote this I sprinc by direct vote upon three ques 1 tions. viz: Sunday baseball, licensed ] pool halls, and the saloons. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ireland of Brock celebrated their sixty-third wed ding anniversary last week. Mr. Ire land is SS and Mrs. Ireland is 78 years old. The Central Nebraska Agricultural association has leased an eighty-two acre tract west of Grand Island for a fair ground. The land may be pur chased later. A little son of John Bath. jr.. of Auburn, was playing with a cartridge hit it with a hammer and was struck in the eye by a piece of the shell and quite badly hurt. The Bridgeport Commercial club is urging a $15,000 sewer bond issue The club is also taking steps to aid the management of the Morrill County Fair association. in honor of the thirty-five year record of service held by Chief Clerk John-M. Butler, an informal reception was given by the railway mail clerks of the Lincoln division. Local chapters of the Sons of the American Revolution are to be estab lished in Fairbnrv. Lincoln and Fre mont. Heretofore the organization j has existed only as a state society. Church members at Hastings threaten a boycott if the Sunday base- i ball election carries in that place. Walter Dye. aged 30. a well known young business man of Kearney. • dropped dead in the billiard room of the Midway hotel at that place. A large upper molar of the Colum bian mammoth was found recently by George Goodman of Alexandria. It has been donated to the state museum. The Stanton county fair will be held September 1 to 5. The premium list j is about ready and the different 1 amusements that will be secured for the fair are engaged. The women's park association at j Grand Island has decided to include j all school grounds in their campaign for a beautiful Grand Island. At an enthusiastic meeting of Fair bury Presbyterians it was decided to erect a new church at the cost of $15,000. A committee was appointed to secure funds for the new building. The civic center proposal, to use the present high school building and site at Hastings for a city hall is be ing advanced. It is suggested that a new high school building be erected on a site farther from the business district. The remodeled German Lutheran church at Kearney was dedicated on March 15. Three services were held and luncheon and dinner were served at the church. Arthur Wilmes. 13 years old, at Roseland. will probably lose the sight of one eye as a result of the accidental discharge of an air rifle in the hands of a playmate. Little Eunice West, the 2-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. JVest of Grand Island, captured a prize in a baby show at Corpns Christi, Texas, while the family were sojourning there a short time ago. The body of John M. Johnson, who disappeared from Plattsmouth. De cember 13. 1913. was found in the river at Nebraska Citv by two fishermen. The shed of the Farmers’ Elevator company at Beatrice, together with 100 tens of coal, were destroyed by fire, spontaneous combustion sup posedly being the cause. Miss Jessie Taylor, alias Jessie Wil son. arrested at Omaha for forgery through ciever detective work by Miss Mary P. Doyle, confessed to the police that she is wanted in a number of 1 middle western cities on the same eharge. 1 'f- P PENALTY FOR GAME LAW VIOLATION __ COSTS FROM $1 TO $300 FOR SHOOTING DUCKS. GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL Items of Interest Gathered from Re liable Sources and Presented in Condensed Form to Our Readers. Western Newspaper Union News Servlcw. Game Law Penalty. In most of (iie statements issued by tae government no mention is made of ihe penalty for killing water fowl during the closed season prescribed by regulations of the department of agriculture. Mr. Lane. United States district attorney for Nebraska, has re ceived details of the regulations which show that the penalty for spring shooting is a fine of from $1 to $300. The penalty is not based on a certain amount for each bird killed, but is left to the discretion of the judge of the federal court who imposes the fine. It is reported that ducks are being shot in Nebraska, but thus far no ar tests have been made by the United States marshal or his deputy. No other persons have power to make ar rests. Lack of Crops CauSt of Deficit. The principal cause of the mainten ; unce fund at the state penitentiary iy due to the lack of crops on the prison larm last year, and the large amount of coal required to operate the power plant at the institution, according to a statement made by Warden Fenton This plant furnishes power and light !‘or the prison and the shops and alsc for the state house, orthopedic hospit al, and the governor's mansion. Ths coal bill amounted to $1,700 a month \s there were no crops on the prison arm last year feed for stock had tc ; De bought. Also, most of the meat >d to the prisoners is now bought anc the price is higher than it was a few tears ago. The last legislature appro priated a total of $130,000 for mainten ance. not including $17,900 for the sal aries of officers. At this time 73 pet cent of the maintenance fund has beet expended. To Limit Number of Entries. Plans for the next better babies con i test at the Nebraska state fair are be 1 ing evolved and Mrs. M. E. \ance arc her advisers are considering methods of handling the situation. It has beer suggested that the number of entries : be limited to about 200. In order « briug this about two plans have beeL SUgges=ted. The first scheme is a ser ies of county drawings. By means ol these the number of entries are re duced and the lucky ones allowed tc : compete at the state fair. Anothet j plan includes the services of a commit : tee in each county to eliminate a num her of the contestants and reduce them in proportion to the number of entries. Health Train for Nebraska. j A health train, to traverse the state and spread knowledge of sanitary con ! ditions and initiate health campaign: in all towns and villages where board of health laws have been dead letters since time immemorial, may be ar activity soon to be indulged in by thf board of secretaries of the state boarc of health. In discussing the problem President Carr of that body said that the railroads are willing to meet the board more than half way in the mat ter and the railway commission has giv«-n permission for the necessary staff to go along free of charge with out violating the anti-pass law. Fire Commissioner is Worked Up. •> The convict night school classes ai the state penitentiary are meeting with great success, according to offi cials at the prison. The enrollment has increased since the school re sumed its sessions and the plan ol dividing the pupils into classes in con sideration of their preparation hat proved a factor in stimulating inter est and progress. The men who coulo not read when classes were organized are now able to read simple lessont and take great interest in improving their writing. The large class of slightly advanced students is reaching for more difficult work. Recount of Votes for Womens An error was discovered in the number of petitioners for votes for the submission of equal suffrage from Douglas county and two members of the state suffrage association made a recount of the names on file with thf secretary of state. They found therf were ’■eally 11.315 names from Doug las county, while the number listed by the association from that county was only 10.315. Without this extra l.ODf the petitioners were sufficient in num ber to require submission of the ques tion to a vote of the electors this fall Secretary of State Wait will have an official count made before the proposi tion is placed on the ballot. State Treasurer George has invested the last of the $100,000 raised by a levy for university buildings. The money is derived from a levy the pro ceeds of which is to be expendtd re gardless of university removal. The people wili vote this fall on the ques tion of whether or not it shall be ex pended on the city campus or at the state farm. As the money is not needed at this time the state treas urer proposed to invest Because Lew Richey, convicted at Walthill for setting fire to a hotel and pool hall at that place, was paroliHl 'rom the penitentiary after serving a rear. Fire Commissioner Ridgell. who issisted in convicting the man, is in :ensed at the action of the state parole ward. Chairman Maggi is said to have promised to let the fire commissioner inow when the matter came up, but leglected to do so, and the department iras given no chance to disclose the letails of the aftiir. Richey was sen enced from one to twenty years for he crime. .. , . „ «. . ' **