NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD INTELLIGENCE HERE GATHERED COVERS WIDE AREA GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT Includes What la Going On at Wash ington and In Other Sections of the Country. WASHINGTON. A protioitne tax on dealings in eot Ui futures, which uoiate certain re*c..atif>ns promulgated for the re form of the trading on exchanges. wa» proponed la a bill by Representa tive Lever of South Carolina, offered aa a compromise for the senate bill decv,ng the use of the mails to ex change* engaged in forbidden trails aeUai • so Secretary Bryan has proposed to the senate foreign relations committee that arbitration treaties be drawn to run r deht.-ieiy instead of being nego tiated for periods of five years, as at present V.r Bryan pointed out that aetera treaties will empire under the hie year i.mit la a short lime. In re new u*. be desires to put them in fo-< f n't; one nation expresses a de aire terminate. • • • U t. • er 'be present congress bos the power to punish g member for misconduct during w former congress, was debated by the bouse judiciary t -mm it tee No decision was reached The comic.ue* discussed at length case of Representative James T Mt Itarmott of II! moots. ar sins' whom a Mbnaainw has reported a resolu tion of censure on account of activi ties ia tbe recent investigation • • • •Jswge foster Peabody, former cresetitr-r at the democratic national Coanni't*-. conferred with President M tlauo about universal peace Mr Peabody who has spent many years la Kris.) said he believed Presides* It i won s poin t in the present situa tK«u was correct and would prevail. He regarded, be said the president's ait:' tide in the Panama tolls contro v*r»y as a distinct advance Toward the cause of world peace • • • When ashed whether ihe lengthy cobsideratian of tbe toils question would necevwita’-e a curtailment of tbe bguativr program so as to secure an ewr.y -dyourameni of congreaa. Presi dec U'tiwun said so change is the adn.ris'ra* ton's pans a- outlined * • • n sew- on was outitemplatAl The preside** *aid he believed eon grswa would dispose of its business, it.'-lnd g the tolls and trust questions h- hr wiidc e of June or the first of Jwl? • • • Ki f.cal.-tn of (be international now vent ton fur safety at sea. framed a* Lmndnn. mean* perpetuation of din mm. sat ion against American vessels. Andrew Purusefh of the Seamen's In- - tematmnal union told me senate ftewwgn relax ions commit tee The p wdmg La PoUette seamen s bill, be ssd was .mended to apply to all si ip - sc entering American ports, and tbe new treaty, he argued, precluded the puws.biiity of enforcing each regu lations except against American snips. | • • • f'evident Wilson and Secretary Bryan sere assailed in the bouse by Keprm-ctaM'e Rogers, republican, of Massachusetts, with charges that they had disregarded the merit system of appt- -;tci-c in the diplomatic and consular lenlca Mr. Rogers re viewed appointments to I at In Amer ican countries, and declared that in prnrttcady every cnee nppointmonts were made without regard to fitness of caafttsnv far their posts Me al go described contributions of various members of the diplomatic rot pa to tbe president's campaign fund. DOMESTIC. Tbs fatU providing tor fas submit aim is tbs voters of a coast it uOoua] smsteeit for state-side prohibition • as killed ta 'he Maryland boas* of delegates • • • » bitsd Mates District Judge Jere miah .veterer at feeaule imposed a smMsars of ire years in the McNeil Uisbd penitentlary upon Albert Dahl wurvm. founder of a religious sect known aa Heiign." w ho was con virleS two seeks ago of violating the Mann an-i shite slave act by trans puntng Kdaa England of Tacoma, from Krsaao. <’bl. to Waatitigton. in October ISIS • • • A -ore of small bouses were blown duws. Mrs. «’haries VanUuskirk was probably fatally injured and four fam lins arr muster as tbs result of a tut •. do wkfct swept across the town of I rebnrk. m Klee county. Kansas. • • • E** Mates of th* act nal value of the s tate of tbs tats Adolphus Busch of St lasgls range from g3e.00b.ovo to fTl sow.bbs. according to a report filed la tb» probate court of St Louis coun ty Tbs variation is due to lack of fcboa **d*e at the value or! foreign bold lags which are yet to be tapped see Aa aaobymoaa cash gift of fiO.OOO las been received at Nsw York by •ts board at foreign missions of tie Mstbcdist * Episcopal church, to be gdf-'* to tbs permanent fund for the pare of retired missionaries. • • • The erpsrieae* of James J Barrett g star.* labor commtssi'joer. as a caa gal laborer." are related ia an official m-irt submitted by Mr. Barrett to Governor Major in Missouri Mr Bar. «stt left St Louis a month ago dis j—)—* as a tramp and found work in various cuastruttioE camps • • • Tbs federal grand Jury at Council RaS*. !«•*. r-taraed aa indictment against Harry H. Woodiiag. proprietor of a Council Bluffs mail order boas*, charring misuse at tbs mails by eir ni)sirsit***f advertissmeata. Pittsburgh this year will spend $2, 2M.000 for new school buildings. • • • Springfield. Mo., has for the second t me within s year defeated coramis sion government proposition. a • , • Foreclosure proceedings against the Fere Marquette railroad, which de faulted in the payment of its 6emi annual interest of $5,000,000 bonds, ha»e begun in Detroit federal court. • a • The Times-Dernoerat and the Pica vune of New Orleans, two of the old en morning newspapers in the United States, v ilf'Tre consolidated, according to announcement at New Orleans, a a a Jean Gian ini. who is held in jail at Herkimer. N Y.. on a charge of mur dering his former school teacher. Miss Lida Beecher, was indicted for the crime b> the Herkimer county grand Jury at Little Falls, N. Y. a a a Work has been resumed in the gen eral shops of the Norfolk & Western at Norfolk, Ya. 900 men being re turned to work on reduced time The order affects shop men throughout the system. The shop had beeD c used since March 14. a a a T. H. Mu sc rove, a wealthy planter, was shot to death near Blytheville. Ark., and John Walker, a 16-year-o!d youth, whose father Xlusgrove was charged with having killed fifteen : ears ago. surrendered to the sheriff of Bhtheville to answer for the kill ing. a a a The price of gasoline in St. Ixruis was cut to 12 cents a gallon by the >'andard Oil company. This cut is the fifth made by the Standard Oil j company since November 4. when it began a fight, is is said, against other dealers in the St. Louis field. a a a The resignation of Douglas I Me Kay as New York police commission er is in Mayor Mitchell's hands The commissioner desired to retire at once, if possible, but asked that he lx* regained not 'onger than April 15. • • • Early Spring.’’ painted by George In nos claimed by John R. Norris of j New- York, was forbidden by Judge j Carpenter in federal court at Chi- ! oago to be removed from among the assets of the art firm of Moulton & j Ricketts. The painting is valued at , • • • I The Rockefeller institute for medi cal research in New- York has an nounced that John D Rockefeller has aeded $1. to consider changes in the party j rule* as suggested by a subcommit I tee of the republican national com mittee. Delegates to the convention will be selected by districts on April 14. • • • A local shoe company, acting for j the Kansas Reta.1 Shoe Dealers' as sociation. has filed an injunction suit at Topeka to prevent the enforcement of the pure shoe lawr enacted by the* last legislature. The law requires that all shoes that contain substi tutes for leather must be stamped to show the adulteration. It was to have gone Into effect April 1. m • • Mrs. Robert Duncan, her daughter. El zabeth and five of the latter's guests at a children's party were hur ried to a hospital at Pittsburgh when it became known that two Pekinese don. by which tiie seven had been bitten, showed signs of rabies. The dogs- valued at S1.0OO. attacked one of the little girls and the others were bitten while trying to drive them off. * * * FOREIGN. Paul Johann Lid wig von Heyse. German poet and novelist, died in his eighty-fifth year. He was awarded the Noble prize for literature in 1910. • • • The Italian chamber of deputies and senate has reassembled. The new cabinet under the premiership of Signor Saiandra made known to both houses its legislative program. • • • i-aeuteuant Lankmeyer, a German army aviator, was killed and Lieuten ant Ruchti. whom he carried as a passenger, was seriously injured in an aeroplane accident. Their propel ler broke while bey were flying at a -ow altitude over the aerodrome. • • • Nuremburg. Germany, and its ad jo ning city of Fterth have a combin ed population of 430.000. Their street railways last year carried 49.000,000 passengers over thirty-six miles of ; track. , • • • It is estimated that there are in Fiance at the pres-nt time l.-'ioO.OOO celibates, 1.800.'»io families without children. 2.C50,«Ou families with two children and 2,4'iO.OtiO families with only one child • • * Britlej) rule in India is suffering the evil result - of its ow n virtues It has taught Indians to stand alone and some of them, superficially educated usually, wish to try the experiment without assistance Indian unrest and its attendant tragedies are virtue's own reward. • • • Announcement of the death in Mad rid. Spain, of Adolph Francis A. Bande iler. one t.f the foremost authorities on archeology in the United States, is contained in a cable message. He waa 74 years old. • • • The Briton has a common law right to hies a play, provided he does sq within bounds. This right, first af firmed in a case reported in 1810, has been reaffirmed by a Dublin magis trate. who discharged a man charged with hissing a play recently Imported from the continent CHARGE FAVORITISM MUCH DISSATISFACTION OVER RESERVE DISTRICTS. STORM OF OPPOSITION BREAKS Strong Effort Will Be Made to Over turn Decision of Organization , Committee. Washington.—There is every indi cation that the announcement of the reserve districts and cities by the re serve bank organization committee has given the signal for a determined struggle on the part of several cities which were disappointed, to overturn the committee's decision and bring about a redistricting of the country, or at least a change in the reserve cities named. I’nder the law tbe decision of the organization committee is not subject to review except by the Federal Re serve board. This board probably will not be named by President Wil son for several weeks, but it is be lieved that those disappointed with the committee's announcement will bend every effort toward paving the way for changes. It is pointed out that both Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo and Comptroller of the Cur rency Williams of the organization committee are ex-officio members of the reserve board and hardly could be counted upon to reverse themselves. The president has given no intimation -as to who the other five members will be. lhe committee's plan was crHicised m congress and there were reports of keen disappointment from several cities in the race for reserve banks and which failed to procure them. Three members of the senate banking and currency committee, two repub licans and a democrat, attacked the plan. Senator Weeks of Massachu setts. who opposed the law vigorously for many months, but who finally voted for it. pointed out that one bank was located in Georgia, the home of Mr. McAdoo: one in Virginia, the home state of Mr. Williams, and two in Missouri, the home state of Secretary Houston, the third member of the committee. He questioned the propriety of these selections. Senator Burton disapproved the in clusion of Pittsburgh in the district of which Cleveland is the reserve cen ter and asserted that it would be im possible to make trade turn westward from Pittsburgh to that city. Senator Hitchcock pointed to the Tact that Omaha had been included in the Kansas City district instead of the Chicago district and said trade did not flow that way. Want Rebels Recognized. El Paso. Tex.—The effect of the rebel victory at Torreon was felt here in a stiffening of the market for con stitutionalist money and in the begin ning of a movement to organize for eigners owning property in Mexico to appeal to Washington to recog nize the Carranza government. The latter idea originated with former Governor George Curry of New Mexico, but having placed the matter in the hands of certain lead ing democrats to work out, as they promised to do. he expressed a de sire to work only in the ranks for the success of the movement.. Gen eral Carranza declined to comment on the movement, but information of it caused much gratified comment in Juarez. Mr Curry said he was convinced that foreign sentiment upheld the be lief that recognition of President Huerta being out of the question the time has come for foreigners to lend such aid to the Carranza revolution as will help it to a speedy conclusion. Telegrams sounding senators and rep resetatives at Washington on the proposed propaganda have been dis patched. Argentne Com in Chicago. Chicago—A report was circulated in grain circles here that Argentine* corn in large quantities would soon be put on the Chicago market for the first time. Local elevator men were credited in the report with having negotiated for the purchase of 200,000 bushels of it, the shipments to start before April 15. There was much dis cussion of the probable effect of an influx of Argentine corn In the Chi cago market. “General” Kelley Is Convicted. Sacramento. — ,TJener»V' Charles Kelley, leader of the erstwhile “army’’ of unemployed, which at one time numbered 1,800 men, was convicted on a charge of vagrancy. Is Heavily Fined. Jefferson City, Mo.—The Polar Wave Ice company of St. Louis was declared to be a combination in re straint of trade by the Missouri su preme court and fined $50,000. The company was ousted from the state, but the ouster was suspended. Bryan Makes Proposal. Washington.—Secretary Bryan pro posed to the senate foreign relations committee that arbitration treaties be drawn to run indefinitely instead of for periods of five years. Is Swept by Flames. 9t. Augustine. Fla.—Historic St Augustine, the oldest city in th« United States, was swept by a $500,000 fire that destroyed five tou rist hotels and burned records and curios dating back to the days of Spanish rule in the sixteenth century. Poisoned by “April Fool Candy.” Quincy, Mass.—“April fool candy," said to have been flavored with poi sonous berries, caused the illness of t »o children who ate it It was that the children will dio. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Mrs. Myra Campbell, aged 97, is dead at Murray. Tuesday. April 21, will be cleanup day in York. Miss Anna Beck has filed for the nomination for county clerk at York. The Wymore Coursing association will hold a meet in that city April 16 and 17. The Farmers’ union of Mead has been incorporated with a capital stock of $6,600. The banquet of Albion's volunteer fire department was the social event of the season. A campaign looking to the erection of a new court house at North Platte has been started. A petition for Sunday baseball at Cambridge was reported upon unfavor ably by the city council. Samuel Seitz, a farmer near Hum boldt, was stricken with paralysis and died within four hours. Tim McHugh, a Cnion Pacific brake man. fell between the cars and was in stantly killed near Ames. The presidency of Doane college at Crete has been tendered Dr. W. O. i Allen of Springfield. Mo. The Lincoln team of the Western baseball league is practicing and work ing out at Antelope park. “Nick" Hansen suicided by shooting j himself through the head in a barn at 1 the rear of his home at Lincoln. Mrs. Rhoda Morris, probably the ! oldest woman in Gage county, died a> Beatrice recently at the age of 95. The question of Sunday baseball will be submitted to the voters of Clay Center at the city election, April 7. Earl Francis. 18 years old. is dead at Palmyra front injuries received when he was thrown from a horse. Fairburv’s new ice plant is now in operation and turning out ice at the | rate of twenty-five to thirty-five tons j per day. Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Merwm cele brated their fiftieth wedding anniver sary at their home in Beaver City on March 30. A five-year-old daughter of Mrs. A. Farris of Murray was bitten by a dog last week and has been taken to Chi cago for treatment. The Gage County Holstein Fresian association has been organized by a number of farmers in Gage county in- , terested in dairying Continued brooding over the ill j health of his wife drove Henry } Schulte, an aged Germantown farmer. : to suicide by hanging. York. Dodge. Boone. Butler and Seward counties have about completed plans for the engagement of eight noted institute workers. More than 20.000 people attended the four days school festival at Lin- I coin and $3,000 was added to the play ; ground funds as a result. The Nebraska Republican, a four 1 page paper, has made its appearance 1 in Lincoln and among politicians j created considerable interest. The annual district convention of the woman's home and foreign mis sionary society will be held at Peru during the Easter season, at the Meth odist church. Dr. VC S. Fast, superintendent of the institute for the feeble minded at Beatrice, is suffering from typhoid fever. Authorities deny that there is danger of the fever spreading to the inmates. Hastings was chosen as the place for the next annual meeting of the Dis trict Odd Fellows convention by the 2''« and Vicinity. Western Newspaper Union News aervic*. ***************** * COMING EVENTS * * Coursing association meeting * * at Wymore, April 16 and 17 * * Travelers' Protective associa- * ft tion at Lincoln. April 16 and 17. * * "High Cost of Living” Exposi- * * tion at Omaha. April 16 to 26. * * State convention of Nebraska * * M. W. A. at Hastings in May. * * State convention of Nebraska * * Modern Woodmen at Hastings, * * May 4 to 6. * * Annual encampment Nebraska * * G. A. R. at Grand Island. May 13 * * and 14. * * State convention of Nebraska * * Eagles at Hastings in June. * * State Sunday school conven- * * tion at Aurora in June. * * Meeting of Nebraska post- * * masters at Lincoln. June 9, 10 * * and 11. * * Outing of Nebraska Press asso- * * cir.tion at Epworth Lake park, * * Lincoln. June IS to 25. * Hastings.—W. H. Lanning. Hastings banker, who has expended a small for tune in building one of the most com plete and up-to-date hospitals in the state in order to perpetuate the mem ory of his only child, has announced the selection of the seven members o1 tht board of trustees consisting ol local business men. Miss Mary Lan ning was in attendance a? school in at eastern college. When she was et route to Hastings to spend her holiday vacation she contracted a severe cold She died at her home here about a week later. To her memory the Marj Lanning hospital has teen erected The trustees are self-perpetuating serve without salary and not more than two may belong to the same te ligious body. Volcanic Ash in Western Nebraska. Lincoln.—A dual purpose will be achieved through the recent find o1 volcanic ash in large quantities ir western Nebraska, if the opinions ol some university officials are bourne out. For not only will it prove to be a substitute for a certain percentage of the main ingredient of Portland cement, and thus make it cheaper, but it will instantly make the fields of ash particularly valuable. Paul Buol and H M. Fishwood are at present in western Nebraska, looking into the quality of the ash found there and making preparations to conduct ex periments to ascertain the value of the product. The work will be carried on extensively by the university au thorities during the coming summer. Sues Saloon Men for Husband's Death North Platte.—Declaring that her husband had for years striven to shake ofT the liquor habit that bound him. but that temptation was too strong and that the habit finally caused his sui cide by drinking carbolic acid. Mrs. Viola Hodges has filed suit in district court here asking $23,000 damages against saloon men and business men. She maintained that the defendants had brought about his death through the liquor sold him. Spring School Festival a Success. Lincoln.—With a total attendance of more than 20.000 persons and total receipts, including donations and door of $4,000. the spring school festival closed Friday night pronounced a suc cess in every way by those in charge. The attendance and the receipts both far exceeded the expectations of the public school faculty. Three thousand school children took part in the fes tival. Fremont.—Starting April 5. all freight on file Northwestern west of the Missouri river will be distributed from the Fremont transfer station and changes are about to be made by which thirty men will be added to the local force of freight handlers Smallpox Epidemic. Fpland.—Schools and churches have been closed and public meetings pro hibited by the board of health because of the appearance of a mild epidemic of smallpox five miles southeast of here. Although twenty-seven cases of the disease have been reported, none are serious. The Eustis News has placed on de posit a $5 gold piece which will be given to the girl graduate of the Eustis high school for 1914 whose graduation dress shall cost the least money. Died as Result of Fall. Pierce.—Marian Brasda. who was soon to have become a bride, died at the William Fisher home, ten miles west of Pierce, from injuries received when she was thrown from a horse. Fhe suffered a compound fracture and dislocation of the right ankle. Blood poison set in and her death followed. A train load of immigrants, bound for the forest reserve in northwest Nebraska, where they had drawn lands, passed through Omaha last week. Fortune for State Institutions. Lincoln.—An estate valued at $125. 000 will be divided between the state board of control for neglected children and the state orthopedic hospital, after the heirs have received an in come therefrom during their lives', ac cording to the provisions of the Charies Genuchi will, opened in pro bate court here. The Nebraska press association will have an outing and business meeting it Epworth Lake park. Lincoln. June 18 to 25. | Gen. Felix Diaz, nephew of ex-Pregi dent Porfirio Diaz of Mexico, arrived in New York a short time ago from Havana, accompanied by his wife and four of his fellow-countrymen, Joseph H. Sandoval, his lawyer; Dr. Pedro del Villas, his secretary; Dr. Richard del Rio, and Capt. Hector Arostegul The Mexican general has not a war like appearance. He is short, plump with large, dark eyes, dark hair, and a heavy mustache. In his gray suit he resembles an Italian opera impresario more than a military man. In an interview General Diaz showed that he was a diplomat. To questions that he did not care to an swer, he replied courteously that his English was not so good. At other times he answered and apparently un derstood what was said without any difficulty. The general denied that he had any intention of starting another revolu tion in Mexico. He said he had come w •'«» iors co visit iriends ror a rew days. me stab wound received re ■ cently in Havana had healed, the general said, and he was in perfect health. Hia future plans are indefinite. He might go to Europe. "What will happen if Villa wins in the struggle against the federal j troops?” he was asked. "The federal soldiers," said General Diaz, “are the only properly organized | forces that can restore peace in Mexico. Villa is trying to exterminate them. If he succeeds, it will not bring peace to the country. There will be nothing but bloodshed. Villa would not be able to control hia own men if he won." "Are you going to join Villa?” "I am not. You can say that I do not know Villa and have never met hliu ' in my life." HORSE NAMED FOR LITTLETON "When Martin W. Littleton was a young man he went to Texas from Ten nessee as a laborer for a railroad ” | said John Walker, a New York news ! paper man, the other day. "Even then j he was confident that he was destined ■ for political honors. A foreman named ' G. W. Scott and Littleton got to be good friends. Littleton finally war. promoted to be a paymaster, and after serving in that capacity for some time, he announced one day that he was go ing to quit and go to New York. He informed Scott that some* day he would be mayor of New York, then governor, and after that, well, he wouldn't make any further prediciton. Scott gave up railroad work and went into breeding thoroughbred horses. "Littleton reached New York and aft er a number of years became borouga 1 president of Brooklyn, and then mem ber of congress from the Oyster Bay district. He hasn't reached tha mayoralty as yet. but there is plenty or ume. lor Lattieton is still a young man. Scott prospered in the racehorse i business, and a year or tyo ago brought East a stable of pretty good horses. He bred all of his horses, and about five years ago he picked out two of the most likely youngsters and announced that he would name them after his best friends. For one he claimed the name of Senator Bailey, but he found on application to the Jockey club that the name had been taken, whereupon he called the horse J. H. Houghton. The other colt he gave the name of Martin TA. Littleton. This latter horse turned out to be a first-class racer." _ ELEANOR WILSON TO WED "The President and Mrs. Wilson announce the engagements of their youngest daughter. Eleanor Randolph, to Hon. William Gibbs McAdoo.” This announcement was Issued at the White House by Secretary Tu multy a few days ago. For weeks there had been rumors that the president's daughter and the secretary of the treasury would be married soon. The exact date of the wedding is not known. There has been extraordinary inter est in the engagement among officials and the many friends of both Miss Wilson and the cabinet officer. The youngest of. the family, Miss Eleanor is said to be her father's pet, and there is a strong personal friendship between the president and the man who is to marry his daughter. Reports that Secretary McAdoo would retire from the cabinet after his marriage, and perhaps become ambas sador to France were set at rest by White House officials, w ho said emphatically that he was expected to remain ! at the head of the treasury department. Miss Wilson will be the fourteenth White House bride, and the second of President Wilson's daughters to marry in the nation's executive mansion. Her : sister. Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson, became Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayre in the east room on November 25 last. Mr. McAdoo is fifty years old and Miss Wilson Is twenty four. ‘ ___ — ! _____— MAY HEAD FEDERAL BANK BOARD ____ The governor of the new banking svstem of the United States probably will be Walker Hill, now president of the Mechanics-American National bank of St. Louis. Mr Hill has been tendered this post at the head of the federal reserve bank board by Presi dent Wilson and the appointment has been accepted, it is said. By the terms of the Owen-Glass cur rency law the governor Is the active executive officer of the new system, and his office is the most important financial position, with the possible : exception of the secretaryship of the treasury, within the gift of the govern ment. The governor is one of the five mem bers of the board to be appointed by the president. Secretary of the Treas ury William G. McAdoo and Comptrol ler of the Currency John Skelton Wil liams will be ex-officio members. Mr. Hill stands high in the banking business, and it is expected that his appointment will be acceptable to business interests generally. He has held many important positions, having been president of the American Bankers’ association in 18»3-1&00, and a director of the Louisiana Purchase exposition, serving as vice-president of its committee on finance. He was one of tile organizers of the Business Men's league of St. Louis, of which he was the first president and treasurer. The governor of the tanking system was recently offered the presidency of a New York bank, with the option of naming his own salary, but he de clined it