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PROVED 3Y COLLEGES OF
THE STATE.
STATE BANKS SHOW BI6 GAIN
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Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Onion News Service.
Sixty-seven Nebraska high schools
appear on the accredited list of sec- j
ondary schools of the state, as ap- j
proved this spring by the North Cen- 1
tral Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary Schools. Nine new secondary
schools appear on the list: Alma.
Madison, Nelson, North Bend. Osceola,
Sidney .Stromsburg, West Point and
York academy.
The higher institutions of Nebraska
approved by the association are the
college of liberal arts of Creighton
university, Doane, Hastings. Nebraska
Wesleyan, Kearney and Peru state
normal schools, and the University of
Nebraska.
The list-of accredited high schools
follows: Albion, Alliance, Alma, Ash
land, Auburn, Aurora, Beatrice, Ben
son, Blair, Broken Bow, Central City,
Columbus, Crete, Fairbury, Fairfield,
Fairmont, Falls City, Franklin acad
emy, Fremont, Friend, Fullerton,
Geneva, Gothenburg, Grand Island,
Harvard, Hastings, Hastings academy,
Havelock, Hebron, Holdrege, Hum
boldt, Kearney, Kimball county high
school, Lexington, Lincoln, Teachers'
college high school, McCook, Madison,
Minden, Nebraska City, Nelson. Nor
folk, North Bend, North Platte,
Brownell hall. Creighton academy,
Omaha, Omaha South high school, :
Osceola, Pawnee, Ravenna, Red Cloud, !
Schuyler, Scottsbluff. Seward, Shelton. 1
Sidney, Stromsburg, Superior, Tecum
seh, Tekamah. University Place, Wes- j
leyan academy, Wahoo, West Point, j
York, York academy.
Bank Deposits Increase.
Bank deposits in state banks in Ne
braska jumped from $114,500,000 to :
$130,S61,7S1 in three months. The lat
ter figure is the amount on deposit i
February 24. according to a statement 1
issued by Secretary Royse of the
state banking board. This is the lar- ;
gest amount ever reported and an in
crease of $30,0000,000 in one year. The
increase is attributed to several
causes. The principal cause of the )
increase, says Mr. Royse, is the fact j
that grain raised by Nebraska farmers
was not marketed last fall on account
of wet weather that prevented thresh
ing, and on account of a car shortage
later in the year. The grain thus
held back has since been sold, or
most of it has, and the bank deposits
are correspondingly swelled. One 1
and a half million dollars of the in
crease is due to the conversion of na
tional banks into state banks and the
bringing with them of deposits to that
amount. The number of banks report
ing is 815, the largest number ever in
existence under the state law. Here
after the state banking board will
pass upon the necessity of added
banking facilities before chartering
new state banks.
Secretary Royse’s report shows a
total of 386,879 depositors: average
reserve, 28 per cent; increase of 7
per cent since December 9, 1915.
Since February 9, 1915, the resources
have increased $32,827,370.92; deposits
$30,050,026.3. loans and discounts
$20,911,141.85, capital slock, $1,311,000.
State Food Commissioner C. E. Har
man in declining to accept the demo
cratic nomination for governor con
ferred upon him by a petition signed
by fellowtownsmen of Holdrege is
sued a card of thanks to his friends,
praised the administration of which
he is a part and said he feels that he
can render greater service to the ad
ministration and his party and state
by sticking to the job he now holds.
Food Commissioner Harman is
sending out printed circulars adver
tising the week of April 3 as pure
food week, and suggesting “peace and
plenty” as a motto to go with it. He
thinks it would be a good idea to use
the American flag for decorative pur
poses in connection with food dis
plays and advertising, because the flag
stands for peace, while the foods
themselves will typify plenty.
Nebraska Insurance Data.
Insurance in force and effect in Ne
braska on December 31, 1915, aggre
gated $1,110,000,000 in round numbers,
according to the preliminary report of
the state insuance commission.
Risks written during the year totaled
$535,584,000 and risks which ceased
during the year amounted to $54,770,
000. Premiums received counted up to
$18,766,682. and losses incurred were
recorded at $11,267,924.
In the report are included 390 com
panies of all the kinds that do business
in the state, t
While other departments of the state
government are preparing for state
wide observance of ‘.pure food week”
and "clean up week,” Hotel Commis
sioner Phil Ackerman does not pur
pose to be thrown into the shade. He
is out with a printed circular an
nouncing the date of April 5 as “ho
tel day” in Nebraska. He calls on
the proprietors of hotels to do some
housecleaning at that time, and also
to look after outbuildings and yards.
Special attention is directed to the
matter of individual towels, which he
says has been overlooked in some
places.
^ A convict cannot be required to
leave Lancaster county and go to an
other county to testify as a witness,
according to Warden Fenton and the
attorney general’s department. Ernest
Dullingham of Cheyenne county, serv
ing time for stealing a horse, was di
rected by the district court to Chey
enne county to appear there to testify
in a suit of the state against a man
accused of horse stealing. Sheriff J.
W. McDaniel came to Lincoln to con
vey the convict to Cheyenne county.
The prisoner refused to go and said
he would not testify.
A MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING.
Two Room Structure for the Deer
Creek District.
State Superintendent Thomas has
information concerning a practical
demonstration of the interest awak
ened in rural school district No. 10 in
Madison county. This is known as
the Deer Creek school district. The
district contains twelve and three
fourths sections of land with an as
sessed valuation of $144,129.
At a special meeting, held recently,
the district voted a levy of $5,000 for
the purpose of erecting a modern two
room school building. The architect
employed by the board has drawn
plans providing two rooms, each 33x33
feet, with twelve-foot ceilings, the
rooms separated by folding partition
which may be opened to make one
large assembly room for community
center meetings. The basement will
have fuel room, furnace room, gymna
sium, manual training room, sewing
room, domestic science room, and girls’
toilet. Water will be piped from a
windmill to a supply tank, and a sewer
180 feet in length will provide drain
age. The school rooms will have
modern equipment, proper lighting,
and the grounds will be made attrac
tive. A rural high school is already
maintained in this district.
Clean Up and Stay Clean.
Clean up and keep dean is the gist
of a statement made by Dr. H. B.
Cummins, secretary of the board of
secretaries of the state board of
health. Dr. Cummins has watched
with interest proclamations by the
governor for a clean up week, in
tended as a fire prevention measure,
and orders from the state hotel com
missioner for owners of hotels to do
some spring cleaning. As a sanitary
disease prevention measure. Dr. Cum
mins advocates cleanliness throughout
the year, not two baths a year, though
he is not objecting to that many
baths. He asks people to begin May
1 to clean up, clean out and keep
clean for one year. He believes the
people will, if they pursue this course,
be so well pleased that ..annual clean
up proclamations will not be neces
sary.
Ballets Must Show Affiliation.
Names of men who are democrats
cannot appear upon republican ballots,
neither can republican names appear
upon democratic ballots and members
of neither party can be filed as pro
gressives, according to a ruling of
Secretary of State Pool.
The action followed the protest of
Chairman Corrick of the bull moose
state committee against the decora
tion of the ballots of his party with
both republican and democratic
names. Most of those whose names
had been filed for the honor had been
withdrawn at the wish of the candi
dates themselves, but .'he names of
Charles Sloan and Moses P. Kinkaid
had both been left on because no such
action had been asked for by those
congressmen.
The step means that no man can
certify to affiliation with one party in
this state and then ask to be put on
the ballot of another party with which
he does not actually affiliate and with
which his party does not affiliate.
Public School Gardens for Nebraska.
Twenty-two towns in Nebraska will
conduct public school gardens this
summer, similar to those arranged
last season in co-operation with the
agricultural extension service of the
College of Agriculture. Each town
will hire a garden supervisor. The
towns that have undertaken the work
and the names of the supervisors are;
Alliance, E. Q. Perry; Holdrege, R. A.
Stewart; Kearney, G. R. Parsons;
Stromsburg, Charles Seemster; Ne
ligh, Mrs. Ida McCIintock; Howells,
J. V. Srb: Fairbury, J. E. Benson;
Beatrice, H. N. Thomas; Blair, E. H.
Kellog; Columbus, S. L. Stoddard:
Crete, E. A. Gregory; Auburn, G. E.
Heacock; Superior, C. E. Andrews;
Ashland, Mrs. h. Camp; Central City,
A. Crago; Peru, L. F. Carey.
If national guards are called into
action on the border or in Mexico,
gigantic maneuvers, to be held in Ne
braska, may precede their embarka
tion for the front.
This is the hope of General Hall,
who has outlined a plan for the as
sembly of North and South Dakota,
Wyoming, Colorado, Montana and Ne
braska troops at Fort Robinson, near
Crawford, in this state. These plans
are now being talked over with Ne
braska congressmen and senators at
Washington, and it is the hope of the
general staff that the war department
will grant permission for the move.
Sass Assumes Duties.
President J. A. Ollis and Secretary
W. R. Mellor, of the state board of
agriculture, accompanied Jacob Sass,
the newly elected treasurer of that
body, to Seward on Monday to check
him in. The books, papers and rec
ords of the late G. F. Dickman, who
was treasurer at the time of his
death, and the amount of money he
had on deposit, were to be audited be
fore turning them over to the new of
ficial. Mr. Sass lives at Chaleo and
is a member of the legislature from
Sarpy county.
From a seed corn survey made by
the college of agriculture, replies from
farmers living in fifty-nine counties
show that between 25 and 50 per cent
of the farmers will be unable to sup
ply their own seed, although a major
ity of the farmers reply that there
will be no shortage in their county. A
list of ninety-five farmers who have
reported seed corn for sale may be
had upon application to the depart
ment of Experimental Agronomy, Uni
versity Farm, Lincoln. Forty-one
thousand bushels of corn adapted to
various parts of the state are reported
for sale in this list.
Bar High School Fraternities.
Prof. P. M. Buck, chairman of the
interfraternity council of the state
university, has announced that all
of the active chapters of the fraterni
ties of the university had voted not to
pledge or initiate to membership any
member of a high school fraternity,
after September, 1919. The date was
placed three years ahead, so that high
school boys who are now members of
the prep school fraternities may not
be barred from membership in the
university societies.
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{ STATE NEWS j
DATES FOR COMING EVENTS.
April 10 to 15—Nebraska Clean-up and
Paint-up Week.
April 22—State Letter Carriers’ Con
vention at Grand Island.
April 28-29—State T. P. A. Convention
at Alliance.
April 18—Nebraska Primary Election
Day.
April 2-1-25—Savannah to Seattle High
way Convention at Omaha.
May 2 — Omaha-Lincoln-Denver Good
Hoads association convention at
Lincoln.
May 16 to 18—State G. A. R. Encamp
ment at Lexington.
May 15-18—State Dental Society an
nual convention at Lincoln.
May 17—Nebraska Bankers’ conven
tion,- Group One, at Beatrice.
May 24-25—State Association of Com
mercial Clybs’ Convention at Omaha.
June 5 and 6—Pageant of Lincoln,
presenting ‘‘The Gate City.”
June 5-6—Spanish War Veterans’
State Convention at North Platte.
June 12 to 15—Trans-Mississippi Bak
ers’ Ass’n convention at Omaha.
June 13 to 16—State P. E. O. Conven
tion at Alliance.
June 13-14-15—Great Western Handi
cap Tournament at Omaha.
June 19-20-21-22—American Union of
Swedish Singers, West. Div., con
certs and convention at Omaha.
June 20 to 24—State Stockmen’s con
vention at Alliance.
June 21 to 23—Fraternal Order of
Eagles, state meeting at Lincoln.
Although Norfolk got a majority of
the votes cast in a county seat re
moval contest, the county seat will
remain at Madifeon for another two
years at least. Norfolk polled 2,875
votes, Madison 2.5G4, giving Norfolk
53 per cent of the total of the 7,459
votes. Sixty per cent was required
by law to make the change. The larg
est vote ever cast in Madison county
prior to this was less than 4,300. Mad
ison's campaign was made upon the
issue that removal would increase
taxes. Norfolk urged its railroad cen
ter and the fact that it is the metrop
olis of the county as a reason for
changing.
Additional advances lu the prices
of farm implements have been an
nounced by agricultural machinery
houses in this territory. Perhaps the
most notable increase, because of its
proportions, is a raise of front 5 to
15 per cent in the price of farm gaso
line tractors. Tractor manufacturers
declare :that they are being utterly
ignored by steel mills, who are entire
ly occupied with filling orders for
war munitions.
Considering the poor hay crop and
soft corn John Peterson of Stanton
county did unusually well with a
bunch of cattle he has fed for about
five months. Last November he
bought fifty-two head averaging at
that time 887 pounds and costing
$7.00. Last week the same bunch of
stock averaging 1.210 pounds sold at
$9.10, a gain of 323 pounds in weight
and $2.10 in price.
Secretary Conners of the Grand Is
land Commercial club has received
news that Grand Island is fo have a
new Union Pacific depot at once. The
news was contained in a letter from
President Mohler of the Union Paci
fic declaring that an appropriation for
the same had been authorized and
that the architect was completing
plans and details of them at Omaha.
Following a government statement
that meat prices are 12.7 per cent
higher than the last six-year average,
and probably higher than ever before.
R. C. Howe, manager of Armour &
Co., packers, said recently while In
Omaha that he believes the limit has
been reached, and that unless prices
go down, the peopls will quit buying
meat.
The announcement that Hastings
soon will start eleven miles of new
paving, that four or five new business
buildings are to start soon and that
I contracts already have been left for
more than a score of new modem
homes, has attracted scores of labor
ers an.d mechanics from Nebraska
and adjoining states.
The annual convention of the Ne
braska Fraternal Order of Eagles Is
scheduled to take place in Lincoln on
June 21, 22 and 23.
Word has been received in Omaha
from Savannah, Ga., of the great in
terest being taken there in the pro
posed Savannah to Seattle transconti
nental highway, which it is proposed
to outline and map off at a big meet
ing to be held in Omaha April 24
to 25.
Gage county’s fourth gopher exter
mination dab has been organized at
Filley. Thirty-six farmers residing
on the various sections of the town
ship were named to have charge of
the extermination work.
Twenty-two blocks of the residence
portion of Kearney, comprising one
paving district, will be paved this
spring. This makes approximately
forty blocks of paving to be contract
' ed for this spring.
The city of Albion is contemplating
the construction of a $50,000 hotel. A
subscription campaign is now on. An
Omaha concern offers to loan half the
necessary funds.
Officials of the Burlington railroad
have promised the city of Scottsbluff
a new passenger station to be com
pleted sometime during the next year.
Work is expected to begin within
the next thirty days, according to Su
perintendent Bignell of the Burlington
road, on the construction of a $15,000
passenger depot at Columbus.
The dates for Boone county’s big
fair have been fixed for September
19 to 22. This fair is second only to
the state fair in Nebraska in attend
ance and exhibits. >
Josepff Hartl, a young farmer living
about three miles east of Clarkson,
fell under a disc harrow while work
ing in the field and was seriously in
jured
The prize-winning hogs in the Na
tional Swine shovr, to be held in Onus*
ha October 2 to 7 of this year, will
immediately jump to a value of from
$3,000 to $5,000 apiece, according to
officials of the National Swine Grow
ers’ association, who were in Omaha
recently conferring with local men re
garding arrangements. It is estimat
ed by officials that the hogs exhibited
will average in value around $125
apiece,- and that the total aggregated
value of swine shown will be $300,000.
The principal breeds to be exhibited
wlli be the Duroc-Jersey, Berkshire,
Hampshire, Poland-China, Chester
White and a number of the minor
breeds.
The auction sale of Box Butte coun
ty land at Alliance resulted in the pur
chase of eleven hundred acres in small
tracts in different parts of the county.
The price paid averaged $30 per acre,
no piece sold being the last the seller
had. The object of this sale is rather
to divide up where possible, some of
the larger ranches into small farms,
as it has been proven in the last five
seasons that money can be made on a
single tract of 100 acres of Box Butte
county land.
Congressman Kinkaid of O’Neill and
Colonel Edwin J. Murfin, Judge advo
cate general of the Nebraska national
guard, have secured permission of the
War department for the use of the
military reservation at Fort Robinson,
Nebraska, for a military encampment
during the coming summer. They are
authorized to invite the four adjoining
states of Colorado, Wyoming, North
and South Dakota.
Edley J. Kegley of Kearney won
the drawing from a field of ninety-five
applicants at the Alliance land draw
ing for the “Mitchell tract” homestead
near Minatare, considered the most
valuable homestead offered at the
drawing for Scottsbluff and Cheyenne
county irrigated land3. Three hundred
and twenty-four applicants filed on the
thirty tracts which were opened.
The call to the spring plow is more
pronounced in and about Kearney than
the call to arms. Last week a recruit
ing station for the Nebraska National
guard, with officer in full uniform in
charge, was established there, but
not a young man has volunteered to
serve his Uncle Samuel.
The Florence city council has pass
ed an ordinance providing for the sub
mission to the voters of Florence,
April 18, of a $10,000 bond issue for
the construction of a municipal elec
tric lighting system. Florence is a
duuui u ui uuidim.
Columbus now has a militia com
pany. At a meeting of Spanish-Amer
ican war veterans last week fifty
members voted to enlist if war is de
clared against Mexico. Most of those
present were members of the First
Nebraska.
Dr. Nathaniel Butler, University of
Chicago, and Prof. M. V. O'Shea, Uni
versity of Wisconsin, will speak at
the Central Nebraska Teachers’ asso
ciation meeting at Fremont, April 7
and 8.
Twelve relatives of Peter Branden
burg, aged Lincoln recluse, who died
in a tiny hut where he made his
home for years, have been located by
the administrator of the estate. All
reside in Germany. Each portion wili
bo sent them as soon as the estate
can be close/i. The twelve heirs are
children of a brother and sister of
Brandenburg. Each one will receive
about $1,000.
Within a few hours’ time a commit
tee raised $600, a guarantee fund for
the Buffalo county fair association, in
suring against loss when holding the
mid-summer races at Beatrice in
July. These races always have been
a financial success, the guarantee
against extreme weather conditions
not having been needed to meet exist
ing deficits.
The long timbers to be used by the
Union Pacific in the reconstruction
of its $1,000,000 bridge over the Mis
souri river at Omaha have arrived.
Word has been received that the east
ern mills that are to furnish the steel
for the new superstructure have start
ed work on the beams and columns,
and that shipment will start within
the next few weeks.
The poultry breeders of Buffalo
county have voted to raise $600 to be
used as a fund for the erection of a
permanent building at the fair
grounds at Beatrice, to be used for
their annual display.
Officers of the State Dental Society
announce that the annual meeting of
the organization will be held at Lin
coln May 15 to 18.
Congress has been asked to appro
priate $2,000,000 to build a canal to
convert Platte river water for irriga
tion purposes in Gosper, Phelps and
Kearney counties. Congressman Shal
lenberger introduced the measure and
favorable action is hoped for.
Thirty-one business men of Hold
rege have subscribed stock for the
purpose of buying two lots on which
an auditorium will be erected. An ef
fort is to be made at once to sell ad
ditional stock to raise funds to erect
the building.
Alliance is busy nowadays making
preparations for tbe annual conven
tion of the Nebraska Travelers Pro
tective association convention which
is to be in that city April 20 and 21.
The Chamber of Commerce of Has
tings has designated the first week
in May as trade week for Hastings.
An automobile will be given away
during the week.
Detween 600 and 800 bakers of Ne
braska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
South Dakota are expected to attend
the Trans-Mississippi Bakers’ conven
tion at Omaha, June 12 to 15.
The highest price for lambs in the
history of the So. Omaha market was
recorded when Bond & Scott of Wood
River sold two loads of lambs, aver
aging 67 pounds, at $11.75 per hun
dred.
The new Methodist Episcopal church
of Beaver City was dedicated just re
cently. The church, which cost
$15,000, is free from debt, and is a
modern structure in every respect.
A new packing plant at Fairbury to
cost in the neighborhood of $250,000 is
being considered by promoters of that
place.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
April 3, 1915.
Germans repulsed French in for
est of Le Pretre and west of Mul
hausen, but were checked near
Lassigny and in Upper Atsace.
Russians gained in Carpathians
and Austrians in Bukowina.
Turks repulsed British landing
party at head of Red sea.
Smyrna forts bombarded.
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British government took control
of motor manufacturing plants
April 4, 1915.
Germane took Drie Grachten
from Belgians.
French captured village of
Regnieville.
Austrians retreated from Beskid
region.
Germans repulsed Russians near
Augustowo.
German submarines sank British
steamer City of Bremen and other
vessels.
Three German steamers sunk by
mines in Baltic.
Turkish cruiser Medjidieh sunk
by Russian mine.
German taube bombed church
near Ypres, killing 12 women and
an abbe.
April 5, 1915.
French captured trencher in For
est of Ailly, but were repulsed in
Argor.ne and Le Pretre forests.
Reims continuously bombarded.
Russians made steady gains in
Carpathians, Bukowina and North
Poland.
Turkish squadron sank two Rus
sian ships.
America's demand on Germany for
reparation for sinking of the Frye
made public.
April 6, 1915.
French made fierce attack on St.
Mihiel.
French occupied Gussainville, but
were repulsed east of Verdun.
Russians advanced on Rostok
pass, but were repulsed in effort
to cross the Dniester.
Austrians bombarded Serb towns
on the Danube and Save.
German submarine caught in net
off Dover.
April 7, 1915.
French made gains In Woevre
district and other points.
Austrians bombarded Belgrade
and gained ground along River
Pruth and crossed the Dniester.
Russians entered Artvin, Ar
menia.
Prinz Eitel Friedrich interned at
Norfolk.
Austrian aviators raided Podgo
ritza, Montenegro.
April 8, 1915.
Russians captured Smolr.ik, east
of Lupkow pass.
French ship Chateaubriand sunk
by German submarine off isle of
Wight.
One Austrian aeroplane beat
three Russian planes in midair.
Germany offered reparation for
sinking of the Frye, but justified
the act.
Belgians reported west side of
Yser canal freed of Germans.
April 9, 1915.
French announced complete oc
cupation of Les Eparges.
Desperate fighting on heights of
the Meuse.
Germans retook Drie Grachten
from Belgians.
Great Austro-German army con
fronted Russians in strongly for- :
tified lines on southern slope of
Carpathians. i
Use of alcoholic drinks forbid- i
den in French army of the Vosges.
CHUNKS UF INFORMATION
Farming and pig rearing are the
staple Industries of Serbia.
In Russia the people are divided
into three "stocks,” Great Russians.
White Russians and Little Russians.
British vital statistics show that
there has been more marriages and
less births since the war has been in
progress.
Apparatus Invented in England for
preserving fish in carbonic acid gas
under pressure is said to keep them
perfectly fresh for at least six months.
For retail dealers there has been
invented a machine that will take coal
from a pile and pour it into bags for
handling at a rate of 25 tons an hour.
Two cities in Colombia on opposite
sides of the Andes mountains will be
connected by a steel ropeway more
than 37 miles long which will trans
port both passengers and freight.
The first whits woman to be mar
ried in what is now the city of To
peka, Kan., and who still lives there at
the age of eighty-eight, is Mrs. Hattie
A- Bunker. She was a native of Wo
burn, Mass., and went into the terri
tory of Kansas 61 years ago.
Government experts estimate that
of the 26,000,000 horse power, which
it is possible to develop hydroelec
trically in the United States, 19,000,000
horse power lies west of the Rockies.
Chinese Appreciation of Jade.
The remarkable resonance of jade
is a peculiar quality, which gives it
great importance in Chinese estima
tion; to such an extent that "singers’
chimes” of 24 different pieces and
tones were sometimes constructed. Oc
casional use is also made of the natu
ral form of the jade bowlders, which
are found in river beds.
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in Stleinafien Dcrlegt 311 babcn. 9Jon
Gr3critm, baS ifjncit Dor einigcn So*
djen aid leered fReft in bic £dnbc
ficl unb fid) biSber irob alter $e
ntiibungen bcr Gntente * iprcffc gc
tocigcrt bat cine gcftnng erfter SUaf
fe 31X tocrbeit, riidten bie fRuffen on
fdjciitenb in uorbircftlicbcr fHidjtung
Dor, um Jrapegunt 3U nebmcn. £ra
Dcgunt, eiit bebeutenbcr tiirfifdjcr fga
fen am Scbtoarjen 2Wcer, iiegt 200
Stilonieier norbioeftlid) Don Gr3erum,
alfo eine toeite Strode. Die iRelbun*
gen fiber ben balb 311 ertoartenben
gaff bcr Stabt mixffen besbalb mit
eincm getoiffen Girabc Doit $orfid)t
aufgcnommen tocrbeit, obglcid) eS
nidjt ausgcfdiloffen ift, bafj bice mi
ter HRiitoirfung ber ruffifcfjen gfotte
mbglid) toirb. Sie anfd)ciucnbe Un
tatigfeit bcr £iitfeu biirfte fid) beim
Gintritt befferen Setters erflarcu.
tete i)t fenicstoegs beunrmjigenb.
$n i'iefopotaniien ift bie Sage mid)
in tofeni unPerdnbcrt, aB bie ctigli*
fcfje iomiifcub ■ SIrmee nod) tinnier
in ®ut-el-Slinara eingeftfjloffen blcibt
unb allc fflerfudie ber Sitjlmer - Sir
mee, il)r Pont Siiboften 311 ^»ilfc jn
fonimen, bistjer am SBiberftanbe bcr
Xiirfen gefdjeitcrt finb.
^n tperfien finb bie SKimpfe PoQig
sum StiUftanb gefommen. Sfor
ben, im Siiideit ber rnf|i)d)eit §oma
bati • Sir mee, bereitet fid) eiit Sluf-!
ftanb ber (fingeborenen Dor, unb bei j
Stermanbfdjal) babeu Jiirfen unb;
if'crfer fidi gut berfdjaipt. Aermanb-1
fd)af) fperrt ben Sinffen ben SBeg ttadi
bem 400 kilometer entfernt Iiegen-j
ben Sagbab, bem eigentlidjcn 3icl
il)rer perfifdjeu Sampagne. SAan
barf fidfer fein, bap bic SRuffen itie j
bie 2tabt fefieit toerben.
Slit ber italicnifdjen Jront tperben |
bie militarifc6)en Cperationeu buret)
fd)lcd)tc§ SBettcr ftarf bcl)iitbert. (fine;
bfterreid)ifd) - ungarifdje CffenfiPe ift
cffenbar in SBorbereitnng. 2ie biirfte
in einigen SBodjcn begtitnen unb
moglic^ermeifc ben O'rfolg Ijabcit,
Station ale- fnegfiibrcnbe SA'adjt an§
5ufd)alten. £ie Serbaublungen in j
ber italienifdjeu Scputiertcnfammer ;
jcugeit tpenigftcnS nidit Don groper j
SuDcrfidit fiir bie 3ufunft. StalicnS ;
langirciliger unb crfolglofcr ftrieg, |
bcr nnr iBcrlufte, aber feine (frfolge
brad)te. Ijat bie Sibmer fricgemiibe
gemadjt.
Xa? grope fRiitfel auf ber SBeft
front ift nad) mie Por bie Untcitigfcit
ber (fitgliinber. Jebt mitre bie ge
gebene 3cit 3» eiiter Cffenfibe im
A'orbcn, ale- ©cgenmaRrcgcl gegen !
bie beittfdjc Cffenfibe im llcrbun-SIb-1
fcbiiitt. Xaf; fie nidjt erfolgt, ift ein j
SBemets britifdjer Cbrtmadjt unb cine J
glansenbe SBifccrlegung alter briti- j
[djen '4?raf)Icreien liber iljre SA'illio-1
iteitljecrc auf bem Continent.
'-Portugal licgt jcfet attdj im Stricg.
'Portugal licgt jebt and) ini iSriegc
mit $eutfdjlanb. Sfuf Die Dreifte Pe
fdjlagnaljmung Deutfcljet Scfjiffe in ,
Portugal fauDte Die beutfdje 'Jtegie
rung ein Ultimatum ait 'Portugal.
Piefeg aber murbe mit fo faben Slug*
fliidjten beantmortet, bafj Seutjd)
[anb fid) genbtigt faf), 'Portugal ben
ffrieg ju erfldrctt. 2ie Situation
roirb Ditrd) porhtgalg Gintritt in
ben Slrieg nid;t berfdfjoben. Grftlid)
[)at 'Portugal eiue nidjtgfagcnbe Sir*
tnee, unb smeiteng famt eg biefe me*
gen Der beftebenben Sdimicrigfciten
im eigetten SSunbe gar uidit rinntal
DoH^dblig gebratidicn. 'Portugal
Sd)icffal mirb bag Pelgicng uttb
Serbieng feiu.
J
f?cr ll-Pcet-firicg.
—
Pott Den beutfeben U-Pooleit port i
man menig. SPatjrfdieinlid) fiitb fie ;
stit i’iinenlcgeti befd)aftigt unb mer- :
ben ibre Slngriffe auf britifdie £nn
'elgfdjiffe • erft fpiitcr beginnen.
Panu aber ift bag ll-'Poot in ber
tat su fiirdjten. Sic linb niimlidj
mit einent neuen Peri ffop merfeljen
mother, burd) meldjcg fie Pcobadjtun*
gen ar.ftellen fontien, oljne baf) bag
periffop auf bie Oberfladje fommeii
unb fid) tierraten muff, mic bieg bei
ben alien „3lugcn beg lUPootg" bet
5aH tear.
(fine llrfndje ber 'Ocutfdjcubcnr.
Oaf; bie ©affcnlieferar.ti::
Often! nerfudjen, ba! X'ani i:
Sirieg 311 jagen, unb groar au;
■ ber Miiertett, unb bag ber
fricgC'tolI ift, roeil er an! b b .
fenlieferungen i>iifIionen .
’ flcirte SBunbedfenator Saroro:
Sfjerman non ^Uinoiv tn emer 1!:.
; terrebung im Union iteague 0..: u
(ifjicago. • Oer Senator er!. -r
roerbe auf feinen Salt ' ro sir.
Wruub ber fdjttebeno:.
ftimmen, gang gleidj in a
fie bem Stongrefg norgele,:
unb er roerbe fid) in feinor
audj nidjt burdj Siiidfidjten ...
grolitifdje Bufunft beftimme.
©brtlid) fagte er u. a.: „^su 1
ten oiergebit 97?onaten finb in
Sanbedteil bftiidj bon '4^ii:.
meljr SHtifliondre gefdjaffen roorb
aid im gangett 2aitb rodiuenb iV
lenten biergebn Sabren. 95 'l?r. :
bed 9?eingeroinitd riibrfe bon ©afro::
unb anberen Siriegdlifferungen ber.
iVdmtern bom Sdjlage ber Sd.roat'-r
unb Ou if'ontd, bie riefig berbient bo
ben, fteigt ifjre eingebilbetc tPobeu
tung bermafecn gu Slopfe, ba[> fie fid:
aid fiettfer ber ©efdjicfe be-;- iic..
fiiblcn. v>dj glaube nidit, ban bic
3>ieljrbcit bed amerifanifeben l;nlf.
roenn fie bie fdjroebenben Sragen
ridjtig berftebt, fiir ben Sirieg gu ba
ben fein roirb. (fd Ijaitbelt fidj mdii
barutrt, ob Hmerifauer ba! tHcdjt b.
ben, anf ban Ogean 311 reifen. I:
QSeroofjuer (fljicago! fjoben cin i'i ■:! t
bie StraRen 311 benutjen. ©iire abet
cin Streif im Wang unb rolirett 9iu
beftbrungen 311 befiirdjten, fo triirben
fie and ber gefdljrlidjen Sincbbarfdau
ferngeljalteu roerben, bid bie SRulu
roieber bergeftelit ift. Oadfclbe gilt
fiir bie Striegdgouen auf ben I’i.-eivu
im gegentodrtigen Sirieg."
£>at man aber etroad non bem,
road ber Senator bei biefer We
legenbeit geiiufgcrt bat, in cittern eng
lifdjen Slatte gelefen? 2Rbge man
ficb fragen, roarmn biefe bebcutfamen
iHeufjenuigen tot gefdbroiegcn rotir
ben!
France - Sorlnge iaaa Scnat cinberidj
tct.
© a f f) i it g t o it, 25. ©. 3m
SJunbesfenat crftattete Senator
I tfljambcrlam, bcrS3orftf}enbe bob iRi
litcirfomiiee?, beat 2?eridjt iiber beta
(inttDitrf ber ?lrmee - '.IM. Tie fur
bie ftricoobcreitfdjaft be» Sanbe?
Dorgefrfjlagcnen 'iRaftregeln fiir 3nc
benSjeiten gebett fefjr meit. If* ill
bie erftc burdjgreifenbe HRaftregel,
meldjc itt 3dgL' ber 2Raljnung bee
^rdfibcitten jur Serftdrfung bet
SanbeScerteibigamg 3ur iBorlagc
foiiunt.
3u ben Soridjldgen ift cittc (frluv
batiig ber grtebenoprdfensftdrfe aflet
SSaffengattungen ber reguldren ?lr
nice Don 178,000 2Rann in-3 Jtuge
gefaftt, bie IRationalgarbe foil in
birefte SScjicljungen jur ifttnbevrc
gicrung gejefet unb auf eiiie^riebeim
ftdrfe Don 217,000 gebradjt unb fer
tier foil cine 23uube3 - greimilligen
Slrirtec gefdjaffcn trerben, tucldje f;d«
an bie nont friifjcren StriegSfefrctdr
©arrifon Dorgefdjlagene iiontineaital
armce anlefjnt. 2)a3 'l>rua,up aft
baft man eitae angemeffene 9teferD«
Don iieuten auo ber regulcircn 21rmee
unb ber 9tationaIgarbe bilbeu mill
roeldje fid) auf hirje 3cit auroerber
laffen, nub baft man 311 biefer iRe
ferDe and) 3ngenieiarc, 2Icr.$tc, 3Rc
djanifer unb ^odjlcutc aller 21rt, be
ren man im firiege bebarf, fteran
lichen unb ein CffisierS - fReferno
forpS mit beftimmteu Hferpflidjtun
gen gegen bie 33unbe3rcgieratng bil
ben mill.
.. Cr>_L-Ta c
. wiii huum -v'L UjUUl.tV Ut
23unbc?regicr;nig 311 ber National
garbc ubernimmt fie bie Cbtjnunj
unb iibt iiber fie cine StontroUe, rod
die cine angemeffcnc 5fu3bilbuug uni
$iSaU>Iin getoaljrleiftet.
italicuifrfic SSoIf roirb unrnlng
tie in Socarno in itttlienifdjei
Spradje erfdjeinenbe ©Pia;u'rra, be
ren SSebafteur, obrocbl teffiner uni
Sdjroeiaer, jabraebutclang in vdalier
angefebene 3eitungen rcbigiert bat
unb aal;lrei(f)e ^ejidjungen 311 fiii>
renben Sreifen 5talien$ unterbalt
fagt ju ben in letter 3eit Perbreite
ten ernftcn 9ladjrid)tcn au3 ^talien
btcfc3 ?3ilb fei 311 bunfcl geljaiten
„cS ift abcr fidjcr, bag bee aufge
blcibte CpiimiSmuS b’Hnnunaioi
tiidjt bcr SiMrflidjfeit entfpritfjt. 'sta'
lien befinbet fid) in einer fritijdia,
c?age unb mad)t cine febr fdjmcrj
bafte '^nifung burd), unb' man tui
dim fem Unrcdjt an, roenn man ibm
dncii balbigcn, cbrenPoQeu gneben
coiinfdjt. tie aiifjerorbentlidje Id
hgfeit ber politifdien fDIiinner Jsta
f,cnf, Sicben baltenb, bie .v>alb
uifd bnrdieilcn unb bic iinpropificrte
fHmffebr be3 $?onig§ nad) 9iom, ob
roobl cr bie £auptftabt nur mit bent
-.orbeer be§ ©iegerS betreten rodlte,
laiicn bermuten, bar, ernftc tinge int
ilomgreid) l)ctanrcif?n. tie roadj
fenbe 3al)l bet teferteure unb bie ur
tner ftrenger roerbeube Wrcrjfperre
fonnen tjier nur befraftigenb toir
ten.