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WINS FIRST ROUND
PRESIDENT WINS IN INITIAL
VOTE ON REPEAL.
ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP
Railroads Grant Concessions to Expo
sition Visitors Ogallala Indians
Want Moving Pictures
Suppressed.
Western Newspaper Union Ncwn Servlcn.
Washington. President Wilson won
the opening Hklrmlflh of tho greatest
legislative liattlo of 1i!h administration
Friday when tho Iioiiho, over bitter pro
t teals from the. recognized democratic
leaders and nltnoHt solid minority oj
position, adopted a Hpeclal rule for
tho consideration of the bill repealing
the provision of tho Panama canal at
exempting coastwise American ships
from tolls. Speaker Clark, Democratic
Leader Underwood, Republican Leader
Mann nnd Progressive Leader Mur
dock wero at tho head of thoso lined
tip against the administration, hut the
houso responded to the president's
personal appeal for prompt cotiBldcrn
tlon of the repeal bill ns a means of
supporting his administration's foreign
policy, tho vote 'carrying by 200 to 172.
Claim Movies Misrepresenting.
Lincoln, Neb. A petition from the
.Kallalas to liavo the inotlon picture
recently taken of tho "Battlo of
Wounded Knoo" suppressed will be
taken to Washington by a delegation
from that trlbo tho first of April. Jo
seph Horncloud anil Iron Hall, two
(Indians who wero in tho affair at
wounded Knee, will bo Included in
this delegation nnd will testify that
the pictures which wero mndo and
iwhich are now being shown over the
.country misrepresent tho affair, that It
'was a "massacre," not a "battle," that
iwomon and children wero killed, that
the Indians wero disarmed and In
Jlosser numbers than tho soldiers by
'more than half whereas' In tho picture
whites and reds nro In equal numbers
and the Indians are shown armed and
In war pulnt
ONE FARE FOR ROUND TRIP.
Railroads Fix Passenger Schedule for
Exposition.
Snn Francisco. Virtually a one-way
fnro for tho round trip to tho Panama
Pacific exposition In San Francisco
and tho Panama-California exposition
at San Diego from nil points west of
Chicago hns boon agreed upon by tho
transcontinental passenger association.
The destinations named on tho ticket
will bo Oakland, San Francisco, Los
'Angeles nnd San Diego. Tho mtcs will
;go into effect March 1, 1915, and will
end November 30. Tho tickets will
havo a return limit of tljree months,
with tho proviso that no returns will
bo good after December 31, 1915. Tho
exposition gates open February 20 and
icloso December 4. 1915. From Mis
souri river points, which Includes Om
aha, Kansas City, St. Joseph and Atch
ison, the round trip rato will bo $50.
Omaha Holdups Brought to Pen.
Lincoln, Neb. "Black Tony" Clar
letta, who fired tho shot that killed
(Henry NIckell In tho McVey resort
holdup and murder, January IB, nnd
ibis two companions were brought to
itho state ponltentlary Friday, nnd
.from now on will ho known ns No.
(C283, No. C284 nnd No. C2S5i Along
with "Black Tony" woro Joe Williams,
the acknowledged leader, and Covcrnl
iOub Rosamond, who received n sen
tence of ton years, for manslaughter.
Dorchester Man Cashed Bad Check.
Omaha. O. E. Troyer of Dorchester,
(Neb., on his way to St. Cloud, Minn., to
imeot his mother nnd younger brothers,
net a congenial man In tho union
depot here. After nn hour's acquaint
ance ho cashed $75 for tho man. He
later found the check was worthless,
nd reported his loss to tho pollco. Ho
had only $76 when ho reached Omaha.
(Several confidence games hnvo boon
flayed successfully nt tho depots re
cently. Stlllwoll. OkInv Tandy Folsom, n
Cherokee Indian, wns found guilty of
ho murder of Patrick Doro, an Okla
homa politician, at Westvll o, Ho wns
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Fol
som shot Doro to death during a qunr
T1 over an cstato In which both wore
interested.
Anniversary of Disaster.
New York. A demonstration ex
tending from Brooklyn to tho Bronx
and commemorating tho disaster w-jb
Iheld Wednosday on tho third anniver
sary or tho Trlnnglo wnlsl factory fire
5n which 147 lives wero lost. Tho ring
ng of gongs In hundreds of-factories
trought forth orderly streams of un
employed until tho streets in somo
quarters took on a holldny aspect. This
colossal fire drill, which Included most
of tho factories and a great many of
tho schools of tho city, was planned by
VIro Commissioner Adamson.
Development of American Farming.
Now York. Tho development of
'American farming Is to be undertaken
by tho National Civio Fedo.-atlon,
which has organised a department on
agricultural conditions nnd rural hot
termont Tho executlvo commltteo
held a luncheon at which noted sneak
rs discussed the farming Industry.
They held that co-oporntlon and sys
tematized organization among frirmors
was necoBimry if tho industry In tho
TTnitcd States was to be brought up to
the standard obtained in other countries.
ALL FOOLS' DAY
iLouyriKhl.t
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
STRUGQLE OVER TOLL REPEAL
BEGUN IN HOUSE.
Plans Completed for Opening of New
Institute of Learning Washing- ,
ton Deeply Interested In
Torreon.
Western Newspaper Union Nows Service,
Washington. The greatest legisla
tive battlo yet undertaken by President
Wilson's ndmlnlstrutlon was begun
Thursday with tho presentation of u
special rulo in tho houso to limit de
bate nnd prohibit proposal to repeal
tho provision of the Panama canal act
allowing free passago to American
ships. For two hours tho rulo was
alternately defended and attacked In
heated debate In tho house. When ad
journment came, with an hour of de
bate on tho rulo yet left, Speaker
Clark, who had not yet announced his
position on the repeal policy, issued a
statement vigorously opposing tho
rule.
"Surely thoro Is nothing sacred
about this repeal bill, and thoro Is no
reason for this mnd rush," Speaker
Clark said in his statement. "I will
not bo a party to ramming such a rulo
down tho throats of members."
Keen Interest In Torreon Battle.
Washington. Not since the success
ful assault of Ojlnnga hns there been
so much interest manifested hero in
tho dotallB of tho Mexican campaign
as In tho present attempt of tho rebel
General Villa, to capturo the Impor
tant federal baso of Torreon. The
stnto department has Its representa
tive at the front in tho person of Vice
Consul Carothcrs, on termsof personal
Intimacy with Villa, but so far It has
heard nothing from tho vlco consul
that results had yet been determined.
Army officers hero bellevo that Villa's
situation Is critical.
THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Plans Made for Opening Institution
May 27.
Washington. Trustees of tho Amer
ican university havo completed plaiiB
for opening the new Institution May
27. It was aunounced that Secretary'
Bryan, Secretary Daniels. William
Corby nnd Col. II. O. S. Helsland had
been elected to tho board. Dr. Frank
W. Collier of Boston waB appointed
director of research. Members of tho
board of award woro named ns fol
lows: Secretary Brynn. Secretary Dan
iels, Philander P. Claxton,. United
States commissioner of education; Dr.
Alfred Cruco, dean of tho graduate
school of ngrlculturo; Dr. Thomas N.
Carver, professor of economics, How
ard university; Dr. John W. Hnnscher,
nsslstant secretary of tho board of edu
ucatlon, Methodist Episcopal church,
and Rev. Dr. William Andrew Wood of
Lynn, Mass.
Fatalities In Sioux City Fire.
Sioux City, la. Two firemen woro
killed nnd thrco Injured nnd between
$300,000 nnd $400,000 damago dono in
a flro which swopt tho qunrtor block
nt tho southeast corner of Fourth nnd
Nebraska streets, tho heart of tho busl
noss district, early Thursday morning.
Threaten to Boycott Baseball.
Hastings, Neb. Sunday baseball
and moving pictures In Hnstlngs this
summer will bo boycottod by several
thousand church members If resolu
tlons uuanlmously adopted In a big
mass meeting of voters In tho Baptist
church nro adhered to. Not only do
tho resolutions pledge members of ten
churches represented to not nttend
Sunday games, hero or elsewhere, but
to refuso to nttend weckdny games
played by any team that participates
in Sabbath breaking
Opening of , Alaska Coal Lands.
Wnshlngton Opening of Alaska eonl
lands undpr a leasing plan was pro
posed In n bill agreed on by tho sen
ato public lands commltteo and which
will bo favorably reported by Chair
man Myers. Under tho bill 5,120 acres
In tho Bering river district nnd 7.GS0
acres In tho Mntanuska field will bo ro
served to bo mined by tho government
ment whon in tho opinion of tho prosl
dent "tho mining of such coal becomes
necessary by reason of an unsufllclent
supply of coal at a reasonable prlco "
FEDERALS SAY VILLA ROUTED
WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER.
First Installment of Arms Arrives at
City of Mexico Attacks Walt-
Ing Policy of President
Wilson.
Western NeWKpuper Union News Hervlcci.
Mexico City. The war department
makes the claim that the rebels under
Villa were routed at Torreon with
great slaughter. Eight hundred men
under Gen. Joaquin Mnas and Gen.
Javier do Moure, It Is announced, ar
rived opportunely from Saltlllo in timo
to ndd greatly to the federal victory.
Tho rebels nro said to bo retreating
northward with tho federals pounding
at their rear. It Is admitted that
Villa's men entered Lerdo, a suburb of
Torreon, but It Is explained this wns
a ruso on tho part of General Valasco
to ambush them. Ab soon ns they wero
well Into that territory the federal ar
tillery shelled them, the cavalry' charg.
Ing as tho rebels started to retreat.
Attacks Waiting Policy.
Washington. Representative Alney
of Pennsylvania brought up hlB reso
lution calling on President Wilson to
inform congress of the conditions of
foreigners In Mexico, in tho house, and
delivered an attack on tho policy of
watchful waiting. He pictured Villa
as a "vulgar, Ignorant, brutal speci
men of humanity," through whom the
Stnndnrd Oil company was advancing
its Interests.
ARMS FOR THE AMERICANS.
First Installment for Protection Ar
rives at Mexico City.
Mexico City. The first Installment
of arms nnd ammunition sent by tho
United States wnr department to tho
American ombassy for the protection
of American cltlzons In tho event of
disturbances In the federal capital, has
been dellvored. Tho consignment,
which Includes 250 rifles and two ma
china guns, had been held at the cus
toms house under orders Issued by
President Huerta for several days.
Nelson O'Shnughnessy, tho American
chargo d'affaires, anticipates no fur
ther trouble In getting tho remainder
of tho rifles and tho machine guns.
Fighting Still Continues.
Juarez. Mexico. Roseato rumors
nnd "ofllclal" reports of the onward
sweep of Gen. Francisco Villa nnd his
victorious rebels has kept this city In
n Btnto of gratified excitement, hut
the optimism wns dashed somewhat by
tho receipt of the Associated Press
dispatch from Chihuahua quoting an
ofllclal dispatch to the effect that 'fight
ing continues nt Gomez Pnlnclo. It
was announced officially that this city,
threo miles from Torreon, was taken
Monday night, nnd that General Villa
had ordered supplies sent direct to
mat city.
Priests Slain by Rebels.
Now Orleans, La. FIvo priests havo
been slain by rebels In tho Mexican
stnto of Tamaullpas slnco November
1 last, threo aro held for ransom, a
convent has been burned nnd a cathe
dral and a stunller church looted, ac
cording to two Catholic priests, Father
Joro Moreno Mndlna nnd Father Ray
mon Gonzales, who havo just nrrlvcd
hero from Brownsville, Tex.
Getting Ready for Press Outing.
Lincoln, Nob. Plans for tho week's
camp which members of the Nobraska
Press association will enjoy hero be
ginning Juno IS, nro well under way
and tho committee on arrangements
promises that It will bo an event to bo
retained In tho memory after lots of
other things havo fnded away.
' Cotton Destroyed by Flames.
Bombay, India. Cotton valued at
$2,500,000, stored In sheds on Cotton
Green wns destroyed whon flro broko
out In n wnrehouso on tho dock hero.
Revolver Fight With Highwaymen.
Omaha. In a revolver battlo with
highwaymen nt South Omaha. Police
man Tom Qulnn wns shot In tho head
and seriously Injured, whllo ono of tho
bandits, who succeeded in making his
escape, was slightly wounded by Mike
Glllln, a pollco detective. Tho fight be
twecn Qulnn, Glllln nrul tho highway
men, four In number, camo as tho
climax to a carnival of robbery perpe
trated In this city and South Omaha
enrllor in tho evening, during which at
least threo people wore robbed.
DELAY ITS PASSAGE
TOLL REPEAL VOTE MAY BE IN.
DEFINITELY POSTPONED.
RAISE FUNDS FOR SUFFRAGE
Nebraska Counties Begin to Con.
tribute to Suffrage Campaign
Fear Fepetltlon of Last
Year's Floods
tVestum Netpaper Union News Service
Washington. Reports thnt nn or
ganized effort would bo made In tho
sonatc to delay thotpasHaire of the bill
repealing Panama tolls exemption bus
urouscd administration leaders while
general debate of tho issue In tho
house continued to hold the public In
terest. The intimation that a pro
longed filibuster In tho senate had
been determined upon, now that tho
first decisive bntle had been won by
the president, was ruponed to several
senatorial supporters of tho adminis
tration and It wns suggested that Sen-'
ntor O'Gormnn, chnlrman of tho com
mltteo on Interoceanlc canals already
was delaying consideration of th
measure by his committee.
Disastrous Floods In the East.
Buffalo. N. Y. Towns In western
Now York nrc threatened with a repp
tltlon of the disastrous floods of a
year ago. In the lowlands of tho Ton
awandas people nro going to and from
their homes In boats owing to tho over
flow from tho Tonnwamh nnd EllicoU
creeks. At Bntavla the municipal sew-"
ago disposal plant Is eight foot under
water. A culvert on the Erlo railroad
near Attica wns washed away, causing
the dispatch of trains over tho New
York Central tracks. At Coming the
Chemung river Is ten feet nbove nor
may and hns flooded the lilghway
west of the city.
MONEY COMES FOR SUFFRAGE.
Counties Begin to Contribute to State
Campaign.
Lincoln, Neb. Now that their peti
tion Is on file nnd the campaign for
suffrage In Nebraska a fact, the organi
zation Is beginning to secure funds
from different parts of the state. No
vigorous effort has yet bpen mndo to
secure money and what has come In
has beenfrom counties which havo
nctod after receiving the clrculnr no
tlco ns to the plan and as to tho divi
sion between counties. Mrs. Viola
Harrison, secretary, Bays that the grat
ifying thing nbout tho contributions
from counties is the indication that tho
county organizations have nccepted
the responsibility nnd are going to
meet It. To dato theso contributions
havo been received at headquarters:
Frontier. $5; Lancaster, $550; Custer,
$711; Douglas. $1,230; Adams, $25;
Stanton, $5; Pawnee, $17; Boone, $40;"
Nance, $5; Greeley, $40; Cherry. $15;
Dawes, $5.
Bringing In Rebel Wounded.
Chihuahua, Mex. Evidence of tho
eevero firing which tho rebels suffered
nt the hands of tho federals outside of
Torreon was brought here with the
first two tralnloiids of rebel wounded.
Sixteen conches filled with soldiers,
distorted with tho agony of their
wounds, wrapped In blankets, blood
stained bandages nnd bent In nil
shapes, reached tho city an the van
guard of a long line of wounded scat
tered -along tho railroad at points 300
miles southward. Three hundred rebel
wounded, Including threo lieutenant
colonels and nbout twenty minor of
ficers, havo arrived. They report a
total of about 1,000 wounded on tholr
sldo with nn unknown number of dead.
Fatality Follows "Bear Dance" Dispute
Alllnnce, Neb. Following a quarrel
between two youths, over whether ono
of them could dnnce tho "bear,"
Georgo Row-ding- was shot dead at
Blnghnm, near hero, nnd Ralph Day
ley, who shot him, hns a bullet In his
shoulder. Dayley 'Is nbout 18 years
old. Tho shooting was the culmina
tion of n quarrel of two weeks ago.
Lincoln, Neb. Attorneys represent
ing Clarence" Clnwson, serving a sen
toneo in the stnto penitentiary foT
manslaughter In connection with the
doath of Ross McKInzey nt Wllber Au
gust 2, last, havo filed an nppeal from
tho decision or the Salino county dis
trict court. '
Nebraskans Colonizing In Wisconsin.
Milwaukee, Wis. A big movement
of Nobrnsknns toward northwestern
Wisconsin Is forecasted this summer
with tho first party to number fifteen
families, who havo taken up a tract
or formor timber land ten miles from
this city. ,Tho colonization scheme is
backed by S. Soper of Broken Bow,
Nob., who Is nlrendy upon tho ground
and who closed n deal this week for
tho clenrlng by a patent stonm
stumper of C40 acres of land ns a
starter for tho colony. Tho acroago
Is not ono block, but scattered.
Chicago's Municipal Store Not Success
Chicago. Chicago's municipal storo,
whoro tho needy woro to purchnso
supplies at cost, has dono a dally av
erago business of $9.11 slnco It opened
on Fobrunry 19, according to a state
ment by tho city comptroller's office.
Avwtitna et in rntntn(oA nrtwtlf l
4L4 f MtH4.u w VUU VitVVl JM lOV t 11 ill II Jb
has not filled any long folt want. Tho
Btoro docs not mnko deliveries, and a
rlgtd Investigation Is mftdo of each
prospective customer. Theso nre tho
reasons advanced for tho lack of a
more extenslvo patronage
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Tho Nebraska D, A. R. will meet In
Omaha next year.
The state Sunday school convention
will bo held nt Aurora in June.
Saunders county schools will visit
the stnto farm nt Lincoln next week.
Blair Is making strenuoiin efforts to
rid itself of dives nnd gambling dens.
T. J. Majors of Peru will deliver an
address at Seward on Decoration day.
Elder L. E. Snnpp has been secured
ns pastor of tho Christian church at
Stella.
The Wuhoo Commercial club cele
brated Its twelfth anniversary with a
banquet.
Fremont will get the next meeting
of tho Nebraska Royal Neighbors of
America.
Walter Warwick of Scrlbner fell
from a hay loft and sustained a fine
tured skull.
Monday was the anniversary of the
tornado that left several Nebraska
towns in ruins.,'
,A campaign looking to tho erection
of a new rourt house at North Platte
has been started.,
A summer chautauqua course prob
ably will be helil In Huvelock during
July and August.
The Fnlrbury district of the .Metho
dist conference will meet nt Tobias,
April 21 and 22.
Plnttsmouth public schools are over
crowded, and additional buildings have,
become n necessity.
A petition for Sunday baseball at
Cambridge was reported upon unfavor
ably by tho city council.
Tho Lincoln tenm of the Vcstcrn
baseball league is practicing and work
ing out nt. Antclopo park. '
A syndicate of farmers has pur
chased tho Snyder roller mills nnd
elevator at tho village of Snyder.
"Nick" Hnnsen suicided by shooting
himself through tho head In n barn nt
the rear of his home at Lincoln.
Mrs. Rhoda Morris, probably tho
oldest woman In Gage county, died at
Beatrice recently at the age of 95.
Earl Francis. 18 years old. Is dead
nt Palmyra from Injuries received
when he wns thrown from n horse.
The Sisters' school of St. Mnry's
parish In David City has been closed
temporarily on account of scarlet
fever.
Falrbury's new Icp plant Is now in
operation nnd turning out Ice nt the
rate of twenty-flvo to thlrty-flvo tons
per day.
Tho Gago County Holsteln Freslnn
association has been organized by' a
number of fnrmers In Gage county In
terested In dairying
Continued brooding over the 111
health of his wlfo drove Henry
Schulte.-nn aged Germantown farmer,
to sulcldo by hnnglng.
There nre sixteen cases of smallpox
In four families at Kearney, but It Is
believed thnt danger of the spread of
tho disease has been obvlnted.
Charged with tho desertion of his
wife and nlnodnys-old baby. Arthur E.
Brooks, a blind piano tuner, Is being
sought for by Sheriff llyers of Lincoln.
A train load of immigrants, bound
for tho forest reserve In northwest
Nebraska, where they had drawn
lands, passed through Omaha last
week.
Joe Parana of Contrnl City, S. D
tho father of seven children, was found
dead from asphyxiation In a room nt
nn Omaha hotel. It is thought bis
death was accidental.
A collection of Indian relics that
cannot bo replaced for thousands of
dollars Is missing from the homo of
F. T. Parker at Omnhn. Mr. Parker Is
In Florida for the season.
Eighteen contestants, representing
us many towns In eastern nnd central
Nebraska, participated in tho high J
school declnmatory contest at Fre
mont. In the oratorical class, Cecil
Galloway of Wahoo took first prize.
Flro of unknown origin destroyed
tho buildings and stock of tho Zaugg
Lumber company nt Leshara.
Dawes county fnrmers havo engaged
George Schaofer,, a graduate of tho
Colorado agricultural school, as farm
demonstrator.
York county hns organized a "good
roads" asspclatlon.
Tho Southeastern Nebraska Educa
tional association will hold Us twenty
first annual meeting in Lincoln on
April 1. 2 nnd 3.
Berlin, the village wiped out by tho
tornado of a year ago, has risen from
Its ruins, nnd with Its many new busi
ness and residence blocks, Is far
ahead of Its former self.
In honor !of tho thlrty-flvo year
rocord of service held by Chief Clerk
John M. Butlor; an Informnl reception
was given by tho railway mall clerks
of the Lincoln division.
There was not a single Indian or
negro born In Richardson county in
1913. There woro. 453 white births.
W. W. Porrin, a Lincoln man, wna
hold up and relieved of his sparo
chnngo on a downtown street at eight
o'clock In tho evening.
Tho city of Hebron will vote this
spring by direct vote upon threo ques
tions, viz: Sunday baseball, licensed
pool halls, and tho saloons.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Ireland of
Brock celebrated their sixty-third wed
dtng anniversary Inst week. Mr. Ire
land is 88 and Mrs. Ireland is 78 years
old.
Church members at Hastings
threaten a boycott if the Sunday base
ball election carries In that place.
Walter Dy.o, aged 30, a well known
young buslnesB man of Kearney,
dropped dead in tho billiard room of
tho Midway hotel at that place.
A largo uppor molar of the Colum
bian mammoth was found recently by
Georgo Goodmnn of Alexandria. It
haB been donated to the stato museum.
Tho Stnnton county fair will bo hold
September 1 to B. The premium list
Is about ready and the different
amusements that will be secured for
the fair are engaged.
GAME LAWPENALTY
COSTS FROM $1 TO $300 FOrt.
SHOOTING DUCKS.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Interest Gathered from Re
liable Sources anil Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Readers.
Western Newsp.iper Union News Sorvltt
Game Law Penalty.
In most of tho statements Issued b.
tho government no mention Is made
of tho penalty for killing water fowl
during the closed season prescribed
by regulations of the department of
agriculture. Mr. L.inc, United States
district attorney for Nebraska, has re
ceived details of the regulations which
show thnt the penalty for spring
shooting Is n fine of from $1 to $300.
Tho pennlty Is not based on n certain
amount for each bird killed, but Is left
to tho discretion of the judge of tho
federal court who Imposes the fine.
It Is reported that ducks nro being
shot in Nebraska , but thus far no ar
vrests have been made by tho United
Stntcs marshal or his deputy. No
other persons have power to make ar
rests. Health Train for Nebraska.
A health train, to traverse the state
and spread knowledge of sanitary con
ditions and initiate health campaigns
In nil towns nnd villages where board
of health laws have boon dead letters
slnco time Immemorial, may be an
activity soon to be Indulged In by the
board of secretaries of tho stato board
of health. In discussing the problem.
President Curr of thnt body said that
tho railroads nrc willing to meet the
board more than half way In the mat
ter and tho railway comml'ss'on hns
given permission for tho necessary
staff to go along free of charge with
out violating the anti-pass law.
An Immense Storage Reservoir.
Tho mlllenlum in watering the
thirsty fields of southwestern Ne
braska will bo reached If a storage
reservoir of Immense capacity can bo
erected there nnd water tnken from
tho Platte in early spring to fill it.
That Is the sentiment of citizens of
Kearney, Iloldrege. Smlthflcld nnd
Bertram!, where mass meetings were
held last week. A. M. Morrlssey, the
governor's secretary, who represented
tho Btnte government at tho gather
ings, Is Inspired with enthusiasm for
the plnn which he found everywhere
he went. The matter ha3 been taken
up with tho federal government, and
on April 9 an engineer will make a
comprehensive investigation of the
proposed project.
Were Using Unfair Advertising.
Food Commissioner Harmnn hat
ncen called upon to settle a row be
tween two baking powder companies
that do a large business In tho state.
One Is alleged to have sent out demon
strators, who use egg-albumen to Im
part qualities to their baking powder,
which will make products rise In short
order. Minus the nlhumcn, tho other
baking powders carried for demonstra
tion purposes nro placed nt a disad
vantage. The commissioner will order
that the unfair advertising of tho bak
ing powder bo stopped. A hearing in
tho affair will bo held April 6.
Chairman Peter Youngcrs and his
two colleagues of tho horticultural
commltteo of the state board of agri
culture has completed tho personnel
of thnt body. Tho threo members
from tho state board of agrlculturo
aro Mr. Youngcrs of Geneva. C. C.
Crewo of Culbertson and W. W. Colo
of Ncllgh. These members choso two
others who nrc not members of tho
state hoard of agrlculturo G. A. Mar
shall, a, well known orchnrdlst of Ar
lington, nnd J. R. Duncan, secretary
of tho stato horticultural society.
This committee will look aftor matters
connected with the Interests of the
fruit groworB of tho state.
Argentine corn Is not free from
weevil.- This Is the Information re
ceived by tho Nebraska stato board of
agriculture. In tho culture of tho po
tato it Is believed that Infection has
been introduced in many cases by tho
uso of Infected seed. Tho samo result
might follow tho careless experiment
ing with the imported corn, nccordlng
to somo authorities.
Assistant Adjutant General L. M.
Scothorn of tho department of Ne
braska, G. A. R., has recolved n letter
from tho national military park com
mission stating thnt tho commission
has authority from tho war dopartmont
to placo a fino portrait bust In bronze
of General John M. Thayer, ex-governor
of Nebraska, In tho VIcksburg
national military park, tho bust to bo
paid for from tho park nprpoprlatlon
for this fiscal year. The commission
nsks for good war-tlmo photographs of
General Thayer. Ho was colonol of
tho First Nebraska Volunteers and as
a brigadier general was at tho siege of
VIcksburg. Mr. Scothorn will en
deavor to find tho desired pictures.
Stato Treasurer Georgo has invested
tho last of tho $100,000 raised by a
levy for university buildings. The
money Is derived from a levy tho pro
ceeds of which Is to bo expendtd re
gardless of university removal. Tho
peoplo will voto this fall on tho ques
tion of whether or not It shall bo ox
ponded on tho city campus or at tho
stato farm. As tho monoy Is not
needed at this time tho ,stato treas
urer proposed to invest
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