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VILU WILL PUSH CAMPAIGN
Steps Being Taken to Assault Saltlllo
Envoys Ask For Conference
Rebel Forces Are
Massing.
Western Ni'wupuppr Union Npwb Btrvlc(,
Vera Cruz. A considerable force of
Mexicans attacked the American out
post at the water plant nine miles cut
at 11 o'clock Saturday morning, ac
cording to a wireless message received
hero which asked for aid.
Supporting troops were at onco
ordered forward by trnln from Vera
Cruz to El Tejar. whore the water
works aro situated. '
No intimation was given In the
'Wireless messago as to size and
.Identity of tho attacking force.
What had promised to be tho first
light between the United States nrmy
nd tho Mexican troops ended in the
exchange of not more than half a
dozen shots. The Mexicans threat
ened to "attack Immediately" unless
tho Americans surrendered their posi
tion at the waterworks at El Tejar,
within ten minutes, but failed to fulfill
telr threat.
No Order to Advance.
The Mexicans are still holding a
position beyond the waterworks sta
tion and the American troops have re
ceived no orders to advance. A Mexi
can force estimated at from 300 to
BOO men appeared a mile beyond the
waterworks station. As Major Rus
tell, of the marines, had received
orders not to assume the offensive, he
and his men watched the Mexicans
with much Interest.
Suddenly a Mexican lieutenant and
a non-commissioned officer bearing a
white flag advanced and presented a
demand for the Am Orleans to sur
render within ten minutes.
Major Russell's reply was: 'Hurry
right back, nnd do not waste any of
the time your commanding officer has
stipulated."
Major Russell then mndo prepara
tions to resist any attack, at tho time
sending a messago to headquarters in
Vera Cruz that bis outpost was threat
ened. Envoys Ask For Conference.
Washington. The three South
American envoys who have under
taken the task of pacifying Mexico by
diplomacy have made another declslvo
move in their plan by requesting tho
United States government. General
Huerta and General Carranza to ap
point representatives to confer with
.them In Washington.
Ambassador do Gama of Brazil and
Ministers Naon and Stiarez of Argen
tine and Chile, respectively, called on
Secretary. Bryan nsklng him to desig
nate the United StateR representative
to attend conferences of the media
tors. At the same time thoy tele
graphed the head of the government
In Mexico City, as well as the consti
tutionalist chief, to tho same effect.
Brief Statement Issued.
No announcement of the subjects to
be considered by the representatives
of the three parties to tho mediation,
or, of the powors or functions of tho
new envoys, was made, except for tho
following brief statement, which was
Issued through the state department
on the nuthorlty of tho threo diplo
mats: "Tho mediators have de
livered to this government and are
ending out to General Huerta and
General Carranza requests that rep
resentatives be appointed to confer
with the mediators."
The proposal to bring together spe
cially designated representatives who
would bo conversant with the view
point of all factions in Mexico and tho
position of the United States govern
ment was the result of an nil-day
session of the South American en
voys. Tho suggestion had been made
to them from various quarters, that
much time would be saved and tho
problem of exchanging vIowb elmpll
ted by such a process.
Order to Suspend Mobilization.
Mexico City. War Minister Blan
qut has issued orders to General
Maas, commanding the Mexican feder
als near Vera Cruz Immediately to
tease all military operations looking
toward the recovery of the seaport
now occupied by General Punston's
fighting Fifth brigade of regulars and
marines. The same order contained
instructions to all commanding of
ficers In Huerta's army throughout
the republic to suspend further mobi
lization of forces. Minister Blanquet
explained that the order was a result
of the agreement to an armistice.
Carranza Ha Declined Armistice.
El Paso, Tex. Conoral Carranza
has formally declined tho suggestion
of the mediators that he ceaso hostili
ties against Huorta ponding tho out
come of tho plan of mediation. Ills
note, sent to Washington, was made
public horo Sunday.
No importance is attached hero to
tho report that tho rebels and fed
erals at Tamplco aro arranging a
truce. It is assumed that, if there is
any cessation or hostilities, It Is for
tho purpose of burying tho dead or
removing tho wounded
VILLA PUSHES CAMPAIGN.
Takes Immediate Steps to Attack
Saltlllo.
Chihuahua General Villa has taken
Immediate steps to mobilize his entire
fighting force, estimated at 16,000
men, around Saltlllo.
Many of the troops countoa on to
take part In tho movement against
Saltlllo already are in tho field. Gen
eral Fernandocos already has 4,000
men operating south of Saltlllo. It is
expected that Villa, In expectation of
making a demonstration before Sal
tlllo, will leave but a handful of troops
to guard Chihuahua, Torrcon and
Monterey,
Villa expects to put fifteen brigades
Into the field. This distribution of his
commnnd does not follow tho usual
United States or foreign qualifications.
The Investment of Saltlllo will mark
the attack by the constitutionalists on
tho "second lino of defense" of tho
federals. Torreon, Snn Pedro and
Monterey already have fallen Into
their hands.
Tho federal garrison at Saltlllo orig
inally consisted of 2,200 men, hut the
fugitives from tho remnants of Velas-
ROBERTO V. PESQUIERA
Roberto V. Pesqulera, confidential
agent In Washington of the Mexican
constitutionalist.
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co's Torreon army nnd tho fleeing gar
rloon of Monterey have Increased that
force to 10,000. Tho present federal
line of defense runs through Zacate
cas, Saltlllo and Tumplco.
Look For Huerta to Resign.
Mexico City. Tho situation in
Mexico City has every appearance of
becoming serious for tho administra
tion, and In well informed circles it is
expected that Provisional President
Huorta may resign at any moment.
El PaBo, Tex. Constitutional lead-
era hero arc convinced that Victorlano
Huerta Is ready to step down and out
under pressure from his clentlflco sup
porters, who, with an accuracy of
knowledge denied the masses. In
Moxlco, aro said hero to regard com
plete rebel success as inevitable, For
this reason tho constitutionalist lead
ers will make no concessions beforo
tho Argentine, Brazilian and Chile
mediators.
Tho mediation of South America Is
believed by constitutionalists to hnvo
beon accepted by Huerta as a means
of "saving his face." Out of the ne
gotiations tho supporters, according
to the rebels, hope to savo for them
selves what they, can of their vast
properties In Mexico nnd possibly some
of their privileges.
Stole $150,000 from Railway Offices.
Now York. Mexican federal sol
diers helped themselves to $150,000
they found In tho offices of the Te
hauantepec National railway after tho
fall of Vera Cruz, according, to Wil
liam B. Ryan, vice president of tho
road, who with thirty-three other refu
gees arrived here on tho liner Ore
gonla. Tho men of tho party were In
working clothes and tho four women
and eight children wore the clothes
they wero in when they started their
flight.
Dr. Ryan Ha Been Released.
Vcr Cruz. Authorltatlvo informa
tion was received hero from Minister
of Foreign Affairs Portillo y HojnB, In
Mexico. City, that Dr. Edward Rynn,
an American Red Cross official, has
been released at Zacatecns and Is now
onjiis way to Mexico City. President
Huorta says ho wjll insure tho safo
passage of Dr. Ryan to Vora Cruz.
Oil Wells Will be Protected.
Washington. Assurances have come
from both tho Huerta government and
General Carranza that tho oil wells at
Tamplco will bo protected during tho
fighting there. Whllo thoro has boon
no formal agreement to neutrallzo tho
wells, tho charactor of tho assurances
from both factions has removed fears
thflt tho wolls would bo destroyed.
Secretary Bryan communicated to tho
British embassy advices that the con.
stltutlonallsts and Huerta government
would endeavor to protect the well.
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Are Skeptical of Rebel Succes.
Vern Cruz. The situation at Tam
plco and the effect of the Mexican
governor of the state to cut off tho
food supply of Vera Cruz is dividing
attention. The reported massing of
the rebel forces against Tamplco is
regarded as important because it is
felt to be certain that tho fall of the
city will have some bearing on the Im
mediate policy of tho United States.
Many persons who are well informed
of the federal preparedness in Tam
plco ore skeptical of the predictions
of an early rebel success. They point
out that threo federal gunboats have
thus far easily rcpollod tho attacks.
The situation of the town Is such
that n force cannot approach without
exposing Itself to the fire of four-Inch
quick-firing guns -except from one
direction. Thnt point Is defended by
a triple lino of trenched and many ma
chine guns nnd field artillery. Gun
boats and soldiers aro plentifully sup
plied with ammunition.
Rebels Without Artillery.
Tho rebels heretofore have been
without artillery. Unless guns hnvc
reached them from the northern rebels
It Is believed Impossible for them to
drive out tho federals.
The full of Tamplco Into rebel hands
might help solve the food situation In
Vora Cruz. In that event it Is pre
sumed thnt trade between Vera Cruz
and Tamplco would bo resumed and
thnt tho territory about Tnmpico
would supply the market here to some
extent.
Optimistic at Washington.
Washington. While tlio attentioiTof
the American government for the most
part was concentrated on restoring
order at Vera Cruz and expediting tho
departure of Americans from nil parts
of Mexico, a watchful eye was trained
on the transcontinental boundary be
tween Mexico and the United States
for signs of hostility from constitu
tionalists. President Wilson and his
cabinet had a long meeting, after
which optimism was conspicuously ap
parent In both their demeanor and In
formal discussion of tho situation.
There was no particular development
to which the feeling of hopefulness
that real war would be averted could
be traced, but General Villa's friendly
pronouncoment, It was admitted, had
Impressed many officials here with the
possibility that the constitutionalists
would remain neutral while the Ameri
can government sought reparation
from Huerta.
Washington. Restrained, but none
the less steady, preparation for any
military eventualities and tho quiet
progress of tho mediation program
now being worked out behind closed
doors aro now the two outstanding
features of the Mexican situation. The
three mediation envoys of Argentina,
Brazil and Chile continued their pri
vate sittings. Their first move for an
armistice was succeeded by the prac
tical cusponslon of hostilities or by a
truce between the forces of the United
States and tho Huerta regime, al
though there still waB ominous sounds
of conflict between the Huerta and
Carranza forces.
Secretary Bryan formally notified
tho three South American envoys
that tho American government took it
for granted that thero would be ao
hostilities during the mediation pro
ceedings and had Intended no further
acts of aggression while tho contin
ences were being held.
Whllo the envoys are not yet ready
to mako any announcement, sovernl
Interesting phases of what has come
up during tho discussion were learned
from authorltatlvo sources. It appears
that while the attitude of Generil
Huerta was definite in accepting in
termediation as between the United
States and the Huorta government, It
has not bocn made clear that his ac
ceptance will apply also to Intermedia
tion which Includes Carranza. It Is
expected this question will be cleared
up by inquiries now under way, so
that It may be definitely established
that Huerta not only accepts interme
diation with the United States, but
also with Carranza.
Constant Danger Menaces.
Washington. Whother General
Huerta countenanced the near fight at
the Vera Cruz water station Is troub
ling officialdom. The president and
his advisers are inclined to bellevo
that ho had not. But the fact that
another fight was only averted by the
American show of force, has served to
Indicate the constant danger confront
ed whllo waiting for tho South Amer
ican mediators to solvo the Mexican
problem.
Severe In their Criticism.
San Diego, Calif. Amazed because
tho people of the United States are
displaying so little excitement' over
tho Mexican situation and severe In
their criticism of tho government for
its failure to rush troops into Mexico,
the 259 American refugees who arrived
hero from GundalaJara"wero either
seeking employment In San Diego, or
leaving for cities whore they have
relatives or friends.
Washington. The scope of media
tlon plans for the settlement of tho
Mexican crisis has suddenly broad
ened so as to Include the entlro rango
of Mexican affairB, not nlono tho criti
cal issue between tho United States
.and tho Huerta roglmo, but also tho
conflict between tho elements of north
ern nnd southern Mexico which have
rent the republic. This signal enlarge
ment of tho mediation program fol
lowed the recolpt of a formal accept
ance by General Carranza, chief of tho
constitutionalist forces, of tho prin
ciple of mediation as proposed
TURNING JVER ARMS
SURRENDER GUNS TO FEDERAL
TROOPS IN COLORADO.
BLAME FOR THE LUDLOW FIRE
Jury Find Mllltla or Mine Guard
Responsible for Burning of Tent
Governor Issue Mother'
Day Proclamation.
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Trinidad, Colo. Forty-two guns,
the first to bo given up by either party
to the Colorado labor strike, are in
the headquarters of Captain C. C.
Smith in Walsenbnrg. They were
turned over to the regulars by the
guards at tho Colorado Fuel fc Iron
compnny's Walsen mine. Tho sur
render of tho guns wns tho result of
an agreement between Captain Smith
and B. J. Mattcson, as the general
manager of tho- company. Mr. Mat
tcson agreed that the guards should
give up their guns If tho federals
troops would take charge of tho mines
and assure tho property's protection.
In accordance with this understand
ing Lieutenant Crowley, with ton men,
went to Walsen, whllo Lieutenant
Cuningham, with twenty men, wont
to tho big coal camp at Rouse, Lieu
tenant Crowley upon his arrival found
tho forty-two guns In the mine office,
where they had been collected by the
officers of the company. A few guards
then on duty did not turn In their
guns, but these armB were to be col
lected later.
Mother' Day Proclamation.
Lincoln, Neb. Governor Morehead
has Issued the following proclamation
regarding the observance of Mothers'
day next Sunday:
"We have no more commendable
custom than that which sets aside one
day each year as Mother's Day.
"It is well to be called back in mem
ory to the happy days of childhood,
when we played around mother's
knees, and it ts fitting that we make
acknowledgement of tho debt we owe
to her who sacrificed so much for us.
"That wo may, for a time, turn our
her.rU and minds to her, who has
blessed, loved and sacrificed for us;
that we may pay tribute to her mem
ory, If she be gone, and that we may
manifest our love and devotjon to her,
if she be living, I proclaim Sunday,
May 10, 1914, Mother's Day, and rec
ommend a suitable observance of the
day throughout the stato.
"Given under my hand and the great
seal of the state, this 2nd day of
May 1914.
"JOHN H. MOREHEAD.
"Governor."
BLAME FOR THE LUDLOW FIRE
Mllltla or Mine Guard Held Respon
sible by Jury.
Trinidad, Colo. The fire which de
stroyed tho Ludlow tent colony on tho
nigat of April 20. causing tuo deaths
of thirteen women and children, was
started by militiamen or mino guards,
or both, according to the verdict rend
ered by the coroner's Jury hero. No
responsibility for the killing of Louis
Tlkas was fixed by the Jury, which
contented Itself by finding that he,
with seven other men, were shot In
battle. It had been charged by strik
er that Tlkas received a blow on the
bead which fractured his skull.
The verdict of the deaths of wo
men and children decided that: "Ce
oilla Costa, Petra Veldez, Rograta
Pedregon. Cloyin Pedregon, Luscy
Costa, Oraflrlo Costa, Elvira Valdez,
Mary Valdez, Eulalla Valdez, Rodolfc
Valdez, Frank Petruccl, Lucy Petruccl
and Joo Petruccl came to their death
of asphyxiation or fire, or both, caused
by the- burning of tho tents of the
Ludlow tent colony, and that fire on
tents was started by militiamen under
Major Hamrock and Lieutenant Lin
derfelt, or mine guards, or both, on the
twentieth day of April, 1914."
Kansas Defeat Nebraska.
Leavenworth. Kan. Athletes of thb
University of Kansas, running true to
form, handed a C7 to 42 defeat to tho
men from tho University of Nebraska
in the annual track nnd field meet of
tho two . schools here Friday after
noon. The local athletes outclassed
tho men from Lincoln and took a safe
lead early In the meot.
8tate Prisoner Will Play Ball.
Lincoln, Nob. The third baseball
team has been organized at the state
prison, and the new nine has been
outfitted from head to foot by tho Lin
coln baseball club, to whom the team
made an appeal. The three teams ol
the prison play on a field near the In
itltutlon, outside the walls. The sup
urintendent of the night school is plan
ning' on scheduling games with the
Y, M, C. A. and other town teams to
be played after the day's work 1b
over at tho prison.
Nebraska Executive In Iowa,
De Moines, la. Governor John H.
Morehead of Nebraska, accompanied
by his wlfo, are in Des. Moines to
assist In the celebration of the eighty,
fifth birthday anniversary of his moth
er, Mrs. Frances Morehead, at tho
home of his sister, Mrs. Mary Duck
worth. Four generations wero repre
sented, 'besides tho governor, Charles
Morehoad, Columbia, In.; L. H Falls
City, Neb.; William, Mrs. Duckworth
and Mrs. V.avlna Smith, Garden Grove,
la.; all tho chlldrca were present.
RIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
A farmers' society of equity has
been organized at Hebron.
Christopher Courtwrlght of Mllford
fought in the Mexican war of 1846.
Assessors at Hastings are expected
to finish ther work In a few days.
More than one hundred attended
the second monthly luncheon of the
Nellgh Commercial club.
Arthur, county seat of the new
county of that name, Is enjoying a
substantial building boom.
Thomas Hamer dlAl In a Kearney
hospital of blood poisoning, the result
of bruises sustained in a fall.
The applicants for marriage llconset
In JohnEon county show a falling ofl
for last year over former years.
Six head of cattle owned by Samuel
Small, a farmer living southwest 61
Tecumsch, were killed by lightning.
A bond election will bo held at
Cedar Bluffs to secure $17,000 for the
erection of a new high school build
ing. Mayor Ingraham drove a mulo team
to ono of the city wagons taking part
In tho "clean-up" campaign in Hast
ings. Porforlo del Gado, a Mexican labor
er, was severely wounded in tho leg
when he struck a track torpedo while
at work in the Rock Island yards" at
Lincoln.
Twenty-four saloonkeepers ot Lin
coln were granted new licenses May 1
by the excise board, only ono license
being held up.
A. W. Rclmenschneidcr, a lineman,
was Instantly killed at Alliance when
ho grasped a wire carrying 2,300 volts
of electricity.
Many women at Grand Island are
behind the movement for the estab
lishment of an association opposed to
equal suffrage.
Hounds belonging to H. Scott o(
Shubert killed a grown wolf and found
twelve young ones. The bounty
amounted to $39,
The Lincoln county fair will be held
on September 1, 2 and 3. The county
agricultural society is preparing fot
exhlblts-at the state fair.
The Gage county board of supervls
ors has confirmed the appointment oi
Miss Josephine McQuInn as deputy
clerk of the district court. '
I. O. O. F.. lodges of Lincoln, Uni
versity Place nnd Havclock united
in the celebration of the ninety-fifth
anniversary of the founding of the
order.
Superior celebrated the closjjtg of
Its saloons with a band concert on
Main street, the first time the town
has been dry in over twenty-five
years.
With but few exceptions reports
from over Johnson county Indicate
that all kinds of fruit promises fine
crops, and that no damage by frost is
evident.
Alvln Willis, 18 years old, died at a
hospital Saturday night from injuries
received when he fell down a freight
elevator shaft in the Herpolshelmer
store at Lincoln.
Farmers near Nichols aro sowing
alfalfa with wheat, barley and oats.
Thoy believe that the alfalfa growing
In tho same field with tho small grain
will keep out weeds.
Fire which started from a defective
flue in the drug store owned by G. M.
Lyrick destroyed fourb ulldings In the
business section of Clatonla and
caused a loss of about $22,000.
A picked team of Omaha soccer
players administered a defeat to the
Lincoln aggregation Friday by a
score of 4 to 2 in wht was probably
tho first real soccer game over played
in Lincoln.
Howard Meeker, the missing Lewel
len young man, for whom n search has
been unsuccessfully conducted for Bev
oral months following his strange dis
appearance In Chicago, is said to have
been located In Seattle,
County Superintendent John Mat
zen has started a fly swatting cam
paign among tho rural schools of
Dodge county. Literature dealing
with tho deadly proclivities of the
house fly is being sent to teachers and
patrons urging their co-operation.
Governor Morehead has asked the
War department to transfer ex-Gov-crnor
Shallenberger's son to tho Ne
braska National guard.
A nugget of virgin gold as large as
a filbert was found in the craw of a
rooster being prepared for the Sunday
dinner for the family of Thomas
O'Neal at Lincoln.
Tho two-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Copping, living near
iNebraBka City, was seriously injured
ivfhen she fell Into a pall of boiling
water. Her face and tho upper por
tion of her body were badly scalded
'and her condition-is critical.
Louis Becker, who shot Harry Kiln,
ga at Fremont, has been bound over
to tho district court on a charge ot
shooting with Intent to wound. Ho
waived preliminary hearing.
William Wlcke of Aurora has given
a farm of eighty acres in Hamilton
-county, worth $12,000, to York college.
Tho donor of the farm is 70 yeare of
age.
A .meeting of the executive officers
of tho state suffragist association has
been called to meet In Lincoln on
May 13 to decide on the form 'to be
used In the pamphlet which the state
allows petitioners to send out.
Petitions aro being circulated at
Beatrlco for tho issuance of bonds tor
four miles of paving.
Mrs. Daniol Goorgo, aged 74, a
pioneer resident of York, dropped
dead of heart disease, while eating
breakfast. Sho had been living in
York county for nearly fifty years.
After sufforlng terribly for weeks
as tho rosult of a dog blto, Honrletta
Price, six years old, Is dead at Platts
mouth. Desperate efforts were made
to safo the child's llfo, but the ravages
of the rabies could not be checked and
after week ot agony she died In convulsions
AIM IS TOWARD
SIMPLICITY
MUCH MONEY DUE STATE FROM:
BACK TAXES.
GOSSIP FROM STATE CAPITAL"
Item at Interest Gathered from R
liable Source and Presented In
Condensed Form to Our
Reader.
Western Newspaper Union New Senrlo,
Stato officials are deeply puzzled
over tho manner In which the univer
sity location proposition should be
submitted to voters this fall. The
form meeting with the greatest ap
proval thus far, but which Is not alto
gether satisfactory, puts It up In this
form:
"(A). For removal of the university
to the Btate farm campus." At the
end of this lino will bo a square over
which are printed the words, "For re
moval to the Btate farm."
"(B). For extension of tho univer
sity on tho present campus." At tho
end of this line will be a square over
which art printed the words, "Against
removnl to tho state farm."
Tho aim is toward simplicity. The
officials want to avoid the least con
fusion in the matter. Tho question
has been raised with rogard to the
above form, that if tho largest vote is
cast "againBt removal to tho state
farm," that tho proposition B, provid
ing "for extension of the present cam
pus," might not bo held to have car
ried. On the other hand, if the squares
for the crosses of tho voters are la
beled "for removal" and "for exton.
slon," respectively, the officials be
lieve the proposition will notbe at
simply stated as it should.
Back Taxes Due the State.
If every cent of taxes owing that
state from 1859 to 1913, inclusive,)
were paid into the treasury th
.amount would more than foot the bill,
'occasioned by the removal of the uni-,
verslty to the farm campus. This
'startling statement was made by;
Clerk Wheeler of the auditing depart-)
tment after he had completed a tablej
lot the outstanding obligations. The
itotal is close to $3,666,000 and amounts
due vary as betwoen the nlnety-twoi
counties- of the state. Every cent of
the debt represents back taxes not;
remitted to the state by the counties.
In practically all ot the instances the'
taxes were not collected, hence the1
counties were losers, too, in the affair,
'as well as all ot thesubdlvlsions for
whose aid the taxes were levied.
Dedication Set for May 12.
The date for the dedication of tho
monument to mark the Oregon trail
on the Kansas-Nebraska state line has ,
been definitely set for May 12, and
both governors have been secured to
speak. Secretary Paine of- the state
historical society has received word
from August Jaedlcke ot Hanover,
Kan., chairman of tho erection com
mittee, that about five hundred auto
mobile loads of Kansas people will at
tend the unveiling ceremonies, A
largo delegation of Nebraska people
will also attend, many of them from
'Lincoln. Arrangements have been
made whereby those going by train
will be met at Wymore by automobiles
and taken on tho sixteen mile ride to
the .monument site, which Is two miles
west of Lanham, at the point where
the lino between Gage and Jefferson
counties intersects the state lino.
Convict Teacher Are Successful.
The convict teachers at tho state
penitentiary night school have been
successful In instructing their leas
fortunate fellow prisoners, according
to Warden Fenton. Though thoy hold
no state certificates and possibly
could not pass examinations in the
psychology of teaching, they have the
gift of stimulating Interest In their
classroom work and the very fact that
both teacher and pupil aro convicts
makos their attitude mutually helpful.
The percentage of illiterates In the
prison population Is being steadily de
creased and prison authorities believe
that In time Illiteracy will be entirely
eliminated. Men who have never at
tended school and who have been
neglected In their homes, aro learning
to read and write.
Improvement In Penitentiary Light-,
Ing.
Tho state prison has for a long
period furnished tho light for the
state house, grounds, orthopedic hos
pital and the governor's mansion, and
has itself been enshrouded in dark
ness. Conditions have been changed.
Twelve cement T posts, with two
lights each, are lined up in front of
the building, Sovcn arches with in
candescent lights aro scattered along;
.tho driveway. An arch ot electricity
Is over tho doorway. The work of
manufacturing the cement posts and
tho metal arches was dono by tho In
mates. The material was on tho
ground. Old gas pipes wero welded
into arches and painted white. Tho
lighting effect has completely changed
the exterior ot tho prison.
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Reports from poultry exports re
ceived by tho Nebraska stato boards
agriculture, Indicate that a prosporoua
year is expected In tills Industry.
Fowls came through tho winter In
good condition nnd there are signs of
increased Interest In this Important
Industry,
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