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MAKES 8PECIAL SESSION
UNLIKELY.
BRITISH DEMAND BLOCKADE
English Newspapers Insist on Some
Action by Government May
Lay an Airtight
Embargo.
WMtfirn Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Following u long con
ference nt tho W.lilte House between
President Wilson and Senator Stone,
chairman of the senato foreign rela
tions committee, it was snld to bo 1m
probablo that the president would call
tho special session. At the White
llouso it was stated that the presi
dent still bud the question under con
sideration. Senator Stono left with
the Impression that a final decision
iwould bo reached shortly. Ofllclals
(usually in closo touch with the ureal.
'dont did not think tho special session
would be culled.
May Bring Pressure to Bear.
Washington. America may call
hunger te her ally to bring England
and Germany to submission in their
submarine warfare now threatening
United States commerce. Such Is tho
unconfirmed hint In official circles.
Sponsors for tho suggestion declared
ithe president would lay an airtight
embargo on exportation of foodstuffs
to both tho allies and Germany, unless
all parties involved In tho dispute
agree to America's demands.
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BRITISH DEMAND BLOCKADE.
English Newspapers Insist on Govern
ment Taking Action.
London. Dcmund that tho covnm-
went declare an immediate blockado
of the German coast has been voiced
by several English papers. They
pointed out that the British public is
dally becoming more exasperated
over repeated attacks by Gorman sub
marines In England's coast waters,
nnd urged that there bo no moro de
lay in directing reprisals against Ger
many. Comment on America's Informnl
nolo was very guarded. Tho Inrger
papers generally did not receive xthe
.snggestlon of n posslblo American
supervision of Germany's Imported
foodfltuffa with favor.
Tho government was urged to es
tablish the blockade at once, regard
leas or any pending negotiations with
America regarding' the food situation.
Drastic Quarantine In Texas.
Fort Worth, Tex. What Is said hero
to be the most drastic quarantine ever
plncod by tho stnto of Texas was
drafted Wednesday morning by the
tate live stock sanitary commission
and sent to Austin for the signature of
Ithe governor. Tho meusuro prohibits
the importation of nny form of live
etock by nny meunB and for nny pur
pose. All railway companies aro
warned not to nccopt shipments des
tined for Texas.
Death Results from Eating Rolls.
Alma, Nob. Ono person lies dead,
snother Is not expected to live nnd
over thirty persons aro ill ns tho ro
suit of eating somo rolls sold nt the
Congregational church snlo a wook
ngo. Some rat poison accidentally be
came mixed with the flour from which
the rolls wero made. A. A. Billings,
cashier of tho Alma StatoUank, dlod
Thursdny. Leln Hngg, ( the little
daughter of a hardwaro merchant, Is
not expoctcd to Ilvo.
Conditions Bad In Turkey.
Boston. Widespread nnd increasing
Heed, duo to business stagnation nnd
Ether war conditions throughout Tur
e aro reported In a cablegram to
tho American board of commissioners
for foreign missions from Its treasur
er at Constantinople, W. W. Peet. Ty
phus nnd typhoid fever aro said to be
spreading rapidly.
Derlln. A sudden change of feeling
concerning tho attitude of Italy has
been notlccablo In diplomatic quarters
during tho lost few days. Tho posi
tion of Italy appears to have become a
matter of much concern. The reasons
for this chnngo are not clear at this
time.
Made Confession of Murder.
Rushvlllo, Neb. Earl Sutton, tho
young mnn arrested upon suspicion of
having murdered Mrs. Reuben Sander
son, Fobrunry 14, mado a full confes
slon of tin crlmo to tho county attor
ney nnd sheriff. Ho was brought Into
court nnd pleaded guilty to murder In
the second degreo und was given n
life sentence in tho penitentiary by
Judgo Westover. Tho ovidonco ngnlnst
Sutton was purely cirenmstnntial and
had ho not confessed his guilt' it Is
questionable whether ho could have
been convicted.
Executed Mutinous Indians.
Manila. Four hundred members of
mutinous Indian regiments which re
volted ut Singapore February IB have
,1teen killed, ns well as soven Gorman
prisoners from tho detention camp
who Joined tho nntlves when offered
thnlr freedom, according to roports of
pho uprising brought from Singapore.
The mutineers are said to havo killed
all their officers save tho colonel and
then attacked civilians, several of
whom were killed, Including one
rwoman.
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MEXICO LEVIES HEAVY TAX
DEAN BESSEY 8UCCUMBS AFTER
ILLNES8 OF 8EVERAL
WEEKS.
Business Men In City of Mexico Must
Pay Big Property Penalty
Lose Valuable Oil
Claims.
Western Newpaper Union New ttervii-e.
Lincoln, Neb. Dean Charles Edwin
Bessey died at 10:10 p. m. Thursday
at his home, 1507 It streot, after an
illness of several weeks. Death was
caused by a breakdown, which espe
cially aHectcd tho muscles of his
heart. In tho middle of January ho
sustained an attack which wna 'xntct.
od to provo fatal, but from which ho
rallied nnd made a brave fight for life.
Ho was cbcrful throughout hlr last ill
ness, although suffering Intensely
much of the time nnd was only kept
alive by frequent ifse of powerful re
storatives. Dr. Bcssoy, for forty-llvo years a
professor of botany, was recognized ns
an authority on his subject. His text
books on botany aro widely used and
one of his last pieces of work was the
completion of u new toxt book.
A man of varied interests and ac
tivities, with a personal kindliness
and charm of manner which won him
friends from all walks of life, Dr. Bos
sey's influence In Nebraska has been
great
Lose Claims on Oil Lands.
Washington. Long acquiescence by
congress In executive withdrawals of
public lands from entry has been hold
by the supreme court hero to have
had the effect to recognize tho exist
ence of this right in tho president.
The court has sustained tho action of
former President Taft In 1909 with
drawing from entry thousands of
acres of rich oil lands In California
and Wyoming for conservation by the
government. Justice Lamar rondered
the court's opinion. Justice Day an
nounced a dissenting opinion, In which
Justices McKenna nnd Vandeventer
concurred. As an immediate result
of the opinion oil companies whlrh ob
tained entries nftor tho Taft with
drawals, but before tho legislation by
congress n few months later provid
ing for withdrawal, lose their claims
on lands valued nt millions of dollars.
MEXICO LEVIES HEAVY TAX.
Business Men Must Pay Property
Penalty Prescribed by
Carranza.
Washington.-Imposition of special
taxes nmounting to millions of dollnrs
upon business houses and property
owners of Mexico City by General
Obregon, the Carranza commander,
hnvo been reported to tho stnto de
partment. Under tho general's do
creo payments must he made before C
o'clock next Friday evening on pain
of Imprisonment nnd confiscation of
property. Tho tax amounts to three
fourths of 1 por cent on all banks,
business concerns, stock companies,
mortgage holders nnd Individual oper
ators In the federal district. Forolgn
companies aro subjoct to the tnx on
tho amount of capital Invested In tho
republic.
Big Crowd at Mercantile Show.
Lincoln, Neb. The Nebraska mer
cantllo show at tho nudltorluni hero
scored its biggest triumph Thursdny
night. A crowd estimated nt l.liOO
passed through tho doors between 8
and 10 o'clock. It was by fnr the
largest audience that has attended tho
show during any ono period. Tho
wives of visiting retailers nnd tho wo
men of Lincoln wero tho guests of tho
evening, and ladles wero admitted
free. For every man present thcro
wero nt least throo ladios.
Sent for Bloodhounds.
Ilavelock, 'Nob. Bloodhounds, se
cured from Beatrice In an attempt to
traco the men who broke Into tho of
fice safe of tho Clark Lumber com
pany at this place Monday night, fnl
lowed n trail loading from tho lumber
yard to a house one block south, and
refused to take up any other rcent
Tho bloodhounds wero sent for by bus!!,
ness men of Ilavelock who wero anx
loii3 to catch the thieves. No arrests
have been made In connection with the
case.
THE GARDEN
UPRISING MAY GET
YOND CONTROL.
United States Government Trusting to
Efforts of Agents In Mexico
Passes Appropriation
Measure.
Western Newspaper Union New JUrvlM.
Salt LnhR rliy a iniuii.ii .-.
Bluff reports the situation as growing
more serious, duo to the fear that ren
egade Utcs from tho reservation in
Colorado will Join Old Polk's band of
hostile Flutes. Word comes from the
Colorado reservation that the Indians
think the white mon have killed twenty-five
squaws and paDooses and ar
much Incensed. A very strong feeling I
niai tne posse Is badly in uced of as
sistanco exists in Bluff, and It is sug
gested that troops bo called at once.
It would take at least three days for
the troops to reach Bluff nfter they
had been ordered out. and citizens are
leanui mat the Indians might obtain
reinforcements and make a night at
tnck on the town in the meantime.
Passed Army Appropriation Bill.
Washington. Without a dissenting
vote the senate passed tho army ap
propriation bill carrying approximate
ly 1103,000.000, while the house aided
in cleaning up legislation for the ses
sion noarlng the close by passing the
six million dollnr fortifications bill.
The only debate on the army bill ro
lated to action of the senate commit
tee In striking out of the house bill a
section which would prohibit the use
of stop watches and other so-called sci
entific shop management methods In
government plants and deny approprl
ntlons for payment of bonuses to em
pioyes.
HOPE FOR ORDER IN MEXICO.
Washington Trusting to Efforts of Its
Mexican Agents.
Washington. Diplomatic renmnnnt.
tlves of various countries who have In
quired ns to tho courso of the United
Stntes government in tho Mexican sit
uation havo been advised Informally
that tho outcome Is being awaited of
conferences between Duval West, per
sonal representative of President Wil
son with different leaders,' and be
tween General Carranza and Charles
A. Douglas, a Washington attorney
now nt Vera Cruz. Douglas, who is a
friend of Secretary Bryan, went to
Vera Ciuz with Ellseo Arrendondo.
Washington representative of Carran
za to discuss with tho first chief the
nspects of the .Mexican situation with
a view to securing a better understand
ing of him In ponding questions relat
Ing to foreigners and their Interests.
Indianapolis. Intl. The Indiana Ben
ate has passed the Mnston measure,
giving limited suffrage to women. 37
to II, The action was token following
n caucus of senate democrats, Demo
cratic Flood leader Van Nuys moved
suspension of tho rule, the bill was
advanced out of Its order and made a
party measure. There wim no doubt
the companion bill In the housn will
bo passed and Governor Rulaton has
stated ho will Blgn it.
Will Make No Further Move.
Washington. The United Stutes
probably will make no reply for the
presont at leabt to cither tho British
or German notes, regarding respective
ly, the uso of the American flag on for
o!gn vessols and the dangers to neu
tral shipping In thu nnvnl war zone
about tho British Isles, but will stand
firmly on its warning against destruc
tion of American lives or vessels
Many ofllclals who know tho situation
expect bomo further move only In
ovont of an overt act.
Made Dangers Apparent.
Wnbhlngtou. sinking of tho Ameri
can steamer Evelyn off tho Gorman
roaht. presiimnbly by u mine, although
the crew wus saved, has brought viv
idly before official WashlngtOH tho
dangors to which Amorlcan vessels
aro exposed In tho waters adjacent to
tho belligerent coasts of Europe. The
American noto to Germany warning
that couutry uaalnst attacks on Amer
leun vessels in the sea zones of war
applied only to submarines,
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GERMANS USE LIQUID FIRE
Throw Burning Liquid In the French
Trenches Greatest Naval
Bombardment in
History.
Wi'Btiirri Nt-wnpapur Union News .Survive.
Now York. Formal announcement
has been made here of the formntiuii
of nn organization of llrst reserves, to
bo known as tho American legion, to
bo composed of former army, navy
and militiamen, which will better In
sure tho nation's preparedness In case
of war.
Captain Gordon Johnston, aide do
camp to .Major Gcnurnl Leonard
Wood, commanding tho department of
the east, made the announcement on
behalf of a group of army and navy
men, who in nn unolllclal capacity aro
acting with rlvlllnnn In promoting the
movement. Captain Johnston said
that it is planned to establish Ithln
n short time a first reserve of be
tween 250.000 nnd .100,000 former nnny
nnd navy militiamen for instant cull in
case of emergency.
Greatest In History.
London. Tho grentest naval bom
bardment In the history of the world Is
battering down tho forts of the Dar
danelles near tho site of ancient Troy.
Twelve great battleships, nccordlng to
best Information available, tiro pound
ing Into dust the fortresses defending
Constantinople against western invad
ers. The new British drondnaught
Queen Elizabeth, considered the most
powerful fighting ship afloat. Is hurl
ing projectiles, each weighing nearly
n ton. against the sultan's defciif.es.
Her eight great fifteen Inch guns aro
more than duplicating the fW of tho
Germnn 42-centlmctres nt Llogo.
GERMANS USE LIQUID FIRE.
Send French Soldiers Screaming In
Agony from Trenches.
Paris. German troops threw liquid
fire Into the advanced French trenches
near Borsdomalnncourt. between tho
Ar'gonno and the Aleuse. with terrible
effect, It was announced In dispatches
from tho battle front. Several hundred
French soldiers were burned by the
flaming liquid sprinkled by the'Ger
man bombs. Their clothing was set
nflro nnd they ran screaming from tho
trendies in agony. Tho French sec
ond lino Immediately advanced to a
counter nttack and forced the Ger
mans to abandon the ground they hnd
taken by the bomb attack.
Purlm, Jewish Flag Day.
Lincoln. Neb. Sunday. Purlm, was
Jowls!) flag day, especially designated
for the benefit of the Jewish national
fund, tho aim of which Is to redeem
the soil of Palestine for the Jewish
people. The Jewish national fund hns
so far acquired many tracts or fertilo
land In various pnrts of Palestine. On
this land there now exist three work
men's agricultural colonies: Klnereth,
Dnganln, and Merchawin. the last two
on a cooperative basis, and five differ
ent farm industries, each of them nn
experiment ns to new possibilities In
Jewish agricultural pursuit, amongst
thom a training farm for men and ono
for girls.
Fifty Submarines Available.
London. A Geneva dispatch to tho
Dally Express says: "The thrco now
German submarines sent to Pola will
begin operations Immediately In the
Adriatic and tho Mediterranean. Their
activity Is to bo directed chiefly
against transport ships. A dozen
moro submarines will be sent to tho
samo bnse later. Tho Austrian nd
mlral, Von Beck, says that Germany
nnd Austria now have fifty subma
rines nvnilablo for service."
Crete. Earl Everett of Grand
Island took first nnd Miss Anna John
son of Bellevtio second In tho Ne
braska collegiate oratorical contest
hero. Everett's subject was "Who
Leads?" nnd Miss Johnson's, "Peace,
Why and How." Eight colleges were
represented nt tho business meeting
in the nfternoon, but the Wesleynn
contestant wns barred from the even
ing program.
Government Efforts Fali.
Denver, Colo. Efforts of govern
tnent agents nnd Indians friendly to
th (I whites to induce the baud of Pluto
Indians, who aro helping Tse-No-Gat in
ovadlng arrest on a churgo of murder,
to surrender, havo failed, according to
roports received hero from Bluffs,
Utah. Navajo scouts have reported to
United Stntes Marshal Nebokor that
the squaws and papooses In tho band
of fugitives havo been tnken to a
place of safety across the Sau Juan
river.
Ranks Well In Hog Industry,
Lincoln, Nun. Por capita of rural
population Nebrnska Is second of nil
tho states in the union in production
of swine, according to figures received
by tho state board of agriculture from
the United Stntes board of agricul
ture, Tho fedcirtl government esti
mates tho number of swlno In Nebras
ka at 3,800,000, with n rural popula
tion In tho stato of 881302. Iown'3
hogs nrc estimated' nt 8 720.000, but
tho Hawkeye state has a rural popula
tion of 1 G44.717.
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Tho brass band at Hastings Is being
reorganized.
Syracuse seriously contemplates
sewerage und electric lights.
Noith Platte will probubly take up
tho Kearney baseball club franchise.
Hastings clgnr fnctorles turn out
over 5,000,000 of that product per an
num. Mnrtin Dunham, the oldest member
of Capital Masonic lodge at Omaha, Is
ueau.
Mrs. Elsie Youngberg, the oldest
woman in Omaha, over 100 years, it
dead.
J. II. RIffe of Hastings is the now
president of the stato Jewelers' iibso
clation. Edgar will hold n special election
March 9 to voto on bonds for lighting
the city.
Business men of Hastings havo en
dorsed the proposed municipal light
lug plant.
Plans are being made for the erec
tlon of n new $115,000 school buildliu-'
at Nlckerson.
The Southeastern State Teachers
association will moot at Lincoln
March 24 to 2(5.
A man register.lng as C. W. Kirk
York, was round dead in his room at ?
Nebraska City hotel.
A eut of about fifteen per cent hai
been made on the electric current b
the plant at Beatrice.
The Missouri Valley Medical asso
ciation will hold its seslons nt Omaha
the last week In March.
Mrs. Molllo Richards of Fremont,
GO years -"f age, tripped nnd roll over
a rug breaking both arms.
Lincoln bakers who advanced prices
on bread a few weeks ngo, have re
turned to the old schedule.
The Falls City Boosters club gave a
banquet Inst week at which 250 mem
bers and guests wore present.
Farmers in Adams cpunty are plan
nlng for a series or meetings to discuss
methods or Intensified rarmlng.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Ell Barnes, pioneer
residents or Grand Island, celebrated
their golden wedding last week.
Rev. Jeromo Emanuel, for many
years pastor of tho First Christian
church nt Fremont, has resigned.
Coyle Dougherty of Hastings got his
arm caught in a drilling machine nnd
suffered a fracture of both bones.
Forty-five conversions resulted from
the revival meetings at the First Bap
tist church at Fremont. Just closed.
Shale beds nt the Superior cement
factory were dynamited one day last
week and 20,000 tons of rock loosened
up.
Henry Reed, n survivor of tho Mexl- I
can war in the 40s, Is dead at Coznd
at the ago of 9C. His wife survives
him.
Warden Fenton has bought n new
"movie" machine for the exclusive use
nnd benefit of "his boys" at the pen!
tentiary.
Dr. Charles E. Bessey. botanist
dean or tho state university, and
noted educator, 1b dead at his hom
at Lincoln.
The Nebraska commission for Bel
gian relief has sent out over forty car
loadB of supplies to victims of the Eu
ropean war.
Grand Island hns raised a fund ol
over $1,000 for tho support of a base
ball club. This wil bo Increased by
subscriptions.
Churches of Fnirbury have raised
$2,000 to erect a large tabernnclo In
which to hold n union evangelistic re
vival to commence March 25, and last
n month.
Social events for a week have been
postponed by university socletie? or
account of the death or Dr. C. E
Bessey.
Mrs. Margaret Cuming, widow of the
first governor of Nebraska, and whe
died In Omaha recently, left $10,000
by her will to Crelghton university nt
that place.
Gladys Sutter, 10 years old, of Hast
Ings, will loso tho sight of one eye as
the result of striking it with tho point
or a pair of scissors while pulling bast
ing threads.
The biggest event of public interest
pulled off at Unadllla In years was tho
dedication last week of the now
$12,000 high school bulldlnc.
Joseph Ray, a Union Pacillc brake
man, was Instantly killed -when ho
was struck by tho Los Angeles Lim
ited, going at full speed, at Rogers, a
station near Schuyler.
Weldon F. Crossland, ono of tha
Rhodes scholars from Nebraska at
tending tho Oxford university In Eng
land, is ono of tbo many American
students who have spent their winter
vacations doing Y. M. C. A. work In
the military camps or England.
Fremont proposes to erect a statuto
of John C. Fremont, from whom tho
city gets Jt name.
John Callahan, 80 years old, former
ly known ns "Omaha Jack," who for
years has been an Inmate at the Doug
las county poor farm, Is ono of the
fov Mirvlvors of tho James-Younger
gang.
Miss Laura McKonzio of Wilber,
whoso husband ,wns killed In a
drunken brawl a couple of years ago,
has brought suit against fourteen sa
loonmon of thnt place, charging them
with being indirectly responsible for
his death.
Miss Margaret O'Brien, for twenty
eight years assistant librarian nt
Omaha, died nt Scattlo recently, from
an operation for appendicitis,
Rov. G. W. Wultt-r. for Tour years
superintendent of tho Lutheran or
phans homo nt Fremont, has been
called to tho pastorate or that church
at Arlington,
Any boy or girl In Nebraska bo
tween tho ages or 10 and 18 may enter
the pig club conducted by the agricul
tural school at Lincoln. There Is no
entry ,Ieo nor will thero bo any ex
pense except that of raising and ex-
j blbltlng a pig.
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