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IHGIDEHT IS CLOSED
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT CANNOT
BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR
FLAG INCIDENT.
WAGING WAR ON ALCpHOL
Temperance Question la- Foremost One
In England Hessian Fly
Survives Winter In
Nebraska.
Wenlern Newnpnpcr Union Sfivtri Service
Washington. Itinsimich us the dese
cration of the American ting flyltiK
Inbovo tlio homo of .lolm I. Mc.MnuiiH,
an American citizen murdered In Mex
ico City, was tho net of lawless per
sons acting without authority, tho
iUnlted States government hns derld
iod to muko no domnnd for nn apology.
Secretary Uryan announced that the
Incident wbb clocd with the receipt
of n dispatch from tho Hrnzlllnn mln-
Istor In Mexico City.
Tho Brazilian minister," said Mr.
Hrynn, "did not think tho facts In tho
icaso showed any nttctnpt on tho part
lof any onlcprs or authorities to dose
icrnto tho flap, nnd ho did not there
foro regard It ns a caso whoro nn
apology should ho nsked." Officials
(pointed out later that the nttltudo wsb
in accord with tho policy of tho United
IStntcs In dealing with such cases in
ithe pant.
Tho payment of tho $20,000 Indem
nity to tho widow of McMnnus nnd tho
genoral expression of regret by tho
IVllla-ZapaUi authorities, nro held to
'be sufllclcnt reparation.
WAGING WAR ON ALCOHOL.
Temperance Question Takes Prece
dence Over All Other Matters.
London. Tho war on alcohol, nn
outcome of tho labor situation In Great
Britain, has definitely taken prece
dence ovor tho much-talked-of "spring
advance of tho allies In tho west," tho
jrcason being that tho problem of am
munition has become moro pressing
than that of recruiting.
Tho pronouncement of cabinet lead
jors of tho letter of King George on
(tho question of tompcrnnco aro In
tended to pave tho way and sound
(ptibllo sentiment preparatory to olther
shutting off absolutely tho snlo of
drink throughout tho country, except
on physicians' prescriptions, or tho
adoption of somo mensuro which,
whllo perhnps not called absolute pro
hibition will havo almost ns drastic
an effort.
Hessian Fly Survlv;s Winter.
Washington. Tho Hessian fly has
survived tho winter In Nebraska nnd
threatens heavy damngo, according to
a statement Issued by tho department
,of agriculture. Early nnd deep plow
ling of nil Infested fields is recommend
ed. Wheat sown latn last fall which
did not get a very good start will fall
especially easy proy to tho fly.. "Tho
Ifarmers will faro much bettor," says
the department, "to destroy these
Iheavlly Infested fields where, owing to
ttneks of tho fly, tho present stand Is
ivory thin, than ho will to allow it to
Istnnil nnd permit the files to emerge
and Injure fields not sorlous "Infested."
Claim Treasury Was Looted,
Washington. An official statement
by tho Vllla-Zapata convention govern
ment In Mexico City received by tho
istato department: charges that Car
jranza officials during their occupancy
of the capital removed from tho na
tional treasury government bonds nnd
jothcr BOcurltieB valued nt 1G.000.000
(pesos. Many of theso securities,
which had been, deposited ns guaran
tees by concessionaires nnd contrac
tors, are ownod by foreigners.
Huerta 8a I Is for South America.
London. Tho Fabra agency of Ma
drid haa received a dispatch from
Cadiz, Spain, saying that General Vic
torlano Huortn, former provisional
president of Mexico, had sailed, with
'fciu family, for Buenos Ayros, Argen
tina. Passenger Charged With Arson.
Paris. Raymond Swobodn, ono of
tho passengers aboard tho French lino
.steamship La Touralno, which wns Im
periled by a flro nt son on Mnrch G,
'has beon arrested charged with set
ting lire to tho vessel.
Passes Antl-Tlpplng BUI.
Dos MoinoB. Tho Iown houso has
passed tho nntl-tlpplng bill prohibiting
proprietors of hotels and restaurants
(and conductors on dining and sleoplng
cars from allowing employes to ro
celvo gratuities.
Tse-ne-gat Taken to Denver.
Salt Iiko, Utah. Tse-ne-gnt. tho
direct cauao of tho recent Pluto upris
ing, has beon taken to Donver to stnnd
trial in federal court thoro on a chnrgo
,of killing a Mexican on tho Nnvajo
Springs reservation n year ago.
Another British Ship Torpedoed.
Now Ilavon, England. Tho British
6teamer Sevon Sens, of 632 tons, was
torpedoed by a Gorman submarlno off
Beachyhend Thursday afternoon. Tho
attack was without wnrnlng, nnd
cloven of her crow of eighteen, Includ
ing all tho ofllcorB except the socond
englnocr wcro drowned. Such was
tho forco of tho explosion thnt tho
"hatches' wcro blown off nnd a big holo
was torn In tho steamer's sldo, catis
ilnjr her to sink within thrco minuses.
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EXPORT TRADE RUS HIGH
ROUNDED UP BY TURKS AND
RUTHLESSLY MASSACRED.
Increases Shown In Shipments
France and Great Britain
City of Mexico In
Neutral Zone.
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Western Newapapur 'Jnlon Ncw Service.
Tabriz, Persia. Preceding the rcoc
cupntlon by tho Uussluns of Saltnnc
plains, In Azerbaijan province, north
east of Urumiab, hundreds of native
Christians wcro rounded up by tho
Turks In tho village of Haftdcwan and
massacred. Many of tbeso were
searched out from tho homo of friend
ly Mohammedans who tried to hide
them. Tho Russians on entering tho
vlllago found 720 bodies, mostly naked
nnd mutilated. Tho recovery of bodies
from wells, pools nnd ditches and their
burial kept 300 men busy for threo
days. The walling of women Intensi
fied tho horror of tho scone. Surviv
ing widows who wcro nblo to Identify
tho bodies of their husbands Insisted
upon digging graves and burying tho
bodies.
Mexico City Neutral Zone.
Washington. With the hopo of Bo
curing permanent protection for tho
250,000 foreigners in Mexico City, tho
United States government lins pro
posed to tho Vllla-Zapata forces and to
General Curranzn that tho Mexican
capital bo declared neutral and outside
tho field of operations hereafter In
Mexico's civil war. Tho Vllla-Zapata
forces havo agreed to tho proposal and
nro willing to ovnctinte tho city ns
soon ns a similar agreement 1b ob
tained with tho Carrnnzn authorities,
who nro now being negotiated with.
Tho Vllla-Zapata forces havo agreed to
tho proposal of tho United States for
neutralization of passenger trains bo
tween Mexico City nnd Vora Cruz.
EXPORT TRADE RUNS HIGH.
Increases Shown In Shipments to
Great Britain and France.
Washington. Continued hugo In
creases In American exports to Franco
nnd Great Britain and the principal
European neutrals Is shown in an an
alysis of foreign trado for February
issued by the department of com
merce. Decreases in exports to Rus
sia and Germany that began soon after
tho war's outbread continue, and no
Americnn merchandise reached Austria-Hungary
during tho month. How
ever, tho lntter country sent goods to
tho United Stutes valued at 1903,996,
as compared with Austrlnn Imports a
year ago worth $1,823,921. Improve
ment in trado conditions in some of
tho Latin-American countries ns thoy
nffect tho United States was reflected
In tho Btntomcnt, which showed that
exports to Brazil last month were
worth $2,174,420, compared with $1,-
S01.002 in January nnd $1,854,762 In
February, 1914.
Allies Buying Automobiles.
Applcton, Wis. A local automobile
concern has announced thnt It hns re
ceived nn order from tho European al
lies for $1,500,000 worth of m'achlnes.
Will Abandon the League.
Omaha. Womon who belonged to
tho so-called "Child Conservation
League," nnd who withdrew when
they learned tho national organization
was merely tho project of a Chicago
book concern, will federnto with tho
Mothers' Culture club, which has
many branch organization and mem
bers In Omnhn. Each woman paid $15
for n set of books which aro published
by tho Chicago concern and which nro
supposed to bo a courso of study for
mothers.
Farmers to Have Mutual Company.
Fremont, Neb. Farmers of Dodgo
county In nttendnnco at tho quarterly
meeting of tho Dodga County Farm
ers' union at Scribnor, voted to orgnn
Izo n mutual hall insurance company
to protect theinsolvoa against loss of
crops. It wns brought out at tho moot
Ing thnt tho farmers nro not sntlsofld
with tho Insurance pollclos offered by
tlio gonornl compnnlos, clnlmlng thoy
do not get tho protection thoy want,
and as a result many of them hnvo
been carrying their own insurance
OUT OF SPRING
GERMAN CRUISER EITEL FILLS
' COAL BUNKERS.
Turkish Government Promises to Pro
tect Foreigners In Urumlah
Submarine Sinks Two
More Ships.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Newport News, Va. Under super
vision of the United States navy the
German converted cruiser Prlnz Eltol
Frlcdrleh Wednesday filled her bunk
ers with 1,600 tons of coal which had
been delivered alongside during tho
day. When tho coal barges arrived at
tho shipyards where the Eltcl Fried
rich is moored orders were immedi
ately given to bar all approaches. As
the first sack of coal was hoisted from
the barges the ship's band struck up n
Gcrmnu national air and at frequent
intervnls until a late hour tho sailors
labored to tho accompaniment of patri
otic music.
Permission had been given to Coin
mnuder Thlerlchens to coal his ship
after a conferenco In Norfolk.
Submarines Sink Two More Shies.
London. Two Gormnn submarines,
the U-28 nnd another, tho number of
which lias not been ascertained, which
havo been operating off the west coast
of England during the past few days,
havo added two more British steam
ers, the Flamlnlan anil Crown of Cas
tile, to their list of victims, totaling
flvo since Saturday. Thoro was no
loss of life on tho Flntnlnlnn nnd
Crown of Castile, the crews of each
being given baro time In which to get
Into their boats. In the case of tho
latter vessel, however, the submarine
llrcd before the crow left the steamer,
nnd shells passed along tho bridge on
which tho captain and nn apprentlco
were standing.
A GUARANTEE OF PROTECTION.
Turkish Government Makes Promise
to Ambassador.
Washington Assurance that protec
tion will bo given to tho entire popula
tion of Urumlah, Persia, whoro attacks
on Americans nnd other foreigners and
on native Christians havo beon report
ed, has beon given Ambassador Mor
genthau nt Constantinople -y tho
Turkish government.
In n message to the state depart
ment Mr. Morgenthnu snld tho Otto
man authorities had promised that not
only foreigners, but natives as well
would bo protected by the Turkish reg
ular troops due at Urumlah last Sat
urday. Oftlclals hero aro inclined to be
Havo that tho stories of atrocities nt
Urumlah wore overdrawn.
Villa Levies War Funcf.
San Antonio, Tox. General Villa Is
reported from Monterey to havo re
ceived nnd acknowledged a contribu
tion" of 1,000,000 pesos from Monterey
merchants. Americnns. It Is said,
were exompt from contributions. Gen
oral Vllln, when ho received tho mom
brs of tho Montorey chnmbcr of com
merce In connection with the contribu
tions, caused tho foreigners to bo sep
arate! from' tho Mexicans.
Legislators Are Entertained,
Lincoln. Nob. Members of tho legls
laturo wero tho guests of tho Commer
cial club nt a bnnquet at the Commer
cial club rooms Wednesday night, fol
lowed by tho gridiron stunt stagod by
nowspapor men and members of tho
club. Tho stunt wbb n mock session
of the houso and sonnte, stnged In tho
dining room following the dinner. Ec
centricities of various members, Jests
about happenings of tho session nnd
a general tnke-off on law-making ns ex
emplified In 1915 mnde- up -the pro
ceedlngs. Persian Disorder Being Denied.
Washington Tho Turkish govern
ment denies that thero hovo beon nny
disorders at Urumlah, Pcrsln. Ambas
sador Morgonthnu nt Constantinople
cabled tho state department that tho
grand vizier had so informed htm on
tho strength of n roport tnado to him
by tho Turkish war otUce. Mr. Mor
genthnu reported thnt further instruc
tions that order must bo maintained
had been nont to Urumlah nt his re
quest nnd that regular Tutkuli troops
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EASTER BLIZZARD CAUSES MUCH
GRIEF IN EAST.
SITUATION BAD IN MEXICO
Mexican Situation Declared More
Chaotic and Helpless than Ever
Submarine Sinks More
Vessels.
Western Nc-wspnpnr Onion Sewn .Service.
Norfolk, Vn. Reports of many ma
rlno disasters along the Atlantic sea
board have reached this city In the
wake of Saturday's violent storm. Tho
loss of life was not known.
Flvo members of tho crew of tho
tug Edward Luckenbach nro known
to hnvo been drowned when that ves
sel foundered off False enpe. and ten
others nro missing. Tho Dutch
steamer Prlns Mnurlts is believed to
have gone down with nil aboard, num
bering forty-nine. The vessel wns lnst
henrd from off Cape Hatteras. when
her wireless calls Tor help said Bho
wns In n dangerous condition.
Two British warships, the coast
gunrd cutter Onodnngn. and several
other vessels rushed to the Mnurlts'
nld. Tho British warship, the Coron
na, reached the position reported by
the steamer, but tlierew ns no trace
of the vessel.
Vessels Blown Up by Submarines.
Newcnstle, Eng. Three Tync trawl
crs, the Gloxlann. .Tnson nnd Nellie,
wcro sunk by the German submarine
TJ-10 Friday. After all the members of
tho crew were safely In smnll bonts,
the GermanB blew tip the trawlers.
They then towed the fishermen toward
tho Tyno until they encountered a
fishing craft, which brought the men
nshore. The fishermen say that tho
commnndor of the submarine was quite
congenial. lft supplied hot coffee and
tobacco to them.
MORE CHAOTIC THAN EVER.
Mexican Situation Said to Be in Worst
Condition Known.
El Paso, Tex. A statement from the
Americnn colony nt Mexico City. In
which It was declared that the situa
tion was "more chaotic nnd helpless
than ever." wns brought to tho border
by Arthur Billiard Johnson, n delegate
representing Jointly tho 2.000 Ameri
cans nnd the international committee
of the capital district, tho latter com
posed of seventeen nationalities, ag
gregating moro than 10,000 persons.
Mr. Johnson Is on his way east to take
up the matter with ptibllo men.
The resolutions wore drawn March
10 at n meeting attended by about 200
members of the Amerlonn colony. In
answer to a communication from tho
Washington government again sug
gesting that tho Americans leave the
republic.
Live Stock Judging Contest,
Lincoln, Neb. In the first Intcrscho
lastlo llvo stock Judging contest ever
held nt the University farm, tho team
from Onkland high school won the
first place of the eleven teams com
peting. Out of a possible 5,700 points,
Oakland won first with 4.2C3; Falrfleld
second with 4,144: Pawnee third, with
4.11S; Blair fourth, with 4 02fi; Red
Cloud fifth, with 3,944; Tecumseh
sixth, with 3,856; York seventh, with".
3.853; Wnhoo eighth, with 3.812;
Crete with 3,694; Holdrege with 3,638,
nnd Alma ninth, with 3.230.
Big Mall on Temperance.
London. The first morning mail to
reach Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lloyd-George Saturday brought about
15,000 letters, virtually all dealing
with the question of nbstlnenco from
drinking In England. These commu
nications were received by tho chan
cellor In answer to tho full page ap
peal appearing In tho newspapers urg
ing citizens to wrlto him in fnvor of
nbsolute prohibition.
East St. Louis. 111. Tho Italian govi
crnment has contracted with dealers
hero for fifteen thonsnnd horses. A
previous contract for 8,000 horses al
ready has been filled nnd several thou
nand horsos have been shipped under
tho now contract. Thus far eighty
thousand horses have been shipped
from hero to tho European -belllgcr-entfl.
Many Athletes Will Be There.
Lincoln. Nob. Tho nnnual meet of
tho Western Intercollegiate Gymnasi
tic association, snld to bo tho largest
event of tho kind over staged In tho
west, will bo held In Lincoln April 10.
Moro teams nnd moro Individuals will
bo entered thnn over before In tho his
tory of tho association. It Is estimat
ed that tho contests will bring about
150 athletes, conches and officials to'
Lincoln. Tho entries Include 108 men
from tho Universities of Nebraskn,
Minnesota, Chicago, Illinois, Purduo,
Indiana and Iowa.
Government Aid for Farmers.
Washington. Government aid to
farmors on farm mortgages will bo in
terposed by a group of roprescntntlves
In opposition to nny other plan of
rural credits nt tho next session of
congress. Ropresontntlvo Henry ef
Texas Bald: "Wo will fight any propo
sition from tho congressional Joint
committee of rural credits that does
not provldo for tho two fundtimcntnl
propositions of government aid and a
banking system for tho farmers sopar
nto nnd distinct from tho federal re
Borvo system."
BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Aurora wants tho t916 G
A. R. an
cumpment.
Tho old high school building at
Tho vlllago of Bonnet bus Just or
ganized a commercial club.
Exeter was destroyed by lire.
Merchants at Ord have Inaugurated
ft co-operative delivery service.
Tho commercial club at Liberty Is
pushing n project for n now hotel.
Peru is already discussing the quos
tlonof a Fourth of July celebration.
Lenora Kruse, 11 years old, of Avoc.i,
fell from n hay left aud broke several
ribs.
Dairymen at Beatrice have taken
steps to orgnnlzc n cow-testing asso
ciation. Lincoln has secured the national
conferenco of music supervisors for
next year.
The Westerr lengtie baseball reason
will open nt Lincoln, Friday, April 23,
with Denver. ,
Fruit prospects over the state nre
said to bo tho most promising for
ninny seasons.
The Kearney hasebnll tenm has
adopted the name "Buffaloes" as its
official "moniker."
Lincoln Commercial club Is making
arrangements for nn historical page
ant, June 5 nnd 6,
Parker Anderson ,nn old resident of
Pauline, was found dead In bed, a vic
tim of heart failure.
Syracuse will vote on water exten
sion, sewer system and electric lights
nt tho coming olectlon.
Congregatlonallsts of Beatrice nro
mnklng arrangements for the erection
of a new $16,000 church edifice.
Chndrou Commercial club has nn
employment bureau that last week
found places for twenty-four people.
The Wnhoo school board put the lid
on cards nnd dancing by any of the
teachers employed for the coming
year.
While excavating for the new school
house at Campbell, workmen tin
earthed portions of the skeleton of n
mastodon.
Fred Ferglor. of Seward was In
stantly killed when he jumped from a
moving train at Tamorn, his neck be
ing broken.
According to the figures of the
United Stntes department of ngrlcut
ture, Nebraska leads in the number of
horses per capita.
Fred Rose, a 10-yenr-oltl boy living
near Broken Bow, had his lower Up
bitten off by a vicious horse he was
loading to water.
Legislators wero entertained by the
Lincoln Commercial club with n ban
quet at which the gridiron stunt wns
the prevailing motif.
Roy Dean of Humboldt has just
shipped by express a car load of draft
horses to Ohio, whoro they will be
used for farm work.
Nebraska City polico have requested
citizens of thnt place to refrain from
feeding the tramps that are over
running that community.
Tho Bentrlco postoffico will continue
ns u first-class office, the receipts for
the fiscal year ending March 31 ex
ceeding the $40,000 mark.
Playgrounds will bo established In a
numb'pr of Nebraska towns this sum
mer, Hastings having planned to spend
$2,500 on one for thnt place.
R. B. Bedell, former principal of
the Albion high school, hns been elect
ed to succeed L, E. Martin to the su
perintendency at Schuyler.
Estimate Is made that 75 per cent
of the bees In Richardson county have
died of starvation, neglect and dis
eases Incident to the long winter.
W. F. Denton, of Sterling, was
elected chairman of the Burlington
system by tho order of railway train
men at its meeting held In Chicago.
Freeman Wndsworth, 13 years old,
wns accidentally shot nenr Wayne
when a gun in the hands of a com
panion wns discharged while on a
bunting trip.
Early and deep plowing is recom
mended In Nebraska by the depart
ment of agriculture to kill the Hessian
fly, which has to a certain extent sur
vived tho winter.
Shickley board ot education will add
a twelfth grade to the schools nt thnt
place.
A chapter of tho Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution will be organized at
Lincoln.
A number of cases of smallpox have
developed at Hastings, despite tho ef
forts of officials to subdue it. A quar
antine is now being rigidly enforced.
N. W. Smails, recently elected post
master at Fremont, has tnken chargo
of tho office, B. W. Reynolds, who re
tires, making the transfer without
ceremony.
Roy Scarborough, 22 years old, of
Dunbar, was found dead in an alloy nt
that plnco, opllepsy, to which ho was
eubjoct, being tho probable cause of
bis death.
The Community club of Liberty,
which has a membership of fifty-four,
has taken preliminary steps for the
erection of a new hotel at that place
to cost about $5,000,
As tho result of the shooting ot
Mrs. Ida Stout by her husband, Harry,
in a Burlington train in Lincoln, May
28, 1914, flvo Nebraska saloonkeepers
aro mndo defendants in a $11,400 dam
age suit.
Charles H. Miller, In charge of the
music nt the Lincoln high school, was
elected a director of the national con
ference of muslo supervisors nt their
sessions just closed at Philadelphia,
Tho oldest framo building in Lincoln,
built over fifty years ago, and located
near tho Burlington depot, Is being
torn down to bo replaced with a mod
ern brick block.
According to figures just completed,
tho 484 students of tho college of agri
culture represent sixty-seven countioa
In Nebraska. Tho highest registration
from one county Is 154, from Lancaster.
SENDS p BILLS
ASKED TO EXTEND AUTHORITY
OF LIVE STOCK BOARD
To Bring About Eradication of Conw
taglouB and Infectious
Diseases
Western Ner. spacer Onion News Ser1e
Two moro bills wero sont to the
legislature Wednesday morning by
Governor Morehend, und wero Intro
duced In the lower chamber as II. IL
Nos. 7G2 nnd 763.
Tito former measure was formally
Introduced by the Gage county delega
tion, and provides that school board
members In' cities of 5,000 to 40,000
Fhall be elected for terms of six years,
one-third to ho chosen every two
years.
Tho second bill confers special
powers on the state veterinarian and
tho live stock sanitary board, to mako
antl enforce quarantine regulations
governing Interstate shipments of.
stock to bring about the eradication
JOHN A. BARKER
Editor Franklin Progress, whs- Is rep
resenting the Slxty.flrst district in
the house of representatives.
of contagious nnd Infectious diseases.
Authority is conferred on tho state
veterinarian und his assistants t
brand or murk Infected animals In
quarantine for the purpose of identi
iication. They are also empowered to
make urrests without warrant It is
mado incumbent upon county attor
neys to proseoutc violations of the
law reported from the state veteri
narian's office
In another message to the house,
Governor Morehead requested that a
Bpccinl committee bo appointed to con
fer with him on the amount of an ap
propriation treemed necessary to re
imburse owners of cattle which may
be killed by order of tho stato veteri
narian or the live stock sanitary board
because of foot and mouth disease.
Iowa-Nebraska Boundary
To put Lake Manawa territory into
Iowa and bring the East Omaha strip
Into Nobrnska Is tho purposo of H. R.
No. 398. the Negley bill for an Iowa
Nebraska boundary commission, which
the house In committee of tho wholev
approved Mondny and sent to third
reading. An nmendmont was added
for nn appropriation of $300 to pay
expenses.
Originally tho Missouri river was
tho boundnry line between tho two
states, but in the course of tho past
fifty or sixty years Bevcral sudden
changes have been mndo In the chan
nel of the stream, the effect of which,
under federal laws and court deci
sions. Is to leave tho tracts thus cut
off In tho Bamo states where they were
located. The boundary commission
provided for by tho Negloy act will
endeavor to mako a trado and restore
tho river boundary.
The senate haB recommended for
passage a bill appropriating $2,012.54
for the relief of Snrpy county for ex
penses incurred In trying police offi
cers who pursued tho escaped con
victs following the prison outbreak
and ns a result of which a farmer, Roy
Blunt, was killed. Thero was no op
position. Senator Gates of Sarpy ex
plained thnt this was tho nctnal sum
expended by tho county in tho prose
cution of the case ngalnst theso ofll
corB as a result of popular clamor at
tho tlmo and that county could no!
.void it.
In a communication to tho legisla
ture, Governor Morehead called at
tention to the Borvlcos rendered by
tho members of tho tornado relief
commission appointed two years ago,
and suggested that a resolution be
passed expressing tho thanks of the
lnwmakors, on behalf of tho people ot
tho state. A committee was appoint
ed in tho houso, comprising McnsrB.
Hostetlor, Larson and Lnnigan, to
draft such n resolution. Tho commis
sion has hnd a report printed showing
a balnnco of $G,75G on hand, out of tho
$100,000 appropriated In 1913, which
will go back Into tho stato treasury.
Abolishment of tho presidential
elector method of voting for president
and vlcp president of thd United
States nnd substitution of nnmcB of
thd candidates tltercfor la nrged in a
momorial to congress, which Repre
sentative Anderson of Boyd still has
hopes of getting tho legislature to act
upon,
An effort by Chnmbers of Douglas
county to rovlvo tho boxing bill failed
in tlio Homo. Tho vote showed only
thlrty-two members In favor and nftv
against IL
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