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CRISIS IS IMMINENT
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
AUSTRIA ENDANGERED.
TO GET GERMAN DYESTUFFS
Consent of Great Drltaln to Impor
tation 'of Dyes War Will
Drlno New Order
of Things.
WrtTt Nrnwipflr Union New Hervice.
Washington. Dlplonmtlc relations
with Aimtrla nro In grnvo danger of
being broken off over tlio sinking of
tho Italian liner Anconii, with tho Iosh
of American liven. All officials here
continun to prescrvo silence ov'cr tho
negotiations with Austria, but through
tho vol! which linn been drawn about
tho nlttintlon In bccii n crisis Just ns
gravo as tlint which attended tho sub
marine negotiations with Geimnny.
Tho question of continuing diplomatic
rotations may bo nnld to depend upon
11 satisfactory reply to Secretary Lan
sing's nolo, which now probably In
beforo tho Vlcnnn foreign olllco, de
manding n disavowal of tho sinking of
tho Aurora, reparation for tho Uvea
lost and nssurnnrcs that passenger
slilpn will not bo nttarkod without
warning or nn opportunity for non
conibatnnto to tnko plncos of safoty.
War Will Drlno New Order.
Columbus, O. President Wilson ex
prensod tho opinion that thoro will bo
no "patched up poaco" following tho
Kuropoan war. In a comprehonslvo
r.nd forceful address boforo tho Co
UttnbiiB chamber of rommorco hero bo
urged Amorlcnn business mon to mob
ilize their rosourcos so tho United
States might ho propnrod to play n
moro Important part In tho world'n
nffnlrn, and brine about Justlco after
tho prrfsont wnr. Tho proaldont spent
eighteen hours In Columbus, during
which ho was actlvo ovory minute.
Ills reception was enthusIaBtlo and
ploanod him greatly.
CAN GET GERMAN DYESTUFFS.
Great Britain Gives Consent to Their
Importation.
Washington. Groat Britain has an
nounced its willingness to permit ex
portation from Germany of suillclent
dyestufTs to supply tho Immediate
novds of American industries. Nego
tlatlonn with Germany, baBcil upon
tills nsstiranco, havo boon begun In
formally by tho otHto dopartmont with
a view of persuading tho Imperial gov.
rnment to pormlt tho exportation of
dyes tuffs, without rocelvlnc conces
sions, which it heretofore has demand
ed, of foodstuffs or cotton from the
United States. Groat Britain has con
sistently refused to allow Germany to
Import thoso commodities.
To Have Full Ticket In Nebraska.
Washington. The "bull moose" or
ganization will have a full tlclcot in
Nebraska noxt year, according to tho
prediction of Frank P. Corrlck of Lin
coln, who attended tho recent progres
sive conference in Now York and saw
Colonel Roosovelt. Tho bull moose
candidates will bo oxpected to draw
most of tholr strength from the dry
element. Mr. Corrlck regards Colonel
lloosovelt's withdrawal of tho primary
presidential potltlon in Nobraslca as
evidonco that tho colonol will not bo a
candldato in any of the early stato
primaries noxt year.
Reclamation Fund Nearly Exhausted.
Washington. Representative Shal
lenborger hns been inforraod by tho
reclamation service that tho funds
which could bo used for a furthor sur
vey of tho proposed Irrigation project
In Gosper, Phelps and Harlan coun
ties aro about exhausted. Mr. Shal
lenborgor Is not dlsposod to let tho
matter rest thoro and will nsk tho sec
retary of tho interior for a statoment
of tho amounts which Nobraska bus
contributed to tho reclamation fund
and tho amount which has boon spout
tn Nobraska.
Will Havo to Revise Treaties.
New York. John Bussott Moore,
former counsellor of tho stato depart
ment. In nn address beforo Tuesday's
session of the international trado con
ference, expressed tho opinion that tho
United States at the conclusion of the
European war, would find It necessary
to roviso or supplement nil oxlstlng
commercial treaties with tho countries
now at war.
To Protect Japanese Residents.
Tokio. It is understood that Japan,
fn view of tho disturbed conditions in
Shanghai, will adopt measures for tho
protection of Japaneso residents nnd
Interests there. Several Japaneso
warships aro already on tho spot and
the crulsor Tsurgarl, which has loft
Yokohama, Is belloved to be bound tor
Shanghai.
London. Tho mlnistor of munitions,
David Lloyd George, announces that
thoro aro now 0,024 govornment con
trolled munitions establishments.
Honolulu Wants G. O. P. Convention
Son Francisco. Honolulu will make
an effort to got tho national republi
can convention and to that end tho
Island residents havo pledged $100,000
and in addition aro proparod to char
ter two special steamors to carry tho
delegates, according to Lorrln An
drows, republican national committee
man from tho territory of Hawaii, who
ir en routo to Washington. Androws
';a!(L.ho would urge tho seloctlon of
land city at the mootlug of the
committee.
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TAX FOR MODEST INCOMES
LAW OF
COMPULSION
A REALITY.
MAY DE
Rndlcal Changes Suggested In Present
Incomo Tax Lav; Boom Town
Almcst Destroyed
by Flro.
Wantern Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Socrutary Garrison
dooluros In his annual report to tho
president tliut if tho administration
plan for a continental nrmy falls, tho
United Stutus will faco hoiuo form of
compulsory military service In what
many men In olllclul llto charnctorlzo
as tho most romurkublo report over
inndo by a socrotary of war, Mr. Gar
rison pnsscs quickly over tho wide
spread routlno activities of tho war
department and dovotos practically
all his words to tho subject of mili
tary preparedness, tho ncod for which
ho Bums up by saying, "So long as
right and wrong exist In tho world
thoro will bo nn lnovltublo conlllct
bstweon them. The right doer must
bo prepared to protect and defend tho
right asuliiBt tho wrong."
Town Almost Wlpod Out by Fire.
Hopewell, Va. This mushroom town
of 115,000 peoplo, grown up since last
summer with tho new oxplo3ive plant
of tho Dupont Powdor company, was
almost wiped off tho map by a tiro
which started In a restaurant and did
property dnmage estimated at consid
erably moro than a million dollars.
Tho Dupont works outsldo of tho set
tlement escaped damage, although for
a tlmo seriously threatened. Scenes
of wild disorder accompanied tho fire,
and citizens aro said to havo lynched
a negro for looting. Thoro was no loss
of llfo othorwlso, however, and only
a few minor injurlon wero reported.
TAX ON MODEST INCOMES.
Secretary McAdoo Wants the Field
Enlarged.
Washington. Radical changes in
tho Incomo tux to roach thousands not
now subject to its provisions nnd to
Improve tho machinery of collection,
have been auggestod to congress in
tho annual report of Secretary Mc
Adoo as means by which the groator
part of tho additional rovonues need
ed to pay for the administration na
tional dofcnBO plans can be provided.
Tho socrotary proposod to lowor the
oxomptlon limits so as to tax married
porsons with incomos as low as $3,000,
and single persons with f2,000 In
comes. Tho oxomptlonn nro now $4.
000 and $3,000, respectively.
San Francisco. Franz Bopp, con
sul general of Germany In Han Fran
cisco, has arraigned tho Amertcun pub
lic In n statement for what ho termed
their unfair treatment of hla country
men, nnd predicted a wholesale exo
dus of German-Americans at tho closo
of tho war.
"I do not llko this country nny
moro," said tho consul, "nnd will bo
happy to roturn to Gormnny. I nrn
disgusted with the ill-feeling display
ed. And I am not tho only one. After
tho war thoro will tako place n rogu
lar exodus of Gorman-Americans who
feol about things In tho Unltod States
as I do."
Substitute for Saloon.
Dcnvor. Dean H. Martyn Hart, rec
tor of St. John's cathedral here, and
other loading Episcopal clergymen of
tho city havo established a coffee
house In tho lower part of tho busi
ness district to bo used as a plnco of
companionship for mon after tho Colo
rado prohibition law coes into effect
January 1. Tho mlsbion Is intended
for tho class which nt prosont resortB
to saloons for soclallblty, tho minis
ters say.
Predicts Democratic Victory.
Washington. President Wilson told
members ot tho democratic national
committoo at a luncheon In the stato
dining room of tho Whlto house that
tho republicans had uo Usuo In the
noxt campaign oxcopt thu tarlif, and
thnt domoernoy wns certain to win.
"Our constructive work has started an
lrreslstlblo movoraent which cannot bo
stopped," ho declared. "Anyono who
colls you otherwlso is talking through
his hat"
MYSTEKY
FIRM NOTE 8ENT TO AUSTRIAN
CAPITAL.
American Oil Steamer Sunk In Med.
Itcrrnnean Cea Pushing the
War In Balkan
Ctates.
Westirn Newrpapor Union Ni-wa Service
Washington. Tho United States
has sent to Austria-Hungary a uoto
asking for a disavowal of tho unburn
rlno attack upon tho Italian liner An
cona, ussuraucos that such an act will
not bo lepantod, some degree of puu
iBUUicnt for tho comnmnder of the uub.
mnrlno and reparation for tho Ameri
can lives lost. Tho communication
was sunt from tho state department to
Ambassador Frederick C. Pentlcld, at
Viauna, who wiui Instructed to hand it
to thu Austro-Hungailan minister ot
foreign urfalrs, Baron Burlnn. Friend
ly but firm terms nro said to charac
terize tho document.
Tho Balkan Campaign.
London. Tho situation in the Bal
kans is developing rapidly. The Ger
mun and Bulgarian division have
reached Kcnall, on tho Greok bordor,
ton miles south of Monastlr, thus
threatening to outflank tho Anglo
French forces, while Bulgarians, who
also nro supposed to bo supported by
Germans, havo attackod the allies' ox
treme right wing near Strumltsa. Un
der this prossuro tho French havo
withdrawn from tho Krlvolak salient
and havo taken up a position at Do
mlrknpou, in a deep gorge about
twonty miles from tho Greek frontier,
through which tho Salonlkl railway
runs. Here they wero attacked by the
Bulgnrs, who, according to tho French
reports, wero repulsed.
SENT DOWN BY 8UBMARINE.
American Oil Steamer Sunk In Med
iterranean, but Fate of Her
Crew Unknown.
Rome. The American oil steamer
Communlpaw hns been sunk by a sub
marine In tho Mediterranean, noar To
bruk, Tripoli. No Information bus been
received concerning tho crow or the
nationality of the submarine. The
steamer Communlpaw was recently
held by the Italian government at
Genon, but was nllowod to sail for her
destination on December 2, owing to
representations mado to tho govern
ment by tho Amorlcnn embassy at
Rome. Tho Communlpaw was owned
by tho Standard Oil company of Now
Jersey and snllcd from Now York Oc
tober 27, for Egypt
Murder Suspect Released.
Omaha. Guy Leman, who wa3
brought to Omaha from Lincoln as a
suspect tn connection with tho murder
of C. D. Campbell, tho Lincoln con
tractor shot on South Tenth street on
the night of November 10, had been
returned to Lincoln by Detectlvo
James Kennclloy. Aftor a thorjugh
examination of Leman and tho wit
nesses tho pollco found that thero wns
no evidence that would warrant them
holding tho man any longer. He wu3
roturnod to Lincoln, whore a churgo
of carrying concealed weapons Is fllod
against him.
War Council Meets at Paris.
Paris. Tho Bocond gonornl war
council ot tho ontonto allies was hold
at tho gonoral headquarters Tuesday.
General Joffro, commander-ln-chlot ot
tho French forces, proslded, nnd Gen
eral Gillusky, ot tho Russian army;
Flold Marshal French and Llout. Gen
oral Sir Jnmcs W. Murray, chlof ot
tho British genornl staff; General
Parro, ot tho Italian general staff;
Colonol Stophanovltch, of tho Serbian
army, tho chlof of tho Belgian general
staff, and n representative of tho Jap
aneso army wero present.
Shanghai. Threo outbreaks by
email bain's of robels havo boon put
down by tho authorities, who now ap
parently havo tho situation well In
hand. Tho crulsor Chao-Ho, solzed
by forty men who boarded her from
a launch, was abandoned by tho rob
els, after sho hnd boon shollod nnd set
on flro. It wns reported at first that
tho crow of tho Chao-Ho had mutlnlod,
but it dovolopod that tho bombard-
1 ment of warships nnd the nrsonal wns
carried on under compulsion from tho
rebols, who lurprlsod and ovorpowersd
1 tho crow.
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WAR STRIKES HARD AT POSTAL
SERVICE.
REAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY
Insurance Men Say Good Times Have
Arrived To Elect Candidates
by Direct Vote of
tho Peoplo.
IVestf-in Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. Postmaster General
Burleson's annual report snya tho
European war has cost tho American
postal sorvlco $21,000,000, but that
oconomlcs of administration havo re
duced tho audited deficit to a little
moro than $11,000,000 for tho fiscal
year which ended last Juno. Consid
erations of service, tho report snys,
wero plnccd abovo all others and not
withstanding adverse revenue condi
tions, expansion nnd Improvement of
postal facilities continued. Had It not
been for economical reorganization be
gun beforo tho war started and con
tinued since, tho postmaster general
says tho audited deficit would havo
been nt least ?21,000,000. Of tho tote!
deficit, however, his analysis of tho
department's finances declares that nil
but n llttlo more than $300,000 was tho
result of increases of postal salaries
and additional railway m..ll pay ro
quired by law.
To Elect by Direct Vote.
Now York. For the first tlmo In tho
history of tho United Stntos, tho pres
idential candidate of a lending politi
cal party will bo nominated by dele
gates elected by direct vote of tho
pooplo. In Issuing tho olllclnl cnll for
tho nationnl convention at St. Louis,
Juno 14, Chairman William F. Mc
Combs hns Instructed democratic
stato organizations to nrrango pri
maries for election of delegates In tho
atatos where presidential primaries
nro not provided by law. This step
was taken In accordance with a plank
inserted In tho democratic platform In
1912. At tho same primaries demo
cratic national committeemen from
each stato will bo elected.
REAL WAVE OF PROSPERITY.
Insurance Officials State that Good
Times Have Arrived.
Now York. Real prosperity Is
swooping tho cntlro country In tho
opinion of tho presidents of six of tho
largest Insurnnco companies in tho
United States.
Prosperity in the oast. In their opin
ion, Is duo to orders from European
nations for war supplies, but, in other
sections of tho country, tho condition,
they said, is tho natural renctlon from
tho depression that followed the out
break of tho war. They wore unani
mous in declaring that "prosperity
is horo."
The insurance men came hero to at
tend tho annual mooting of the asso
ciation of lifo Insurance presidents.
Berlin People Are for Peace.
London A dispatch to the Exchango
Telegraph company from Copenhagen
says it is reported that a peace dem
onstration of largo proportions oc
curred outside the relchstag in Ber
lin. "Several thousand persons," says
tho dispatch, "ondcavorod to force
tholr way Into tho relchstug. Tho
crowds blocked the streets and
stopped the street cars and 'busses,
and the pollco wero threo hours in re
storing order. All tho time the crowds
kept up cries of 'peace' and even wont
so far as to use insulting languago
toward tho royal house."
Rates May Be Increased.
Washington. Interstate passenger
rates in tho Mississippi valley may bo
increased as a result ot a decision ot
tho interstate commerce commission.
Tho commission declared that a ma
jority of tho Increases proposed by
tho railroads a year ago and which
havo Blnco been suspended wore not
Justified and announced thoso. Tho
railroads may put theso into effect at
any tlmo aftor Decombor 29, by filing
flvo days' notico to tho commission and
the public.
Lincoln. Dr. G. W. A. Luckoy, dean
of tho gradunto school ot education at
tho University of Nobraska, is tho now
president ot tho stato teachers' asso
ciation. Tho noxt meeting ot tho as
sociation will bo held in Omaha early
In Novombor.
London. Premier Asquith, in the
house of commons said: "If proposals
of a sorlous' character for a general
peaco are put forward by the enemy
governments cither directly or through
a neutral power they will bo discussed
by the allied governments."
London. A dispatch to tho Dally
Tolcgraph from Rome says: "Accord
ing to indirect news from Constanti
nople Germany has abandoned her
Idoa of an expedition against Egypt in
favor of a great Turco-Gcrman expedi
tion against India."
Lincoln, Nob. Coach Jumbo Stlohm
of tho all-victorious 1915 Nebraska
football team, and for tho past five
years all-year coach at tho state uni
versity, has boen offered a Bimllar
posttlon at an eastern school at a sal
ary of $4,250 a year, and ho Immedi
ately asked to bo absolved from his
gontlomon's agreement with tho local
athletic board. Tho announcement cro
ated a furor in athletic circles and
steps to retain the elongated coach at
Nebraska wore takon at once. The
offer is at an advnnce of $750 a year
over the salary Stlahm now recolvo.
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P03SIBLE EXPLANATION
Claim Is Made that Train Had
No Headlight.
Hastings. That tho southbound
Grand Islnnd passenger train which
killed Balas Young, Injured Miss
Mabel EvanB nnd wrecked his auto
near Hastings, was running without a
headlight at the time it went through
tho vlllngo of Hansen Is tho nllcgod
elnlm of two oyo witnesses now being
Investigated by relatives of tho dead
man, A furmcr noar Hansen Is said
to havo mudo n Bimllar claim. Whllo
this Is considered absurd by rallro
officials here, Young's relatives con
sider It a possible explanation of why
neither tho autolsts nor tho engineer
Bnw tho approaching dnngor.
Selecting Next Year's Seed Corn.
West Point. CornhusUIng is about
finished throughout this section of tho
state. Very llttlo new corn is being
marketed, what la being s Id being
disposed of sololy for feeding pur
poses to locnl feeders. Tho old corn
now on band is being held by tho
farmers very cnrofully, much of It
being picked over und seed com for
next year selected. Numbers of rent
ers aro finding difficulty in raising
their rent monoy from tho proceeds
of tho corn crop for thta year, nnd
nro depending largely on tho oats
and wheat raised to onablo them to
meet their obligations on January 1.
Find Prehistoric Bones.
Tocumsoh. I). F. Perdue nnd ('. G.
Aukcr, of Pawnee county, while work
ing on tho latter's place, unearthed n
section ot n veitcbrao which was Inv
bedded In the sand sixteen feet below
the surface. It is petrified, and Judg
lug from its size, must have como
from some nnlmal ns largo or larger
than nn olephnnt.
Souvenir Huntens Get Relics.
Hnctlng8. Tho hundreds of visitors
who Sunday swarmed about tho place
where Bains Young was killed when
a passenger train struck his motor
car, all but carried nwny tho wrecked
machine thnt hnd been left on tho
scene. Bits of broken wood and Iron,
spark plugs, nnd oven tho steering
wheel wero carried away by the souvo
n Ir hunters.
To Regulate Barber Shops.
Lincoln. In spite of a written pro
tost to the commission by fifteen
barber shop proprietors, tho city
council has passed tho "barber shop"
ordinance providing for tho sanitary
regulation of Lincoln shops. Tho or
dinance was passed without n word ot
debate, all tho commissioners voting
In Its favor.
Bold Holdup on Highway.
Scottsbluff. A bold holdup wns
staged in a public highway between
Morrill nnd Henry, In tho west part
of tho county, when a man stopped
a woman on n woll traveled highway,
robbed her nnd disappeared. The
woman had drawn somo monoy from
tho bank and was returning to her
homo.
Only a Few Records Missing.
Fremont Most of the Dodge coun
ty officers havo opened for business In
the First Nationnl bank block. Men
employed by tho county nro search
ing through tho ruins at tho burned
courthouse for records, only a few
of which nro missing.
FROM ALL OVER NEBRASKA
A corn show Is being held at Nor
folk this week.
Fremont meat markets will here
after closo all day Sunday.
Tho Gugo county chicken show will
bo held nt Beatrice, January 3 to 6.
Thoro have been nearly 2,000 con
versions at tho revival going on at
Hastings.
Dawson county raised more alfalfa
than any other county In tho stato
this season.
Sunday, Doccmber 5, was Memorial
Day for tho various lodges of Elks
over tho stato.
Lincoln schools will havo n big
"spoiling boo" after tho stylo of a
generation ago.
A tight is on over tho removal of
tho county seat from Madison to Nor
folk in Madison county.
A poultry show will bo hold by the
Lancaster county poultry association
December 28-31 at University Placo.
Tho annual show of tho Boatrlco
Creamery association, just closed, was
one of tho most successful ever hold
thero.
R, V. Mulr, a resident ot tho stato
for over sixty years, celebrated his
sixty-fourth wedding annlvorsary ro
contly. Ucatrlco vocalists are organizing an
immenso choral club for entertain
ment during tho wlntor.
Beemer has tho record ot putting
up a tnbcrnaclo of 600 seating capa
city, wiring it and having it complet
ed within two days' tlmo.
Tho annual meeting ot tho county
assessors of Nebraska will bo hold
at tho sennto chamber in tho stato
capltol on January 19 and 20.
Mrs. S. R. McKelvlo ot Lincoln has
resigned her position as bead of thoso
women In this state who havo been
doing hospital relief work for war suf
ferers abroad.
Tho second annual meeting of tho
Nobraska Engineering society is to be
held ut Lincoln, Decombor 17 and 18.
Tho athletic field on the university
campus at Lincoln will bo Hooded
with water and converted into nn im
menso skating rink.
Rev. J. E. Sponcer, pastor of tho
Presbytorian church at Kearney, has
resigned to accept a call to Bridge
port. Gcorgo Harms of Johnson county,
camo nenr losing his homo by fire
when ho attempted to smoke out some
bees that had taken up a residence In
the siding
BASE OF SALE VALUE S
MIDWINTER APPLE SHOW AT
' LINCOLN IN JANUARY.
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources at
State House.
Weatern Newspaper Union News Scrvlc.
On a basis of assessment nt 75 per
cent of tho salo vuluo Nebraska land
will bo listed at $0(J,000,000 moro noxt
year than nt Its last valuation, accord
ing to tho statement of Secretary
Hcrncckcr of tho stato assessment
board.
Mr. Bcrnccker bases this statement
on figures received from sales records
nnd assessment figures from n largo
number of tho counties of tho stato.
Lands of tho stnto wero last valued
nt $329,000,000. Tholr total noxt year.
If Mr. Uerncckor's schemo prevails aa
it is outlined, will boost tho valuation
to $395,000,000.
On a basis of taxes for all purposes
that should bring In gross revenue to
tho various subdivisions of not less
than $050,000 moro than ut prosont.
Of that amount approximately $93,000'
should go to tho state.
Lands have herotoforo been vnluod
at from 35 per cont to 65 per cent ot
tholr nclual sales value. Whllo under
tho law they should bo put In nt that
value, Secretary Uoraeckor bcllovca
.that the Inereaso of tho baso to 75
por cent would bo cqultal.lo to all tho
stato and would result In uo apparent
Injustices. Midwinter Apple Show.
Under the leadership of prominent
horllculturallsts tho Nebraska State.
Horticultural society will mako, at the
midwinter upplo show, Junuary 17-23,
a completo exposition of tho horticul
tural resources of tho stnto. As ta
futuro development of this glgantlo
Industry thoro will bo n numbor of
addresses by prominent speakers.
For sovcral weoks President E. M.
Pollard of Nchawka, Socrotary J. R.
Dunran ot Lincoln and a publicity
committoo comprising L. C. Chnpln ot
Lincoln, G. A. Marshall of Arlington,
and others lntcrosted In horticultural
work In tho stito, outlining tlu pro
gram for tho annual meeting and'
npplo show.
Thero will bo n gigantic npplo dis
play nt tho Lincoln auditorium. Mod
ern methods of packing, spraying,
marketing nnd advertising will bs
exemplified by exports. Flowor lovers
will ho shown tho best flowers that
tho florists can produco.
State Treasurer Must Pay.
A victory for Governor Morchead
and Flro Commissioner Rldgell and
thoso who havo been standing with.
them in tho legal fray against Treas
urer Hall for payment of exponses and.
salaries ot that department has beort
recorded in tho stato supremo court,
A decision handed down by that
tribunal states that the treasurer ha
no right to protest against tho opera
tion of tho flro commission, that the
act creating tho commission provides
for taking caro of Its expenses nnd
that appropriations by tho various,
legislatures aro not necessary ns long
as tho act is in force and effect
The decision is of moro Importance
than to tho flro commission nlono. It
indicates that the court looks upon the
food commission affair In which
Treasurer Hall has also been refusing:
to pay the expenses as similar and.
that their opinion would bo tho same
with regard to that department There
Is a manifest similarity botweon tho
food nnd flro commissions' creative
acts, and in the opinion of local law
yer's tho court's decision would fit
them both.
Corn and Alfalfa for Fattening.
Recent experimental work at the
Nebraska agricultural experimont sta
tion has corroborated tho rosults ot
former tests In showing the econom
ical superiority ot a ration ot corn,
and alfalfa for fattening steors. Cold
pressed cottonseed cako usod In con
nection with nlfalfa hay, sllago, and
corn Increased tho cost of gains nnd
lowored tho profits. Cold pressed cot
tonseed enko did not give as good re
sults as rogards either rate or galn
or oconomy of gain as did alfalfa hay.
Different amounts of sllngo in tho ra
tion did not seom to mako nny mater
ial difference in tho amount of gains.
Lump sum settlements undor the
Nebraska workmen's compensation
law, in lieu of wookly pnyraonta for n
specified poriod of time, nro ot legal
force and binding upon Insurance com
panies, whoroby both partlos ngrco to
such mothod ot payment. The su
premo court so holds. Tho high court
finds that whoro a lump sum settle
ment is arrived at by computing pres
ent valuo ot futuro payments on the
basis ot 5 per cent simple Interest,
thero is nothing In tho law to forbid
such a basis ot ngrcomont
Condition of State Treasury.
Tho monthly report ot State Treas
urer Goorgo E. Hall shows a total of
$1,204,708.35 balanco In tho treasury,
a falling off ot $80.4GC94 Blnco the
first ot Novombor. Tho recolpts wero
$248,429.72 and tho disbursements
$328,870. GG. Ot tho total amount on
hand, $94,328.98 is in tho form ot uni
versity warrants held as cash, $10C,
8S0 of normal school warrants hold
as cash, $38,000 ot bonds hold as.
cash, and a warrant Issued by John
ton county for $8,500, beld as oath,
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