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38 TEUTONS FREED
BRITISH RELEASE MEN SEIZED I
FROM AMERICAN STEAMER
CHINA ON FEB. 18.
MELD SOME PLACE IN ORIENT
England Liberates Germans Following
Demand Mode by U. S. Wrongful
Action to Be Admitted In This Par
ticular Case.
London, Mny 8. Tho British gov
prnmcnt has decided to release im
mediately tlio 38 GcrmanB and Aus
trians who were taken from tho Amer
ican steamship China.
Tho action of tho IlrltlHh authorities
in ordering tho rolcaso of tho seized
paRBcngera on tho China wan not un
expected, as It was known that tho
font American demand declined to ad
mit any form of legality In tho reasons
given by tho foreign olllco for their de
tention. Tho formal document In reply tc tho
final American notes on tho subject Is
ot yet in readiness, but according to
Lord Robert Cecil, minister of war,
It will bo cnrefully framed so as not to
admit tho general right of belligeretita
to enjoy Uio protection of u neutral
flag.
In tho present caso, Great Ilrltaln
admits itself in tho wrong In regard to
Uto facts outlined in tho American ro
monstrance, but tho roply will bo
couched in such terms that no general
precedent Is established, and British
doctrines In regard to tho oclzuro of
individuals of hostllo nationality on
board noutml ships will bo safe
guarded. Tho stato department at Washing
ton has contended that tho facts in
tho cuso uro similar to thoso of tho
famous Trent affair, but while it is
not known what attitudo tho Ilrltlah
roply will adopt toward this argument,
Lord Ilobert Cecil gives it aa his per
sonal opinion that tho two cases pre
sent wide differences.
Tho prisoners aro hold at somo
placo In tho Orient.
Tho Germans and Austrlans wero
removed from tho China by tho Brit
ish auxiliary cruiser Laurcntlc Feb
ruary 19, whllo tho China was en routo
from Shanghai to San Francisco. Tho
United States requested Great Ilrltaln
to release thoso men and, being met
with a declination, sent n second
noto.
Tho IlrltlHh authorities charged
that tho 38 men wero concerned in
a plot for a revolution in India.
THREE ZEPPELINS DESTROYED
Alllea Bring Down Dirigible, Making
Total of Thirty-One Vic
tims In War.
London, May 8. Two moro Zop
pollns wore destroyed on Friday by
allied gun lire, making threo of tho
German dirigibles destroyed within
throo dayB and a total or 31 olllclally
reported wrecked slnco tho start of
tho war.
Of tho two latest victims ono was
brought down by ono of tho British
light cruiser squadrons off tho Schles
wig coast and tho other was brought
down after a raid on Salonlkl, only
ono of its crow of 30 escaping.
Tho Zeppelin L-20 was blown ashoro
.on tho Norwegian coast after return
ing from a raid on tho east coast of
lEngland and Scotland. When tho dis
abled balloon began to bo carried away
tf a fctrong wind tho Norwegian mili
tary authorities ut Stavangor blew up
tho air vessel. Tho Zoppolln explodod
with great detonation and was burned.
SHOOT 4 MORE IRISH REBELS
Dunkett, Dally, O'Hannahan and Wil
liam Penrse Executed Faco
Firing Squad.
Dublin, May 8. Four moro leaders
of thq Irish rebels have been shot.
They had been found guilty of trea
Bon by n genoral held court-martial.
Tho vlctlmo wero:
Josoph Plunkutt, Edmund Dally, Mi
chael O'llunnahun and William
I'carso.
I'lunUett was ono of tho seven Sinn
Vclnors who signed tho proclamation
rioclaring Ireland free and indepen
dent of England.
WENCH TRENCHES ARE TAKEN
Germans Make Violent Attack Against
roe's rosmons north of
Hill 304.
Parle, May 8. German troops mado
a violent attack at night against
Kronen positions north of Mil 304.
The Germans entered French ad
vanced trenches at a few points, the
war olllco announced in tho day re
port, but clsewhoro wero repulsed.
Telegraph Strike Averted.
Now York, May 8. Tho threatened
strike of G,000 tolcgrapbors and signal
mon on tho Now York Central railroad
woo averted for tho tlmo being by
the accoptonco of an offer of federal
mediation.
Say Danish Ship Seized.
Stockholm, May 8. Wltneasos who
ilestiflod at an inquiry horo regarding
Itho capturo of tho Danish schooner
Olga by a German trawler, declared
that tho vessel was seized whllo La
Jflwedlsh waters.
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MOB IS MET WITH VOLLEY NEAR
PITTSBURGH.
Guards Fire on Strikers at Braddock
Steel Works May Deport All
Foreigners.
Pittsburgh, I'a., May 4. Two men
aro known to hnvo been killed, four
probably fatally wounded and a scoro
of others Bcrlously hurt on Tuosday
whou a mob attacked tho Edgar Thom
son works of tho Carncgio Steel com
pany nt Uraddock.
A pitched battlo lasting an hour fol
lowed, during which 400 sluts wero
tired, but tho rioters wero finally
forced to rotreat in tho faco of tho
tiro of deputy sheriffs and plant
guards.
Two thousand citizens of tho
borough havo been sworn in as dep
uties and nra patrolling tho streets.
District Attorney it. II. Jackson
announced that ho would tako steps
at onco for tho dcportntlon of all for
elguers connected with tho troublo.
DR. LIEBKNECHT IS ARRESTED
German Socialist Involved In Labor
Riot Others Seized Following
Demonstration In Berlin.
Berlin, May 5, by wireless. Dr.
Karl Liohkuccht, tho socialist leader,
wi.s arrested on May 1 in connection
with a May Jay demonstration in Bor
lln. Eight other persons were arrest
ed at tho tlmo of tho demonstrations,
which occurred in Potsdtim square
London, Mny C. "Serious troublo Is
roportcd to havo occurred in Berlin
and olsowhero In Gormany on Mny
day," says tho Amsterdam corropond
cnt of tho Exchango Telegraph com
pany. "Vast crowds, composed for
tho most pnrt of women of tho labor
ing classes, clamored for peaco. Tho
crowds wore disponed by tho pollco
and many persons were wounded at
Chemnitz, Saxony."
A Genova tolcgram to tho Central
Nows snya:
"In riots In norlln It Ib reported
twenty-Hvo persons wero killed nnd
200 wounded."
SECRETARY BIRRELL RESIGNS
Resignation Brought About by the
Irish Uprising Had Held
Post Since 1907.
London. May 5. Augiistlno Blrrell
has resigned as secretary for Ireland.
Announcement of Mr. Blrrcll's resigna
tion was mado following a conference
which ho held with Premier As
qulth. The resignation of Mr. Blrrell, who
hnd held the post as sorrotary for Ire
land slnco 1907, wan brought about
by the Irish uprising.
It was charged, especially by tho
press, that his leniency, in tho faco
of gathering signs of revolt, had en
couraged tho Sinn Felnors and ena
abled them to mnko extcnslvo prepara
tions for a rebellion.
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NOTES
London, May 5. Throo Swedish edi
tors, Messrs. Hoeglund, Oljodund and
Ilodln. havo boon sentenced to prison
for advising soldlora to atriko if Swed
en bocamo Involved In wnr.
London, May 6. A Zeppelin raided
Salonlkl, according to a Iteuter dlB
latch from that city. Tho arlshlp waa
subjected to a heavy tiro and is ro
portcd to havo been destroyed.
Car Strike Averted.
Cleveland, May 6. By a voto of l,.
123 to 406 tho street car men voted to
accept tho compromlso offer of the
Cleveland Hallway crapany on tho
men's wage domand, thus eliminating
all chance of a street car striko hero.
Airmen Bomb British Ships.
Borlln, via Sayvillo, May C British
warships wero bombarded "with good
success" by ZoppelhiB which took part
In tho raid over England Muy 2-3, it
was announced by the German admiralty.
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INDIANAPOLIft NEWS.
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REBEL LEADERS SHOT
PEASE, CONNOLLY, CLARK AND
M'DONAGH ARE EXECUTED.
Premier Asqulth Announces Sir Case
ment Will Be Tried With the
Utmost Expedition.
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London, May 5. Four heads of tho
"Ropubllc of Ireland," Including "Pro
visional President" Patrick II. Pearso,
wero tried by court-martial and exe
cuted on Wednesday. Tholr trials
wore swift and secret.
Tho threo others executed wero
James Connolly, "commnndant goner
nl of tho Irish republican army;"
Thomas J. Clark and Thomas Mac
Donagh. All four wero signatories of
tho republican proclamation Issued
nt tho outset of tho uprising in Dub
lin. Three other signers of tho proclama
tion wero convicted nnd sentenced
threo years' Imprisonment.
Premier Anqulth announced in par
liament that Sir Roger Casement
would bo tried with tho utmost expe
dition. Tho trials and executions becamo
known to tho public through an an
nouncement In tho commons by Pre
mier Asqulth. At tho same tlmo there
was also mado public an olllclal dis
patch from Dublin tolling of tho pro
gram for tho trial thoro of tho lesser
rebels captured. They will bo tried
by a field general court-martial under
the defense of tho realm act.
Pearso waB ono of tho best known
of tho Irish Intellectuals. Ills father
was English, but his mother Irish.
Ho was tho headmaster of St. Edna's
Secondary school, which ho started
for Irish boys to train them to seek
tho best in Celtic traditions. Ho was
born In Dublin 35 years ago and was
unmarried.
Tho most notable of tho number aft
er Pcnrso and Connolly is Thomas'
MacDonagh, who is called tho poet tt
rebellion. Ho has published threo or
four books of vorso.
FRENCH GAIN AT VERDUN
Violent and Successful Attacks
Against Germans Southeast of
Dououmont Reported In Paris.
Paris. Mny 4. A strong nttack was
mado by Fronch troops last night on
German positions southeast of Fort
Douaumont, on tho Verdun front. Tho
French captured a llrst-llno German
trench 500 meters (517 yards) long,
tho war ofllco announced, nnd took
100 prisoners.
West of tho Meuso activity of tho
nrtlllcry continued through tho night
from tho Avocourt region to Dead
Mnn'fl hill. Tho war olllco also an
nounced that In their attacks April
29 and 30 on tho north Blopo of Dead
Man's hill tho French gained Ger
man trenches over a front of nbout
1.000 meters.
Berlin, May 4. French nttacks on
tho Verdun front cast of tho Meuso
wero repulsed.
TWO U.S. RELIEF SHIPS' SUNK
Swedish Steamer Fridland and Brit-
ish Steamer Destroyed Other
Vessels Lost.
London, Mny 4. Two vessels under
chartor by tho American commission
for tho rollof of Dolgluin, tho Swedish
steamship Fridland and tho British
stoamor Hondouhall, have boon sunk
within two days,
Tho British Btcaraer City of Roches
tor and tho Brazilian steamship Rio
Branco also have boon sunk. Ono
llremun on tho City of Rochoster was
lost.
U. 8. Marines In Santo Domingo.
Snnto Domingo, Muy 8. American
marines wero landed for tho protoc
tectlon of tho American logatlon. The
Bltuation growing out of tho attempt
of fnctlonnl lcaderB to ovorthrow Jim
Inez is critical.
8en Battle In the Adriatic.
Borlln, May 8. A battlo In tho
Adriatic between Italian nnd Austrian
warships and aircraft la roported In a
statement received horo from tho Aus-tro-Hungarlan
admiralty. Nono of tho
vessels was daaiagod.
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AMERICAN SOLDIERS KILLED AND
WOUNDED BV BANDITS.
FOOD PRICESGETTING HIGHER
Cost to Average Family Increased
Above that of Last Year
England Accedes to
Demands.
W-Ktrn NfWf paper Uftlnn New Kervlce.
EI Paso, Tex. Three American sol
diers nnd a ten-year-old boy huve lost
their HvcB and two American citizens
have been kidnapped and carried
south of tho international boundary to
almost certain death in another raid
of Mexican bandits that takes rank
with Francisco Vllla'B nttnek on Co
lumbtiB, N. M. Whether the maraud
ers were Villlstoa or Corranzlstas is
not known.
Tho bandits' foray carrying them
through the southern limits of Brow
ster county in the Big Bend district
of Texas, nnd taking in three llttlo
settlements near the border Glenn
Springs, Boqulllas and DecmorB took
rlace on Friday night and Saturday
morning. Major General Frederick
Funston ordered that, in all, four
troops of cavalry should proceed to
tho raided section to reinforce small
detachments on the scene from Pre
sidio, and other polntH. It is said hero
that If the exigencies of the case de
mand such action, they will cross tho
border to run down and disperso tho
bandits.
Accedes to U. S. Demandc.
London. Tho British government
has decided to release tho thirty
olght Germans und Au6trians who
wero taken from the American steam
ship China. The action of tho Brit
ish authorities In ordoring the re
lease of the seized passengers on tho
China was not unexpected, ns it wus
known that the last American demand
declined to admit any form of legal-
J Ity in the reasons given by the ft.
eign ollice for their detention.
Tho formal document In reply to
the final American note on tho sub
ject 1b not yot In readiness, but ac
cording to Lord Robert Cecil, minis
tor of war trade, it will be carefully
framed so as not to admit the general
right of belligerents to enjoy the pro
tection of n neutral flag.
PRICES OF FOOD ARE HIGHER.
Cost to the Average Family More
Than a Year Ago.
Washington. Food for the nverago
family costB alightly more than it did
a year ago. according to figures pub
lished by the department of labor.
Pricos aB n whole were 5 per cent
higher during February than they
were In Februnry of last year. A
decline In the price of eggs from Jon
uary to February sent down prices as
a whole about 2 per cent. Food arti
cles sold for 9 per cent moro last
Fobruary than in February fivo years
ago. Only five foodB declined in price
In the Inst year plate boiling beef,
lard, flour, cornmenl nnd prunes. Po
tatoes Increased in price during the
year, but Rtlll were 8 per cent lower
In Februnry last than in Februarj
four years ago.
Sea Plane Makes Air Raid.
London. A German sen-piano mado
an air raid on Deal. No fatalities re
sulted, but two persons were Injured.
Tho official statement concerning the
raid sayB tho windows of a church
wero broken, the roof of a house was
blown off. a public library damaged.
Altogother Beven bombs wore dropped.
Tho Injured persons were n man and a
woman. Tho aoroplnno approached
Deal from the. direction of Ramsgate
and nfter dropping tho bombs, re
treated, pursued by British aircraft.
Conservation Congress Adjourns.
Washington. Election of ottlcers
Thursday ended the throe days' meet
ing hern of tho national conservation
congress George E. Condrn, Nobraska
state conservation commissioner, was
named president; Dr. Honry D. Drink
er, president of Lehigh university, vice
president nnd Norman McLean of
Cleveland, troasuror.
Washington. Secretary of tho
Treasury McAdoo is directed to furnish
congress with a statoment showing
whether or not $320,000,000 Is bolng
annually withheld from tho treasury
by Income tax frauds und ovaBlons in
a resolution offered in the house by
Representative Keating of Colorado.
Dy tho samo resolution ho is asked
why bo ban not recommended to tho
president that all Income tax returns
bo made public, in order that fraud
may be checked. Tho law provides tho
president may order such publicity,
on recommendation of the secrotary.
Organized Labor Fared Well.
Washington. Orgnnized labor re
ceived mora In the year ending with
May 1 In lncroosod wnges, shorten
ing of hours and legislation than over
before In Its history, according to of
ficials of the Amorlcan Federation of
Labor. Wago advances wero general
tho country over In virtually ovory
line of Industry and laws benefiting
labor wero put on tho statute books
of ovory stato in tho union except
five. Wago Increases wero grcatost
In the metal trades, many of which
wero s'tlmulated by war orders.
RAILROAD TAXATION.
Statement of Comparative Values of
Farms and Railroads.
Whllo tho railroad assessment In
Nobraskn has Just about doubled in
the last thirteen years, the nssesstd
valuation of farm lands in the state
has gone up relatively twice ns much,
according to a tubulntlon laid boforo
tho stato board of equalization by Sec
rotary O. E. Bcrnecker, at the board's
first meeting to consider assessment
and equalization matters for the cur
rent year. Tho railroads were mate
rially raised In 1904. when the stato
board of equalization boosted tholr av-'
crago valuation from 14,608 per mllo
to $7,976 (one-fifth basis). This re
sulted In an increase of their total
valuation from $27,077,353 to $46,082,
852. In 1907 they enmo In for an
other boost of $5,000,000, the mlleago
JUDGE A. L. SUTTON
Of Omaha, Nominee of the Republican
Party for Governor of Nebraska.
rate being shoved up to $8,8S8.
Slnco then, the taxable valuations
of railroad property havo remained al
most stationary, und whatever in
crease lias been recorded was due to
tho building of new mileage. Last
year tho roads were assessed on an
average basis of $0,050 per mile, their
total assessment being $55,074. This
was exactly tho snmo ns In 1914.
Meanwhile, farm lands havo been
raised as follows:
In 1901, from $2.C0 to $4.22 per acre
(one-fifth basis) ; total valuation, from
$87,070,8S3 to $110,117,537.
In 190S, to $5.92 per acre; total valu
ation, $201,7GC.13O.
In 1912, to $6.30 per acre; total valu
ation. $219,269,045.
In 1915 the assessment per acre was
10 cents lower than In 1912, but by
reason of more acreage listed the ag
gregate assessment of from lands was
$6,000,000 greater, the total standing
nt $255,219,230.
Tho comparative exhibit ncpared
by Secrotary Bcrnecker thus shows
that, whereas, in 1904 farm lands wero
valued for taxation nt three and one
third times ns much ns railroad prop
erty, In 1915 they wero assessed four
and one-half times as much.
Will Fight Increased Passenger Rates
Collection of information from tho
records of the Missouri Pnciflc rail
road will bo mado by tho state rail
way commission without the necessity
of having to resort to a display of
legal force.
That is tho statement of Chairman
Henry Clark, of tho commission, fol
lowing tho announcement by experts
of tho commission that it had been
refused such information by division
officers of tho road.
Tho officers who called at tho Falls
City headquarters of tho' road wanted
to dig into tho books for the purpose
of learning what they could about tho
road's Nebraska leceipts and expen
ditures. Tho commission is going to
fight tho Missouri Pac4flct8 attempt to
contlnuo its increased passenger fnre3
nd tho road's own figures nro neces
sary to tho conduct of tho legal fray.
It Is understood that tho higher
officials told their subordinates to ac
commndato the Nebraska commission
In ovury possible way.
Nebraska's primnry voto has In
creased this year beyond all expecta
tions nnd will bo almost 50 per cent
greater than It was in 1912, the last
presidential year preceding. Secretary
of Stato Pool now has figures on tho
total vote of tho ontlro state, which Is
192.027. Tho total voto cast in tho pri
maries of 1912 wns 133,613, while In
1914 it reached 146,958.
Announces Change In Dates
Adjutont General P. L. Hall of the
Nobraska national guard has an
nounced changes In tho dates of sum
mer encampments and school of in
struction. The field hospital which
was to have been Bent to Fort Riley
will go to Sparta, Wis., August 25 to
September 3. Tho officers and non
commissioned officers and sanitary
troops will attend a school of Instruc
tion at Sparta from June 19 to 29. Tho
itato military board will meet at Lin
coln Wednesday to discuss plans for a
camp of Instruction for the infantry to
be held at Fort Robinson, Nob., and
plans for a rifle range at Ashland, Tho
range nnd camp grounds will soon be
purchasod by tho government. The
medical board will meet Saturday to
exnmlno officers of tho modlcal corps
who havo not received commissions
ind civilians who doslre to Join tho
corps.
Tho month of April witnessed s
largo increnso in automobile llcenson,
'.hero bolng 7,025 automobile and 453
motorcycle licenses Issued in that
month.
STATE m WINNER
WITH NO SESSION OF LEGISLA
TURE EXPENSE8 ARE MA
TERIALLY REDUCED.
THE RURAL JIGH SCHOOLS
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around
the State House.
Western Newspaper Unlen News Service.
it wob worth $130,000 to tho state
of Nebraska not to havo a legislature
in session during tho past wintor and
early spring. Tho Btato Bavcd that
sum of money by getting ulong this,
year without a gathering of tho law
makers. Its expeditureB for the first
four months of 1916 aggregated $1,
69S.G58, ns compared with $1,830,238
a year ago, when tho legislature was
sitting.
Tho outgo during April this yen:
was smaller than in any preceding,
month of thu nnnum, amounting to
$278,977. The state nudltor'B ofllco
drew warrants for a total equal to
that sum. In March tho warrants
ran to $389,207; in February, whun
KEITH NEVILLE
Of North Platte, Democratic Nominee:
for Governor of Nebraska.
tho Btnte school funds wore appor
tioned, they ran up to $741,982, and la
January the aggreguto was $288,493.
The state treasury usually hus Just,
about tlmo to recover from ono ses
sion of tho legislature when tho next
ono comes ulong nnd begins piling up
tho expenses again. Besides tho $130,r
000 of extra cost for tho first four
months In 1915, which wont for leg
islative salaries and oxponsos, the ap
propriations which wero mado over
and above tho cost of maintaining
state institutions and departments
amounted to several- hundred thou
sand dollars, most of which had to
be paid out In 1915.
State Auditor Smith, who makes up
a financial statement at tho end of
every month, ts watching tho balance
on hand In each appropriation, with
a vlow to seeing that no deficiencies
aro Incurred for tho noxt legislature
to mako good. He believes that each
department should Btay within Hb ap
propriation, nnd unless somo extraor
dinary emergency should arise, he will
not O. K. any claimB of that klmf
which may bo filed.
Rural High Schools.
A great impetus is bolng given to
rural high schools by tho present pub
lic school administration. During tho
past year 191 such schools havo
been orgnnized. Mnny moro nro ex
pected during tho coming year. Super
intendent Thomus is coiicorned nbout
tho welfare of tho public schools of
Nebraska and rralbos that something
must be dono to lighten tho ixirdon of
taxation for school purposes in mnny
of tho districts. Tho rural high school
promises to nsslst in materially low
ering taxation which will bo appreci
ated by those who are paying moro
than one-half of tho total amount
taxed for schools. For tho yoar 1915
moro than 38 per cent of tho state tax
was levied for university and normal
school purposes.
The state railway commission Is
taking testimony on tho complaint of
citizens living on tho Imperial branch
of the Burlington road. A threo
months' trial period of a passenger
train throo times a wook and a freight
train the other threo dayB In the week
has expired and tho commission has
reopened the case.
N. C. Abbott, of Nebraska City, has
been chosen to deliver tho annual
alumni oration as a part of tho alum
ni day festivities during commence
ment week at tho state university.
A. A. Reed, head of tho university
extension department, makes tho
statement that fewer persons nro avail
able at the present time for teaching
positions, both insldo and outside tho
stntc, than over bororo In his experi
ence as extension director.
A bill to tnko tho regulation of tele
phone companies out of tho hands of
the state railway commission and to
put this power into tho hands of each
locality In tho stato Is bolnt; prepared
to be introduced at tho next session of
the legislature.
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