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I BED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF f fJ U, V 5- i l w h ' isi t & I ! V I I r K ? ft SEEENDIN60FWAR EXPERTS THINK IT POSSIBLE DURING PRE8ENT YEAR ASKS RIGHTS FOR SOLDIERS Enforcement of Voting by Mall Bill Urged by Major Mnher "Antls" Will Defend Fight on Referendum Washington. The United States And the allien will make ovory effort t force a decision In tho world war 'flurlng 1918. Fow military and naval f experts bollovo that the central pow ers will permit tho war to run through anothor winter. "Ab I havo stated heretofore," said n military expert of high rank, "in my Judgment thcro is not tho slightest chanco that tho Germans can mnko any headway that will do thom a par tlclo of good on tho wostcrn front. I seriously doubt that tho kaiser or von Illndonburg believes tho statements rocontly credited to them concerning their faith of victory for tho central powers. They simply camouflaged their pcoplo and their armies, Just as they havo many times In tho past. Will Defend Fight on Referendum Lincoln, Nobr. L. B. Crofoot of Omaha, whoso wlfo is chairman of tho executlvo committeo of tho So ciety Opposed to Woman Suffrage, do clarcs that tho "antls" will defend the attack on tho referendum poUtlon mndo by tho suffrage workers. Mr. Crofoot Bpont sovcrnl hourB at decro tary of Stato Pool's office going over tho petitions. "I am only making a preliminary survey of tho situation," Mr. Crofoot said. "Wo are going to fight tho caso, but our plans for doing so havo not been formulated." Prosecution of tho injunction suit brought against Socrotary Pool tcN provont him from submitting tho par tial suffrage law passed by tho 1917 legislature to a referendum at tho general election next fall will be pushed with all possiblo spocd in tho district court hero. Tho suit charges that wholesale frauds occurred in Om aha and Lincoln. ' ASKS RIGHTS FOR SOLDIERS Maher Urgea Enforcement of the Vot ing by Mail Bill Lincoln Tho right of 20,000 of tho 24,000 Nobraskaris who will bo In mill tary servico to vote cannot bo ques tioned from a legal standpoint, and provision for rocclving their ballots by mail should be mado Immediately, Major John O. Maher, of Lincoln, now in tho quartermaster department of the regular army at Omaha, writes in a letter to Governor Keith Neville. After tho passage of a voting law, provisions of which Major Mahor out lines, it will be time enough to tost the constitutionality of tho vote of tho other 4,000 In "tho regular army," whoBO right is questioned under tho Nebraska constitution. At tho Mirao session of the legisla ture a state moratorium law should bo passed, relieving both a soldier and his dopondonts from financial obliga tion during tho period of tho war, Major Maher says, and tho powers of tho stato council of defense should bo enlarged to hotter curb disloyalty and promote a better co-operation in war work. Over 1,000 Four-Minute Men In State Lincoln, Neb. Tho Nebraska branch of tho division of four-minuto men is the third largest in tho country, ac cording to William McCormlck Blair, director of thU division, who says: "In no stato is hotter exemplified, than in Nobraska tho spirit which has on nblod this arm of tho government to do Us work." Thoro are at tho prosont time 075 four-minuto men engaged in work in Nobraska. Bolshevlkl Riot In Chicago Chicago. Two riots which threat ened to nB&umo Borious proportions ro suited when Chicago bolshevlkl, by tho powor of fist and lung, took charge of a mooting In honor of Prof, Gcorgo Lorn onoBSoff, prosidont of tho Russian mis sion on ways of communication, at tho Douglas park auditorium. A rlbt call was sent' In and a crowd of 4,000, which attempted to break into tho nl ready ovorcrowded hall, was driven away by tho uso of clubs. Vernon Castle Killed by Fall Fort Worth, Tox. Captain Vornon Castlo of tho English royal flying corps was killed whllo flying fifteen miles west of Fort Worth. Castle had mado over 150 flights ovor tho German lines and was a horo of many exploits In the war zono. Washington. Movomcnt of men to comploto tho first draft, beginning on February 23, will not bo completed within tho following flv$ days as or iginally planned but will extend ovor into March Speech Will Affect Austria Washington Congress and offi cialdom generally feel (hat Prosidont Wilson's1 latest war aims Bpotich will hasten tho elimination of Austria from tho war. Austria, tired of tho Btrug glq and growing discontentod at pull ing Gorman chestnuts from tho fire, soonor or later will hood tho presi dent's broad-gaugo proffor of a nbw chanco at peuco, authorities doclaro. Austria is tho main hopo upon which the WHebn peace drive vlias been and is contercd. CARRANZA'S ME8SAGE RECORDED Senator Notes Mexico's Communica tion With Kaiser Washington. Tho recently pub lished birthday telegram said to havo bcon sent by President Cnrranzn to Kalsor Wilholm has been plnced in tho congressional record by Sonator Sherman, who declared ho was "moved to wish to do moro than practice watchful waiting in view of tho felici tations exchanged between those two distinguished worthies." Tho kaiser. Senator Sherman ob served, in making acknowledgment "reform! feelingly to tho intimato ro latlonshlp botween Senor Cnrrnnza and his own holmoted self. Just now Intimato this relationship may bo, arouses more than idlo xurloslty, if wo remember that tho nllles bought sixty million barrels of oil from Mexico last year. How his prosperity may bo pro moted by our winning tho war Is a portincnt Inquiry, especially when tho kaiser fervently asks that the Inti mato relationship botween thom shall bo so deepened and strengthened Hint It may result In a vlctorlus peace. Such a peace is full of sinister menace for this country." Result of Wage Increase Washington. Tho first official Indi cation of wtiat proposed railroad wage Incrcasos would cost was given at a hearing beforo tho railroad wage com mission, when J. A. Franklin present ed the claims of tho railway employes' department of the American Federa tion of Labor. "Figuring an averago of 3.1 1-3 per cont Increase, on tho flat Increases asked, tho additional cost would he $82,000,000 annually," Secretary Lane, chairman of tho commission, comput ed. Mr. Franklin said tho estimato Boomed correct based upon Increases for 250,000 organlzod men. Ho also had suggested that any Increases should apply to unorganized workern of the samo trades, numbering about 200,000, who wero not figured in the rough calculation. Tho wago bas'is asked was $C aday for skilled men such ns carmen, machinists and black smiths, 4.G0 a day for helpers, and timo and a half for ovortimo, Sunday and holiday work, Urges Use of Pinto Beans Washington, Acting on advlco from C. W. PugBloy, of tho Nobraska Btatd farm, Senator Hitchcock has takon up with officials hero tho mattor of ob taining a supply of pinto beans In stead of Japaneso beans for growing as food supply. It appears that tho government has commandeered from certain sources not mado known, about twenty million pounds of Japanese beans, and is overlooking a much larger supply of pinto boans, which Mr. Pugsloy claims havo a higher food Vuluo than the Japaneso beans and which can be obtained at a lower prlco. It is to havo tho government get tho pinto Into the hands of growers that Mr. Pugsloy, who haB been trying for somo time without results to got action by tho government finally has takon it up in a now way. Brltams Here Subject to Call London. Tho convention between tho British recruiting mission and tho "United Statos draft authorities under which it is cxpoctod 200,000., British Bubjects in this country will be subject to sorvico in tho British army, has boon agreed upon. Tho agreement only awaits ratification by tho senate and tho signatures of Prcsldont Wilson and King George to bocomo effective. All subjects between tho ages of twenty and forty-ono are Hablo to call. News Astonishes Washington Washington. Administration of ficials aro considerably upsot by tho news that tho bolshoviki covommnnt of Russia has withdrawn formally from tho war and ordered tho demobiliza tion of tho Russian army, although re fusing to sign a pcaco treaty with Ger many. Tho stato department was sllont on tho mattor, refusing to credit tho dispatch from Amsterdam until of ficially confirmed. Tuscania Victims Hicrease A Scotch Seaport. Tho American dead as a result of tho slnklne of tha steamer Tuscania apparently Is nt least l&y. Tims far 145 bodies hnvo boon burlod along tho Scotch coast, and fourteen moro await furthor disposi tion. Washington. To facilitate tho movement of grain for the allies and homo consumption, Dlroctor Gonoral McAdoo has ordered proforonco given to grain shipments throughout all tho principal agricultural states. Time Extended for Filing Returns Washington. Extension or tlmo for filing Incomo and oxcesa profits ro tunm from March 1 to April 1 is an nouueed by Internal Itovcnuo Commls. sionor Roper. This ruling nppllos also to reports on payments of moro than ?800 during tho yoar to bo mado by employers and buslnoss enterprises anil covers incomes both above and below $3,000, and corporation In comes. Delayed preparation of blank Tonus and regulations was tho princi pal, causo for tho postponement. To Help Move Potato Crop. Lincoln, Bollof that most of Ne braska's potato crop can bo moved is hold out by II. L. Russell, adviser to Food Administrator Hoovor, in a tolo gram to Prpf. C. V. Pugsloy of tho agricultural extonslon sorvico. Mr. Russell states that tho bringing of potatoes down, to a reasonable lovol Is forcing a frco contingent on tho consumption of tho product, uocuring of cars. Secretary McAdoo has prom ised to furnish transportation as soon as weather conditions permit. SECOND DRAFT MEN WILL BE CALLED TO COLORS IN MAY OR JUNE CLAIM MANY IRREGULARITIES Nebraska Suffragists Plan Knockout for Antl-Rcferdndum German Hopes for Peace are Weakening Washington. Now insight Into tho plans of tho war department for con ducting Its part of tho war is afforded In a statomnt mado by Secretary of War Baker beforo tho houso commit tee on military affairs. The ovldenco brought out rovcalcd thoso facts: Tho next draft will not bo 'called until May and probably not until Juno next, when G00.000 additional mon will bo certified for service in tho national urmy. Tho calls for thoso men will bo gov erned by tho capacity of the canton nionts. Tho provost marshal general in charge of raising tho national army desires to disregard the existing plan for tho apportioning of men called from tho various statos and asks for powor to call any number from any stato. General Crowder desires, also to havo included in the next draft, men who have become twenty-ono years of ago uinco tho gonoral registration last Juno. German Hope for Peace Weakens. London. Germany's declining faith in victory is described by "a well-to-do neutral medical man who lately left Germany after living in Augsburg dur ing tho war porlod." Writing from Berne to tho Daily Mall, ho declared that though still believing that Ger many could not be beaten, tho German poople had long sinco become war weary arid had given up hopos of the so-called German pcaco. "The masses," ho continued, "aro in an hysterical stuto, ono minuto pray ing for peace at any prico and tho noxt under tho Influence of some piece of news, somo well-organized patriotic concert or kinematograph exhibition got up by tho fatherland (annexation ist) party, at which they will bo shout ing wild applause and singing 'Dcutsch land, Doutschland uber Alles.' " CLAIM MANY IRREGULARITIES Suffragists Plan a Knockout of Anti Referendum Lincoln, Neb. In a petition filed in district court here, charges of fraud and forgory are made against a refer endum petition Died with tho secre tary of stato last July, suspnding un til tho fall elections the law passed by tho last legislature, giving to womon of the stato limited suffrage rights. The petition Just filed is signed by a numbor of tho members of various women's activities of tho stato, and several Omaha and, Lincoln lawyers will represent them In tho case. Tho chargo Is mado that moro than half of tho 33,986 names on tho referendum petition aro olthor for eigners, or havo boon socured by misrepresentations, or are invalid signatures on account of legal defi ciencies. Tho suffragists hopo to securo a final decision in tho case in ordor, it they break down tho referendum, that thoy may tako part in tho spring town and city elections. Washington. With 104 American soldiers of tho Tuscania known to bo dead and burled on the Scottish coast, nn unofficial estimate places tho total loss of Amorlcan troops nt 2C7. Aftor eliminating from tho passengor list tho names of tho survivors and tho Identi fied dead and accounting for thirty three unidentified, 136 soldiers still aro not accounted for, and it is be llovcd thoy aro lost. Lincoln Patriotism rolgr.Ed supreme at tho Lincoln high school Tuosday forenoon when tho 1,600 studontB met in tho auditorium to colehrat-c Lin coln's birthday, and unfurl a sorvico flag, containing 323 stars, each ono representing a studont who was nt present or In tho past a member of tho Lincoln high, but who are now sonic whore hi Araorlca or somewhere In France, In defenso of the flag. Doming, N. M. Tho Thirty-fourth division at Camp Cody will bo almost 100 per cont tnsurod. The campaign for Insurance among the men has closed and It is predicted that less than 100 men In tho camp aro without insurance. Men of tho division now havo signed for $28,600,000 In govern ment policies, Lincoln County federal food ad ministrators and gonoral commlttcos of the federal food administration havo boon called to meet hero Febru ary 25 and 26. Washington Unnaturalized Gcr-r mans who hnvo not yot registered with tho police or postmnstors will bo subject to Internment for tho war, the department of Justlco explains In a final warning to thoso subject to reg istration. The tlmo was extended to allow tho enrollment of farmors In tho wost who could not got to town during tho bad wenthor of last weok. RoporiB indicate that many Ger mans romnihed unregistered in east ern citios, where the dopartmeut had been particularly anxious to obtain a full consus, SHORT STATE NOTES News of Nebraska Told In Condensed Form Kearney voters will pass on a $30,000 bond Issuo nt n special elec tion on April 2, the money to bo used to improve city schools. Reports from Washington nre to tho effect that work will bo vigorously pushed on Ashland's new postofllcu tills spring. A hundred German textbooks wero stolen from the Howard High school. Tho school board hnd previously voted to discontinue tho cour.se. A movement Is under way nt Kear ney to utilize every vacant lot in the city (or garden purposes this summer. It Is planned to have school children do most of the work. Attorney General Reed ndvocnted conscription of I. W. W.'b Into em ployment under military restrictions in a speech before the State Associa tion of Thnisheruipn nt Lincoln. Tho Classical association of the middle west will hold Its fourteenth nntuinl meeting In Oinnhn April 4, 5 and 0. Thirty states will be repre sented nnd about H00 delegates ure expected to ntteml. One of the fow Nehrnskn men known to have been on the Tuscania when torpedoed off the northern Irish coast was Patrick McGnwtin, J-"-. ot York, son of Mr. anil Mrs. Patrick Mc Gownn o York. Marshall Davison, Gage county far mer, hns obtained n test ot 100 per cent from his seed corn. He planted CO kernels and every one of them ger minated, tho stalks now being nbout five Inches In height. According to present plans there are seven labor candidates, seven social ist candidates and scores of Individual candidates who will nsplro for city commissioner nt Omaha ut the pri maries April 0. ' County Agent Rlst who hns beep making n thorough cnnvnss of the teed corn situation und winter wlicnt condition in Gage county, reports that In 150 tests of seed corn conducted, tho test showed an average of 01 per cent germinating. The laying of tho cornerstone of the oclal science building nt the Univer sity of Nebraska at Lincoln, recently, was hailed by university men ns tho ymbol of a now eru of education and churnctcrlzed ns particularly flttlng lu tho present crisis of world history. Tho council of defense of Cumin? county hns decided to adopt the enrd Index system of enrollment for encb person In the county. This will covet all property possessed, donntlons made for war purposes and much other val unblo Information. Stanton was stirred again the other 'night by tho report that tho Germanta hall had been opened after being closod by the "yellow paint" artists. Someone reported that tho ln scription on tho hall, "Closed for ever," was being disregarded. The matter resulted ln several citizen? being summoned beforo the county council of dofense. Dlroctor Pugsley of the agricultural extension service of the University of Nebraska has received nssuranco from tho United Stntes Department of Ag riculture that tho government will end a potnto starch expert to thhi tnto In tho near future. Mr. Pugs ley proposes that the vast qunntltie of potatoes In western Nebrnska bo turned Into starch. Ho estimates that there nre 2,500 cars of potatoes In tho hands of growers in Nebrnska. .list year these growers greatly In creased production. Unless some means Is found to turn to good ac count the supply, production next year will naturally be decreased. Plenty of good food, shoes for every man, warm nnd comfortnblo bnrrncks, with good sleeping qunrters, oppor tunities for wholesome recrentlon In camp nnd considerate treatment from their officers these aro conditions prevailing nt Cnmp Funston under which Nebrnskn's men nnd thoso of other neighboring stntes aro being trnlned to fight for Uncle Sam, ns re ported by Governor Neville upon his return to Lincoln from n three-day visit to tho camp. Governor Novlllo nnd his 'party went to Camp Funston to dedicato tho now Nebraska build ing there. Captnln Walter Anderson, provost marshal of Nebraskn, is preparing county quotas for tho 300 Nebraska men to bo called to Cnmp Funston, February 23, ns tho Inst 15 per cent increment of the first drnft. These men will bo selected by locnl boards under tho new classification, ho says. K. n. Walker of Scottsbluff is re corded ns Nebrnskn's first volunteer shipyard worker. Nebrnskn's quota In the drlvo for shipyard volunteers is 2,500 men. Tho campaign will bo di rected by the stnto council of defense. Stnte. Food Admlnlstrntor Wnttlei hns designated Thursday of each week ns "Potnto Day" In Nebraska, and called upon merchants to sell potntocs on those dnys nt reduced prices. -On these dnys mcrchnnts will bo authorized to sell potatoes ns n substitute with wheat flour on tho basis of four pounds of potatoes to ono pound of flour. Nebraska is Included in the list of statos whero plrority Is given to cars needed to move corn and other ce reals to market by orders of Director General of Railroads McAdoo. , TbIb week la Boy Scout week In Nebraska according to a proclamation tamed by Governor Novlllo. A carload of Red Cross supplies, mado by organizations la Nebraska, was loaded nnd shipped to nn Atlantic port from Omaha a few days ago. Recruiting for the nrmy nnd navy has been exceedingly brisk ovor the stnte sinco tho torpedoing of the Tus canlu. An effort to test the constitutional ity of n Nehrnskn law denying sol' dlers of the regular army n right to vote, has begun In Omaha. Pawnee County Food Admlnlstrntor A. E. Henry Is considering the advis ability of Issuing In tho neur future Hour nnd sugar cards. Announcement has been mado that the Nebraskn quota for the first draft Is filled and no men will be scut from this stuto In response to the cnll for the last 15 per cont. Henry J. Buss, farmer near Ster ling, picked nn car of corn from his Held that contained 20 rows, with 1,4-18 kernels. He thinks he has beaten tho record. Judgo Good, In tho district court nt Aurora, filled that hog breeders who uso tho word "Immune" In their nil vertisenients must wurrnnt absolute Immunity from cholera. Randolph high school reports that In n recent thrift stnmp drive ever scholar from the first grado to the 12th subscribed, and the total amount will run close to $2,000. The torpedoing of tho transport Tuscania, loaded with United Stato troops, has proven n groat stimulant for nrmy recruiting In Omaha. Fol--lowing tho ilrst reports 70 men enlist ed In the nrmy. Stockmen living tributary to tho Omnlm market are being wnrncd to hold back their stock for a few days until the railroad situation elenrs nnd packers are ublo to get tliylr products to the eastern market. A petition for the paving of the Lincoln ( Highway from the east city limits of Fremont to the town of Ames, eight miles west, hns been Hied with the Dodge county boord of supervisors. Tho stato university mny be made a vocational training camp by the government, carrying out a plan to utilize tho universities of tho country for thut purpose, according to a mes sage received In Lincoln. German text books wero stolen from tho Fairmont high school the other night. The school bourd had been asked to discontinue German in the schools, but hnd been negligent In granting the request, It was claimed. A petition has been presented to tho city council of Wymore nsklng that a wclghmaster for that place be nppolnted. An ordinance providing for tho appointment of such officer Is being prepared. Tho Nebraska branch of the divis ion of four-minuto men Is tho thirl largest In tho country, nccordlng to William McCormlck Blair, director of this division. There aro 1,075 four minute men in Nebraska. Captnln Anderson of the governor's office hns notified local exemption boards in Nebraska of nn order which ho received from Washington, stating that the government hereafter will not allow or pay claims for automo bile hlro In transporting drafted men to tho railroad stations at their home towns. O. M. Gruonther of Platte Ccntor. executive sccrotary of war savings for Plntto county, hns reported thnt coun ty chairmen of war savings from all over Nebraska have been inquiring of him as to how the Plntto county wnt savings drive, which more than pledg ed the quota of the "county In one day, was accomplished. Tho maximum retail gross margins, per ton, for coal 'nnd coke, delivered at tho ynrds, to consumers In Ne brnska outsldo of Douglns nnd Lan caster counties, wero established by Stato Fuel Administrator Kennedy ns follows: Domestic coal, not ynrtl screened, $1.25; domestic coal, yard screened, $1.40; stenm coal, 00c; coko, $1.25. This Is tho first tlmo mnrglns on tho snlo of coal havo been made uni form nil over tho state. Tho or der compels all retail coal deal ers to post up and maintain In their places of business, accessible to their customers, tho cost to them of each kind of coal nnd coko' handled, tho mnxlmum retail gross margin al lowed, and the retail prlco nt the ynrd;' also drnyngo nnd delivery chargo's. Horse meat Is to bo put on the market In Omaha, is tho announce ment of tho Equlno Meut nnd Pack ing company, recently Incorporated In Nebraskn with $50,000 capital. Tho company has been selling horse meat nt Grand Islnnd for somo time. Sewnrd county ranks first nmong counties of Nebraskn thnt hnvo re ported thrift stninps snlcs to tho Omnlm postofllce, up to n fow duys ngo. Thnycr county Is second. Sow nrd's quota wns $320,880; sales, $S9, SS5; percentage, 27.07. Senator Hitchcock's nttltudo on the war cabinet bill Is a disgrace to Ne brnska In tho opinion of llvo Omnlm Inbor orgnnlzntlon8, which sent tele grams to Hitchcock condemning him for his stand townrd tho administra tion nnd suggesting that ho dovoto his energies to "fighting tho kaiser In stead of President Wilson." The Kearney city council passed an ordinance which prohibits tho giving of any Sunday entertainment to which nn ndmlRslon Is charged nnd will put a atop to Sundny shows, Sunday base ball and cbatauqua programs. TO ALL WOMEN WHO ARE ILL ThU Woman Recommend ' Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound Her Personal Experience. McLean, Neb." I want to recom mend Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable- i-ompouna 10 bib women wno. sutler from any functional disturbance, aa it has dono mo mor good than all the doctor's medicine. Sinco taking it I havo a fine health baby cirl and have gained in health and) strength. Mv hns. band and I both praise your mod- tr.tr-n 4a nit a.ffAtnj women." 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