THE BEE: OMAHA, v MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1917.
ORDER TO MOBILIZE
THE NAVAL RESERVE
Men of This istrDiot Ordered
to Assemble to Go on Active
Service in East.
TO i STAKT THIS WEEK
Orders were received Sunday after
noon by Lieutenant Waddell to
mobilize the naval fleet reserve in
this district, and as soon as possible
send the men to Philadelphia for ac
tive sea service.
About thirty men are affected by
the call They began to gather yes
terday afternoon. By this evening,
or Tuesday morning at the latest,
Lieutenant Waddell expects to have
them all assembled here, to go east.
A few of the naval reserves in this
district live in other towns and two
happened to be temporarily away at
some distance, but were reached by
telegraph.
When President Wilson signed the
war proclamation, the naval reserves
were supposed to be called out at
once, according to dispatches from
Washington. . However, the order
failed to reach Omaha by Saturday
night, so Lieutenant Waddell wired
an inquiry. The mobilization order
then came through, and it is supposed
that it was purposely held up before
that, in order that other reserves,
nearer the seaboard, could first be
called. i .
Order Comes by Telegraph.
Only ten-word telegram was nec
essary to cause the lieutenant here to
start the mobilization, all details hav
ing previously been arranged through
instructions from headquarters.
Under the present reserve mobilisa
tion order, the second and fourth
classes of the naval reserve are not
to be mobilized until later. The sec
ond class includes men who have had
sea-going experience, but never be
longed to the United States navy.
The fourth class includes the coast
defense reserves, comprising yeomen,
or clerks, and the yeomanettes.
Enlisted men of the navy, who are
now at home on extended furloughs,
are included in the present reserve
mobilization order.
Gratifying Reports
Of German-American
Conduct in Country
Washington, April 8. Gratifying
reports have been made to the De
partment of Justice on the behavior of
Germans and German-Americans, fol
lnwinir the declaration of a state of
war between the nations. While about
100 special arrests have been ordered
and others are expected, Attorney
General Gregory said tonight that so
far the situation is very encouraging.
The attorney general and Assistant
Attorney General Warren, In charge
of plot investigation, discussed with
President Wilson late this afternoon
the activities of Germans in the
I !nit4 Ctoja and in .fMtral mnA
South America. , ... ..... ,,
As a result of its request that gov
ernment employes in all parts of the
country watch carefully for the activi
ties of German agents, many report
are being investigated.
Although some reports have Indi
cated that German spies are employes
in the government service so far there
have been no arrests. Department of
Justice officials would not say tonight
whether any was expected.
Many protests have been made
against the provision of President
Wilson's war proclamation forbid
ding "enemy aliens" from living or
trespassing within ona half mile of
government arsenals, navy yards or
other government property, having to
do with national defense.' .
Permits may be issued for some ex
ceptions to the general rule.
To strengthen the position of the
government in hunting down and
prosecuting spies the espionage bills,
which failed of passage at the last
congress, will be pushed to early en
actment. Armed and Masked
Bandits Rob Woman
And Later a Store
Miss Paula Lew, 203 South Twenty-fifth
street, was waiting for a street
: car at Seventeenth and Clark streets
- last evening when she was approached
by two masked men and told to throw
up her hands. . After threatening her
with instant death if she screamed,
they took her pocketbook containing
a small sum -of money, and a bank
book. .
Shortly after police received a call
from Mat Zuckschwert, 2823 Chicago
street, that two masked bandits,
armed with revolvers held his store
, up. They backed him aiainst the
:. wall, he said, and then took $7 out of
the register,
James Lovely, 3001 Chicago street,
,, a customer in the storj at the time
. was also backed against the wall and
relieved of $1.50.
The description of the two men who
. held up Miss Lew tallies with the rob
bers of the Zuckschwert store.
, wu riin I'adii Ciim sum rui.
Pari. April S. Th. placlnt f the La
fayette flying eorpa under the American
fins to aypjiboltse th. entry of the United
States Into' the war. hea been dlecueeed for
erveral daya. The flsaro now aaya th
Mare and Strlpea are flylnr over the head,
quartere of the equadrttl which la eoni
. poaed lara-ely of American aviators., -
Obituary Notes
' MBS. J. B. MOORB, on of the
arly settlers near Lyons, was burled
In the Lyons cemetery. Her husband
having preceded her several years
ago. She leaves several children,
among whom are Thomas Moore of
Lake, Neb., and Mrs. .James Kelley
ut Wood Lake, Neb. The Moore
ochrl . here was named after the
Moure.
MK8 MART TIDWELL, axed 0. a
pioneer settler of Pottawattamie
county, and resident of Harrison for
the last seven fears, died Friday. Mrs.
Tidwell Is survived by her daughter,
Mrs. J. J. Chew, and by five grand
children. The funeral was held at the
horns five miles east of Logan, Sun
day afternoon at t o'clock.
LEVI' CROUCH, aged 7S. former
resident of Modale. la., died at the
Holdit-ra' home at Marahalltown Thurs
day. The body la expected to he re
turned to MlMeouii alley for Inter
nment. Two daughters surviving, live
is Omaha. .
PUBLIC ROUSED
BY SPEAKERS WHO
SOUND WAR CALL
(ConUnoetJ Prow Part On.)
that is the kind that spells Washing
ton and Lincoln and Bunker Hill and
Lexington and the civil war. The
other kind of pacifism which exists
occasionally among honest-minded
people is partially weak-mindedness,
mainly cowardice. It is based upon
the belief that there is nothing better
than human life, and in that it de
grades and lowers human life.
"It was because Prussianism be
lieved that America had no ideals and
lived by gold alone and set life, mere
life, human functional, enjoyment,
above everything else, that they said,
'We mean to blow to death and to
destruction all ships, whether of
friendly neutrals or not on the high
seas to accomplish our purpose in de
stroying France and Great Britain, but
you might be inconvenient to us, per
haps, so if you went on a certain day
tricked out as a clown in a ship paint
ed like a barber's pole, you may go
once a week to England.' "
Autocracy Speaks.
"Ah, my friends, there spoke the
militaristic Prussian autocracy, that
knows no policy but that of 'blood,
item and force,', that cannot appreci
ate the soul of an. honest, peaceful
folk striving for a better world and
for better things. Because, through
two and a half long years, America
had borne wfth almost everything in
the hope that peace would come from
this awful struggle, they assumed that
America was as devoid of soul as a
barber's pole.
"I have had the pleasure and the
privilege of seeing two great people
upon the verge of war. It has been
said that every man has two coun
tries, France and his own, and the
great English philosopher, Mr. Lecky,
spoke of France as the one country
which had, through purely disinter
ested and unselfish motives, unsheath
ed the sword and unstintingly given
of its blood and of its treasure to aid
a small and obscure people struggling
3,000 miles away, because the princi
ples and ideals of that people so ap
pealed to the people of France that
they were willing to put their own
nation into bankruptcy and to go to
the extent of an awful war to aid
Washington and the English-speaking
colonists in striking off the fetters
of liberty imposed upon them by a
Hanoverian king, supported by Hes
sians and Indians.
Maintaining Dignity.
"The president told us the other
day, in that splendid paper which will
go down as a state paper with Wash
ington's farewell address and Mon
roe's great pronunciamento, that we
had reached a point where we could
no longer submit and remain a great,
free nation. A nation, like an in
dividual, has got to live with itself.
An individual cannot live and be free
and self-respecting unless he main
tains his dignity and his personal
honor. The United States of Amer
ica could no longer have gone 'on re
taining its own respect and the re
spect of the world while submitting
indefinitely to Insult and injury, to
the destruction of its citizens and to
their assassination upon the: high
seas. )
"It was idle to talk international
law after the violation of Bela-ium.
Our Department of State, with a pa
tience that I have admired, time and
time again, though I have sometimes
deplored it, kept up for long months
controversy with the (jerman for
eign office, a foreign office which
knew no law save necessity kept up
a controversy with that foreign office
at a time when thousands of women
were being systematically by im
perial German decree deported into
tue toulest and most hideous bondage
known since the beginning of time.
Talk about international law, with
such a foreign office, with such a gov
ernment committing such hideous
crimes . against God and humanity 1
What a sad waste of timel
; Philosophy of Force,
As a great philosopher said. 'If
you want to know how philosophic
principles work, watch them in the
street.' if you want to know how
the philosophy of force works, watch
it in Belgium, and in North France;
I have seen villages systematically
razed and destroyed; I have heard
from the children of or 8 the story
of how they shot "grandpapa" over
mere, or over nere; ana tne children
were witnesses, so that they, too,
might know what the philosophy of
blood and iron meant, so that they
might know what Pan-Germanism
was, so that they might fear the Teu
tonic name and respect the necessity
which could dispense with the law of
God and man. Ah, those children
will remember. They have learned
the lesson. But more than that, the
world has learned, America has
learned and America is ready to
perform her task in the smnt of the
lathers of the nation sternly, calmly,
unflinchingly, aligned with the dem
ocracies of Belgium, of France, of
Great Britain, of the, new Russia in
the great struggle for human ria-hts.
international law and American
honor.
Stimson Sounds Alarm.
Mr. Stimson, in his address, sounded
the gravest note of alarm. This must
be a war to the death, he declared.
"We have nothing against the Ger
man people, but against that irresDon
sible autocracy over them we mean
business, he declared. '
'He spoke of documents in the War
department files at Washington
"which show that Germany, if . the
British fleet were removed and if it
had freedom of the seas, could land
387,000 men on our eastern shores
within sixteen days, using Only half
its merchant fleet. And in three
weeks more .it could more than dou
ble that number. . . '
, "And while this is a large country
its heart is very small and very vul-
neraoie. . ,
He traced a line which inctudea 25.
000,000 peoplr, the national capital and
eleven state capitals, munitions plants,
railroad icrmim.
"And this line," he said, "ia shorter
than the line the Germans are now
holding in France.' East of the Mis
sissippi today there is just one regi-
ment to delend our country.
The first thing for us'to do,ihe de
ctared, is to loan a great amount of
money to gallant France who loaned
us money during- the revolutionary
war without interest. ,
But the big thing he declared to be
to, supply men. He declared tor uni.
versal military training.
SOMEBODY, NOT U. S
IS TO GETA LICKIrfG
So Declares Judge Zstelle at
Elmwood Park Flag Bail
ing Exercises.
CHILDREN PLAT TEZIS PAST
John Wisler, president of West
Leavenworth Improvement club, and
City Commissioner Hummel of Sun
day morning released to the breezes
a large flag which floats from the top
of an eighly.foot pole in the south
western part of blmwood park. I he
flag is ten by sixteen feet and was
bought by the improvement club.
- Exercises which were to have been
held at the park were transferred to
the club's meeting place at Forty
eighth and Leavenworth streets, on
account of damp ground. Mr. Wisler
presided, fifty children of Grace
Lutheran Mmday school sang, umaha
Fife and Drum corns offered several
selections and talks were given by
Judge Estelle, Rev. Clarence F. Swi
hart, Emery W. Johnson and R. J.
Sutton.
Somebody to Be Licked.
I would rather live for my coun
try, but a man does have one red
corpuscle in his veins if he would not
die for his country. This is a solemn
hour for our nation. Somebody is
going to get a good licking and it wilt
not be the grand old U. S. A.," said
Judge Estelle. He told of Betsy Ross
and the flag and related that the first
flag he ever saw was made by his
mother in Ohio many years ago.
Mr. Johnson, veteran of the civil
war. auoted statitistics to show that
in the war of 1861-5 there were only
46,000 soldiers more than 25 years of
age, more than 2,000,000 who were 21
years or less and many thousands
who were not m years ot age. tie
told the story of having been shot in
the leg during an engagement,
"It is characteristic of the Ameri
can soldier to obey his commander
and, if necessary, to die for his coun
try. Uur flag stands lor tne Dest at
tributes of manhood and we know
that those who follow the flag will
be worthy of it." said Rev. Mr. Swi-
hart, pastor of Grace Lutheran church.
Compensation Bill
Will Be Considered
First Part of Week
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, April 8. (Special) House
Roll 525. the workmen's compensation
bill carrying changes from the old
law, will probably reach consideration
by the senate the first of the week.
The changes makes the waiting
period during which no monotary
compensation is paid seven days in
stead of fourteen as under the old
law. ,
Retarding medical aid twenty-one
days was allowed following injury
limited to $200 under the present law
while the bill makes the same pro
vision, but extends unlimited time in
cases of . dismemberment or major
surgical operation.
The death benefits which are now
maximum amount of $3,500 are
raised at $4,200.
Weekly disability benefits are
changed from 50 per cent of wages
to 60 per cent with a maximum of $12
instead of $10 and the minimum of
$6 instead of $5 as the law now
provides.
The specific benefits of 50 per cent
of wages for loss of arms, hands,
legs or eyes are increased to 60 per
cent with some additions for minor
losses.
While there is practically no pro
vision for the administration of the
law now. simply requiring an em
ployer to file reports with labor com
missioner, th latter is now given
authority to enforce the law and is
made compensation commissioner.
.The bill makes other changes and
gives a more comprehensive method
of enforcement.
Stenographers Will Be Given
Commissions as Sergeants
(From a Sjtaff Correspondent)
Lincoln. April 8. (Special.) War
news which has escaped the censor
and which comes from the headquar
ters of the National Ouard is as fol
lows: Five men needed at once, must be
physically sound. Stenographers will
be commissioned as sergeants, quar
termaster corps, administrative staff.
Apply adjutant general's department.
I he regulations provide It ahall
not be lawful for any body of men
whatever, other than regularly or
ganized National Guard of the state
and the troops of the United States,
to associate themselves together as
a military company or organization,
or to driil, or parade with arms with
m the limits of the state, with out
the license of the governor, which
license may at anytime be revoked.
"Instructions received to the effect
that all National Guard organizations
will be put in camp in near future for
rifle pratice preparations now com
plete for improvement of range pro
viding the legislature appropriates
itimcieni iunas tor promotion ot rifle
pratice and improvement of atate
range, pay, subsistance and trans
portation to be furnished by federal
government. .
Lyons Wins Debate From Ponca.
Lyons, Neb., April 8. Lyons High
school won a unanimous decision on
the negative of the State league ques
tion: Resolved. That the TInit.H
States Should Abandon the Vfnnrna
uoctnne," against Fonca. The Ponca
team consisted of George Iverson,
Oscar Peterson and Frank Heydon,
and the Lyons debaters were Law
rence Smith, Tressie Miller and John
Young. The judges were Dr. Edwin
Maxey of the University of Nebraska
snd Mr. Copple and Mr, Gaddie of
Fremont college. This is the second
victory for the Lyons team and en
titles it to debate in the finals for the
district championship. It has won
once on each aide of the question and
won unanimously eacn time, ...
Big Land Deal at Greeley.
Greeley, Neb., April 8. (Special.)
une ot tne biggest land deals in Gree
ley county for years was completed
here Saturday, when W. E. Reert" sold
a tract west of Greeley to P. J.
Rooney for $23 an acre. The tract
contains 689 acres and is unimproved.
FIVE ARE DROWNED
IN MISSOURI RIVER
With Bridge Out, They Try to
Cross in Small Boat at Bis
marck and Oapsise.
MAKDAN IS UNDUE WATER
Bismarck, N. D., April 8. Five men
were drowned and another is believed
to be dying as the result of the .cap
sizing of a boat in the flood waters of
the Missouri river here today. The
dead:
KD MABSET. Mandan, N. D.
HARRY BARWIND, Blamarck.
J, H. VALE, Minneapolis
A. A. VON HAOEN, Minneapolis.
NUD PRENTICE., Blamarck.
M. H. Lang of Mandan was rescued,
but is in a serious condition and doc
tors tonight despaired of his life.
Because the high waters of the Mis
souri river had suspended railroad
traffic, Lang and Massey were taking
the others in a small boat from Man
dan to Bismarck. The river was still
rising today. It is expected that the
twenty-four-foot stage will be reached
before there is a sign of subsidence.
A part of Mandan north of the rail
road tracks is under water.
Houston Appeals
Again to Country
. To Speed Up Crops
Washington, April 8. Secretary
Houston again tonight appealed to
the country to make every effort to
raise adequate food crops this year,
not only for the United States needs,
but to meet the requirements of the
entente.
The Importance to th nation of a
ffnerou food supply for the coming roar
cannot be over em p haa! zed In view of the
economte problem which may arise aa a
result of the entrance of the United 8taten
into the war, said the secretary. Every
effort should be made to produce more
orops than are needed for our own require
ments. Many millions Of people across tho
reas, as welt as our own people, must rely
In large part upon the products of our fields
and range. This situation will continue
to exist even though hostilities should end
unexpectedly soon, since European pro
duction cannot bo restored immediately to
its normal basts.
It Is obvious that th greatest and most
Important service that Is required of our
agriculture under existing conditions Is an
enlarged production of the staple food crops.
Became of the shortage of such orops prac
tically throughout the world there Is no risk
In the near future of excessive production,
such ts some times has resulted tn un
remunerativo prices to producers. This Is
particularly true of the cereals and of peas,
beans, oow peas, soybeans and buckwheat.
In view of the world scarcity of food, there
Is hardly a possibility that the production
of these orops by the farmers of the United
States can be too great this year, and there
Is abundant reason to expect generous price
returns for all available surplus.
The most effective step that may be taken
to Increase the production of these crops Is
to enlarge the acreage devoted to them In
the regions where they are grown habitually.
This expansion of acreage should be to the
limit permitted by available good seed, labor
and equipment Tho placing of too great
emphasis on production In new region Is
Inadvisable since the Introduction Into a
farm operation of a crop not usually grown
frequently Involves practical difficulties not
eastly foreseen nor quickly surmountable.
Oxford Votes Against i
Issue of School Bonds
Oxford. Neb.. April 8. (Special.)
At a special election held here Thurs
day to vote on a proposition to bond
the school district for Junior-Senior
High school building for $25,000. the
proposition lost by a vote, 102 to 134.
The chief objection to the bond was
that they were not sufficient to build
building adequate for Oxfords
needs. The question will be resub
mitted at an early date, carrying suf
ficient bonds to insure a building large
enough to take care of the present
needs of the school and providing
room for a reasonable growth.
L. Js. Lhadderdon. superintendent
of the school, has purchased an inter
est in a garage here and has handed
in his resignation to take effect the
present school year.
J he last ot a series ot hve enter
tainments put on by the students of
the state university Friday evening.
People came from miles around to all
the entertainments. About $300 was
cleared which will be used to buy
chairs for the new auditorium.
Engineer at McCook .
Killed in an Accident
McCook. Neb., April 8. (Special
Telegram.) Engineer Perry Gass
away of this city was killed this morn
ing in the local yards as he was pre
paring to go out with a freight train.
While engaged in oiling his engine, a
string of freight cars were shunted
against the train to which his engine
was coupled, the engine crushed his
legs. He was removed to the Co
operative hospital of this city, where
he died in a few hours.
Palmyra Commandery
.." Holds Easter Services
Superior. Neb.. April 8. (Soecial
Telegram.) Palmyra Commandery,
No. LI, Jlmghta .templar, neld their
Easter . services in the Methodist
church this afternoon. Rev. U. G.
Brown of Omaha delivered the ser
mon. The Superior Choral union
furnished the music.
Automobile Show On Whole
Week at the Capital City
(From a Staff Correepondent.)
Lincoln, April 8. (Special.) This
is automobile week in Lincoln and
during the entire week the show will
be on. Great preparations are being
made to entertain the visitors, who
are expected to arrive here by the
thousands and Lincoln people have
been asked to ooen their homes to
take care of the overflow from the
hotels and rooming: houses.
It is expected to bring as many
people ot tne city as tair week.
"MOTHER DOESN'T HAVE
TO CALL US TWICE SINCE
WE STARTED TO HAVE
POST TOASTIES
FOR BREAKFAST
WILSON IN HURRY
FOR MILLION MEN
Prods Congress for Legislation
Permitting Raising of
first Arm.
OTHER PLANS ABE BUSHED
Washington, April 8. President
Wilson's war program began to take
concrete form and with the reassembl
ing of the senate and the house
Monday, sweeping measures will be
put forward for congressional ap
proval.
As the first step it is planned to give
the entente allies, out of the nation's
plenty, an enormous loan to replenish
their treasuries against the drain of
their military and naval efforts in the
common cause against Germany. The
president is ready to issue bonds up
to $5,000,000,008 to float such a loan
as soon as congress shall authorize it.
Wants Hen Hurried.
That the United States may be
ready if necessary to bear more di
rectly a share of the actual military
burden, the administration appealed
for expeditious consideration of the
War department bill to raise 1,000,000
men by selective conscription.
for the important task of conserv
ing food supplies, that the country
may support itself and give to the
entente the greatest possible advan
tage of its broad agriculture resources,
the defense council announced plans
for a national food commission under
the direction of Herbert C Hoover,
who' managed the great American
work of relief in Belgium. At the
same time the agriculture department
again appealed to American farmers
to do their share in the war by mak
ing every farm do its best for the
country. 1
lne president expects congress to
fall in line quickly behind the war
plans, worked out by the executive
branch of the government in months
of preparation. Should delays develop
in committee consideration ot the
revenue and army proposals, however,
there are many lesser measures which
could be pressed ahead for- passage.
llie house naval committee already
has under consideration and expects
to report during the coming week
three bills to strengthen the naval
establishment. One would provide for
graduating the third year clasa at the
naval academy in May of next year.
Another would give the president the
right to commandeer small boats tor
the coast patrol and the third would
allot an additional naval academy ap
pointment to each member of con
gress. Personnel increase measures, which
contemplate the addition of 63,000
blue jackets and u.ouu marines may
be taken up also during the week.
In addition congress will be asked
to pass espionage and censorship bills,
to strengthen the powers of the ship
ping board, to revise the federal re
serve act, and to adopt many otner
measures to fill up gaps in the na
tional defense plans. Most of these
measures already are in shape for the
consideration of congress, on which
will rest durinir the next few weeks
the responsibility for sounding out the
war program.
Volunteer Yeomanettes on ;
Duty at Recruiting Station
Two volunteer veotnanettes Sunday
helped the overworked navy recruit
ers witn stenograpnic work at ma
local station. They were Miss Mar
garet Ellis, 2542 Chicago, and Miss
Susan Albrecht, 490S California
street.
Knowing that the men attached to
the recruiting station had more work
than they were able to handle with a
curtailed staff during the recruiting
rush, the two young women volun
teered to help Chief Yeoman Ross
with some of his typewriting work.
All Sunday afternoon they typed long
reports, and then offered to help
some more this week, when not busy
at their regular employment.
What Is It That Makes
C M C Trucks Superior?
What accounts for their
greater pulling pow
er
t h e i r 1 o w operating
cost
their low upkeep
their greater durabil
; ity
the consistent, depend
able service they
give?
The GMC Line
There are GMC Trucks of the proper size and type to
meet the requirements of any business. Six sizes in all
to 5-ton capacity. If you are considering motor
trucks we urge you to investigate the GMC line.
"Put It Up to O. to SHOW YOU"
Nebraska Buick Auto Co.
Omaha
LEE HUFF, Mgr.
Mac Baldrige Sees
Self Wrestling With
Lewis in the Movies
F. H. Davis, prominent Omaha
banker, while playing golf Sunday
afternoon on the links of the Country
club, struck Mrs. H. H. Baldrige on
the face with a golf ball, which he
drove in an erratic manner. Mrs.
Baldrige, who is the wife of a lead
ing attorney, was rustled to Clarkson
hospital by John L. Webster and
other sympathetic friends. Mr. Bal
drige, who witnessed the accident,
laughed at his wife's plight as if it
might have been a good joke.
This did not happen in real life, but
in a reel of motion photography
which was presented at the Muse
theater. It was an impromptu en
tertainment gotten up by society
folks, being the same motion pic
tures presented here last year under
the name of "One Summer in
Omaha," and offered at that time by
Mrs. C. T. Kountze for the benefit of
the Child's Saving institute.
An added special feature in con
nection with this Omaha society film
story was a motion picturization of
"Mac" Baldrige in a wrestling ex
hibition with Ed "Strangler" Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. Baldrige were present
and enjoyed the pictures, as did a
number of other aociety people.
"Mac" Baldrige is home for a few
days from Yale. He laughed when
he viewed himself wrestling with
Lewis and the picturea of himself
were cheered by friends who were
present. Mr. Baldrige was visibly
amused when he saw his wife struck
by the golf ball in "One Summer in
Omaha." ,
Men Who Have Red
Blood Are Wanted
As Recruits in Navy
Washington, April 8. Chance of
immediate action in the ranks of the
men who operate battleship guns in
submarine defense is bringing many
Americans to marine corps recruiting
stations.
Seventeen hundred and fifty-eight
men have applied for enlistment in
the "soldiers of the sea" during the
last week at the various recruiting
stations from coast to coast, accord
ing to recruiting officials here. The
marine corps is still short about 4,000
men for war strength and is making
a strong appeal to youths of spirit to
do their bit in the first line of defense.
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ANOTHER-MUSTER
FOR THE FOURTH
Will Be Held by Companies at
Their -Various Stations.
MAY REQUIRE A MONTH
Beginning this week, another gen
eral muster will be held of the Fourth
Nebraska National Guard, under fed
eral authority, similar to the one held
last summer, before the guardsmen
went to the Mexican border.
As every company of the regiment
is busy on active guard duty in the
state, the muster will be held by com
panies, at their various stations. Thus
it is estimated by Colonel Baehr that
the muster may require perhaps a
month. The regular army officers,
who will conduce the muster, are
already here, ready to begin the task.
"Particularly care will be taken in
the muster," says Colonel Baehr, "to
all nhveical and moral tin-
desirables, if any should be discovered.
We are determined to Keep up inc
standard of the guard in all ways, so
that it will be ready and efficient for
active war service."
If any guardsmen appear for the
muster, who have not already taken
the federal oath, it will be admini
stered to them then. Only men who
appear at the muster will have basis
for pension claim later on.
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young
Talks to Boone Teachers
Albion, Neb.. April 8. (Special.)
The Boone County Teachers' and
School Boards' associations conven
tions .closed Saturday. The meetings
were largely attended. Prominent
speakers such as Mrs. Ella Flagg
Young, Washington, D. C; President
McKenna, Ypsilanti, Mich.; Hon. H.
W. Foght, specialist in rural school
practice; Hon. W. H. Campbell and
others addressed the sessions.
Children Die of Scarlet Fever.
Logan, la., April 8. (Special.)
Dolly, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clint Fitch of near Beebee
town, stricken with scarlet fever a
short time ago, died Thursday after
noon. The funeral services are
planned for Sunday afternoon, ac
cording to information received here
this morning.
The grandchild of E. Mahoneydied
of scarlet fever near Magnolia and
, the interment was in the Magnolia
cemetery Thursday. This makes the
third fatal case of scarlet fever re
cently in Harrison county.
Sioux City
S. C. DOUGLAS, Mgr.
