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Nebraska
MELLOR IS LATEST
NAMEJNTHE RING
Former Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture Being
Talked as the Republican
Candidate for Governor.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.)
The name of William R. Mellor for
the republican nomination for gov
ernor, is the latest to be sprung. Mr.
Mellor was for many years secretary
of the state board of agriculture.
"Mellor has shown himself to bea
mighty good executive officer in the
handling of the State fair," a repub
lican today 'said, "and his business
ability is unquestioned. He is a good
speaker and a man for whom it
would be unnecessary to make any
apologies. , I don't know whether
.Mellor has political ambitions, but
one thing is sure, if the republican
party should nominate him for gov
ernor it would have a strong aggres
sive speaker to head the ticket and a
man who has the confidence of the
people, having been tried and not
found wanting. I should like to see
him nominated."
McKel vie Doesn't Indicate.
Outside of Mellor, no particular
candidate just now appears in the
limelight. It has been hinted that
perhaps Samuel Roy McKelvie again
would be a candidate for the nomina
tion, but Mr. McKelvie has made no
sign up to this time that he desires
to again make the try.
He was approached by a friend a
few days ago who urged him to come
out for the republican nomination for
the United States senate, but Mr. Mc
Kelvie promptly denied any "hanker
ing for any job that would take him
away from his business, so far as th
senate is concerned Governor Mc
Kelvie may be. considered not avail
able. The mention of the name of E. P.
Brown of Davy, in connection with
the senatorial nomination at the
hands of the republicans hae met a
responsive hearing and there appears
to be practically a unanimous belief
' that "Ned" as he is known in Lan
caster county, would be the ideal
candidate.
Not Office Seeker.
Senator Brown is not an office
seeker, but he does love his country,
and might be convinced that he could
serve it in no better way than to al
low his name to be used in connec
tion with the senatorial nomination.
No 'man stands better in Lancaster
county among all elements than Ned
Brown, and his nomination would aid
materially to the strength of the
whole ticket, according to men who
are watching the situation and are
deeply interested in the nomination
of men who will have the confidence
of the people.
Virginia Marshal" Beaten
On Head With Ball Bat
Beatrice. Neb.. Au?. 27. (Special.)
City Marshal h. M. Smetzer, who.
is is alleged, was assaulted witn a
ball bat at Virginia yesterday by W.
M. Middleton of Liberty, was re
ported slightly improved and it is
now thought that he will recover.
Smeltzler ordered Middleton, who
is said to have been carrying a re
volver, off the streets. Middleton
is reported to have gone to his drug)
store and left the weapon and came
out with a ball bat, with which he
struck Smeltzer over the head, cut
ting a gash about three inches long.
Middleton then, according to specta
tors, returned to the store, procured
the revolver and kept the crowd back
with it until he stepped into his auto
and drove to Liberty, where he owns
a grocery store. The sheriff arrested
him, brought him to Beatrice and
locked him up.
Man. Insulting Uniform
Driven From Britton, S. D.
Britton, S. D., Aug. 27. (Special.)
When a stranger who had come to
town met a member of Company I,
First South Dakota infantry, on the
streets of Britton, he remarked:
"So you've got one of those damn
ed uniforms on."
Members of the company lined op
on each side of the street, compelled
the stranger to salute the American
flag and then escorted him to the edge
of town and advised him to keep on
going. The stranger went.
Laborer Stabbed in
Fight Over Crap Game
Mellette, S. D., Aug. 27. (Special.)
In a quarrel over a crap game be
tween John Noel of southeastern
Missouri and S. J. Dood of Corpus
Christi, Tex., itinerant 'laborers, ax
Mellette, Noel drew a rusty jack
knife and stabbed Dood in the right
side, producing a dangerous wound.
Noel tried to escape, but was cap
tured and lodged in the Spinx county
jail at Redfield. Dood is under the
care of two physicians. His hurts are
serious.
Broken Bow Organizes
Reserve Guard Company
Broken Bow, Aug. 27. (Special.)
A reserve company of the National
Guard, for Broken Bow has been or
ganized by Postmaster Clyde Wilson,
the membership numbering seventy
six. The company is awaiting instruc
tions from Adjutant General Steel be
fore mustering .in and electing of
ficers. Beatrice Reserve Guard
Company Mustered In
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Adjutant Genera! Steele and his'
staff mustered in the reserve guard
militia company at the Commercial
club yesterday afternoon. The com
pany now has nearly 100 men. The
officers are Frank D. Owen, captain;
Paul Colby, first lieutenant, and F.
W. Messmore, second lieutenant.
Farmers' Unions to Picnic.
Columbus, Aug. 27.-(Speciat.)
With heaping lunch baskets the fam
ilies' of members and friends of the
Farmers' Co-operative and Education
al unions of Platte district will swarn
to Shady Lake, Columbus, AVednes
day, for their first annual picnic and
conventiotv Addresses will be heard
from'State President Gustafson and
"National Secretary Davis. Platte dis
trict comprises all the locals' in Platte,
Imt nllt and Colfa countiaa.
BRITISH TAKE MEN
UNCLE SAM-REJECTS
j Recruiting Officer Confers With
! Governor Neville on Inter -
pretaton of the Draft
Law.
i ("rum a Sinff Cjm-pponikut)
Lincoln. Aug. 2". (Special.) A re
cruiting officer for the British army
at Omaha enlisted a man last week
who had been drawn ii the draft for
the United Stated army Objection
was made by ("ioxernor Neville, with
the result that the English officer
waived all claim to the recruit, in
forming the governor there was no
intention t ointerfcre in any way with
the government in the selection of its
soldiers.
However, he asked it there would
i be any objection to the recruiting of
Americans who had been rejected, be
cause of physical defects or who were
over the arn'iy age. He said the Eng
lish and Canadian governments were
not as strict! in the physical reifuire
.ments as was the United States and
if there would be no objections the
English army would be glad to take
all men who had been rejected by the
United States examiners", but who
.still come within the requirements of
the English army. , '
Governor Neville has no authority
to pass on the matter and it will have
to go to Washington for adjustment.
Furnas County Draft
Quota Now Complete
Beaver City, Aug. 27. (Special.)
The following are the names certified
by the Furnas county board of ex
emptions to tke district board to com
plete this . county's quota of con
scripted men:
Thomas V. Fay, Wilson ville: Taut D.
Fleming, Wilsonvlllo; Louis Baake, Edison;
Francis I,. Kellogg, Hendley; Clarence Web
bar, Beaver City; Wayne K. Harlan, Edison;
Harry H. Ellis, Beaver City; Forest W.
Bird, Wilson ville; Melvin C. Black, Beaver
City; eke Francis, Wilsonvllle; Floyd H.
Oatman. Holllnger; Oren B. Brown, Oxford;
Ernest E. Harrison, Beaver City; Ed J.
KnaDDert. Wilsonvllle! John R. Stowe. Bea
ver City; Anton Frederickson, Cambrldre;'
Jack McEIhaney, CamHrldge; Charlie Smith,
Stamford; Thomas S. Redford, Cambridge;
Orrln O. Shoemaker, Beaver City; Glenn H.
Eland, Arapahoe; Robert Hester, Beaver
City; John S. Wagner, Holbrook; Merlin T.
Perkins, Stamford; Charles E. Armstroms,
Wilsonvllle; Kmest H. Kinnie, Holbrook;
Leonard H. Gupton, Holbrook: Willie D.
Jacobs, Edison; Thomas M. Griffin, Oxford;
Robert R. Williams, Stamford,; Edgar W.
Koch, Edison; . Kddie Redfern, Wilsonvllle;
Leonard h. Eubanks, Cambridge; Henry W.
Hamilton. Oxford: Ralph D. Weldman, Cam
bridge: Thomas G. Mayo, Beaver City; Al
bert Albrecht, Arapahoe; Ralph A. Murdook,
Arapahoe: VirRil S. Fischel, Beaver City;
Herman E. Huxoll, Arapahoe; Charles A.
Dellmont, Stamford; Frank Chesterman,
Edison.
Reed Goes to Rochester
To Attorneys General Meet
(From a' 'Staff Correspondent.). ,
Lincoln, Aug. 27. (Special.) At
torney General Reed has gone to
Rochester. X. V., to attend a meeting
of the National Association of Attor
neys General. It is expected that this
will be one of the most important ses
sions the association has ever held.
Wmk I joins can tjina
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American Naval Flyer
1 8 Killed In France
..'Washington, Aug. 27. The first
death of an American naval flyer
at the French front was announced
here today in official dispatches to
the Navy department. He was
George Herbert Manley, a ma
chinist's mate in the naval aero
nautical corps and was killed in an
airplane accident, the nature of
which was not described, at a town
in France. Manley was a son of
Herbert Manley of Maple wood,
N. J. v
Howard Will Run for U. S.
Senator on Certain Conditions
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. Aug. 27. (Special.)
Lieutenant Governor Edgard Howard
of Columbus, who was in Lincoln to
day to deliver an address before the
Lancaster county teachers' institute
iln til, pvnttivp cift, r oni'iritniiiiit
To newspapermen Governor, How-
ard admitted that he was in the battle 1
for the senate with both feet. There
is, however, one provision connected
with his announcement and that is he
will not be a candidate if either W. H.
Thompson of Grand Island or L. J.
Dunn of Omaha desires to get in.
"Do you- consider those men better
men than yourself to "represent the
peepie,"'asked a reporter.
"1 certainly, do," replied' Mr. How
ard, "but I want you to understand
that I am a d strong second
choice.
Kauffman to Help Select
Rolites for Drafted Men
fFrom a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln. Aug. 27. (Special.) H,
P. Kauffman of Lincoln has been ap
pointed by the government to co
operate with Governor Neville in the
transportation ot drafted men to Fort
Riley for instruction in army work be
fore going to the front.
Half Tlis Melons "Swiped,"
Cook Man Donates Remainder
Tecumseh, Neb.,' Aug 27. (Spe
cial.) Jasper Wakeyian, a Cook mer
chant, came to Tecumseh and got a
load of watermelons from a car, ex
pecting to take thenijo Cook to sell.
He drove by the fair grounds, where
Company M. Sixth regiment is
amped. A friend hailed the Cook
man and soon they were engaged in
conversation.
In the meantime the soldiers were
coming up to the back of the load and
helping themselves to the melons.
Perhaps half ,oi the load had been
taken before Mr. Wakeman discov
ered what was going on.
He thought the raid a good joke
and hailed more soldiers and gave
them the balance of the load, going
after another lot to take home and
traveling a different road with the
melons.
Rain in Gage.
Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Heavy rains yjsited this section of
the state Sunday morning, thoroughly
soaking the fields. Farmers state that
corn, which was to have been destroy
ed by the drouth, will make good
yields and all that will prevent a
bumper crop is an early frost.
COMEfotkscaritfind
M- any comfort in the
flight of jime, an9 yet
nothin9 else makes
fre9ns so close, shoes
so easy or tobacco
so mellow. l00ir
The VELVET that you
smoke today left the
fields of old Kentucky
two years' and more ago.
Two years, it mellowed
in wooden hogsheads,
becoming smoother,
milder. That is Nature's
WATTLES GOES EAST
TO MEET HOOVER
Federal Food Administrator for
Nebraska Has Set Ma
chinery of His Office
in Motion.
G. W. Wattlcs.-lederal food admin
istrator for Nebraska, will go to
Washington, D. C, tonight to confer
with Herbert Hoover in connection
with the work of food administration.
Mr. Wattles returned yesterday
morning troni l.ahotnria. Lpon his
return trom ashmgton he expects
to be able to give an outline of the big
work which lies ahead ot him.
"When Mr. Hoover wired me about
thi.s matter I at once replied that
wo,d do a!1 in m' VCT t0,Kive. t,ie,
work my most earnest consideration,
said Mr. Wattles.
"I realize it w ill be a big job. One
of the first matters to be taken un will
be a determination of how much of
ttie Nebraska produce can be spared
for export. I already have started
the machinery in motion for getting
this information compiled. We will
have a campaign of economy and of
elimination of waste. In all proba
bility there will be a movement to re
duce the consumption of wheat bread
as they are going now in Canada,
that more wheat may be sent to the
allies.
Consider What is Fair,
"There will be the matter of regu
lation of prices. We will have to con
sider what is fair to the producer and
what is fair to the consumer. We
must not destroy the incentive of the
producer to raise all of the crops he
can next sesason and at the same
time we must bear in mind that our
people have been used to certain
standards' living and are not of' the
rice-and-rat eating kind of consum
ers. But when the situation has been
thoroughly gone over and the facts
presented to the people, everybody
will, I'teel certain, realize the neces
sity of those at home doing all they
can to help those who have gone to
the tront
Mayor of Fremont Says
Dice Shaking Must Stop
Fremont, Neb., Aug. 27. (Special.)
Mayor W. C. Wiley has decided
that all games of chance must go from
Fremont places of business. Hereto
fore sigar stores, pool halls and other
places have permitted customers to
shake the bones but Mayor Wiley
says in the strict sense of the word
this is gambling and must stop.
Four persons were engaged in the
friendly little game Sunday evening
and the winners were collecting
chips furnished by the house in
lieu of coin when Chief of Police J. A.
Welpton dropped in. No arrests were
made, however.
Palmer to Fort Snelling.
Lincoln. Aug. 27. (Special.)
Thomas C. Palmer, chief clerk for the
live stock sanitary board, left Satur
day for rort Snelling to take mstruc
tion in military drill.
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