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THE BEE : - OMAHA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 1917. Nebraska NEXT DRAFT QUOTA TO LEAYE OCT. Official Notice Received i Lincoln Caning on Various Boards to Get Busy. (Fron a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Neb Sept 26. (Special. The next quota of Nebraska's na tional army will leave for Fort Riley October 3,., the movement extending to October 7, according to official no tice received at the officeof the gov. ernor. The. quota from Board 3, Ontaha will-leave Omaha over. the Burline- ton atl0;55 a. m., October 3, and will reach Camp Funston at 2 o'clock the next atternoon. There will be 101 men. Another detachment from Boards 1 and 2 will leave, at 8:30 in the morning over the MissAuri Pacific and reach Funston at 12:30 the next day. In this party there will be 166 men. . The quotas from Boards 4 and i Omaha, will leave Omaha at '8 a. m October 6, on a Union Pacific see cial, with 158 men, via Lincoln, and reach tamp Funston at 9:30, the everf. ing ot the same day. Board Calls More Men The local exemption board fdr the Sixth district has called in forty-fonr men for examination, preparatory Jo sending tnem to Camp funston. Octo ber 3., Other boards have made sim ilar preparations. The Fourth dis trict board examined 850 men before the first quota was sent to Funston Of these . 130 have gone, leaving 720 from which to select the third quota, "However, we will not know fora day or two, when the district board reports to us, whether or not we have enough for the next contingent with out calling in more for examination," said Clyde Sundblad of the Fourth It is expected the district board will finish its hearing of appeals by Friday1 and the lists of names of jmen called will then be given out. Cornhuskers Plan to Set Pries for Thsir Work (From a 6taff Correspondent.) Lincoln;1 Neb., Sept. 26. (Special.) Ten cents a bushel is the price corn huskers are getting readv to demand this fall, according to information re ceived bv the State Council of Dc fens. Corn husking will be one of the problems which will have to be solved, and according to Vice Chair man: Coupland of: the state council, will lie a serious one. -Mr. Coupland has retorned from Elgin, where he went to look after his .farming interests in Antelope . countv. He brought back with hnn several ears of corn from one of his fields ami it is well out of the way of frost. He rJelieves that by another week there can be little damage done by frost. There is going to be a big crop of corn in flbrtheast Nebraska, according to Mr. Coupland, and as a general thing it will be of a good qjiality. ' Sir .Horace Plunkett Is t Staying atflomeThis Year '(From a Staff Correspondent.) sT- ' Lincoln, Neb.. Sept. 26. (Special.) Sir Horace Plunkett of Ireland will not -make his annual visit to the United States this year, according" to a letter received by Vice Chairrnan Georre Coupland of the State Coun cil of Defense. ' , Sir Horace says that the constitu tional convention-meeting to prepare an Irish constitution is getting along finely, but the work is of sich im portance to him that he will have to forego a visit to the United States this - vear. He congratulated Mr. ' Coupland on the work he is doing as choscn cornpa'ny cook and said that, "while we fellows are too old to get into the war actively, we can do a whole lot along the lines you and I are working. i Wymore Mass Meeting Favors City Manager Wymore, Neb Sept 26. (Special.) At a mass meeting at Wymore City Attorney McCandless told taxpayers present tnat slander and politics have ruined Wymore. Ihe electric com pany and the -Burlington railroad came in for a great deal of criticism. It was the general opinion that the city manager plan was the only way of wiping out the big debt now hang ing over the city. . Mr. McCandless stated thafthe bonded indebtedness on the water and light plant was $90000 and that in addition there are $26,702.24 in regis tered warrants outstanding, drawing 7 per cent interest. He said, "The wa ter and light plant are now running behind from $1,000 to $1,200 a month." By an unanimous vote those in at tendance declared themselves in favor of the manager plan. A petition will be circulated asking that the matter be putto a vote. The meeting was called by the Wymore Cdmmercial club as a result of statements in re gard to the city affairs made by Mr. McCandless before that body a week ago. Former German Elected Lieutenant in Guards Auburn, Neb., Sept. 26. (Special.) CS Krause, a farmer near Auburn, was elected first lieutenant ot tne Au burn home guards. Mr. Krause was born in Prussia and came to America when 10 years old with his parents His father became naturalized and en listed in the Spanish-American war the day after the caI for volunteers He was a corporal in Company 1 ot the Second Nebraska. DES' MOINES LACKS, CODNTY ATTORNEY Incumbent in Office in Officers' Reserve Corps and Assistant Drawn for National Army , and Denied Exemption. Firebugs Burn Barns Near White, South Dakota White. S. D.. Sept. 26. (Special.) Fire of unknown origin destroyed tne large barn on the farm of Nic Kline The loss was $3,000, with insurance ofl.500. It is believed the fire was of incendiary origin, and an investiga tion is ..ow being made. Several mys terious fires have occurred in this vi cinity recently, indicating that organ ized firebugs are at work. Heavy Rain in Buffalo County Helps Fall Crops Ravenna, Neb., Sept. 26. (Special.) This community has been very t i e i i. : a. snon oi rain uunng uic nunc sum mer, but, made good the shortage to a large extent during tne last twenty-four hours. Four iifches of rain fell during that period, and should put the soil in fine shane tor tall seeding. omplete Plans at Ravenna For New Carnegie Library Ravenna, Neb., Sept. 26. (Special.) The architect's plans for the Car negie library to be'erected in Ra venna have been completed and ap proved by the Carnegie commission, and the local library board will soon ask for bids for the construction ork. It is hoped to have the build ing ready for occupancy before spring. Haarmann Pickle Company Builds Additions at Shubert Shubert, Neb Sept. 26. (Special.) The Haarmann Vinegar and Pickle company ot Umaha has puchased the plant at Shubert anf a new tile build ing is being erected?' 26x30 feet, with twelve-foot walls. '..The plant will be provided with storage vats, apple sheds, etc., and equipped with new machinery. A new elevator is under construction. Richardson County Home Guard at Fans City Falls City, Neb.: Sept 26. (Spe cial.) Richardson county has a home guard at Falls City with 106. enlisted men. '' The following officers were elected: Captain, Ed Fisher;- first lieutenant, Ballou Warner: second lieutenant. ames Jaquet. George Holland was New Lutheran Church At Benedict Dedicated Benedict, Neb.. Sept. ,26. (Special.) The new $9,000 Lutheran church was dedicated Sunday. Thev sermon was by Rev. H. L. Yarger, D. D., su perintendent of missions. Rev. R. A. White of Wolbach, a former pastor, ead the scripture lesson, and Rev. G. W. Levers, also a former pastor, pro nounced the benediction. The follow ing out-of-town ministers were pres ent: Rev. Mr. Dysinger, .Atchison; Rev. Mr. Yarger, Rev. Mr. Lewis and Rev. .Mr. Schultz of Osceola; Rev. Mr. White of Wolbach and Rev. Mr. Levers of Allen. ' Assessment of Adams Express Company Boosted This Year (From a Staff Correspondent.) -Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 26. (Special.) -According to figures prepared by Secretary Bernecker of the-.State Board of Assessment, the Adams. Ex press company will pay $2,000 more is taxes into the treasury of Nebraska this year than it did last. -The company last year was as sessed at $478,515 and paid $9,570.30 fn taxes. This year the assessment is $582,322 and the tax $11,046. 'Churches Unite at : ; Partington, Neb. Hartington, NeJ., Sept 26. (Spe cial.) The union church movement in this city culminated last evening, in the organization of the First Congre gational church of Hartington, which is a union of ?'l Protestant churches except the Episcopal and .Lutheran. The ' new church starts out with a large membership and a -complete or ganization. It is the intention of the society to ra'se, ample funds and se cure the services of a first class min ister at once. Saline County Calls 1 Additional Draft Men W'ilber. Neb., Sept 26.-(SpeciaL) Twenty-five additional men were called and examined Monday for the draft from this county, and thirty ad ditional men are to report for exami nation on September 27. Out of the wenty-five only one was jexempted as physically urtfit, and a large percent ige: filed no claim for exemption on the ground of dependency. Beatrice News Notes. Beatrice, Neb., Sept 26. (Special.) At a meeting of pastors of the Blue River Baptist association and the con gregation of the First Baptist church it was decided to consolidate the Blue River association with the Nemaha association and changehe name to the Southeastern Nebraska ' associa tion. Miss June. Gish c-f this city was married at Denver yesterday to Bert Martin, until recently a resident of this city and 'for years employed in the Beatrice National bank. , . The directors of the 'Commercial club held a meeting 'and decided to resume their weekly luncheons next Wednesday with the Gage county contingent of drafted men to leavein the afternoon as guesrsT There will be patriotic addresses and music Mrs, Catherine Murphy a pioneer resident of Wymore, died at her home in that city after a prolonged illness, aged 88 years. She is survived by four children, three daughters Undone son. ...v.-..i.. . At a meeting of the city commis sioners Chief of Police Henry Hay- den tendered his resignation to take effect October 1. Hayden intends to enter the service ov the government as a baker.. y ' . (From a Stuff Correcpondent.) Des Moines, la., Sept. 26. (Special Telegram.) Polk county, of which Des Moines is county seat is now without a county attorney. Ward Henry, who was county attorney is now captain of the officers' reserve corps. Assistant County Attorney Arthur Wallace has been drawn in the national army and refused exemption. It is me for the grand jury to pro ceed with important cases, but there is no official prosecutor for the coun ty. The board of supervisors will take the matter m hand. Artillery Regiment from Minnesota. With the large numbrrof men com ing from Minneapolis the cantonment officers at Camp Dodge have decided to place all men from Hennepin coun ty, Minnesota, in an artillery regi ment. The first plans were to have all of the Washington county, Iowa, men included in that organization Future arrivals from Washington county will go to the Three Hundred and Fifty-first infantry, made up of soutnern Minnesota aa nve nortnern Iowa counties. I. W. W. Under Guard. Otto Wangerin, an Industrial Workers of the World member of the national army from St. Paul, is being held under guard by the captain of the headquarters company of the Three Hundred and Fifty-first resi ment on account of his refusal to obey orders. Wangenns insubordination will result in general court charges being hied against him by the col onel of his regiment today and he will face a general court martial with the possibility in prospect of a long term in a federalprison. Wangerin reluses to don any part of a United States uniformpr to assist in any part ot company duties. Drafted Men to Deming. Iowa and Minnesota men who have been chosen from the selected army to De transterred to the National Guard will probably start south Thursday afternoon or early Friday morning. Officers of the depot bri gade, of which the men are members, think Ihursday will be the day. The First provisional regiment of the de pot brigade is made up of 1,470 Iowa men. The Second provisional regi ment, made a membership extensive drilling is being done by the members of the depot brigade than of any other organization. Of ficers wish to give the men more of a general idea of military duties than those of other regiments and it is the plan to send them south as well train ed as possible. Praise for Iowa Troops. High praise for the Third Iowa troops is given by the New- York newspapers in their accounts of the review of the rainbow division by Secretary Baker. Yhe New York Times says: "After Alabama came the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth infan try trom lowa, boys from the farms, the banks, the factories and the shoos of that greatest of agricultural states; Lean and trained to the minute, , the westerners made a magnificent ap pearance as they came swinging down the Clinton road. Colonel E. R. Ben nett was in command and he looked' proud, as he had a right to be, as he led his men past the secretary." Gets Damage from Standard Oil. Magnus 'Anderson of Marquis ville is entitled to $4,500 damages from the. Standard Oil company for injuries sustained in an explosion, due to selling gasoline for kerosene, the supreme court held in a decision handed down today. The accident ocurred March 21, 1915, when An-" flerson attempted to pour what he thought was kerosene from a can onto a fire he was starting. The case was tried before Judge Dudfey in the Polk county court. Service Stations Warned. 1 Gasoline service stations were warned today by Commissioner W. B. Barney, who as state dairy andood A jury in law court. Judge Troup presiding, istrying to decidcthe puz zling question of what constitutes an engagement of marriage. The woman in the case will be able to testify, but her alleged husband-to-be is dead. One of the strangest cases ever tried before a jury arose out of the suit of In the cities wherd reitan5 .aa' 1 V TrJ hereafter. The department has pur chased a new apparatus for measur ing gasoline. A fine of $100 was secured by the department against an egg-buying firm named Adsvey & Albones, at Urbana, la., for refusing to handle eggs. The Morton Grocery com pany of Belle Tlains was fined $10 and costs after Food Inspector J. S. Bittner had weighed up fifteen loaves of bread marked twenty ounces on the wrapper whose average weight proved to be only fifteen ounces. Prepare for Prohibition Vote. Instructions to county auditors on the conduct of the special election October 15, on the prohibitory con stitutional amendment, are bein sent out from the office of the secretary of state, sample ballots are included in the instructions. The same general laws will govern tne special election as the regular elections. In the registration is required all voters must be registered just as in any election. Those who registered at the last general election and reside in the voting precinct will not have N register. Those who did not reeis ter then or have moved to another precincts will have to register. ine pons win open at 7 a. m. and will close at 7 p. m. in the cities and in the smaller towns and country precincts they will open at 8 a. m, closing at 7 p. m. Wife Leaves Second Time And Has Not Come Back Laurence N. Anderson, suing Car oline Anderson for divorce in district court, says he was willing to take his wife back when she deserted him the first time and remained away two years, but insists, when she left again he made up his mind to get his free dom. They were married twenty-one years ago. He alleges she left him in 1903 ahd stayed away two years. When she returned, he says, he took her back without a whimper. She left again in 1906, according to Anderson, who says he has not seen or heard of her since. In addition Anderson alleges she ruined him financially by her extrava gance. e also declares she threat ened his life, flourishing a revolver on one occasion and shooting into his room. Illumination System is Delayed by War Orders The placing of the ornamental elec trie lights in Minne Lusa addition has been delayed on account of the elec trie' light company being unable .to secure tne cables for the conduits, The COmoanv that ronrrartoH A. liver the cables has turned its plant Jdry -to decide if dead mmengaged Telegrapher Made "Affianced Wife" His Beneficiary; Mother.Contesting the Will. up of Minnesota men, has- ?ver.t0 the manufacture of supplies lip of 1,251 men. More 1F .V Koyernment and it is doubt rilling is being done by tul " u .w,,u b,e n a position to fill commissioner is also commissioner for weights and measures, against giving short measure in the sale of gasoline. Commissioner Barnev told 4the managers, that some of the places nad been caught selling short as much as 10 to 15 per cent when repre sentatives of the department visited their places of business recently. Commissioner Barney decjares a close check -will be kept on these places commercial orders before late in the fall or early in the winter. The conduits for the M inn T iica aaaition are laid and the foundations for the lamp posts set The posts are here and will be installed upon iu : l r i uic arrival oi me caoicv Part of Great Lakes Fleet Commandeered by U. S Milwaukee, Wis., Sept 26. Part of the fleet of the Great Lake Transit corporation has been taken over by the government and the corporation will cease accepting freight at Mil waukee on October 2, according to announcement today. The government contract, the an- nourtcement says, makes it necessary that an embargo be placed on all ireignt to, trom or through Chicago aim iviuwauKee. HYMENAL NeviUe-Wogan. Hugh Neville and Miss Mary Wo gan, both of York, were married Tues day morning at St Joseph's church. Rev. Father Cullen celebrated mass ana penormed the ceremony. Soldiers' Home Notes Mies M&ymA Dnvnnv . . . . rrom ber brother, nrtw in ni.i.- - . TTl.n. ...... I" -'" vmp rin the culinary denartment and Ilk., hi. ntw work rery much. Tha heavy ralni of the last day or to have hampered the building operations now In progreaa at BurketL f!nmm.nrf.. sr.i.i. planned on having the largs vegetable cellar luuiuaeu aj iai eaioraay night. alow' in' ,U 00tts No- 'roporving William Jeffrea, who wag laid up the tartH n an atiacK or rheumatism, la re ported much better now and Is again able to resume his duties at the west hospital. John Bunn is slightly improved. The weather conditions have a great deal to do wun ms neattn. V TV,- ... 1 1. . . . W n in reports coming in xrom either of the hospitals. Old Glory Is at full mast and taking into consideration the ages ui ine raemuersmp, wmcn Will average 71 7ora, an are as wen as can pe expected1 Bee Want Ads Produce Results. N ebraska News N Jtes Wayne Andrew H. Johnson and Miss Clara Lllje of this place were united In marriage. They will reside on a farm, near this place. Allen William Isom has purchased the Hiram Baker property, consisting of resi dence, buildings and ten acres of land in the southwest 'part of town, for $4,(60. Allen A lot of grading and road work was recently done east of town on the Allen Sioux City marked auto road. The work was done with the big county grader. Waterbnry Lew Tuttle, who recently sold nis larm aoum oi nerr, is erecting a new houss on his farm near Allen and will move there next March. , - Hartington Carl Bogle nearly lost his life from burning gasoline, accidentally thrown on him by Ernest Ronkle. The men were mov ing large tractor when the gasoline supply became exhausted and after filling the tank Ronke poured some gasoline on the) car burator to make It start easy and the engine back fired and tht gas he was pouring on Ignited and he slung the can away and it fell on Bogie. . . Allen Prof. J. W., Watson of Bethany. Neb., has taken the position of principal of the local schools to succeed Fay Clevgh, who was drafted Into the army. . Allen At a recent meeting of the Com mercial club It was, decided to have 'a Chautauqua here next summer. , , Emerson Frank Rahfeldt, who recently purchased a farm near Allen, Is erecting some new buildings on the same. Hartington MIm Lena Von Segxern. an employe of the Hartington hotel, received a badiy burned hand when she placed a lighted match under a coffee urn which she supposed was turned oft, but( apparently had been blown out and a lot of. gas was present and emin. ., '$20.00 E'Y in 4ii inn 1 4$ 1 AasWs-WMkCft, HIT A smart Fall and Winter suit that will answer for' busi ness as well as dress-purposes asj511ustrated. In this suit the famous tail ors of Stain iiloeh have erowd- ied every favored style feature of the season ( patch pockets, soft roll lapels), yet fashioned of cheviot, unfinished worsted and tweed materials that are desirable for dress wear and jj ness. ' '"", Other suits featured at $15.00, $18.50 up to $40.00 Farnam Street Entrance. as "my affianced wife." She alleges she and the telegrapher were engaged to be married, but the mother of Ryan says her son was "unduly influenced" and had no idea of taking the woman as his wife. v The jury will be called upon to de cide whether a mother knows enough of her son's love affairs to be positive as to who he intended to wed. Court Has the Money. The Order of Telegraphers, in order to avoid being dragged into the liti gation, turned the $1,000 over to dis trict court for a judge to decide win shall have the money. Miss Frewen filed a petition of in tervention, backing up her original claim that she was Ryan's fiance and alleging at the time of the issuarce of the certificate she was engaged to be married to him. The opening testimony of Mrs. Ryan was marked by sharp clashes between attorneys. Parental Interference is Alleged in Divorce Suit Joseph Morgan, married to Esther Morgan in Belfast, Ireland, April 10, 1901, is suing her for divorce in dis- ) tnct court He alleges she deserted Ryan, her 'son, against the Order of Railroad telegraphers. Ryan, 38 years old, formerly a tele graph operator -and railroad switch man, died December 26, leaving a $1,000 life insurance policy, in which Margaretta Frewen, five years his senior, was named as henphriarv. The policv set forth Miss Frewen him in 1913. Allegations of cruelty by insurance. also are made, tie says sne ,r.as a violent temp, and was influenced by her parents t annoy and misuse, him. Their three children are now with his mother in Omaha. He asks the court to grant him custody of them. Heavy Loss When New Cereal Mill Catches Fire The warehouse of the Omaha Cereal company, Twenty-sixth and Shirley streets, was glutted by a fire which broke out about 4:45 this morning, causing a damage which E. S. Miller, president of the company, estimates at about $10,000. The warehouse, which was of con crete structure, contained woodwork and machinery which was aoon to have been installed in Ihe new four story concrete mill adjacent to it, nearing completion. The new struc ture was not damaged. , The Omaha' Cereal company is a new industry brought to Omaha about five month ago and was to have the new mill in operation by November. "This will set us back about ninety days." said Mr. Miller. "There was very little electric wiring in the build ing and I am at loss to account for the origin of the fire." Ihe building was partially covered X. One-Minute Store Talk "Your store service ought to get a lot of advertising," said a clothing customer yes terday. "Unless aman act like a woman in a millinery shop and wishes he had ev erything in sight, five to fif teen minutes put in here gets more real action than I ever saw before." 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