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THE BEE: Ok AH A, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917. Nebraska GOVERNOR MAKES CHARGE AGAINST OFFICEROF GUARD Neville Says Evidence Indicates Member of Statt Militia Aided Lincoln Cafe Owner in Over charging for Meals. (From a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7. (Specials- Sensational developments are ex pected which may involve a certain officer of the Nebraska National Guard in connection with overcharges made by Ernest F. Wright a Lincoln restaurant man, who now is nnder in dictment to appear before the federal grand jury on a charge of defrauding the federal government out of $1,000 for overcharging for meals furnished the Nebraska guardsmen while they were being mobilized in Lincoln be fore going to Deming, N. M. The investigation has not proceeded far enough to warrant giving out the name of the officer who in coalition with Wright enlisted the latter to charge for more meals than was fur nished. , Governor Neville today issued the following instructions to Attorney General Reed directing him to inves tigate the records and proceed ac cording to what he should discover: "There is herewith presented in formation gained as a result of an in vestigation recently conducted by this office, which indicates that the state has been defrauded out of approxi mately $1,0000 by Ernest F. Wright, proprietor of the Wright Cafe of Lin coln, through the padding of claims for meals alleged to have been fur nished members of the Nebraska Na tional Guard at the time of the recent mobilization of the. Nebraska regi ments, i "The information also indicates the possibility that this fraud was per petrated with the assistance of a con federate in the office of the adjutant general. The records of the adjutant general's office are at your disposal and you are directed to make such further investigation as you may deem advisable, and institute such criminal or civil proceedings, or both, as the best interests of the state would dictate." Auto Skids Into Wood River; No One Injured Sumner, Neb, Nov. 7. -(Special.) Mrs. Tinsman, wife of Riley Tins man, veteran of the civil war, Is very .low. Her condition is considered . critical. r Floyd Guyton of Eddyville, accom panied by Washburn and Gilbert Waffle of this community started to Miller Saturday night in Floyd's car which was dtiched over the banks of Wood river a half mile east of town. XT -t L I I , .iuhvw me uuys were nun. ( . A series of revival meetings closed wviiuii lugm aiici live nccu ses sion. The services were union, the Baptist, Rev. H, E. Wolcott, pastor; Swedish Free Mission, Rev. A. Klint, pastor, and the Methodist, Rev. W. T. Randolph, pastor, joined in these meetings and obtained Evangelist E. F. Clover of Minneap olis, Minn., to conduct the revival services, ' . .- 1 ' i Kearney Students Help Raise Y. M. C. A. War Fund I at M J A a a. Jvearney, neb, Nov. It (Special.) "I Biffed the Kaiser, Your Turi Next," was a slogan adopted by Kear ney normal students when they' started their drive for Young Men's C hristian association war fund dollars. The school, including faculty mem bers, was asked to raise $2,000, in pro- amount - was exceeded by $45 in a morning's drive. Practically every student at the school contributed to the fund, making an average of $5 to the student, approximately 500 being in attendance there now. Double Wedding for Two V, Brainard (Neb.) Couples Rrainard. Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) A double wedding was performed at Junction City, Kah., when Miss Anna Dus of Bratnard became the bride of Manley , Falk and Miss , Birdie Falk, sister of Manley, mar. ried Stanley Racek, a grain dealer f Brainard. J Probate Judge Daniel Hurley of Junction City officiated at the cere mony. . ' ' ' , Red Cross Drive.' ; Minden, Neb., Nov. 1 (Special.) Trobably one of the most successful Red Cross entertainments that has been staged in Nebraska was given by the Minden chapter of the Kear ney county Red Cross organization in Minden. ' The net proceeds of the -entire undertaking amounted to Cat County ws Xotea, , Beatrice, Neb., Nov. T (Special.) The - tommtttee of the TcAin Men's Christian as sociation bavin In charse th war work campaign has announced tha speakers this - week for tha Jowni In tha county. Tha Young- Woman's Christian association Is as slating In tba work, and Miss Has) Butter. fteld. Miss Katharina Webb and Mlas Dora, Kldd will accompany tha speakers. H. M. Cloppcr. a plonaer of southern Gaae county, died at his horns at that placa after an Illness of two weeks, of heart trouble, aged SI years. Ha la aurvtred by 1 his widow and four children,' two daughters and two sons. Tha board of superlvlaors met yesterday and opened bids for two steel span bridges near Liberty. Tha Standard Bridge com- ' pear's bid was ll.JOa, but for some reason the board rejected bids. Anton and Howard Ouenther, two little sons of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Ouenther, and I a man named O. O. Parkhurst, cams near , being killed yesterday morning a mils north of Plckrell by being struck by the south bound Onion Pacific passenger train dns here at S:tt, Mr. Parkhuret attempted to drlvs across the track when the engtns strsck ths baggy, completely smashing It. The occupants escaped uninjured with tha exception of Howard Ouenther, who sus tained an agly gaah tn tha forehead. Ha was orougni u ncareu lor medical treat meat. Wort comes from Camp Cody, N. M., to . the effect that Lieutenant J. Ed. C Fisher ' , If the Fifth regiment, has been promoted to - lhe office of captain on Major fiterrlcker'a ttaff. Captain Fisher Is a resident of seatrlea. - Clayton Moore, John ford and Edward Peatsman, for ths 'last few yeaaj la ths imploy oi wis lancoia Teiepnona ana Teis traps company,- who recently enlisted In . the signal corps, left , today for Camp Pnnstoa. Business tnen are making plans to hold t. a meeting here within the next few days to organise a home guards company for Uia purpose of protecting oropertv acsintt the acts of alien enemies . Nebraska Farmers Are Doing Their Bit in Food Conservation This ear of corn was grown on Carl Jones' farm, known as the Davy place, one and a half miles southwest of Blair, Neb. It is said by Mr. Jones to be a fair sample of the crop har vested by him. The ear is filled out almost perfect ly from end to end and there are more than 1,000 grains of corn on the cob. The picture shows that there are no faulty grains, even at the ton. It is one of the finest of the many that have been sent to The Bee. War Courses to Be Given At Nebraska University Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) "Warcourses" will be introduced by the University of Nebraska as a means of giving the boy and girl back home a chance to work on the farm and keep up their school work at the samp time. Beginning December 3 a special se mester of school will open in prac tically every department This semes ter will dismiss early in the spring be fore planting operations and every student who completes the course will receive credit for one semester, or one-half of an entire year s work. At the same time comes the an nouncement that the Christmas vaca tion at the state university will be shortened one week and other vaca tions proportionately, cutting off two weeks at the end of the university year. The special semester will be inde pendent of the regular school year and will last 17 weeks, closing early in April. The school of agriculture at the state farm will hold a special session at the same time, but it will last 13 weeks, closing early in March. The college of agriculture, the col lege of engineering, and the school of agriculture will offer all first-year courses together with any other sub jects that are in demand. The other colleges and departments will also offer anything for which there is suf ficient request If the war continues, the same plan probably will be followed out next year, giving a person an opportunity to do an entire year's work by attend ing school two winters. Community Club to ' Be Organized at Exeter Exeter, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) Monday night was' the opening night of a week's campaign toward the or ganization, of a community club for Exeter and vicinity. Exeter people hope to promote through this club better farming, better businesf and closer and better relationship between the country and town. ' The campaign started with a com munity dinner; 146 tickets were sold and some 25 turned away. The dinner was under the auspices of the Red Cross and 'the net receipts were be tween $85 and $90. J. B. Klott was toastmaster and re sponses were made by I. G Wilson. W. H. Taylor, W. II. Howarth, Prof. Gregory. E. J. Sias. formerly pastor of one of the churches here and John T- n I e ? ir v. . . iv. noramsn oi new norjc, national community experts. Mr. Boardman wilt be' here all week. Every one was in the best of soirits and i the happy mood prevailed throughout the evening. Defense Council to Help 1 Farmers Get Corn Huskers Kearney, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) The Council of Defense met Mon day evening, members being called in by Chairman Judge W. D. Oldham to make reports on the crop situation and prospects. The figures available are not sufficient- to make a good county estimate and the chairman in structed all precinct officers to have full returns in hand by Thursday. The acreage of wheat in the county is to be learned definitely. It was found that in but few places about the county would there be a shortage of help for husking of the corn crop and the husking season is still about two weeks off, much of the corn still be,ing very soft The council will see to it that help is available where; needed. Oxford Methodists Hold Big Patriotic Meeting Oxford, Neb.. Nov. 7. (Special.) "Buy a Liberty bond and be patriotic," was the slogan at the mass meeting in the Methodist Episcopal church here last evening. About 100 laymen and preachers were present from the Holdrege district Rev. J. W. Kirk patric presided. Rev. J. R. Gettys, corresponding secretary of the Ne braska Conference Preacher's Aid fuid and Rev. J. T. B. Smith, Chi cago, reprenting the national pension board of the Methodist church, were the chief speakers in the interest of a fund of $500,000 for preacher's pensions. o r 4 FT J r"X.L. eW M-sVaS. v ' i s Fake Army Off icer, Who Duped Island .Men. Is Arrested Grand Island, Neb., Nov. 7. (Spe cial.) Arrest of a young man claim ing fo be Captain Donald McLane, is reported to have taken place at St Louis yesterday. And thereby ends another chapter of an interesting in cident occurring in this city about a month ago; About that time there appeared here a purported United States army medi cal officer, with the rank of captain.! He wore the regulation uniform of the United States army, and was im mediately taken for what he purported to be. Without a suspicion of pos sible duplicity, the young man found entrance to several of the city's best families, including that of Henry Bartenbach, O. A. Abbott, jr., Mrs. S. R. Barton and others. He took part in the parade when some of the drafted men were escorted to the sta tion and appeared to have some ac quaintance with the medical work of the' army. He was neat in appear ance, polite in manner, and aroused suspicion only on the last day or two of his presence in the city. On that particular day he presented a check to William i Reutlinger of Kaufman's store, with whom he had become acquainted. This check was for $125. At the Royal Chocolate shop he paid for his bills by check and also cashed a smaller check with A. A. Roser of the Commercial State bank. When these various checks came in together at the end of the day, they aroused the young banker's suspicion. The matter was taken up with Henry Bartenbach, who stood good for them, not because of any re sponsibility on his part, but rather because his name had been used by McLane, even though without his authority. Mr. Bartenbach reported the case to the federal authorities. This resulted in his arrest yesterday at St. Louis. Whether the arrest was on the charge of forging the checks here, or upon a more grave charge, possibly, of falsely parading in the United States uniform is not known. It is be lieved here that he is not an officer in the army Persistent Advertising Is the Road to success. NEBRASKA HERDS MAY SUPPLY WORLD Dairy Extension Expert Ad vises Farmers to Hold Cattle to Meet After-War Demands. i ... jyjasiaaafaajeaes't rt90fLVm m "ft All-Steel Train to m 1 FLORIDA I U AND M I l 1 22i35CsM6 SOimiFJlNltAllOTSYSTEM Leaves Chicago 10&5 p. uu Through service to Cincinnati. Lexington. Chattanooga, Atlanta, Macon and Jacksonville. Round Trip Winter Tourist Tickets on sals daily to Florida and Cuba Stepavw prieOtses no tooritt ticket at Cincinnati Chatta. poena (Lookout Mountain) Atlanta, Maoon and other . important .cities an routs. Attractive) variabla routs fadudiog "W a t Sky." For ticket, reaeratimi and further Infor mation, apply to your local agent or address H.R.DALY, GsA.AtmtPaMenfwDept. BltFtmtKomH s 211 So. Jeff araosi Ava Poori. Illinois A.CMATHIAS, NertWi rW Aftst. 5aar Arts- Sm 33 Watt Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special.) Nebraska farmers who are tempted to sell their dairy cattle on account of the high price of feed will do better in the long run to keep them, accord ing to Prof. D. II. Propps, dairy ex tension specialist of the University of Nebraska. Within the next few years the dairymen of this country will have an opportunity to supply the world with breeding stock and dairy products. England, trance ana Germany are sacrificing their herds to supply the immediate necessity for meat," says rrof. rropps. it is reported that the loss of dairy cows in 'the United Kingdom is already over 1,500,000; in Germany over 430,000, and that Holland will be forced to slaughter more than 500,000 of her dairy animals. iThe average production of dairy cows in these European countries is at least twice as much as the average production in our own country so that it really takes approximately two of our cows to produce as much as one of theirs. Big Foreign Demand. Since two years are required to raise a cow to producing age and five years to bring her to maturity, it is certain that Our foreign demand for dairy products will continue for several years even if the war should close immediately. Furthermore, the depletion of these herds will call not only for dairy products, but for breeding stock as well, and it may yet fall largely to the lot of the Ameri can farmer to supply both of these demands. "On account of her efficiency and economy of'production the dairy cow will be called upon more and more as the war continues. The milk pro duced by a tairly good cow contains food nutrients equal to more than twice the nutrients produced bv a well-fed steer in the same length of time and the cow does it on Sr ration consisting almost entirely of rough age and fey-products." Relatives of Diers Testify Wife Knew of His Condition Fremont., Neh.. Nnv. 7. f'Sni-rial Telegram.) Relatives of Henry F. Jjiers tne young tarmer of Lrowell who is being sued for diyorce by Edith Diers. a former Dodcfft countv school teacher, took the stand in the defendant's behalf in district court and testified that the plaintiff knew the denfant was snhr'prt in atlarke nf epilepsy before their marriage. The Diaintirt denied the statemrnts and declared she had been told by rela tives of her husband that hi health was good.' She said a conspiracy had oeen tormed among relatives to con ceal the true condition of the defend ant's health. Mrs. Diers ask for di vorce and alimony. Private Soldier Killed c- ' i When Falls Off Train Sidney, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special Tel efram.) Patrick F. Kane, private, Battery A, Troop B, at Fort Russell, while beating his way on an east bound Union Pacific freight last night was killed here. His body was found along side the track, six miles west of Sidney. Two privates, named Crow and Henry claimed that they did not know that Kane was on the train al though they admit that they were to gether drinking at Chyenne. The two men, were with Kane at Chyenne and jumped aboard the train for a lark. Kane formerly resided at St Louis and he has a sister whose name is Nalson now living at Walla Walla. Lincoln Gas Co. Raises Rate 25 Cents a Thousand (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 7. (Special.) Lin coln gas is to cost consumers $1.25 per 1,000, according: to a statment is sued by the gas company today. The present price is $1. The company three weeks ago made application to the city commission to raise teh price, alleging taht the high cost of coal, labor, and other things was not enabling them to come out whole. The council denied the request and the company now puts the raise into effect over the heads of the commission. 0 The city has won a long drawn out contention in the courts for $1 gas and is now awaiting an opinion of the United States supreme court on the validity of the action of the lower courts. NEYILLEREVISES HOWARnCHEDULE Governor Neville and Lieuten ant Governor Differ as to Proper Meatless and Wheatless Days. 100 HEAD OF HOGS DIE;jTRYCHNINE Wholesale Stock Poisoning at Kearney, Neb., Stirs Farm ers ; Investigation to Be Made. 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When Lieutenant Governor Howard ascended to the gubernatorial throne at the time Governor Neville went to Washington on business of more or' less importance, the new acting gov- ernor got busy right away and pro-1 claimed Tuesday as wheatless day and i Friday as meatless day. Now Governor Neville reascends the throne and declares the acting governor's proclamation as null and void, non-composmenti and other tilings. He switches Mr. Howard's wheatless day to Wednesday and moves the, acting governor's meatless day up to Tuesday. Of course if Mr. Howard wants to boserve two meat less and wheatless days it is his privi lege, as he cannot well be expected to go back on his own proclamation. .... Neville's Proclamation. "The new proclamation reads: "Inasmuch as confusion has arisen through the designation of Tuesday as wheatless day in Nebraska, while the federal authorities have designated Wednesday as wheatless day, and by the designation of b nday as meatless day, whereas the national administra tion have asked the observance ot Tuesday as meatless day, in order that the greatest possible unanimity ot action may be secured, 1 herewith designate Tuesday of each week as meatless day and Wednesday as wheatless day, in accordance with the federal food administration plan and at the special request of the food ad ministrator for Nebraska. Governor Calls Attention To Purity Sunday, Nov. 1 1 (From a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln. Neb, Nov. 7. (Sepcial.) Governor Neville has set apart No vember 11, as a day when special at tention shall be paid by those inter ested in raising the standard of social life. -Purity congress will then begin session at Louisville, Ky., and the day will be known nationally as Purity Sunday. Ihe governor also calls attention to the campaign the Young Men's Christian association is making be ginning the same day to raise $35,000, 000 for war work. ; Applications for Next Year's Auto Plates Must Be Deferred (From a Staff Correspondent) Lincoln, Nov. 7. (Special.) Ac cording to a letter being sent out to county treasurers by Secretary of State Poole applications for number plates-for automobiles for next year must not be made to county treasurers until November 24. Kearney, Neb., Nov. 7. (Special Telegram.) Wholesale stock poison ing at Kearney, Neb., stirs farmers; investigations to be made 100 head of hogs, property of the Carson Broth ers, on their farm seven miles south of Elmire in Pehlps "county, were poisoned Tuesday night. The Carson Brothers do not make their residence on the farm, and when they arrived in the morning many of the fine herd of hogs were found dead and'others dying The wholesale poisoning has stirred the farmers in that community and a rigid search is being made to find parties guilty of the crime. An au topsy was made today by a veterinary developing that the poison used was strychnine mixed with feed. Isolated cases of poisoning stock have been reported of late, but this is the first instance in. which an entire herd perished. Farmers' State Bank At Gurfey Given Charter (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Nov. 7. (Special.) The Farmers' State bank of Gurley, a new town in Cheyenne county was given u charter by the state banking board today. 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