STATE OFFICERS
MAY BE SUBJECT
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Attorney Hainer Pointr Out
What May Happen to Of fi-
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empted Liberty Bonds.
(From Staff Correspondent.)
Liscoln, June 23. (Special.) State
officers who have violated the sedi
tion law passed by the recent special
session of the legislature may have
to pay a fine of $10,000 each or be
imprisoned for 20 years, according
to the Contention of Attorney Hainer,
a lawyer of Lincoln. ,
This contention on the part of Mr.
Hainer is backed by State Treasurer
Hall and is the cause of the breaking
out of another attack of that brand
of harmony that has characterized
the meetings of the several boards of
the state during the last few years.
Again it is the state board of as
sessment. This time, as it several previous
disturbances, State Treasurer Hall
appears to be responsible, as the
treasurer called the officials together
to consider the charge made by the
Lincoln attorney that the ruling of
the state board of assessment that
banks could not deduct investments
in Liberty bonds from capital stock
m reporting value of property for
taxation.
Hall Agrees with Hainer.
It appears that the state treasurer
agreed fully with the contention of
Mr. Hainer that the Liberty bonds
were not taxable, but most of the
members of the board stick to the
former ruling of the board that they
are. Mr. Hainer is a stockholder in
the First National bank of Aurora,
which, in returning its assessment to
the assessor, listed its investments
in Liberty bonds as an offset to capi
tal stock.
- State Treasurer Hall is a heavy
stockholder in a bank at Franklin, his
home town. Whether any of the
other members own stock or do not
own stock is not known.
It is said that Secretary of State
Pool, Land Commissioner Shumway
and Auditor Smith are somewhat
peeved in the attitude of the state
treasurer. Governor Neville stood
in the attitude of watchful waiting,
saying that he wanted to see just
what the law intended. He thought
if the bonds were purchased as a
mere camouflage to fool the assessor
instead of a legitimate investment,
that they ought to be taxed.
Quotes Court Decision.
Mr H:iinpr in a letter to the board
which he emphasized with some
rough and ready remarks on the mat
ter, quoted a supreme court decision
of the United States court asserting
that states cannot impose taxes upon
'obligations of the federal government
which it has exempted b y statute.
He also quoted an opinion by At
torney General Reed to the effect
that deductions should be allowed
tor Liberty bonds purchased by
banks. . .
' Under the contention of Mr. Hainer
each member of the state board who
has voted to not deduct these bonds
from taxation has laid himself liable
to a fine of $10,000 or 20 years in
the penitentiary. According to Mr.
Hainer:
"The government is in grave and
urgent nccu ui juuua. n js.-ima
securities at a low rate of interest,
holding out as an inducement to their
-.purchase that the same are !io: tax
able. If these are taxed ihey im
Vpose a burden upon these securities
and certainly obstruct and discourage
the1 raising of these funds lor the
national defense."
; Refers to Sedition Law.
'in this connection Mr. Hainer
called attention to the sedition law
passed by the special session' of the
legislature, in which, after quoting dif
ferent acts, "with intent to obstruct,
hinder, delay, discourage, hamper or
otherwise interfere with the efficient
prosecution of the war," he particu
lgrily emphasized the following
clause: ,
"Ohsfruct or discouraee the lawful
raising of funds for the national de
fense, whether in the form of sub
scription to loans or the sale of gov
ernment securities."
The board adjourned to take up
Oil UllldUUI LJ OUIUIGI UIW
At Virginia Cantonment
Stromsburg, Neb., June 23. (Spe
cial Telegram.) Harold McCleery,
Dnly son of Mr. and Mrs; O. L. Mc
Cleery, publishers of the Stromsburg
News, died at Belair, Va., at 5 o'clock
this morning of pneumonia, at the
age of 17. He enlisted in the engi
neer's corps thirty days ago. His
father arrived at his bedside before
he died. The body will be brought
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death among the soldiers from Polk
county.
Finding of Body Indicates
Suicide of Robert Burton
Scotia, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
Robert Burton, about 21 years old,
was found dead this morning near
:he home of Harry Wegner, five
miles east of Scotia, where he had
ividently gone to see his wife, from
whom he had been separated for
some months. While the affair is
somewhat of a mystery, the circum
stances indicate that domestic trouble
ad unbalanced his mind and he had
tilled himself.
Nemaha County Increase
In Personal Property
Stella, Neb., June 23. (Special,)
- In Nemaha county, just over the line
from Stella, tabulations of the as
sessor's reports show an increase of
nearly $2,000,000 in the value of the
personal property of that county
above 1917. Following figures are
taken from official reports: Hogs,
23,955 head, valued at $544,929;
horses, 8,410, $839,095; mules, 2,009,
. $244,560.
Madison Puts Ban on Use
Of All Foreign Languages
v Norfolk, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
The Madison county Council of
Defense, during an all-day meeting
Friday, passed a resolution against
the use of all foreign languages in
schools, churches, over telephones
and other means of communication.
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CHAPTER XXIV. v
She Had Seen the Germans.
The next morning I was tired, as
you may believe. I ached in every
limb when I went to my room that
night, but a hot bath and a good sleep
did wonders for me. No bombard
ment could have kept me awake that
nichtl I would no ha' cared had the
Hun begun shelling Tramecourt it
self, so long as he did not shell me
clear out of my bed.
Still, in the morning, though I had
not had so much sleep as I would
have liked. I was ready to go when
we got the word. We made about as
early a start as usual breakfast soon
after daylight, and then out the motor
cars and to wee Tinkle Tom. Our
destination that day, our first, at least,
was Albert a town as badly smashed
and battered as Arras or Ypres.
These towns were long thinly held by
the British that is, they were just
within our lines, and the Hun could
rake them with his fire at his own
evil will.
It did him no good to batter them
to picees as he did. He wasted shells
upon them that must have been
precious to him. His treatment of
them was but a part of his wicked,
wanton spirit of destructiveness. He
could not see a place standing that
he did not want to destroy, I think. It
was not war he made, as the world
had known war: it was a savage raid
against every sign and evidence of
civilization, and comfort and happi
ness. But always, as I think I have
said before, one thing eluded him. It
was the soul of that which he de
stroyed. That was beyond his reach,
and sore it must have grieved him to
come to know it for come to know it
he has, in France, and in Belgium,
too.
We passed through a wee town
Seventy-Two Richardson
County Boys Are Called
For Uncle Sam's Army
Falls City. Neb., June 23. (Spe
cial.) The last call required the
county draft board to furnish 72 Rich
ardson county men for Camp Fun
ston and Fort Riley Wednesday of
this week. The following are the
men:
Walter Trout
George H. Ablutz
William Prudler
John Rowland
Fred Herbster ,
R. R. Draper
R. Sawyers
W. L. Williamson
Bert Nettlebcck
Fred Gaede
Ifenry Wells
W. I.. Shadel
Ernest Ridgeway
P. Mahan
Lewis Wells
Isham Reavls Gist
T. J. Dunbar
Harold Shaffer
W. H. Guilllams
.T. C. Bohrer
William Sears
Bert Roland
Rov Phillips
Pari Green
lra Eiiuar Adams
Grover C. Quick
Ferdinand K. Keney
Roy Parker
Ernie James Moore
Otto P. Kitzenberger
Henrv A Smith
William J. Allen
Troy A. Walker
Cornelius Raw-ley
Samuel Martin
Chester Kennell
Michael Kontgamanes
H. M. Cottrell
E. Woodworth
E. C. Shepherd
R. B. Hulse
Henry Beagle
Howard Ocamb
.lames Gotees
William Green
Roy Wahl
Isadoro Neal
George Reiger
T. J. A hern
.T. M. Alkman
E. Belousek
J. E. Hendricks
N. Carpenter
W. E. Happen
Elmer Prosser
F. Hendricks
Martin John
C. C. Herling
L. R. Ducy
F. A. Reddick
Harry Bell
G. F. Holier
P. D. Reavls, Jr.
E. .1. Kanaly
J. J. McCarthy
J. C. Schilcker
Harry Jones
.1. M. Johansen
Paul Ftartzell
F. G. Haralabakos
Ernest Morgan
Dale Hiskey
W. L. Cottrell
W. C. Cook
Echo of Capitol Bank
Failure in Court Again
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
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Another echo of the Capitol Na-
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tional DanK cases nas reatucu mc
state supreme court. , J. J. Thomas,
Seward, who some time ago was
awarded with others, attorneys' fees
in the case which had a run through
the state and federal courts 23 years,
has appealed from the decision of
Judges Good and Cochran, who
awarded fees to Mr. Thomas of $18,
851; L. C. Burr, Lincoln, $7,713; Nor
val Brothers. $8,165, and George W
Lowley, who died before the litiga
tion ended, $1,305 to the estate.
Thomas contends that the amount
given Norval brothers is too much,
as they withdrew from the case be
fore it was concluded and quit the
litigation. The case was taken on the
contingent fee proposition and the
judgment awarded was $102,495.
Nebraska News Notes
Colfax county will vote upon the
proposition of erecting a new court
house at the election this fall. The
board of commissioners at a special
meeting voted to adopt the method
used in Platte county. A tax of not
to exceed 5 mills may be levied.
County Agricultural Agent L. C.
Christie of Fremont has established
labor agencies in every town and com
munity center in the county in an ef
fort to solve the labor problems that
confront the farmer. A shortage of
harvest labor is predicted. Wages for
farm work range from $60 to $75 a
month, while harvest hands will be
paid from $3 to $4 a day.
The Cuming county eighth grade
exercises ot the pupils ot the public
schools took place at West Point. The
class, which contained nearly 100
pupils, was the largest ever graduated
from this grade in the county.
Melvin R. Roberts, charged with
the theft of an automobile at West
Point, has pleaded guilty and was
sentenced by Judge Welch to a term
of from one to seven years in the
penitentiary. Sheriff Sexton conveyed
him to Lincoln immediately. He was
arrested with the stolen car in
Omaha.
Mrs. Harry O. Henry of Garfield
township, Cuming county, died after
a short illness. Mrs. Henry was the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Swanson and was 28 years of age.
She is survived by her parents, two
brothers and three sisters.
Walter Scholtz, a farmer living two
miles east of Genoa, was killed by a
runaway mule team which he was
driving -home Saturday. He leaves a
wife and several children.
THE BEE:
laffii Lauder
tfte Wat? Zone
7zi?Tsfrel tt France" 7e
Cxperiences ott tAe Western
l l COPYRIGHT 1918
called Doullens on our way from
Tramecourt to Albert. And there,
that morn, I saw an old French nun;
an 3ged woman, a woman old beyond
all belief or reckoning. 1 think she is
still there, where I saw her that day.
Indeed, it has seemed to me, often,
as I have thought upon her,,that she
avill always be there, gliding silently
through the deserted streets of that
wee toon, on through all the ages that
are to come, and always a cowled,
veiled figure of reproach and hatred
for the German race.
There is some life in that wee place
now. There are no more Germans,
and no more shells come there. The
battle line has been carried on to the
east by the British: here they have
redeemed a bit of France from the
German yoke. And so we could stop
there, in the heat of the morning, for
a bit of refreshment at a cafe that
was once, I suppose, quite a place in
that snia toon. It does but little
business now; passing soldiers bring it
some trade, but nothing like what it
used to have. For this is not a town
much frequented by troops or was
not, just at that time.
There was some trouble, too, with
one of the cars, so we went for a
short walk through the town. It was
then that we met that old French
nun. Her face and her hands were
withered, and deeply graven with the
lines of the years that had bowed her
head. Her back was bent, and she
walked slowly and with difficulty. But
in her eves was a soft, young light
that I have often seen in the eyes of
oriests and nuns, and that their com
forting religion gives them. But as
we talked I snoke ot the Oermans.
Gone from her eyes was all their
softness. They flashed a bitter and
contemotuous hatred.
"The Germans!" she said. She spat
upon the ground, scornfully, and with
SENATOR NORRIS
FILES NAME FOR
RENOMI NATION
Declares He Does Not Want
Votes of Disloyal or of
Those Seeking Partisan
Advantage.
Senator G. W. Norris, in filing with
the secretary of state his application
placing his name before the people
of Nebraska as a candidate for the
republican nomination for United
States senator, makes the following
statement:
"I agree with all other candidates
in all of the parties, that the most
important and necessary task con
fronting the American people, is the
vigorous and energetic prosecution of
the war. Whatever disagreement may
have existed at the beginning, it is
becoming more apparent every day,
that we can have no peace without
a victory. The recent action of the
German government in Russia, in vio
lation of its professed desire for peace
without indemnities or annexation
and by self-determination, is a dem
onstration that a permanent peace
cannot be had except by the complete
defeat of the German military autoc
racy headed by the kaiser. No treaty
of peace should be agreed to that will
leave the world an armed camp in
preparation fo the 'next war.' IThere
must be such a victory as will, as far
as human ingenuity is possible, elim
inate the 'next war.'
Votes He Does Not Want.
"There are two classes of people
whose votes I do not want:
"First I do not want the vote or
support of any man who is disloyal,
or who is not willing to make every
possible sacrifice for the success of
our arms; and
"Second I do not want the vote
or the support of any man who is
trying to capitalize the patriotic spirit
aroused by the war for the purpose
of gaining a partisan or a financial
advantage.
"When the president within the lim
its of his constitutional authority, is
acting as commander-in-chief of the
army and navy, I will follow and sup
port him to the very limit. When
as president, he is acting as a part
of the constitutional law-making pow
er of our federal government, I will
be with him whenever I believe he is
right, but with due respect I will de
cline to follow him whenever I think
he is wrong. This rule applies to
peace times as well as war. It ap
plies to every president, regardless
of his politics, andit applies to me,
whether I am acting as a public offi
cial or as a private citizen. Honest
and constructive criticism with a view
to improving conditions, is not only
right, but it often becomes the duty of
not only the public official, but of the
private citizen.
Vital After-War Issues.
"The period of reconstruction fol
lowing the war will present to the
American congress some of the most
vital and important questions that
have ever confronted the American
people. During my service in con
gress, I have devoted all of my time
and all of my energies to the perform
ance of my official duties, and my
position on all national questions is
well understood by the people of Ne
braska. I ask only that a fair, hon
est and unbiased judgment be ren
dered by the citizenship of my state,
and to the patriotic and conscientious
people who believe in those princi
ples of government for which I have
stood during all these years, I most
respectfully but earnestly appeal for
support and vindication. 1 am not
financially able and tannot spare the
time from m official duties, to make
the kind of a campaign that I would
like to make, or to personally answer
all of the charges of misrepresenta
tion that will be made by those who
are seeking my defeat. I have an
abiding faith in the loyalty, honesty
and intelligence of the people of our
great commonwealth, and by their pa
triotic judgment I am willing to
abide."
OMAHA, MONDAY. JUNE
7s ffts ZPersoxa? i
a gesture of infinite loathing. And
every time she uttered mat naieu
word she spat again. It was a cere
mony she used; she felt. I know, that
lior mniitti rletiled hv that word.
and she wished to cleanse it. It was
no affectation, as. with some tolk. you
might have thought it. It was not a
studied act. She did it, I do believe,
unconsciously. And it was a gesture
marvclously expressive. It spoke
more eloquently of her feelings than
many words could have done.
She had seen the Germans! Aye!
She had seen them come, in 1914, in
the first days of the war, rolling past
in great, gray waves, for days and
days, as if the flood would never cease
to roll. She had seen them passing,
with their guns, in those first proud
days of the war. when they had reck
oned themselves invincible, and been
so sure of victory. She knew what
cruelties, what indignities, they had
put upon the helpless people the war
had swept into their clutch. She
knew the defilements of which they
had been guilty.
Nor was that the first time she had
seen Germans. They had come be
fore she was so old, though even then
she had not been a young girl in the
war of 1870, when Europe left brave
France Xo- her fate, because the Ger
man spirit and the German plan were
not appreciated or understood. Th-nk
God the world had l.-.ned its lesson
by 1914, when the Hun challenged it
again, so that the challenge was met
and taken up. and France was not
left alone to bear the brunt of Ger
man greed and German hate.
She hated the Germans, that old
French nun. She was religious; she
knew the teachings of her church. She
in.ui li!it C.nA cavs we must love our
enemies. But He could not expect us
to love Mis enemies.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
Telegraph Operator at
Blair Confesses Theft
Of Barrel of Alcohol
Blair. Neb., June 23. (Special Tel
egram.) A barrel of alcohol was stol
en from the freight depot here this
morning. Charles F. Beck, the night
telegraph operator, was arrested and
is now in the county jail. He con
fessed the theft, officers say. Reck
gives the story two men came from
Omaha with a truck and went with
Beck to the cache where he had hid
den the barrel and took it away.
Rich Falls City Man
Before Defense Council
Falls City, Neb., June 23. (Spe
cial.) James A. Hill, Falls City, was
before the County Council of De
fense recently to explain why he had
not paid the Red Cross assessments
of $75 for the first drive and $100
for the second his testimony was
that his contribution was $1 and the
evidence disclosed that he had real
estate within sight of Falls City worth
more than $100,000. The council or
dered him to pay $174. This Mr.
Hill was not willing to do and he
was ordered to appear before the
State Council of Defense Friday,
which he did. He was asked to pay
$200 for the Red Cross, or, if that
did not suit him, to come before the
state council again next Friday.
Mrs. Hildreth Receives Word
That Husband Is in France
Filley, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
Mrs. G. W. Hildreth received word
of the safe arrival in France of her
husband, who last March entered the
medical branch of the army.
The Filley Red Cross has complet
ed its quota.
Dewey Jackman, Torrington, Wyo.,
is here visiting his brother and fam
ily. Mr. and Mrs. Eggar Woods and
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Andrew, Table
Rock, spent Sunday with their chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Andrew.
P. M. Anderson recently sold three
$1,500 tractors in one week to farm
ers of this vicinity.
Two Boys Asleep Near Track
Seriously Injured by Train
Norfolk, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
Vernon Stelson and Vernon Siper-
ly, aged 16 and 17 years respectively,
are in a local hospital suffering from
injuries caused by being struck by
a Northwestern train near Meadow
Grove. Siperly s skull is fractured and
his father. C. H. Siperly, who lives in
Detroit, Mich., has been notified. The
boys had gone to sleep near the
tracks.
Lutheran Church Buys
$24,500 Liberty Bonds
Stella, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran con
gregation, in the country five miles
east of eVrdon, of which Rev. Theo
dore Hoeman, is pastor, bought $24,
500 worth Liberty bonds?, and invest
ed in about $7,000 worth of war sav
ings stamps. The Young Peoples'
society of this congregation has
formed a war savings stamps society.
Two Held Under Espionage
Law Charges at Norfolk
Norfolk, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
W. A. Emery of Norfolk, Robert
and Ferdinand Leu of Pierce, Neb.,
were arrested by Deputy Marshal
Morgan on charges of violating the
espionage law. Each gave bond for
$5,000 at the preliminary 'hearing be
fore United States Commissioner
Hays and will appear for trial next
September.
Estate Ordered Turned Over
To Alien Property Custodian
Stella, Neb., June 23. (Special.)
Three thousand five hundred dollars
willed to relatives in Germany, was
ordered by the county court at Falls
City to be sent to the alien property
custodian at Washington in the final
hearing of the estate of Mrs. Dorothy
Iline.
24, 1918.
TOWNSEND SHOT
AND KILLED BY
SAFE BLOWER
Early Sunday Morning Council
Bluffs Block Watchman At
tacked by One of Men En
gaged in Robbing Store.
Alcaiue Townscnd, block watch
man, was shot by the lookout of men
engaged in blowing the safe in the
Woolworth Ten Cent store, Council
Bluffs, when he came upon the man
in the alley in the rear of the build
ing at 4:50 o'clock Sunday morning.
He died half an hour later.
The man attacked Townsend from
behind and then pressed a .45-caliber
revolver against his back and fired.
The bullet passed entirely through
the body, perforating the kidney and
liver.
The robbers fled from the building
after the shooting, leaving their tools
and nitroglycerin unused and the
safe unopened and uninjured. They
entered the store by prying off the
iron door protecting the rear en
trance. They then unlocked the
inner door with keys which they left
in the lock. To prevent interruption,
with a small padlock they fastened
the outer iron door on the inside. The
safe was taken from its location near
the front of the store, where it was
concealed by part of the counter, and
rolled to the head of the basement
stairs. There it got away from the
men and tumbled down the stairs,
smashing the steps, the noise awak
ening people nearby.
It was at this moment that Town
send reached the rear of the store on
his way through the alley.
Tells of Attack.
He said the man darted from the
shadows, seized him from behind,
struck him on the back of the head
and then thrust the revolver against
his back and fired.
The crash of the falling safe and
the sound of the shot came in quick
succession, and both were heard at
the police station, a block away.
James G. Bradley. F. A. Skipton and
Emory Stamper, Townsend's son-in-law,
all living nearby, heard the
sounds and Townsend's calls for help.
They found him lying at the entrance
of the alley on Fourth street, his
clothing still afire, ignited by the
powder from the cartridge. He said
the man had shot him, wrested his
own revolver from him and fled. The
men inside, he said, had left the
building by way of a second-story
window and one of the Fourth street
fire escapes.
Police Surround Building.
Police officers , surrounded the
building in a few minutes, but the
men had gone. There were conflict
ing stories about them running to a
high-powered automobile and disap
pearing, but this was in a measure
refuted by Sheriff Groneweg's blood
hounds, who, getting the scent from
the tools and paraphernalia left be
hind, followed a trail that led them
through the woods northeast of
Mercy hospital and out upon Oak
street.
Only two officers were with the
dogs, and when it looked as if they
were on a hot trail of five armed safe
blowers the hunt was stopped for a
few minutes until reinforcements
were secured. The trail was picked
up again, but lost on Oak street.
In his dying statement Townsend
said he recognized the man who shot
him as one who had aroused suspi
cion by frequent visits to the store
since Thursday.
Thousand Dollars in Safe.
The location of the safe could only
have been discovered by some one
familiar with the store. It contained
more than $1,000 or so cash from the
Saturday night's sales, for the'reason
that, in accordance with the custom
of Manager Price, a bank messenger
had taken most of the monev to the
bank at 10 o'clock. The 26 cash reg
isters in the store were not disturbed.
Alcaine Townsend was 54 years old.
He lived at 621 Washington avenue
and is survived by his wife, from
whom he had separated, two daugh
ters, Mrs. Stamper and Mrs. Ricken
baugh, and one son, Roy, who en
listed in June, just prior to his 21st
birthday anniversary. He had been
on the merchants' police since leav
ing the hospital in February, where
he underwent an operation for kidney
trouble. The assassin's bullet pene
trated the scar of the recent surgical
wound.
The body was removed to King's
undertaking rooms in Council Bluffs
after Dr. Kelly had made a post
mortem examination by direction of
Coroner Cutler.
Chicken Dinner Served
To Autolsts at Bellevue
Summer resrt advantages in a col
legiate atmosphere are being offered
tor the summer by the management
of Bellevue college. The college has
opened its gates for the entertainment
of guests at chicken dinner parties
and tennis and swimming parties.
The large swimming pool in the col
lege gymnasium is being visited more
and more by groups of pleasure seek
ers who journey to the college cam
pus in the afternoon or evening by
automobile or street car. The col
lege states that it is now prepared to
take care of large parties.
Dinners are served in the college
dining room in Fontenelle hall, the
woman's building. Reservations for
special dinners can be made in ad
vance by telephone. During the sul
try weather of the last week many
guests had their dinners served on the
college campus overlooking the Mis
souri river and the valley for miles
below the college.
Valley.
Mine Hazel Hardman of Ashland ta visit
lntc Mine Leota Byars.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Eddy went to Fremont
to attend the funeral of Mrs Oeorge Eddy.
Mrs. Clara Spatz of Meckllnfr. 8. D.. vis
ited h?r mother, Mrs. Eva Bronson.
Misses Harriot and Dorothy Wahlgren of
Elk City were Valley visitors.
Miss Freda Helmbach went to Lincoln
to visit Miss Anna Fehlman.
Busy Bees was entertained Wednesday, at
the home of Mrs. Fred Whltmore.
Prlscllla Noyes is here visiting her grand
mother. Mrs. A. Gardiner
C. K. Byars and Marie attended the Press
association meeting in Omaha.
Children's day exercises will be held Sun
day morning at the Methodist church.
S. A. Tipton has rented the Presbyterian
maiiF-. Mrs. Tipton came from Lincoln
Monday,
BOLSHEVISM PERIL
TO WORLD, ASSERTS
RUSSIAN REFUGEE
Stockholm, June 7. Belief that the
people of Russia want, above all
things, peace at any price, is a mis
take, asserts Vladimir Bourtseff, a
noted Russian former revolutionary
and newspaper man who has arrived
here from Finland.
"The bolsheviki threaten the total
destruction of Russia," said Bourtseff
to a writer in the Dagens Nyhetcr.
"They attained power by the help
of the Germans and by the same
means are maintained in power. Rol
shevispi is a danger not only for Rus
sia, buffer the whole world and it
is necessary that the supporters of its
doctrines should be thoroughly de
feated. Russia cannot be saved so
long as the bolsheviki are in control.
I am convinced they can be con
quered and I hope it will not be
long before they are suppressed.
. "What Russia needs is a govern
ment composed of democrats and ca
dets (constitutional democrats) with
a man like KornilofT or Milyukoff at
its head. The idea that the land above
all things, peace at any price is a mis
take. This would be made plain un
der another government which, un
like the present, was not dependent on
German support."
Bourtseff at the beginning of the
war was living in Paris as a refugee.
He immediately returned to Russia
to offer his services to the govern
ment against Germany. He was ar
rested the moment he reached Rus
sian soil and sent to Siberia. After
a year there he was released on the
intercession of President Poincare of
France. He returned to Petrograd,
where he opposed the .bolsheviki.
When the revolution broke out he
was imprisoned in the fortress of
St. Peter and St. Paul. After four
months' imprisonment he escaped and
reached Helsingfors, whence he came
to Sweden.
Joe Jefferson's Home to Be
Made Wild Fowl Sanctuary
New Orleans, June 23. Jefferson
Island, former home of Joseph Jef
ferson in Iberia parish, southern Lou
isiana, and named by him "Bob
Acres," after the character in "The
Rivals," made famous on the stage
by the actor, is to be developed into
a sanctuary for wild fowl by Law
rence Jones and J. Lyle Bayliss, of
Lexington, Ky., who recently pur
chased the property.
It comprises 10,000 acres. A con
tract has been awarded for the con
struction of a dam along one edge of
the property in order to re-establish
a cypress swamp drained some years
ago. When the water accumulates it
is proposed to establish an immense
heronry, in order that the many
species of herons in Louisiana, es
pecially the egret, may build nests
and raise their young over water, as
is their habit.
In addition the new owners of "Bob
Acres" have petitioned the Louisiana
Conservation commission to set aside
Lake Peigneu, adjoining the prop
erty, as a wild waterfowl refuge. The
lake is a noted resort for ducks dur
ing the winter months and they flock
there by hundreds of thousands.
War Saving Societies to Be
Organized in County
Under the direction of William M.
Burton, Omaha attorney, it is pro
posed to organize one or more War
Savings societies in each school dis
trict in Douglas county outside of
Omaha, at public meetings called
throughout the county on the evening
of Friday, June 28. The following
men are serving as precinct directors:
Valley, R. E. Segur; Elkhorn, T. A.
Hollister; Jefferson, Herman Timme;
Millard, H. T. Connell; Douglas, M.
O. Cunningham; Waterloo, J. H.
Lionberger; Chicago, William A.
Schall; McArdle. Charles S. Elgutter;
Union, H. L. Tucker; districts Nos.
21, 38 and 46, Robert M. Switzler.
The Perfect Baby 1
Of The Future
ASImpU MaUiodThat Hu Wondmfal
Influence) upon The Future Infant.
Before the arrival of baljy lraowlnj womerl
for over half a century- have used with
regularity the time-honored preparation.
Mother's Friend.
Here la a mort wonderful application for
the abdomen and breasts. It penetrate
the muscles, ligaments and tissues, render
ing them pliant to readily yield t nature's
demand for expansion.
By Its use the anxious weeks of pregnancy
are made comfortable. Tbe usual wrench
ing strain, bearing-down and stretching
pains are counteracted. The system la pre
pared for the coming event, and Its use
brings rest, repose and happy anticipation.
Br the regular use of Mother's Friend
during the period the muscles expand easier
when baby arrives, and naturally tbe pain,
and danger at tbe crisis is less.
Mother's Friend is prepared after the for
mula of a noted family doctor by the Brad
field Regulator Co., Lunar Bldg., At
lanta, Ga. It Is for external use only;
is absolutely and entirely safe and won
derfully effective. Write tbem for their in
structive and Interesting 'Mothrhood
Book." There Is a wealtft of Instruction
and comfort to be derived In reading thia
little book. It is plainly written Just what
every woman wants to know and will be)
s splendid little text book of guidance, not
only for yourself but will make you helpful
to others, and In the meantime obtain a
bottle of Mother's Friend from the drag
gist, and thus fortify yourself against pain
and discomfort.
for Burning Eczema
Greasy salves and ointments should not
oe applied it good clear skin is wanted.
From any druggist for 35c, or $1.00 for
;xtra large size, get a bottle of zemo.
When applied as directed tt effectively
removes eczema, quickly stops itching, and
leals skin troubles, also sores, burns,
,-ounds and charing. It penetrates, cleanses
md soothes. Zemo is a clean, dependable
nd inexpensive, penetrating, antiseptic
quid. Try it, as we believe nothing you
ave ever used is as effective and satisfying
The E. V7 Kose Co.. Ceveland. O '
DR. E. R. TAii.iY - 240
Two Members of Boating
Party Drown Near Dodge '
When Skiff Overturns
Wisner, Neb., June 23. (Specal,
Telegram.) Wisner and communis
were shocked this afternoon when th
news spread that Miss Adella Cnuk,
age 17, and Mr. Wenccl Miklas, age
19, both of Dodge, Neb., had been
drowned in the Fred Wordeman lak ,
just south of town.
The two with about 30 or 40 othet
young people were having an outing
at the lake. Miklas and Miss Gnuk
were boating in company with J
Ward and Miss Thelma Derr. Mr,
Miklas it is said, stood in the canoe
rocking the boat when it turned over.
Fnimet Kane, Wisner, ran to the res
cue, pulling two out of the water.
All efforts to save the two, victims
failed.
Speculators Keep Fruit
And Vegetable Prices Up
J. J. Cameron, secretary of tha
Omaha Retail Grocers' association
and editor of The Grocery Reporter(
charges that speculators are respon
sible for the prevailing high prices of
fruits and vcgeables. He submits the
following comment:
"There docs not seem to be a suf
ficicnt supply of fruits and vegetables .
for the daily requirements of the gro'
eery trade. The speculators and
profiteerers, knowing this fact, gather
around the market square every morn
ing and purchase from the truck gar- '
deners their entire stock of fruit and
vegetables. The grocers then must
buy from the speculators and pay
from 5 cents to 25 cents a dozen more
for their supplies of vegetables and
from 25 cents to $1 per case more' for
berries. The consumer must pay this
profiteering price as well as a small
profit to the grocer.
"Last week several grocers reported
that it was practically useless ; to go
to the market for their supplies, as
profiteering makes prices prohibi-
live."
Woman's Party Gains
lOVotesinU.S.Senatev
At Cost of $50,000
Washington, June 23. Fifty thou
sand dollars, the national woman'
party announced today, has been the
cost of campaigning to gain 10 addi
tional votes in the senate for the
federal woman suffrage amendment.
In the past five years, the announce
ment said, the woman's party alone
has spent $469,915. fighting for the
amendment, which has passed the
house and is to be voted on in the
senate next Thursday. "
Tnrournflnc Bjrniptomi.
Tm afraid that he la arowlnir weakar.
aald tha doctor. "Hla chancta ot racoTery
are very alight."
"Nonaente!" exclaimed tha nuraa. "He'll
pull through all rlht!"
"What makea you think aoT" Inquired
tha lncreduloui phyelclan. '
"Became," admitted tha pretty nuraa,
"he haa attempted to make love to ma -three
or four tlmea today" 8t Louie Globe
DemocraL OMAHA WOMAN
SAYS IT IS BEST
Mrs. Voss Gains Twelve
Pounds Taking Tanlao and
Troubles Are Overcome.
"After reading and hearing 9
much about Tanlac I decided to see
for myself what it would do and how;
I am ready to say it is the best medi
cine I ever saw," said Mrs. Carrie
Voss, who resides at 1407 Lake street,
recently. ...
"I have suffered a great deal dur
ing the past three years," she con-,
tinued, "from biliousness and other
iruuuiet). luy eyjicuto vtaa uvw
hohiI nn J T nraM vara nolrAlia 9LYA TAdf
less and coumn t sieep weu at nigm.
I also suffered agony witn rheuma.
tism in my knees and arms. My arms
ached so at times it was torture for
me to raise my hands up to my head.
"I had fallen off twelve pounds.'
on account of these troubles, and
hardly knew what it was to feel well.
I have taken four bottles of Tanlac
now and have already regained all my
lost weight My appetite picked up
right from the start and now I can
eat all I want of just anything I
please. I have no more pain of any
kind. I sleep well and am not nervous
like I was, and can recommend Tan
lac as the best medicine I have ever
found."
As has been stated, there is not a!
single portion of the body that is not
benefited by the helpful action of
Tanlac, which begins its work by,
stimulating the digestive and assimi-J
lative organs, thereby enriching the
blood and invigorating the whole
body. In other words, it relieves
rheumatism and other constitutional
troubles by removing the cause. .
Tanlac is a powerful reconstructive
tonic and contains certain ingredients
which purify the blood and remove
the entire system. Next, it enables
the stomach to thoroughly digest its
food, thereby permitting the assimila
ble products to be converted into
blood, bone and muscle.
Tanlac is sold in Omaha. by Sher
man & McConnell Drug Co., corner
uiAtccuiru aim vuuge etxccLS , six
teenth and Harney; Owl Drug com
pany, Sixteenth and Farnam streets;
Harvard Pharmacy, Twenty-fourUi
and Farnam streets; northeast cor
ner Nineteenth and Farnam streets,
and West End Pharmacy, corner For
ty-ninth and Dodge streets, under tin
personal direction of a special Tanlac
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