Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
HE IN CALLED
RDER 8ENT TO GOVENOR3 FOR
49,843 TO MOBILIZE
MAY 1 AND 10.
IWA'S QUOTA WILL BE 1,910
iveda Lowest In tho List with 49
Men Will Be Required to Report at
Camps Probably for Training with
the Regular Army Units.
Uern Newipttvr Union Kewi Beetle.
Washington, D. C. Anothor draft
11, for 49,843 registrants, has boon
it to governors of states by Provost
irsbal General Crowiler. Mobill
Ion of tho men Is order for May
and 10, tho war department an-
uncod, and thoy will bo sent to
ven forts and recruiting barracks,
)bably for training with regular
ny units thoro.
This call Increases to moro than
.000 tho number of select men or
ed to camp slnco lato In March,
further announcements are expect
to follow tho roturn of Secretary
kor from tho battlo fronts. Troops
r aro moving to Europo at a rapid
o.
Quotas of Each State.
Although every stato and tho DIs
:t of Columbia aro called upon to
nlsh men undor Oen. Crowdor's lat
, order, nearly halt of tho 49,843
n will como from sovon Btatea. II-
)Is will supply by far tho largest
nbor, Ha quota bolng 8,047. Thoso
'tos follow In tho order named:
'tnsylvanla, 3.77C; Now York, 3,642;
hhlgan, 2,593; Missouri, 2,103; Wis
'sin, 2,133, and Ohio, 2,000. Novada
1 tho lowest quota, 49, Delaware is
jt lowest with 87. Wyoming with
da tho only other stato to furnish
i than 100 men.
ho quotaB of other states lncludo:
zona, 318; California, 1,187; Colo
'o, COG; Idaho, 165; , Iowa, 1,910;
isas, 1,210; Minnesota, 1,925; Mon-
354; Nobraska, 987; New Mox
274; North Dakota, G81; Orogon,
r. South Dakota, 482; Toxas, 1,094;
',h, 1C8; Washington, 434.
ho army posts to which tho mon
bu jhciuuo i'ort aicjjowoii, uai.;
t Logan, Colo,; Fort Sam Houston,
, and Vancouvor Barracks, Wash.
To Reinforce Allies.
'ho Iltltnlinr of Hnloft mnn nrrtnrn,!
camp Blnco lato In March Is far In
bss of tho monthly average that
Jul havo boon mobilized undor tho
final plan to call 800,000 mon this
jj over a nlno months' period. Fu
ji calls at tho Bamo rato would com
to tho program boforo mldsummor.
,ndor President Wilson's dotorml
on to haaton tho dlBpatch of Amcr
jt troops to Franco to rolnforco tho
i Ish and Fronch armlos bearing tho
jit of tho groat Gorman drives In
('idors and Plcardy, tho wholo pro
fn of tho army is Bpoedlng up. Only
j )ok ago Gen. Crowdor ordorod mo
1 ation of 1C0.000 select men for
ill 20 and tholr movomont to tho
.inal army cantonments during tho
day period following.
,,
able to penetrate line.
W Forces Are Cut Down by the
Thousands.
it
B.0 ontlro alllod lino in Bologlum
Franco 1b holding firm. Nowhere
tho aormans boon ablo, notwlth
ling tho great numbers of men
Jj'id against it, oapoclally that por
ili in Flandors whoro tho British
molding forUi, to gain an Inch of
jfrd. Field Marshal Halg's ordor
jjino moro ground bo ccdod is rig-
- uoiiig compuou wun, aB is nt-
1.1 I... (I.. 1... .1- -m n
u ujr uiu iiiuuuuuuH oi ucrinan
(now lying boforo tho nrltlsh po-
in nmilhwnat nt Vrwa .!.fin.i II
I o ambition of tho high Gorman
"Ijtuuu to break through and on:
jj flold Marshal Halg'a forces and
tn open highway toward tho Eng
, bhannol.
khwcBt of St. Mlhlel tho Amori
iJtroops hfivo been compolled to
land a sorloa of porslstont as
' i second In Intensity only to
dollvorotl by tho Gormana
j 8t tho British In Flandora. And
, onora at tho end rostod with Uio
leans, who mot tho foo at ovory
1 1 of fighting ho offorod and doci-
dofoatod mm.
Grain for Holland.
Hague. Tho announcement of
morican war trado board's offer
id Immediately two shiploads of
(can grain to Holland and to fa
,o tho Bonding of a third ship
from Argontlna occasioned con
'.bio popular rollot horo through
respect that tho distress owing
, shortago of food supplioa would
oviatod.
I
Race Horses Cremated,
limoro, Md. Sovontoon raco
), valued at $50,000 in all, per
In a flro which destroyed a large
, at Bowlo raco track. An ox
'B lamp caused tho blazo, it was
jlt Oil Producer Dead,
fJn, Mo. John II. Galoy, aged
Idely known oil producer, dlod
j' homo horo. Galoy drilled tho
,)jf-oil well in tho Pennsylvania
F x anil nwnrvl Iia fill- fnmo.f
Fiont gushor, S
ILS JEN REGAIN
HILL FROM HUNS
Americans in Counter-Attack
Capture Observation Post
Northwest of Toul.
FIGHTING LASTS ALL DAY
Yankeeo Repulse Two Attacks and
Battle Is Still On Enemy Intend-
cd to Penetrate to Third Line
In Wednesday's Raid.
With tho American Armies In France,
April 15. After repulsing two German
nttneks on tho American positions
northwest of Toul, American troops on
Friday counter-nttneked and recap
tured an observation hill.
Tho American troops battled with
tho Germans nil day, Infantry and ar
tillery participating.
At n Into hour the fighting was con
tinuing. In the raid carried out by tho Ger
mans on Wednesday nguinst the
Americans northwest of Toul the
.enemy intended to jKmetrnto to the
third lino positions,' according to In
formation obtained from a prisoner.
This is corroborated by material
found on dead Germans. The enemy
carried wire, dynamite, intrenching
tools and other Implements for organ--lzlng
tho positions.
' The Amcrlcnns know In advance of
'tho proposed attack through infor-
imatlon obtained a day or two pre
viously from prisoners captured by
.tho French on nn ndjacent sector.
The attack was made by n special
.battalion of 800 shock troops, who
.had rehearsed tho operation for two
or three weeks Ivohlnd the lines.
As soon as tho German barrago be
gan tho American batteries, with
.out waiting for tho rocket slgnnl, laid
down n counter-barrage, with the
result that less than 200 of tho cn
'omy succeeded In climbing out of
Itliclr trenches and ndvanclng townrd
tho American line.
Tho German oflleers sent tho men
,rlght through tho barrage, but only
two succeeded In renchlng tho front
line. Both of thesowcro taken pris
oner, ono of them dying a short time
afterword from wounds.
When tho German barrage started
tho American outposts moved Into
tho first Hue, whore, with other in
fantrymen and machine gunners, they
waited for tho advancing enemy.
Tho Americans poured a deadly flro
Into tho raiders, then climbed out
of tho trenches and engaged with
grenades and in hnnd-to-hand fight
ing tho few Germans who wero ablo
to cross No Man's Land.
Tho American Infantrymen drove
tho enemy buck to his own lines nnd,
protected by machine-gun and auto
matic fire, drugged tho German dead
back to tho American trenches for
Identification.
U. S. REPLIES TO HOLLAND
Ship Seizure Made Necessary by Ene
my's Coercion, Says Lansing
America's Policy Is Friendly.
Washington, April 15. America's
reply to tho recent statement of tho
Netherlands government blttdrly pro
testing against and denouncing tho
action of tho United States in taking
over Dutch ships in Its ports, was
mndo public In Uio form of a memo
randum by Secretary Lansing, a copy
of which has been sent to tho Nether
lands legation.
Pointing out that tho Netherlands
government itself) does not qucsUon
tho legality of tho act, Mr. Lansing
devotes himself to a demonstration)
Hint it was on act of necessity ro-j
suiting from Germany's menacing nt
tltudo which prevented Holland from.'
fulfilling her engagements, and that)
Instead of on Injustice the stop results'
In real benefit to tho Dutch ship own'
ers and pooplp.
SEDITION BILL IS PASSED
Senate Enacts Measure Without Roll
Call Had Already Passed
the House.
Washington. April 12.-Wlth numer-l
ous modifications, tho sennto, without;
n roll call, passed tho sedition bill do
signed ostensibly to arm tho depart'
ment of Justlco with moro drastic au
thority in rounding up spies nnd dlB-i
loyalists. The mensuro has nlrcadjj
passed tho house.
PASS DRAFT FOR IRELAND'
House of Commons Approves Conscrlp-i
tlon Clause of Man-Power Bill by
Majority of 165.
London, April 15. Tho house ofj
commons on Friday passed tho Irish'
conscription cluuso of tho man-power
bill by u majority of 105.
Hope to Unify Methodism.
St. Louis, April 15. Members of the.
Joint commission on unification of tho'
Methodist Episcopal church South pre-'
dieted that tho plan for union would
bo rntillcd boforo the commission ad
journs. Try to Wreck Troop Train,
Wlnonn, Minn., April 15. A bold at
tempt to wreck a troop train near tho
Interstate drawbridge, which the pollco
assert was an act In protest to tho war.
was averted by a telegraph operator
nt East Winona, Wis.
LEND YOUR MONEY
TO HELP WIN WAR
Help Properly Equip Your Own
Son and Other Soldier Boys
Over There.
DUTY OF ALL TO BUY BONDS
Liberty, Loans to Uncle Sam Is Best
Guarantee of Our Fighters Safe
Return Home Do Not
Hesitate.
(By ROLAND G. USHER of the Vig
ilantes.) Put It to yourself straight now. You
know perfectly well that you would
feel ashamed to keep your boy out of
tho ranks If ho wanted to go. You
know perfectly well thnt you would
probably feel ashamed before your
neighbors If they knew that the boy
was sticking at home. But have you
ever asked yourself whether you felt
nshamed that you were keeping your
dollars tight In your Jcan3 Instead of
lending your dollnrs to the wnr as
well as your boy? If you havo not
got a boy you probably would feel
that he ought to go If you had one.
You have got some dollars, why don't
you send them?
Think again ; If you have sent a boy
over there, don't you know for cer
tain whether that boy will como back,
God grant that ho mny. But he went,
Just tho same, knowing fully just ns
you did that ho might not como buck.
You gavo tho dearest thing you hnd In
the world to tho government freely, for
tho cnuso of democracy. You wero
giad to do it; you felt fine about it
You still feel thnt if you had it to do
over again you would not do anything
else. But I will wager anything you
llko that you have a lot of money that
you can lend to the government with
out hurting yourself at all, and which
you nro hnnging on to until It screams
Think of It TIiobo dollars will bo per
fectly sure to como back If you lend
them to tho government- Tho govern
ment guarantees that. Why should
you therefore bo so afraid to loose
your clutch on them. Tho great risk
you have already taken and did It be
cause It was a worthy and a noblo
thing to do. Tho thing which Is no
risk at all and yet which Is Just as nec
essary to tho war as tho other, you
hesitate about.
Dollars Will Come Back.
Lot me suppose for a moment that
you havo not yet sent your boy. I will
wager you havo a sneaking feeling
that he ought to go. Ho has too. In
this case, I won't havo to make n wa
ger about it you havo not sent your
dollurs. If you hesitate to send the
boy because you aro afraid ho may
not come back, you have a perfectly ex
plainable reason, but you havo not got
a good reason why you should not send
your dollnrs. Thoy will como back,
you may bo sure of It. Not only will
they como back, tho government will
pay you Interest on them In the mean
time. You will lend tho government
your capital and will get a return on
it. Far from losing anything, you
will mnko something. Why hesitate?
Look ut It from another point of
view. If your boy has not gone, or if
you havo no son, your neighbors who
havo sons havo sent them. Thoso boys
are going Into danger. Thoy nre go
ing to need guns, food, artillery, ship,
and alrplnnea, not only to enable them
to do what they went over there to do
bent tho Germans out of sight but
to keep them safe. If thoy don't havo
those things thoy certainly won't como
back at nil. You know perfectly well,
however tight-fisted you may be, or
however mean you may think yoursolf
and you nro not half as mean as,
that you would not hurt your neigh
bor's son just because a few dollars
stood In tho way. You would feel so
ushamed of yourself for tho rest of
your life you would not bo ablo to
shove In tho morning. Your neighbors'
sons and your friends' sons thnt you
have known nil your life need tho
things your money can buy for them,
and It Is going to go mighty hard with
them If they don't get them.
Make Your Money Help.
Now put It to yourself straight. If
tho thing was a llttlo nearer to you
bo that you really snw your neigh
bor's son actually without food bo
cnusc you had declined to give It to
htm, you would not hesitate for a mo
ment what to do. Tho dlfllculty la
here, that the thing Is on so largo a
scale that you do not rcnllzo thnt your
failure to lend your money to Uio gov
ernment Is going to result very prob
ably In depriving that particular boy'
of things ho needs. You can say, If
you like, there are so many millions'
of them that It will bo some other fel
low's son thut will go without- I hope
you won't get much comfort out of
thnt, because It Is tho snmo old thing.
You would not hurt him either if you
saw him ond know ho was In want;
but because you don't seo Iitm, bocnuso
he is somewhere In France, you for
get about him ond don't stop to think
that ho wants n thing you would not
hesltoto to give him f you knew him.
Why hesltnto, then, to lend your dol
lnrs to tho government? Thoy nro tho
only thing thnt can really do this busi
ness. They ore tho only thing that
can put tools Into tho boys' hands over
thero to UIU tho Germans with. Don't
hesltnto any longer now; get it
straight, nnd go down and buy a
bond ond feel better about It for ttxs
rest of your life.
BIRKNER IN CUSTODY
Lincoln Major Arrested for Disloyal
Utterances at Camp Cody. DIs-
charged from Service.
Major John M. Kirkncr of Lincoln,
n Qcrmnn born olllcer of Uio Nebras
ka Notional Guard ond a member of
Uio 127th field artillery was urrested
at Camp Cody, N. M., charged with
violating the espionage net. Affidavits
of four oflleers who accused Blrkner,
nllego that his pro-German sympa
thies were expressed nt frequent In
tervals, that he displayed "elation
when Uio Gormnn army made success
ful drives nnd was depressed when
tho allies won." He was discharged
from tho service April 4 ond recom
mended for Internment by the War
department The dismissed ofllccr wns
naturalized In Clay county, Nebraska,
in 1888, und during the sonic year en
tered tho service of tho Nebrnskn
Nntlonal Gunrd. Ho Is well known
throughout Nebraska and the mlddlo
west nnd Is said to havo hod a lurgo
circle of friends.
Colfax county lends In Nebraska In
the sale of war snvlngs certificates,
according to n report received by
State Director Ward M. Burgess,
from the Kansas City Federal Re
serve bank. Colfax's quota was
$238,000. Cash sales up to April 1
wero $334,145 mnklng a per' capita
Bale of $28.08. Thayer county stands
second In the list with n per capita
of $20.21, Furnas with $25.41, Adams
$23.18, Platto $23.05, Johnson $22.04,
Grnnt $22.27 nnd Polk $21.81, stnnd
next In tho list in Uie order nnmed.
State Food Administrator Wattles
mudo tho assertion nt Omaha upon his
return from Washington that Uie gov.
eminent will tnke steps Immediately
to requisition all wheat being held In
Nebraska.
Many nntlonnl gunrdsmen are com
plaining because they ore not being
sent ubrond to take part In the great
Plcardy battlo and Nebrasknns at
Camp Cody are omong the complnln
nnts, Mrs. Morgnret Serby, a Llthunlnn
womnn employe nt tho South Omaha
packing plant was severely beaten by
another womnn employe for alleged
Insult to the American Aug and dis
loyal utterances.
Following a patriotic meeting nt
Decatur a telegram was sent to Pres
ident Wilson, Informing him thnt tho
citizens of Decatur were with him in
his great tnsk to the end.
Fifteen thousand persons, forming
n lino throe miles long, marched In a
Liberty day parade at Lincoln. It
wns the grentest demonstration over
Witnessed in tho cnpltnl city.
For Uie third time Wisner has gonoi
over the top for the sale of Liberty
bonds. April 9, the day sot for the
big drive, carried Wisner over the top
by $30,000.
Itev. George Allcnbnch, ono of the
five pastors undor flro nt Lincoln bo
cnuso of their refusal to attend u pa
triotic rally, tendered his resignation
nt n meeting of his congregntlon.
Kdgnr will havo a ling raising April
C5, with tho 38,5th regimental band
from Camp Funston. which Is touring
tho state.
County Clerk Scott has tho datn t
show that Pawnee county has 27,826
acres of wheat In line growing condi
tion. Bonds to tho amount of $1,000,000
were voted .by Omaha citizens for tho
construction of a new Commercial
High school building.
Frank Eng of St Edward sold a
carload of cattle at the South Omnha
market at 10 cents a pound, the
highest prlco paid this year.
The sum of $15,000 has been In
vested in third Liberty loon bonds
by officials and employes of the stnt?
houso at Lincoln. ,
A load of hogs donated to the lied
Cross by farmers .In tho vicinity of
Anselino sold on the South Onioha
market for $1,937.17.
Wheat Is looking w.ell In Richard
pon county nnd seems to have passed
the winter In fine condition.
Antelope county lms asked the ptut
auditor for permission to Invest coun
ty funds In Liberty bonds.
S. It. MeKohie of Lincoln, promi
nent newspaper man, has filed for the
republican nomination for governor.
Homo guards of Bancroft prevented
a meeting of tho Non-partisan league,
scheduled to tnke place In the city.
According to nvullnblo figures tho
Nebraska farmers wnr council now
has a membership of over 50,000.
Servlco cords which were sent furm
ors aro being received by tho state
hcadquurters nt Omaha at the over
age of 5,000 a day.
An Indictment charging Georgo II.
Smldt, a wealthy Adams county farm
ur, with having said ho wos Instru
mental In forming an organization
among farmers to prevent crops from
being raised, wns returned by n fed.
erol grand Jury at Lincoln.
C. Byrne, chalrmnn of the Stnto
Liberty Loon committee, nt Omaha,
has offered $100 In cosh prizes to Ne
braska school children writing tho
best CO-word essays explaining why
Third Llborty Bonds should be pur
chased. Tho prizes nre $50, $25, $15
and $10. Tho contest closes May 1.
Men actually engnged In raising
foodstuffs, whether fnnnor or hired
hand, has no chance to get Into the
army under Instructions sent to
local draft boards in Nebraska by
Cuptaln Walter L. Anderson of the
governor'a otlico
More than 200 boys' nnu girls'
garden clubs will be organized in Nc
brnskn this year for the purpose of
helping win Uie war, according to O.
W. Watson, leader of tho Junior sec
tion of the ngrlculturnl extension
service of. the Stato University.
One thousand citizens ol Scotts
bluff, ut a liberty loan meeting,
passed n resolution petitioning Presi
dent Wilson nnd congress to tnke im
mediate action to prohibit tho mnnu
facture and sulo of intoxicating
liquor.
Manderson Lehr of Albion, son of
Mr. nnd Mrs. II. F. Lehr, who has
been doing great service with the
French nvlntlon squadron In France,
hiy? been honored by promotion from
corporal to sergeant.
Tho first permit granted by the
state council of defense under tho
new sedition law of Nebraska for on
ulien to preach 'and teach was Issued
to John B. Reetns, head of the
parochial school ut Plckrell.
Nebroskons will suffer a serious
shortago of coal next winter unless
they begin to fill their bins nt once
and continue accumulating their win
ter, supply during the summer, Wash
ington nuthorltlcs say.
The Madison county council of de
fense has posted placards oil over tho
county nnnounclng thnt It Is opposed
to the use of the German langungo
In business transaction or social
meetings.
Estlmntes plnce the number of
mnrchers in the Liberty day parado
at Omaha at approximately 75,000,
and fully thnt mnny moro peoplo
were lined nlong the principal streets
of tho city viewing the procession.
C. II. Peter, n Lincoln street enr
motorman, alleged to havo made dis
loyal remnrks, was taken from his
home by fellow employes nnd forced
to give fifty snlutes to the American
flag and Uien kiss it.
A proposition is to be put before
members of the Fromont Methodist
church to sny whether a new $40,000
church shall be erected this year. The
sum of $31,000 has already been
pledged for tho now edifice.
Lincoln has oversubscribed Its Lib
erty loan quota nnd the committee has
raised voluntarily, Lancaster county's
allotment from $1,545,000 to $2,000,000,
the Capital City agreeing to ralso
$1,400,000.
E. T. Hill, rural mail carrier of
Odell, sold $3,848.23 worth of thrift
stamps during the first month of this
year, leading all other riiral carriers
In tho stuto for that month.
The sum of $10,000 was raised for
tho Red Cross nt un .auction sale at
Humboldt An American flag was
sold several times nnd brought
$3,500.
Condition of winter whent In Ne
braska on April 1 was 75 per cent
of a normal crop, according to a re
port Issued by the department of ng
flculturo of Washington.
Tho Stnto bonk of Senccn, capital
$20,000, and the Farmers Stato bank
of Ilalsey, capital $10,000, wero
granted charters by the state banking
board.
Chose and Thurston counties re
ported on April 11 thnt Liberty lonn
bond sales hud exceeded the allotment
for both counties. Application for
honor flags has been made.
Records In the ofllce of the stnto
food administrator at Omaha show
that only hnlf as much whent flour
is being used in Nebraska as was
used n year ago.
A "Good Roads" fuir held at Al
liance netted about $2,000, oil of
which will bo used to better the con
dltlon of main roads in Box Butte
county.
John Kilcur, pioneer settler of tho
North Bend vicinity, wns found dend
In his yard following n flro In hli
home. It Is believed the shock cnused
his death.
A number of county food adminis
trators In Nebraska hnve pledged cit
izens of their counties to use no more
wheat flour until the new wheat crop
Is harvested.
(Buffalo county peoplo nre elated
over the honor of being the first coun
ty In Nebraska to win nn honor flag
In the third Liberty loan drlv.
Nebraska has given $85,512,403 to
the various war campaigns, has 443,
231 Red Cross iiioinbers nnd bus sent
n total of 19,042 mow to tho service.
A movement Is under wny In Rich
nrdson county for the purpose of or
ganizing n county Y. M. C. A'.
A voluntnry agreement to pay,
through the federal food administra
tion of Nebraska, the sum of $000 to
bo given tho Red Cross nnd the Red
Star by the Fremont Milling company
wns the penalty assessed for viola
tions of the rules nnd regulations gov
erning sales of wheat mill feeds.
Upon n request of Director Gen
eral McAdoo, the Nebraska railway
commission has asked city authorities
of Omahn not to compel tho Missouri
Pacific to build a viaduct over Leav
enworth street, In that, city, until
after tho war.
Resolutions demnndlng thnt the con.
gregattons of flvo Germun Lutheran
churches of Lincoln nnd vicinity se
cure as on evidence of their loyalty
the resignations of their pastors, who
refused to attend n patriotic meet
ing were passed by over 200 cltizem
at a mass meeting in the city.
Nebrasknns who havo done nnd nro
doing tholr bit to help win Uie war
ntyuld compnro their efforts with
those of David Thonins of York. Mr.
Tlionias has given flvo sons nnd n
daughter Into tho service nnd another
son is going as soon us he Is of nge.
LEtEinHE EN3ED
SPECIAL SESSION OF LAWMAKERS.
ADJOURNS SINE DIE
BILLS SIGNED .BY GOVERNORS
Potash Leaseo Aro Validated and
Allen Voter Question Will
Go Before People
In Fall.
Tho special session of tho legislature
adjourned sine dio Monday afternoon..
On account of tho failuro to include
ratification of tho national prohibitory
amendment in tho call for a special,
session, and also on account of tho re
fusal of tho senate to consider that.
BUbJect, tho federal amondmeut must
await tho action of tho next regular
Bcssion of tho legislature, or somo sub
sequent Besslon. The houso of repre
sentatives ratified tho prohibitory
amendment, regardless of the gover
nor's refusal to placo that subject in
his call, but tho senate repeatedly re
fused to consider this subject.
A resolution by Senator Sawyer of
Lancastor wbb passed, commending:
President Wilson and his attltudo on.
tho war question.
A delay in closing tho session waB
caused by a disagreement between the.
two houses on tho provisions of the
potash or mineral loaso bill, H. R. 9
Tho houso struck out of this bill a pro
vision validating minoral or potash ,
leases which tho stato board of edu
catlonal lands and funds had issued tc
227 different persons, all but two of:
which were issued without competition
or without calling for bids, and all otl
whlch the supremo court held wero
void.
Governor Signs Bills
Governor Novlllo has signed the fol
lowing bills, and thoy aro now lm
forco:
S; F. 1 Amending tho Omaha city
charter so as to permit tho voting otT
$400,000 of sewer bonds 'annually.
S. F. 2 Defining sabotage and pro
scribing penalties.
H. Rs 1, 2 and 3 To permit voters
of Nobraska who aro in tho military or
naval service of the United States to
voto by mall when absent from the
stato, and to provide for the canvass
of votes so cast.
H. R. 4 Repeal of tho Mockctt law
relating to teaching European lan
guages in public schools.
H. R. C Legalizing tho homo guard-
H. R. 7 Appropriating $2,400 a year
for a bacteriologist in tho state board:
of health department.
H. R. 8 Appropriating fees of the in
surance department to pay salaries and1,
expenses of state insurance examiners.
H. R. 10 To protect the civil rlghtst
of soldiers nnd sailor3 in tho govern
ment service during tlo war.
II R 12 Appropri-itl'ir; R" 'CO for
mploye3 and in .dcnl- I e;-;i ci of
he enate during v poitfon of ilic !a3t
'ogu ar session i:.id tho present spe
cial session.
Bills Not Yet Approved
Tho following aro tho bills now im
tho governor's por3osslon which he has:
under consideration:
S. F. 4 Proposed amendment to the
constitution relating to rights of aliens
to vote.
H. R. 5 Defining sedition and pro
viding ponaltles.
H. R. 9 Authorizing stato board to
lease mineral rights on state lands.
H. R. 13 Appropriating $3,110.20 to
pay mileage of membors of tho special!,
session of tho legislature.
II. R. 14. Appropriating $12,800 to
pay per diem of members of tho legis
lature in attendance upon the special
session of tho legislature at tho rato
of ?10 por day for ton days.
Tho governor will inquire into tho
right of tho legislature to pay the mem
bers of tho legislature per diem and
mllcago for attending a special ses
sion before approving or disapproving:
tho two appropriation bills In his
hands. It is reported tho sedition bill'
pleases tho governor, and that ho will',
not veto tho alien voting bill. The pot
ash bill is said to be in accord with,
his Ideas. His message asked tho
leglslature to validate mineral leases.
Tho governor sent In a message, int
response to a roquost, Informing tho
houso that sovon mombers havo re
signed sinco tko regular session. Theso
aro Richmond of Douglas, Flansburg-
of Lancaster, Dorsoy of Franklin, Ollis.
of Valley, Roisner of Thomas and La
Bounty. L
Pay for Legislators
The committee on finance ways andr. '
means of tho sdnato reported back ro '
the sonato tho threo houso npproprla- '
tlon bills to pay salaries of members '
of tho legislature, employes wagos and
Incidental oxpenscs of tho senate, andi
mlleago for members of both housess,. t
aggregating nearly $19,000. Tho com--mltteo
attached to the senato Inci
dental oxponso bill $2,000 to pay un- '
paid claims of tho last regular session,
of tho senate, thus Increasing tho total
in this bill from $3,000 to $5,000. No
other amendments wero reported.
Recommends New Sedition Bill
After voting down sovoral amond
monts offered by membors from tho
floor, the houso Tuosday nftornoon, ln
committeo of tho wholo, recommend
ed for passago H. R. No. 5, tho sedi
tion bill, pracUcally ns it camo fronv
tho judiciary committee. The amend
monts voted down wero Intended to
bar absolutely all alien enemy toach--ors
and preachors and lecturers from
acting in thoso capaclUes and prevent
ing tho teaching of any foreign lan
guage in parochial schools.
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