Nebraska Newspapers

    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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' LESS DRASTIC RULES
BAKER PLANS RADICAL CHANGES
IN NEW DRAFT
MEA8URE.
ACT NOW IN FORCE NOT FAIR
War Secretary Would Relieve Regis
trant of Duty of Clalmlno Deferred
Classification by Propounding a
Set of Questions.
Vashlugton, D. C Now draft regu
lations undor which tho govornmont
would do tho selecting rathor than
lonvlng It to tho registrant oro undor
consideration by tho war department.
This was disclosed by Secretary
"Baker after ho had appeared boforo
tho Senato military committee to urge
prompt enactment of tho now selec
tive sorvlco act extending tho ago
limits to include all mon between tho
ages of 18 and 45.
The war Bocrotary mado it plain
that ho is not satisfied with tho pros
cnt system undor which tho registrant
l must Claim uoierreu tinaBJutanuu, o
tor patriotic reasons to make such a
claim. In this connection Mr. Baker
Bald ho was Inclined to tho opinion
that tho marriage relation will in it
self conBtituto deferred classification.
What Mr. Baker has la mind is to
Jay down a sot of question which tho
registrant would answer and then
have rules which would take care of
tho classification. "He ifl understood to
regard this as tho fair aad equitable
system. t
Tho discussion on the draft ages bo
foro tho Sonato committee, Mr. Baker
said, followed much' tho linos takon
by General March, chief of staff, and
TrovoBt Marshal General Crowdor.
Tho commlttoo, ho added, did not in.
dicato any disposition to question tho
necessity for tho chango, which la
-urged' so that tho war department can
quickly socuro tho mon nocossary to
win tho war.
"There wob Bomo discussion,' Mr.
Bakor said, "as to whethor It waa tho
Intontlon of tho department to oxtond
tho work or fight ordor to lncludo
classes of porsons In various profes
sional occupations. I told thorn there
was no present chango of tho work
r fight ordor n contemplation. 1
said that when llocldod tho baseball
caso I thought perhaps othor forms of
amusomont and ontcrtainmont might
vequlro an extension of tho order to
bd on a party with tho baseball situa
tion, but that was not In tholr mind.
"They had heard from outsido
sources that tho dopartmont was con
sidering bringing professional classos,
llko lawyers, nowspapor mon and por
sons who woro not actually ongugod
In producing 'war suppllos undor tho
ordor."
AUTO MAKER8 ON WAR BASIS.
Manufacturers of Passenger Cars Ad
vised to Confine Outputs.
Washington, D. C Manufacturers
of passongor automobiles woro advis
ed by tho war industries board to con
vert tholr plants to 100 per cent war
-work as rapidly as possible, and to,
placo thorn on that basis not later
than January 1, 1919, In a lottor ad
droBBod to tho National Automobilo
Chamber of Commorco. In no othor
way, tho lottor stated, could thoy bo
assured of tho continuance of tholr
Industry or tho preservation of tholr
organizations,
Tho lotter was in response to a pro
posal mado by Hugh Chalmers, on the
part of tho manufacturers, voluntarily
to curtail the passenger car industry
BO per cent. Tho war Industries
board declared that tho prcsont situa
tion regarding stool and othor mater
ials nocded for war work gavo little
assurance of materials for manufac
ture of passongor automobiles, oven
aftor providing for war requirements.
Ponding receipt by tho board of
sworn inventories of matorlals on
hand requested July 16 last, no ma
terials will bo pormittod passongor car
manufacturers,
To Save Baggage Space.
Washington, D. C. To savo spaco
In baggago cars, for tho army tho con
servation division of tho war Indus
tries board has ndvlsed manufactur
ers that trunks should not exceed 40
inches In holght or longth and that
traveling bngB and snlt cases should
bo restricted to slzoa from 14 to 28
Inches, with all partitions, sections,
ialso bottoms, otc eliminated.
Shoot Down 338 Planes.
Paris. An official communication
says: "During tho month of July
184 onomy airplanes wore downod.
Ono hundred and fifty-four enomy air
pianos woro seen falling out of con
trol insido the enomy lines, of which
numbor IB had been damaged by tho
firo of aircraft gunn. Thus 338 enemy
machines woro destroyod
Pacifist Gives Jail Term.
Itoanoko, Va Charloa W. Morris, a
pacifist, who told tho court ho would
not fight if tho Turks sent an army
to America and carried off American
vomon for tholr harems, was son
tonccd by tho fodoral court here, to
$d days in Jail.
Made a Morning Paper.
Boston. The Christian Sclonco
Publication society announced that
the Christian Sclonco Monitor would
appear as a morning instead of an
cvenlrip paper.
STATE LEVY LOWERED
Doard of Equalization Fixes It at
Efght-tenths of a Mill Less Than
During Pact Year.
One thing has not gone upbecnuso
of tho wnr nnd that is the state levy
for taxes. The board of equalization
decided ut a meeting In Lincoln that
it would bo three mills. Last year tho
levy wns 3.03 mills nnd tho year be
fore 3.04 mills. But this year appro
priations which will lapse because tha
funds have not been ascd, will allow
the board to cut the levy slightly. The
largest fund to lapse will be the na
tional guard appropriation, which will
be approximately 5135,000. Other ap
propriations llko tho ono for foot and
mouth disease work will place tho to
tal fund to go back into the state gen
eral fund at $2130.000. according to
Governor Neville. In a statement pre
pared for tho board, Auditor Smith
showed that $2,828,285 would bo need
ed for the general .fund.
The wnr work council of tho Young
Women's Christian Association has
sent Mrs. Grace Ford Gholson of Chi
cago to tho Omaha headquarters to
serve as state director for Nebraska
In tho Joint Y. M. C. A. nnd Y. W. C.
A war fund campaign, which will
take placo In October. Nebraska's
quota In tho co-oporatlve drive has
boen placed nt $1,120,000. Of the com
bined budget $07,000,000 Is for Y. M.
C. A. and $15,000,000 for Y. W. 0. A.
war activities.
Patriotic citizens should report
hoarders of sugar, says tho federal
food administration for Nebraska In
a bulletin to all Its county food ad
ministrators. Reports have reached
the state food administrator from dlf.
ferent sections of the state that vari
ous methods have been resorted to In
order to get more than the two pound
allotment Those found guilty of
willfully violating tho sugar regula
tions will be prosecuted under the
stnto sedition law, tho bulletin says.
In order to counteract a report that
fanners were exempt from the substl
tuo rule, when they exchange wheat
for flour at a mill, the food adminis
tration for Nebraska announced that
they must continue to present a cer
tificate to the effect that they raised
tho wheat themselves nnd a pledge
that they will use an equal amount
of substitutes as the flour, pound for
pound.
Tho big German flag which formerly
decorated Gcrnmula hall at Stanton,
nnd which wns confiscated by the
Stanton county council of dofenso and
sont to United States Marshal Flynn
at Omaha for snfokecplng Is to be
sent to tho department of Justice nt
Washington. "Closed Forever" Is the
sign on tliu door of Germnnla hall at
Stanton.
Tho now potato flour mill now being
constructed at Gordon will cost about
$30,000. It will bo tho second ono In
the United States making flour from
potatoes. The spuds ure cooked nnd
mashed and than allowed to dry arid
then ground Into flour. It is expected
to havo tho mill in oporution by No
vember 1.
Iletallers soiling sugar to consumers
living In othor counties than that in
which tho retailers business is Ideat
ed must conform to tho rules and reg
ulations in effect In the county In
which tho consumer lives, according
to a ruling of tho stato food adminis
trator for Nebraska,
Tho August call for 170 negro draft
selects from Nebraska completely ex
hausts tho 1017 registrants placed In
Class A, according to Captain Ander
son, stato provost marshal. The meu
will entrain August 22, 23 und 24.
Tlio American bank and tho Sidney
State bank have been merged. Tho
merger tnkes tho nnme of tho Ameri
can bank nnd mnkes this now tho
largest bank Irf western Nebraska.
Notification has been sent to nil
postmasters In Nebraska that the War
department will no longer pny them
$5 for each recruit they obtain for tho
army.
Stuto Treasurer lloll snyb ho will
not pay special session mllengo claims
of stnto legislators "becnusc tho law
providing for samo Is Invalid."
A now high mark In farm lund val
ues for Schuyler vicinity wns set when
120 acres of the Will estate farm sold
for $205 nn ncro.
Tho Nobrusko Federation of Wom
en's Clubs will hold their annual con
vention nt Fnlrbury, October 15 to 18.
Nebraska's governor Is tho lowest
paid state chief executive In the
union, according to the U, S. census
bureau. Ills salary Is $2,500 n year.
Socretary of Stnto Charles W. Pool
now estimates that 12,000 ballots will
be sont out to soldier voters, Instead
of approximately 8,000.
Shippers of live stock to tho Ne
hrnBkn state fair will huvo tho benefit
of tho samo rates as were In effect
a yoar ago, according to word reaching
Secretary Dnnlclson of the state fair
board.
During the first half of this year
02,780 hogs woro shipped to tho South
Omaha market In automobiles, com
pared with 33.0S1 durliig the samo
period n year ago.
Although ho has been restrnltiod by
a court order temporarily from placing
on tho November election ballot tho
referendum proposition to prevent
women from vetting under tho parllnl
suffrago Inw enucied In 1017, Seero
tnry I'ool Is required by law to go
ahead with ihe printing mul midline
of th pnmphlet on that sublect tu
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Allen Rorabiiugh of Beatrice, ono of
the first American soldiers sent to
Krone1, wns killed In action July 17,
according to word received by his
parents In that city. He has four
brothers In the sen-ice, ono now belnjt
In France mid (he others in training in
this country.
All hunt records wcro broken In Ne
braska August 4 und fi. Fremont was
tho hottest place in the stnto on, the
4th, the thermometer registering '1115;
Fnlrbury had 113 and Omaha'llO.
Many other points 111 the stole hud
record temperatures. .
Three Nebraska Boldlers, Vera Kin
niniin and Roy V. Klnniimn, brothers
of Wnlthlll, and Leo McGratli of St.
I'nul, were killed when the automobile
In which they were riding was struck
by a- Southern Pacific express train
nenr Doming, N. M.
Tho office of Stnto Auditor Smith
at Lincoln drew 4,707 wnrrants during
July, amounting to $1,007,212.03, mak
ing u total issue of $4,252,301.30 for
the seven months of tho year ns
ugalnst $3,205,590.28 -for tho snmo per
iod of 1010.
A company to manufacture potato
flour has been formed with headquar
ters at Gordon, articles of Incorpora
tion having been filed with Secretary
of State Pool. Tho articles sJiow tha
capital fltMc at tha company to bo
$200,000.
The bnlnncc in tho stnto treasury at
the close of business July 31, was
somewhat smaller than the previous
month, the figures prepared by tho
state treasurer showing $2,000,476.03
as against $2,032,87855 the month bo
fore. Chancellor Sair.pel Avery of tho
University of Nebraska has boen
commissioned a major In the national
nrmy. lie has been granted a lcava
of absence for tho duration of tho war
by tho hoard of regents.
The special train which will carry
Nebra8knnB to the national encamp
mont of the G. A. R. at Portland, will
leave Lincoln on the Burlington, Au
gust 10, at 10:35 a. m., and reaches
Portland August 18.
C. H. Hanks & Co., of Kansas City
will establish a cattle-feeding station
nt Fremont. Sir hundred to 1,000 head
of cattle will be fed Uiore. The firm
plans to establish four other feeding
stations in the stnto.
One nnd a half times the regular
one-way fare is the special round-trip
rnte which tho federal railroad ad
ministration has made for the Ne
braska state fair at Lincoln Sept 2
to 0.
Preparations nro going forward rap
idly for tho coming Nebraska state
fair at Lincoln. Sept. 2 to 0. Indica
tions are that It will bo one of the
greatest exhibitions In tho state's his
tory. Of the D.5S0 grammar Bchool grad
uates culled to the colors by the War
department, Nebraska must jfurnlsli
145. Tho men from this stato will bo
sont to tho Agricultural College of
Utah.
Fred Maurer, Madison county farm
er, was fined $300 by tho county food
ndmlnlstratlon, $200 of which went to
tho Bod Cross nnd $50 to tho Y. M. C.
A., for hoarding 700 pounds of wheat
Hour.
No registered man may now enter
tho navy, mnrlno corps or emergency
fleet This order has boen received by
draft boards over tho stato from Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder.
Nebraska la called upon to furnish
4,185 unskilled laborers under tho
system of government recruiting put
In offoct Augo3t 1 by tho United States
employment service.
Prof. F. M. Fling nnd Mrs. Minnie
T. England were exonerated by the
board of regents of tho University of
Nebraska of the charge of stirring up
strife In tho fuculty.
J. P. Franke of Albion, his wife and
two daughters, were killed near Stato
Center, Jowu, when their automobile
was run down by a Northwestern rail
way train.
A total of -3.05 Inches of rain fell
In tho Tccumseh vicinity during tho
past week. Crops of all kinds havo
been wonderfully benefited ns tho
result
Crop experts nt Lincoln held out
hope for n good corn crop In the .stato
lu spite of the damage done by tho re
cent hent wave.
Governor Neville has made known
that if he Is defeated for governor
this year he will enlist In the army.
Wultor C. Stllllngcr, aged, 30, of
Litchfield, was killed In an automobile
accident at Sutherland.
Will Ball, 10 nnd Clark Wykert, 14,
two Snrny county lads, wero drowned
In u iM)ii(l nenr Meadow.
Eleven carloads of exhibits illus
trating tho work of tho various gov
ernment departments nt the national
capital, will be shown at tho Ne
braska stato fair at Lincoln this full,
Whosit ncrengo suggested by the de
partment of agriculture nt Washing
ton for the present fall planting in
Nebraska will be a minimum of 3,.
074.000 acres, or 117 per cent of the
1017 acreage. Tho maximum suggest
ed Is 3,702,000 acres. Tho average for
tho past five y.earsx In Nebraska was
3,704,000, according to tho department
Joe Steelier of Dodge, noted Ne
braska wrestler, has enlisted in the
navy.
Democrats of Nebraska, nt their
platform convention at Hastings, en
dorsed national prohibition and wom
an's suffrage.
Tho First Nobroslui woman to pilot
n load el hogs to tho South Omaha
marke- Is Miss Hazel Grunkemeyer of
Rurucll. She created quite n miisii
lion when hlu arrived nt iho South
Onuihii market one morpliu In
,vHk with hoi load of hn'M t'iI'
Mem t.ir.rkettd nt $18,50 a Int. livd
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CITY MANAGERS MAKE GOOD
Newspaper Points Out Many Instances
Where New System Haa Proved
of Great Value.
St. Augustine, Fin., tho oldest city
In tho United States, is now operating
under one of tho most modern of char
ters. It's n city manager charter that
forbids candidates for commissioner,
personally, to sollplt votes. Once elect
ed, a commissioner is forbidden to
dictate any appointment by the city
mannger. Alrendy tho new plan has
meant a considerable snvlng of public
money In St Augustine.
In Niagara Falls, where, owing to
failure of tho New York legislature to
pass adequate legislation, the city
manager administration is still ham
pered by partisan elections, tho tax
levy has been reduced to 07 cents per
$1,000 vnluatlon.
In Sherman, Ter.. the city mnnn
ger Installed a complaint system, by
which each complaint is recorded, re
ferred to the department concerned
and followed up If necessary1 until
cared for. The number of complaints
in six months dropped 80 per cent
Public works improvement bonds
amounting to $150,000 wero voted by
the people.
So obvious a step townrd efficient
government ns depositing city funds
in'n responsible bank, willing to pay
interest on dally averages, will save
San Jose, Cal., $5,000 a year under
the city mannger plan. Omaha News.
DEAD TREE MADE ATTRACTIVE
Foliage has been added to the rather
bare trunk of this fino Pepper tree by
placing a fern box In its crotch. Pop
ular Mechanics Magazine.
GET AFTER NEGLECTED LAND
Every Citizen Should Recognize a.
Duty In Seeing That It la
Kept Cleaned Up.
Look not only to your own back
yard, but take a proprietary interest
in any vacant yards or neglected
patches of land that are In your neigh
borhood. You renlly ought to havo
had them cleaned up last autumn, but
if you didn't then, In the cause of food
conservation and with the hope of an
Increased crop from the home gardens
this summer, have these , patches
cleared up.
Tho department of agriculture sent
n plea to the people of tho land to
clean up all plots that were used as
war gardens last year In order that tho
Insects thnt had been harbored in n
dormant stato in the underbrush and
rubbish might bo exterminated and not
permitted to multiply nnd increase.
Ideally, entomologists tell us, ns soon
ns tho crop has been harvested, the
remnants should be promptly cleared
awny nnd burned with tho insects
which they harbor.
Many persons apparently believe
that tho action of winter snows and
winds would bo sufficient to destroy
insect life, but such Is not the case.
Elbert Hubbard's Work Goes On.
A reminder of Elbert Hubbard, vic
tim of tho Lusltnnla, is contained In
this paragraph in a New York paper:
"At East Aurora tho Roycrofters con
tinue to flourish. Their annual con
vention Is ns usual. But no Invitation
Is necessary to attend it Anyono who
goes thero Is welcomed and the speak
ers Include you If you want to speak.
That's tho Roycroft Idea. The notables
nre scheduled, but In tho grove tho
open-tilr theater Is nn open forum.
Any subject goes. Wo hear that the
work phase of tho Roycrofters Is the
big thing now. Which ns we recall it
was Hubbard's hope. A placo where
everything that was made was first
useful and then benutlful. He used
to say, 'If it's useful It is benutlful,
but many useful things can be made
more beautiful. That's what we want
to do.'"
Leave Nature's Work Alone".
The most costly work In landscapes
Is moving earth; therefore do as lit
tlo of It as possible, for seldom does
It really aid In gnlnlng pleasing re
sults. Fitting the Theory.
"I have an idea that rooms reflect
tho personality of their occupants."
"Then the lady who uses this room
must be of n very worrying disposi
tion, to judgo by the fret work In it"
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From tne iteu Cross flows Bulletin
the following quotations will bring
good cheer to those whoso relatives
nre In the service:
No better ndvlec could be. given to
soldiers In camp or nbout to leave
for camp than this:
"Tell your troubles to the Red Cross
field director."
In every cnrni) nnd cantonment thorn
is nn official Red Cross rcnresentjitlvo
.whose solo business Is to cater to the
needs of enlisted men.
If n soldier Is worried about his
family back homo this Red Cross man
will see thnt the problem Is solved sat
isfactorily. If the soldier or sailor Is sick In
camp and cannot write to his relatives
or family, the Red Cross man will at
tend to It for him.
In short, the Red Cross bureau of
military relief Is organized to help en
listed men In every way and tho Red
Cross is eager to have the men use
this service.
The Red Cross field director can ho
found at Red Cross headquarters In-
Bue the camp cantonment No mat
ter what the soldier or sailor's prob
lem may be, ho will do well to consult
this representative.
One reason the Amertcnn people re
cently gavo $170,000,000 to tho Red'
Cross wns to continue this service nnd
enlisted men should avail themselves
of It freely.
The families of soldiers and sailors
also should appeal to their local Red
Sturdy Suits for
First Impressions of tho new fall
suits leave n sonso of their sturdlness
and easy lines In the mind before the
eye begins to sum up all tho details
that pronounce them the crentions of
this season. Dark mixtures, plnln
cloths with soft finish and the attri
bute of wnrmth In their appear
ance nt least In browns, blues, greens
and grays, appear popular In tho
showings In the same order as they nro
mentioned here. llrown, In several
wnnn and several dark shades hns
been chosen for street and for formnl
suits, with such persistence that it may
displace navy blue which has had a
phenomcnnl vogue. Browns nnd mix
tures In brown and gray seem some
how to ns&oclnto themselves In tho
mind with khaki and in a few of the
now models the styles uro very dis
tinctly of military origin.
In ordinary street suits many of the
new contb are semlflttlng, with a loose,
narrow belt of the fabric, defining n
high waistline. Thero nre some new
double-breasted models In which tho
lapped-over fronts are trimmed away
Jn several novel ways. On both single
and double-breasted styles necks aro
high nnd coats button up to tho top
of the collar which is more than tall
enough to reach the chin. Sometimes
the collars ojre of tho turn-over variety,
but oftcner they are straight and
wrinkle when tney nro buttoned up
cIomj nbout the throat.
Patch pockets and medium-sized
bone buttons, that match tho cloth In
tho milt in color, nppenr with such
I'ri quency thut they mny bo considered
iVatures of- tho now styles. Collars
are not always of tho same uiateilnl
us the coat, for velvet and fur are used
In ninny of thora.
A practical and pretty suit for the
"ollege ;;Irl who must now be outfitted
lih n w. 'drobc for fall, Is shown In
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Cross chnptcrs for help In any situa
tion. The help always Is confidentm!.
Thero will be no publicity.
Camp service has grown to be ono
of the largest phages of Red Cross,
work.
To indicate the volume of this work
It mny be stated that up to April 30,
1018, the Red Cross had dlstrlbutedl
1,822,000 sweaters, 041,071 mufflers,.
023.072 wristlets, 454,500 helmets,.
1,302,352 pairs of socks.
The work for the fnmllles of enlisted
men by the homo service department
hns been equnlly Impressive. To June
15 service had been given In some
form to 202,302 families and $2,054,827'
had been expended In this relief work.
There nre now 20,000 homo service
workers in tho United States under
Red Cross supervision.
Then there is tho canteen servlce
wlth moro thnn 700 units ready to meet
troop trains to glvo refreshments to
tho men, or to take care of those who
become sick en route.
The convnlescent houses nre nenrlng
completlon in all camps to afford en
listed men a bright, cheerful environ
ment for their hours of convalescence
Provision is made for entertainmenf
nnd social diversions, which nre pow
erful aids in tho convalescent stuge.
The communication service of tho
Red Cross keeps families of enlisted;
men informed of their welfare both,
hero and abroad, If the men nre sick,,
wounded or captured and unable to
keep up correspondence. , .
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tho picture. It is n double-breasted;
model In a dnrk mixture, with plnln
brown velvet turn-over collar that but- '
tons up nbout tho throat. Its belt
fastens with a buckle covered with the.
material, and its buttons match the.
cloth in color. The coat is even In
length nil around nnd somewhat longer
than those of the past season. The
skirt Is plain, ankle length, and wldek
enough for comfortable walking.
Fur Used Less.
In the new suits for fall the absence,
of fur trimmings is notnble. This Is-,
partly on nccount of tho very high
prices of furs now nnd partly because
woipen aro at present wearing all
sorts of long st6les, capes und contces,
of fur over their suits and dresses. It
is thought this fad will carry Into the.
coming fall ;ind winter, nnd now1 In,
these dnys of thought for conservation
of mnterlnls, nil these little Items nre.
considered by the manufacturers.
Colored Felt Hats.
The milliners have brought out coU.
ored felt hats for summer ns n sub-,
stltute for straw. They aro In bril
liant nnd neutral tones, nnd nm wnni
with gorgeous flowers. It Is the ndvent
or the trimmed hut, which ull milliners,
havo ardently desired.
New Waistcoats.
The prettiest of the now wniutmntu
or little sleeveless bodices that nre so
much worn with street suits nre made
In slip-on fashion, with no front -lns.
tug. This design gives the mnkers a
chance for decidedly attractive eflects,
in the way of tucks and frills nnd rttf
M'ngs oi, the front.
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