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Personal, Political, Foreign and Other
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Readers.
WAR NEWS.
VIonnn reports the capture of 122,
300 Russians from Juno 1 to June 15,
while Berlin announces the capturo of
40,000 since June 12.
Ougllelino Marconi, wireless inven
tor, has been appointed a lieutenant
on the staff of Qenoral Cadorna, com
tnandor In chief of the Italian armies,
and named superintendent of nil
wireless operators.
The British steamer Strathnalrn
lias been sunk off the Scllly Islands
by a German submarine. The captain
and twenty-ono of the crew were
drowned, whllo eleven others wore
rescued.
Copenhagen dispatches say thattho
Norwegian war insurance bureau an
nounces that Norway has lost twenty-nine-
vessels of all classes since tho
outbreak of tho war, with a total
valuation of 30,000,000 crowns ($7,
500,000). A Rome newspaper credits to M.
Fillpesco, the conservative leader in
Rumania, a statement that Great
Britain, Prance, Russia and Italy have
agreed to tho demands of Rumania
and that Rumania entry Into the
war on their sldo is imminent
Tho prisoners taken by the German
and Austro-IIungarlan armies up to
June 14 totalled 1,610,000, according
to a Berlin newspaper. The newspa
per says tho total Is divided as fol
lows: Russians, 1,240,000; French
255,000; English, 24,000; Belgian, 41,
O00; Serbian, 50,000.
The British House of Commons
voted another credit of 250,000,000,
making, with previous sums, a total
of 802,000,000 already allowed for
war purposes. Premier Asqulth In
formed tho members that the expendi
tures in tlie next threo months would
lie not less than $15,000,000 dally.
Part of that great mass of Russians
-ttho, in the winter campaign, invaded
Gallcia and captured Przemysl and
later worked their way to tho south--west
and battled with the Austrlans
through the Carpathian passes until
they had reached almost to the plains
of Hungary, again are back on
Husslan soli, according to tho latest
Austrian ofllclal communication.
Mosclska, on tho line of tho rail
way between Przemysl and Lemberg,
upon which the efforts of the Austro
GennanB have been centered since
the fall of Przemysl, has been cap
tured. Mosclska lies about twenty
miles east of Przemysl and is almost
In a direct line with the Gallclan cap
ital, against which all the energies of
General von Mackenzen are being di
rected. OENERAL.
Tho first $50 gold piece ever author
ized by congress was struck by tho
San Francisco mint. It commemo
rates the Panama-Pacific exposition.
An American arms manufacturing
company in Connecticut has obtained
n contract for 400,000 rifles for the al
lies, and tho Savage Arms company
of Utlca, N. Y., has obtained large
orders for a new military rifle It has
perfected.
W. V. White, S. C. Scott and Harry
Scharmack, inspectors of the Califor
nia Board of Pharmacy, were indicted
at San Francisco by John F. Neylan,
president of tho State Board of Con
trol, on charges of .bribe taking for
protection of Illicit traffic in drugs.
One hundred and -forty-two cadets
were admitted to the military acad
emy at West Point, tho new men com
prising the "plebo" class. One Chi
naman, K. Wang, reported among the
number. This is the smallest class
admitted in years and thero are nu
merous vacancies In the corps yet un
filled. Tse Ne Gat, Pluto Indian, pleaded
not guilty In the federal district court
at Denver to the charge of murder
ing Juan Chacon, Mexican sheep her
der, a year ago in southwestern
Colorado. Trial was Bent for July 6.
The Chicago Btreet car strike has
been called, off. Mayor Thompson will
act as umpire in arbitration of the dis
puted questions of a wage scalo and
tho length of time the men must
work to recelvo the maximum wage.
Any change in wages that may bo
granted will date back to Juno 1.
The International Child Welfare
league announced at New York the
formation of a committee on tho enre
of children of tho warring countries
upon tho cessation of hostilities
abroad.
The National Electric Medical as
sociation nt San Francisco choose
Cedar Point, O., as tho scene of tho
1916 convention.
Fluley Mount, receiver for $30,000,
000 Rumly nrglcultural implomont
concern or La Porte, Ind., rojoctcd
somo very nttractlvo Canadian con
tracts for war munitions.
J. L. Dowd, Omaha auctioneer, was
elected vice president of tho Interna
tional Auctioneers' association, nt tho
convention In Peoria, 111. Tho con
vention will bo held next year In
Omaha.
On tho recommendation of tho con
slatorlal congregation Pope Benedict
has appointed tho Rev. A. J. Schuler
of the Sacred Heart and Loyola
chapel, Denvor, Colo., to tho position
of bishop of El Pnso, Tex.
"It's blue Blooded people and peo
ple with no blood who make war. Ex
ploiters aro out for tho money," says
David Starr Jordan of Leland Stan
ford university, addressing Cloveland
college for woman graduates.
Tho trial of Judge Ben B. Llndsoy
of the Denver Juvenile court on an
amended churgo of contempt of court
in connection with a recent murder
trial was closed when Judge Perry In
the district court took the case under
advisement.
Missouri's honest advertising law,
enacted by tho last legislature, has
gone into effect. Tho measuro applies
to every form of business. It pro
hibits misstatements of fact in nny
form of advertising, including post
ers, circulars and letters.
Plans to secure tho financial and
moral aid of tho American Medical
association for the spread 'of tho pure
milk propaganda throughout America
wero laid at the American Asspcla
tlon of Medical Milk commission's
convention at San Francisco.
In an aeroplane accident at Quincy,
Mass., George H. Herzy, jr., of that
city, a mechanician, was killed and
William D. Ely of Providence, R. I.,
who was receiving Instruction in
flight from Harry M. Jones, tho
operator of tho machine, sustained
injuries from which he died. Jones,
the operator, escaped injury.
SPORTINO
Miss Molla BJurstedt, the young
Norwegian star, won tho lawn tennis
singles championship of tho United
States at Philadelphia by defeating
Mrs. George Wlghtman of Boston
46-, 6-2, 6-0.
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The Carroll bill legalizing boxing In
Illinois, which had been passed by
tho senate, was defeated when the
lower house of the legislature refused
to suspend its rule for the considera
tion of the measure.
Sprlggnn, a bay gelding, sold last
year for $700, to F. E. Emlay, and
driven by W. De Ryder, created a sur
prise of the harness racing season at
San Francisco by winning the $20,000
2:10 class trot in straight heats.
Al Reich, New York heavyweight,
won the first move in his comeback
campaign for a match with Jim Cof
fey, when ho knocked out All Norton,
of Los Angeles, In the second round
of a scheduled ten-round bout at Kan
sas City.
Battling neck and neck in a great
exhibition of baseball, Chicago and
Brooklyn of tho National leaguo
fought a nlneteen-innlng game to a
finish at Chicago. Chicago won, 4 to
3. The gamo set a season's record
for number of Innings played.
Nabors, a Newman, Ga., pitcher in
the Georgia-Alabama league, estab
lished what is regarded as a now rec
ord in organized baseball by pitching
against tho Tallageda club for thir
teen Innings without giving a hit or a
base on balls. Only forty men facing
Nabors, who won his game 1 to 0.
La Grange High school of Chicago
won the fourteenth annual lnterschol
astlc track and field meeting at tho
University of Chicago, with twenty
six points. Graham of University
High school set a new world's inter
scholastic record for the polo vault
at 12 feet 74 Inches, the former rec
ord being 12 feet e1 Inches.
WASMINOTON.
The supreme court declined to re
view tho reversal by the Sixth United
States circuit court of appeals of tho
conviction of olllclals of the National
Cash Register Co. of alleged viola
tions of the Sherman anti-trust law.
This year's sugar beet crop In the
United States promises to be a largo
one. Tho department of agriculture
in its forecast, based on Juno 1 con
dition figures, places tho yield at
6,290,000 tons.
Personal and corporation income
taxes aro now estimated at more than
$82,000,000 for tho present calendar
year. This will wlpo out much of
tho deficit, which steadily increased
until a short time ago.
The American reply to Germany's
last note on tho sinking of tho Wil
liam P. Fryo by tho Prlnz Eitol
Frledrlch practically has been com
pleted. It will not admit the Gorman
contention that any Amorlcan ship
with contraband may be destroyed
provided It is paid for.
TWINE PLANT PAYS
MINNESOTA MAN TELLS OF IN
DUSTRY IN HIS STATE.
PRODUCT SOLD IN NEBRASKA
Farmers of This State Have Bought
Nearly Two Million Poun'ds Al
ready This Season.
Lincoln. W. C. McMillan, superin
tendent of tho sales department of tho
twino plant at tho Minnesota stnto
prison, has excited boiuo envy in tho
hearts of state olllclals with a glow
ing account of the profitableness of
tho prison industry in his stnto. Ac
cording to Mr. McMillan, the Minne
sota plant has realized up until this
your a total of $1,386,362 In net prof
Its. Mr. McMillan, who was a caller
at tho state house recently, submit
ted his twino to Food Commissioner
Harman for tho required test. He is
selling it in Nebraska at 6 cents a
pound in carload lots. Ho says that
ho has sold 1,700,000 pounds to Ne
braska farmers so far tills season.
Two yenrs ago tho Nobraska legis
lature appropriated $35,000 for a sim
ilar plant in this state. The appro
priation, which camo as a result of
a compromise, was too small for the
purpose and no attempt was made to
establish the Industry here. Tho
original appropriation for tho Minne
sota plant was $250,000, according to
Mr. McMillan. There aro 1,050 pris
oners in the Minnesota institution, of
whom 350 aro employed In the plant.
The output up until this year amounts
to 207,000,000 pounds.
Game Law Has Effect.
Even though at present hung up In
tho courts, the federal game law sim
ply by force of its enactment is hav
ing a very good effect in the protec
tion of the birds, nccordlng to R. P.
Holland of A:hlnson, Kas., federal In
spector for a district comprising Ne
braska and four other states. Mr.
Holland is in Nebraska checking up
evidence of violations of the law, al
though no new prosecutions will bo
commenced until tho constitutionality
of tho law has been decided. Ho says
that tho sportsmen of tho state aro
lining up behind the now law, which,
although It bars spring shooting,
makes the gamo more numerous in
tho fall.
t Lincoln Citizens Angry.
The new addition to tho Lincoln
pnstofllce building is the cause of a
?rent deal of uneasiness. Tho plans
:all Nfor closing up the present front
jntranco and making tho main en
trance on a back street. The Com
mercial club, Postmaster Brown and
others have remonstrated with Uio
construction department of tho gov
ernment and tried to show them that
the place for the main ontranco is
on the front side of the building fac
ing tho business section of tho city,
but the latest Intelligence indicates
that it it will be a back street en
trance. Drinking Cup Still In Use.
It appears to be pretty hard work
for the State Board of Health to en
force Its recent order abolishing the
common drinking cup in all public
places. Tho board consists of Gov
ernor Morehead, Attorney General
Reed, domocrats; and Stato Superin
tendent Thomas, republican. The
public cup may still bo found in many
public places in Lincoln, tho statf
house and court house in particular,
still using the old cup.
Auto Races at State Fair.
Tho automobile race program at the
stato fair is arousing keen interest
among the auto fans of tho state. De
Lloyd Thompson and Barney Oldflcld
will race each day. This will bo a
thrilling aeroplane-auto contest, with
tho wizard of tho air contesting with
the race track speed king in a 300
horsepower car. For tho automobile
races on September 10 and 11 some
of tho leading racers of tho country
havo filed entries.
To Celebrate Seml-Centennial.
Nebraska's statehood semi-centennial
on March 1, 1917, will be cele
brated by Nobraska schools. A com
mittee to consider plans for the ob
servance of tho day was appointed al
a meeting of the Nebraska History
Teachers' association, held In Lincoln
recontly.
Dead Fish Cover Lake Shores.
Reports come to Commissioner Gua
Rutenbeck of tho fish and gamo de
partment that bass fishing In the
lakes of Cherry county Is not as good
as In formor years because of tho
long and severe winter. It is Bald
that the Ice hanging on so late caused
the fish to smother.
Will Test Convicts on Road.
Tho first test of the efficiency ol
using stato penitentiary convicts for
permanent rond-maklng work will
como when paving of the Holdregc
street road past tho stato farm will
start. County Survoyor Edgren has
completed plans for tho paving and
all that remains is for tho governor
to approve them and direct tho war
den of tho penitentiary to put his
crew to work. Tho last, legislature
appropriated $35,000 for tho state's
Bharo of the work
CONDENSED NEWS
OF INTEREST TO ALL.
Sutherland's Chautauqua will begin
Juno 29.
Cortland is agitating tho wator
works question.
A $76,000 hotel will bo built at
York this summer.
Oakland will hold n big cclobratlon,
Saturday, July 3d.
Craig's now $25,000 school building
is nearly completed.
4,500 bushels of wheat was mar
keted at Dlllor last week.
A new school building will soon
bo erected at Weeping Water.
Hall did heavy damngo to wheat
fields In the vicinity of Superior.
Indians living at Wiunebugo havo
organized a summer concert band.
A branch of the U. S. weather bu
reau will bo established near Omaha.
Pastors have agreed to suporvlso
tho public playground in Stromsburg.
Nebraska druggists and undertak
ers, both, will meet in Hastings next
year.
Tho foundation for tho now Mission
church nt Cortland is about com
pleted. Work will soon begin on tho now
county jail and sheriff's quarters at
Seward.
Tho Zlon Lutheran people of Pierce;
aro planning to build a new school
building.
A contract has boon lot for tho
new $50,000 Methodist church at
Hastings.
July 21, 22 and 23 havo been set as
dates for tho Tokamah Speed associa
tion races.
Ex-Governor Mickey's farm, near
Osceola, recently sold at miction for
$205.25 per aero.
Being called home to fight, twenty
Italians left North Platto for their
mother country.
Tho $200,000 dralnngo ditch nlong
tho Nemaha river In Johnson county
has been completed.
Four hundred ncres of sugar beets
were destroyed by recent storms In
tho vicinity of Scottsbluff.
Excavating for tho now brick Im
plement house of Friesen & Co., at
Fnlrbury, is under way.
Tho Crawford Mercnntilo company
store at Nelson was damaged by flro
to tho oxtent of $20,000.
Tho Captain Harris homo nt Ord,
valued at $10,000, was badly damaged
by flro, caused by lightning.
Miss Ida Schelhe of West Point has
been elected to teach a grado depart
ment in tho Bcemor public schools.
Tho State Holiness association will
hold their annual camp meeting at
Epworth park, Lincoln, July 2 to 12.
Three arrests havo been made in
tho Layton murder ense of Scottsbluff.
Leo Mann, tho 18-year-old son of
Ono person was fatally Injured and
a number badly hurt when a circus
tent blew down in a severe storm at
Ericson.
Bonds to build n municipal electric
light plant and Sunday baseball wero
defeated in a special election held at
Fullerton.
Jacob Stenobreaker, whllo tending
bect on tho farm pf William Schrood
er near Scottsbluff, was instantly
killed by lightning.
Ed Mann, a prominent farmer living
five miles southeast of Tllden, died
from taking strychnine by mlstako
for hcadacho powders.
Charles Walk'or, 20 years old, farm
hand at tho farm of Henry Roggo
near Sterling, died from a blow in tho
stomach from a broken slngletroo.
A landslide at tho government quar
ry near Ponca covered nearly 100
tons of crushed rock which was to bo
used in riprnpplng.
Nearly two thousand delegates at
tended the state Sunday school con
vention at Broken Bow. Falls City
was named as tho convention city in
1916.
Seven hundred automobllo receipts
havo been Issued already by tho coun.
ty treasurer of Polk county. It is es
timated that thoro aro over 900 cars
In the county.
Tho mill dam forming Lake Minnc
chaduza at Valentine, was washed
out by a cloud burst, sweeping away
In tho flood tho electric light and
pumping station plant
The Dodgo County wheat crop
promises to bo cut short of tho esti
mated amount by the Hessian fly,
which is damaging many fields in the
vicinity of Fremont.
Nobraska national banks, exclusive
of reserve cities, held 28.30 per cent
resorvo nt the close of business Mny
1, the report to tho comptroller of
the currency shows.
Jobso Carpenter, an Omaha aviator,
fell nearly a hundred foot before
5,000 people at tho Nobraska City race
track. Ho received a broken Jaw and
his machine waB wrecked.
Jesse N. Elliot, a farmor, living
near Plattsmouth, fell In front of a
mower and was badly Injured. His
left leg was broken below tho knee
In such a manner that It will requlro
several Inches of artificial bono to re
pair tho fracture.
Tho Business Men's association of
West Point has received word of tho
Intended visit of tho Omaha Commer
cial club to Wost Point on Juno 26.
Tho city council of Edgnr has re
jected tho application of Thomas II.
Mnllory for a IIcoiibo to operate a pool
hall. It is rumored that ho will take
the mattor to tho district court.
Roports that tho Standard Oil com
pany of Nebraska is to reduce the price
of gasollno to 9 cents aro being heard
by tho independent denlers of Lin
coln. At presont th? Lincoln prlco Is
10 cents.
PRESERVING THE EGGS FOR FUTURE USE
Putting in
While, of course, wo would liko to
havo strictly fresh eggs all tho tlmo,
thero nre times when this is Impossi
bles Then wo uiUBt tnko tho next best
thin;?, which Is tho presorved egg.
Llmewnter makes one of tho best
egg preservatives. Tho limowator
treatment, according to M. E. Dickson
of tho Collego of Agriculture, Univer
sity of Wisconsin, consists In dissolv
ing ono pound of llmo in five gallons
of wator which has been previously
boiled and nllowod to cool. Tho mix
ture 1b thorougly stirred and allowed
to settle. Then the clenr liquid is
poured into an earthen Jar or woodon
tub, which is filled within two Inches
of tho brim with fresh eggs. Tho con
tainer Is covered with course muslin
over which Is spread a pasto of llmo
to prevent evaporation aB much as pos
sible. All of tho eggs should bo en
tirely covorod with tho liquid,
Lime and Water Make Good Preservative.
PROBLEM UP TO THE FARMER
Must Solve to His Satisfaction Time
of Year to Hatch His Birds
Weather Charts Help.
Every farmer and poultrymnn, Bays
Profossor Rico, must first solvo to his
own satisfaction tho tlmo of year in
which to hatch birds bo that they
will begin laying Just before heavy
frost or freezing weather arrives In
his particular state. This is a very
simple problem, as a glanco at tho
government and stato weather charts
will show tho avorago date of frost
and freezing weather for any given
period of years. Then, taking Into
conalderntion a particular breed and
familiarizing hlmsolf with its charac
teristics, a farmor or poultryman can
set tho exact dato when eggs should
be hatched, so as to allow tho pullets
ample tlmo to como into full plumage
and maturity before tho advent of cold
weather.
If, for examplo, Whlto Leghorns are
tho typo chosen, a farmer will learn
that theso birds usually begin laying
at seven to olght months of ago. Ho
Btrlkes an avorage time for tho ar
rival of cold weather, probably No
vember 15 to 25. Ho looks at his cal
endar and carefully counts back olght
months and finds that March 15 to 25
Is tho logical time In which to hatch
out tho birds. Therefore, if Leg
horns are to lay at eight months, they
must havo olght monthB of weather
absolutely adapted to their fullost do
volopmcnt, before they ean bo ex
pected to lay. And they must not
como Into laying excopt In mild weath
or boforo their vitality haB been taxod
or impaired by cold.
CONDITION OF HEN TO AVOID
When Fowls Are Overfat, "Egg-Bound'
Results Disastrously- Poultry
man la One at Fault.
Egg-bound is. a condition that is'
your fault, not tho hen's. Hens some
times die of it, without giving notlco
that they will die.
Tho egg-bound condition results in
a weakening of tho heart, nnd tho
hen Is sometimes found dead on hor
nest, whoro Bho was Btralnlng to pro
duce tho egg. Tho disease is usually
caused by an overfat condition, which
brings a pressuro upon tho egg pass
age, weakening It.
Sometimes tho weak walls givo way
and tho egg or Its contents pass Into
tho abdominal cavity. This may end
In inllamtnatlon, followed by peritonitis
Ingredients.
Tho eggs should bo unwashed, but
clean and, of course, fresh. Although
freshly gathered fertile eggs aro al
right when put down immediately,
Btcrllo eggB aro proforablo. Heated
or doubtful eggs should never bo pre
served. Tho water glass method of preserv
ing is possibly even moro common
than tho llmewnter method. Wator
glass, or sodium silicate, may bo ob
tained from nny drugglBt for from $1.50
to $2 a gallon. This solution of sodium
slllcnto should bo diluted with nlno
(9) parts of water, which has been
previously boiled and allowed to cool.
One qunrt of water glass thus diluted
Is sufficient to prcBorvo twelvo dozen
eggs. An earthon Jar or wooden tub
Is prcfernblo for storing, and tho samo
precautions to provent evaporation,
should bo taken in this mothod as aro
taken In tho limowator method.
PROVIDE SHADE FOR POULTRY
Ducks and Geeso Quickly Succumb If
Unable to Secure Protection From
the Sun'o Rays.
Failure to provide shade for poultry
during tho summer months not only
results in a largo number of deaths,
but tho flocks aro less productivo, Tho
importance of summer shado cannot
bo overestimated. Poultry of all kinds
require Bhado. Ducks nnd geeso very,
quickly succumb if thoy aro unablo to
got protection from tho Bun's rays.
It Is easy to provldo plenty of shado.
Tho Missouri Collego of Agriculture
recommends tho following ways of fur
nishing shado for poultry: Portablo
houses can bo set up on blocks so that
tho birds may run underneath; or
chards, sunflower patches, cornfields,
otc., can bo so arranged that tho young1
stock or mnturo hons may run In them.
CornfleldB mako excellent summer
range for young stock. Thoy furnish
plenty of Bhado and other conditions
for rapid oconomical growth aro ideal.
A littlo planning on tho part of tho
farmer will mako poultry keeping
moro profitable. By providing shado
tho losses are reduced, tho flock is
moro produotlvo, and tho youug stock
will mako moro economical growth.
KILL TURKEYS BY STICKING
Fowls Are Brained by Running Point
of Knife Under Eye Into Brain
Feathers Pick Easily.'
Tho most common way of killing
turkeys Is to hang them up by their
legs and stick them with a knlfo in
tho mouth, making ono or two cuts
diagonally across tho roof of tho
mouth, whllo moving tho point of tho
knlfo forward from tho edge of tho
skull.
After sticking, tho birds aro brained
by running tho point of the knlfo un
der tho oyo or into tho roof of the
mouth in such a way as to strike tho
lnsido of tho skull directly between
tho eyes, Bays n writer in Pralrio
Farmer. The knlfo may bo slightly
twisted when tho point reaches tho
brain, tho bird giving a characteristic
quiver when properly bralnod, after
which tho feathers pick oaslly,
Tho feathers aro usually picked in
tho following order: Flights, main tall,
back, sldcB, breast, legs and thighs.
Turkeys aro usually dry plckod and
shipped undrawn to market. Tho long
wing feathers bring a good prlco on
tho market. Tho methods of killing
and dressing turkeys and chlkens aro
practically tho same.