THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
MINOR NOTES FROM ALL
PARTS OF NEBRASKA
Dr. Dcucll, government hog cholera
export, who has hurt charge of the
work In Richardson county the past
ynw, has hoon notified to take up tho
work In Lancaster, Otoe, Saline and
Cass counties. The Investigation In
Rlc-lwmlsoii county will he discon
tinued so far as furnishing a man Is
concerned.
The new $20,000 homo for hoys, be
ing tho second unit In the building
program on the orphanage site of the
Masons
or .Nenruskii nortn or Fre-J
mont, was formally dedicated Justl
recently. Frederick L. .Temple, grand
master of Lexington, was In chnrge.
Masons from nil pnrts of Ncbrudku
were present.
Disloyal and unpatriotic acts are no
longer to be countenanced In Madison
county. Officers and heads of com
mittees of tho county council of de
fense meeting at Norfolk have de
nounced pro-Ocrmun talk and planned
to glvo federal authorities prompt
notice of dlsloyulty In any form.
Preparations are being completed
for the second annual roundup at
Ognllala July 3, 4 nnd 5. Profession
al riders from Montana, Arizona nnd
New Mexico hnvo entered the contest
for $2,000 In prizes. Tho affair Is
under the auspices of tho Keith Coun
ity Community club.
Ilnrry Van Horn, 8-ycnr-old Ron of
fEdltor A. C. Van Horn of tho Mondow
'Grovo News Is probably the youngest
Nebrnsknn to "do Ids bit" In tho great
war. He purchnscd n $00 Liberty bond
with saving given hltn by his parents,
relatives and friends.
Logon, Franklin, Custer, Kearney
jnnd Buffalo counties nro considering
filing application .for road aid under
tho federal provision. A co-operative
(movement Ih now on foot to that end,
tho Kearney Commercial club Insti
gating It.
Rev. F. A. High, for mnny years
superintendent of tho Omalin district
lof the nntl-saloon league, has been ap
pointed to the Methodist pastorate nt
Randolph to succeed Itev. Mr. Trump,
who died very suddenly n few weeks
ngo.
Tho Fremont city council pnRscd n
(dog ordinance, requiring that canines
bo kept penned' up from April 15 to
September 15. It Ih believed Fremont
1n Jlio first town In Nebraska to put
tho ban on tho dog nulsnncc.
Charles Ely of Madison received
$13.50 per hundred pounds for three
carloads of dehorned heifers on tho
South Omaha markot tho other day,
It being tho highest price over paid
for cattlo on that market.
ft. W. Johnston, past president of
tho Northwestern Hotel Men's asso
ciation, nnd one of tho most widely
known hotel men In tho mlddlo west,
will mnnngo tho Evnns hotel nt Co;
lumbus.
McCook hns undertaken to rnlso n
company of men for tho Sixth regi
ment. A mnss meeting to that end
was held nt which much enthuslnsm
was manifested.
Tho Lutheran synod meeting nt Mil
waukee, Wis., voted $100,000 t bo
used In building additions to Luth
eran schools. The school nt Seward
Is to hnvo a now addition.
Tho Bcntrlco board of education
has fixed tho levy for Hchool purposes
for tho ensuing year at $00,000, u sub
stantial increase over last year.
A movement Is on foot in Bcntrlco
to bond the city to the sum of $50,000
for the purposo of constructing n
municipal lighting plant.
Flro of unknown origin destroyed
two buildings nnd damaged a third at
Avr. near Hastings, cnuslng a loss of
$2,000.
Eddyvlllo lins taken a hand In Tied
Cross work by organizing an auxiliary
to the society. Tho auxiliary has fifty
four members.
Nebraska lumbermen, and all retail
merchants for that matter, will watch
with Interest tho battle scheduled to
begin In Washington July 81, when
lumbermen recently charged by tho
federal trade commission with anti
trust lnw violations hnvo their Inning
boforo thnt body.
Omaha took first place among ro
erultlng offices of the Central division
of the United Stntos army for tho
week ending June 14. Enlistments for
tho week In Omnlm totalled 181; In
Chicago 173; Des Moines 80 and Kan
sas City 174.
Ed Hlckoy, a stockman, living thrco
miles south of Gretna, went west not
long ngo arid surprised his neighbors
by coming hack with some long-legged,
rnzordmcked hogs, with Knouts ' so
long they could nlntost drink from
Jugs.
Itlchnrdson coutfty 1b cnrrylng on
various activities to aid In tho wnr.
Young men nro enlisting, plans are
under wny to organize lied Cms
chnpters In n number of towns and
wibscrlptlnns are being taken for the
Y. M. C. A. war work.
Sports win not ho abandoned by
Omaha educational Institutions on ac
count of tho wnr. Crelghton univer
sity, Omnha university, Rellovue and
tho threo high schools Intend to mnln
tnln full activities In nil athletlrs.
The Omnhn-IJnc.nln-Denver highway
lending to tho Ashlnhd bridge over tho
Platte river, damaged by tho flood,
linn boon repaired nnd travel nlong
till road Is now good.
Bonds for $25,000 for a new city
nail carried nt Chadron by a majority
far In excess of tho necessary two
thirds vote. U
Hastings wus selected as the next
meeting place of the .Htnto .Sunday
School association at the closing ses
sion of the golden Jubilee held at
Omaha. Otoe county won tho Ameri
can ling for having tho largest attend
ance nt the convention, Richardson
county the conquest Hag for traveling
tho moHt miles. Officers elected were
us follows: President, K. It. .Mathers,
Falls City; vice president, C. C. Jv'ost
cott, Plattsmouth ; recording net-rotary,
Mrs. Alonu C. Little, Lincoln;
treasurer, L. C. Oberlles, Lincoln;
board of directors: Prof. F. M. Gregg,
Peru; II. S. Westbrook, Dunbar; J. L.
Duff, Omaha; A. .1. Alfonl, Genoa; H.
Lomax, Hroken How; A. L. Krnuso,
i -.
onn "cn- 'Pr H "''"-" ""
convention show that the 7 leading
Protestant denominations In Nebras
ka have a total of 1,870 Sunday
schools with a membership of 188,080.
Tralso for their "Americanism" was
bestowed upon former Mayor Everett
Evans of North Platte and Albln San
dall, merchant of North Platte by
Secretary of tho NavyDanIu,l when
they enlisted In tho navy us stokers.
Tho men desired to enlist as seamen,
but wore told they were too old to
enlist as anything else, than stokers.
Secretary Daniels promised to watch
the career of the men. Evans nnd
Snndnll nro both of fine families and
nro capable of making big money In
other walks of life.
Actual cost to tho federal govern
ment for securing tho names, occupa
tion, etc., of Nebraska youths under
tho selcctlvo draft act will total ap
proximately $800. Tho county filing
tho largest expense Is Lincoln, $110,
which Is the largest In tho state.
Most counties filed no expense, while
a few put n little expense. Governor
Neville Is confident that Nebraska put
Into effect the registration of men un
der the conscription act with less ox
penso than most of tho western states.
South Omnha police are Investigat
ing a statement made by nn arrested
I. W. XV. member that L XV, XV. men
wore on their way to harvest fields to
stop tho harvest. "Wo aren't looking
for work," tho mnn said. , "ve'ro on
our way to tho harvest fields, and we
are going to stop the hnrvests unless
wo nro paid $5 a day. Police can
throw a few hundred of us In tho
coop, but they can't stop us." Ten
I. W. W. men nro In Jnll there.
Labor troubles In Omnha which
hnvo kept building ' operations nt u
standstill for tho pnst two months
nro expected to bo cleared up In tho
near future. Every business concern
In tho city, all labor unions nnd every
Individual workman Is enjoined from
Interfering with business nnd ordered
to restoro It to Its condition, provlous
to tho wnr by an Injunction Issued by
Judgo Lesllo of tho district court.
Crops In Nebraska as estimated by
Burlington ofllclnls on Juno 10 nro us
follows i Winter wheat, 12.0Q0.000
bushels, as against 04,000,000 Inst
year; spring wheat. 0.000,000 bushels,
as against 8,000,00(5 last year; Oats,
08.000,000 bushels, as against 80,000,
000 Inst year, and barley 4,500,000
bushels, as against 8,000,000 last year.
Lucy Itlchnrdson, 15 years old, was
Instantly killed nnd seven other young
girls and boys were Injured when nn
automobile In which they wcro riding
turned over near IIndnr In Plerco
county. The car was being driven nt
high speed when It went over a newly
graded road niid turned ovor In n
ditch.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
tho Nebraska Portland Cement Co. nt
Superior the company was reorgan
ized and renamed the Nebraska Ce
ment Co., with headquarters In Su
perior. It Is planned to put tho plant -In
good running order.
Nebraska snowed Kansas under on
subscriptions to tho Liberty loan, tho
total In this stnto being $18,700,750 to
$13,535,500 for the old Jayhawk rival.
At a special election held nt Avocn
warrants were voted on to tho
amount of $5,000 for tho establishing
of nn electric light system for Avocn.
Oago county farmers ore opposing
tho removal of the United States bu
reau of animal Inistry from Bcntrlco
to tho state farm nt Lincoln. Tho bu
reau was established In Ilcntrlco In
1013 nH an experiment nnd has proven
successful In hog cholera eradication
work In this section of tho stnto.
A boost of approximately $200,000 Is
made In the personnl property of
Dodgo county In figures compiled by
tho county assessor. Tho total as
sessed value of tho county Is almost
$10,000,000. Last year It was $0,773,
000. Nebraska Liberty bond subscrip
tions ns nnnounced by tho Kansas
City Federal Iteservo bonk, totnls
$17,800,700. Omaha's total Is $8,
085.050.; Llncun, $1,871,700; county
banks, $7,285,050. This stnto's quota,
figured In ndvnnco, was $10,500,000,
John, nnd .Tames Bowen, farmers
living near Stella, nro getting $30 a
day from oil lenses on land owned by
them near Blxby, Okla. They hnvo
owned the land for ten yenr.4, but It
Is only lately tfint they hnvo received
returns.
Henry , Brenner, grain denlor nt
Stella, shipped 1,800 bushels of whent
lost week and Is getting his bins ready
to receive tho new crop. Ho Is of tho
opinion that new whent will sell on
tho local market for at least $2.
Active work has begun In Madison
county to recruit a bnttallon for the
Sixth Nebrnskn nntlonnl guard, which
Is to conslBt of four companies of 150
men ench.
Oinohn bank clearings for tho week
ending Juno'lO marked up n gain of
00 per cent over the corresponding
week last year, ,! ;
1 Striking wo-up view ol u.
lng turrets. 2 -dipt. Geoffrey Harper Bunnell, an Amerlian member of the Itoynl British Hying corps, who
brought to death Captain Hoelke, the famous Germun aviator, and Is now In America helping recruit Britons. 3
Sentries In the Alps on the Swiss border. 4 New photograph of King Alfonso of Spain nnd his staff at military
maneuvers ; Internal disorders threaten the king's throne.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Government Is Now Going After
the Food, Munition and
Fuel Pirates.
CONTROL BILL IN CONGRESS
Other Agencies Attacking the Profit
eers Plans Pushed for Huge Amer
lean Air Army Russia Deter
mined to Continue the
War Against German
Absolutism,
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Undo Sam lust week begun paying
more special attention to tho pirates
that Infest tho land the food pirates,
the munition pirates, tho fuel pirates
and all tho obnoxious brood of prof
iteers whoso greed for money obliter
ates their patriotism, If they ever hud
any of the latter quality. Tho warfare
against these men nnd corporations Is
being carried on in tho way of Judlclul
Investigations that will result In In
dictments and In proposed legislation
by congress. Tho lntter, of courso, Is
tho administration food control bill,
which tho president has been urging
toward pnssago with tho forceful as
sistance of Herbert O. Hoover. Mr.
Hoover told n bunch of senators on
Tuesday why tho mensure should bo
passed, and answered nil tho objec
tions of Its opponents, headed by Vnrd
nmun, Goro nnd Iteed.
In the house on Thursday Represen
tatives Madden and Cannon of Illinois
mndo an attempt to have cotton In
cluded among tho articles to bo put
under control, but tho Southern Dem
ocrats rushed to tho rescue of tho cot
ton planter nnd defented tho plan. Tho
majority nlso voted down a proposition
by Hnugcn of Iowo to lncludo cloth
Ing, shoes nnd Implements In the mens
ure. Tho opposition to tho bill In the
house was weaker than In tho senate.
Senator Slicrmnn of Illinois fiercely
attacked tho mensure as one designed
to fuvor tho city dweller nnd union In-
bor and to Injure tho farmer, and ho
took tho opportunity to suy some very
severe things about tho administration,
asserting It bad been nslecp for two
years and now nnd wnked up Into hys-
terlo.
Daniels Jolts the Extortionists.
Secretory Daniels became weary of
the extortions of tho fuel mngnntes,
nnd on Monday nnnounced that the
coal nnd oil the nnvy needed would bo
taken by the government nnd paid for
at prices to bo fixed by tho govern
ment.. Producers of steel found them
selves facing tho prospect of tho snme
action.
Organized lnbor also took a hnnd In
tho fight on tho food extortionists nnd
notified tho administration, through
tho American Federation of Labor,
that unless the prices of tho necessi
ties of life are brought down to rea-
sonnble figures, there probnbly will bo
nn epidemic of strikes, possibly oven
a national tie-up In mnny Industries.
The federal trade commission an
nounced It was ready to begin Its In
vestigation of food conditions on July
1; the Information obtained will be
turned over to tho food administrator
and tho department of Justice.
Why should not tho press of tho
country print prominently the names
of tho despicable creatures who arc
taking advantage of tho nation's
needa? Decent motives being lacking,
fenr of the public wroth might oper
ate to induce them to cense their ne
farious work.
. Planning Great Air Army.
More nnd more tho government 'is
becoming convinced thnt America's
first big ploy In tho war must bo in
In tho air, and tho plans for speedily
sending many thousands of airplanes
nnd aviators to tho front from this
country are being pushed with vigor.
Congress isNasked to make an aero-
nnutlc upproprlutlon of $000,000,000
to start with, and nlrendy hundreds of
young men- are being solected for the
work nnd put into training. For a
long time Admiral Peary has been urg
ing the building up of a powerful air
service for our army and navy, and
Brlgudlcr GenernJ Squler has done all
an active officer Is permitfed to do to
forward such n plnn, nnd now the gov
ernment renllzes that nn Immense fleet
of nlrplanes Is the quickest effective
old It can glvo to Its allies In Eu
rope. The aviation bill contemplates the
establishment of 21 training camps nnd
Instruction in mnny technical schools;
the construction of about 2,000 planes
a month at tho end of six months, with
tho number constantly increasing until
It reaches 5,000 a month; the building
at first mnlnly of training and obser
vation machines nnd luter of lnrger
number of battle planes.
To fill up tho ranks of the regulnr
army, President Wilson Issued a call
for 70,000 volunteers between the ages
of eighteen nnd forty yenrs. Through
out tho army tho recruiting ofllcors
especially cmpbuslzed the fnct that
men who registered nre welcome as
volunteers nnd will have some advan
tages over those who wait to be
drafted.
Registration slackers began getting
what is coming to them last week.
Their days of grace having expired,
they were nrrested wherever found
nnd chucked Into Jail. Several of them
nlrendy have been given prison sen
tences. Though the number of nrrests
may seem large, It really Is insignlfl
cant when compnred with the total
registration.
Wnr department officials seem to' be
having n hard time settling on the
plans for the training camps for the
National army. Over and over again
tho specifications nre changed, nnd not
much hendway Is being made. Instead
of leaving the details to the regular
army officers, who are experts. In that
lino, the council of national defense
has taken a hnnd nnd put "experts" of
Its own choosing In charge of various
pnrts of tho work, and tho result so
far has been confusion and delay. The
council hns been doing great work In
many ways, but this looks llko n ense
of too many cooks. The whole mat
ter of getting tho conscrlptivo nrmy
nnd tho Nntlonnl Guard into training
only emphasizes tho wisdom of a uni
versal service policy and law.
Submarines Very Active.
Germany submarines put in an
other busy week, mnny reports of tho
sinking of allied nnd neutral vessels
coming in. Among tho ships sent down
was tho American oil tank stenmshlp
John D. Archbold, five of whoso crow
wore lost. Tho vessel was armed nnd
carried a gun crew from nn American
warship, but the gunners had not been
supplied with rnngo finders by tho
navy department.
Vice Admiral Sims, during the tem
porary nbsence of the British com
mander In chief, wns appointed to tnko
general chargo of tho operations of the
nllled naval forces In Irish waters,
whero tho U-boats find most of their
victims. Tho giving of this great re
sponsibility to tho American admiral
showB tho confidence the aUlcs have
In his ability nnd wisdom.
Two fents of tho American destroy
ers in British waters wero told dur
ing the week. One of these vessels
came upon n submnrlne nnd promptly
rammed it, probnbly sending it to the
bottom. Two others, responding to
wireless calls, rescued 80 survivors of
two British ships thnt were torpedoed
100 miles nwny, the farthest point west
In tho Atlantic tho U-bontsMmvo oper
ated slnco tho ruthless campaign be
gan. There wns violent fighting In Franco
throughout tho week, but neither, stdo
mode Important gains. Tho Germnns
won flrst-llno trenches from the Brit
ish enst of Monchy-le-Prleux nnd from
tho French east of Vauxalllon, but
Inter wero driven bnck again with
heavy losses. Tho Canadian troops
captured some positions In front of
Lens, paving tho way for a drive on
that center of tho coal fields.
Toward tho end of the week tho
Germnns yielded to tho heavypressuro
of tho British In tho territory domi
nated by tho Messlncs rldgo nnd aban
doned the ground they bad held on tho
western side of tho bend of the Lys
i i. on-
river, between Wnrncton nnd Armcn
tieres.
1 Another German Fiasco.
Germany's clumsy diplomacy came
.io gner again in the developments fol
lowing the nttcmDt of Robert Grimm.
Socialist, to Induce Russia to conclude
n sepnrnte pence. When tho Intrigue
was exposed, Grimm wns driven from
uussin, ana Inst week Dr. Arthur IToff
man, n member of the Swiss federal
council, who had n prominent pnrt in
me piot, resigned his office. Tim ills
closures led to nn excited mnss meet
ing of protest and a pro-ally demon
stration In Geneva. Grimm wns fin
nounced for trying to push Switzerland
into tne wnr for the purpose of serv
ing ucrmnny, and tho crowds stoned
the residences of pro-Germnns.
Ellhu Root nnd his collengues spent
uio weeK getting ncqunlnted with tho
true state of affairs in Russia, and
were assured by tho government ofll
clnls that nothing would bo concealed
from them. Commnnder In Chief
Brusslloff sent to General Robertson
Wednesdny a telegram assuring, him
that, "in honor bound, free Russia's
armies will not fail to do their duty."
Boris Bnkhmctleff, special Russian
envoy, and his enllnnmoo nrpfvnl in
- r " .i . . . i i v, v w
Washington nnd almost Immediately
kuvu out a statement of the program
Of tho. provisional covemmont Thla
includes tho absolute rejection of nil
tnougnt or a separate peace and tho
achievement of universal peace with
out annexations or contributions nnd
presuming no dominion over other na
tions. The provisional government
will take preparatory steps for an
agreement with Its allies founded on
Us declaration of March 27, nnd its
chief aim Is stnted to be to fortify tho
Democratic foundations of tho army
and organize nnd consolidate tho
nrmy's fighting power for Its defensive
as well as offensive purposes.
In Petrogrnd tho nil-Russian con
gress of workmen and soldiers unani
mously resolved upon nn Immedlato
offensive, and tho sumo sentiment was
expressed In n manifesto Issued by tho
mllltnry union of woman volunteers,
which sntd "tho workers are appealing
for an unrelenting struggle ngnlnst nn
enemy who Is moved solely by Impe
rlnllstle nnd slaving tendencies."
The provisional government has be
gun proceedings for tho severe nunlsh-
ment of various high officials of tho
old reglmo, who are accused of
breaches of the laws of the emnlro.
.Several former cabinet members and
nrmyigommnnacrs, including Protopop
off nnd General Rennenknmpf, havo
been Indicted.
Crisis In Austria-Hungary.
Not much news wns allowed to enmo
out of Austria-Hungary, but whut did
unit-rue imuciues mat mo situation
there becomes more critical dolly. Tho
Poles of the dual kinirdom nro vlrtnnl.
ly in rovolt, demnndlng nt lensjt au
tonomy for their Innd, and nearly all
the.neonlo aro Insistent for nonro.
The Austrian cabinet, bended by Clam-
aiortinic, resigned.
Conditions due mninlv to tho wnr
hove brought on n crisis in Spoln that
tnrcntens to result in tho denositlon of
King Alfonso, despite his personal pop
ularity, and tho establishment of yet
nnother new republic in Europe. Tho
censor, however Is as busy thero as In
other countries, nnd the renorts mav
be misleading.
Over In China mntters seemed tn hn
settling down nencefullv. nosslhlv in
part the result of President Wilson's
suggestion tnat the Internal troubles
there be brought to a pacific and
speedy end. Several of the seceding
knrnvlnnrtci hnvn anM tit..
. . . . v. .... , . i.n;,, nuum tUiUU
back Into tho federal fold, nml tha
president hns called a new parliament
ary election.
Certain notoriously pro-Germnn
newspapers In Chicago, Milwaukee and
elsewhere, some of them printed In
tne Herman Inngunce. are nttrnrMnrr
the attention of the government ngents
by their continuous and vicious attacks
on tho allies of the United States nnd
tneir tmnly-velled onnosltlnn tn ti.ia
country's courso In the, w(ir. With tho
skill of trained writers they may avoid
suppression for treasonable utterance,
but their sentiment nnd Intent nrn nvl-
dent, nnd if they cannot bo reached by
it-Bin iiroceuure, uiey may yet bo
fcoiielehoi! l.v li nu,.in ...m. i .. .
J IWIUIJl mo
aid of the authorities.
FOOD BILL PASSED
HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE CON
TAINING DRY CLAUSE.
GIVES HOOVER BROAD POWER
Empowers President to Seize Nation's
Supply of Liquor If Necessary.
Big Cut in Revenues.
Washington. Tho administration'
food control bill, which makes Her
bert Hoover food administrator for
America and the allies, nnd carries an
appropriation of $152,500,000 for Its en
forcement, passed the house by n vote
of 305 to 5. The live who voted
against tho bill were; McLcmorer
Slayden and Young of Texas, demo
crats; Meeker of Missouri, and Wurd;
of New York, republicans.
Tho bill Is now before the senate,
where action on the measure Is looked'
for this week.
The bill ns passed by the house pro
hibits the use of foodstuffs for tho'
manufacture of intoxicants during,
the war.
Tho prohibition amendment In tho
bill will make the United States "dry"
during the war, if the measure goes
through the senate as passed by tho
house. The measure was amended during'
the last hour of debate to permit tho
president to seize nnd redistill for
alcohol uny Intoxicants necessary for
government use. This would permit
the seizure of 300,000,000 gallons of
liquor. The amendment that would,
hove exempted worklngmen from a.
section of the bill punishing con
spiracy to retard or decreaso the pro
duction of food, was defeated.
An amendment by Representative
LuGuardl, providing that all persons
employed und6r the act should be
hired In accordance with the civil
service net, was forced through by re
publicans. The nmendment, Increas
ing tiie $152,500,000 appropriation in
the bill to $250,000,000, was defeated.
Lenroot declared the extra $100,000,
000 would bo necessary If the presi
dent Is to commandeer and pay for
intoxicants to be seized under the bill..
An amendment, limiting the expen
diture of nppropriatlons In the bill to.
June, 1018, instead of the duration of
the war, wns adopted. The prohibi
tion nmendment, according to house
members, will reduce the government
revenues by more thnn $300,000,000 a.
year. -
U. S. Has Big Force Under Arnrn.
Washington. More than half a
nillllon men have volunteered In tho
American nrmy and nnvy during tho
period of less thnn three months that
has elapsed since the war was de
clared to exist. The army, navy and
nntlonnl guard represented an aggro-,
gate- strength of little more thmv
800,000 men when the wnr resolution
was adopted. Today between 700,000.
nnd S00.000 are enrolled in the various
branches of the fighting service, nnd
the great mnjorlty of them are arm
ed, equipped nnd under training. They
will be Joined nt the end of the sum
mer by nenrly 1,000,000 men selected'
for tlic new national army from tho
millions registered for wnr dutjj
Juno 5.
Tho regulnr nrmy totnled n little
more thnn 100,000 men throe months
ago. It Is now nenrlng the 250,000,
mark nnd wnr department ofllclnls,.
bncked by the press of the country,
are bending every effort to bring It
up to 300,000 during tho present week,
which hns been designated by Prcsl- .
dent Wilson ns recruiting week for
tho regulars. Secretary Baker hns.
sought tho nld of nil newspapers, to.
the end that 70,000 men shall be cni
rolled beore Juno 30.
Admits Killing New York Girl.
Bologua,' Italy. Alfredo Coccbl, tho.
fugitive New York motorcycle denlor.
has confessed to the murder of Ruth,
Cruger. Jealousy was his motive, ho.
said, ne wns unable, he declared, to.
win her love and became furious,
when she rebuffed his persistent nti
tentlons.
After mnklng up his mind to tell-
the truth, Coccbl tnlked freely and
wunout reserve, gave full detnlls of
hls crime, Including the burlnl of MIsq
Cruger's body. He will be taken
hock to the United States for trial, it
is believed.
Can't Beat Draft After June 30.
Washington. Provost Gennrni
Crowder has informed the governors
of states that June 30 is the Inst itnv
upon which enlistment In nny stnto
will count toward thnt stnte's quota
or men to bo solected for the wnr
army.
Wants Fourth Solemn Day.
Washington. A plea that Indenend.
once day bo obsorved this year with
a solemnity reflecting the sober de
termination "of n democracy at war
for Its IdealB nnd Its existence" wns
made In n statement Issued by the
public Information committee. "Nolsa
nnd useless Illumination nnd unthink
ing celebrations hnvo no proper plnco
In times such ns these." snld tho
stntemont. "Let there ho n return to
those ceremonies nnd addresses which
prevnllcd In other days."
