THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
SERIAL NUMBERS
IN M DRAWING
INITIAL LIST AS APPLICABLE TO
NEBRASKA.
LATE KEWSFR0M CAPITOL
.Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around tho
State House
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Bolow will bo found tho sorlal num
bers nppllcablo to Nobraska which will
:moro than 1111 tho quota of Nobraska
draft divisions. Mon with numbers
not Included below may entertain
reasonable assurance of not being
-called for the first draft army but
they may bo called later:
1- 25S
G-2024
11-4083
10-3382
2l-87i3
2-2JSI2
7- 854!
12-32571
17-4306
22- 7S3
27-3567,
32-3674!
37-1572
42- 837
47-4419
52-405G
57-3343
G2-4433
C7-1495
72-3970
77- 784
82-1546
3- 4581
S-1S94I
4-34031
5-1436
10-4142
If.-a3.v3
20-36 i 9
25-1858
30-2494
35-3505
40-2193
45- 676
50-1185
53-1913
60-2936
65- 536
70- 548
75-3331
80- 107
85-1369
90-1676
95-2684
100- 692
105-1896
110-1639
115- 309
120-3586
125-3359
130-1763
135-2455
140-1014
145-2374
150- 10
155-2993
160-3540
165-1282
170-3346
175-1922
180 3358
1S5-3818
110-4317
195- 652
200- 739
W-1S7!)
13-10951
14-2022
18-13201 10-145.-.
23-18131 24-27S7
2S-3G37! 29-1752
26-28S9
31-4137
36-1117
41-44S7
33-3200
34-3082
39-1748
44- 337
49- 509
54- 945
69-2620
64-2148
38-2702
43-2036
48-3827,
53-2166
58-3067
63-3746
68-2453
73-1679
4B- 275'
51- 5C4
Efi- 596
61-1267
66-3812
71- 126
76-1237
81-3786
69-3640
74-3604
78-17321
79- 755
84-2099
89-4294
94-3186
99-3499
83-1563
86-2691
91-12661
87- 616
83- 373
93- 775
98- 486
92-1891
97-3159
96-33S
101-3721
106-3539
111-2549
116- 437
121-1324
126- 43
102 600
107- 810
112-1682
103-3256
1101-3496
108-40971109-4189
113- 6071114-2553
118-4089,119-3254
117-2967
122- 604
123-331
124-4268
129-3852!
134- 924
139- 420
144-4463
149-3300
127-3706
132-1264
137-3992
142-1178
147-1329
152-2725
157-1031
128-2181
133-1066
138-3471
143- 514
148-2945
153-2783
158-1705
1G3- 487
168-1847
131-15IS:
136-2501
141-4115
J 46- 433
151-39261
154-2756
156-104
159-3149
161-1331
162-1685
167-1323
172-2590
177-4110
182-1779
164-3744
166-3090
171- 140
176-2952
181-4103
1S6-2011
169- 797
174-4369
173-1536
178-1723
179-28081
183-1236
188- 432
193-2962
198-286S
184-2247
189-3285
194- 18
199-1481
1S7-4361
191-2719 192-3053;
196-3787 197- 927
201-15511202- 601
203-3024
04-1322
205-4356
210-4072
215-1771
220-1651
225-2441
230-2066
235- C02
240-3577
,245-1818
250-1456
206-11461207-3615
511-13951212-2479
216- 5131217- 46
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. i O - vu All-
218-10201219-3232
221-1099 222-1955
223-320S
224-4339
229- 223
234-2330
239-2990
244-3974
249- 772
226-2749,227-2628
228-16361
233- 117
238-2233
243-3189
248-4219
253-4381
238- 786
231-4417 232-1441
236-2675 237- 3901
241-3293.242- 75i
216-38281247-3481
251,2939 252-3528!
256-14191237-2390
261-1476)262-3273
266-39651267-2322
271-27301272- 972
254- 721
255-3064
259-4243!2f0-1349
264- 2801265-3259
2G3-36201
268-43921269-36711270-1292
273- 9831274- 75"
275-4238
276- 966 277- 966I278-3S19I279-3251
2S0- 868
285-2090
290-3663
2Sl-2230'282-245G!2'3- 332 284-3857
286- 379l287-2237,28S-15fi0'289-3795
291- r,42!292-2107l293-3212'294-3559l295- 194
296- 8741297-4143 298- 5521299-4464 300-2665
301-3152'302-35P5303-3687i304-1300l303-2124
206-1673 307-1887I30S-2707 309-41091310- 298
511-:319 312-4032'313-3273!314-3G90!31r)-3176
516-243X 317.4027
318-2850'319-3073l320-4150
323-3930l324-2132'325-17G9
328-1647-329-2558 330-1354
333-2397'331-4420l335- 343
33S-21HI339-3997I340-1613
343-4125l344-3325'345-2467
321- 675'322-30l5
326-12941327-1147
331-1306 332-2017
33G-200SI337-3862
341-2100'342- 982
346- 726'347-2529348- 1.7349- 905l3r0- 933
3,r.l-3009!352.347S'353-2331l354-1531!355-303
336-2S6l'357-307J).3:,8-4004l3r9-3'17K3f 0-2915
3fil-2209'362-12S8!3r3- 4521364-35721365- 355
36G-1843!367- 5301368- 809l369-2579,370-U14
371-3206'372-37ir.l373-3S0S'374-2S26375-37"6
376-26071377-2 173!378-4002'379-3319l3RO-14"0
3X1- 615'3.S2-42t.ril33-213.r.l3R4-42iOI3Sb-2,22
386-4496'387- 21S'38S- 260l389-1334l390-3ftX4
391- 5.10'i. )2-3215l393-3123l394-l611 395-4481
396-4423J." 17- 574 '398-35561399-2778:400- 31
401-1432'"2-1727!403-2n47i404-3f9V40-.-3711
406-3230'407-2817i40S-2740 409- 91'410-1S48
41l-3376l412-2G62lU3-1570,414-3,f!';l415-28S4
416-2SSK'U7-1S17!418-2577419- 770I420- 882
121-4123I422-3570' 11T3 -207SI 424 - 677425-2119
426-2360M27- 749I42S-42811 129-22091130-3304
431-34501432-2592' 133-3736l434-275sl435-1868
4a(i.isn9l4a7.3s.iljas.ionl4 5o. 111 inn. ask
441-3342 442-1417i443-1574l4t4-2034t445-2434
-446-3770 447-30S7'44S- 7601449- 1S3U50-3435
451- r.6l452-26nr,l453-4061M51-127fil 155-4476
456-36851457-1791
458-19561459- 7921460-2128
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466-3059M67- 5
463-41391464-3692' 165-3469
468- 350'4G9-15Snl470- 54
47l-2698472-2365'473-3831 '47 (-26151475- 870
476-17141477- 549I47S-H32l47fl- 4JOl480-145
481-16741482- 7411 (."3-10-, f S4-?336l485-1275
486-2316l4S7-316QI4!.S.3334'4S9-2225l490- 711
491-1922M92- 84mn3-350?'494- f3Rl495-4244
49G-2793'497-3IOV49S-2434l499-1032500- 623
The Board of Appeals
Appeal boards tor the North and
South Platte districts of Nebraska,
who will act as reviewing tribunals
on tho work of countv and city oxemp
tion boards under the provisions of
the selective draft law and accom
panying regulations of President Wil
son, havo been appointed at Washing
tion as follows:
District No. 1 North Platte terri
tory) Dr. A. D. Cameron, physician,
Kearney; Douglas Cones, attorney,
Pierce; John L. Kearney, attorney,
Omaha; M. C. Peters, manufacturer
and financier, Omaha; John Robert
son, farmer and state senator, Joy.
District No. 2 (South Platte terri
tory) Fred W. Ashton, attorney,
Grand Island; L. B. Freye, railroad
trainman, Lincoln; E. M. Pollard, fruit
grower, Nohawka; Charles Smrha,
Danker Mllllgan; fifth member rec
ommended by Governor Neville but
not yet confirmed, and name withheld
by the governor.
Food Conservation at State Fair
Secretary E. R. Daniolson of the
Nobraska stato fair board announces
that food conservation would bo ono
of tho features of the stato's biggest
exposition next September.
Danlelson's announcement follows
word from Washington that the na
tional government will co-oporate with
fairs in every possible way and at tho
snmo time take advantage of the op
portunity to preach the gospel of food
economy.
One ef tho features of the fair will
be a food training camp.
Governor Keith Neville has received
notice from Washington that tho war
department will withdraw all military
guards which it has heretofore main
tained in Nebraska and other states,
except thoBe needed for tho protection
of such property and placo3 whose
safety is of first importance In the
prosecution of the war. The new or
der is believed to indicate that the
Fourth will bo dispatched immediately
to a training camp for Intensive In
struction preparatory to embarking
for ervW I' Kranre Tho Fifth and
f lxh r"iK wl'I follow shortly.
MUST APPEAR BEFORE BOARD
Will be no Exemption from the Physi
cal Examination.
Evorybody who is called by tho mil
lltary draft must appear for physical
examinations. If they aro blind, deaf,
huvo a wooden leg or minus an arm
or aro tho victim of nny other physical
defect, they must appear and show tho
board why they aro not physically fit
for service. Even if thoy aro sick or
away from tho city, provision Is made
for their examination. Anyone away
from tho place whoro thoy registered
are pormltted to appear with an appli
cation beforo tho board whoro thoy aro
then situated. If a man is sick he must
notify tho oxomptloners who will prob
ably send a doctor to examlno him.
Everybody must appear or Rot an af
fldavit of distance or sickness within
two days after tho notice of tho call
Is mailed and posted.
The mere fact that a man claimed
oxomplion on tho registration enrd,
registration day doos not exempt him.
Tho fact, that ho claimed no exemp
tions on that day does not provont
him from claiming exemption now.
Tho boards stato that thoy will pay
no attention whatovor to tho record of
claims on those cards. Tho claims.
for exemptions must be filed beforo
the seventh day nftor tho notices havo
boon mailed. If no claim is filed It is
taken for granted by tho government
that they claim no exemptions and
aro willing to sorvo.
Tho board wishes it to bo clearly un
derstood that no ono is exempt until
thoy havo made their claim to the
board and that body has granted It.
Even people who aro ministers, gov
ernment officers, aliens, ots., must ap
pear and stato tho grounds on which
thoy claim they aro exompt.
Permanont records covering every
foaturo of tho registration, draft and
exemption cases growing out of the
draft r.ro to be kept in Governor
Neville's office.
Want Law Referred to a Vote.
Tho partial suffrage act passed by
the last legislature which would have
been effective Tuesday has been sus
pended by a petition filed with tho
secretary of state. A petition contain
ing 32,000 names was filed asking that
the law bo referred to a vote of tho
people of tho state. Under tho refer
endum law this petition has tho effect
of sotting asldo and suspending the
legislative act until It can bo passed
upon by a vote of the electors of the
entire state. It cannot bo submitted
to a voto until tho fall of 1918, so tho
act Is suspended for this year and until
after tho general oloction next year.
Tho petition filed will provont worn-
on from voting for county and city
officers and all officers not created by
tho constitution, such as state and
Judicial officers, until after tho gon-
eral election of 1918. Noxt fall tho
electors of tho stato, and that means
tho malo population of twenty-one
years of more, will vote upon the ques
tion of permitting women to vote for
all officers whose positions are not
created by the constitution.
To Proceed Against Agitators.
Attorney General Reed announces
that ho has Instructed Third Assist
ant Attorney Gonoral Alfred Munger
to proceed against any labor agitators
attempting to induce members of
unions In Omaha to violate the re
straining order recently Issued by
Judge Leslie in tho case of the stato
against the business men's organiza
tion. Tho attornoy general said ho
had been Informed a few outside agi
tators were stirring up trouble.
Many Corporations are Delinquent
Secretary of Stato Pool says thero
are more than ono thousand corpora
tions in Nobraska that have failed to
pay their occupation tax and that all
which do not pay during July will be
subject to a pona4ty of 1 per cent.
This penalty will bo added immediate
ly at the close of this month and no
corporation can transact business
legally under stato laws until tax and
penalty are paid.
Suffrage workers in this stato aro
not expected to cfcrry out their threat
to publish tho names of all of tho
signers of tho referendum petition for
tho partial suffrage law passed by tho
last legislature. The item of expense
would cause the state association of
ficers considerable worry, It Is bo-
llevod, slnco thero aro no more funds
available than is actually needed to
carry on the campaign.
Are Short Numbers
Socrotary of State Pool has sont a
circular letter to county treasurers,
asking them to roquest tho sheriffs of
their respective counties to deal
leniently with dealers who havo paid
for extra number plates, under the
now law, but have not yot received
them and aro therefore obliged to run
machines without the duplicate num
bers. Mr. Pool says that Industries
have interfered with his getting a
supply of number plates sufficient to
moot the demand, but he expects to
get in another consignment soon.
Names Commission to Collect Ballots
Governor Neville has announced tho
appointment of E. D, Beach of Lin
coln and Stato Senator John R. Henry
of Colfax to receive the ballots of such
Nebraska voters as may be In tho
military service in 1917 and who may
be absent from the state.
Tho commissioners might have to go
to Franco, should the guard be sent
there, becauso the law provides the
two election commissioners shall go
to tho point where tho soldiers aro
stationed and collect the ballots.
1 Two women victims of u German air raid on London being taken to their
mier Koronsky, now dictator of Russia,
being taught the most necessary French words mul phrases. 4 King Vajlrvudh of Slam, who has declared that a
state of war exists between his country
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Secretary McAdoo Startles Con
gress by Asking $5,000,
000,000 More for War.
TRANSPORT PROBLEM IS BIG
Shipping Board Quarrel Ended by
Change of Personnel Russia's Mil
itary Collapse in Gallcla Complete
French Repulse Tremendous
German Attacks.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Tho United States Is having Im
pressed upon It the magnitude of the
war In which It has embarked, and Is
beginning to realize that It must be
fought through to u victorious finish
at tremendous cost In money, energy
and, doubtless, life. The money end
of It was brought sharply to the at
tention of congress last Tuesday, when
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo In
formed tho lawmakers that .$.r.,000,000,
000 more than had been estimated
was needed, and needed at once. Much
of this will be expended for ordnance.
Senator Smoot Informed tho senate
that by the end of the fiscal year the
war expenditures by the United States
are likely to nmount to .$'J0,000,000,000.
The figures staggered tffe members of
both houses, and thero was a hasty
calling together of the senate finance
committee to revise its report on the
war-tax bill.
Transportation Is now one of the
administration's biggest problems
transportation by both land and sea,
but especially the latter. An Immense
number of vessels must be provided
to carry to Europe our troops and the
vast supplies they and the allied arm
ies, must have, and efforts nre being
made to gather together all the avail
able ships, even Japan being asked i
release many of hor merchantmen.
Meanwhile the plan of building a mon
ster merchant marine of our own was
given added Impetus last week. As
had been predicted, President Wilson
was compelled to take a hand In the
dbpute between General Goethals and
Chairman Dcnman of the shipping
board, and he settled the inntter by ac
cepting the resignations of both, and
of Cnpt. .1. 15. White us well, lie then
named E. N. Hurley of Chicago as
chairman and Rnlnbrldge Colby as
member of the board, and Roar Ad
miral Cnpps, long chief constructor of
the navy, us head of the emergency
fleet corporation in place of Goethals.
Of these appointments, only that of
Colby was adversely criticised. Hur
ley Is an energetic business man and
has been on the federal trade board.
Though the elimination of Goethals Is
regretted by the Innumerable ndmlr
ers of the great builder of the Pan
ama canal, It Is felt that no one bet
ter than Admiral Capps could be
picked to manage tho construction of
the emergency fleet. It Is understood
that as many rftoel ships as possible
will bo built, which was Goethal's plan.
Later In the week tho president ac
cepted the resignation of Vice Chair
man Theodore Brent of the shipping
board.
Steps In Making the Army.
The need for many vessels Is em
phasized by the semi-official announce
ment that the Uulted States plans to
send to Europe not only fiOO.000 men.
but more than a million as soon as
they can be trained and equipped and
as fust as transports enn be obtained
to carry them across. Two more steps
In the making of this great army wen
taken' last week. The men drafted for
the national army began to receive
their calls before the exemption
boards, the city of Washington lead
ing the wny, and the National Guard
of 10 states and tho District of Co
lumbia was mobilized to be taken Into
the federal service. After a few weeks
of Intensive training In camps, tho
best of the gunrdsmen will bo sent
to France to prepare for tho spring of
fensive. The shortage of railway transporta
tion at home also Is troubling the ad
reviewing some of his troops. H Soldiers In the Gettysburg training camp
and Germany and Austria-Hungary.
ministration though it doubtless will
be remedied with the willing assist
ance of the Amerlcnn railway execu
tives. The demand for cars already is
tremendous, for the moving of materi
als and supplies for the army training
camps nnd for a dozen other purposes,
and It will bo lncrcnsed Immediately
as the men of tho Nntlonal Gunrd and
of the national army begin moving to
their allotted plnces.
Russia's Collapse In Gallcla.
Tho collapse of Russia's offensive
In Gallcla, due to Insubordination in
stigated by German agents, developed
Into a general retreat, and the retreat
Into a virtual rout. Abandoning vast
military stores and burning villages,
the mutinous Slavs Hew everywhere
before the easy advance of tho Teu
tons, except on the Roumanlnn front,
where for the time at least, they stood
firm. Farther north, Indeed all the
way to the Baltic, the Russians gave
ground.,
Premier Kcrensky, armed with dicta
torial powers, declared he would apply
a policy of blood and Iron to stop the
mutiny and treason, and General Korn
lioff ordered his loyal troops to shoot
down any who deserted or refused to
obey orders, but this was Ineffectual to
retrieve the disaster. Stanlslau, Hallcz
and other Importnnt cities were evac
uated, and from the wooded Carpathi
ans to the region of Tarnopol the
country wns full of long columns of
fleeing Russians on which the Teu
ton field guns played with merciless
slnughter.
One story from Petrogrnd told how
loyal troops In Korniloff's army blew
to pieces an entire mutinous division
with Its own guns.
On the demand of the military com-
mnnders at the front, the provisional
government has again put In force cap
Ital punishment for treason, which was
abolished at tho time of the revolu
tion. However, this second great Russian
slump, serious though It be, Is not fa
tal. Kerensky and his colleagues aro
determined to rid their country of the
German agents nnd their traitorous
Russian aids. Lenlne, the chief of the
latter, Is already under arrest, and it
is believed he will be either executed
as an agent of the Gorman general
staff or at least Isolated as Insane.
Russians and their friends still believe
their new republic will emerge tri
umphant from the chaotic conditions
that now hold It almost helpless.
The "Guard or Death." the battalion
of Russian women raised by Vera
Rutchkareff, was In action on Tuesday
for the first time, at Krevo. The wom
en fought well, gaining tho respect of
the male soldiers.
No Military Success for Germany.
Germany hns scored no real mill
tary success of moment for a long
time. The Gallclan affair Is not a suc
cess of arms, and though the kaiser
decorated some of his commanders
there, they gained no glory by the pur
suit of mutinous and disorganized
troops. Rather should Wllholm have
bestowed his decorations upon the
spies who stirred up the Insubordina
tion.
In the Champagne region the crown
prince hurled his troops against the
French lines with the utmost reck
lessness all week long, but tho only re
suit was tremendous losses for the
Germans, for the pollus were lndomltu
hie and If now and then their lino
was bent, they counter-attacked so fu
rlously that the Teuton could not hold
his small gains more than an hour or
so. In some plnces, especially on the
Cnllfornle plateau, the French ad
vanced their lines considerably and re
pulsed all attempts to drive them from
the new positions,
Germany's hullabaloo over peace
terms and Internal reforms bus slm
moral down to a discontented discus
slon of Chancellor Mlchaells' Intel!
tlons nnd policies, based on his speech
to the relchstag, which Is universally
admitted to have been ambiguous and
even secretive. As has been said be
fore, the political upheaval there
doesn't bring appreciably nearer the
end of the war. Many of the opposl
tion leaders and newspapers more
than hint that tho U-boat cumpalgn Is
really a failure In that It Is not starv
Ing England, and they realize thnt Its
continuance Is reducing dally tho num
her of friends Germnny will havo after
peace Is concluded. But tho mllltnr
Ists of Prussia can't let go of that
weapon, and tho masses of tho Ger
homes from a hospital. 2 Pre
man people, who havo an astonishing
capacity for self-deception, evince no
desire to throw these militarists out
and save their empire from ultimate
disaster. .
Slam Joins Kaiser's Foes.
One by one the smaller nations of
the world are lining up with tho one
mles of tho kaiser nnd despotic mill
tarlsm. Far-away Slam Is tho latest
addition to tho list. German vessels
In Siamese ports were seized and Ger
man citizens were Interned. The In
iiuenco or every country that conies
In on the side of freedom and Justice
will be felt, If not strongly now, at
least after the war Is ended. The
Teutonic economists well know this,
and even now are holding n conrerenco
on post-war conditions, seemingly still
hoperul that their armies can bring
about the realization or that dream
or a "Mlttel Europa" that would be
self-sustaining nnd self-contained and
that would always threaten the peace
of the rest of tho world. The frus
trntlon of that hope Is the great ultl
mate aim of the allies.
Representatives or the entente nllles
met In Paris on Wednesday for the
purpose of determining the course of
their future policy In the Balknns,
which Premier Rlbot, who presided,
said must be modified because Greece
Is now ranged with the allies. The
United States was not represented, the
administration holding that this nation
Is not yet directly interested In Balkan
matters.
Food Control Bill Delayed.
President Wilson's strenuous objoa
tion to the senate amendment to tho
food control bill creating n congreS'
slonnl committee on expenditures for
the war, and the determination of tho
houso to defeat the sennte amend
ments, caused a delay In tho final pas-
sage of the measure. The prohibition
Ists were bound to have restored tho
"bone'dry" plan for which the houso
voted.
The entente allies held a conference
In Paris and adopted unanimously this
declaration :
"The allied powers, nioro closely
united thnn over for the defense of tho
people's rights, particularly In tho Bnl
kan peninsula, are resolved not to lay
down arms until they have attained
the end which In their eyes dominates
all others to render Impossible a re
turn of tho criminal aggression such
as that whereof tho central empires
bear the responsibility."
In accordance with the reconiinenda
tion of General Pershing, the American
army Is to be reorganized on the
French plnn of conformation. This
will change a company from lfiO to
2.r0 men, a regiment from 1,800 to ,
000 men, and a division from 28,.r00 to
approximately 17,000 men.
The government Is planning a sys
tem of war Insurance that will pre
elude the establishing of pension rolls
as a result of this war. It Is proposed
that every man In the army, navy and
marine corps shall be entitled to insur
mice ranging from $1,000 to $10,000,
paying a premium of $8 a thousand,
the Insurance being assumed by the
government In lieu of pensions; In ad
dition, the families and other depend
ents will be provided for by allotments
Recruiting was given a big boost
last week, partly by the announcement
that drafted men would not be accept
ed as volunteers after they were called
beforo the exemption boards, and part
ly by the concerted, campaign of tho
American and British recruiting ofll
cers. The British mission Is obtaining
large numbers of enlistments In Chi
cago. New York and other large cities.
Despite the tremendous financial
drain on the country duo to war ex
pendltures and In the face of fervid
protests from Senators Borah, Ken
yon, King and a few others, the sen
ate passed the annual rivers and bur
bors bill, carrying an appropriation of
SU7,t).r)4,000. Only eleven members of
the upper house dared to vote against
this "pork" measure which. Iniquitous
at any time, Is especially so when Iho
nation Is engaged In a war that will
demand all Its resources,
Ireland's great opportunity Is at
hand. Tho convention to draft a homo
rule constitution Is In session In Lon
don, with Sir Horace Plunkett In the
chair, and If the delegates can reach
an nmlcablo and satisfactory agree
incut, the government of Great Britain
Is pledged to put It through. The re
sult Is in the hands of the Irish them
selves.
BOARDS AHIED
EXEMPTION BODIE8 TOLD TO
SHOW NO FAVORITISM.
GRAVE TASK TO ACCOMPLISH
Crowder Informs Them Release of
One Man May Mean Death of An
other. Government Agents.
Washington. Draft boards must
Judge exemption claims dispassionate
ly; thero must bo no exercise of sym
pathy, affection or favoritism. Thus
Provost Marshal General Crowdor
counseled In a letter sent all local
boards. President Wilson at tho sntno
time Issued an executive ordor cau
tioning government ilepartmonu
against certifying employees for ex
emption as Indispensable, unless thoy
actually aro Invaluable.
lie added a note of warning to all
Industrial Interests, asking thnt they
"exercise the same conscientious and
scrupulous caution to the end lost
there appear to be favored or exempt
ed classes among citizens called by
law to the national defense."
General Crowder's lutter, In purt,
follows :
"rlt Htii Atrmilwii-e it tint T.ntll1
Boards :
"You aro entering on a difficult task,
the gravity of which Is beyond uny
thing that can be said In tho way of
discussion.
"War demands Individual sacrifice.
No people ever approached It with a
calmer appreciation of that sacrifice
or firmer resolve to bear It and to pro
sent themselves to bo closlfled for ser
vice In the place to which It shall
serve tho common good to call thorn.
The most equitable rules have been
prescribed for guldanco nnd the ad
ministration of these rules and tnv
sacrifice Is entrusted to your hnnde.
"It will strengthen you to remem
ber that for every exemption or dis
charge that Is made for Individual con
venience, or to escape physical loss of
money or property, or for favor or nf
foctlon, some other man, whoso time
would not otherwise havo come, must
Incur the risk of losing his life.
"You are a court for the adjust
ment of differences between two per
sons In a controversy. You are agents
of the gov nmont, engaged In select
ing men for the government, and there
Is no controversy, You are to Investi
gate cases In tho Interest of tho na
tion and never of the Individual.
"No one has the vested right to
urge an Individual case upon you. Yon
should exclude this. Ordinarily you
should act on affidavits."
Kansas Crops Severely Damaged.
Smith Center, Kan. Hot winds that
have been blowing over northern Kan
sas for tho past few days havo done
enormous dnmnge to tho corn crop.
Well posted agriculturists declared
that the loss will run Into millions.
Stato Officials Worried.
Lincoln, Neb. Tho government's
July 1 Nebraska forecast called for a
corn yield two-thirds of tho total
grain in tho state, against one-half In
ordlnnry years.
Members of tho Nebraska Council
of Defense are uneasy ns tho rosult of
tho dry weather and hot winds. Ex
perts at the stato farm nro optimistic
and believed that a soaking rnln with
in tho next few days might offset
damage.
Secretary E. R. Daniolson of tho
State Board of Agriculture says thero
are places In the state where tho hot
winds must bo supplanted by rain
within three or four days, and other
plnces where the corn might hold out
ngalnst tho hot winds for ten or
twelve days. If rain does not fall
then the appalling losses sustnlned by
tho farmers In 1804 may bo repeated,
he said.
Germans Bombard Paris.
London. For tho first time since
January. 1010, the Germnns have at
tempted an air raid on Paris. The
raid was nindo by a squadron of nlr
plnne. Bombs were dropped. A Ger
man statement claims hits were ob
served at railway stations and mili
tary establishments, adding that all
the Gorman machines returned safely.
A statement from Paris asserts that
onlv (wo bombs were dropped. No nn
nouncement of nny damage has been
made. The resumption of Gorman
frlghtfulncss against tho French cap
Ital Is expected hero to bo followed
Immediately by strong reprisals on
the pnrt of the French.
Vote Down Peace Proposal.
London. Tho house of commons,
by a voto of 148 to 10, defeuted a
penco resolution Introduced by James
Ramsey McDouald, socialist aud labor
member.
To Exterminate Spy Menace,
Petrograd. The provisional govern
ment has Issued a decrco closing all
frontiers until August lf. A campaign
of rigid extermination Is to follow tho
order. From now until August 15 m
one will be permitted entrance or tie
porturo from nil Russia. Meanwhile
Russia's dumocracy hopes to comb ou
nil German spies, all malcontonts. all
tinltors, whose machinations caused
tho recent riots In Potrograd nnd tho
brenkdown of tho army around Tarno
pol.