THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
TO BOOST SECOND
LIBERTY BOND SALE
'Food Administration Forces
Help Raise New Loan for
War Purposes.
SAVE FOOD AND LEND MONEY
Sip, Drive Throughout Nation Coming
We of October 21-28 How All
Must Unite to Whip Kaiser
and Bring Peace Again.
Washington. The food pledge cam
paign Is projected upon broad lines,
but It Is very simple and very plain.
The food administration will mar
shal Its whole force of half a million
campaigners organized for food-pledge
week, to promote the second Liberty
loan. The week of October 21 to 28
hus been set for the big drive the food
administration has planned to enroll
nil American families for food con
servation. The Liberty loan cam
paign will be ut Its height at the samr
time. Herbert Hoover, the food ad
mlnlstrator, In a message to the feu
eral food administrators, and cam
paign managers of the food enrollment
campaign, Instructing them to exert
every effort to promote the Liberty
loan, culled this n fortunate coinci
dence, since both are aimed at the
some end and each will supplement the
other. The Liberty loan, he says, will
enable the government to lend money
to the allies, and the food pledge cum
' palgn Is designed to make certain that
there shall be food nvull.tble to pur
chase. So simple and so plnln that they
have been stated In the compass of a
card a card that It Is proposed to
hnr'i In every home of the land a
card that Is the "war creed of the
kitchen," because, so closely nre the
people In this country linked to the
world wnr, that one of the phases of
the struggle must bo fought out In the
American kitchen.
If soldiers are to light, they must
be fed. For the past three years, one
by one, our allies across the sea have
been taking the men from the farm
nnd from the factory and sending them
to the tiring Hue. ,Euch mnn sent to
the tiring line meant one less who
could be relied upon to help produce
the food that "will win the war."
If the laborer Is worthy of his hire,
surely the lighter Is worthy of his
food. That Is n principle universally
accepted by the American public.
However, It Is not every product that
can be sent across the sea Corn will
not serve the need; our allies havo
never used It as a food ; they have no
wills to grind It; turn It Into meal In
this country und It would spoil before
It could reach a European port. There
are Just four classes of products, the
experts say, that we must send to our
allies If our duty to them Is to be dls
charged; they need meat, wheat, sugar
and dairy products. We can con
serve our wheat by Increasing our
consumption of other grains. We can
conserve our meat by making n great
r demand upon the resources of the
fish market. All of these are expedl
- ents known to the American house-
wife.
If the United States were an auto
cratlc country there would be no popu
lar appoej for the conservation of
food. There would be nn autocratic
tood control The moiled fist would
rule In the kitchen. Imperlnl food
decrees would be enforced at the
point of the bayonet. But ours Is not
an autocratic country. Food control
Js In the hands of the people them
selves, and It is to the people that
,the food administration has appealed
In the food pledge card campaign.
Herbert Hoover hns termed this np
peal an "unprecedented adventure In
(democracy" an adventure that will
determine whether or not a demo
cratlc form of government Is, after
tall, fitted to engage In a death grapple
with autocracy.
The food pledge week campaign re
solves Itself Into nn effort to secMre
as n result of voluntary agreement
pledges Insuring the general support
for' the well defined program of food
conservation. The food pledge cam
paign represents an effort to Induce
as many of the American home as
possible to unite In a common policy.
Our wheat reserves can be conserved
If everybody helps. Our meat re
serves can be conserved If the whole
public co-operates.
The American people are asked to
Join together In n common conserva
tion policy. As evidence that they are
supporting this policy they are asked
to hang n card denoting membership
In the United Stntes food admlnlstrn
tton In their window. In order that
the conservation policy may be under
stood, the reason for It made plain
and the manner of observing It ren
dered certoln, Instruction curds "The
War Creed of the Kitchen" are to be
bung In the home.
And that Is what the national food
pledge week campaign Is all about.
He Struck.
A mud-bedrnggled Tommy was plod
ding wearily toward the base when n
iiJinltfrn stonned him,
''Do you know that your regiment Is
In the front line now? Why nreu't you
thiro7" ho asked,
Wp11. sir." Tommy explained, "we
were Just going over the top when the
officer shouted: 'Strike for homo nnu
glory, lads 1' All the others struck for
glory, but I struck for home."
ET
CUES 5
SOME OF THE NEW SEVENTH
HEG1MENT OFFICERS
NEWS FROM JTATE CAPITAL
items of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources
at the State
House
Governor Keith Neville has given
out a list of captains nnd lieutenants
who will command tho soverai com
panies of tho now Seventh regiment.
Not all ot tho company commanders
havo been choson yet, but tho places
will shortly be filled.
In unnrlv nil cases cantalns nnd
lieutenants wore first elected by tho
members of their companies nnd aft
erward commissions wero issued by
tho governor.
Threo companies aro credited to
Lincoln and thrco to Omaha. Tho
Omaha list of officers includos tho
namo ot William II. Mctcalfo as sec
ond lieutenant. Ho Is not related to
It. L. Mctcalfo, whoso sons havo com
missions In dlfferont branches of tho
service. Ho was elected by tho men
of tho company and commissioned by
the governor.
Following Is the rostor of commis
sioned ollicers:
Headquarters Company, Lincoln
Captain Leo Metcultol
Supply Company, Grand Island
Second Lieutenant Hmtl Wolbach.
Company A, Seward.
Captuln R F. I5unsell.
First Lieutenant Clan W. Harvey.
Second Lieutenant Fredcrich W. C.
Guthman.
Company , Crete
Second Lieutenant Charles Theodore
Conrad.
Captain Max Abbott.
Company C, Nebraska City
Captain Kail M. Cllne.
First Lieutenant Morion Stelnhart.
Second Lieutenant Viscount A.
Francis.
company u, ucaincc
Captain Frank P. Owen.
First Lieutenant Paul L. Cooley.
Second Lieutenant F. G. Messmore.
Company E, Omaha
Captain Fred W. HlKKiiiaon.
First Lieutenant Harold L. Bell.
Second Lieutenant Kuwaiti ZIpfel.
Company F, Omaha
Captain Alfied C. McUlone.
Second Lieutenant William II. Met
calfe.
company a, omana
Captain Charles K. Metr..
Second Lieutenant II. L. Mossman.
Company H, Lincoln
Captain Herbert C. Gooch.
First Lieutenant James Urown.
Company I, Mlnden
Captain liert Winters.
Second Lieutenant ltomncy C. Clear-
man.
Company K, Loup city.
Captain if. K. Willis.
First Lieutenant linscoe A. Watson.
Company L,Scottsbluff
Captain H. Leslie Smith.
.Second Lieutenant U. J. Soger.
Company M, Trenton
Captain C. D. Grace.
Second Lieutenant L. R. Grace.
Machine Gun Company, Kearney
Captain Dr. Harry N. Jones.
Second Lieutenant Frank W. Urown.
Sanitary Djtachment, Lincoln
First Lieutenant Dr. Oliver H.
Everett.
Metcalfe Is Made Captain
Lee Metcalfe, private secretary to
Govornor Neville, will accompany his
chief into tho military service of tho
Unltod States whenever the new
Seventh regiment is mustered in with
Neville as its commanding officer. He
has been appointed by tho govornor
as captain of the headquarters com
pany for tho regiment, in which ca
pacity ho will servo as adjutant on tho
colonel's staff. By virtue of this ap
pointment tho present relations be
tween tho two men will bo largely pre
served. The regimental adjutant re
colves tho colonel's orders and trans
mits them to tho battalion and com
pany commanders. In turn, ho gets
their roports and lays them before
tho colonel. He performs tho goneral
duties of a secretary, with tho addi
tional function of superintending the
work of somo fifty-five or sixty men
who composo the headquarters com
pany. Will Make Trip to Vlcksburg
About 540 Civil War veterans havo
finally signed up for the trip to Vlcks
burg on the special train from Ne
braska. The list has been nearly com
pleted by Secretary Presson, of the
stato Vlcksburg commission. This
number may bo slightly reduced by
some being unable to go on account
of their onfeeblod health.
If 540 should make tho trip, every
body will havo to pay a small portion
of his railroad fare, as the $20,000 ap
propriation by tho legislature will not
bo qulto onough to go around. A lot
ten 3ent out recontly statod that each
veteran would havo to put up $5.75
out of his own pocket, but the number
has been cut down since thon and tho
porsonal oxpendlturo of each will bo
less.
Fixing Prices for Corn Husking
Six cents n buBhel for huaklng corn
in Nebraska is tho prlco fixed by
the Joint stato council of defense
and Hoover administration commit
tee which mot In Omaha last week.
Farmers had been protesting against
paying tho 10 cents a bushel that had
been demanded for huskors. Tho
prico prevails only in good corn,
where machlno unloading facilities
nro provided. Whon tho corn is poor
or when it has to ho unloaded by
hand, the rate while not definitely
fixed is to bo proportionately greater.
Will Exchange School Lands
Land Commissioner Shumway has
returned from a trip through the gov-
ornment's forest roservos in Thomas
and Chorry counties, whero ho in
spocted government land which will
bo exchanged fortslxtoon soctlons of
stato school land. " Mr. Shumway has
tentatively solocted nine sections of
government land in tho Niobrara re
servo, Cherry county, and seven on
tho Bessoy forest rosorvo. Tho ox
chango Is subject to tho approval of
the udt national lands and funds board
PROCLAIMS CLEAN-UP DAY
Governor Neville Asks for Its Observ
ance November 2
"Clean-Up Day for Nebraska, ns a
protection ngnlnst flro and a conse
quent step In conservation essential
In war time, has been sot for Novom-
bor 2, In n proclamation Isstiod by
Governor Neville
Following is the proclamation.
To tho Peoplo of the Stnto:
I fcol It Incumbent upon mo ns gov
ernor of tho stnto to subscrlbo tho In
terests of every ono living In tho
state. Wo nro In overy posslblo way
defending ourselves against thoso
who would despoil ua of our chief
glory as a republic. Our sons aro
under arms; the daughters of tho re
public are supplementing every move
ment ot tho government in order that
the fundamental principles of our
country bo presorved.
But there is another foo that we
all should guard ngainst threatening
property and lifo and that foo is fire.
Let ub fortify ourselves ngainBt tho
ravages of tho enemy by taking euro
of that upon which he proys. This
wo can do by a gonernl cleaning up.
There foro, I sot apart November 2,
1917, as "Clean-Up Day," and nsk all
to Join in tho effort to protect our
own nnd our neighbor's property.
KEITH NEVILLE,
Governor.
Awards Contracts for Coat
Coal for nine stato institutions will
bo purchased by tho board of control
from an Omaha firm, during tho noxt
olght months, on a basis of 5 por
cent per ton profit over tho mino
prices fixed by tho United Statos gov
ernment plus freight chargos and phy
sical cost of delivery.
A contract of that kind was award
od Saturday. Tho institutions which
will receive thoir coal through tho
Omaha firm aro tho penitentiary, in
sane hospital and orthopedic hos
pital at Lincoln, school for deaf at
Omaha, school for blind at Nebraska
City, instituto for feeble-minded at
Boatrlco, soldiers' home and women's
"industrial homo at Milford, and girls'
industrial school at Gonova.
It is expected that from 20,000 to
25,000 tons of fuel from different fields
will bo delivered under this contract,
which is to run until Juno 1, 1918.
The margin of profit is smaller than
has been paid by tho board hereto
fore. More Nebraskans for Fort Funston
A batch of soldiers for tho National
Army left Lincoln Sunday for tho
South. It was compound of sturdy
cornhuskers from north Nebraska
counties mostly, virile, young men
called to the colors in defense of do
mocracy. They wero not a domonstra'
tlvo lot, but thcro was littlo to suggest
recent farewells at tho homo towns,
and they faced tho future soberly, but
not dejectedly. Thoy marched behind
the bands quietly, bared their heads
in the presence of tho Grand Army
and imitated their cadet guides as best
they could in marching. Thoy wont
from the trains to a local hotel whore
they wero fed, passing into that build
ing under colors held aloft by a union
and a confederate soldlor, ato their fill
and woro ready for tho remainder of
tho night trip. Thoy will go to Fort
Riloy, when after tho necessary pro
limlnarles, thoy will bocomo a part
ot tho regular army.
Social Events at State University
Social events at the University of
Nebraska aro to bo few in number
this year and to be as simple as pos
slblo. Thsl is tho decre of the inter
fraternity council, which is composed
of representatives from each fratern
ity, at a mooting Wodnpsday night.
On account of tho war omorgoncy,
thoso men who for some good reason
aro at home, did not boliovo they
should havo the elaborate social func
tions they are accustomed to havo
while such a great number of their
follow students are at war undergoing
the hardships of military life. As a
reoult, through tho intorfratornlty
council, fraternities have decided to
limit themselves to two dances
throughout tho entire school year.
Those aro to bo very simple and in
expensive affairs.
Dr. C. E. Henry of Omaha has been
appointed by the stato board of con'
trol to act as chief surgeon at the
Orthopedic hospital, Lincoln, during
tho absence of Dr. J. P. Lord, who Is
at Fort Riley, Kas., nnd will prob
ably bo connected with tho hosp!t".i
service of tho American armies while
tho war lasts. The board believes that
Dr. Lord will soon bo. sent to Franco,
and it was obliged to get somcono
elso.
Hugh E. Clapp, major of tho quar
termaster's corps on tho administra
tive staff of tho Nebraska national
guard, has been appointed adjutant
general of Nebraska by Govornoi
Neville. Ho is tho fourth adjutant
general of Nebraska in as many
months, succeeding Major J. T. Hoi
lingsworth of Omaha, former, head
of the ordnance department, who re
tires to civilian life.
Major Holling8Worth succeeded Ma
jor Walter E. Steelo of Omaha as act
ing adjutant general, while Steelo
succeeded Colonel" Phil Hall.
Health Conditions Excellent
Health conditions at Camp Cody,
tho homo of 0,000 Nobrasku soldiers
and about .10,000 othors from Iowa,
Minnesota and tho Dakotas, aro ex
cellent.' Out of tho entlro command
now on duty Uioro only nlno out of
each 1,000 aro absent . from tholr
duties becauso of sickness. Many
of thoso nro not sick onough to bo
confined to tholr bods but still nro
unfitted for nctlvo military duty.
The work of Immunizing tho men
against Bin3llpox, typhoid and paraty
phoid. Ib Drocoeding rapidly.
STATE KEKS l BRIEF
Items of Interest Pertaining to tht
Affairs of Nebraska.
C. C. Hansen, prosldent of the
Grand Islnnd National bank, tho front
of whose building was painted yel
Jow last Wednesday In demonstration
of discontent with tho exemption of
Mr, Hnnsen's son-ln-lnw, L. 11. Brln
Inger, recently mado cushler of the
bank, Issued a statement declaring
thnt Mr. Brlnlnger Is willing to go to
war nnd thnt ho (Hansen) Is desirous
that tho appellate board reconsider
tho ense.
It Is estimated thnt Btockmcn In tho
Omaha trade territory will save
$5S5,000 u year ns the result of the
suspension of lncrensed commissions
charged, ndoptcd on Sept. 8, by tho
South Omnhn Llvo Stock exchange.
Kates prior to Sept. 8 will prevail
during tho period of the wnr, accord
ing to n resolution adopted by mem
bers of the exchange.
The farmers around O'Neill are har
vesting their bean und spud crops
with juvenllo help. Each Saturday
those willing to nsslst In the good
work are taken No one of the fields
where they spend tho dny hnrd nt
work. The fnrmers say the kids make
mighty good help nnd show more on
thuslnsm than tho farmer.
According to n New York pnper,
Mine. Rchwlmmer, Hungnrlnn peace
advocate, who tnlked before the MIR
Nebraska loglslnture, wns working In
tho Interest of Germnny nnd operating
with Ambassador Bernstorff.
Grnnd Islnnd. one of tho wettest
spots In Nebraska prior to the adop
tion of prohibition. Is enforcing tho
law without n hitch. Grnnd Islanders
declare thoy hnve one of the clonnest
cities In the state now.
G. W. Wattles, state food ndmlnls
trator. was so Impressed with ontmenl
brend thnt he Is contemplating tho es
tablishing of n hnkery In Omnhn to
inn nil f net ure the product.
Three employes of tho Rock Tslnnd
rnilrond nt Fnlrbury havo volunteered
thoir services to go to Russia to as
sist In operating the rnnds bnck of
the eastern front.
John E. Elliott, cnshler of the de
funct Farmers' Stato hnnk at Doen
tur, was bound over to tho district
court on n charge of Irregularities In
handling tho bank's finances.
Odd Follows of Falls City dedi
cated tholr now hnll Just recently. It
was built nt n cost of several thou
sand dnllnrs nnd replnces the ono de
stroyed by fire some time ago.
Frldny. November 2 hns boon set
aside as "Clea.n Up Day" In Nebraska,
when everyone .Is urged to burn nil
rubbish on their premises ns a fire
prevontntlve measure.
Because of tho scnrclty of help the
beet sugar factories nt Scottsbluff
nnd Goring arc only producing nbout
two-thirds their normal supply of su
Biir. Lack of moisture hns caused many
Dodge county farmers to delay plant
ing their winter whont. The ncrcage
Is expected to be smaller than last
your.
Fremont bus n now 000,000-hushel
olevntor. It wns built by the Nye-Schnoldor-Fowlor
company on the s'te
of tho one destroyed by fire Inst De
cember. W. J. Tnylor of Custer county hns
been ngreod upon ns the candidate
for govornor In n conference between
olght democrats nnd two members of
tho nonpartisan league nt Lincoln.
Congressman Dnn Stevens and Ross
TTnmmond of Fremont will uccompnny
the congresslonnl pnrty soon to dopirt
for Europe to view tho wnr first hand.
Clnude Donglns claims tho pntnro
growing championship of Fremont,
hnvlntr raised 42 bushels on n lot
40x180 foot. In size.
Over 100 Indians from the Pine
Ridge reservation nro assisting potato
growers of Box Butte county to har
vest tholr bumnor crop.
Nohrnskn snvlngs nnd loan nRsocln-
tlons In convention at Hustings Inst
week, subscribed for $2,000,000 worth
of Llbortv bondH.
Loss thnn throe hours nfter Omnhn
nnonod Its municipal oonl ynrd ordors
for over $2 000 worth of conl had
,hoon received.
Omnhn's nutomnbllo spoodwnv.
built nt n cost of R100 000. wns so'd
ocnnly , nt n foreclosure snlo for
' R7 nO.
Nohrnskn bankers during tholr nn
nuril convention nt Omnhn subscribed
over throe million dollnrs to the sec
ond Liberty lonn.
At n meeting of the vlco presidents
of the crop Improvement nssoclntlon
of Onge county nt Beatrice, It wns de
cided to pay from six to seven cents
por bushel fnr cornhuskers. Tt Is snld
thnt nbout three hundred mon will ho
needed for the work In Onge county.
Delogntos nt. tho forty-third nnnunl
convention of the Nehrnskn Woman's
Christian Temperance union nt Lin
coin, formed n protest ngnlnst mnklng
tobnceo n pnrt of soldier's rations nnd
will submit the protest to ntithorltles
nt Wnshlngton.
Whnt Is deemed to ho tho record
price for fnrm lnnd In enstorn No
brnskn wns recently pnld for the old
Clnrk place near Pnpllllon. Tho 100
acres sold for $.r.0.000. This Is nt tho
rate of $312..r0 per acre.
Despondency, brought on by his
wife leaving lilm, Is thought to hnve
caused Clyde Sns of Pender to send n
bullet crushing through his body. Ho
died Instantly.
Sixteen barrels of alcohol, valued at
$10,000, property of an Omnhn drug
gist, were ennfiscntod by Douglas
county uuthorltlos.
Members of the dentnl reserve corps
nt Lincoln have offered to furnish
their own equipment In nrmy work, In
order thnt tho nrmy may not suffer,
nccordlng to n resolution passed at
the first rcgulnr meeting of the Lin
coln denlnl society. Tho society nctcd
favorably on the appeal of tho Amerl-
can preparedness league and several
members offered their services to caro
for men rejected from wnr servlco on
nccotint of poor teeth. Several nlso
volunteered to go to tho bnttle fronts.
The front of Bnrbcr Bros, drug
store at Albion wns trentcd to n coat
of yellow pnlnt and the word "slack
er" painted ncross the window ns the
result of the exemption by tho district
board of Allen Bnrber. one ot the
proprietors. Bnrber wns exempted
wlillo other young men of the com
munity In slmllnr circumstances hnve
been compelled to go, nnd Ibis hus
uroused resentment In the city.
Omnhn hns set a pneo In the second
Liberty lonn drlvo thnt many cities
over the country are unable to follow.
In the first, few minutes of the drlvo
Omnhn subscribed over $7,000,000 to
the lonn. or nbout five times tho
nmount reported by Kansas City.
Other cities much lnrger than Omnhn
are fnr In tho renr of tho Nebrnsku
metropolis.
During n monster mnss meeting nt
Omnhn, murklng tho opening of tho
Second Liberty lonn cnmpalgn In No
hrnskn. citizens of tho metropolis sun-
scribed $7.7.r:,rr0 worth of bonds In
exactly thirty-three minutes nfter tho
Brent drive started. Omnhn's quota
Is $10,000,000, and It Is predicted thnt
tho nmount will be oversubscribed by
one-bnlf.
Tho scnled envelope purporting to
omitnln nnntlier will to the Jonn
O'Connor $100,000 estnte remnlns In-
tnct at County .Tudgo Snldor's omco
at Hnstlngs. Attorney Olmstend, rep
resenting other clnlmnnts, snld ho
would file n motion nsklng thnt tho
envelope he opened nnd Its contents
offered for probnte.
Announcement hns been mnde thnt
the Prairie Oil compnny, n stibsldlury
of the Stnndnrd Oil company, has
gront nunntlttcs of mnterlnl nonr Hnr-
rlsburg for the purpose of '-llllng for
oil, und thnt operations would begin
soon. Eighty thousand ncres ot lnnil
hnvo been lensed for the purpose.
Six cents n bushel for husking corn
In Nebrmkn Is the prlco fixed by tho
Joint state council of defense nnd
Hoover administration commlttoo,
which met In Omuhn recently. Fnrm
ers hud been protesting ngnlnst pny-
Incf the 10 cents n bushel thnt bud
been demanded for huskors.
The vocational education board nt
Washington has nllotted $20,ir0 to
Nebraska for the fiscal yenr ending
June 30, 1018. for the following pur
poses: Snlarles of tcnehors of agri
culture. $8,0r0; trade und home econ
omies. $5,000; training"' tcnehors,
$o.r,oo.
In nn effort to orndlcnte hog chol
era In Dodge, Donglns. Wnshlngton
nnd Butler count los. Dr. IT. L. Detiell,
government speclnllst, hns opened an
office In Fremont. Ho Is to hnve com
plete chnrgo of tho work.
Reports from Doming, N. M nro to
the effect that there Is no truth In
the rumor that tho Fifth Nohrnskn
will soon entrain for ovorson service.
The first snow of tho sonson fell nt
Ellsworth Stindnv nftornoon. Tho
wonthor wns below freezing.
Cnmp Fnnston, Fort Rlloy, Knns.,
whore Nohrnskn troops of the now nn-
tlonnl nrmy nro stntlonod. Is tho big
gest enntnnmont In tho United Stntes.
Nonrly 40 000 troops nro undergoing
training there.
OU-benrlng snnd has been discover
ed In wontorn Nohrnskn, close to the
hlcb producing oil wells of Wyoming.
The Midwest Oil compnny hns bored
n 2.300-fnot well nonr Ohndrnn, pnss-
Ing through n vein of snnd rich In oil.
A fund of $1.n00 Is to bo raised in
Fremont to bo used In optortnlnlng
tho Nohrnskn Volunteer Firemen's ns-
soclntlon during the stnto convention
In tho Dodge county metropolis next
Februnry.
"Fnrmor Movements In Nohrnskn"
will bo tho principal tonic nt tho nn-
nunl mooting of the Stnto Tils -Weil
society nl Lincoln .Tnnunry If! nnd 10.
Fremont business firms are relen
Ing n number of tholr employees ench
wooir to hnip farmers hn'r tholr corn.
Since .Tnnunry 1st of this yonr 127
horses, vnlnod nt SO 000. hnvo been
burned to death In fires nt Ouvihn.
Nohrnskn contributed $1,187 to the
S.r000 000 pension fun 1 for tho sup
port of retired Eptseopnl clorgvmon.
Fnrtv vonnc mon. below mllltnry
nco. hnvo estnbllsVd n homo gunrd
orgnnlzntlnn In Plnttsmouth.
Becnuse the harvest of the corn
crop of two brothers of Onge county
wns In dnnger, due to tho mon being
drafted Into the nrmy, Robert Rich-
nrds of Bontrlce volunteered to tnke
tho plnee of one of them and wns ac
cepted by the exemption bourd.
Potnto digging Is well under way
In Nohrnskn. In the vicinity of Tlem-
mlngford. Box Butte county, tubers
nro selling ns low ns 80 cents per
bushel. Estlmntos plnce tho crop In
this stnto nt 402 000.000 bushels, com
pared with 285.000,000 In 1010.
A report, reached Western thnt
Hnrry Snylor, 18, of thnt town, a
member of the Royal Flying corps nt
Toronto. Cnnnda, was Injured when
ho drove his alrpln.no Into an air
pocket and the machine fell.
Tho Lutheran Ho.ipltnl nssoclntlon
passed a resolution authorizing tho
honrd of directors to complete raising
funds for tho now $100,000 hospital
nt Beatrice.
Ilnsllngs women have boycotted tho
dairymen of tho city becnuse thoy
have boosted tho prlco of milk from
10 to 13 cents per quart.
GONSCRIPTED
GO 10 GUARD
GUP
78,000 WILL BE USED TO FILL'
VOLUNTEER UNITS.
WILSON NAMES "LIBERTY DAY'
October 24 Set Aside for People to
Pledge Support to One Another
and American Government.
Urge Big Meetings.
Camp Funston, Manhattan, Kan.
Oct. 10. Six hundred nnd elghtj
three Nebraska men of the Thirty-
third, Thirty-fourth, Thirty-fifth and
Thirty-sixth companies of the dopor
brigade are Involved In nn order re
ceived here to fill tho Natlonnl Guard
reglmunts nt Doming, N. M., from tho
national army. Tho movement will
mean thut the men attached to tha
National Guard regiments will rench
tho front soverai months in advauco
of the national nrmy.
Fourteen thousand men will lenvo
Camp Funston nt the ruto of 1,000 a
tiny, nlmost entirely from Uio depot
brigade, of these 2,000 go to Doming,
consisting of men from Nebraska nnd
South Dakota. Three thousand men
from Kansas nnd 3,000 from Mis
souri will go to Fort Sill; O.C0O from
Colorado, Arlzonn nnd New Mexico
leave for Llndnvlstn nenr Snn Diego,
Cul., nnd .1,000 will go to Cnmp Plko
ut Little Rock.
The War department order cnlls
for 78,400 men from the various enn-
tonments. Camp Dodge, near Dos
Moines, is to furnish 3,000 men from
Iowa, Minnesota and North Dnkota.
Cnmp Lewis Is to furnish 3,000 men
from Cnllfornln, Ncvndn nnd Utuh.
Cnmp Travis Is called upon to provldo
5,000 men from Oklahoma nnd Texas.
Wilson Proclaims "Liberty Day."
Washington, D. C, Oct. 10. Presi
dent Wilson, in behalf of tho liberty
lonn, Issued n proclnmntlon setting
nslde October 21 ns "Liberty Bay,"
nnd urging the people of the nntlon to
nssemblo on thnt dny In their re
spective communities nnd "pledge to
ono nnnthcr nnd to tho government
thnt represents them tho fullest mens
'tire of flnnnclal support."
IT Iia rncnlf lin nn I nmrfwsfil Vl
j t iii.v ' ....... .
and emphntlc," the president urges,
"that It will echo throughout tho em
pire of our enemy ns nn Index of
what America Intends to do to bring
this wnr to n victorious conclusion."
Tho president's proclnmntlon, In
pnrt. follows:
"Tho second liberty lonn gives tho
people of the United Stntes another
opportunity to lend their funds to tha
Igovornment to sustnln their country
nt. wnr.
"On October 24 T ronuost thnt pa
triotic meetings be held In every city,
town nnd hnmlet thrnnehnut the lnnd,
under tho ponernl direction of the sec
retary of the trensury nnd the lm
modlnto direction of thw liberty lonn
'committees which hnvo boon orgnn-
dzed by tho federal reserve hnnks.
' "For the purpose of pnrtlclpntlng
In liberty dny celebration nil enter
prises of tho federal government
throurhout tho countT. whoso serv
ices can be sn"rod, may bo excused
nt 12 o'clock Wednesdny, October 24.
Asks Fleet to Defend Nation.
Potrogrnd, Oct. 10. Tho German
forces which landed on Oesel Island
In tho Gulf of Rlgn, under tho cover
of ninety wnr vessels, hnd occupied
up to Snturdny morning tho whols
northern and enstorn pnrt of tho Is
lnnd and wero within twelve versts of
Arenshurg, on the southern Rhore, ac
cording to nn announcement mndo by
the Russlnn nnvnl general stnff.
Premier Kcrensky, In nn urgent np-
pen! to tho Bnltle fleet, to defend tho
fnthorlnnd "In this hour of trlnl" di
vulged thejnet thnt the gnrrls'on of
Kronstndt, the chief fortress nnd mil
itary port of Russln nnd the stntlon of
tho Bnltle fleet, twenty miles west of
Potrogrnd, by Its attitude already
has weakened the defensive resources
of tho fortress.
Turks Commit Horrible Deeds.
New York, Oct. 10. Burlnl nllve of
hnbles in trenches, with tho bodies of
tholr mothers, who hnd been slaught
ered or nllowed to perish from expos
ure, wns practiced by tho Turks In
Ihelr wqrk of exterminating the Ar
menians, It wns declared hero by tho
Rev. Henry IT. Rlggs, mlsslonnry of
the Amerlcnn honrd of commlsslonnrs
fnr foreign missions to Hnrpiit, Tur
key, who recently enmn Vnck to this
country. A trench wns dug beside n
cnmp of Armenian women, he snld,
nnd ns thoy mot donth tho survivors
wore forced lo drag their bodies to It,
nnd bury them.
Politicians to Talk In Camps.
Wnshlngton, Oct. 10. Citizen sol
tilers of tho nutlonnl training camp
cantonments will not hnve to forego
tho privilege of attending political
meetings this full. Secretary Baker
announced that ho hnd npproved nn
order by Major General Franklin Bell
permitting political gatherings In
camp under proper regulations and
that tho ruling would apply to nil
camps. Tho conditions nro thnt full
equity of opportunity sltnll be given
all political pnrtles.