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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. m 1 IH DRIFT OVEflNOR NEVILLE URGES THAT FRAUDULENT CLASSIFICA TIONS BE REPORTED NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL Ittmi of Varied Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources at the State House An appeal ta citizens In ouch com munity of Nebraska to assist local oxoinption boards In detecting and de tenting efforts o men to evade tho draft by fraudulent representations haa been mado by Govornor Novlllo. In a statement given out Saturday, tho governor calla attention to tho mat ter aa follows: "Every patriotic citizen every hon st perecfi, has a duty to perform in connection with, this classification. Local boards aro not all-knowing and fraudulent claims for deferred classi fication will sticcoed unless tho boards aro assisted by tho information which Hie pcoplo of tho surrounding com munity havo. "Every registrant, his wife and rfrioads, who has an honest claim for deferred classification, should under stand that only Class V is an oxempt division: that all other classes aro subject to call for service; and that every man fraudulently put into Class IV Increases tho liability for sorvico of ovory other man in that class, even though his order number bo beyond that of tho man improperly placed. "It therefore bohooves these peoplo especially to aoo to it that tho local board gets information as to such im proper claims. A local board can, and it is its duty to, ro-classify a man -whenever they find that ho has been improperly classified or that circum stances havo changod relative to him -so that his classification has becomo incorrect, and tho local boards should mako such ro-claaslflcatlon no matter how long a time has elapsed since tho former classification. Such infor mation should bo given to some mom ber of tho looal board or to the gov ernmcnt appoal agent for tho county, but may also bo givon to tho district 3io&nL "KEITH MHVILLE, Governor. Assessment of Stat Banks At a recent mooting of tho stato Bankms board tho aeml-annual assess ment of ono-twontleth of one per cent ! of bank deposits was levied against stato banks for tho benefit of tho fund for tho proteotien of depositors. Tho tiHscssraent is based on tho average deposits for the six months ending November 30. Tho asessment levied against 831 stato banks, raises $107,- 7G5.03 for the gnaranty fund. The amount of tho assessment added to tho fund now on hand, taking into consideration adjustment with new banks, makos a total of $1,731,038.79 In tho fund for tho protection of de positors of state banks. This fund is for tho protection of a total of $222,- 9,090 on deposit In state banks. Tho gnaranteo fund Is held by banks until called for by the stato board to jmr losses. Offers to Train Drafted Men Tho state university has offered to train several hundred drafted men if tho government will send them to liincoln. In a letter addressod to tho hnreau of ednoatlon of tho Interior department, Prof. O. J. Ferguson, act ing dean of tho engineering college, staled that tho university could handle from twenty to 200 men in every ono f tho twenty er more courses that It 1b prepared ta offer to the drafted saoa. Should tho Nebraska legislature be aMo.iI in s-pecial session by Govornor Novflle to onact a new law under -ritlch tho votes of soldiers from Ne braska may bo taken and recorded In tho primary aad general elections, It -wiH fco ablo to provide for everybody iccott thoso iu the regular army of tho Halted States. Under tho stato constitution and federal laws, theso soldiers do not have the right to vote. Tho inadeqnacy of the present law lias boon pointed out, nnd Governor Neville to giving serious considera tion ta tho nood of its correction. inert af Registered Nurses Nebraska la ohort of registered nurses. She ha' only 1,400 In the stato Making loss than one for every 10.0M Inhabitants, and theso aro be ing called Into government servlco continually. One hundred have al- ready promised to go with tho Ne orarfoi baBO hospital unit which leaves far Franco In June. Sixty Ne- "Kraaba. nnrsoa ara doing cantonment duty. Thoro aro twenty accredited trafmag tKsioais ror nuraos in our stato. Opfx6 Purchase of Bonds Antagonism ta tho senate's amend- went to the hftt previously passed by the housa, appropriating $100,000,000 of federal funds of purchasing bonds of to twelve farm loan banks so na to insure thoir flotations at tho rato f 4'A per cent Intorost, Is expressed in a circular letter which Socretary Danlelson of Hie state board of agri culture is mailing out to representa tives of agricultural Interests over the state. The lottcr asks oach ono to tele- graph his house members urging that the aaiondment be rolected. STATE'S EXHEN0ITURE8 Wore Nearly a Million More Last Year Than In 1916 It cost Nebraska 5.S31.000 more to run its government and maintain all its institutions and departments dur ing tho year 1917 than it did in 1910, according to figures compiled by Auditor W. H. Smith from his official records. Tho oxpeiuo of tho legislative ses' slon Inst winter approximately $150,- 00018 ono of tho largo cloments in tho increase. Another is tho new levy for stato university activities, ostl mated to bring in $258,508 during the fiscal year. Tho levy for stato insti tution Improvements, totaling $48, 93S, and tho ono for tho stato and road fund, which has so far produced S11.GG3, aro additional now factors in tho cxponsn tnblo. Tho general fund lovy was raised from 3.4 mills to 4 mills, in order to meet the need of greator rovonuos for miscellaneous purposes. Auditor Smith reports state's total outlay for 1917 as $6,11G,305, compared with J5.285.933 the annum procedlng. Tho total number of warrants Issued last year was 55.G72, as against only 48.827 during 191G. Tho per capita cost of tho stato government in 1917 was $1.8G, esti mating tho population of Nebraska, at 1,257,561. , Call for More Artisans A call for 7,000 artisans needed by tho government for war sorvico In Prance has boon received by Stato Labor Commissioner Georgo E. Nor man. Mr. Norman is stato director of United States servlco rosorvo. Tho national director of this service has asked Mr. Norman to socuro enlist mont before February 1 by men of military but not of draft ago in motor mechanics regiment for sorvice In France, connected with aviation. Tho types of artisans desired, as men tioned in a telegram, aro: "Auto and gas ongino men, auto and motor truck drivers, blacksmith forgers, can vas, workers, cabinet makors, har ness makers, general mechanics, lathe-hands, milling and planers, tool makors, house and sign painters, shoot metal workers, acetylono welder3, wheol wrlghts. Men in vital industry or available for shipbuilding should be discouraged. Enrollment in ro sorvo is not necessary. Recruits should go to nearest army reTultlng station; opportunities promotion to non-commissioned officers best In sorvico; Immediate vigorous action, using all possible agencies and pub licity necessary, but do not let thlj interfere with shipping drive." Suffrage Law Non-Effective "Can womon vote at spoclal elec tions on village bonds?" Ic a query which has como to Attorney ttoneral R-ed. Ho replied that women could voto only on bonds for educational purposes. Which is to say that tho partial suffrago law, passod by tho legislature of 1917, is not in effect, having been suspended through tho filing of referendum petitions. Wom on havo been eligible to voto on school matters for years. To Aid Weak School Districts Tho total sum of $12,548 has beon distributed to rural ono-room, con solidated and affiliated schools in No braska for tho year of 1916-17, and scarcely three-fourths of It went di rectly ,to aid weak districts which cannot raise enough funds by making the maximum tax levy to support tholr schools. The wo3tern and northern parts of tho stato got most of tho benefit from those allotments. The department of agricultural en gineering of tho University of No- braska will offer a four weeks' course In automobiles, trucks and traction engines this winter. It will bo espe cially for tho man enlisting in tho army who desires to got into tho auto mobile or other mechanical branch of the sorvico, and for tho man or boy who expects to stay on the farm and who wiBhcs to learn tho short cuts In farming by using a modern tractor. Tho first day of organized agricul ture at Lincoln exceeded expectations An attendance of two hundred farm crs at tho corn lmprovors' assocla Hon In tho afternoon and two hundrod and fifty at tho sheep brooders' meet Ing, and as many moro at the home economics and horticulture meeting! at tho same time gavo somo indica tlon of tho way in which war-tlmr farm problems aro attracting tho pco pie of the stato. It is expected that by February 1 thoro will bo 13.000 agoncios In Ne braska selling war savings stamps Word has boen sent to chairman In tho nlnetjttHroe Nebraska counties that he expects them to have av agoncy for ovory 100 peoplo in each county by that time. Cards to send out to agoncios will bo conspicuously displayed and bear "War Savings Stmps For Snlu Hero." It will not bo necessary beroafter for builness houses or Individuals to get permits from tho government to soil war sav lngs stamps. $15,000 Is Yet Unexpended Upwards of $15,000 that was appro priated for educational purposes by tho legislature of 1915 remained un expended and went back Into tho Btate treasury this year, as disclosed by the annual roport of tho stato superin tendent's office for 1917. The substan tial amounts hich rovorted In ftils mannor wero: Stato aid to weak dls trlcts $4,179; aid to agriculture and manual training, $10,539 (about ono third of tho whole appropriation); printing session laws, $5GG, STATE HEWS IN BRIEF items of Interest Pertaining to tha Affairs of Nebraska. May found Mace, Onmliu girl, who was fntully injured benenth nn overturned automobllo near Shenan doah, In., rovenled to police authori ties nt Oninha tho most gigantic hoot legging trade ever uncovered In this part of the county. She declared that whiskey was being transported by a gang from St. .Toe, Mo., to Oinnlm at the rate of 7.000 pints n week. Throe members of tho Zulkoskf family, living near Sargent, lost their lives when life destroyed their little home. The family consisted of the parents nnd nine children, all of wliom, but two, were seriously burn ed. Mrs. Zulkoskl and two children perished In the Humes nnd a daughter Is not expected to live as the result of being horribly burned. Four tragedies occurred In Morrill county In quick succession recently, greatly stirring the entire district. A farmer shot nnd killed his neighbor, then committed suicide; a restaurant hopper at Bayard stabbed a drunken customer to death, and a laborer drank wood alcohol, dying from its effects. Tho movement to reorganize tho Nehraskn Teachers' association, which has been gnlnlng much headway in the state during the past few weeks, wns endorsed by the executive com mittee of the association at a meeting nt Oninha. The announcement by County Su perintendent Weber of Rlchnrdson county thnt there were many vacan cies in the public schools of the coun ty brought applications from nil over the state, and he now has on Hie more than thirty applications. Co. A. Itoo County Homo Guards wns organized at Syracuse with over 100 members. The company has set as Its mark 100 per cent of the com munity. The prediction Is mnde by Food Administrator Wattles that Hour Is to bo more senree In the next few months, and that Nebraskans will be forced to eat a lot more corn, bread. United States Mnrshifl Flvnn of Omnhn estlmntes that in tho neighbor-! hood of 10.000 enemy aliens will register In this stnte the week .befdn- nt 0. nlng Fehrnnry 4. I Stnte Fuel Administrator Kennedy At a patriotic meeting in the St. 1 made the. assertion at Oninha In d's Potor's Corn an Lutheran church near cussing Fuel Administrator Garfield's Bvron, Thayer county. 28 members of action In suspending Industries In the tho eongrocntlon purchnsed $18,000 worth of thrift stamps. In order to conserve fuel, tho Bap tist Presbyterian and Methodist churches of Osceola nro holding Joint services. A movement. Is on foot nt'Omnhn to forbid minors to frequent soft drink pnrlors. It being said they nro nearly ns bnd for youths as the sijlnon. Lack of proper enre and cold weath er Is causing quite a number of hogs to die of pneumonln In Richardson nnd Nemnhn counties. Bnrndn, tho only town In Richard son county without n railroad, held Its first community sale recently, and the sale netted nearly $1,500. Nuckolls county probnbly Is the first county In the sfate to organize n county Y. M. C. A. The organization was perfected at Nelson. Shortage of help will be tnkon up by Nebraska clothiers nt tho annual mooting of the stnte organization at Omnhn. Fobrunrv 12-14. Boclnnlnr February 25 nnd contin uing until March 2, n corps of food speakers Just back from tho warring rountrlos. will tonr Nebraska. Mr. nnd Mrs. Michael Stnploton of Friend, who wore mm led before the Civil Wnr. celebrated their 00th wed ding nnn'vorsnry recently. Bv recommendation of the -food commission. Fnlrbury nwohnnts hnve put in operation a onordevory system nnd find th mnn a success." . An organization of TTome Guards with n niombe-'bln of forty has been perfects nt Ed car. The Slate Volunteer Firemen's. asso ciation deeded to meet nt Fremont ngnln In 1010. A Rod Cross nnd Young Men's Chrlstlnn association romb'untlnn sale he'll nt Nelson Tieftpil S.10.0. People of Bvrnn precinct. Tlmver ooqntv. hnve purchased over R20.000 worth of wnr savings certificates. Bov scouts of Auburn hnve a ser vice flag which contains 25 stars. Arthur Rueh. Richardson county fnrmer. claims to have raised the big post oar of corn In the state, It's a 101 nroduet nnd hns 20 rows with nn overage of 50 grains, making 1.800 In nil. An onr raised by n Gnge county farmer, which has attracted much at tention, hns but 1.222 grnlng. Mrs. Mnrgaret Mnddox. 87, who died at Falls City Just recently, was tho daughters of ono of tho first fntnllles to Rottlo In Rlchnrdson coun ty nnd wns tho first womnn to be married In tho county. Potato growers of western Nebras ka have nsked Washington officials for permission to Increase tho price of "!uds." declaring that growers In the district are Ifislng money at tho present price. Word has renobcd'Rroken Bow that oil hope hns boon abandoned of find Fhg the body of !'. II. Young, Broken Bow bunker, who jllsnppenroil from Ponsaeoln. Fin., some time ago. According to Washington reports Nobrasknns may be forced to observo tvhontJess nnd meatless days by con Sresslnnnl legislation. According to figures complied by Recruiting OHIcer Frith or the Omaha district a total of 4,825 men were en listed In Nebraska for the regular army from April 1, 1017, to January 1, 1018. Alliance led tho state for recruits in proportion to population. Beatrice was second. Then conies Colerldgo, Central City, Fremont, Grand Island. Hastings, Hnrtington, Kearney, Lincoln. Norfolk, Omaha, Sidney and York. These fourteen cities furnished 2,303 enlistments, nearly half of tho total for the entire state. Coleridge furnished Bl recruits for the regular army during the last nine months of 1017. This equals enlist ments furnished by Banner, Hayes, Garfield, Blaine. Grant, 1 looker. Lo gan, Loup, Mcl'herson and Sioux; counties during the same period. Tho combined population of these counties, according to tho 1010 census, Is 'ia.-lOIl. Coleridge has a population of 1X15. Tho above Is taken from figures compiled by the Omaha recruiting station. Word has been received from tho battle fronts of Europe that Mender son "Bud" Lehr of Albion aided in a great air raid over the German lines some time ago. It Is said he had a narrow escape from death when his machine went dead high over German positions. Lehr is a corporal In the French army, awaiting transfer to tho TJ. S. Hying corps. The .Tullnn school district, Nemaha county, will be without n school until next senson as the result of the re cent Are which destroyed the school building. Bonds for $15,000 for a new school building were voted somo time ago and it was to havo been ereetpd during the coming year. Buffalo county farmers nrc up In nrms over a report that an I. W. W. or pro-German propaganda Is being carried on over the county for tho purpose of curtailing live stock pro duction. It is believed tho conspira tors propose to poison stock by tho wholesale. The first move of the government to consolidate passenger nnd freight depots In Nebraska occurred at Su perior, when all passenger trains wero ordered to run into the Burlington de pot and freight trains Into tho North western. As a fuel conservation measure It Is suggested that, retail stores In Omaha open nt 0 a. m. every day and close at 5 p. m., except Saturday, nnd on that day open at 0 a. in, nnd close east, thnt he does not look for nny such drastic action In the west. Figures submitted at the annual convention of the State Volunteer Firemen's association at Fremont, show thnt losses from fire In this state during the pnst few years aver aged .$2.000 000 annually. I Nearly 500 delegates from all see i tlons In the state attended the 80th ' nnnunl convention of tho Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's association nt Fremont Inst week. Alleged Indifference to war nctlvl ties of Its proprietor Is said to havo caused the store of F. J. Davis at Weeping Water to receive a coat of yellow paint Members of the Geneva homo guards who are absent from drill practice without reasonable excuse will be fined. The school hoard of Lexington voted unanimously to drop the teach ing of German in nil schools of tho city. Throe Germnn schools In Washing ton county voluntarily dropped th touching of Gorman and substituted EnrlMi. Stock raisers, in the southern part of the stnte declare the recent cold snnp caused no material stock losses In tho district. O'Neill wns the coldest spot ta the United Stntos on .Tnnunry 11. the thor mnmetor registering .17 degree below zero. Six hours after Omaha's thrift stnmn drive wns started a total af !i!27.r.000 worth of the certificates were sold in the city. It Is estimated that between 10.000 and 20.000 Nobrnskans will be placed In Class Ono. subject to tho first call under the selective draft law. Schools of Ashland have substituted bookkeeping In tho place of teaching the German language. Dwlgbt. Bntlor county, has raised over SR.000 for the Rod Cross. Tho village hns a population of about 200, Tho School Principals' club of Lin coin hns recommended tho reorgnnlza tlon of the Nebraska Teacher asso elation, so nil teachers 'In the stal may become members. It advocate the formation of an organization similar to associations In Town and Colorado. In Colorado the state asso ciation moots In throe sections. Stato Food Administrator Wattles nnnounced nt Omaha that hereafter Saturday Is to be "porkless" day In or der to further conserve pork products. Tho order went Into effect January 10. Twelve members of tho Ladles Aid Society of Llsco went Into tho corn Held of AVllllnm Bnrnoll the other day nnd shucked 80 bushels. The corn was donntPd to tho Bed Cross providing the ladles picked It. Oinahn, Lincoln, York, I last lngs, Grand Island, Columbus, Norfolk and Fremont nre to, bo represented at the annual Stato Volley Bnll tournament nt Fremont, February 10. Spencer's liew co-operative butter factory which opened a few days ago. Is producing 1,000 pounds of buMor ner dr Wh&tWell librae!. Will Turning to Furs No matter how much money she may I have If there Is no coal tho Parlslonne cannot buy It; so they say that Paris has turned to furs for wnrmth. There Is every chnnce of comfort out of doors muHled up In furs to the ears, as against next to none in a tireless In doors. Even bed and lounge coverings and lounge pillows nre reported to bo made of felts. Everywhere the cheap er felts prove a more than satisfactory substitute for wool, which Is scarce. In the face of all theso consldern- 'Sons furriers havo distinguished them- lelvcs by providing handsome gar ments from the Inexpensive sklu Coats with wide collnrs, deep cuffs and borders that extend up to tho knees r higher, make a silk garment wnrm ind save wool In mid-winter coats. S'o one Inquires too closely Into tho irlgiu of furs that look well and cost Ittle; they are Just as fashionable a sables or ermine. Sweaters for The manufacturers of knitted gar ments, specializing In the particular lino of workj bring out new styles In sweaters, sweater coats, bathing suits, and all other garments shaped to tho figures in dtu Innchlnes thnt make them, with the return of each spring and fall season. Sweaters and sweat er coots probably furnish tho bulk of their business. No member of tho up-to-date family undertakes to face tho winter, or tho summer cither, with out a swenter. Even the baby tod dles out clod in knitted garments from head to foot It usually falls to the lot of moth ers to select nnd buy all theso gar ments, hence she Is Interested In the styles for boys ami young men, ns well as In those for girls and women. A sweater for the schoolboy with cap to match Is shown In tho picture. It Is a familiar model sure to please tho youth, especially If It enn be hnd In his "school colors." It Is a Bwcater coat, buttoning down the front, provid ed with rolling collar and patch pock ets. In moderate weather It Is worn without n coat over It. At tho right 1b a machlne-knlt khaki 'colored sweater, the stitches close nnd tho garment firm and woM fltted. It opens only part way down :he front and has the neck finished with a band that Muts close and smooth. Cuffs set Dress fid! A Weac far Warmth. The cont shofvn In the picture is as good n model for general wear rfnd smart stylo as one could wish. Its deep collar may bo turned so that it will engulf tho face almost to the eyes and still protect tho shoulders und chest Tho very deep cuffs suggest warmth and provldo It Tho front laps across from right to left and Is held In place by a very wide belt In addi tion to other fastenings. Fullness Is furnished the skirt by plaits nt each side a feature that Is especially want ed In a coat that is to servo the pur poses of both street and motor wear. Among the Into arrivals In winter coats there nro some very handsome satin models with very wide pntterns In needlework or embroidery about the bottom. Sometimes this extends across tho front and Is supplemented by a wide band of fur across tho back. This Is something quite new and it U attractive. All the Family. tight to the wrist. This Is a warm, comfortabte garment, easily worn un,- der a coat. It has ono patch pocket, Since hand knitting hns really becomo n fashlnnnblo pastime, many womon? aro knitting sweaters and. sweater! coats for themselves, as well ns for tho soldiers. New styles for spring, nro already presented, nnd they Include coat and slip-over models, contn' with wide sailor collars and knit-length skirts plaited at tho sides and back, are fastened along tho front with very large buttons. They have knitted sashes ending In wool fringe, thnt loop over the front and hang to the bottom of the garment, The hand-knit sweater Is an expen sive affair as tompnred to mnchlr.e knlt garments. Thu cost ot labor makes It so. This Is where thojippor tunlty lies for women who can knit and make their own sweaters. Knitted silk swentcr-coats for spring have already been launched. Ono-oi the new models looks Hko a Norfolk Jacket. It fastens at tho front with buttons and hns a belt that dips nt the front, made of tho knitted silk. ThTsj fastens under a small buckle. yy V