THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
LEADS IN BOND SALES
Potash Town of Northwestern Mc
braska Makes Record In Lfborty
Loan Drlvo.
Antloch, the city of poianh, hung
tip a record In tho third Liberty loan
drlvo 'that 1h urioqualod by any city or
town In tho United States, Antloch's
quota was set at $11,000. On April 30
subscriptions totalled $28,000 or nine
times the sum nllotted to the town.
"When the llnal totals wero tabulated
Saturday, It wns shown that virtually
every mnn In the town had bought
one or more bonds. Antloch was
founded about two years ago. when
It wns found that the brachlsh lakes
In tho neighborhood were full or pot
'ash. Its population is nbouL.2.000.
'Static electricity Is said to have
caused the explosion of a glanr bal
loon at Fort Oraahn which resulted In
the death of two soldiers nnd tho In
Jury of eighteen JSthers. It was tho
first serious accident at tho fort since
tho declaration of War. Tho soldiers
tilled, Private J. E. Davis, of West
Concord, N. II., nnd Private Vincent
Ttcnll, o Jessup. Mil., wero horribly
burned.
Max Knlser, John Fcntroh nnd Ed
and Fred Shlpproelt, farmers, wore
forced, through a Judgment rendered
by tho Blaine county district court,
to pay Wnltor lllnke, a farmer
hoy, $3',000, for abusing him last
June, becnuse he spoke against the
knlser and declared his loyalty ,to
America. Blako sued for $25,000.
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-!..:"Stl..l.
flng nt tho girls' Industrial homo at
Geneva, tho state hoard ofjcontrol an
nounced that all extreme corporal
punishment In the fifteen stnto lnstl
tlons will bo abolished. Kvcry super
intendent bus been asked to report on
punishments Inflicted nt his Institu
tion. A Jury in district court at Teknmah
returned a verdict finding former
Cashier John E. Elliott of tho now
defunct Farmers' bank of Decatur,
guilty of receiving a deposit knowing
tho bank to bo Insolvent. Tho enso
has had several sensntlonnl features.
Tho McthodlHts of Iloldrego nro re
joicing over the triumphant ending of
their now building enterprise. Bishop
Gomcr C. Suntz, Just recently, dedi
cated their new $45,t)O0 church, ab
solutely freo of debt.
Secrotnry of Stato Pool reports a
continued incrense of business In his
' ofllco during April. Tho cash receipts
totaled $0,200.11, nn Increase of SI,
542.13 over tho satno month In 1017.
Edward lllcky, Sarpy county stock
feeder, was on tho Chicago market
recently with twenty-llvo cars of cat
tle and bIx londs of" hogs. Tho pro
ceeds netted him $11-1,000.
Thd 11th annual encampment of
Bpunlsh War Veterans, In conjunction
with tho Grnnd Army of tho Jtopub
lie meeting, will bo held at Seward,
May 14, ,15 and 10.
The stnto auditor's report shows
that during April his department Is
sued 4,021 warrants, a total of 5107,
B21.48, making 10,803 so far this year,
with a total of $2,!l07,lK)0.07.
Hall eo,unty farmers havo organ
ized a farm bureau and will employ
n county agricultural agent, Tho sum
nf $2,000 has been appropriated for
the work.
Somcono entered tho Gretna school
houso tho other (lav nnd removed
prnctlcally all of tho German books.
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Tho books, valued at many hundred J
dollars, wero destroyed. It Is snld
Following a meeting In tho Graft
school houso near Bnncrqft It was, de
cided to erect a now school houso bo
fore next fall to cost $1,000.
W. N. llcnsley of Columbus has
; been appointed commnndant of tho
old soldlem' homo at Mllford by tho
Btnto board of control.
nnby reglstrntion In Nebraska will
begin ofllclally May ID, although In
some counties tho work has already
begun,
Nebrnskn rnnks first In the Tenth
Reserve district n tho number of
nubscWbcrs to tho tfilrtl liberty loan
with 175.000.
Work la expected to begin In, the
near future on Ansley's now flouring
mill. '
Bnnner county doubled its quota In
tho third Liberty loan.
Two Dodgo county nllen ministers.
W. A. Capping and F. G. Schoop wore
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nS V ,,,mU:h JuU?t I
Ttlltmn nt- lrrmrtnnt- linfHiiiun.ttwii' unlit l
Button at Fremont, becutisoatbev snld
their sympathies wero "on both sides"
In tho war. The Judge declared ho
would grant no licenses to enemy
aliens whose sympathies were not
wholly with America.
Preliminary plans to rnlso $l,:iO0,000 j
in -NonrnsKu ns part or the 100,000.
000 Ked Cross war ffind are being
made by State Director Judson. Tho
campaign will run from May 20 to 27,
Tho state council of defense urges
Nebraskans to refrain from tho un
dertaking of new Industrial enter
prises nnd tho construction of public
Improvements and buildings which
cannot ho utilized In the prosecution
of tho war,
Nebraska City's two new school
building were dedicated Just recently
with hundreds of persons attending
tho exercises. ,
A shipment of hogs from tho Doitgo
county poor farm sold, at the South ;
Omaha market for $17 n hundred. j
Plan to curry Hit iu-r-:igi i"
rdliSfirvntlim in tin. Tfininvi i.. u I.
I are expected to uttoml tlio 50 or mor.
county fairs to bo Jiultl Iti Nebmski.
tlilH yojir were adopted nt n confer
rtieo between Stnto Komi J.dniliilstrn-
tor Wattles, o. V. Jnckson. president
or uio Nebraska Aseoclntlon of Coun
ty Fairs; 13. R. Dimlelxnn. secretary
of tho Nebrnskn state fnlr, nnd C. W.
rugsloy, director Of extension, Agrl
cultural collie of tho State Unlversl
i.r nt.Omahn. Tlint the exhibits nnd
educational cninnnlgn will he of un
usual benefit to tho people vof Nebrns
kn wns the consensus of opinion nt
i no ronrcrcnee. Mr. Pugsley will
drnft a program to ho used at nil
fair.
The first response In this state to
tno government's cull to consumers to
bring hack Hour so that the Ainorlenn
sowiers in Franco may have bread
to eat, was made hv fn riners nonr
I-Jm Creek, when they shinned n full
carload of -180 sacks to Omaha, Not
only did they return the Hour nt tho
call of the government, hut they paid
mo rrcjgnt on tho car into Omaha
Much Indication k innnlfcHt In
Beatrice over tho daubing with yellow
paint the residence of Sherman Tnv
lor, Jr., who left for Tort Logan with
tho Gngo county draft contingent last
Thursday, Tito act was caused by a
rumor unit he had asked for exemn
tlon, A thorough Investigation of the
outrago has been started and prose
cutions nro expected.
The State Council of Defense has
ndvlred enemy alien Drenchers nnd
teachers who are filing applications
in ciirnsKii courts for permission to
preach and teach under tho provisions
of tho Htato's sedition law, to ceaso
",v "MO "l '" uermnn language tor
"".I teaching during tho
tno use of the German language for
period of tho war.
Tho Knox county council of defense
adopted a resolution that nil Indl
vldnnls should nhstnln from the use
of the German language. In all public
places, nt home and church, nnd It
should not bo taught In the school
except where It Is necessary to finish
the'ycar's credits.
A petition circulated In Dnwson
county and signed by many prominent
citizens, warns that any man who la
actively furthering tho Interest of tho
nonpartisan lenguo In the county
should bo branded ns nn undesirable
citizen.
i.'hn M. Whltted, 03, civil war
veteran and tho oldest Mason In Ne
brnskn, died nt Omaha. Ho had held
tho Jordan medal for tho past four
year. This medal Is given to tho
oldest Mnson In tho state ml when
hO dies I It naSSOS on tn thn norf
oldest.
Farmers In 52 Nebrnskn nm.ntlna
hold 200,000 bushels of wheat accord-
lag to reports reaching Secretary
Borncckcr of tho stnto bonrtl of as
sessment. Snllne county hns the most
with 17.000 bushels. Phelps Is next
with 10,000 bushels.
. Tho Pierce county council of de
fense hns forbidden the Nonpartisan
lenguo to hold meetings In tho county
and Its organizers, to solicit for mem
bers. The homo guards of tho coun
ty nro enforcing tho orders of tho de
fenso council.
John Gerties, wealthy retired Ger
man farmer, chnrged with sedition,
was bound over to the district court
by Judge Kills nt Ueatrlce. Ills bond
was ilxed at ten thousand dollars,
which ho .furnished.
The Nebranka farmers loyally cOn
ferenco held at Lincoln nllopted a
resolution fn;orIng immedlnto nation
al prohibition and another opposing
any peaoo discussion, until autocracy
la erushed,
..-!, un uiKiiiiizer nt 1110
Nonpartisan league, was bound over
OIK) Denn. nn nrirnnl
to tho district court at Pterco by
County Judge O. T. Kellv on rhnrirn
of violation of tho state sedition act.
Tho Nebraska Society of Friends
of German Democracy, whoso mem
bers, of German birth, nre pledged to
work for tho crushing of German au
tocracy, was organized at Lincoln.
Spring wheat has leon sowed In
six northern Nebrnskn counties to tho
extent that tho total acreage of fall
and spring wheat will bo mora than
double .that nf last year.
Drafted men, numbering 1,573. will
go from Nebrnskn to Cnmp Dodge,
Iowa. May 25, as n part of the 2:13,000
called to tho colors, by the War de
partment. Tho resolution to Investigate! the
activities of the Nonpartisan .league
was voted down by the Farmers' con
gress at. Its session In Lincoln.
Nebraska went "over the ton" In
Hia T T I , , ... n4P , , . .HI
,,,D '""iTi.v loan cmnpnign nst iri-
lt ws nmW announced at
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stnto headmiurters 'nt Omaha. The
state's quota Is $.12,000,000. When the
final roturns are all In It Is believed
tho total for this state will bo well
over tho $40,000,000 mark.
Governor Neville has Issued a proc
lamation designating Sunday, May 12
iik "Mothers' Day." He suggests thnt
each one wear a flower or other In
signia In memory and honoV of "our
best earthly friend."
Through tho efforts of tho Beemer
home gunrds, two curlouds of ho-s
wero donated by tho farmors of tho
surrounding country and shipped to
Oinnha. bringing $3,070.51 for tho
Hod Cross.
F. A. Peterson, county ohntrirnn of
Madison county for the third Liberty
loan, announces ' thnt tho county
doubled Its quota.
Winter wheat tn western and north
western Nebraska s far above the
flVerago In excellence f condition, ac
COriilng to railroad crop reports.
1 Recent view in ruined Ypres, objective of the Germans In Flanderc.
reviewing n body of Amerlcnn Infantry at the front, 3 One of the huge
of the bombing squadrons.
VIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Germans Defeated With Awful
Slaughter in an Attack on
Ypres Salient.
PREPARING FOR NEW SMASH
Americans Gallantly Repulse Hun As-
sault Near Amiens Teutonic
"Peace Offensive" Developing
Third Liberty Loan Heavily
Oversubscribed Plans to
Expand Our Army.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Monday of Inst week was a bitter
dny for the Hun the day of his worst
dofent since the great spring drive be
gan. Under orders from General von
Arnlm to take Scherpenberg, Mont
Rouge, Mont Noir nnd nil the high
ground hnck of Kemmel," the Gcr
mnns hurled themselves time after
time ngnlnst the stone wnll of Brit
ish and French defenders, only to fall
back in disorder, leaving thousands of
their men dend and wounded on the
field. The enemy employed nbout
thirty fresh battalions, In nddttlon to
the numerous divisions nlrendy In po
sition on thnt front, nnd hla onslaughts
were so frequent ns to bo nlmost con
tinuous throughout the dny.
When the morning of Tuesday came
ho great numbers of grny-unlformed
dead In front of the defending posi
tions showed the awful price the Hun
had paid. Moreover, ho had nothing
to show for this expenditure of life.
for tho nllled lines were virtually In
tact at nil points, nnd the British late
In the afternoon counter attacked
north of Kemmel and regained consid
erable ground previously lost. Just
to tho west of this position, nbout
.Locro and at tho cross roads between
Scherpenberg nnd Mont Rouge, the
French met the fiercest assaults of the
day. Chnnglng hands severnl times,
.Locro wns held by the Germans at
nightfall, and they had pushed ahead
until tho situation wns most critical
for tho defenders, but the French
came hnck with such irresistible dash
(thnt the advance was stopped, nnd of
fer dark they pushed tho Germans out
.of Locre nnd back from the positions
.they had won between the two hills.
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in this, the most pretentious itttnck
on the Ypres snllent, tho British nnd
French, largely outnumbered, fought
(with equal gallantry and determina
tion. At the same time the brave
Belgians, fnrthcr north, repulsed nn
othcr nttnek, not yielding a foot of
ground. The kaiser had Just visited
the German lines and exhorted his
troops to push the British back to the
channel, "where they belonged," but
tho stubborn Tommies didn't wish to
be pushed, and they were not. The
ilg nttnek probably had the double
purpose of capturing Ypres nnd di
verting largo numbers of nllled troops
from the Amiens snllent so the Ger
mnns could mnko another drive there,
"but neither object wns attained. The
'artillery flro from both sides wns con
tinuous nnd very heavy, and the Ger-
hnnns, despite tho excellent work of
the airmen, Improved tholr transport
and brought up ninny of their large
guns. Tho British batteries west of
Kemmel devoted, much of their efforts
during the week' to deluging tho top
of that hill with shells, so that the
Huns were unable to obtain any bone
fit from Its capture.
The Intense nctlvlty observed be
hind the German lines Indicated that
Von Arnlirt was preparing to resume
the attack on the Ypres snllent Imme-
dlntqly. Except for Kemmel hill, his
troops are occupying lower ground
thnn thnt held by tho nllles, and they
cannot continue thero long under tho
smothering fire of tho British nnd
French nrtlllery. If they ennnot gain
tho lino of heights they seemingly
must soon retire.
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Following their disastrous repulse
in Flanders, the enemy mnde two at
tacks In the Alliens region. The first
was directed especially at tho Amerl
cnn troops, now revealed as holding
positions In the vicinity of Vlllers-
Bretonneux, enst of Amiens. After
an Intense preliminary bombardment
lasting two hours, the Germans ad
vanced, three battalions stronir. and
hnnd-to-hand fighting ensued nil nlong
uio line. The American put up n de
fense thnt won the wnrm praise of
the French commanders on their
flunks, and the Tllins. nfter cnnHlilern
ble time, were driven back with heavy
loss. Tho losses of the Americans
were snld to be rnther severe..
Tho second attack was matin Wed
ncsdny night in the Thennes sector.
southeast of Amiens, nnd wns ns com
plete n failure as the other.
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Already,, the expected Teutonic
"peoco offensive" is beginning to de
velop, ns It always does nfter the
knlser hns won some successes nnd
then has been brought to n hnlt.
Charles of Austria Is said to have
made pence offers to Italy, tho renl'
purpose of which is evidently to crer
ate discord In Italy and nt the snme
time to aulct tho discord mnnnc his
own ''subjects. The pope, It is under
stood, will put forth pence proposnls
on Whitsuntide. Mnv 10. mnklni? con
crete offers of mediation by the holy
see. Germnny's own offers nre ex
pected after another great effort has
been made to smash the allied armies
in France.
This pence offensive will be no less
offensive to tho nllles thnn Its prede
cessors. They will not bo deceived by
ofTeis to restore Belgium nnd to cede
Lorraine. Nothing less thnn the ut
ter defent of tho central powers will
satisfy them, unless there Is nn urt
bellevnble chnngo In the state of mind
of the governments and the peoples.
This )n no less true In America thnn
In England nnd Frnnco. The Amerl
cnn casualty lists, though still com
paratively short, are scattering nil
over the country's rnnp little black
dots of mourning, ench of which be
comes the center of n strengthened do
tcrmlnntlon to see the wnr through to
complete victory.
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The Austrian emperor Is truly hav
ing n hnrdjtlme keeping his subjects
to their 'alleglnnce. Froin Serbian
sources conies the news thnt the Serbs,
Cronts nnd Slovenes In the dual mon
archy nre holding n plebiscite on the
plan to Join with Serbia and Monte
negro In one national Independent
state, with ijejer of Serbia as tho
king. This movement Is led by the
prlmo archbishop of Cornlola. Mean
while the Austro-nungnrian military
commanders have been greatly exer
cised by the fact, Just 'announced,
thnt Inrge numbers of Bohemian
troops nro Joining the Itnllnn army
and are now on the Italian front In
Italian uniforms. They belong to the
Czecho-Slovnk army which Is being
formed at many points within Austria
Hungary. Though they have slowed up a hit
In Itussln proper, the Germans nre go
ing nhend stendlly with their penetra
tion of Ukrnlne. nnd now have es
tablished military rule In Kiev, Its
capital, on the ground that the gov
ernment hns proved too wenk to mnln
tnln law nnd order. A number of the
members of the Ukrnlne government
havo been nrrested. Of course, the
prevailing disorder there Is mainly
duo to the presence of tho Germnn
troops and their oppression of the peo
ple, hut a little discrepancy like thnt
does not ivother the kaiser. Recently
General von Elchhorn. the Gjprmnn
commander there, ordered the peas
antry to return nil property and ef
fects taken from the landholders and
to begin at once tho cultivation of tho
estates. This order, designed to pro
tect the Interests of the landholders,
most of wliotp nre Poles nnd Russians,
was vigorously opposed by the rnda,
which declared It would not permit In
terference by Germnn or Austro-IIun-gnrlnn
commnnders Irt the Internal af
fairs of tho country. The minister of
agriculture wns Instructed to tell the
peasants not to obey Von Elchhorn's
order.
Berlin announced on Thursday that
Sevastopol had been occupied by tho
Germnn forces.
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For a day or two last week the world
was startled by n report-that thero had
been a counter-revolution In Russia,
and that the former, cznr's little son
had been proclaimed emperor, with
his uncle. Grand Dnko Michael, as re
gent. The story ame from Scan
dlmivla. and soon was recognized as
2 General Pershing nnd his aides
bombs used by the British nvintors
Gorman proUagandn. thmigh there wns
doubt ns to Its motive. It wns not
connrnieti rrom ,nny uussinn source
Possibly the Germnns mount to use
the alleged revolt as an excuse for
seizing Petrogrnd. a move they nl
ready have threatened to make unless
the Russians ncrce to their outrneeous
ly unfair plan for the exchange of
prisoners. According to this plan,
wtitcli Russia relects. all German nrls
oners In good health are to be re
turned, the unfit heinir kent In Rus
sla; and all unfit Russian prisoners
will be returned, the fit being retained
In Germany.
Another bit of characteristic Ger
man Insolence croppwl up Inst week,
ngnlnst the nctlon of tho nllles In giv
ing aid to the Red guard of Finland,
becnuse lt interfered with the Internnl
life of Finland, though the Germans
themselves nre helping the White
guard of the country with lnnd nnd
sea forces. This combination has now
occupied Vlborg nfter severe fighting,
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The Russian bolshevik government
Is renlly rtrennrinc to re-enter the wnr
ngnlnst the central powers, whose ng
gresslons hnve become Intolerable
The pan-executive council nt Moscow
hns ndopted Trotzky's plan for uni
versal military training for nil men
neiween tne nges or eighteen nnd
forty and tho conscription of all work
ers and peasants. The best military
experts have been recalled to the serv
Ice nd the covernment exnects to
huvu u uirj,'e una eueciive army witn
in ten months.
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War work In America is nrocressln:
with unprecedented speed these dnvs.
The third Liberty Loan campaign
closed on Snturday with tho S3.000.
000,000 of bonds heavily over-sub
scribed. Tho most satisfactory fea
tures of this loan nre the lnrge num
bers, of Individual subscribers and the
fact that tho country districts took
n Portion of the lonn relntlvolv intieh
larger than they did of tho previous
issues. As the cnmpnlgn nenred Its
end the enthuslnsm became really tre
mendous. All classes of the nonnln
tlon Joined In the work of selllnir th
bonds, and most substantial aid was
rendered by CO wounded American sol
dlors nnd n group of French "Bine
ijcvus" who came over from France
for the purpose
Tho wnr department permitted It to
be known that It now plnns to hnve
1,000,000 men In France by July 1
and that considerably more thnn 500.
000 are already there. Secrotnrv Rn
kcr says the army will bo expanded
to ,ooo,000 men and then will be
mnde as much larger ns Is considered
across the Atlnntlc Is so swift 'that the
training camps are being emptied, and
therefore the draft registrants nre be
ing culled in incrensing numbers. Sec
rotnry Daniels Is enthusiastic for nc
army of unlimited size, and says if
there arc not enouch vountr men to
whip Germany the age limit will be
changed and the older ones will go.
The brigading of the Americans with
the British and French has creatl.v
expedited the placing of tho men on
the tiring line, for now onlv 30 dnvs
of training In Franco Is considered
necessary.
The senate grew lmpntlent all of a
sudden last Tuesday and throe bills
wero Introduced for expanding the
army. In the house Chairman Dent of
the military affairs committee nlso In
troduced such n bill, but he would,
limit the size of tho nnny to 4,000.000
men. As usual, ho Is not In accord
with tho spirit of the tuition.
On Thursdny Secretary Bnker pre
sented the administration's program to
the house committee. - It Includes ex
penditures on the army aggregating
$13,000,000,000 In the next fiscal year;
mnnufneturo df nrtlllory on a stu
pendous scnlo; drafting of at least
1,000,000 additional registrants nnd nt
many more as can be equipped and
transported to France.
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The Overman co-ordination bill was
passed by the senate Monday by a
vote of A3 to 13, nnd when It gets
through the houso there will be little
In nny way connected with the war
which the president will not bo em
powered to do. The in en sure gives
him dictatorial powers to reorgnnlze
bureaus nnd departments of the gov
ernment nnd to transfer government
functions nt will.
MLLBOYBOUDS
ONE-SIXTH OF POPULATION SUB
SCRIBE TO THIRD LOAN.
MAY REACH OVER 4 BILLIONS
"Keep Your Liberty Bonds" le Slogan
Proposed by Secretary McAdoo
World's Greatest War CrodlL
Wnshingtoii, Mny 7. For the third"
tltno within u year the American peo
ple have heavily oversubscribed n wnr
'credit. Annlysls of the third Liberty
lonn shows that probnbly 17,000.000
persons bought bonds In the cnm
pnlgn 7,000,000 more than in the, sec
ond lonn and 12,500,000 more than In
tho first. Tabulations made at the
close of the drive show 43,310,028,250
reported subscriptions, but the treas
ury believes the actual total, whlcn.
may run to $4,000,000,000, will not bck
definitely known until May 13.
"Whntever the money total," salril
a treasury statement, "the loan Just
closed probably Is the most succossftit
ever floated by any nation. The mar
velous distribution of the third Lib
erty lonn Indlcntes Unit one out. or
every six persons in the United State
may linvo pnrtlclpnted in tho loan."
Bnnks' resources, it wns pointed
out, hnve been drawn on compara
tively little and the prospects for fu
ture' loans are brighter as a conse
quence. An added reason for Jubila
tion Is the Indication that tho gov
ernment bond buying habit Is becom
ing stronger among people of smnlt
means.
The table of subscribers Is as fol
lows: Nw York districts, 4,000,000; Chi
cago, 2,408,000; Cleveland, 1,501,070 1
Philadelphia, 1,200.000; Boston, 1,200,
000; San Francisco, 1,000,000; At
lanta, 1,000,000; Minneapolis, 1,000,
000; Knnsas City, 000,000; Richmond,.
000,000; St. Louis, 800,342; Dallas,
830,000.
Secretary McAdoo gave out a state
ment, urging everyone to keep tha
bonds. Every Nebraska County "Over." '
Omaha, Neb., May 7. Every county
in Nebraska surpassed its quota In
drive for the sale of thlni T.ihnrtv
bonds, Custer county being the last to-
report as having oversubscribed !.
ullotment.
British Lose Quarter Million..
Washington, May 7. British lnnse
In men killed, wounded, captured and!
nilsslong on the western front since-
the German offensive beirnn March 2t
aro estimated at nearly 250,000.
1 HIS estimate WOUld nnnenr tn ho.
In remarkable contrast to tho enor
mous German losses In the rlri
German war office, of course, has not
disclosed to the world what Its Iosse
tn the grent battle have been, hut tho-j
estimates of allied observers
placed the loss of German life at a.
staggering figure.
An inkllnc of how serlnns tlio fior-
man losses nre cnmfe some tlmo ago,
when lt was reported thnt the Ger
mnn military chiefs dared not riUfinqo-
'helr extent to the German' people and!
uiererore were sending the wounded
o HeJglum.
Rail Service Cut One-Thlrd.
Chicago. Mnv .7. One-thlrri nt nil-
the passenger trains between -OIiIphimv
nnd the Pnclflc coast will bo ollmlnat-
ed nfter June 1. nccordlnir to won! re
ceived from Washington by rnilway
omcinis. Thjs step, It was said, would
snvo approximately $12,000,000 a year
and cut off 11,728,000 miles of train
haul.
R. II. Alsllton. retrfonnl fllreetnr-
of tho western railroads and assistant
to W. G. McAdoo, director of rail
roads, snld thnt such nJplnn had hectv
under consideration nnd hns l een
worked out. ITo nilded thnt he ha
not been ofllclally Informed th'nt lt
was to be put Into effect on nny cer
tain tiate.
Teutons Start Italian Offensive.
London. May 7. An Austro-Gcriimn
offensive has been launched on the
Itnllnn front. The campnlgn, It Is be
lieved. Is u part of the plan of the-
central empires of obtaining a decis
ion In the next few months.
It has been expected such an attack
would be launched while tho British
und French were" occupied with hold
ing their line In Flanders and France-
Wilson Saves Soldiers.
Wnshingtoii. May 7. President Wil
son 'disapproved the sentence of four
Amerlcnn soldiers In Frnnco, ordered
to bo shot. , ,
Sentences of two of the men wero
commuted to three years' confine
ment, while the others wero granted"
full pardons.
Estimate. Hun Losses Near Million.
London, Mny 7. A "high Enclish-
authorlty" Is quoted by the Graphic
as estlmntlng tho Germnn losses In
killed, wounded nnd captured slnce
March 21, lis nt least 000,000.
Ask Praysr for Victory,
Now York. May 7.Tho Nntlonnl
Association for Mothers nf Defenders
of Democracy has Issued an nnnear
for International victory prayer ion
Snndny. May 12. for the moherswor
soldiers nnd sailors.