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THE WEMI-WEEKLY TH1BUME. NOWTH PLATTE. NK1RAWOC LUM ACCUSE IN AIRPLANE DEAL iSsUJptor Charged With Criticizing U. S. Board to Help His Own Firm. SOUGHT TO OUST MEMBERS documents Mado Public at Washing ton Bare AllcQed Plan to Use Pres ident Wilson's Help for , Own Ends. Washington, May 18. Documents Junde available from tho olllclnl illcs of tho government show Uulssou Borglum, tho sculptor, whoso charges against tho nlrcraft program havo led to tho impending Inquiry, as having beou connected "with negotiations for ihe establishment of a new aircraft producing corporation, in which hi? was to be a silent partner. Negotiations between Borglum, Hugo aibEon.'counected with the British war mission In the United States, and Kcn Kon Mix of the Dodgo Manufacturing lotnptiny of Wisconsin, began last Do rember, tho documents show. A state ment by Mix,. Included In the docu sicnts, tells how ho withdrew after bo ronilng suspicious of Borglum's activi ties nod reported tho affair to Howard Collin, then head of tho aircraft pro duction board. The documents which have been sup plied from the official files of the wnr department and arc now In the hands of senators most Intimately connected with tho aircraft Investigation, dcclaro that Borgluni continued his negotia tions after President Wilson authorized him to make an Inquiry Into the air craft situation. A summary of the negotiations signed by Henry Harrison Suplce, who acted as consulting engineer for Mix, declares that Borglum was to be rep resented in tho corporation by a Mr. Harris and, that Borglum's "solo asset In tho transaction was to, be, llrst, his personal friendship and association with - President Wilson, whom, ho stated, he could do anything he wanted with." Suplee's statement further declares that Borglum gave him to understand that the personnel of tho aircraft board was "highly distasteful to him" aud that ho proposed to change It "by vlr ,tuo of his friendship with President Wilson" and asked Suplec to suggest men for tho places. ' HOOVER HITS HIGH PRICES Food Administrator for Illinois Gets Order for "Drive" as to Ccrnmeal, Etc. Chicago, May 18. Food Administra tor Hoover has ordered a "drive" (against the high prices asked for corn imniil lmWflv flnnr. nntmenl and other substitutes for wheat flour. Ho de clares flatly that the prices maintained by dealers In these commodities are nothing less than extortion and that there Is absolutely no Justification for substitutes being higher In price than jwheat flour. A telegram ordering the "drive" was received by 1 State Food ! Administrator Harry A. Wheeler In Iwhlch Mr. Hoover states that corn Lmeal, barley lour and other substi tutes for wheat should be selling at 'from 10 to 15 per cent below wheat Iflour. Washington, May 13. Food" Admin istrator Hoover announced on Frldny Icornincnl and oatmeal should sell 20 Ipcr cent below wheat flour or corn illour and barley flour 10 per cent bo ,lov. :GRAVE TIMES AHEAD: CURZ0N British May Have to Give Ground, He Says, but United States Is Relied On. London, May 13. Speaking to the Primrose league, Earl Curzon, govern ment lender In je house of lords and member of the British war council, said that grave times were ahead and that the British soldiers might have to give ground. Encouragement was to be found, however, ho snld, in tho unity of command, In Amerlcn's effort ,nnd In the resolute, Indomitable spirit tof the British people. SHIP LOSSES CUT IN HALF Official French Statistics Show That Allies Are Overcoming U-Boat Menace. Washington, May 13. Official French statistics on tho submnrlno wurfare received hero In n dispatch from France show that tho total losses of the allied and neutral ships, Includ ing accidents at sea, were approxi mately only one-half as great during April this year as In April, 1017. Welncbcrg Trial June 10. St. Louis, May 13, Following the plen of not qullty by C. H. Wclnsberg, head of the disbanded Missouri branch of tho Gcrniiiii-Aincrlcan Alliance, who Is charged with disloyalty, his trial tvas set for June 10. Oklahoman Is Painted Red. Henryettn, Okla., May 18. A crowd, took Chris Wagoner, from the Jail, Whore he was being held on disloyalty :hnrgea, stripped him of his clothes, painted his body red and adminis tered 20 lnshes. BRIG. GEN. W. L. KENLY Brig. Gen. Win. L. Kcnly, who will direct the newly crcnted division of military aeronautics. It will he re sponsible for tho training of aviators and will direct the air forces. s MADE VASSAL OF HUN ROUMANIA PEACE TREATY ENDS STATE'S INDEPENDENCE. Provides for Demobilization of Army and the Loss of Part of Dobrudja. Berlin, May 10. It Is officially an nounced that Emperor William con ferred the Iron cross, first class, on Chancellor von Hertling on tho occa sion of the conclusion of peaco with Roumanln. Amsterdam, May 10. The peace treaty signed by Germany and her allies with Itoumnnla consists of eight clauses. The first restores peace; the second demobilizes the Itoumnnlan army, except ten divisions, two re maining as protection for tho frontier of Bessarabia and eight In Moldavia, tho total not to exceed 20,000 Infantry and 3,200 cavalry. The third clause separates Dobrudjn from Roumniltt and restores to Bul garia Bulgarian territory which fell to Itoumnnla by the treaty otBuchnrest In 1918. . Itoumnnla cedes to the central allies that part of Dobrudja north of tho new Bulgarian frontier lino to tho mouth of the Danube. The frontier Is recti fied In favor of Austria-Hungary. State property In tho land ceded by Roumnnla passes, without Indemnity, to tho states which acquire these re gions. The Inhabitants, however, shall hnvo the right of option and emigra tion. The fourth clause deals with In demnities, the signatories of the treaty renouncing any claim to reimburse ment for the costs of tho wnr, but spe cific arrangements are to be mado for damages caused by the war. - Tho fifth clause relates to the evacu ation of occupied territories. BIG WINTER WHEAT "CROP Department of Agriculture Estimates Yield at 572,539,000 Bushels In crease From April. Washington, May 10. One of the three largest wheat crops over pro rtuccdln the United States was fore cast by the department of ngrlculture. Its bulletin estimates tho winter wheat crop at 572,539,000 bushels, es timated on conditions existing May 1 and n cnnvnss of tho acreage remain- 'lug to ho harvested. The largest crop of winter wheat ever grown was 031,990,000 bushels, '.ft 1014. In 1910, 4S0.553.000 bushels wore harvested. Lnst year the crop amounted to 418,070,000 bushels. Tho area of winter whent remaining to bo harvested on Mny 1 was 30,390, 000 acres, or 13.7 per cent less than the acreage planted last autumn. . The condition of the' crop wan 80.4 per cent of n normal, Indicating an ncro yield of approximately 15.7 hush els. Condition and forecast of production by principal states follow: Ohio Condition. S3; forecast. 33, 492,000 bushels. Indiana 90 and 47,771,000. Illinois 92 and 44,120,000. Missouri 05 and. 45,930,000. Nebraska 82 and 47,884,000. Kansas 84 and 90,104,000. Oklahoma 78 and 29,531,000. Private estimates within the last week hnd placed the prospective crop nt from 000,000.000 to 050,000,000 bush- els. Last December the prospective production wns placed nt 540,000,000 bushels. Celebrate Century of Peace. 3antlngo, Chile, May 10. Tho Amer- lean embnssy nnd the Chilean foreign office exchanged greetings on tho com pletlon of 100 yenrs of diplomatic re- latlons between the two republics. U. S. Cadet Falls to Death. Fort Worth, Tex.. Mny 13. Cadet Harry J. Myers of Bucyrus, O., crash ed to Instnnt death when ho lost cor trol of his plane while- making a spin nlng nose dive from nn altitude of 1,000 feet east of Hicks field, near here. Gen, Mahon to Quit Ireland. London, Mny 13. Lleut.-Gen. Sir Bryan Mahon, commander In chief of tho forces In Ireland, nnnounced pub llcly on Thursday thnt ho wns to lenvo Ireland. Ho said ho did not know who his successor would be. LLOYD G VINDICATED Commons Votes Confidence Ajt'cf Premier Refutes Maurices Charges. . MS BY VOTE OF 203 T0 106 Sayo Army Figures Are True Make End of "Sniping," He Asks, In View of Fact Germans Are to Make Greatest Blow. London, May 11. Hx-Promler ,As qulth's motion for tho appointment of i Moleet commlttoo to Investigate the ; charges made by General Maurice against Premier Lloyd Georgo was ro-, vJectcd In tho house of commons on ' Thursday by a vote of 203 to 100. Sir Edward Carson, leader of the Irish unionists, jippenled to Mr. Asqulth not 1 to proceed with his motion. Sir Ld ward said that If the veracity of the , ministers was not believed In .the house there was not longer any possibility of carrying on tho government. ' Mr. Lloyd Georgo snld that If the motion wns cnrrlod Mr. Asqulth would ngnln be responsible for the conduct of the wnr. ! Premier Lloyd George wns cheered loudly when he nroso to speak. Ho said he had been trentod unfairly. It was tho business of General Maurice to come to tho cabinet nnd point out where the ministers hnd mndo mis takes, he declared. Denying that tho strength of the British fighting forces had bee' mis represented ns stated by General Mau rice. Mr. Lloyd George asserted tho fig ures which he had given were tnkon from official records nt the war office. Since that time he hnd made Inquiries on this point, ho added, nnd the figures were not Innccurate. In regard to" tho comparison between tho enemy nnd the allied forces, the premier added, he was charged with mlslendlng the public, but all tho fig ures on which his stntement wns based came from General Maurice's depart ment. Regarding tho extension of the Brit ish frnnt. tho nromlor went on. General Maurice was at Versailles, hut was not In tho council chnmber. He wns In n building outside with others, assisting the council. The extension ot the front of General Gough's army tho pre mier declared, was never discussed nt that council, and the extension Avns an accomplished fact before the council met. Field Marshal Sir Douglas nnlg, Mr. Lloyd Georgo snld, was reluctant to extend his line, and so was the war cabinet. The extension, he added, was In response to very great pres sure from France. "Since I hnvo thrown myself Into the vigorous prosecution of the war havo been drenched with 'cocoa press slop,' " Mr. Lloyd Georgo said. The "cocoa press" Is the Dally News group of newspapers controlled by Quakers, formerly tho premier's strongest supporters. Tho premier declared such contro versies ns the present one; were dis tracting nnd pnralyzlng. "I beg that they may como to nn end," ho added. "National unity nnd the army are threatened. Tho Ger mans nre preparing the biggest blow of the war, and I beg and Implore that there shall be an end to this sniping." The suggestion was made by Mr, Asqulth that an Investigation be made . in n ty n no-party committee oi uve mem hers, which probably would be ublo to reach a decision that would bo re spected by the house and the country la two or three dnys. "What Is tho alternative?" he asked. "Get on with tho wnrl" C. B. Stan ton, a labor leader, Interrupted. This Interjection wns greeted with loud cheers. CONGRESS MAY SIT TILL FALL Expanding of War Program Requires Additional Legislation New Rev. enue Laws Necessary. Washington, Mny 11. The need of legislation, deemed Imperative by tho treasury department to meet the vnst expansion in tho nntlon's war pro gram, put congress face to face today with the prospect of nn extended scs slon. The administration's belief that new revenue measures must bo enacted nt once to meet unexpected Incrcnses In expenses was Bet forth by Secre tary. McAdoo In n letter to Senator Simmons of North Carolina, chnlrmon of the senate finance committee. A trensury department stntement upon which tho amount of additional tuxes and bonds needed mny be bused prob ably will go to congress In tho uexttwo or three days. Wont Sign Peace Pact Amsterdam, May 11. Queen Marie of Itoumnnln, according to German nowspnpers, has publicly announced thnt sho will never rccngnlzo the pence treaty between Itoumnnln nnd Germnny. Brings Down Seven Airplanes. Wushlngton, May ll.--Scrgt.' Frank L. Baylies of Now Bedford, Mass., nn American flyer In France, lias brought down seven Germnn ulrplnncs within the fast two months, snld nn officii dlsnatch. CORPORAL A. W. DE VARILA Corporal A. W. do Vurlla ot Com- pnny C, Sixth Field artillery, was the church nmi 1 nearly a dozen now bus man who fired tho flrst shot from the" (nesg blockfJ ftrQ noW lu proRrcss. American lines over to Fritz. Corporal n ., rnrnsnl t0 subscribe for do Vnrlla wns sent homo to help In tho Liberty Loan campaign, AIR INQUIRY PLANNED SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN ORDERS PROBE OF ALLEGED SCANDAL. Promises the Senate There Will be No wnitewaening Attorney uen- erai's statement. Washington, Mny 0. Attorney Gen- eral Gregory, acting nt President Wll- son's direction, on Tuesday began plannlng the investigation of tho $040,- 000.000 appropriation for tho construe- uoii or nircrait. Tho attorney general said: Tho purpose of tho investigation will bo to determine whether there has been any dishonesty or malversa-l uuu umny muu, "In case either Is developed, neccs- sary steps to punish tho guilty will bo once and Assistant Attorney General William L. Frlcraon will bo in Imme diate charge." At the same tlmo Chairman Cham berlain of tho senate military com mlttce proposed It have a thorough lnqulry of Its own. He promised the fiennto there would bo "no white- Tho Investigation, Senntor Chamber- luln announced, would bo to determine how and whoro these Immense ap- nronriuuoiiB were cxnenucd. numm: that, the committee nronosed to "nut Its finger on the men responsible." STORM Kll I Q 17 IN O QT1TP5 D-MMv, 1KO Inll.r.rl In lr, nnrf J Illinois Damage Estimated at $1,000,000. niilniL'o. Mnv 13. Willi niMIHnnnl ronnrts -nni!ntr in tlin iloiith list- fi-mn tho tornado on Thursdnv In Illinois nnd Town swelled to 17 ten In Iowa and seven In Illinois. As wires uro still down In many localities, It Is feared that other deaths are still tin- reported. Probably 150 persons were Injured ami a rough estlmnto .placed oronertv daniaco at Sl.000.000. A list of the allllcted communities, with tho number of deaths, Is as fol- lows: . , Nnsliun, la., 2: Plalnfleld, la., 1 ; New Hampton, la., 3; Calmer, Iu., 4; Toulon. III., 2; Franklin, III., 3; 131- mlrn, III., 2. With 50 per cent of tho tolephono finu leiegnipu wires uown, soutiiern . . i .Michigan also Is recovering from ono of tho worst wind and electrical storms jw.uo. . the state shortly after midnight Thurs day, sweeping across the southern strip of counties nnd striking Detroit with lts full velocity Army Deserters Captured. Murphysboro, III., Mny 11. Georgo WnrKff. twenty-rour years old, who wns being hunted ,as a deserter from hii, ....., "j.t vu,,..,.i;.. iu mu i no i.iius ot union y. J. waiter, uw miner, mm jiin inotiilT nnd .three sisters were nrrested fol lowing tho finding of n sot of counter fcltor's ,too!ii In their house In which young Walker was hiding. Armv fthnnlnln R.nl.nJ Wnshlncton. May l.'I. Chnnluln Frnnz C. Fe nler, who was sent back from Franco by General Pershing nnd afterward was stationed In Hawaii, has been sentenced to a long term of Imprisonment on charges of disloyalty. Anxiety Over Avlatar. Honolulu, T. H., May 10. Anxiety Is felt for Ue safety of MnJ. Harold Clark, who started on nu '.nterlslnnd trip y airplane, no wns nenru out not seen m uiu iog over tno isinnu ot I IIii.i.mII ..,) V.l ,nn.w ...... cl.Unl.. Jiinii iiuu 4iio iMuiui nun oiviiiiiiii, DMy YOUR GOAL NOW Governor Neville Urges Public to Heed Recommendations Made by Gtate and Nationl Fuel Bodies. Following is n" proclamation Issued by Governor Nevlllo as his endorse ment ot tho stnto nud nntlon-wldo movement for consumers to buy their wlutorcoul: "To tho pooploot Nebras ka: As a war measure, you uro re quested by tho government to buy and Btoro your coal at the earliest posslblo moment. If you wait until fall a fuel famine must lnovltnhly result. Coal constitutes 86 ot nil froljiht bun dled by American railroad?; tho prob lem Is ono of transportation. Tho coal dealers In Nehrnska can store only 12 per cont of tho required amount for winter consumption. Tho prlco of coal will ho choupor during Uio" summer months than It will bo inter, lttiv vour coal now nnd assist tho government In solving tho trans portation problem." Nebraska will hnrvest y.uu.uuu acres of winter wheat this year, ac cording to a report of tho bureau ot crop estimates. Tho condition ot win ter wheat was 82 per cent Mny 1 com pared to 75 per cent on April 1. A production for Nebraska ot 47,884,000 bushels ls Indicated as .compared to 7,101,000 bushcln last year. Hastings real estate men returning homo from western Nebraska report thnt more than throe hundred carpen ters are employed nt Sidney on a wago acalo ot 75 cents per hour. Nearly ono hundred now residcnco imiiiiinfrR In nnd around Sidney, to- -ether with the erection of a new a Liberty bond on 'tho grouud Unit ho wns n Dowlclte and Had -taicen nn oath novor to help In wnr, n machln- !Tnd3K reservoir and given ten minutes to leave town. Tho Omnlm city hall political ma- chlno was broken In tho recent munlc- hpal election, when James Dnhlman, former cowboy and mayor ot mo cuy tnr V2 vonrs. was dec slvely ueieatou for ro-oloctlon. toncthor with four Dthor members of tho old admlnlstra- uon i t. Wniiinr. to-venr-old Hast- iniT(J ,.nv. wl,n volunteered four days Bftur Ul0 united States entered tho , , i.nnn -nntiirnd hv tho Gcr- ' nn tim western front. Ho was . ,,,,- nf . 22nd noro sduodron. Sovcnteeu continuous yenrs in chool wlthout belng tardy or nil83lng . . , ,D .,, p-,i nf Miss Gladys n , T ,vhn rocoiVC(i her wtriiuuf v diploma at tho Stato unlvorstty at L,no1" J""y' Good riddance .for bad rubbish" iviiB tun sentiment exnressuu , Juniata following tho discovery that nil German text books used In tho school had been taken from tho bulld- ,nB nnd bu"lctl- t , , . Tho Dodgo county board of super- rlsors voted to appropriate funds siu- Qclent to benr half the expense of equipping noma gunru orgamiuuuu-. m every town or tne county orms a unu. Tho cornerstone of tlio new ucmou Methodist Episcopal church, bolng erocted nt Sidney, wns laid just mo other day, Members of the Masonic Druer participated in mu rn.-ivitv.-a, lllCllliniSOU COUIIl.V H W11U1 I i i cnr nnA it 'oim 'luoia w u,.u cioso ot uio campaign niwro H,Uw,uuu worm oi mu uuuun Oeeil tlUrellllSCU The Ma.V CTOP report ISSUCd oy til" department of ngrlculture nt Wasn Ington estimates Nebraska's winter wheat yield for this year at 47, S84..000 bushels. Boy Scouts of Nebraska arc expect ed to heed President Wilson's appeal to locate walqut trees for tho govern- mnnt tn make trun stocks and air piano parts. Chnrles Wiseman of Kwlng. who was killed whllo fighting with the American forces In France, enlisted In tho army at Norfolk in Jinrcn 1017. Theodore Roosovelt Is to nddrcss a monster nntrlotic rally at Omaba on , njui,t 0( Juno 8, r..nno tn . nnrtlionstprn Ncbrnskn t(,rrUorv nro rcp0rted In excellent condition, A paid secretary will ho employed by tho Nebraska State Teachers' ns- loclntlon to look after tho Interests ot tho organization, It wns decided nt tho meeting of the executive commit too held at Lincoln. nnfrnin muntv. tho flrst county lu the Htutc t0 rnlso lts nuota In the n i rd Liberty loan drive, oversim- . ,tJ, notnlcnt ,,y $100,000. Incendlnrlsm Is believed to havo caused "the big fire Bertln, Otoe coun ty, tho other day, which resulted In property loss of about $50,000. Attorney . General Heed has filed a I roll I nl 111 1 1 1 llHtl IlHt (JliriStOPIlUr U. Frum, u member of Uio 'iiiursion county board. It is niiegeu no viouif ed the state sedition law by attempt- Ing to discourage farmers from plant ins wheat. A plank Indorsing tho wnr with Germany was Included In tho platform nflnnti.il bv Nebraska socialists In n,Pir convention nt Omaha. oin(. Lvhi-uurv 21 tho proceeds from ,,0 8)0 n.ed Cross hogs at Rnmi, n,ni.t,n h.vn nmountod to over tonnnon 1 , -uv.wwv.. AInsworUi Is ono Nebraska town whoro tho dog pest Is not tolerated There 18 an ordlnanco making It un lawful for nnyono to keep a dig In town except upon tho premises of the owner, nnd requires him to procure a license to do thnt. Any dog found anywhere, but upon his master's prop erty, mny bo impounded for ono day at the owner's expense of $2. If not redeemed boforo tho day Is gone ho Is shot. Ten Nebraska counties, Box Butte, Brown, Burt, Cheycnno, Dawes, Dodge, Furnas., Keith, ltlchardson and Wash ington nro exempted, from tho May 23 draft call as the result of having vo lunteers over their quotas. Omaha and Lincoln nro also exempted. Tho re mainder of tho state must furnish the 1,537 men the state must send to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, In. Omaha and Lincoln nro included In tho list of larger cities which mado tho highest subscription In tho third Liberty loan drive. Omaha In third In cities between 100,000 and 250,lK population, with a percentage of 151. Lincoln Is fourth In cities between 25,000 nnd 80,000, with n porcentago of 140. Declaring thnt ho would not Ibbuo a permit to preach or teach to any onomy nllcn who would not como out imqunlllledly and state that ho Is an American citizen, Judgo F. W. Button, In district court nt Fremont, denied tho sacond petitions of Rev. W. A. Capitis of Dodgo and Rev. F. Q. Schopp of Snyder, enemy aliens to preach and teach. Nebraska banks cannot themselves deduct liberty bonds from their as sessed valuation as part of tho cap ital stock Investment, the stnto board of equalization has decided. All bonds must bo reported nnd separate claims for exemption from taxation filed. Tho plan for tho reorganization of tho Stnto teachers' association, pro parod at a meeting Ik Llucoln, divides tho stnto Into districts, each district paying its own expenses, hut the members will all belong to the stato association. County Food Administrator Hick man of Hamilton county has advised Stnto Food Administrator Wattles that 102,000 pounds of flour in his county has been turned over by citizens for redistribution or export. Seven hundred Gorman text books wero taken from thu high scnooi building nt North PIntto and burned on n vacant lot by a Bcoro of citizens who sang a requiem to tho kaiser whllo tho hooks burned. Agricultural Agent Rlst of Gngo county says that formers In tho coun ty will plant n normnl acreage on corn this year and thcro will be plenty of 1010 need corn for those who need It. Nebraska outdistanced every stato in tho Tvmth federal roservo district In tho sale of third Liberty bonds. Tho total subscription for the entire district Is expected to rench $105, 000,000. Business- men of Nebraska City hnvo purchased tho old cereal mill In the south part of town nnd It is expected they will bo put In opcr ntlon beforo long. Wheat in tho west end of tho stato Is In tho best condition ns tho result of recent rains and n foot of snow thnt fell Into in April, reports sny, J. IL. White, of Harrison county, Iowa, has been employed as agricul tural ngent for Ilnll county. His sal ary wns fixed at $2,400. Ono hundred and seventy men en listed In tho Omaha army recruiting district ibirlng tho flrst four days of May. York county Commercial club de cided that thcro would bo no Fourth of Jnly celebration In the city this year. Teaching of Oermnii In Nemaha county schools 1ms been discontinued by orders of tho county council of de fense. Voidon, Richardson county, with a popuhitlon, of 400, more than doubled Its quotu In the third Liberty loan drive. Kvory town. In Sewnrd county Is entitled to nn honor flag for golnjc over the top In tho third liberty loan drive. The University of Nebraska faculty bought $H4,000 worth of Liberty bonds of tho third- Issue. Work hns begun on the now $1,000,- rv,. ,... T , -1 1 .... . . Cni.M. uuu oninner pauitiug piuui ui ouum Omnha. Nebraska mado a wonderful record In the third Liberty loan campaign. Every county In the state oversub scribed Its allotment nnd the stato on u whole rolled up a subscription of nearly $47,000,000. The states quota was $02,000,000. Ono of tho most successful stock mictions over held 1 Nebraska was that at Scout's Rest, tho old Buffalo BUI ranch at North Platte, when a largo number of' cattle wero sold for approximately $100,000. Over 400 buy ers attended. Forty-three I. W. W. members will fnco a federal grand Jury on tho charge of ' sedition at Omaha begin ning May 20. Indications are that there will be a big crowd at the loyalty convention of the republicans of tho stnto In Lin coln, May 28. Tho special technical training camp nt tho Stato University at Lincoln for soldiers will open Juno 15, Whent and other small grain In the vicinity of Nehaj,vkn, Cass county, looks to be In flno condition.