Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMl-WBEKLV TRIBUNE. MOWTM PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
GOVERNOR SEEKS HELP
Callo On Nebraskans to Volunteer
Services In Registering Men for
Army Under New Draft Law.
Governor Keith Novlllo linH Issued
a bulletin to nil local draft boards re
questing tlwrin to Bocuro tho services
of voluntary registrars In every vot
ing precinct In the stuto In prepara
tion for tho enrollment of men who
will como under tho new draft lnw.
Nebraskans to communicate with the
viable record In tho administration
of the selective service lnw. Nebms
knns have given freely of their time
In thio transaction of this work. In
the 1017 registration, volunteer regis
trars were secured for the vnst ma
jority of counties. It Is tho governor's
dcslro that tho titanic task of con
ducting tlw? proposed now registration
he accomplished with as little expense
to the government m poslsble. He Is,
consequently, calling upon patriotic
Nebraskns to communicate with the
local board having Jurisdiction owr
their territory, offering their services
on registration day.
Word has reached the state Liberty
loon headquarters at Omaha that ono
Nebraska county is so well organized
that more than $70,000 worth of sub
scriptions for tho Fourth Liberty
Loan nro already pledged. In this
county, It Is suld, vvcry mnn has filed a
report of his net worth and the com
nilttco lias Informed him that he is
expected by tho end of the fourth
loan to own 4 per cent of that amount
In government securities,
A report from Omaha to the effect
that boards there had been notified to
place 11 married registrants without
children in cluss 1 has been discredit
ed by Captuln Walter Anderson, pro
vost murshnl of Nebraska, nt Lincoln.
"No rules or regulations calling for
nny such procedure hnvo been Issued
by tho war department or promulgat
ed through this office," ho said.
Tho Bohemian bazaar to be given
for tho benefit of tho Czecho-Slovak
nrmy nt Omnhn, September 1 to 8, Is
expected to bo tho largest affair of
tho kind over hold in Nebrtnskn. Gov
ernor Neville will open tho bnzanr.
Donntlons amounting to $25,000 al
ready hnvo been mnde. A firm nt
Morse muff's donated an automobile
which will ho raffled off.
As tho result of a dcctKuso of coal
output in Colorado mines in July it is
generally believed thut fuel adminis
trators of twelve mld-west states who
confor at Denwr this week will de
cide on some plan of rationing coal to
consumers In this district. Stuto Fuel
Controller Kennedy will represent Ne-
Craskn.
Forty Fremont homo guards signed
a resolution to sustain tho action of
tho guard committeo thut had printed
and distributed cards entitled "Cut
Out tho Kaiser's Tongue, Etc.," which
Ituy Nye, chairman of tho Dodge
County Council of Defense, replaced
with cards of mild language.
Tho first increment of 027 men
who underwont training for speciul
military duty at tho State University
at Lincoln left for various camps over
the country a fow days ago, and an
other quotu of tho same number has
already urrlvcd at tho state college
for similar training.
One of tho greatest rahls In tho his
tory of Omaha took placo a fow days
ago, when federal, stuto and city of
ficials rounded up 1,400 young men In
an effort to catch draft evaders. It Is
proposed to Induct every mun In tho
city Into the service who Is found
guilty of violating tho draft law.
Stute directors of the Y. W. O. A
aro arranging n most Interesting ex.
iilblt for tho state fair at Lincoln
September 1 to 0. This will lncludo
articles that will Illustrate tiro actual
work being dono by tho organization
both in this country and overseas,
Dean Burnett of the agricultural
lection of the State Council of Do
Icnse bus called upon farmers of N
fernska to take extra precautionary
measures to lessen the annual loss of
hay, grass and straw by lire resulting
from sparks from locomotives.
Corp. Lester 0. Cook of Albion la
tho first Iloone county soldier to pay
tho supreme sacrifice. lie wns killed
In action Ip France, July 23.
Two men were Instantly killed und
another swlously Injured when an
automobile crashed Into n Burlington
train near Seward.
Preliminary ostlnvntcs of Nebraskns
principal crops on August 1 mado by
tho state board of agriculture and the
federal bureau of crop estimates are
winter wheat, 5,258,000 bushels; corn,
209,785,000 bushels; onts, 58,870,000
bushels; rye, fl.352,000 bushels; bar
ley, 4,243,000 bushels, and liny 7,151,
000 tons.
Tho western corn root worm Is
damaging corn In some fields In the
Platte and Elkhorn valleys, according
to Agricultural Agent Chrlstlo of
Dodgo county.
Tho first test caso In Uie federal
courts to determine whether Director
General McAdoo poseurs constltu
tlonal power to fix Intrastate rallroud
rates and to override state laws or
railroad commission orders, may be
furnished by Nebraska. Steps nro
now being taken by tho nntlonul as
eoclntlon of railway commissioners
to Intervcno In the Rock Island und
Missouri Pacific 2-cont faro cases,
now pending In the federal court nt
Lincoln, and probably In other suits
which all the railroads of Nebraska
are litigating.
Congressman lteavls of Nebraska,
who bus Just retunel to Washington
from the battle fronts of Europe de
clared that he visited with boys from
this state "over there" for two days,
found them lti the best of condition
and expressed his belief thut they
will be called Into active lighting
Boon. "The AePrusKn troops aro lo
cated In the most beautiful part of
France," ho declared. He wild lie had
boiikj 2,000 letters to write to parents
of boys whom he saw on his visit.
A complaint has been filed with
Governor Nevlllo against the Interna
tional Harvester Co. and other farm
machinery manufacturing firms by H.
Peters of Huy Springs who charges
thut farmers are unable to replace
blokcn or wornout parts of their
tractors and harvesting machines.
Similar complaints have been received
by tho State Council of Defense, somo
stating grain has been rotting In tho
Holds because farmers were unable to
secure repairs for their machinery.
The voluntary resignation of tho
pastor of the Dnnlsli Lutheran church
ut Staplehurst because he could not
speak tho English language well
enough to conduct services In It, is
taken by the state council of defense
as nn evidence of the patriotic deslro
of the Danish people nt that place to
conform to the recommendation that
all church services and public as-
omblnges throughout tho state ho
conducted In English.
The stnto food administration nt
Omnhn has been advised by Washing.
ton officials that mall order bouses,
shipping sugar into Nebraska to bo
used for canning and preserving pur
poses, must comply with the cer
. W. W. IN GUILTY
JURY AT CHICAGO CONVICTS 10O
IN SHORT ORDER.
FACE LONG TERM IN PRISON
Bill Hayward, General Secretary of
Organization, Among the Convict
ed Serious Uprising In Japan.
1 01U Glory Implanted on German soil for tho first time, at a review of American troops in Miissevaux,
Alsace. 2--Wounded Arab soldiers of the nrmy of lledjuz being removed after a buttle wftli tne 'lurus. .
Funnel of American torpedobont bearing the star that Is awarded each of these vessels that has met and de
stroyed a submarine.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
Geneva dispatches said the Austria-1 them and the ways of combating
Swiss frontier was closed for some I them. The submarines, In addition to
dnys and nil trains were full of Aus-! sinking a number of steamers and nt-
trlnn troops going to the Itnllnn front, tacking others, In somo cases only a
which was taken to mean another com- few miles from the hurbor of New
tlflcate rule, which provides that sales Allies Continue Their Advance in
can bo made only on certificates is- PicardV Steadily DUt
QtWvl if flirt mttiltricaAM 1it Tin mintv I
food administrator. more fclOWiy.
i
Tho stnto food Administration hAS
HftlinflfMl n U'nrnlnrr in Vntiruolrnna in
go slow with ice. Ten suggestions nro ROYE AND NOYON IN DANGER
offered for saving ice, among them
being Ice should not bo ued In
serving food, don't detain tho icemnn
and don't jiut more Ice than is neces-
snry in ten nnd other drinks. Con-
servo or go Iceless, snys the wnrnlng.
Moro thnn 400 rcprcsentntlves, pns-
tors and delegates of the Nebrnskn
district of tho Missouri Lutheran sy
nod wero present at a monster pa
trlotlc war meeting nt Deshler. A
huge service flag with eight gold
stars nnd indicating 1,015 Lutheran
boys in uniform from this district wns
unfurled.
Governor Neville hns announced
First American Field Army Is Formed
Situation In Austria and Russia
Improved Man-Power Bill In
troduced In the Senate.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Moving more slowly but steadily and
with determination, the ullies last
week pushed tho Germans further
back in Plcnrdy. General von Boehm
the Hun "retreat specialist," having
been placed in command on tho Somme
front, put up nn increasingly strong
resistance to protect his withdrawal,
that when three of tho six nominees !md, th filing became rather local-
far tho Nebraska supreme bench nro
clecticd In November, the fourth high
cnndldato will be appointed to fill the
vacancy caused by tho death of Judge
Francis G. Hnmer of Kearney.
According to a report Issued from
tho governor's ofllco nt Lincoln lines
amounting to $108,007.25 have been
collected In Nebraska during tho 15
montliH of prohibition. A total of
Ized. The fiercest struggle was toward
tho south end of tho battle line, where
tho French were forcing their Wuy to
ward Noyon. Overcoming tremendous
resistance, they drove the Germans
from most of the massif or heights of
Lnsslgny early In the week, and also
moved forward In tho Olse valley.
Then they gained n secure fdotlng on
the Thlescourt plnteuu and thus dom
lnnted most of the country northenst
Ing offensive there. However, the Itnl
lnns wero ready for It nnd dally Im
proved their positions, especially In
the mountains.
In Albnnla tho Austrlnns evacuated
nil points held by them south of the
Semcni river.
An nmnzlng development is the seiz
ure of Bnku, center of tho Caspian seu
oil district, by n British force which
made its way up through Mesopotamlu
and Persia.
The purlous condition of the central
powers resulted in a "kaiser confer
ence" nt Gorman main headquarters
which was attended by tho rulers of
Germany nnd Austria nnd their chief
advisers nnd by representatives of the
Turks, Bulgarians und Itusslan bolshe
vlkl. The Internal situation In Aus-trla-Hungnry
cspeclnlly Is growing
worse-t-or rather better dully; an ex
plosion there almost uny day would
not greatly surprise anyone. Bulgaria
shows signs of breuktng away from
its confederates, and ns for Turkey, the
general public knows nothing of whut
is going on there or what is expected.
4,1?7n51S"CCUt,.0,I? UnV. ."?en .brouht of them for miles. This movement and
ami i.uuu convictions outnincu. , p . n.itioh
mi uiuii uuurua in uie muiu imvo ,. t,. ..,.... r.i mnnrl1n1 tlm on
uyen oruereu 10 register on August voslilon ln noyei although ho
24 nil men who have become 21 years ,.. ...,. (1ftBtMiP1,tion timt citv
um miiw juiiu o. xno registration uny nnd to ciiaulnes further north. Along
will bo n national affair. Registration mucn of the Hno ho wns holding ho
hours will bo from 7 o. m. to 0 p. m. md tne ndvautaco of the old trenches
jfvegro nurses ln Nebraska may en- uni wlrft nntnnclomcntB built by him
rou in tne iicu uross service, nno uo prj0r to July, 1010,
vn, cnoirman or tlie Nebraska wo- Whether Von Boehm would elect to
assigned to nrmy cantonment base hos- trv to make n nrolouced stand there,
pltnls, according to Miss Snrkn Ilrbko- 0r fnll back on tho much stronger
man's council of defense. Poronno-Novon lino was not revealed
"The first member of the Nebraska but observers believed ho would choose
Bar association to luy down his life tho latter course, und the fact that
In buttle for world freedom Is
Fletcher L. Farley of Baucroft. Ho
died on July 2, after having arrived
In Franco only on Juno 8
Ono hundred and fifty Nebraska
draft registrants will entrain for
Camp DodgA la., August 30 and 81
under the latest call Issued by tho
War department.
About 000 Nebraska G. A. It. vet
erans, Sous of Veterans nnd Spanish
American war veterans are attending
tho national G. A. It. encampment
at Portland, Ore.
several Hundred new and con
spi uous signs liuve been placed along
tho Lincoln highway through Nebras
ka. They give the dlstunco to towns
en st and west,
The Nebraska Liberty Loun commit
teo Is rapidly completing plans for the
fourth Liberty Loan campaign which
opens September 28,
Nebraska Issued 107,400 automobile
licenses for 1018 up to August 1. In
HUT tne total for tne year was
148,101.
Government exhibits ut the Stato
fair ut Lincoln September 1 to fl will
occupy tho entire Arts nnd Textile
building. The exhibit will Include
thousuuds of objects of patriotic In
terest such us captured trophies,
Browning and Lewis machine guns,
he wns withdrawing his troops north
of Albert strengthened this view. He
evacuated the towns of Beaumont,
Hninel, Serre, Puisleux nil Mont and
Bucquoy, taking up positions on
heights more easily defended. Along
tho Somme, on both bunks, the British
with the able assistance or somo
American troops have been advancing
slowly, taking Bray and Etlnehem.
ta
in tho advancu on Itoye and Noyon
from tho southwest tho French hnve
been fighting over extremely dllllcult
ground with numerous ruvlnes that
furnish cover for tho Innumerable ma
chluo guns the Germans huve been us
Ing. But tho French kept bringing up
their artillery and clcuning out these
nests, and long before the end of the
week thoy-hud tnken Itlbecourt, on
,tho Olse, nud had Noyon under con
tinual tire, rendering It almost untenable.
On the Solssons-Belms front the
fighting was mostly confined to repent-
vd but futile nttneks on the Americans
nt Flsmes, Flsmette and the neighbor
ing region. Artillery of both sides wns
very active ulong tho Vesle river.
Although thy Plainly offensive was
slowed up Bomowhat, army olllcers see
no indication of n letting down on the
part of Marshal Foch. On the cqn-
York, also destroyed a considerable
number of fishing vessels off New Eng
land. Several fights with these U-boats
were reported and it was believed that
at least ono of them was sunk. What
was believed to be a gas attack on
the coast guard stutlon and lighthouse
on Smith's Island, South Carollnu, In
which several men were overcome, has
not yet been explained though the
theory that the poison gas came from
a Bubmarlne was discarded. Presum-
Chlcngo, 111., Aug. 20. One hUndredi
Headers of tho Industrial Workers of
the World were found "guilty as
charged ln the Indictment" by the
Jury ufter ono hour's deliberation at.
their trial for conspiracy to disrupt
tho nation's war program lato Sat
urday. '
The defendants, Including Wllllnm.
D. ("Big Bill") Haywood, general
secretary-treasurer of the Industrial'
Workers of tho World, the highest
position ln the organization, face n
maximum penalty of 27 years ln.
prison und a $10,000 line ench.
Federal Judge K. M. L-undls, In his
chnrgo to the Jury, withdrew tho fifth
nnd Inst count of the Indictment
which chnrged conspiracy to vlolato
the postal laws and pnrtlculnrly that
section excluding from the malls en
terprises ln the nature of schemes to
defraud.
The remaining four counts of the
indictment specifically charge viola
tion of the espionage net, the xection
of the crlmlnnl code prohibiting In--terference
with tho civil rights of
citizens, the selective service act, nnd
tho consplrncy stntute.
The ense had been before the court
for 138 days, having started April 1,
last.
Most of the defendants were nrrest-
eed Inst fnll nnd held here during the
nbly the fnct that our naval vessels
are pretty busy on convoy duty accounts ,nte Thousands of letters nnd
for tho compnrntlvo immunity of these books were offerea ns evidence tho
U-bonts nlong tho Atluntic coast. men lmd oppose(i conscription nnd in-
Tho steady decline of the German terfcre(1 wlth prosecutlon of the war.
submarine campaign Is emphasized by Mnp.lInrv wns offered to prove they
the official reports on sinkings and
shipbuilding for July. The nllled and
neutral shipping sunk during the month
amounted to 270,000 tons, compared
with 531,830 tons sunk ln July, 1017.
hnd practiced sabotage by destroying
tools when other menns failed.
The defense was largely oral, mem
bers swenrlng to the high moral tone
of the I. W. W., defending "Industrial
gas mnsks. trench periscopes, hnnd J""?' ,re1,ct thnt ""other great
grenndes nnd depth bombs.
Six or soven ulrplnnes will partici
pate in n shnm bnttlo and maneuver
over tho city of Omnhn August 30.
Tho flyers will show what a real
combat in the nlr looks like.
drive will come soon, either in Flan
ders or. between the Olse nnd Solssons,
and expect movements of far greater
scopo In the near future. Tho Ger
man high command seems to huve ac
cepted defeat and to be trying to get
out of Its difficulties ns best It may.
Tho first two volunteera ln Butler ,Tho effect of this on the morale of the
county to write up their applications I boldlery Is quite evident In the prls
for army nursing were Misses Nellie j oncra taken, nud its effect ln Germany
nnd Henrietta Lnnspn of David City. 1 Is rotlected in tho press, which admits
Thursday, September 5, bus been failure on tho west front, as else-
sot aside 38 Omaha day ut tho state where.
fair. Thousands of folks from tho big
city are planning to attend.
A rumor is current thut an uero-
piano factory Is to bo established nt
Omaha to cost in the neighborhood of
a half million dollars. It Is understood
thut liberty motors will bo furnished
for tho plunes, which will bo built ex
cluslvoly for tho government.
Early In tho week it wns announced
thnt tho First American field nrmy, of
five corpSi had been constituted with
General Pershing us commander, . It
Is understood that this r.rmy will by
Itself hold the eastern part of the line,
to Alsace, and some olllcers believe nn
;nll-Anierlcun drive east of Verdun may
come soon.
The situation in Kussla, Including
Slberln, 'also is Improving, for the
forces opposed to the bolshevlkl and
the Germans are growing stronger and
nmnlgnmntlng. The possibility of es
tablishing an eastern front that will
seriously worry tho Huns Is being con
sidered, especially since the "supreme
government of the northern territory,'
embracing half a dozen districts, hns
declnred itsolf opposed to the Gcrmuns
nnd rendy to fight them. Possession
of the port of Archnngel and the Mur
mnn coast gives the allies an Inlet
for troops to help this movement. That
Germany recognizes the menace Is evi
dent from the facts that she Is sending
moro soldiers from tho west front to
Kussla, nnd has ordered Finland to
prepare to make wnr on tho people of
Murmiinsk and the allies there. Dis
patches from Helslngfors declnred the
Germuns intend to occupy Petrogrud,
though whut they would gnin by pos
session of that hunger-stricken city Is
not ifppurent. Lenlne nnd Trotsky
nnd their soviet government were re
ported to have lied from Moscow to
Kronstadt, tho great fortress near
Petrograd, and to have placed the exe
cution of power ln the hands of a tri
umvirate composed of Lenlne, Trotsky
and Zlnovleff. Lenlrie nlso Issued a
mnnlfesto urging the pitiless unnlhllu
tlon of nil counter-revolutlonurles.
Moscow being admittedly In the eon
trol of the counter-revolutionists, the
German embassy also fled from that
city to Tskov, which greatly perturbed
the Gormnn press.
The diplomats of nil the nllled pow
ers, now living on wurshlps ut Arch
ungel, have demanded of Trotsky nn
explanation of his threat thut Itussin
wuuld declare wnr "against Anglo
French imperialism."
ysa
The first American regiment sent to
Siberia, the Twenty-seventh regulur in
fantry from Manila, lauded at Vladi
vostok Thursday, and other Yankees
are on the wuy.
, Tho Czecho-Slovnks In eastern Sl
berln now hnvo the assistance of Brit
ish nnd French forces which landed at
Vladivostok und Joined them In the
Usurl river valley. Those ln west em
Slberln wero Inst reported us ongi. ,ed
In a desperate buttle with u large bol
shevik army.
A long step forward In the moral
support of these fighting Czechs und
of their fellow nattonnls who ure ln
rebellion against Austrlu-Ilungury was
tho formal recognition by Great Brit
ain of the Czecho-Slovnks as an al
lied nation and of their armies as an
allied force regularly waging wnrfare
against tho central powers. It Is
hoped nnd believed America nnd other
nllled nations will follow tho example
of Grent Britain.
Lust week's dlspatcheB told of furi
ous and bloody riots against the Ger
mans lu several UuHslun cities, caused
by the attempts of the Huns to seize
foodstuffs.
During the month the allied nations ncUon; profosslng loyalty to tho
(.uuauuauu u iuiuiuKt: iu io uovprnmont
orations. Serious Unrest In Japan.
Ka Toklo. Aucust 20. Troops have
The administration's mnn-power bill been called out In nearly every Im
extending the draft age to eighteen p0rtnnt city of Jnpnn ns tho result of
nud forty-five years was reported to violent food disturbances. At Na-
the senate Thursday and that body goyai noted for its manufactures of
prepared to toko it up nnd act on it porcelains, a mob estimated nt 30,000
speedily. Chairman Chamberlain ln persons rioted. At several places the
reporting tho measure said General
March told the military affairs com
mittee that he belloved 4,000,000 Amer
icans under ono commander could go
soldiers fired on the disturbers. At
Osaka, during a demonstration, tele
phono wires were cut and several tram
ways were forced to suspend service
through the German Hues whenever ft passengers had been wounded
The activities of German U-boats off
the Atlantic coast have grown bo an
nojing that the cabinet is said to have
devoted u long meeting to discussing
they pleased and that If the ages are
fixed ns asked, the voluntary enlist
ment system automatically ends. He
also said all the men called for active
service under tho amended act would
he ln France by next June. Tho new
American war program, It was re
vealed, calls for 80 divisions, or about
3,000,000 men, ln France and 18 more
divisions ln training ln America, by
June 30, 1910.
Mr. Chamberlain told the senate
that President Wilson's program called
for concentration of American forces
on the western front, Including Italy,
nnd thut the theory of the fighting In
the future Is thnt we must force the
Issue und win on tho western front.
The bill us reported contains u work
or fight provision to which orgnnlzed
labor, through Samuel Gompers, hns
filed emphatic objection.
The Immediate need for more fight
ing men induced the president to issue
on Wednesday a proclamation calling
for the registration, on August 24, of
all young men who shall huve become
twenty-one years of age between June 5
lust und that diiy. This extra enroll
ment, It is believed, will Include about
150,000 men, one-hulf of whom ure fit
for military duty.
Chairman Kltchln and other mem
bers of the house ways and means
committee being wedded to the Idea
thut the best way to raise moro rev
enue Is to Increase the excess profits
tux, rather than to Impose a war prof
Its tux, Secretary of the Treasury Mc
Adoo was compelled to go before the
committee with a muss of figures to
sustain his contention that the war
profits tax method Is the best and only
fulr ono. In reply to Kltchln's asser
tion Hint u wnr profits tnx wns "only
camouflage to let out the big fellows"
the secretary produced figures to show
thut lu a great majority of cases the
war profits tax would fall more heav
ily on the lurge concerns than would
the excess profits tax, which, if fixed
at 80 per cent ns the committee pro
posed, he suld would touch not more
than one of the large corporations. He
favors the continuance of the existing
excess profits tax, with corrections but
without Increase. He nlso urged heav
ier levies on unearned incomes than
on earned Incomes, and the imposition
of a tux upon servants us luxuries.
Tho secretary Impressed on the
committee tho necessity of pusstng the
new revenue bill before September 28,
the ditto set for launching the fourth
Liberty loun cnmpnlgn, Buying that
further delay would Jeopardize tho
ability of the treasury to sell sufficient
treasury certificates to finance It In
the Intervals botween the Liberty
loans. In Washington most of the de
Iny in pnsslng tho mensuro Is expect
ed to develop In the senate.
Troops were called out nnd twenty-five-
police nnd mnny rioters were hurt.
Rioters at Tokio damnged 200 stores
nnd restaurants, raided rloe depot
and unsuccessfully attacked the
mlnlstry of tho Interior. Newspaper
comment here seems to Indicate that
the food riots throughout the country
are nn expression of growing unrest
nmong tho people, nnd to reflect tho
belief thnt the empire is ndvanclng
toward a soclnl crisis. It Is remark
ed that the uprisings are often antl
capltallstlc, mobs destroying property
and voicing anger nt evidences of
luxury. The wnr hns Incrcnsed the
luxuries of the rich nnd the misery of
tho poor, ns insufficient wages are
paid. Tho riots nre the first to occur
since Japnn wns opened to western,
clvlllzntlon.
Yanks Strike Near German Border.
With the, American Arpiy In Lor
raine, Aug. 20. The Americans In
lively battle early Saturduy mnrnluR
captured from the Germans the vil
lage of Frnpelle, five miles east of St.
Die. The action, which started with
the proportions of a raid in the early
hours of the morning, developed Into
nn organized attuck under tho dash
of the American troops Immediately
after they left their trenches. The
Gorman losses evidently were hoavy
ln killed and wounded und prisoners
were nlso taken by the Americans.
Three Loans Planned.
Washington, August 20. Tentative
plans of the treasury provide for
three big Liberty loan campaign with
in tho next year, each to raise $5,000,
000,000 or more. The first will be from
September 28 to October 10, as an
nounced, the next Is planned for .Tun
uury or February nnd the third for Mojr
or June.
Nearly 1,500,000 Men Overseas.
Washington, D. C, Aug 20. Of
more than 3,000,000 men now under
wins, the American army has sent
nearly one-half, or more than 1,450,000'
overseas for service against the enemy
In France, Italy and Siberia, according
to tin announcement by General
March.
Germane Renounce Kaiser.
Chicago, III., Aug. 20. German?
members of the Chicago symphony or
chestra renounced the kulser, the
"Vaterlund," and such of their kin as
aro fighting in the enemy armies, nt a
meeting ot the Chicago federation or
musicians held n few dnys ugo.
Loyal alien enemlfs of tho union
will not be expelled, ns was formerly
announced. Joseph Winkler, president
of the organization, who announced
the chnnge. In policy, snld all dUloyal
member would be n pel fed.