Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA,
URGES GERMANY
TO SIGN TREATY
Hrzberger, Head of Foe Armistice
Commission, Will Make Sug
gestion to Berlin.
14 POINTS STAND-WILSON
'President Declares, "I Am Convinced
Our Peace Project Violates None
of My Principles" Copy of
Treaty to U. S. Lawmakers.
Copenhagen, Juno 0. Mnthlas Erz
forger, licnd of tho German annlstlco
commission, according to the Doutchen
Xages oltung of Berlin. Is preparing
a memorandum which, after discussing
the peace terms in nil their aspects,
advocates signing tho treaty.
Paris, Juno 0. It Is understood
Jiero that tho Berlin government Ih
-isendlng photographically reproduced
copies of tho peace terms to every
United States senator and representa
tive. "I am convinced that our trenty proj
ect violates none of my principles,"
President Wilson Is quoted by the
Matin ns having said when he was
made acquainted with tho German
counter-proposals to tho peace treaty.
"If I held a contrary opinion I would
not hesitate to confess It and would
endeavor to correct the error. The
treaty as drawn up, however, entirely
conforms with my 14 points."
When the council of four met Pro
filer Orlnndo of Italy was absent. This
-led to the belief that the Adriatic ques
tion was again under consideration.
It Is understood that no further prog-
jess has been made by tho various ele
roents working on the solution of this
problem.
It is probable that tho allied and as
sociated powers will comply with the
German demand to state approximate
ly the maximum sum which Germany
must pay in reparation under tho
pence treaty, nqcordlng to tho Matin
This sum, It states, will be from 200,'
000,000,000 to 250,000,000,000 francs.
(The larger sum named, on n gold
valuation would bo not far from $50,-
000,000,000.)
An answer from Admiral Kolchnk,
liend of the all-Russian government
-at Omsk, to the allied proposals has
been received by the French foreign
ofOce. It is understood, In tho main,
to bo a satisfactory acceptance of the
,proposals. Kolchak's reply, howver,
raakes reservations concerning a con
etltuent assembly and also In respect
'to dealings with new states formed
ifrom old Russia.
Tho South Slav delegation here
"handed to President Wilson a memo
randum regarding the Flume affair,
-according to the Petit Parlslen.
When the Germans are handed the
rallied reply they will be Informed, nc
cording to French circles, that tho dlS'
cusslon has been finally closed and
will be given no less than three or
more than five days In which to accept
or reject tho conditions.
Wire strike is spreading
Union Headquarters at Atlanta Says
A 3,000 Telegraph Operators Are Out
Men Warned by Carlton.
i
Atlanta, Gn., Juno 0. Union fiend'
-quarters announced on Friday thnt In
formation received Indicated that 3,-
000 employees of the Western Union
In tho South either had gone on strike
or would do so during the day.
New York, June 9. Employees of
the Western Union Telegraph com
pany, who joined tho Telegraphers'
union on tho assurance of tho post
master general that there would bo no
discrimination In regard to employees
joining unions, will not be taken back
If they strike, Newcomb Carlton, presi
dent of tho company, nnnounccd Frl
dent of the company, nnnounccd Frl
day. Mr. Carlton said that out of
40,000 employees only 710 belonged to
the union nnd that the call for n strike
In the southern division was meeting
with practically no response.
SENATE FOR IRISH HEARING
Votes Request by 60 to 1 to Peace
Conference In Paris to Receive
Delegates.
Washington, June 0. Scnntor Bo
rah's resolution asking tho American
peace delegates at Paris to secure a
hearing before tho peace conference
for the Irish delegates headed by Ed
ward Do Valera, provisional president
of tho Irish republic, was adopted on
Friday by tho senate, CO to 1. Senator
Williams, Democrat, of Mississippi,
cast the negative vote. Tho resolution
expressed tho sympathy of tho senate
In tho aspirations of tho Irish people
for "a government of Its own choice."
tAiw Trnnna I 3lnrff.rf
New York, June 9. TRo troopship
steamed Into tho harbor at noon. The
a few minutes after with ,,707 troops
Auks HelD From Allies.
Paris, Juno 0. M. Poskn, foreign
mintafor nf Esthonln. arrived In Pnria
to ask tho great powers to aid the
email Kstnoninn unny wiucn is ugnt
ins tho bolshovikl southwest of Petro-
MILES POINDEXTER
This n io ib'.ct portrait of United
States Scnntor Miles Polndexter of
Washington.
5,000 STRIKERS RIOT
ATTACK WORKERS LEAVING
AUTO PLANT AT TOLEDO.
Eighty Discharged Soldiers Hired as
Guards Charge Mob With
Rifles.
Toledo. O., Juno 5. Serious rioting
occurred on Tuesday night nt the
Willys-Overland Automobile company
when 5,000 Idle employees attacked
workers as they were leaving tho
plant.
First reports to tho police were that
eleven persons were injured, two of
whom may die.
Shots wore fired by guards stntlonoa
nt the works.
Eighty soldiers under command of
Col. L. W. Howard, county treasurer
elect, charged tho mob. ,
Sixteen troopers, armed only witn
clubs were followed by three truck-
loads of Infnntrymcn, with rifles point
ed nt tho crowd.
Two troopers were beaten Into un
consciousness, nnd a score of former
Ovorlaud workers were Injured.
Three shots were fired Into tho air
by the soldiers. The charge followed
the stoning of three street cars, where
many workers were cut by rocks and
flying glass.
Tho soldiers are acting as special
police, having been discharged from
tho army.
It was tho most serious trouble since
tho Overland opened last week after
having closed May 8. About 4,000 of
the 13,000 workers are back on tho
Job. Tho others are holding out for a
44-hour week.
HINES FOR HIGHER RATES
Director Genera! of Railroads Says
Government Must Have More
Money to Meet Expenses.
Washington, June 5. Only by In
creased rates can tho government con
trolled railroads meet operating ex
penses, Director General Illnes told
tho house appropriations committee
on Tuesday. Be Is opposed to any in
crease at this time, however, because
it might advanco the cost of neces
sltlos of life. Mr. nines, who nppenrqd
to ask for $1,200,000,000 additional
for the railroad administration's re
volving fund for the remainder of this
calendar year, said that while wages
of railroad employees had been In
creased 51 to 52 per cent during gov
ernment control, they now wore only
"reasonable and fair," and ndded that
ho could see no prospect of reducing
them. In explaining railroad require
ments Mr. nines said tho government's
loss In 1918 and tho first three months
of this year was approximately 480,-
000,000. The replacement of this
amount was requested ns n part of tho
now appropriation, together with In
creased working cnpltol of $425,000,-
000. Proposed loans to railroads ho
expected to be Increased to $775,000,
000.
APPROVE WIRE RETURN BILL
Senate Committee Makes Favorable
Report on Measure Introduced
by Senator Kellogg.
Washington, June 5. Favorable re
port on the bill of Senator Kellogg,
Republican, of Minnesota, for the lm
mediate return of the telephone nnd
telegraph wires to private ownership,
was ordered by the senate Interstnto
commorco committee- on Tuesday after
the raensuro had been amended so as
to contlnuo existing telephone rates
for GO days after final action by can
gress. Tho voto of tho committee was
unanimous.
Yank Freed by Reds Home.
New York. June 7. Merlo U. Am
old. n Y. M. C. A. secrctury of Polk.
Neb., arrived hero from Siberia,
whero ho was held a prisoner by the
bolshevik!. lie wns captured outside
tho American lines.
Pay High Honor to Flyers.
London, Juno 7. Royalty paid hon
ors to America's airmen when the
prince of Wales attended a luncheon
given In honor of Lieutenant Com
mander Rend, skipper of tho seaplano
NO-4, and his fellow flyers.
WIRE SYSTEMS
GIVEN TO OWNERS
Postmaster General Issues Or
der Which Is Effective Im
mediately. PRESENT RATES WILL STAND
President of Commercial Telegraphers'
Union Orders Walkout of All
Western Union Operators In
Southeast
Washington, Juno 7. Postmnstcr
General Burleson Issued nn order on
Thursday returning tho telephone and
telegraph systems of tho country to
the owners for operating purposes.
Control of tho companies Is not rclln-1
qulshed by the government.
In n statement nccoinpnnylng the
formal order tho postmaster general
stated that the existing rates would
remnln In effect, nnd thnt orders for
bidding discharge of employees bc
cnuso of union affiliations nlso would
stand.
Immediately upon receipt of this In
formation n strlko of nil Western
Union telegraph employees In tho
Southeast was called by S. J. Koncn
knrap, International president of tho
Commercial Telegraphers' Union of
Amcrlcn. Tho strlko Is effcctlvo Im
mediately and Is an extension of tho
present Atlanta Western Union strike.
Employees of tho Western Union
Telegraph company In Florldn, Ala
bama, Georgia, South nnd North Car
olina, West Vlrglnln, Virginia, Ken
tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi nnd New
Orleans, La., go out under tho now
order.
Mr. Burleson's order turning back
tho wlro properties read:
"Tho president hnvlng recommend
ed tho return of tho wire systems nnd
tho control' of tho owning companies
with certain legislation designed to
stnblllzo their operation, nnd tho sen-
nto commltteo having taken action
looumg to tnoir immcutnto return,
nnd tho house committee In Its hear
ings on tho proposed legislation hav
ing lndlcntcd concurrence In tho sug
gested Immedlnto return with or with
out legislation so recommended, I feel
It my duty to now return the actual
control of operations to tho com
panies.
"Some days ago I directed the nec
essary orders to bo prepared to ac
complish this and hnvo today Issued
same. Theso orders do not affect
questions of rates and finance wltf
which tho congress may detcrnilno to
deal.
"Tho rates now In forco and tho
financial relations between tho govern
ment nnd tho companies, and tho or
der of October 2, 1018, prohibiting dis
crimination because of union affilia
tion will continue unless congress
mny decide to change them or the
'emergency is terminated by the proc
lamation of pence. -"IV?.
JlSliL?.07. tjalcon however
tho wire companies resume nctunl
control of operations of their respec
tive properties, nnd are free to formu
late and put into effect their own pol
icies unrestricted by government con
trol, which Is to contlnuo In nny ensa
but a few weeks, and thus will bo
nblo to prepare themselves for -a com
plete resumption of tho mnnngemcut
of their property.
"It will bo necessary for each com
pany to so keep its accounts during
tho continuance of government con
trol that Its books mny bo closed on
the day government control ends In
order that a full and accurate state
ment may bo promptly made when It
Is" called on for same."
85 DEAD; 48 HURT IN BLAST
Car Loaded With Powder, Attached to
Train Carrying Miners In Penn
sylvania, Blows Up.
Wllkesbarro, Pa., Juno 7. Eighty
fivo miners were killed and forty
eight were injured on Thursday ,nt the
Daltimoro No. 2 tunnel of tho Dela
ware & Hudson Coal company, near
here. Tho nccident happened shortly
before seven o'clock, whllo tho men
were being tnken to their plnces of
employment. A train of empty cars
was provided to convey them down by
an electric motor, with John McGonr
ty driving. Into theso cars tho 100
workmen were crowded nnd near the
rear of the train wns a car of black
powder. When 200 feet in the tunnel
tho electric trolley wlro fell. Sparks
from It Ignited tho powder nnd the
explosion that followed blew tho men
In all directions. More men died
from flnmes and suffocation than
from tho explosion.
Within an hour and n half after
wards most of tho injured hnd been
removed. Tho dead were brought to
tho surface and placed In tlcra along
tho green.
Explorers Believed Lost.
San Diego, Cnl., Juno 0. Los An
geles, nnd northern California scien
tists, members of un exploring party,
aro believed to havo lost their lives In
n big storm off tho Lower California
coast on May 15.
To Repeal Daylight Act.
Washington, Juno 0. Favorablo re
port on tho bill torepcnl tho daylight
saving law on tho lust Sundny Ui Octo
ber was voted by tho houso interstate
comtneco commltteo. Tho voto of tho
committee was 10 to 8.
WILLIAM E. ALLEN
William IS. Allen, formerly United
Stntcs attorney nt Dallas, Tex., has
been nametl ns temporary successor
to A. Uruco Blclnpkl, formor chief of
tho hurcnu of investigation, depart
ment of Justice. Tho bureau Is now
devoting most of Its attention to bol
shevlkl, I. w. W. and other disturbers
of domestic harmony. It may have
chnrgo nlso of enforcing tho national
prohibition law.
SUFFRAGE WINS OUT
SENATE PASSES HOUSE RESOLU
TION BY VOTE OF 56 TO 25.
Proposed Constitutional Amendment
Now Goes to States for Rati
fication. Washington, Juno 0. Tho houso
woman suffrage resolution was adopt
ed on Wednesday by tho scnuto nnd
tho proposed constitutional amend
ment now goes to tho states for ratifi
cation. Tho voto wns 50 for adoption
and 25 against, or two more than two
thirds majority required.
Tho amendment wns supported by
30 Republicans nnd 20 Democrats nnd
opposed by 17 Democrats and 8 Re
publicans. It received two more votes'
than wer6 needed to mnko tho requis
ite two-thirds.
Tho suffrage amendment text fol
lows :
"Article 1, Section 1. Tho right ot
citizens of tho United States'' to vote
shall not bo denied or abridged by tho
United States or by any state on no
count of sex.
"Sec. 2. Congress shall hnvo pow
cr, by appropriate legislation, to en
forco tho provisions of this article."
It was exactly 5 :25 p. m. when Pros
ldent Pro-tem Cummins, from tho
chair, made the announcement to tho
expectant crowds in tho galleries who
lmd sat through a tenso nil-day debate
waiting for tho final voto to be taken.
"Thlsresolutlon hns received the nf
firmntlvo votes of more than two
thirds of tho senate, a quorum being
present, nnd is declnred to hnvo passed
tho sennte In nccordnnco with tho Con
stitution of the United States."
PLAN TO CUT WAR BILL
; War Department Estimates to Be Re
' duced by House Body Bills Pro
hlblt Immigration for 5 Years.
Washington, Juno 0. Wnr depart
! mcnt estimates for the coming year
i will be reduced nt lenst $400,000,00
by tho house military committee. Pro
I vision will be Included In tho bill for
nn nrmy of .100,000, Instead of G00.000,
requested by tho department. This
reduction, members declared, would re
duce tho total estimate of $1,203,000,
ik)0 by 20 per cent. Hills prohibiting
, Immigration for five yenrs nnd placing
moro rigid restrictions upon aliens en
1 torlng tills country woro Introduced In
the sennte. One measuro by Senator
King (Dem.) of Utah would cxcludo
alien anarchists and others who be
lieve In tho overthrow of governments
through force.
FIRST YANKS QUIT RUSSIA
Six Companies of 339th Infantry, Ag
gregatlng 1,600 Men, Constitute
Force to Leave Archangel,
Archangel, Russia, Juno 0. A con
tingent of Amerlcnn Infantry which
has been serving In northern Russia
boarded n transport for tho Journey to
tho United Stntes. Theso nro tho first
Amerlcnn troops detnllcd to sail for
home. Tho detachment will go to
Brest.
Six copipnnfes of tho Three Hun
dred and Thirty-ninth infantry, ag
gregating 1,000 men, or approximate
ly one-third of tho American forco on
tho Arclumgel front, constltuto tho
first detachment to leave.
Yanks Refuse to Aid Foe.
Pnrls, Juno 0. American officers at
Coblcnz, It beenmo known hero, have
refused to display posters advertising
tho Rhenish republic sent them by
French officers. Tho Americans re
ceived tho posters from tho French,
$32,400 for Ocean Flight.
Lisbon, Juno 0. Tho Portuguese
government Issued n decrco establish
lng n prlzo of 80 contos (nt normal ox
change approximately $32,400) for tho
Portuguese or Brazilian aviator who
flies from Portugal to Brazil, g
FROM ALL SECTIONS OF
THIS MAJESTIC STATE
Reports of Interesting Happenings
Throughout Nebraska Condensed
to a Few Lines for Quick
Perusal.
Allen Vincent Grnmmcr, who was
sentenced to die In tho electric chnlr
nt the state penitentiary at Lincoln,
June 0 for his alleged part in tho mur.
dor of his mothor-ln-lnw, Mrs. Lulu
Vogt, near St. Paul, July fi, 1017, was
granted a ro-honrlng by tho supremo
court of Nebraska as the result of n
confession by Alson B. Cole, also un
der death sentence for the murder, In
which ho exonerated Grammcr.
A Ford automobile mot its Wntorloo
nt Omaha tho other day when a big
DO-horso power nlrplnne crashed Into
it while mnklng n landing on tho Ak-Sar-Bon
lljing field. Tho lllvvor was
demolished nnd tho plnno, nftor hnv
Sag1 u damaged wing ropulroil, con
tinued on Its way to Denver. No ono
wns injured in tho smashup.
Tho Nebraska Stato Asoclatlon of
Commercial clubs chose N. T. Gndd of
Broken Bow for Its futuro president
for tho coming year nt tho recent con
vention In tho Custer county me
tropolis. Tho convention wns one of
jtho best in the history of the associa
tion, urnna lsianu is to do me scene
of tho next gathering.
It is said that petitions containing
about 5,000 names hnvo been received
at tho office of tho promotion commlt
teo nt Lincoln which hns In charge tho'
Invoking of the referendum on tho
code bill In order to keep It from being
given u trial. It will require 23,000
mimes to hold up.thc bill.
Attorneys for Morris Kntelman,
Omaha business man, convicted nnd
sentenced to prison for a term of from
ono to seven years by the district
court of Douglas county for alleged
complicity in nutomobllo stealing hnvo
nsked the supreme cohrt to review tho
case.
Catholics of Cedar Rapids dedicated
tho new St. Anthony's church with n
ceremony attended by tho greatest
throng of people ever ussombled In tho
city before at ono time. Tho now
odlflco is ono of tho finest in tho stnto.
Omaha is Included in tho route of
n great continental airline to carry
passengers nnd express, according to
plans of Akron (O.) promoters, who
hopo to have big dirigibles In operation
within n yenr.
People of RIchnrdson county nro de
termined to havo a new court houso at
Falls City to replace tho ono destroyed
by,flro recently. A special election to
voto bonds for tho project will bo hold
before long.
Lincoln proposes to do moro paving
this year than ever before In a slnglo
season. Ono proposed district In tho
north part of tho city will make nonr
ly two miles of newly paved streets.
But ono ibid was submitted for tho
Ames-Fremont concroto road of six
miles, tho estimated cost being $107,
000. Tho contract Is to bo lot tho lost
of June.
Stato Treasurer Crosby reports that
tho balance In tho state's strong boxatv
the end of May totnllcd $2,008,510.81,
ns compared with $1,800,010.04, tho
end of tho previous month.
A change of first degrco murder hns
been filed ngalnst Mrs. Minnie Owens
of Hastings who Is sold to have con
fessed to tho murder of her 3-months-old
bnby with n butcher knlfo.
A trans-continental flight from Now
York to tho Pacific coast Is to bo
made with only ono stop, nnd that to
bo made nt North Platte by an army
nirplane.
Rev. Samuel E. Tnft, who has filled
the pulpit of tho M. K. church at Tnblo
Rock for nearly tnrco years, lias ac
cepted n call to n Metjiodlst church
near Spokane, Wash.
Work Is expected to begin soon on
tho laying of 10 blocks of paving at
West Point. The toul cost of the Im
provement will bo approximately
$125,000.
A movement Is on foot at Lincoln
to nnnox four suburbs to tho Capital.
The first nttempt to make a Greater
Lincoln by legislative action, failed.
Rallronds In many uistrlcts of east
crn Nebraska suffered heavy daniogo
to tholr rondbeds ns tho result of the
heavy rains of tho past weoTc.
A contract has been closed whereby
nn nrmy nvlator will give an oxhlbl
tion flight at Odell tho last day of tho
chnutauqua, Juno 20.
Contracts havo iboen let nnd work Is
well under way on the now municipal
lighting plant which Is bolng Installed
at Hold rege.
Work has begun on $1-10,000 worth
of paving nnd storm sower construe
tion at Geneva.
Ono of the largest land deals In tho
history of western Nebraska tran
spired last week when tho George R
Richardson's "X-L" ranch of 14.G00
ncres, part In Gnrdcn and part in
Morrill counties, situated near Llsco,
wns sold for moro than $200,000.
Tho heavy rains and high winds of
tho past week caused thousands of dol
lars' dumngo to crops In eastern Ne
braska, Wheat was levclod to tho
ground by tho high winds In many
sections. Corn on tho Ivottom hind In
many cases was washed away.
Tho hay outlook in Nobraska, ac
cording to the stato agricultural de
partment, promises 0,000,000 tons, as
against n December estimate of half
that amount.
Lincoln citizens will now receive
something llko $100,000 In robnto
charges for gas ns tho rosult of the
United Statos supreme courts decree
dismissing tho injunction proceedings
brought by tho Lincoln Gns and Eloe
trie Light Company, restraining tho
enforcement of a city ordlnnnco re
duclng tho price of gas from $1.20
to $1, enacted twelve years ago.
Softening of tho rontl-bed by hcavj
rnlna wns tho reason glvou for tho
wreck of tho Burlington troop trnl'i
near Ashland by rnllrond officials. It ,
Is considered very rcmnrknblo that
none of the more thnn 200 soldiers
who woro asleep In tho fivo coachos
which rolled down the ten-foot em
bankment and Into Snlt Crock, Were
not killed. A good many of tho sol
diers, who were mostly from Cull-
fornln, lost nil their personal belong
ings.
Tho Fromont Commercial club has
raised- the $75,000 It pledged toward
tho cxponso of moving Midland collcgo
to Fremont from Atchls n, Kan., nnd
the establishment of a Lutheran1 uni
versity nenr the city. This announce
ment was followed by a report frpm
Atchison that tho board of tho collcgo
had voted to remove tho institution to
Fromont July 15.
The stnto engineering department at
Incoln collected $71,802 for nutomo
bllo llconsos during the month of April,
tho first month tho now stnto law has
boon In effect. Fifteen counties turn
ed in more thnn $1,000. Douglas
county turned In $0,820; Lancaster,
$3,502; Knox, $2,05, nnd Custer,
$2,357.
Ninety-eight dentnl students, who
confessed to reading tho test ques
tions before they began to tnko tho ex
amination under tho state dental
board at Lincoln recently, will bo giv
en another opportunity to tako tho ex
amination somo tlmo next month, ac
cording to nctlon tnkon by tho. board.
Nebraska's two United States sen-
ntors cast their voto when tho upper
branch of congress finally sanctioned
tho Susan B. Anthony suffrage amend
ment to tho federal constitution, Sen
ator Norris voting for tho measure and
Hitchcock against it
Frank Green of Lincoln was mndo
first president of Uio Frntomal Order
of Elks of Nebraska at tho annual
convention of tho association nt York.
Other olllccrs woro chosen for tho en
suing year and Alliance was selected
for tho 1020 meotlng.
A well known Minnesota man Is In
Lincoln making preparations, It Is
snld, to establish a nonpartisan lcaguo
farm paper In the Capital City with n
circulation nmong tho 20,000member
ho clnlms tho lcaguo has throughout
tho state.
Governor McKelvlo has Intimated
that ho would not hcsltato to call tho
legislature In extra session to net on
tho suffrage amendment If It becomes
necessary to havo Nebraska's voto to
complcto Uio ratification of tho act
Congressman Evans, of Nebraska,
has Introduced bills in congress au
thorizing tho war department to do
nate captured, German cannon to tho
cities of Fromont, Columbus nnd Nor
folk In his district
Moro thnn 2,000 women hnvo regis
tered In Douglas county and Uioy aro
expected to tako a prominent part In
the spoclnl election to bo held Juno 24
to voto $3,000,000 In bonds for; road
building. i
Tho Methodist church nt Randolph
not only "wont over tho top" In tho
recent missionary centenary drive but
raised n fund sufficient to build n flno
parsonage anil equip tho pastor with a
motor car.
According to A. O. Andrews, govern
ment crop ngent stationed at Lincoln,
orange leaf rust, unusually prevalent
In Nebraska, mny reduce production of
tho state's wintor whent crop.
A contract has been lot for tho
building of tho Blnlr-Onkland htghway.
Tho project, which will cost about $00,-
000, comprises 34.8 miles and passes
through Tckamnh and Crnlg.
Tho Yoiik Commercial club has de
cided to pavo twenty-four miles of
roads In the county, six miles in each
direction of York, tho city to guarau
tco $1,000 per mllo paved.
Tho state engineer's office at Lincoln
lot a contract for tho construction of
the thirty-seven miles of public high
way between Lincoln and Beatrice to
cost about $05,000.
Theodore Frelerlck Barnes of Mc-
Cook, a discharged soldlor, has boon
appointed to the West Point Military
academy by Congressman Andrews of
tho Fifth district.
Washington reports sny that tho
government Intends to havo a big war
oxhlblt at tho Nebraska homo-coming
at Lincoln tho wcok of Juno 15 to 20.
Two Nobraska congressman, f Jef-
ferls and Reovls, aro members of a
commltteo appointed to investigate ex
penditures of tho Wnr department
Tho Fremont cantoon served 7,000
men during tho month of May, ac
cording to tho report of Miss Maud
May, commandant
Tho fourteenth nnnual convention of
tho Nobraska Fraternal Order of
Eaglos will bo held at South Omaha
Juno 10 and 17.
Rev. D. M. orr of Wakefield has ac
ceptcd n call from tho Presbyterian
church of Aurora and will assume tho
pastorate July 1, Rov. J. H. Sals
bury hnvlng resigned to engago per
manently In tho now era movement
of his church.
Congressman Joffrles of Nebraska
has Introduced n bill In cdngross to
repeal the daylight saving law, In re
sponso to a number of requests from
farming communities, whore It Is said
tho present schedulo of tlmo Is a ser
ious handicap to farm work.
Moro than 20,000 ncros of Gago
county Innd has been leased by tih
Holdrcgo-Red Cloud Oil company for
Uio purposo of prospecting for oil. Ac
tual drilling Is expected to stark be
foro long.
Wnhoo Is planning many Improve
ments Oils yoar, tho program begin
ning with tho pavement of forty
blocks In tho business and rosldenco
portions of tho city of which one-hnlf
will bo on tho famous Cornhuslcer
highway and which is now bolng grad
ed through Snunders county by tho
federal nnd state aid projects.