THE O'NEIL FRONTIER .=====_L--— D. H. CRONIN. Publish*!-. #*NEILL ~ NEBRA8KA The erection of n 300-foot campanile L »t the University of California, at Eerkeley, Cal., has been delays i by (he luck of (lata on this character of bnlK. Si!' Ing. This project has been under way p for a long time, and the unusual nature ':?K- of the work renuired that the builders should study up previous experienced of this kind and the result was that de signers and builders wen* unable to find much that would be of value to them in the present case. The campanile has been completed at last, and ii is thought to be proof against earthquake shock. It is of steel and reinforce 1 con crete. with a facing of granite. It is 303 feet high and 34 feet Wide ill the ba se. When the sheriff court v s rem -ved from Inveraray to Dunoon thei. was among the documents the prods rr it ion making Rob Roy an outlaw. The letter press is as black us when it left the press of the king s printer, nearly 200 years ago. The indorsement Is as fol lows: "Proclamation for t'.< accusing and apprehending Robert Roy Camp bell. alias McGregor, dated -10th March. 1719. 27th March, 1718.—Published at the Men at Cross of Inveraray by John McPherson, messengt r, In-fore these witnesses: James Campbel. provost there; Archibald Catnpbel and Charles g. Stewart, writers there, and divers others.” - Edinburgh Scotsman. Guatemala is buying all of the print paper needed (o supply four daily pa pers, a number of weeklies and several Job printing establishments at ibis time from the United States. During J.*15 at l least 6,000 roams of news paper, valued ; at 116,000 United States gold, were brought In. while paper of other classes to the value of nearly $131,000 was also imported. Of this “other paper" tho United States furnished $102,000 worth and Spain $29,000. Before the European war the bulk of the paper supply of Guatemala came from Germany and a seie.II quantity from England. Sterilization of soil by steam, for merly so much practiced in eastern greenhouses and to some extent in Cal ifornia, has been given tip as inefficient and also too expensive in the process. Soil drenches of formalin and commer cial mixtures are now the practice. For home use in the seed boxes for delicate seeds the baking of soil in an oven in jures purity. In competition at New York for the best developed child, mentally and physically, the judges awarded the prize to 3-year-old Adelaide Atherton, whose father claims to have had Ills portrait on more sideshow banners than any other living skeleton in tho coun try and whose mother asserts an equal reputation as a bearded lady and snuko K channer. _« - f -_ Railroad extensions in Chinn are pro posed involving an expenditure of an amount estimated at $00,000,000. Tho projects are entirely commercial and private. One thousand five hundred miles are to he constructed through tho r^ liest sections of China, and possibly an equal amount later. An ocean freight rate of $4 a 100 pounds was paid on 1,000 bales of cot ton booked for export from Galveston to Harve. This is believed to be the highest rate ever paid for transporta tion of cotton. English Investigators have found that heating soil with steam pipes be fore planting seeds increases its food value and that plants raised therein blossom earlier and produce more and better crops. Canadian scientists, after long ro learch, have found a way to electro plate with cohult at from lti to 15 times the speed of commercial nickel plating *nd to produce a whiter and harder „ surface. \ London oculist has advanced the V theory that if white clothing for babies sou Id be nboldtshed. In a generation there would be 20 per cent, decrease In the number of persons with defective vision. Private enterprise has rpsorte l to the use of aeroplanes for the exploration of Argentina, where it is hoped to make use of a water power which has been heretofore inaccessible. A wealthy Italian widow, of New Ha ven, Conn., has completed her 20th round trip to Italy since August, 1914, in order to see her fiance, an Italian cavalry .lieutenant. For men who have to work under nu tomohiles, there has been invented a curved steel plate, mounted on casters and with a comfortable head rest, cu support them. An electrically operated alarm clock of French invention rings its bell one or more times a day at a set time every day or only upon designated days. fin July 31, 1816, there were 1,741 de positors in the United States postal savings banks In San Juan, Forto ltieo, with over $77,000 on deposit. As a locomotive puffs, the ear oai, count up only to ten a second—thcr all that is heard Is a continuous roar, Bightness is the chief claim for an aluminum billiard cue that a Nebraska Inventor has patented. An acre of good fishing ground will produce more food in a week than an acre of land in a year. Iron ore is found In almost every Chinese province, but it is mined ex tensively in only a few, Armenia has a copper mine that lies been operated without interruption since prehistoric times. For restaurant use cups and saucers that can be stacked for safe carrying bave been designed. Recently invented stuffed animals Tor children have skins that can be re moved and washed. It Is the emission of waste steam through the stack that causes a loco motive to puff. When starting, a locomotive puffs five times to one revolution of the driv ing wheel. China has the longest national hymn. Richmond, Va., labor forward enm IKiii'.n will continue throughout the winter. All Seattle. Wash., city employes may pci a Baturduy half hblidav next sunl it. er. Slate pencils, slates anti copying pen cils are in demand in British Fast Al nca. HHk A building trades council lias been organized at Clarksburg, W. Va. British women are taking up tte Culture of herbs. ■ Skippers Subjected to Heavy i Penalties for Failure to Un load Cars Promptly, Lincoln. Neb.. May 21.—Within a feu (lays the Nebraska railway Commission ’• ill approvo the application of the Ne hra*ku railroads for permission to place in effect (lie new schedule of demurrage charges which the Interstate Commerce commission and 13 state commissions, including Iowa, have adopted. The present rate is 11 a day for every car detained beyond (lie 48-hour free time limit. The proposed rate is £2 a day for the first five days and $5 a day thereafter. The $" extra charge now laid against refrigerator cars is clitn Inaied iii the new schedule. Most of the railroads and a large number of shippers appeared before the commission Friday and a 'substantial ! agreement was reached after an hour's debate. Several of the shippers objected to Nebraska being burdened with an 100 per cent increase in demurrage charges, but the railroad rnen said that the car situation was a national condi tion and that Nebraska, which now has all the cars she needs, must give some of these to the other states that are shy. Manager Rotehford of the Western Demurrage ft Storage bureau said that the application was placed on broad patriotic grounds. Cars were not re leased as promptly as they should lie, and under the $1 rate many shippers found it ereaper to us,- the cars for storage than to unload them. 4- - NO MORE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS WANTED ON NEBRASKA FARMS Wayne, Neb., May 21.—Without at tempting tb quench the ambitions of youthful farmers of the state, word has gone out from the state department of labor that rio more high school stu dents arc needed at present for work on the farm. In fast, a number of those who have already enlisted for tills ser vice have been turned back to the "re cruiting stations" to lie called on later. \s pointed out by the department of labor, which lias undertaken to mobil ize laborers .for farm work, high school students are too inexperienced and ini mature for the work at hand. Further more, a number of them have been tried out on the farm, have suddenly ctiscov crcd that they did not like the work and quit. Confronted by a serious short age of labor, the farmers of the slat" have made request that hereafter only experienced men, laborers who have tilled the soil before and who are will ing to stay with their jobs, shall be sent to them by the department. SHORTAGE OF CORN DRILLS IS REPORTED IN NEBRASKA Aurora, Neb., May 21. Here is a little business tip given by Prof. L. VV. Chase, head of the department of agri cultural engineering at the University of Nebraska. He says for those who wish to "clean up” on "a good thing” to go into the open market and buy all the two-row cc-rn drills in the stale. This done, fortune is assured. Professor Lhasa, however, feels justi fied in announcing (his tip publicly and is certain he violates no business ethics lty so doing, because—and here's the hitch—lie believes there are not a dozen such l’urm Implements for sale in the stale. He shys, furthermore, that two-row corn drills are u >t. the only farm necessities lacking. All machin ery, he says, is scarce, some of it ab solutely nonob tainable. LOCAL'LABOR BUREAU IS ORGANIZED AT HARTINGTON Tliirtington, Neb., May 21.—Volunteer farm labor bureaus have been estab lished In tile different town;; of Cedar county, the object oPwhleh is to locate everyone with farm experience who can work on some farm especially dur ing the busiest seasons. Fnlistmeni blanks are being sent out to men and women, voting unit old. to ascertain the number of rays , individuals can work, when they prefer work, and w hut they would prefer to do. The bureau at Hartinvtna ban begun active opera tions unde - the dire tlon of W. S. A\ xston, cr sclent «>C the First Na tional bank. COLERIDGE POSTMASTER LEADS IN RECRUITING Lincoln, NeK, Mtiv 21 The post .piaster at Coleridge, Neb., according to the records of the state council of de fense, leads the list of Nashya in the mutter of securing recriut: for the army and navy under the provision that gives tin emsimaster $5 for cadi recruit. He has rounded up 27. In most cases the money is handed hark to the recruit, and the postmasters charge it patriotic .service rendered. The council Is anxious to have na tive orators volunteer for scr' ice. not in the army or navy, but as mission aries to travel through the state and stimulate recruiting. - ♦— NEBRASKA SEN DS $500,000 CHECK FOR LIBERTY BONDS Lincoln, Neb., May 21.- State Treas urer Hall sent to the federal reserve hank at Kansas City Saturday morning drafts for $500,000 upon state money in Omaha and Lincoln banks. This was the sum voted by the board of educa tional lands and funds as a subscription to the Liberty bond loan. Most of the money was taken from a large numbe of small banks in the state whore it had been on deposit undistributed for several years. It was gathered in the last 10 days 1n depositories at Lincoln and Omaha. LYONS—The Lyons high school gradu ating exerdses were held in the opera house last night. Music was furnished by Misses Margaret Diraim, Clara and Helen Newmver, Mabel Rohtdus and Marian Miller. A splendid address was given by N. W Haines. Or. Wayne Rav presented the diplomas in his usual, pleas ing way. The following is a list of the graduates. Elmer R. Chard. Iximenc.- !*.. Smith. Ted E. Stiles, Loriri L. Shumway, John A. Young. Mary I!. Hates, Kate K. Couehman. Treaste E. Miller, Marie A. Oldfield. Mnyme C. Ponton, Isabelle 8ears. OMAHA—Paul R. Fitch, of Omaha, u druggist, has appealed to the supreme court from a conviction ami fine of $iro for keeping alcohol In his store without a permit. The supreme court suspended th. -xecution of his sentence, ami he w as permitted to give bond. The case is a test of the right of druggists ti* haw alcohol on hand after May 1. NORFOLK -County Attorney Tyler and City Physician Millions have announced that stringent measures will be taken to rid the banks of the Elkhorn river of carcasses of dead animals that ohstvu -t the banks contrary ta law. Fully fi were counted not a half mile from the city limits yesterday. NORFOLK -Flour prices dropped an other 15 cents yesterday, leaving Norfolk milled flour at $4 15 tile sack, it was ;;<) cents higher last Saturday. Grocers -ay that flour sales have fallen off since the iibwuomvual rfcsc in ihe price of flour. DEPOSITS INCREASED UNDER GUARANTY LAW Nebraska Shows Gain of $160, 000,000 in Year—Morris Has Changed Front. Lincoln, Neb., May 20.—President Morris, of the Nebraska State Bank ers’ association, told the members of group No. 1 at their annual convention here that the state deposit guaranty law is a success and that he has changed his old attitude toward it. He declared that the time has come to put out of existence all the agencies that force the price of food stuff skyward. The prosperity of the state was also touched upon in his address. The de posits in the banks have risen in one year from $240,000,000 to $400,000,000. He said further: ‘‘There is absolutely nothing in the money condition to indicate tha^ the country is at war. Money is as easy as the proverbial old shoe. Credit is freely granted all over the country for commercial use and there is little de mand for other purposes. The inter national situation has been strained so long that the elements of fear have been eliminated. "in the towns and on the farms, there is already showing the evidence of a eofnmon purpose, to support the gov ernment, and to stand by the flag, and to lend personal cooperation to the full est extent in the domestic relations of the people. # "There need be no seriousjshock now that the country is at war. The busi ness of the country must go on. People will be born, marry and die. People will buy and sell. People will build new homes and develop new enterprises, and this is its it should be, for the man who turns tniser until after the war is not a good citizen.” REBEKAHS TO HOLD BSG MEETING AT HARTINGTON Hartington, Neb., May‘20.—Mrs. I. O. Bingham, secretary of the. local Re bekah lodge, has called the district an nual meeting to convene in this city on June 6. The towns of Coleridge, Lau ler, Wakeileld, Randolph, Wayne, Wholes, Carroll, Winside, Pdoomtield, Magnet, Crofton, Jielden and Harting ton comprise the district and over 100 delegates will be in attendance at the meeting. The Hartington Commercial club will I entertain the visitors for an hour in : the evening and the city will be deco rated in the lodge colors—pink and green. • At tliis meeting district officers will be elected and a number of candidates initiated. The Laurel team will put on the Initiatory degree and the Crofton team the memorial degree. A team from Bloomfield will give a flag drill and in stall the district officers. Assembly President Mrs. Hattie Hoaglund, of Lincoln, and Assembly Secretary Mrs. Emma Talbot, of Oma ha, will lie present to address the dele gates and a program will be given in the afternoon. Mrs. Marie Chapman, of Bloomfield, is the present president of the district organization and Mrs. Laird, of Crof ton, warden. The officers of the local lodge, who are arranging for the dis trict meeting are, Mrs. Calvin Jones, noble grand: Miss Floy Whitney, vice grand: Miss Isy Whitney, warden; Mrs. An’netta Nelson, conductor: Mrs. Anna Alfken, chaplain; Mrs. J. H. Edwards, 1. G.; Mrs. Joseph Graves, O. G., and Mrs. I. O. Bingham, secretary. 60 PER CENT WHEAT YIELD; PLANTING FOURTH GREATER' Omaha. Neb., May 20.—General Su perintendent Young, of the Burlington, Estimates that with seasonable weath ar, winter wheat throughout the great er portion of northwestern Nebraska will make 00 per cent of the normal crop. Estimates that this year the acreage of ground that will he broken for crops will be 25 per cent greater than during any former season. Farmers in the northwestern part of the state are working night and day In order to get in their crops and pre pare the ground for seeding to oats and barley. They are greater hampered on account of a lack of help. In many in stances. farm hands are being paid $50 to $00 per month, in addition to board and laundry. Even these wages are failing to attract men from the cities and towns. RESEKAHS OF THIRTIETH DISTRICT NAME OFFICERS Emerson, Neb., May 20.—Over 125 vis. iting Kebekalih attended the 12th an nual meeting' of the30th Nebraska dis trict at Emerson this week. Delegate were present from Ponca, Allen, New castle, South Sioux < 'ity, Wynot and Emerson. State president Hattie Hoag land, of North Platte and state seere tary Emma Talbot, of Omaha, were among the visitors. The Emerson team got the banner for the best secret work. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted; president, Hen rietta Brunick, Wynot; vice president, Daisy Eindvuhl, Ponca: warden, Min nie Cook, Ponca: secretary, Ruth Kind- j wall, Wynot: treasurer, Martha Belers dorf, Emerson. ■-♦ NEW FREMONT HOTEL HELD BY PLASTERERS’ STRIKE Fremont, Neb., May 20.—Work on the new Pathfinder hotel is being held up at a critical time for no cause of the contractors and builders. The plaster ers employed on the job are Omaha men who are memi'o—• of the Omah union. The men were called out in com mon with Omaha plasterers, who are demanding higher wages. Offers to pay the workers oh the botel a bonus, even exceeding the amount demanded by the Omaha union, were rejected, on j the grounds that a contract with the union would he violated. Effort Is be- j ing made to complete the new hotel, | which is six stories high, in time for the annual tractor demonstration in ! August. I VALLEY HAS AMBITIONS TO BE SUMMER RESORT! Eremont, Neb., May 20.—A large uew , pavilion providing new and modern 1 facilities for bathers and many pieces of water apparatus arc in progress of installation at Yall-y lake, where a pleasure resort bus been established. Already there are 15 cottages on the lake. Visitors are expected from many surrounding towns, as summer resorts are scarce in this part of the state. — EMERSON SCHOOLS TO TURN OUT CLASS OF 14 STUDENTS j Emerson, Neb.. May IS.- The public schools of Emerson will graduate 14 pupils this year, II girls and three boys, the largest nuttier in years. The senior class- play. “The Hoodoo," will be given at the Weinandt opera house tonight. The baccalaureate sermon will be preached by Hev. Charles II. Lewis at tlie English Lutheran church n.-xl * Sunday evening. The schools close an unusually successful term next week wiih an attendance above -100 muin JgAned throughout the scho d year. QUICK / ' N6 CIDER HASAI HOLIC PUNCH Innocent When Opened, Fluid Soon Develops "Kick” and Beats “Dry” Law. Lincoln, Neb.. May 19—Attorney General Reed, with the aid of County Attorney Rhoades, of Burt county, has uncovered one culprit that cannot be punished under the prohibitory taw. Mr. Rhoades wrote in to ask what should be done in the case of cider sold there. When opened it is sweet to the taste and yields less than the legal limit of % of 1 per cent of alcohol. If allowed to stand opened, it speedily gathers al cohol much in excess of said limit. Mr. Reed said that the law did not cover ttie actions of the cider and that the only punishment he knew that could be lawfully administered to it for its wicked acts is to drink it. In its present state it may bo sold, its pur chaser may open it and wait around until it has put in a lot of work, and then absorb it. But in that developed state it cannot be offered for sale. Mr. Rhoades also put up to the state's legal department the question if it is permissible for the express company at Tekamah to deliver some consignments of liquor that were received before May 1 because the consignees, all farmers, were unable to come to town before that date on account of the rains and bad roads. Nothing doing, says Mr. Reed. Patrick Murphy, of Neligh, had a hurry up order for a jug of whisky. It arrived on the evening of April 30, too late for Murphy to get it. Answering an inquiry from the county attorney. Mr. Reed says*he cannot afford any cheer to Mr. Murphy, as the law is in exorable. Replying to an inquiry from Broken Bow as to the receipt of newspapers and periodicals from outside the state carrying liquor advertisements, the at torney general says that the federal government would not tolerate any in terference with the postal department, and that, as the postmaster has the legal right to deliver mail to persons to whom it is addressed, the state must keep hands off. After July 1, when the federal law inhibits the mailing into "dry" states of such publications, full cooperation is expected between the state and the national government. Mr. Reed says, however, that if the papers fire peddled or exhibited for sale, the person doing so is subject to prosecu tion under the state law. NEBRASKA CORN^ACREAGE TO BE DOUBLED THIS YEAR Omaha, Neb., May 19—More than twice as many acres of corn are being planted in Nebraska this year as have ever been planted in this state before, according to O. Q. Smith, president of the Nebraska farmers' congress. The farmers are getting it planted without extra help from the city, Mr. Smith said. Mr. Smith has been a Nebraska farm er 37 years. He says that, barring some unforseen calamity, Nebraska will pro duce a yield of corn this season that will astonish the world. "The big need for help on the farm is coming soon,” he said, “for it will take from two to three times the men to cul tivate and harvest this great crop that it is taking to plant it. The cities have promised help and on the strength of that promise the farm ers are launching what is by far the mo t ambitious planting that the state has ever known.” —♦— LC NEBRASKA OFFICIALS r.lEPARE FOR REGISTRATION Bastlnes. Neb.. May 19- It is ex pected Nebraska will be ready to begin registration of men w ho come under the conscript law as soon as it is agreed upon and passed and the .president is sues his proclamation. Gov. Keith Ne ville has issued registration blanks to the sheriffs of counties, who will be chairmen of the county registration hoards, and has instructed them to ap point the registration boards al once, so that there may be no delay when the law la passed. The boards must have been appoint ed and be ready for work eight days after the president’s proclamation, fol lowing the passage of the law. About 130,000 Nebraskans are eligible. - ♦ ELKHORN VALLEY EDITORS WILL MEET AT LONG PINE Long Pine, Neb,, May 10—-Elaborate preparations art' being made for the entertainment here of the Klkhorn \ al loy Kditorial association, which meets in Long Pine on June 2. This will he the 21st. annual meeting of the asso ciation. The meeting will he held in the now headquarters building of the asst ciation. The first session will bo held at 9 a. m. The address of welcome will he delivered by H. M. Culbertson, of Long Pine, and the response by I'. It. Gail braith. of Ainsworth. At the afternoon session President Klmer L. Howell will deliver the annual address. There will he addresses by G. M. Cooper, of Rush ville; Leroy Heehout, of Johnstown: A. H. Bach us] of Pierce: I,. Mayes, of Rushville; S. W. Kelley, of Atkinson: K. V. Parish, of Omaha, and others. A banquet will be served in tile eveninvT. ATTACK CONSTITUTIONALITY OF TELEPHONE CONNECTION LAW Lincoln, Neb., May 19—The Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph company, in an answer filled with ttae railway commis sion, atacks the constitutionality of the state law for compulsory connection of competing telephone companies, and an nounces its intention to take the ques tion to the federal supreme court. it has an exchange at Pauline, Adams county, and so has a mutual corpora tion known as the Glenwood company, The latter is asking an order that th two exchanges be connected in order that it may get to Hastings, the market town of that section, which is reached by the Lincoln c ompany but not by its own toll lines. —♦— CHOP DOWN WALNUT TREES TO MAKE RIFLE STOCKS Stella, Neb., May 19—Walnut trees in the vicinity of Nemaha are being chopped down’ to make gun stocks for the sa w American army. Mr. Bunker, the wsiln';, nan, as he is known, has a i e of men at work and will increase i. ■ number as fast as he can find addi tional help He estimates that there are 200,000 feet of walnut lumber left in Nemaha county. He has a contract with the Chillicothe gun factory, which is making large numbers of gun stocks for tlie government, t.i equip its new army against tile kaiser. LINCOLN -Suite Treasure/ Hill! has received a telegram from Secretary Me Adoo thanking the state board of educa tional lands and funds for "its generous and patriotic action" in subscribing $90(>. 000 to the liberty loan bond issue, lie directed that the money he seat to the ‘Kansas City- federal reserve hank, which has been made fiscal agent of the govern ment: for this section. PONCA—At the regular meeting of the Masonic lodge the following officers were elected: A. D. Townsend, worthy mas ter: W. .11. Rears,. S. \V.; Carl Lindvall, J. W.; M. 1. Mellon, secretary: J. it. Logan, treasurer. SEEKS TO SUPPRESS SALE OF MUCK BEER Governor Neville Orders That Test Case Be Brought in Omaha Court. Lincoln. Neb,. May IS. Governor N<* Vtll* ha» instructed the attorney gen eral to file a test case in Omaha, as to whether mock beer, the non alcoholic kind that is being dispensed in the one time bars of that city, can be legally made and sold. Several tint aha brew eries are making this sort of a drink, and the test case will l>e speeded through the district court to the su preme court in order that the brewer* may know whether they can continue and the officers whether they can arrest or not. The question turns upon a meaning ot the definitions section of the prohibi tory law, and the governor bus em ployed Leonard A. Flansburg, of Un ol.n, the man who. as a member of the legislative sub-committee, drew the section, to assist the state. In that sec tion the phrases "which will produce intoxication" and "malt and brewed drinks” occur, and the question is whether the former refers to the latter If only those malt and brewed drinks are prohibited that produce Intoxication then the inock beer may be sold. If all malt and brewed drinks are prohibited its manufacture and sale are unlawful This is not the old near beer proposi tion over again, although some of tha "wets” say that the phrase "which pro duce intoxication” refers back to malt liquors and thus permits the making and selling of near beer. The law limits the percentage of alcohol in all salable drinks to half of 1 per cent. —— ODD FELLOWS NAME NEW OFFICIALS AT YANKTON Yankton, R. 1).. May lx.—Odd Fel lows and Rebekahs, in rfnnual gather ing filled this city to overflowing. Tha grand encampment first got down tu business, and has already elected of ficers as follows: J. O. l'urintun, i)s Smet, grand patriarch: J. R. Chase, of Frederick, grand high priest; C. F Mnndt. Sioux Falls, grand senior war den; C. II. Kingsbury, Yankton, grand junior warden; D. K. Batchelor, Hot Springs, grand marshal: F. L. Hollar bush. Huron, grand inside guardian: Edward W. Frovine, Gettysburg, grand outside guardian: R. M. Burlingame Watertown, and C. S. Tintham. of I>q Smet, were elected grand representa tives to the sovereign grand lodge. Har vey ,1. Rice, Huron, grand secretary, and George W. Snow, Springfield, grand treasurer, were continued in office. The Rebekah assembly is also in ses sion, engaged in routine work ana t'10 grand lodge of Odd Fellows convene I Wednesday morning with Andrew B Larson, of Aberdeen, grand master of the state, in the chair. HOLDING BEER FOR VINEGAR PRODUCES LEGAL QUESTION Wilbur, Nob,, May IS.—Attorney Gen eral Reed is delving deer, into the law books to find the answer to a question propounded by County Attorney Ba#th, of Saline. At Wilbur, the county seat, is locattd a brewery. When the county attorniy and the sheriff went down there they found several hurdred bar rels of beer, most of it in tanks. The owners said they were holding it for the purpose of making grain vinegar out of it. Possession of such a quan tity of liquor is unlawful under the pro hibitory law, and the county attorney was puzzled. He was warned that if he destroyed it a damage suit would follow. Correspondence was shown him that indicated the company had ordered the necessary grain vinegar machinery by express, and as the law gives the right to make such vinegar, the owners < laiired exemption from seizure. No effort had been made to sell any of the beer. The attorney gen eral is inclined to make a test ease out of it. as the ouesfion of whether tile legislature can pick out householders only as those who ter by the federal court injunction and j that in the other too many persons are interested to Justify granting the re juest without a formal heating. The Burlington was permitted to place milling in transit rates in effect tt Geneva, 2 cents above the regular rate. —4— ARMY BALLOON BROUGHT DOWN BY FARMER’S GUN Beatrice, Neb., May IS.—A govern ment .army balloon en route from Fort f Omaha to Junction City was fired upon j near Liberty by a farmer named Finest I Doty, one of the bullets piercing the big I air bag. The balloon landed near Odell, j south of Beatrice, and the mtdi in j charge secured Doty’s name. He offers no explanation for the shooting. The balloon was shipped back to Omaha and was but little damaged. — OMAHA “Vigilance committees" ?;re being formed in many of the smaller -'ties an*} towns of Nebraska, aocordir,# p-> Ensign Hay lay, who returned Sunday with the I'nion Pacific's conservation special train. These committees have for their object the enforcement of tfeo un written law “everybody do his bit." THURSTON COUNTY SHERIFF RAIDS HOME OF A FARMER Fonder. Neb.. M:?y 16. —Sheriff Dor pey went to the farm of P. <1. Fushscr. a prominent citizen of Thurston county last night, and confiscated a large Quantity of liquor said to be !)5 gal lons of whisky and 16 barrels of beer. FREMONT- The Rev. \V. S. Hampton, k Df Omaha. -.hosea moderator of the dmana ussoekition of Oongn • gat lo n.-t 1 churches in Nebraska at th. busine '• cession of the tS:h annual meeting of the urbanization yesterday. The Rev. S. VV. Lrfuivitt, of Omaha, was tuutbrd acribw. RUSS REJECT , PEACE PLEA; PLANS FIGHT Kerensky, New Strong Man, Or ders Generals and All De serters Back to Front. IRON DISCIPLINE PLANNED New Cabinet Announced as “Lloyd-George” of Russia Seems Found in the War Minister. Petroqrad, May 21—Russia’s new coalition government has decided on the repeal of all existing agree ments with the allies, to be followed by new treaties by new Russia with the allies. It was stated that President Wil son's aid will be invoked to carry out this program. Rome. May 21—-Fighting literally from rock to rock and from ravine to ravine, the Italian troops are still push ing ahead. The Italian troops have captured Hill 607. pivotal point to the Teuton de fense north of Monte Santo. Description of the battle as giver* today shows the picturesque nature of fighting as well as the tremendous ob stacles which General Cndorna’s troops overcame. I’etrograd, May 21—The provisional government declared today that it was united in the rejection of a separate peace and that it adopted as its aim the reestablishment o fa general peace which will not tend either to domination over nations or to the seizure of their national possessions—n peace without annexation or indemnities. The government expresses its convic tion that the Russian army will not suf fer the- Germans tp destroy Russia’s western allies. Pe'trograd, May 21—It appeared to dax that the Lloyd-George of Russia has been found. He is A. K. Kerensky minister of war and marines in the* new coalition cabinet. He is the youngest and most popular member of the cabinet and a radical socialist. On the first day in his new position Kerensky’s energy was manifested by two forceful appeals tc the people. "It is up to Russia to show the world not only how to destroy, but to pre- -I serve," he said. He also announced that he would go to the front to spur the troops to ac tion. The duma members yesterday adopted resolutions, that it was es sential that their loyalty to the allies be "absolutely unshaken.’’ Nation a. Banger. Minister of War Kerensky lias issued the following order of the day to the army • "The country is in danger. Each one must do u hat lie can to avert the peril. No request to be allowed to re sign made by i .'fleers i high command with a desire to escape responsibility at a time so grave, will le accepted by me. Deserters are enjoined to return to the army (ml foci by May 2S. All infractions of this order will be severe ly punished." After a conference with tine govern ment. the duma committee and the council of deputies, the commanding generals have returned lo the front. M. Miukoff. former foreign minister, lias refused to accept the ministry of education because his presence in the cabinet would involve a responsibility for the projected foreign nolicy of the administration. He considers this policy dangerous and likely to com promise Russia’s relations with her allies. Iron Discipline Planned. Minister of War Kerensky, addres sing the congress of peasants, an nounced his determination to introduce an iron discipline into the army. He made an impassioned appeal for sup port in restoring the nio’-ais of Russia’s military forces and his speech was greeted with enthusiastic applause. A great demonstration occurred after he finished his address. The delegates embraced the minister and carried him on their shoulders to his automobile. M. Kerensky said in part: “I am shortly going to the front. Allow me. therefore, to say in the trenches that, the Russian peasants wish to have the land which belongs to them and that no force shall take it from them. But also allow me to say that the peasants demand, in order to achieve this object, that everyone shall do his duty in a spirit of self sacrifice.” New Russ Cabinet. The new cabinet will be composed as follows: i Premier and Minister of the Interior —Prince Evoff. Minister of Foreign Affairs—Ter eschtonko. Commerce and Industry—Konovaloff. State Controller—Godneff, socialist. Labor—Skobeleff. Justice-—Pereveiezeff. Food and Supplies—Pieschenhonoft socialist. War and Marine—Kerensky. Finance—Shingaroff. Posts and Telegraphs—Tseretelli. Ways and Communications—Nekras pff. Education—Manuiloff. Professor Grimm is appointed minis ter for affairs concerning the constitu ent assembly, and Prince Shakhovsky secretary of the first duma, is minister of public aid. SHERIFFS INSTRUCTED TO ENLIST REGISTRARS Ties Moines, la,.1 May 21—The g0v. ernor’s office today sent telegrams tu every sheriff in Iowa' to prepare foi registration on .June 5. of every real; citizen from 21 to 30 years inclusive, l’oi the selective service in the new army This step was taken os instruction frorr, the war department which estimates the registration would include one tenth of Iowa's population. 1! is esti mated that one register will be used foi every SO men. COAL MEN ACQUITTEO. Cleveland. Ohio, May 2!-—The jury in • he trial of six retail eoa.1 dealers charged yy ith combining to (ix t'Uei prices in violation of the v. iertine anti-trust law ieturne.1 a wrdiet c| not guilty this morning. Ten d.t.lot were indicted, bat the court 'discharged f,.ui of them because of kick tf cviilciica.