THE O’NEIL FRONTIER D. H.^OROftlH. Rubll»h*r. ^NBILU NEBRABK* Surprising conclusions are arCPM at bv an aviation expert, who ha* been examining the airoplano losses on the Western front in the last six months. ”lf we allow 20 machines wrecked to each one the enemy destroyed.” he *ays, “we *ee at wlint .a huge cost this war is in the air is being conduct ed. The average cost of an airoplane roughly is about £1,000, so that at this rate the British loss in material has been approximately over 4.000 mach ines in six months, costing £4,000.000; the French very nearly the same; while the Germans must have lost 13, 32<: machines, with a total value of about £13,320.000. it may be that the German loss is not quite so great as we have made out, because there appears to be less actual flying done by the German pilots in proportion to their strength. y.ord Davenport, the British food con troller, an an interview at which he an nounced a number of new regulations, observed, with regard to the order pro hibiting the feeding of game with grain required for food < stock rearing: "it’heasant rearing am. indulgences of that kind, which were all right in hap pier days/ are indulgences we do not wish to see continued, and this if our method of bringing them to an end. I do not suggest that there is much of this going on. We mean to be on I lie right side. The broods will keep themselves alive in the woods if a man allows them to go in the woods. I do not say we are giving the farmer liberty to shoot them, but that is what we mean in so many words. We mean the order to be observed, and if there are any abuses proceeding from it we shall tako further and stronger meas ures to put in in force.” An ancestor of count von Bernstorft, the, dismissed German ambassador fought against America In our war for freedom- The fast is brought out by a passage In the "Souvenirs du Chevalier de Cussy,” Among the acquaintances made by the chevalier in 1820, when he joined the staff of the French embassy in Berlin, was the court chamberlain, count von Bernstorff, grandfather of the former ambassador. Countess Bernstorff," wrote De Cuddy, "bears a singular forename, ‘America.’ This was bestowed on her because she was bona in that country during the war of in dependence. Her father as in com mand of one of the regiments hired out to the English by the elector of Hess** One of the most remarkable naps oa record is that of Caroline Oilson, a na tive of the little island of Okuo, ott the coast of Sweden, who fell asleep In 1875 and did not wake until 1917. For the Itrst 14 years of her life CarcHlne Oilson was in perfect health. Then she fell ill and ultimately sunk into a trance from which no one could awaken her. Food was artificially administered, and for years she exhibited no interest in anyone or anything. Then suddenly ■he awoke, and the most careful exam ination failed to reveal the slightest weakness or mental defect. Since then she has enjoyed eaceptionally good health. In effects, a recent bulletin of the United States department of agricul ture asks why the American farmer can not put straw to the same use as it is put by the European farmer. In Europe the farmer knows as well as the American farmer that straw is not liked by stock, but instead of burning It, or otherwise wasting it, the Euro pean farmer chop* it up, mixes it with beets, mangels, silage or other feeds, and makes it so palatable that it can be fed to good advantage. Knitting in church is suggested by the Hev. A. M. Mitchell, a Church of England clergyman, in his parish mag azine. "Better to knit in church for our soldiers and sailors in sermon time," he says than to talk and whis per, laugh and giggle, flirt and misbe have, criticise hats, gowns and fur coats. Those constantly knitting learn to do so quite mechanically and their attention is not diverted from speech. Knitting In sermon time would mean a great saving of time.” The torpedo from a submarine can be fired either while the submarine is on the surface or completely submerged. I I Usually a submarine comes within 10 feet of the surface, with only the per iscope showing, and discharges its tor pedo. If there is danger of the sub marine being ilred upon by the ship the submarine gets the proper position of the ship, submerges itself complete ly and then liras. Photographs purporting to have been taken in Berlin ure displayed in London shop windows, showing elephants ding ing heavy vehicles through the streets . of the Prussian capital. Captions un der these photographs assert that the war has so reduced means of locomo tion in Berlin that elephnnts from the zoological gardens have been pressed • into the hauling service. Thousands of British war widows and their children are to lie transport ed to Canada, with the expectation that many of the women wilt be married to Canadian farmers, according to the plans of Commissioner David Lamb, of the International Emigration society of the Salvation Army. Veldt Is a changed form of the Dutch fft “veld.” the same ns our English word Held. It moans simply open ground, or prairie. Westervelt means west field; Koosevelt, rose field; Plauvelt, blue field. There are other Dutch names ending in “velt,” and many parallel ' S names in German and other tongues. Malaria is much less widely preva lent in the United States now than formerly. Tl.e northern boundary lias S gradually receded, leaving here and * there more or less localized endemic foci. Ii lias all but disapproved from Wisconsin and Michigun, states once badly infected. Four Hat steel cars were required to carry a huge steel girder from Steel ton, Pa., to Chicago. This girder, which was for use in a railroad bridge, measured 131 feet nine inches in length, and 10 feet six inches in height and weighed 98 tons. China employs nearly -i.OOd experts from Europe and America lo run her S railways, portoffiees, etc. There arc 1.105'British and 174 Americans on the job. many of the latter in the most im . IKirtant offices. k | I wndelion greens make good salad and are also excellent when boiled and jf served like spinach. Use the young B plants. This will kill two birds with am* stone, supply food and keep down Last year the fisheries bureau of th HHp1;: United Fda!**s 'distributed r..are than 3.5‘u,.*100.000 ill!'.' fish and 500.000,00.1 i vs to tile i;,-, witters of the couu frtrm being run t an invent ■ i1 : * ,etches dedecta tiwm «* , SAYS LOCAL COMPANY GOT STRIKE BREAKERS Charged Sioux City Service Co. Recruited Men for Lin coln Traction Co. Lincoln, Nob., May 28. That officera of the Sioux City Service company act ed as recruiting officers for the Lin coln Traction company was evidence brought out at the hearing before the state railway commission, where the striking employes are seeking an executive order to take them hack. The testimony was furnished by E. Mann, one of seven Sioux City men, former employes of the company then . Mann said that he met Superintendent Benson, of the Sioux City company, at Fourth and Pierce streets, late in March or early in April anil was asked If he desired to go hack to street car work, Benson said that the Lincoln company warned six men from Sioux City as a part of a force they were re cruiting to take the places of 20 or 25 men they were getting ready to dis charge. Mann got six others and they were given tickets to Lincoln by Gen eral Manager Kirk, of the Sioux City company. The witness went to work April 2, and quit the day after the strike, be cause, as he said, he didn't want to ''scab” on the boys here. He Joined the union after he quit. The signifi cance of his testimony was that at the ".ime he was rounded up by the Sioux City street railway men. the Lincoln company was calling into tile mana ger's office the respective leaders -I the strike anil telling them they must choose between their job and tin union. It was also within a few day after the formal organization of the union among the men. Other testimony in the hearing is tp the Irregularity in the service of th< company and the violation of rules by the present employes; also that !h« company has been paying strikebreak ers time and a half for work and pay ing them while they are learning tin routes, a practice never before in dulged in, HUGE CROP GAIN OUTLOOK FOR NEBRASKA THIS YEAF, Omaha, Neb., May 28. The Ne braska conservation congress closed tonight after a three days’ session during which time an Invoice of the resources of the state was made am the farmers and manufacturers of lbs state were told what they should di. to speed up the production of food stuffs and supplies. It was brought out at the meeting, among other things that the Nebraska beef sugar crop this year would be 140,000,000 pounds, ar increase of 30,000,000 pounds over last year. Seventeen million bushels of potatoes are promised instead of 8,000. 000 raised last year. Four hundred million, bushels of corn in place of 200, 000,000 bushels in 1016 were estimated as the Nebraska crop. RUNS SUBMARINE GAUNTLET; DENMARK IS SUFFERING Fremont, Neb., May 28. Mr. and Mrs. Tlnus Peterson, who reside south of l-'reinont in Saunders county, are the first persons In this part of the country to successfully run the German subma rine blockade. They arrived home yes terday after an absence of six months in Denmark. They sighted no subs on the voyage. Mr. Peterson says eon dll ions in Denmark are very serious. Food rations have been reduced to four pounds of bread per person each week. Goal supplies are exhausted and gaso line is source and high and is used little for pleasure motoring. - — MUNICIPAL CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD IN JUNE Omaha, Neb., May 28.—When Ne hru ska celebrates 50 years of statehood ' in Lincoln on June 12, 13 and 14 one of the most Interesting events will be a conference of municipalities which, it is declared, will be attended by no less than ::00 mayors of Nebraska cities. Kl cry city in the state has been asked to send at least one delegate, it being proposed to hold a half-day discussion on June 12 of problems common to all cities in the state. Suggestions for co operating with the state council of de fense will be made. RAISE APPRAISEMENT OF STATE’S SCHOOL LAND Lincoln, Neb.. May 2K. The income fit the state of Nebraska has been In creased $1(1,000 a year through the re cent appraisal* of state school lands made by Secretary of State Pool and liiud Commissioner Shumway. The fact that In the lust legislature (lie senate wanted to sell the school lands and the house didn’t killed every law Intended to make it possible for the state to get more money out of these lands, but under the old law the state board can raise appraisals made by county boards. FRKMONT Tom Turner, Fremont pio neer. who died yesterday, came here In 11-37 from Dubuque, la., with bis mother and her seven children. They were among the very first settlers. The mother was ■I widow. Stic promised Fremont a ho:el lad tn return was donated a lot by the tow n si to company. The lot today (s In the very heart of the city and on It stands the First National bank building. HOOPER -Oltmann Gerhard Witte, n well known pioneer citizen of the south Hide, died at Hooper Friday at the ago of 76 years. He had been in failing health for some time. Mr. Witte was a native of Oldenburg. Germany, and had resided In Cuming county nearly -to years. He i? Survived by Ids; wife, five sons and two daughters. He leave® a valuable landed estate. EMERSON-The graduating exercise? last night were attended by practically everybody in town. The class was the largest In the history of the school and the crowd in attendance outnumbered any public meeting ever held in Emerson. H, M. Eaton, of Omaha, former superin tendent of the Emerson schools, made the principal address. ♦— WEST POINT The new brick yard lately established here has placed tin first batch of 150,000 brick in the kiln The bed of clay surrounding the brick yard is practically inexhaustible, con taining millions of tons of raw material d estroyefT on'rock s. An Unnamed Port, May 26.—Unitec States destroyer No. 9 ran aground or the rocks of an American port todaj and was badly damaged. Tugs went t< her assistance and pulled her off. Non< aboard was injured. BERNHARDT WELL AGAIN. New York. May 26.—Sara Dernhard is well again. Having amazed surgo< in by her rapid recovery from a reeen operation, the famous actress will lcav< the hospital tomorrow. She will lie. at a hotel because she c-innat find ; country home that suits her. MOVIE FORCES MOBILIZED. New York, May 26.—At a meeting o the e.\e- -Hive officials of Uu lnOtiOl picture industry here it was deckled t; j mobility the entire industry in a mi 1 tionnl convention at Washington, Fr> \ day, .»une1 4 PLANNING MARKETS FOR INCREASED CROP Nebraska Will Attempt to See That AH Surplus Yield Is Disposed Of. Omaha, Neb.. May 26 The scream devoted to "garden crgps'' in Nebraska | this Near is "surprising, twice the nor j inal acreage, and will furnish an as tonishing supply of food." in the opinion of experts sent out by the Nebraska college of agriculture to find out if the general alarm that a world food short age was probable had awakened farm ers to the need of utilizing every foot of fertile soil. I’rof. VV. W. Burr, head of the agron omy department of the college Of agri culture. said Ills observations in all .sections of the state convinced him there were no slackers among tile farm ers. nor the residents of towns who could utilize vacant lots, hack yards and other hitherto untilled acreage. "Everywhere farmers are putting in such crops as were neve" known in this state before -using everV bit of land lhat is available. I was surprised at the garden crops that nave been plant ed. at the large acreage in every sec tion of the state. The production of garden crops this year, with a normal season, will be twice the usual pro duction. "In the towns the same thing has happened. Every one is awake to the need of food, the probability of a famine ahead, and everything is being done to make the crop of fond products in Nebraska this year a record breaker." It is expected a large number of families who in other years purchased garden products of professional venders or gardeners will ihis year raise enough to supply their own needs and perhaps he able to market some. In this connection farmers have been fissured there will he a market for all food products that can tie produced and farmers’ and merchants' organizations are now planning to expeditiously mar ket the perishables, a question to which such little attention lias been paid that farmers complain they have often suffered loss for want of a market, need of labor or poor transportation facilities. HIGH COST OF FOOD HITS POCKETBOOK OF NEBRASKA Omaha, Neb., May 36.—Nine national ot the population of tne 15 state insti tutions for April shows 4,959 in ttuun at the end of the month, a decrease of 30. With the employes and men who take care of them the total is around 6.0OU. The highest point in the state's his tory was reached March 1, when 5,001 were listed. The decrease since that time has been due to deaths and pa roles. The state hoard of control it at its wits ends trying to keep down th.e cost of living at these institutions. For years there have been meat and pota toes served at all three meals, iargely because they were easy to cook and serve, i>"d the board Is having a strug gle wltn the chef to substitute vege tables and fruit. No meatless days have been ordered, but If the costs ad vance the board will have to take that up. The grocery bills of the state, in cluding all articles of food, ran up to $35,04)0 a month during the last two years. Computations made on the basis of expenditures for the past three months indicate that this is now over $33,000 a month. BITTER FIGHT IS PROBABLE OVER LINCOLN CAR STRIKE Lincoln, Neb., May 36.—The census railway commission assumes .jurisdic tion over the controversy between the strikers and the Lincoln Traction com pany and orders the men taken back, the company will appeal and go as fai ls the United States supreme court, if necessary. This fact has been made plain in the three days that the hear ing lias been in progress. So far the commission has fought shy of claiming any jurisdiction, and lias permitted a raft of testimony to go into the record on the theory that it lias relation to the service, over which the commission has undisputed control. OMAHA BANKERS TO TAKE BIG ALLOTMENT OF BONDS Lincoln, Nib., May 26. -If the State hanks of Omaha decided to double their subscriptions to the Liberty loan, and to take $4,000,600 worth of the bonds, instead of the $2,000,000 fur which they had formerly subscribed. The increased subscriptions'were made after Secre tary McAdoo had had a heart to heart talk with them. Secretary McAdoo addressed the Ne braska State Conservation congress and at the close live-sixths of the 3,000 in the audience raised their hands in agreement to buy at lea* one Liberty bond and as many inoro as they could afford to purchase. ♦ SEEK AN INJUNCTION AGAINST NEW FOUNDRY Norfolk, Neb., May 26.—Sheriff Clint Smith of Madison was in the city yes terday serving an injunction on the \Y. . U., May 26. Report i reaching the war department indicati that tlie war army acts' prohibltiot against the sale of liquor about mi'.i , tary camps or to enlisted men and of ficers In uniform is being observe) rigidly. Even hotels and restaurant: have refused to scree liquor to guest: of army ■1 ('fivers wearing the uniforn on the ground that such a sale wouli | be to the officer and would make tic management liable to a. tine of no mere than $1,000 or not more than on year's Imprisonment or both, tvhieh tie act provides as penalty for violation — BLACKMAIL PLOT IS CHARGED TO SLEUTHS — Chadron Officials Accuse Oma ha Men—Rich Banker and Wife Involved. Chadron, Neb.. May 20.—The town of Chadron has been greatly stirred by the filing of information here by County Judge E. M. Slattery and County At torney E. D. Cr*tes charging Chief of Detectives Steve Maloney, of Omaha, anti eight others with conspiracy to blackmail. The case involves the names of Robert Hood, a wealthy and aged banker and his young wife. Complaints were filed against the fol lowing: Stephen Maloney, chief of detectives, Omaha police force. Harvey Wolfe, president of the Oma ha Detective association. C. W. Pipkin, former police detective, its secretary. Gus A. Tylee, detective. Phil Winkler, private detective. W. S. Dolan, private detective, Chica go. Allen G. Fisher, attorney, Chadron. Charles I. Day, Chadron. Louis K. Mote. The complaint alleges that the de fendants conspired to obtain the pres cnee of Mrs. R. Hood, jtnung wife of Robert Hood, an aged" a nit wealthy. Chadron banker, and County Attorney Crites in his office at Hi o'clock the night of May 14, and that part of the plan was to have three of the defen dants, Philip Win< kler, Charles I. Day and Louis K. Mote, enter the office anil charge misconduct between Crites amf Mrs. Hood. The complaint further alleges that Kinekler, Day and Mote came to the office and found Mrs. Hood there with Crites and with drawn revolvers at tempted to force each of them to pay $500 and sign written acknowledge ments of misi onduet. It is further alleged in the’complaint that the purpose of these acknowledge ments was to prevent the county attor ney from completing prosecutions of some of the dependants and to stop him from again becoming a candidate for public office. The complaint also charges that Mrs. Hood’s signature was to be used in an effort to obtain $1,000 from Robert Hood. Philip Winckler was released or. a $1,000 bond. Bonds for Stephen Malo ney, chief of Omaha detectives and the other defendants were plieed at $S,000 for their appearance at Chadron, May 31. According to on Omaha dispatch, W. S. Dolan charges the whole thing is a frameup. He is quoted as saying that politics is behind it. He declares that the trouble originated in Omaha and says: “We were making an investigation for Robert Hood, wealthy president of the Chadron Milling company, with re gard to the conduct of Mrs. Hood. Dur ing our investigation our men found Mrs. Hood visiting the office of E. D Crites, county attorney, at late houn In an effort to get th.e inside informa tion, we sent up a woman operative. “For this work we engaged Elsie Phelps of the Central baths, 150fi Har ney street. She was to get a line on Mrs. Hood by getting • in with her crowd and going to her parties. “Apparently Elsie Phelps was a friend of Paul Sutton of the Omaha police, to whom she confided, and he. told "Johnny” Lynch. “Lynch was sore on us because we did the work for Sheriff (’lark that put the Lake Side resort out of busi ness. The first thing Lynch did was lo send Sutton up there to slug our ga me." — RAILROADS STRIKE SNAGS IN PRESSING RATE RAISE Lincoln. Neb.. May 26.—.The railroads are up against one propostion in push ing their application, filed Tuesday, for a 15 per cent increase in rates, that is certain to cause them trouble. They are asking the commission to increase rates on carload shipments of live stock, potatoes, grain and grain prod ucts. coal, lumber and building ma terial, that were fixed by a legislative act in 1907 at S5 per cent of the then prevailing rates. The supreme court lias held in a case involving the 2-eent passenger fare law. passed at the same time, that the commission has no powei to raise rates fixed by a legislative act but the railroad attorneys, being un able to settle the'matter of procedure themselves have put it up to the com mission for the purpose of getting a record to go elsewhere on. The application excepts from tlie in crease the jobbing rates fixed by ar Interstate Commerce commission last October, when Sioux City complained that state commission rates discrim inated against it. It does ask that the rates in that order apply to all other points instead of the distance tariff of tlie Nebraska commission. HEAVY LOSSES SUSTAINED BY NORFOLK PACKING FIRM Norfolk, Neb., May 26.—The plant of tlie Norfolk Packing company is a mass of smouldering ruins as the result of a disastrous fire which broke out from an unknown origin. Large quantities of canned beans, the cost of which if estimated at $50,000, were destroyed A dozen carloads of coal and valuable machinery also were destroy#!. The total damage is estimated at from $00, 000 to $60,000. The brick wall of the big building remains standing. Nor folk firemen saved the wooden husking sheds, located near the main buDdicg, with chemicals. Northwestern switching crews saved several carloads of beans standing rx~«r the building by running a locomoh'o through the blaze and pulling out tiy blazing cars. The flames were put oui with the hose aboard the locomotive It is believed the plant will be rebuilt, FOUR LEGGED FISH IS DISCOVERED IN NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., May 2G.—Secretary ol State Pool, just back from a tri ” through the Sixth district. Insists thai a new fish has been discovered in \bv section. He describes it as a wAtov puppy, and says it has four legs. Theso are employed in locomotion between t' - numerous lakes in Sheridan. Dawes and Cherry counties. Land Commis sioner Shumway, who was the compan ion of Mr. Pool on the trip, says that he did not see the fish, liul that Mr. Pool and two companions on a fishing ex pedition. claim to have caught (wo of them. WOULD KEEP ALL DOGS ON PREMISES OF OWNERS Fremont. Nob., May 24. A lively fight is"in prospect growing out of the introduction yesterday in the city coun cil of an ordinance providing that dogs kept in the city must be confined to the premises of the owners, Premont is : Nebraska's dog center, there being many breeding pens here and the local ‘ association annually staging the big gest bench show in the west. The ken nel owners will fight the new bill. KNOX COUNTY RAISES AN AIRPLANE FUND Citizens to Buy Fighting Ma chine for Army by Popu lar Subscription. Grofton, Nob., May 25.—Residents ol Knox county. Nebraska, are,raising 3 fund with which to purchase a military airplane to be given to the l nitec Stales army. Part of the fund has al ready been subscribed. Knox county hopes to be the first ii the Knifed States to send a fightin? plane to the battle lines. Rome R Benedict, of Crofton, is in charge ol the fund. A committee composed of business and professional men including George Whistler, George Nelson. Dr. D. I). Tab cott and F. L. liollen. will have charge of selecting and placing the airplane or exhibition in Crofton. it is hoped tc procure the machine by September 1. WILL MAKE REPORT SOON ON RECOVERY OF FUNDS Lincoln, Neb.. May 25.—Three sena tors and three representatives, forming a special committee of the legislatin'* to investigate into the matter ol wheth er the state has any chance to recover the $154,000 lost in the failure of the Fapital National bank four years ago. held a meeting here Tuesday. The legal matters involved were handed over t* a subcommittee composed of the law yers on the special committee. Senators Sandall and Neal and Representative Fultcs, and these will report June 12 at another meeting of the committee. Soon after the failure four depositors filed suit against the directors, claiming that they were relict in their duty and certified the bank was solvent when it. was not. They fought the case through the courts for a score of years, going back and forth between the Nebraska supreme court cud the federal court several times. Finally the directors were stuck and forced to pay $58,000. The success in this case spurred the legislators to make this inquiry. The attorney general said that the courts would not permit tire state, after rest ing or. whatever rights it possessed, for so many years, to maintain such an action, but both houses refused to take his judgement. SCORES OF LOCAL LABOR BUREAUS ARE ORGANIZED Lincoln, Neb., May 25.—Though little mole than a week has elapsed since it began active operation, the newly created state labor bureau hds already organized local labor bureaus in 60 Ne braska towns. Organization of * additional towns is in full swing, and it is hoped that every county seat in the state may be pro vided with a labor bureau in a short time. The force of men who are active ly promoting th^ organization consists of 15 special food agents of the Bur lington railroad, nine county agricul tural agents working under the direc tion of the Agricultural Extension Ser vice and the United States Department of Agriculture, and six members of the regular force of the PUxtersion Service. In some cases, mayors of towns have appointed men to take charge of a local labor bureau; and in others, com mercial club secretaries have taken over the task of bringing work and workmen together. Some commercial club secretaries have been given extra pay for conducting a labor bureau in addition to their regular ^ork. INDIAN AGENT TO LOOK INTO RESERVATION PLAN Lincoln, Neb., May 25.—Indian Com missioner Sells and Senator Hitchcock made prompt reply to the telegram of Governor Neville calling their attention to the fact that several thousand acres i of cultivatable land on the Omaha and Winnebago Indian reservations was not i in crops. Both assured the!governor | that a special representative*had been | sent to the reservation with instructions to see that immediate steps are taken to prevent the land from remaining idle this season. The council of defense of Thurston county, where the Winnebago and Omaha reservations are located, has notified Governor Neville that as soon as permission to use the land is secured farmers will be found to plant it to corn. —— PENDER HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD EXERCISES FRIDAY Pender, Neb.. May 25.—The annual commencement of the Pender high school occurs next Friday evening. Prof. i. R. Brittell, of the Wayne nor mal will deliver the address. The graduates are Eleanor Murray. Gene vieve Hall, Emma Schweeis, Annie Smith, Zabie Krause, llfmer Baker, Ar thur Heyne, Adolph Wenke and I^eslie Warne. NORFOLK RED CROSS NOW ENROLLING MANY MEMBERS Norfolk, Neb., May 24.—The Madison Red Cross association, under the direc tion of Dr. and Mrs. F. A. Long, is grow ing daily. Fifty members are already secured and an honor list, of members will be published in the Madison pfipcrg from week to week. —*■ - FREMONT- Because the Mardls com pany, contractors, has had trouble with plaster contracts in other cities its work : on the new Pathfinder hotel has been : tied up now for a week. Today officers I of the hotel company ordered carpenters i to go ah^ad with the finish over plaster | in the first four stories, leaving the un [ plastered fifth .and sixth stories to be finished some time in the future. —♦— FREMONT Fremont high school girls are volunteering their services to various branches of the effort to organize Dodge county for war. All the girls of the com mercial classes have offered to act as bookkeepers and stenographers for the Y. M. C. A. work and Red Cross com mittees. The high school domestic science room will be used for demonstrations dur ing the summer. HOOPER A Red Cross society was or ganized in Hooper with a large member ship to start with. The following offjci is were elected: President. Mrs. A M. Till ] man; vice president. Miss Julia Helnie; secretary, Mrs. W. H. Crawford; treas urer, Mrs. K. BeFreeso. —♦ — HOOPER- Maurice Monnieh, Paul Loose hen, (lii.« Harms and lister J.f fers. Hooper boys who went to Omaha r » enlist for army service, have all been accepted. They have been assigned to Fort l»gan. Colorado, for drill. Three of these recruits are from German homes. - TA.NCOLN Members of the state board of control say that Harry' Runyan, the Nebraska man arrested at Cincinnati with a lot of dope in his possession, is romancing when he says that he got :t from the state insane hospital at Ingle side. Runyan ai l hi. wife worked there for a lime, but a c ireful inventory of the narcotics on hand d»n\; not show thi dis appim ranct• of any. i I VALLEY -Several hemes are still ouar J an tilled in Valley account of scarlet ’ fever, M ss Eva Harrier, teacher at iion I Sun. who ca no home from her school for ' u visit, is tfc. . test victim. Miss i|ai < lar’d condition is not serious, t FRENCH PLAN OF FiGli INC SUBS TOLD Lacaze, Minister of Marine, Says It’s Foolish to Think Germany Does Not Know Them. NETS, MINES, BOATS USED ■■ ■ 1 ~ * Complete Air Patrol of French Coast Established—Nets Tell When Plunger Is Coming. Paris, May 28. (delayed)—Hear Ad miral Lacaze, the minister of marine, outlined the means of defense France had adopted against the undersea boats in the chamber of deputies tonight. “I see no reason why 1 should not speak of these methods ’’ said Admiral Lacaze. “It would be childish to think they are unknown to the enemy. They consist of a system of patrol boats, of arming merchantmen and fitting them with wireless, of seaplanes, nets, mines, sm<»ke raising* devices and dragnets." The minister said that France had | 552 patrol boats in service and expected j to increase the number to 900. fie also said the government had 1.200 dragnets, 170,500 curtain nets and 5.000 20-foot float nets which indicate the presence «'f submarines. Discussing the use of airplanes, he said: “We have organized seaplane posts ail around the coasts s< that the zone of action of each post joins that of its neighbor on either side. also have special bombs for submarines a fid up paratus to throw them. T “The gi ins we mounted on the patrol » boats have been referred to disdain fully, but you cannot nut 10-i entimeter guns on a small vessel. A i.atrol boat j on guard, armed with »r>-millimeter guns, met two submarines armed with lOIi-mifliineter guns, sank one and put the other to flight.” Paris, May '.8.—Deputy Jules Cels created a sensation in the chamber of deputies in the course of a discussion / on the interpellations concerning sub marine warfare by producing statistics showing that merchantmen aggregating 5,400,000 tons had been sunk since ibu beginning of 1015. The chamber wen into secret session. FALORSI SAYS ITALY < IS REALLY FIGHTING 1 Has Lost 200.000 rn Killec Captured and Disabled. Speaker Reveals. * Washington, May 28.—Italy is fight ing for the same iirincipies and ideals in this war that President Wilson laid down in his war address, said Vittorio Falorsi, attache of the lia na war mis sion in an address to the National Press club. "Some people say Italy is no< fighting in this war. Her total number of men under arms is 3,500,000. Her killed, to tally disabled and prisoners already reach 200,000 and slie is prepared to meet four times that loss if necessary." M. Falorsi said the pe< pie of the United States do not understand Italy, hut that the hope of the Italian mis sion is “to bring about a closer under- ( standing and affiliation between t'p- . A, two great countries." ONLY 30 JEWS LEFT OF 9,000 IN JAFFA Jerusalem Dispatch Shows Ar- | my of Civilians Expelled I by Turks. Copenhagen, May 2B. -The Jewish Rundeschau. of Berlin, a Zionist organ, has received a dispatch from Jerusalem confirming foreign reports of the eco nomic ruin of the Jewish population of Jaffa through compulsory evacuation. Between 8,000 and 0,000 Jewish resi dents of the town have been expelled by the Turks, only 30 being permit ted to remain. FIVE KILLEdTy TRAFN # WHEN !T HITS AUTO Akron, Ohio, May 28. -Five Akron young people, two girls and three men, were instantly killed at midnight at at Mantau near Ravena when their auto was struck by an Erie train. One man was injured. The dead: DAVID F. MUNSON •JAMES BARBER, Akron . MISS BUELAH SM1DRAFF, Wheel ing. W. Va. W. F-. VAN HORN. Akron. MAY HARRIS. Akron. The injured: Henry Rose, Akron. Parts of the auto were scattered for 1,000 feet along the track. SOCIALISTS SURPRISED; HOW CABLES PROTEST Stockholm (via London). May 28._ Leading members of the socialist in ternational conference expressed sur prise at the news that Secretary of State Lansing had refused passports ;o American delegates. James Eads How. the socalled “mil lionaire tramp” of America has sent a message ot protest*. Word lias been receive,j that the mod erate Russian socialists will serai dele gates. IMPORTANT PLACE OFFERED PROF. ROWE \ | Washington. D. f\. May j,r j • j K. Rowe, secretary of the international j high commission and prof*, ,,,- of ,)0 j litical science at the i niversity o* ! Pennsylvania, has been offered the as" | sistant secretaryship of the treasury in j charge of customs.