Nebraska Newspapers

    D. H. CRONIN. Publisher.
O’NEILL. NEBRASKA
An Interesting: chapter In railway
fclfitory is recalled by the statement of
{he chairman of the City & South Lon
fton railway that this line would have
(een reconstructed if it had not been
for the war. The City & South Lon
don enjoys the dual distinction of be
fcig the first underground electric rail
way and the first “tube" railway In
the world. The tunnels of the later
Ntubes" are of larger diameter, and the
•mall size of the South London for
bids the utilization of modern rolling
•took. The scheme of reconstruction
provides for an increase in the dlam
•ter of the tunnels, thus enabling larg
er carriages to be used.
The statement has been made by a
representative of the government that
6.000. 000 tons of coarse and grassy hay
will he required within the year In the
production of a filler In the manufac
ture of high explosives. This hay Is
thoroughly macerated, and 20 per cent.
Of the bulk of explosive Is said to be
made of the resultant fiber, replacing
the cotton formerly used. There are
many places where such coarse hay
suitable for feed is difficult to pro
duce.
In the early days of Its history the
earth grew rapidly by the addition of
meteoric matter. It Is still growing In
tse same manner, though scarcely to
an appreciable extent, for the mass qf
meteoric matter added yearly Is reck
oned to be only 20,000 tons. In the
course of ages larger planets have
•wept up practically all the fragment*
of the original disruption and the only
available source of supply of meteoric
matter seems to he that brought, by the
comets.
At a religious meeting in Pennsyl
vania a youth asked the prayers of the
pastor and people In order that he
might become redheaded. It seems
that his hair was of a yellowish-whit*
shade, that was no color at all. He
had heard the redheads were good
scrappers, and he was praying the
Lord to give him red hair so that ho
might go forth and fight the kaiser.
Work in three coal mines at O’Fallon,
111., employing 450 men was stopped the
other day following the receipt of a tel
egram by one miner from his mother
inlaw, a spiritualist, who gave a warn
ing she declared she had received from
her dead husband. The message was
received from Kansas City, and assert
ed an accident would befall the miners
If they went to work.
Experiments are being made in Trim
load, British West Indies, with a min
eral oil substitute for coal fuel on the
railways. The legislative council has
appropriated $24,000 for this purpose,
and if the tests are satisfactory further
sums will probably be forthcoming. It
1b reported that Trinidad’s output of
crude oil in 1017 amounted to 55,980,914
gallons.
An interesting fact about the work on
the grading of the railroad being done
at Boone, N. C„ Is that Capt. W. M.
Hodges, an ex-confederate soldier, now
86 years old, is putting in 10 hours
every day with his mattock on the
work, and this not because he needs
to but to show his deep Interest in get
ting the road completed to his county
scat.
Science recognizes only seven colors,
called primary, the colors of the rain
bow as follows: Violet, indigo, blue,
green, yellow, orange and red. White Is
a biend of all of these, as appears in
white sunlight, and black is the de
privation or absence of all. They are
colors in a popular sense, but not In a
scientific sense.
Although he was “buried" three years
»go with full rites attended by the
fraternal society to which lie belonged,
Joe Pappan, of Kenosha, Wls., Is now
•uperlntendent of a tannery In San
Francisco. When a body was taken
from the lake in Kenosha in 1916, it was
identified as that of I’appan and buried
as such.
A New York merchant who died re
cently, willed $100,000 to institutions
controlled by the French government
for the relief of blind and crippled
French soldiers, "victims of the crimi
nal war imposed by one man, the bar
barous German emperor, William If
for the satisfaction of his own ambi
tions."
The American lied Cross authorities
state that approximately 14,000 nurses
may be called into war service in the
next 18 months. More than 12,000 of
this number are already enrolled in
the Bed Cross. It Is estimated that
14,000 nurses can care for an army of
nearly 2,000,000 men in the field.
Paper, as we know that article today,
was brought from Asia to Europe by
the Arabians. In China paper had
been manufactured from an ancient
period from silk. When Samarcand
vaa conquered by the Arabians they
employed cotton in the place of silk
In paper making.
Oliver Stough, America’s oldest liv
ing Elk, led the hall given in honor of
tlie 100th anniversary of his birth at
San Diego. Stough fought In the Mex
ican war, the civil war and Indian
wars. He was born In Fayette county
Pa., and went to San Diego 35 years
ago.
The pupils of the Sumner avenue
echool in Springfield, Mass., ary the
proud possessors of a $100 I-iberty bond
purchased with money raised by the
sale of old rubber. The children col
lected about a ton of rubber which was
transformed into cash.
Hundreds of women of the British
army auxiliary corps are working in
France, some in the bases and others
In country quarters near base towns
Uniforms, khaki coat frock, with
etockings and shoes, are provided
free.
The war lias created a great boom
In the fishing industry cf the British
isles. Some of the old fishing skippers
are said to have paid taxes tills year
on incomes amounting to $35,000 and
more.
General Pershing served in the Span
ish war with the 10th cavalry in the
agantiago campaign. Cuba, in 1898. He
jggferward fought in the Philippines
fir the Moro insurrection.
As aivonsequence, it is charged, of
wilful mllKtatement of ages, the num
ber of woiuen in the British census
groups age 20 to 25 and 25 to 30, are
disproportionately high.
A cattle trail is |o be built in British
Guiana by the ament, leading
from the Annal Sutji^ia on the P.u
pununl river to the l“%kuii Savanna,
a distance of 120 miles. TS
A group of retail grocers Hn Van
couver. B. C, recently conducted a
campaign of ad jerlislnt' to educate the
public to the desirability cf using
whale meat.
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NEBRASKA PROFESSORS
ARE PREPARED TO QUIT
Make Little or No Comment on
Hearing' and Action of
Board of Regents.
Linc oln. Neb., June 22.—Neither Pro
fessor Luc-key nor Professor Hopt,
whose resignations were demanded by
the board of university regents be
cause of indiscreet acts and utterances
on the war and for failure to aid in
preserving unity in the faculty, have
anything to say about their deposition.
Both attended to their class work and
made ready to quit at once. Professor
Persinger made the following state
ment:
"I have no fault whatever to find
with either the decision or the state
ment of the board of regents so far as
they relate to myself. 1 am sorry,
however, that the board felt it neces
sary to drag In Professor Fling and
Mrs. Englund for 1 feel that both acted
from sincere and patriotic motives In
all that they did and said.
“1 have already quit my university
work, and will to Table Rook, to look
I after ..orcharding interests to which I
am glad to be able to devote all my
time.''
Professor Fling is now in Washing
ton serving as a member, with the
rank of major, of a committee that is
arranging historical material in con
nection with the war records. The
finding that he must satisfactorily ex
plain his conduct was based on the
fact that the state council of defense,
the prosecutor, relied upon a number
of statements he made to them with re
spect to the attitude of professors at
the university in antagonism of the
war, but when he was called as a wit
ness he said he had to go at once to
Washington and wrote out a state
ment saying that personally he knew of
no"haltlng Americanism" on the part of
uny professor.
N. R. Persinger, fothe of Professor
Persinger, was a regent back in 1882,
and at a hearing voted to expel three
instructors for holding unorthodox re
ligious views.
HOOPER PEOPLE GAVE
TO THE GERMAN FUND
Hooper, Neb., June 22.—Two drafts
were sent through the First National
bank of Hooper during 1915 to Count
von Bernstorff. German ambassador at
Washington, D. C., for the purpose of
adding to the fund collected In America
for the relief of “widows and orphans
who were victims of the war in Ger
many." The first draft went forward
May 10, 1915, and the second September
30, 1915. The first represented the sum
of $751 and. the second $12.
Uerman-Amcrican residents of Dodge
county were the contributors, all of
whom were led to believe the money
would be sent to Germany for the pur
poses set forth in a preamble regarding
the need of relief work among German
war victims.
Indorsement on the draft for the
larger amount shows that It was
turned by Bernstorff to Dr. Dernburg.
head of the organization that spread
German propaganda in America. Dern
burg cashed the draft with Kuhn. Loeb
& Co., New York city. The second
draft for $12 was cashed by the am
bassador himself.
There were over 200 contributors to
the fund. They were solicited by a com
mittee consisting of John Hebebrand,
H. G. Meyer, Casper Moeller, Herman
Bacher, Louis Stroll, sr.. John F. Hoye,
Rev. Mr. Sehroeder and Emil Boell, all
residents of Hooper.
MUST FILE FOR THE
PRIMARY BY JULY 20
Lincoln, Neb., June 22.—According
to a ruling made by Deputy Attorney
General Roe, answering an inquiry
from C. A. Kingsbury, attorney for
Dixon county, all persons who desire
to lile for office In the primary on
August 20 must have their applica
tions and papers on tile with the
proper officers on or before July 20.
The law says that the filing must be
made at least 30 days before the day
of the primary. A supreme court de
cision. made 14 years ago, holds that
where the law said "at least eight days
before an election" the proper method
of computation is to exclude the day
of filing and include the day of elec
tion.
Mr. Roe modestly waives aside the
decision of the court, and adopts the
dissenting opinion of Judge Barnes to
the effect that a law that says "at
least so many days before an elec
tion" means before election day and
therefore election day cannot b in
cluded.
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NEBRASKA TRAINS ARE
ORDERED CUT OFF
Lincoln, Net)., June 22.-—The state
railway commission, complying with a
request of the federal government but
declaring that no material savings in
either men or coal will be made, has
ordered the discontinuance of 14 trains
on branch lines of tlie Union Pacific
in northeastern and north central Ne
braska.
Trains running each way daily be
tween tlie following points are ordered
discontinued: Columbus and Albion,
Lincoln and Beatrice, Lincoln and
Central City, Genoa and Spalding.
Grand Island and Ord, and Kearney
and Stapleton. This leaves each branch
with one passenger train and one
mixed train each way daily. Sunday
service by steam trains that now run
daily except Sunday is provided for
in the order. Most of the trains dis
continued are gasoline motors.^
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ATTEMPTED TO SECURE
LARGE SUM OF MONEY
Lincoln. Neb., June 22.—Two men,
one of whom is alleged to have rep
resented himself lo lie a "near relative
of Provost Marshal General Crowder,"
are under arrest on suspicion of Mov
ing attempted to obtain illegally $00.
500 from Jacob Wirthele. a wealthy
farmer living near Burr, Neb.
Wirthele said that tie came to Lin
coln after one of the two men hat
promised to use "his influence" in se
curing deferred classification for Wir
thele's two sons. While here Wirthele
became involved in a stock deal in
which tlie suspected attempt to pro
cure his money was made, according
to Sheriff L. A. Simmons, of Lincoln.
Both suspects gave fictitious names,
the sheriff said.
EMERSON BOY LOSES
FOOT AT CAMP CODY
Pender, Neb.. June 22. — Arthur
Mosctnan, son of John Mos.eman. of
Kmerson, Nch.. part owner of a chain
of grain elevators, with headquarters
at Pender, suffered the amputation of
one foot as a result ( f an accident at
Camp Cody, N. M„ where he is a mem
ber of a.n artillery regiment, a cording
to a met'sage received lu re by Ills
father. Iv'aiis cf the recicb it were
not .•unla'nej in the metrage and how
it tcurrea is not anew a t_» ,i.e boy's
earcius
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AUTOMOBILE THIEF
OPERATES AT OSMOND
Doctor’s Car Is Taken From
Garage While the Neighbors
Look on Ignorant of Theft.
Osmond, Nob,, June 22.—Dr. Paul
Becker's new car was stolen from his
garage Monday night. He had just put
It in about 11 o'clock, and a neighbor
saw the car taken out about 12 o'clock,
but thought It was the doctor, so said
nothing. The car was not missed un
til noon Tuesday. The sheriff was no
tified, but no trace has been found of
the car so far. Two other cars were
setting in a neighbor's yard two blocks
from there and the switch keys were
taken from them.
NEBRASKA EAGLES HAVE
NEW SET OF OFFICERS
Fremont, Neb., June 22. George F.
Freeman, of Beatrice, was elected
president of the Nebraska Eagles at
the convention session here. Other
officers are: Worthy vice president,
Andrew P. Moran, Nebraska City:
worthy chaplain, W. M. Barclay,
Plattsmouth; secretary, M. V. Avery,
Norfolk; treasurer, Fred G. Mowre,
Omaha; Inside guard. William Stan
hro, Syracuse; outside guard, A. L.
Hibbard, Hastings;' conductor, S. A.
Borkowski, Fremont; trustees, G. F.
Heschorner, Lincoln; E. B. Decker,
North Bend, and P. .1. McCaffery, Co
lumbus. The selection of the meet
ing place for next year was left to the
executive committee. Total registra
tion of delegates was 75. The conven
tion closed this evening with a buffet
iunch and smoker.
CONTINUES SEARCH
FOR PREACHER HUSBAND
Omaha. Neb.. June 22.—Mysteriously
missing for nearly a year. Rev. H. W.
Cox. Methodist preacher of Lexington,
Neb., lias been sought in vain by his
wife. The only daughter of the couple
is dead, and two little grandchildren
have been taken by the grandmother
to the Lexington home.
Mrs. Ida V. Cox does not doubt her
husband. Her faith in him has never
wavered. She has worked hard since
her husband dropped out of sight, and
has kept her home together. But she
does not know whether he is dead or
alive. If he is dead she is entitled to
$5,000 of life insurance which he car
ried.
RECOVER BODY OF
FREMONT SUICIDE
Fremont, Neb., June 22.—The body
of Fred Rhode, who committed suicide
by jumping in a lake here early yes
terday, was recovered by searchers.
The young man had attended a party
at the lake the night before tile
tragedy and appeared to be in the best
of spirits.
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TWO LAUREL GUN MEN
Hartington, Neb., June 22.- Parker
and Francis, the men being held in the
county jail here for the part they took
In the shooting affair at Laurel last
Friday morning when Harold Crown
over and Dr. Saekett were killed, are
doing well and are expected to re
cover. Parker was wounded in both
legs and the bullets have not yet been
located, but physicians believe they will
not be forced to amputate. Francis’
wound Is in one hand and it is possible
two of his fingers may have to be
amputated.
When Parker was arrested lie bad a
gun in his possession, but it was empty.
He was too weak to put up re
sistance. Francis was not in a fighting
mood either. He had no gun, but is be
lieved to have thrown one away in his
flight from the scene of the shooting.
Authorities here and at Laurel are
of the belief now there was no third
man in the party, despite the claims
of the two men that there was an
other, and that he was the one who did
the shooting.
Parker is known at Laurel, where he
worked for ”!t .farmer last year, but
prior to that and since that time noth
ing is known of him.
Francis claims to have worked in
Sioux City, Omaha, Council Bluffs, and
other places.
The preliminary hearing of the two
men is to be held next Monday morn
ing. It Is expected they will be charged
with first degree murder.
PLATTSMOUTH—Peter Antos went to
St. Joseph and there securing two suit
cases of whisky, returned to this place,
but purchased his ticket to Maynard,
which is four miles south of here. Sheriff
Quinton, being notified, was at the station
when the train stopped and brought the
young mail to this city in his car. An
other car in waiting drove away when Its
occupants observed the sheriff. Before
Judge M. Archer tile young mail received
a sentence of $100 and the state took the
booze.
BEATRICE — Lieut. Hugh Daniel
Schultz, of Company H, Twenty-first
United States infantry, through Ills at
torneys. filed a petition In the Gage
county district court today asking for
permission to change his name to Hugh
Selton.
KEARNEY—Andy Moran and J. C. Vin
cent. both employes of the Windsor hotel,
were fined $200 and costs each for having
intoxicating liquor In their possession and
bootlegging. Their arrest was brought
about when the Windsor hotei was raided.
OMAHA—General Manager Rawson, of
ihe American Railroad Express company,
the government's merger, arrives from
Chicago next .Monday and takes offices
in the Union Pacific building.
HUGE APPROPRIATION
BILL IS REVISED
Washington, D. C., June 20.—Revis
ion of the $12,000,000,000 army appro
priation bill was completed today by
a Senate military sub-committee. The
bill will lie submitted tomorrow to the
full committees in an effort to bring
it before the Senate early next week.
Few additional appropriations and no
reductions were recommended by the
sub-committee, but It added as amend
ments a number of minor army bills
pending before the .Senate and House
in various stages of incompletion.
DON COSSACKS DRIVE
OUT ALL NEW COMERS
Moscow. Tuesday, June 11.—Since
taking over control of the Don region,
tlie Don Cossacks under the leader
ship of General Krasnoff have begun
the expulsion of all new settlers as well
rs Jews. The Cossacks have long re
sented settlement by n^w comers in the
Don region and lights between the two
parties Lave taken place.
Ail Cossacks between the ages of 15
and £■: are engaged in the crusade to
expel new ccmetiL
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PURGE UNIVERSITY
OF ALL DISLOYALTY
Hearing of Professors Results
In Discharges—Informers
Must Make Explanation.
LL coin. Neb., June 21.—At midnight
last night the regents of the University
of Nebraska handed in a verdict hold
ing that the charges of disloyalty
against accused professors had not
been proved. The board finds, how
ever, that Dean Luckfry. of ttie depart
ment of education, and Professor Per
singer, of the department of American
history, were guilty of indiscreet acts
and utterances at the time America
entered the war, of a nature that in
volved themselves ami the university
in public criticisms and that these, to
gether with their failure to recognize
the need of unity in the university,
has destroyed their usefulness. Their
resignations, together with that of Pro
fessor Hopt, of the farm college, a Dun
kard and conscientious objector, arc
demanded.
The sensational part of the finding
and one insisted upon by members of
tlie board before agreeing to the dismis
sal named, is that the prosecution and
the public have been misled by dis—
sensions between members of the staff
and been deceived by unfounded sus
picions against loyal instructors and
requires Professor Fling, head of the
department of European history, and
Mrs. Minnie T. England, an instructor,
to make satisfactory explanations to
the board or their connection with the
university will cease. Fling is now
a major in the history record service
in Washington. He and Mrs. England
carried many stories of university con
ditions to the state council of defense,
the prosecutor, and when on the wit
ness stand failed to give direct testi
mony.
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LINCOLN—Two affidavits have been
filed with the state attorney general and
the United States district attorney here
by leaders of the nonpartisan organization
in Nebraska demanding redress from the
state and federal authorities for diffi
culties the league has experienced in Ne
braska and calling attention to the con
stitutional rights of free speech and as
sembly. In both documents It is demanded
federal authorities make full investigation
and do justice to all concerned.
FALLS CITY—Mrs. A. Horseman, of
Falls City, Is mystified by the appear
ance of a veiled woman dressed in white
who sent her by a messenger boy a pack
age which was found to contain $200 in
bills. Jt is believed the money represented
a "conscience” fund, a like sum having
been taken from her husband’s store dur
ing a robbery several years ago.
FOUR SPY SUSPECTS
ARE UNDER ARREST
Had Blue Prints of Munitions
Works, Etc.—Planned to Sell
Them In Mexico.
New York, June 19.—Three men and
a woman were taken into custody yes
terday and accused of stealing from
munitions plants throughout the coun
try plans and blueprints valuable to
the American and allied governments.
They were charged with violating the
espionage act.
(!us L. Lindquist, a draughtsman:
Leo Burt, a stationary engineer, and
Franz Strohmier, said to be an enemy
alien, were the names of the three men
as given by the authorities.
Government officials would not
identify the woman, who was brought
here from Worcester, Mass. The men
were arrested here.
Lindquist is reported to have said
he was going to Mexico to sell his booty
to German agents.
According to the authorities, both
Lindquist and Burt admit the thefts, ]
which has covered a period of four
years. The men are charged with get
ting employment in airplane, munitions
and arms factories, working in them
for a short time and suddenly decamp
ing with the stolen plans.
The prisoners admitted they had
made working drawings of the Brown
ing heavy machine gun, French air
plane motors, airplane parts, gun sights
and time fuses. They offered no ex
planation of their possession of vir
tually all the important parts of a
Browning gun. _
PRIMARY ELECTION
WASABiTJER FIGHT
Interest In Minnesota Contests
Brought Out Unusually
Large Vote.
St. Paul, Minn., June 19.—The bit
terness of the struggle between non
partisan league and republican can
didates for success at the state wide
primary election last Monday has been
reflecU'd by the record breaking vote.
In 1916 the primary vote was 168,308.
Available returns from 2,279 of 3,119
precincts give a total of 285.678 votes.
Governor .1. A, A. Burnquist leads his
opponent, Charles A. Lindbergh, in the
race by more than 50,000. The latest
figures, representing 2,229 precincts out
of 3,119 in the state and including 27
complete counties give Burnquist, 167,
923: Lindbergh, 117.755.
The lead of Judge W. L. Comstock
of Mankato, over Fred E. Wheaton, of
Minneapolis for the democratic nomin
ation for governor was further reduced
by early returns today showing the
Mankato candidate only 1.253 ahead.
Reports from 1,358 precincts gave Com
stock 12.207 and .Wheaton, 10.949.
War conditions have cut off our sup
ply of digitalis, and we are obliged to
turn to our resources for the drug.
Tinctures made from the wild species—
foxglove—common in Washington and
Oregon—compare favorably with those
made from the imported article.
MAN MASQUERADED AS
ANOTHER'S WIFE
Ties Moines, la., Juno 19.—Police are
puzzled to learn that the woman who
was arrested in lies Moines son»
weeks ago and who later told federal
authorities that her husband, Louis
Menseh. was a slacker, is not a woman
at all but a man who dresser in female
attire and wears false hair and veil.
Just what “her" aim Is the police are
not informed. Both Menseh aqd "wife"
came to Iowa from Humboldt, £. b>.
FARMERS INSIST ON
RIGHT TO ORGANIZE
Residents of Saunders County
Appeal to Governor and
Attorney General.
Lincoln, Neb., June 20.—Petitions in
boots by Saunders county farmers
were presented to the governor and at
torney general Monday afternoon.
They came to complain against the
chairman of the county council of de
fense, E. E. Placek, and another mem
ber, Dr. Weber, in refusing to permit
them to meet at Wahoo Friday eve
ning, and organize a stock corporation
to publish a newspaper and decide
upon a county ticket. They said they
met as nonpartisans and citizens, and
not as members of the Nonpartisan
league, but on the ground that most
of them were members of the league
and that the league bad been inter
dicted from holding any meetings, the
man who organized the corporation
was ordered to leave town at once and
the meeting was broken up.
They demanded to know if the law
fully constituted authorities of the
state could not protect them in the
exercise of their rights. The governor
told them that it was physically im
possible for him to guarantee protec
tion for any meetings of the Non
partisan league. The fact that national
leaders had been arrested and con
victed of various forms of sedition,
that the league had circulated seditious
literature in the state that had only
been withdrawn after the leaders said
it had served its purpose and because
of the character of the organizers, had
convinced the people of thea^^ite that
the league should not hold any meet
ings, and that if they attempted it mob
violence would ensue.
He said that the farmers were within
their rights in holding meetings to or
ganize private business enterprises and
to take . political action, and that if
they made it plain that they were
meeting as citizens and not as mem
bers of the league he felt sure the
people of Wahoo would not interpose
any obstacle. He said that lie could
not remove Mr. Placek because he was
elected by Saunders county people.
TWO NEBRASKANS HELD
ON SERIOUS CHARGES
Omaha. Neb., June 18.—Edward J.
Tully, a former Omaha boy,' is under
arrest in Philadelphia, charged with
attempting to sell to German agents the
governmejit’.s concrete ship plans. It
is charged he had negotiated to sell
them to Steve Krajicek, a former
Omaha and West Point, Neb., man
who is said to be a native of Bohemia.
Voung Tully’s father is a laborer
here. The young man is 22 years old
and was employed us a draftsman for
a concrete concern till a few months
ago when he went east and accepted
a position with the government fleet
corporation.
His arrest was occasioned by the
arrest of Krajicek in New Orleans.
Krajicek's arrest and search of his
personal belongings disclosed corres
pondence with Tully. A search of
Tully’s room in Philadelphia disclosed
other correspondence and the fact he
had been offered a large sum for a
set of the government's blue prints
of concrete construction. One of the
two existing sets of these blue prints
v/as also found in his room.
His father, interviewed on the sub
ject, said he believes the son innocent
of the charge of attempting to dis
pose of the plans to German agents.
He believes the son had taken the
plans to his room to better study them,
as had been his custom in Omaha
while employed by the concrete con
cern.
PROFITEERS ARE BUYING
BLACK WALNUT LOGS
Lincoln, Neb., June 20.—Owners of
walnut timber are warned by Prof. R.
F. Howard, head of the department of
horticulture of the state university,
against persons giving out the impres
sion that they are government agents
and buying up walnut trees. The pro
fessor indicates that already war prof
iteers are at work in the walnut section
of the state. He says that walnut
worth $75 to $175 per 1,000 board feet
has been bought up for $30 per 1,000.
It is understood that the federal gov
ernment has no agents out buying wal
nut timber. Nebraska is making a val
uable contribution to the war in the
way of walnut. The eastern third of
the state has already produced hun
dreds of car loads. With the advent of
the war the demand for walnut has
increased tremendously. Trees 12 or
more inches in diameter are in big de
mand. and Nebraska soon will be
stripped of this kind of timber. Pro
fessor Howard advises the owners of
black walnut to get in touch with the
purchasing division, Emergency Fleet
Corporation, Washington. D. C. By do
ing this they will be able to head off
the profiteers.
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POTASH LEASES ARE
STILL BOTHERSOME
Lincoln, Neb,. June 20.—The state
board of educational lands and funds
has adopted a resolution asking all
holders of agricultural leases whether
they will permit the state to enter
upon the land and develop the mineral
resources. The supreme court recently
held that the holders of such leases
have no right to the minerals on the
land and cannot remove it. The dis
trict court later held that no lease
can be issued by the state to develop
these mineral resources unless it Is
given to the holder ct the agricultural
lease. The state now desires to know
just what position the leaseholders will
take.
The board ordered the attorney gen
eral to appeal from the decision of the
district court, on the grourd that if
competition in potash is to be elimin
ated, the sooner the state knows it the
better it will be able to say what to
do about the development.
NEBRASKA WOMAN TO
SEEK SHERIFF’S OFFICE
Butte, Neb.', June 18.—What Is un
doubtedly tfie first case in Nebraska
of a woman filing for the office of
sheriff, took place when Mrs. Clare
M. Christiansen, of Monovvi, filed the
necessary papers which will put her
name on’ the list as a republican can
didate for sheriff of Boyd county. Mrs,
Christiansen is a school teacher.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
INITIATE CLASS OF 1C4
Emerson. Neb.. June 20.—Emerson
Council No. 1309, Knights of Columbus,
initiated a class of 104 new members
Sunday. An interesting program was
carried out during the day, which con
c'.uded with a banquet, E. II. Whelan,
district deputy, of O'Neill, Neb., being
toastmaster. Father Burke celebrated
high mass at 10 o'clock in the morning
at Sacred Heart church, and Rev.
Christopher Murphy, president of Tri
mly college. Sioux City, delivered the
address to the initiates.
SIX MONTHS TO TELL
STORY DUNMORE SAYS
Noted Britisher Declares That
Tide Will Turn Against
Huns This Year.
Chicago. June 21.—"Germany has six
months to achieve a decision.” Bord
Dunmore, of Kngland, told Chicagoans
today, "if she does not win in that time
she is inevitably beaten. The situation
now is very grave, but the balance
every day is moving to our side as
American troops pour in.
"We may expect continuous fighting
throughout the summer,” Bord Dun
more said, "and Germany may make
some gains. But 1 feel we shall lie able
to keep them from gaining their ob
jectives.”
Bord Dunmore expects the enemy's,
great offensive this year along the
Somme or between the Somme and Mt„
Kemmel.
AUSTRIAN FAILURE
Some Observers Believe Ger
many Would Not Greatly Re
gret Loss of Her Ally—
New Peace Move Soon.
BY K. WALTER.
By Reciprocal News Service.
London, June 21.—The Austrian fail
ure has brought the end of the war
several months nearer. If it is com
plete, as it now seems, and the Ital
ians are able to make an effective
counter offensive the collapse of Aus
tria may be in sight.
Rut in well informed quarters here
It is not considered that this would
radically affect Germany's military
situation. In some ways it would
strengthen it. Austria has been a drag
on Germany's wheel for many months
and the kaiser’s government is well
prepared to take .every advantage
which could be got out of the com
plicated international situation which
these events might'produce.
Not Big Loss to Germany.
Italy is pledged not to make a sep
arate peace with Austria. Austria on
her part could not even negotiate an
armistice unless it served Germany’s
purpose to permit her to do so. tinder
no. circumstances would the failure of
Austria be such a loss to Germany as
the collapse of Russia was to the allies
unless the German people were stirred
by new democratic forces.
German Austria is already attached
to Prussia by sentiment and by a joint
distribution of food supplies. Ger
many might find it to her advantage to
annex this part of Austria to the im
perial federation and let the rest take
its own chances with the Poles,
Czechs and Jugo-Slavs.
Would Not Split Swag.
With the rich prospect of exploita
tion in the east, Germany can well af
ford to abandon her original scheme
for a German Middle-Burope extending
through Austria and Turkey to the
Persian gulf. There is good evidence
in recent German newspapers that she
is fighting in the west for a free hand
in the east and she has no desire to
share the exploitation of Russia with
Austria.
A definite peace offer on these lines,
is anticipated here, if it has not al
ready been made. There is a group
outside government circles here, among
whom may be counted Lord Lansdowne
and'Lord Buckmaster, who do not con
sider that the allies are under any ob
ligation to the Russian people. Ger
many knows this and would play for
their support for negotiations on that
basis. But this group is not likely to
be able to form a solid opposition to the
Lloyd George government.
EMPEROR'S CHALLENGE
STIRS GERMAN PRESS
Munich Post Says Anglo-Saxon
Races Strong Enough for
‘ Battle to Death.”
Geneva, .Tune 21.—Several German
newspapers openly attack the speech
made by Emperor William at German
great headquarters on the occasion of
his anniversary.
The Post of Munich says that the
feast could have been celebrated by a
measure of clemency and humanity
instead of with a speech of warlike
tenor against England without con
taining words of thanks to his own
people. The paper concludes that the
Anglo-Saxon races are powerful
enough to accept the emperor's chal
lenge.
GERMAN NEWSPAPERS IN
CHICAGO TO SUSPEND
Chicago. .Tune 21.—The Illinois
Staats Zeitung, morning German lung-_
uage newspaper here, today carries tin
announcement of suspension of publi
cation and its affiliated evening paper,
the Chicago Presse, until further no
tice. The Staats Zeitung was estab- |
lished about 73 years ago.
' The paper has been losing, losing
and losing and will now suspend until
the liabilities can be paid." said Judge 1
John Stelck, the proprietor. "It is pos
sible that it may be sold to an indi
vidual whom I will meet tomorrow.
"You know a German hardly dares
any more to read a German paper in
the street cars. And advertisers don't
like to give their business.”
Miss Eva Fenton, who organized the
women workers in Britain's munition
factories, has been asked by the Ameri
can government to undertake the same
work in litis country.
13 PER CENT OF FIGHTS
WITH U-BOATS SUCCEED
Washington, D. C., Juno 21—Thirteen
per cent of those attacks on German
U-boats during the last three months
given official cognizance by the navy
department have been "successful” the
department reported today. Only
those attacks occurring under the di
rect observation of officers or men
connected with the naval service are
accepted,,it was stated.