THE O’NEiLL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O’NEILL.NEBRASKA
The sheep of the western islands of
Scotland aro almost as stylish as the
flogs that ride in automobiles on our
Own Fifth avenue in New York city.
The canine aristocrats have occasional
cavities In their teeth filled with gold,
but the Scottish sheep have their en
tire set gold plated before they have
any chance to decay. The gold piat
tng is due to gold dust in the soil.
As early as 1538 Hector Boece, bishop
of Aberdeen, speaks of the remarkable
appearance of tho sheep that roam
"tho golden mountain” in central Aber
deenshire. Their wool is yellow', their
flesh is red, flocked as it were with
Baffron, and their teeth ate the hue of
flold, he says.
A shabbily dressed little woman en
tered the State Savings bank at Oak
land. Cal., and made her iirkt payment
on a $60 Liberty bond. "My husband
and 1 have only one pair of glasses be
tween us and this money was to have
bought another pair,” she said as she
tendered tho deposit. "I don't read
much more, for my husband feels that
be needs the glasses during the day
While ho is at work, and at night he
likes to look over the paper. He tells
Se the news, though, and I can see
at we all have to get in and help If
We want to win."
The period of enlistment in the regu
lar naval service is ordinarily four
years; at present it is or the duration
of the war. The period of enrollment
In the naval reserves is four years, but
members are called Into active service
only in a national emergency such aa
this war. In times of peace members
are only called to perform three
months' service at sea during four
years, in order that they may keep In
touoh with ship routine, drills, regu
lations, etc.
Babies are the most popular things in
Bartlesville, Okla., according to Mrs. C.
L. Kellam, matron of the Provident as
sociation. Recently she had a baby
under her charge to adopt. She an
nounced it in the local paper. The
next day five women were on hand
at her office at 8 o’clock. They passed
the entire morning at her office, argu
ing as to which one should get the
child. During the day moro than 100
telephone calls were made of Mrs.
Kellam, wanting particulars about
the baby.
Watchful officials cn Peaks island.
Me., discovered Intermittent (lashes of
light from one of the cottages. The
Investigators decided they could de
cipher part of tho code and Anally
palded the cottage. The owmer seemed
entirely taken by surprise and shortly
explained the mystoSious Hashes by
ehowing how the wind had played
through an open window with the cur
tain, now causing the light to show and
again cutting it off.
As a fair illustration of tho rabbit
Ct in certain portions of New Zea
d, and especially in the drier sec
tions of the South island, it is stated
that on tlio estate lately taken over by
the New Zealand government, compris
ing 12,446 acres of freehold and pas
toral run of 18,260 acres, there were
killed or captured about 120,000 rabbits
in order to clear up the property so as
to make it suitable for the location ol
returned soldiers.
It Is believed that nearly 80 per cent
of Canada is still undiscovered, and il
Indian reports are to be believed, there
Is In the basin of the Mackenzie rlvei
one of the largest areas of possible oil
bearing country on tho face of th<
earth. The Indians report the exis
tence of lakes 100 miles long In You
kon that no white man has ever seen,
while even the Indians apparently
know nothing of the as yet untrodden
Mackenzie mountains.
By the Cleveland. Ohio, council ol
defense a method of Impressing on im
migrants the reasons why America is a
bettor place to live than the country
Of their birth, lias been discovered.
Prizes of Thrift stamps were offered
to school children for the best essays on
“Why My Parents Came to America."
Prizes ranged from a singlo stamp to
$5 worth, wnd 1,920 essays were turned
In.
A tracer sent to locate the old fash
ioned man who wore a peachstone
watch charm, reports from Clearfield,
Pa.: “Located my man. He also car
ries a Combination pen. pencil, tooth
pick and rubber stamp. Any instruc
tions?” Certainly; draw for expense
money and hunt for the old fashioned
woman who used to grease the pan
cak« griddle with a pork rind.
The custom of dressing for dinner
was handed down to us from the Ho
mans, who put on a loose robe of lighl
.texture, and generally white, before
going to the most important meal of the
day. Instances are recorded where 11
was kept in readiness for guests who
came from a distance and had had nc
opportunity of dressing before arrival
The first United States 20-cent coins
to be put in circulation in LaCrosse,
tVIs., for more than a quarter of a cen
tury were reported by A. A. Mosher, a
barber. An unknown customer ob
tained a hair cut and paid 10c for it
with two 20 cent pieces which long ago
were discontinued by the government,
Grandmother Myers, of Greenburg,
Pa., in her 07th year, lias changed hei
mind about the kaiser. She used to b<;
an ardent admirer of the emperor, and
proudly displayed his picture in hei
parlor. But now the picture lias beer
removed and she Is hoping that the
kaieer will he dethroned.
The Hev. Antoine'te Brown Black
well, the first woman preacher in
America, and a pioneer of the equal
luff race movement, recently celebrated
per third birthday anniversary at hei
homo in KHzabelh. N. J. She was or
dained more than 50 years ago.
t — -mIt .is. estimated that Australia hat
cows enough to give each man, woman
and child in the inland continent throe
each, while Argentina can do even bel
ter. There urc live cattle to each in
habitant in the big South American re
public.
It is now proposed to use a rubbei
sponge molded to fir the Inside of in
casing, and in this manner produce .
punctur . proof tiro. The car still r.d •
cn air. cut lids air is confined in .n
numerable little sacks.
The shipments of Siamese product,
to the United Sia-CM for 1917 amount.-.
In value to on’ $1.-0,079, against $1 -
252 ill 3910. end $-12-1.122 In 1913. Tie
decrease e . be accounted for prin
cipal! ■ to t: continued transshippim
difficult:, r at the British ports c
liong-Kyr and S'nc-aaore.
In Fra-.’e the etc ; a of absinth, tb.
banned i r- » v being conve-rtec
- into infirm.- ■ for cxplos ves at a o
operative <r. ilWv at Poa:-.i>o, whirl
Las i- on . . : 'car rtcohol . ,
traded l lu t . . • to jv. rnnt. n
espivtftv: let . . ■ V. ■' its; .- ‘t test-1 U
the tu.,f ... i o
RAIL COMMISSION
DEFIES MR. M'ADOO
Nebraska Body Refuses to Per.
mit Increase In Express
Rates In That State.
Lincoln, Neb., June 29.—The state
railway commission has flung down
the gauntlet to the director general of
railroads, and peremptorily declined to
agree to an Increase in express rates
in the state. Nebraska is one of five
states that have not put into effect in
the state the zone rate schedule of ex
press tariffs approved by the Inter
State Commerce commission, because
those are 25 per cent higher. The
commission took testimony on an ap
plication of the companies for the in
crease, but it was never finished be
cause the companies indefinitely post
poned hearings. In that case the state
showed there was no ground for the
Increase demanded.
Wednesday the director general
wired the commission saying that he
had the powtpr to put Into effect state
rates, but he preferred to have the
commission do It. Me desired to have
them uniform the country over. Would
the commission oblige? The com
mission will not. Instead it wired that
It was willing to go on with the hear
ing of the companies’ application or a
new' one, but that it would not con
sent to any Increase without a show
ing sufficient to Justify an increase.
Further It does not believe it can law
fully intrastate with the inter State
commission. Nebraska rates are 25
pier cent lower than most other states.
The director general proposes to put
these on the same level as other states
and then raise them all 10 per cent.
If he does it it will be without the ap
proval of the Nebraska commission
and over its p»rotest.
BANK ASSESSMENTS CAUSE
TROUBLE IN NEBRA8KA
Lincoln, Neb, June 29.—Members of
tho state board of assessment staged
a warm little row Wednesday, when a
special meeting Was called to take ac
tion upon the matter of what to do
about allowing banks to deduct from
their capital stock the amount of Lib
erty bonds they held. It was really a
scrap between Treasurer Hall on one
aide and Auditor Smith, Land Com
missioner Shumway and Secretary of
State Pool on the other, but because
the majority did not take the lieuten
ant governor now acting governor Into
their conference, he was pierforee, lined
up with Hall, as he declined to sup
port a statement and motion the ma
jority had prepared because he did not
understand what it was all about.
Secretary Pool interrupted Treasur
er Hall when he was making a verbal
attuck on the resolution proposed, de
claring that It was the same old speech
Hall had been making, and what was
W'anted was a vole. He charged Hall
with defending a man who had said
(ho board was disloyal and was dis
couraging investments in Liberty
bonds by bank, and Mr. Hall retorted
that it was a false statement.
The motion was adopted by three to
two. It provides that If a bank wants
to have its Investment in Lil#rty bonds
deducted from its taxable value it must
show by tlie records of the bank or
under oath that the investment was a
permanent one and not made for the
purpose of evading taxation. Mr. Hall
objected to it on the ground that it was
placing the bank that had responded
to the call of its country and Invested
money in government bonds, thus sac
rifleing 2 or 3 per cent Interest, on a
par with those that had bought none.
Mr. Hainer, who had made the pro
test against the rule, Insisted that the
hoard was violating the sedition law
because it discouraged bank Invest
ments in government bonds. The state
ment signed by the board said that it
was the banker who claimed exemp
tion and thus discouraged investment
by individuals who was acting sedit
iously. and that they couid not con
c^tve how investment in Liberty bonds
made the stock of a bank worthless for
taxation purposes.
WOULD PREVENT SHOWING
PICTURE IN NEBRASKA
Lincoln. Neb., June 29.—Attorney
General Reed went into district court
Wednesday and secured a temporary
injunction against the showing of the
picture, “The Birth of a Nation.” He
said that many protests had come
from colored people over the picture,
and that as this was a time when there
should be unity of feeling and no strife
between citizens, the film should be
prohibited. The case is set for Sat
urday.
WOUNDED MfcN’S HOME
AT COUNCIL BLUFFS
Fremont, Neb., June 27.—John M.
Stacy, named among the wounded in
today's casualty list, never lived in
Fremont, but visited his sister, Mrs.
Jack Steicher, at Fremont, Stacv was
a printer, aged 20, employed at Council
Bluffs, In. Mrs. Ltelchcr and husband
moved to Council Bluffs six months
ago.
LINCOLN—Nebraska wool growers and
farmers raising sheep have responded to
tin government call for wool by shipping
east nearly BOO,000 pounds In the last three
weeks. County farm bureaus In the state
shipped out more than 200,000 pounds last
week. This wool was contributed, by 303
farmers, who raised from 10 to 8,000
pounds each.
LINCOLN—Prof. C. W. Pugsley, who
for seven years has been director of the
extension service and for 10 years a mem
ber of the faculty of the University of
Nebraska, completed his service with that
Institution Saturday. He resigned to be
come editor of the Neoraska Farmer. At
present Professor Pugsley is on a busi
ness trip to Washington.
V E Itl) IG RE—While Tillie and Edwin
Sedivy were at Verdlgre the John Sodivy
.Si Son store,' known as the Jelen store,
burned. This store is eight and one-half
miles west of Verdlgre. It is not yet
known how the blaze started.
NORFOLK—The plant of the Sunlight
Produce company, a branch of Armour &
i Co., was entirely destroyed by fire here
Wednesday evening. Several hundred live
chickens and a carload of eggs were
burned. The loss is estimated at $3,000.
NORFOLK—Henry F. Haase, former
Norfolk, resident and now in the employ
; of a film company of Omaha, has reduced
kin weight from 420 pounds to 193. Haase
n : : ■ his first visit homo .after throe,
y.ais’ ahivnco when ho came here with
a patriotic picture which was exhibited.
I Just don't know how I lost all my
| v.n 'r;lit.” said Haase to friends. "It just
' I : o: ■. that is all i know about it. and
I feci fne.’’
isamrfactt.ro of
>ritmcnt lias
>n of the poppy
I ct opium.
HIGH SALARIES NONE
OF PUBLIC'S AFFAIR
Omaha Stock Company, Though
Not Yet In Operation, Under
Scrutiny of Authorities.
Elncoln, Neb., June 28.—The state
railway commission is very frankly
told by the attorney for the Sprague
Tire & Rubber Co., of Omaha, that it
lacks any power to tell it how much
it shall pay its officers or in any other
to interfere with the Internal manage
ment of the company. Nine months
ago the commission gave the company
the pow'er to issue $1,000,000 preferred
stock and $500,000 common stock. One
hundred thousand dollars of the pre
ferred and $50,000 of the common was
given to E. il. Sprague for his patents
and his experience. The remaining
$900,000 was sold through an adver
tising and solicitation campaign.
A little while ago the company filed
an application for permission to sell
$100,000 more preferred. The commis
sion accountant checked up the com
pany, and when the commission fdund
that it was paying Sprague $1,000 a
month as president, and E. E. Harding
$500 a month ae secretary, although the
buildings were not up and the company
not operating, it ordered that these be
reduced to $250 a month each or cause
be shown why the permits heretofore
issued be revoked.
Officials' of the company were to
have appeared before the commission
Tuesday, instead their attorney sent
a letter telling the commission that, as
there was nothing pending before that
body, the $100,000 application having
been withdrawn, and as there was
nothing in the law that gives the com
mission power to interfere in the in
ternal management of a corporation
that has complied with all previous
orders and has sold all its stock, there
would be no appearance.
The commissioners will look up the
law to see whether they can punish for
contempt or what other course is open
to them.
SETTING HEN ADOPTS
FAMILY OF KITTENS
Fremont, Neb., June 28.—A hen be
longing to Alvin Gibson, on a farm near
Mead, has adopted a family of kittens,
much to the discomfiture of the tabby
cat mother of the kittens.
It happened this way: The hen was
industriously engaged in setting upon
a dozen promising eggs in the feed box
of a horse’s manger when the Gibson
pet cat gave birth to triplets in the
feed box of an adjoining manger. The
mother hen was forced to move the
other day by the return of the horse to
the manger. In the absence of the
mother cat she moved into the home of
the cat family, squatting comfortably
and contentedly over the three kittens.
In this new abode she defended herself
and her new possessions with such
vigor that the tabby cat was unable to
return. Members of the Gibson family
have taken a lively Interest in the mat
ter and periodically have removed the
hen in order that the mother cat might
visit her kittens, but with great per
sistence the hen has returned as regu
larly to reclaim her adopted brood. The
outcome of the interesting controversy
between the mother cat and the foster
mother hen is awaited with much in
terest by the Gibson family and their
neighbors.
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WOMAN CHARGED WITH
DESERTING HER CHILDREN
Cedar Rapids, la.. June 28.—Mrs.
Gazclla Nemec, of Omaha, is under
arrest here charged with deserting her
husband and two small children. The
husband runs a small confectionery
store in Oriiaha and says his wife come
to Cedar Rapids with another man
who disappeared shortly before the ar
rest was made.
Mrs. Nemec, 24 years old, and an ex
pert swimmer, was arrested while giv
ing a demonstration at a bathing beach
here.
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FREMONT—Melba Bergt, 16-month-old
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Bergt, of
Schuyler, dropped dead in her mother’s
anna after swallowing several pills she
found in a cupboard. For two hours after
taking the pills sho showed no ill effects.
She ate her dinner, then she ran to her
mother and died almost instantly.
KEARNEY—Francis Cline, a registrant
from Elm Creek, in this county, was
taken to Camp Funston in handcuffs. He
did not believe in fighting, he said, but
he fought the draft officers off with a
crowbar until he was overpowered and
taken by force.
LINCOLN—Licensed osteopaths In Ne
braska practicing their profession under
law are not permitted to practice medi
cine and may not administer drugs to
their patients, according to a ruling made
by Attorney General Willis E. Reed.
BUTTE—Paul, the 8-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hulbort Hafner, was thrown
from a horse. He was found lying in the
road near his home in an unconscious
condition. He died, never having regained
consciousness.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
AMOS WALKS QUIETLY
JUST INDIAN NAME
Lemmon. P. D„ Juno 28.—A Sioux
Indian bearing the name of Amos
Walks Quietlj is among the new regis
trants becoming 21 years of age who
this month were registered tinder the
selective draft in Corson county. The
comrades who are likely to be called
to the colors at the same time ns he is
propose that when they get to France
his services' be utilized in sneaking
across No Man's Land and outwitting
the Germans.
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CHARGED WITH ASSAULT
ON 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
Mitchell. S'. D., June 28.- Otto C. Leh
mann, aged 35, has been arrested on
the charge of a 12-year-old girl, the
daughter of a farmer, and has been ac
cused of a serious crime.
The assault is alleged to have been
committed while the girl aim two
smaller children were driving to Mt.
Vernon.
Lehmann is held in the county jail
awaiting preliminary examination.
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PIERRE—It is reported young grouse
arc mere Plentiful in this part of the state
than they have been for a number of
years and that some of thorn are largo
enough to fly.
BRISTOL.--Ground has bo-an broken for
a hospital at U h-t !. Th ' building will h
and will have modern equipment.
a ffrXv days ago celeb rn; 1 fRe
NONPARTISAN LEAGUE
TO BECOME ACTIVE
Will Hold Caucuses and Select
Delegates to State Conven.
tion at Lincoln on July 10.
Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—The state
Nonpartisan league organization today
issued a call for all members of the
party to meet in their respective pre
cincts and select delegates for county
and district conventions, and also to a
state convention to be held at Lincoln
on July 10. As the Nebraska law does
not permit any state convention, in
advance of the primaries, to take any
action for or against any person whs?
is a candidate therat, the activities
of the convention will be largely de
voted to determining its future polit
ical course in the state. Some of the
leaders have been advising, because of
the strong organized fight made upon
it and the accusations of disloyalty
hurled at it, that the league take no
part in the primaries as an organiza- j
tion. Others point out that as Ne- 1
braska holds an election every two
years only, the program of the league
will be postponed just that long, if
success does come, and they want to 1
get into the fight this year and cap- !
ture the state house.
The league convention will discuss
two important propositions: Which j
party primary they will enter, and
whether they will select a ticket to
be supported by the league in that pri
mary. The usual program is to enter
the primary of the dominant political
party. The problem in Nebraska is to
decide which is the dominant party.
ALIEN ENEMY PREACHER
IN REAL PREDICAMENT
Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Attorney
General Reed has ruled that under the
Nebraska law no court has jurisdiction
to hear and therefore no permit can
be issued on the application of a non
resident minister who desires to offi
ciate in Nebraska, if he be an alien
enemy. The last legislature provided
that where ministers are alien enemies
they must present to the judges of tho
district courts proof of their loyalty,
and, if the state council of defenso
did not object and present sufficient
proof to the contrary, a permit should
be issued.
The inquiry came from Rev. J. Leh
mann, of Cook, Neb. He said that the
district in which he officiates com
prises a part of Iowa alsp, and that
it is customary to exchange pulpits
witli Iowa ministers. He desired to
exchange with an Iowan who has three
sons in th6 army, but who Is an alien
enemy, according to the legal defini
tion of the term. Mr. Reed says that
the state has no jurisdiction without
its boundaries, and that the act out
lining how alien enemies may secure
permits excludes from consideration all
alien enemies who are from without
the state.
Mr. Reed has also advised the state
board of health that under the law an
osteopath doctor cannot prescribe or
administer drugs and cannot perform
any surgical operation unless there is
present and assisting him a regularly
licensed physician and surgeon.
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SENATOR NORRIS HAS
WAR TIME “DRY” BILL
Washington, D. C., June 25.—As a
substitute for the Jones prohibition
amendment to the emergency appro
priation bill now pending before the
Sehate agriculture committee, Senator
Norris, of Nebraska, has introduced
an amendment which would prohibit
the sale of distilled spirits during the
war or the manufacture or sale of beer
or other intoxicating malt liquors.
Removal of distilled liquors now held
in bond for beverage purposes would
be prohibited, but, the commissioner
of internal revenue would be author
ized to prescribe rules for removal for
other purposes.
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WANTS NEBRASKA MEN
TO VOTE IN PRIMARY
Lincoln, Neb., June 25.—Governor
Neville has gone to Washington in an
effort to soften the hard hearted war
department that has ruled it docs not
want the soldiers in the trenches to
be bothered by any commission seek
ing their votes at the statewide pri
maries and a general election. The
governor will show to the department
of the Nebraska amended law, which
provides the simple, Inexpensive and
nondisturbing method of mailing a
blank ballot to the voter.
CONVICTED OF FORGING
WILL OF DYING QUEEN
Honolulu. T. H., June 25.—"Prin
cess” Theresa Belliveau was found
guilty today in the territorial circuit
court of conspiring to commit forgery
in connection with the filing of a will
alleged to have been signed by the late
queen of Liluokalani. This will, nam
ing Theresa Belliveau beneficiary, was
called a forgery and thrown out of
court by Judge C. W. Ashford last year.
"Princess” Theresa was said to be a
distant relative of the late queen. Three
new suits for shares in Liluokalani’s
estate have been filed by persons clam
ing succession of kin. The estate was
valued in excess at $200,000.
FRIS0NER CONFERENCE
MAY BE HELD IN BERNE
Washington, D. C., June 25.—Ger
many has been asked through Spanish
i diplomatic channels to send representa
tives to Berne, Switzerland, to meet
American representatives there on
August 5 to discuss maintenance, treat
ment and exchange of prisoners. In
response to a proposal from the state
department, the German government re
cently signified its agreement in prin
ciple to such a conference.
The United States also has asked
Germany to permit a Swiss commis
sion to visit German prison camps to
determine what American prisoners
may be classed as invalids and re
leased for internment in Switzerland.
Reciprocal privileges are promised.
The National Federation of Foundry
unions has been'A-econtly established
in England with a membership of 50,
000.
200,000 GREEKS SOON
WILL BE UNDER ARMS
By the Havas Agency.
Pari?, June 25.—Greece sh vt\y will
have more than 200,000 men under
! arms, according to a statement raven
j out by the Greek lea: Non to the Matin.
I Add' ‘. -a?\ troops beyond i s number
are to be called to tire colors soon, it
-. O a
Congressman Nolan, of California, is
a moultkr by trade.
BOND TAXATION IS
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
i
Nebraska Board and Banks Dis
agreed as to the Method
to Pursue.
Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Has the
members of the state board of assess
ment subjected themselves to prose
cution under the sedition act passed at
a special session of the Nebraska legis
lature? The hoard recently ruled that
unless a hank can show that the Lib
erty bonds it lias purchased and re
returned on its taxation blanks are
for permanent investment, it must pay
taxes thereon.
The question was put up squarely
to the board by K. J. Hainer, an at
torney of Lincoln, and of the state,
and a stockholder in bank and trust
companies. Mr. Hainer told the board
that the state law' defines as guilty
of sedition all who did anything to dis
courage investment in government se
curities while the nation is at war. He
said that if the banks had to pay taxes
on these bonds it would discourage
their purchase by the banks, and then
the circle would be complete. He points
out that the attorney general has given
an opinion that these government se
curities are exempt from taxation
whether held by banks or individuals.
The board has adopted a rule re
quiring banks to present claims for
exemptions on account of such invest
ments, but that in order to have them
deducted from their taxable value the
bank must certify that the investment
therein is permanent. This action W’as
taken on the theory that a bank with
a capital of $100,000 might invest ail
of it in Liberty bonds on March 31, and
after having deducted their value on
April 1, the date when property is
assessed, turn around a little later and
sell them, getting its investment back
and escaping taxation entirely. Mr.
Hainer says that any efforts of state
or local taxation boards in imposing
j taxes on federal securities are void.
I The board is composed of Governor
j Nexille, State Treasurer Hall, Auditor
Smith, Land Commissioner Shumway
! and Secretaary of State Poo). The
j board has taken the matter under con
sideration.
SOLDIERS IN TRAINING
ARE BEING WELL FED
Lincoln, Neb., June 26.—Soldiers at
the military training camp here are
good feeders and at least a faint idea
of what it costs Uncle Sam to main
tain a huge army is shown by figures
given by the commissary department.
One thousand pounds of meat each
day is required by the men in the
three gamps; 25 bushels of potatoes;
300 loaves of bread, each weighing tw’O
pounds, and 100 pounds of butter be
sides other foodstuffs, which give the
Yankee soidier more and better food
than those of other nations. On
"bean" day 100 pounds are required.
Refrigerators leave been installed in the
camps to keep food cleatn and whole
some. Sunday was a day of rest at
the camps. Tho "rookies" appear to
enjoy the rigid training and express
satisfaction over the food and the
quarters provided.'
THREE MEN HELD FOR
VIOLATING ESPIONAGE ACT
Norfolk, Neb., June 26.—W. A.
Emery, of Norfolk; Robert and Ferdi
nand Leu, of Pierce, Neb., were for
mally arrested here Friday by Deputy
Marshal Morgan, who served warrants
charging them w'ith violation of the
espionage law. Each gave $5,000 bail
I during the preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner Hays and
will appear for trial next September
when federal court convenes here.
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i RED CROSS SLACKERS
ARE GIVEN HEARING
Norfolk. Neb., June 26.—The sifting
j committee of the Madison county coun
i cil of defense has been given a large
| list of Red Cross campaign slackers
j and the first series of those affected
: appeared before this committee Friday.
'1’lie meetings are held in private, but
it is announced that better citizens
have been made and that very satisfac
tory results have been obtained.
CASE AGAINST SOLDIER
ATTORNEY IS DROPPED
Fremont, Neb., June 26.—The row
that started when Attorney J. J. Glee
son, almost on the eve of his wedding,
attacked Deputy Sheriff W. A. Lowry
during the sale of a "booze" automo
bile, finally ended when County At
torney J. O. Cook dismissed the case
against Gleeson. Gleeson left his
young brkle and went to war last
week. He had been fined $1 and costs
, in justice court after refusing to apol
ogize and had then appealed the case
to the district court, where it would
have to lie until he returned from the
war. -
TWO BOYS FATALLY
INJURED; HIT BY TRAIN
Norfolk, Neb., June 26.—Vernon
Stelson and Vernon Riperly, agen IS
and 17 years respectively, are in a
local hospital suffering from injuries,
the latter very serious, caused by be
ing 3truclt by a Northwestern train
near Meadow Grove. Riperly's skull
is crushed and his father C. N. Rip
perly, who lives at Detroit, Mich., has
been telegraphed for. The boys were
beating their way back homo from
■ Casper, Wyo„ and had gone to sleep
near the tracks, awakening too late to
avoid being stiuck by the passing cars.
Ripperly is still unconscious.
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FREMONT—Ovey 2.R00 males over 18
years of age have registered in Fremont
under the “work or fight" enrollment.
More are reporting every hour at the of
; fice of the county defense council. In sev- i
oral instances boys net yet 18 years of age j
have made requests that their names bo !
placed on the rolls so that they can help
i out in case their services are needed.
BLUE HILL—The Webster county reg
! istration board recommended th* t 57 reg
! 1st rants from Classes 2, 3 and 4 be placed
! in Class 1 to the district board at Lincoln.
[ This action was taken to bring the coun
; ty’s Class 1 men up to 25 per cent.
I WEST POINT—Preparations for the
forthcoming races at West Point are be
| ing actively made and on a larger scale
than ever before. It is possible that the
evening smarting will be followed, 5 do •
being suggested as the time for comm.
ing the .sport. Indications point to th.
entrance < f a very largo field of hers; .; I
here f -r this event.
U ARLAN—Worth Cox. son of John 7J. j
Co i. of hchuylcr. Neb., was bill i ; j
an ;o;-'»)b’lo accident near 1
i- < after he l ad 7 lam ed
his !; me in Nebraska .•
relatives a: J frh-nb \ an 1 \vr.
have done hkd he r.ot r.d£?;.J
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ILL BREWERIES
IK BE CLOSED
Manufacture of Beer Would
Cease Three Months After
Final Approval of Meas
ure By President.
TEAR OF GRACE ON WINE -
Making and Sale of Whisky
and Other Intoxicants Would
Stop After June 30,
1919, Act Provides
Washington, D. C\, June 28.—Tha
' agriculture committee today
1 on a prohibition amendment of
1a : < d by Senator Norris as a substitute
for the Jones bone dry amendment.
It provides that the manufacture of
beer shall cease three months after the
act becomes effective and that the sale
of whisky and the manufacture of
wines shall stop June 30. 1919. The vote
was 8 to 3 in favor of the amendment,
which probably will be reported to the
Senate tomorrow-.
The amendment was framed by Sen
ator Norris, of Nebraska, as a substi
tute for the pending one by Senator
Jones, of Washington. The Jones
amendment would have brought about
absolutely prohibition immediately -
upon enactment of the legislation.
Fail to Change Bill.
Those opposed to the Norris amend
ment attempted to have it changed so
as to permit the sale of beer six months
after its passage, and later proposed
four months. Both efforts, however,
resulted in defeat.
Chairman Gore said the bill with
the new amendment would be reported
to the Senate tomorrow, and that an
effort would he made to bring it up
for consideration at once.
Another test vote in the House on.
prohibition, the second in a week, re
sulted today in the adoption of a res
olution, 312 to 92, calling on the presi
dent to inform the House whether
any ruling has been made by the rail
road administration, the war industries:
board or the war trade board curtail
ing supplies to liquor manufacturers^
BIG SLUMPISSHOWN
IN SHIPPING LOSSES
Huns Paid Dearly For Every
Ton Sunk During May,
Hurd Says.
London, Juno 28.—"The month of
May was really the most favorable we
have yet had."
This is the comment of Archibald S.
Hurd, the naval writer in the Daily
Telegraph. He adds:
"It is common knowledge that owing
to the large numbers of submarines
destroyed the enemy paid a higher
price for every ton of shipping sunk
than in any corresponding period since
piracy was inaugurated.”
"The offensive by sea was still being
maintained by the Germans during
May with the utmost vigor but in
spite of the unprecedented number of'
submarines sent to sea, only 224,000
tons of British tonnage was lost as
compared with 374,000 in May of last
year."
DISGUISE ENABLED
KERENSKY TO ESCAPE
Wife and Children, However,.
Are Still In Hiding “Some
where In Russia.”
London, June 28.—Although Keren
sky's evasion of the police agents of
his own country was facilitated by a
moustache and long beard, which he
grew in his long months of hiding, he
did not think this sufficient to dis
guise himself and added the dress of a
soldier servant. A friend procured for
him the pass and other papers of an
orderly, apd finally he began to move
more publicly about the streets of
Moscow. Finally, ho risked passage on
tlie railway and got out of the country.
He left Russia less than three weeks
ago by way of Mourmansk. After his
disappearance from public affairs he
spent the time in Novogorod, Petrograd
and Moscow. His wife remains in Rus
sia, in hiding with their children.
TROOPS TOLD GERMANS
HAVE TAKEN NEW YORK
Prisoners Reveal Lying Propa
ganda Being Conducted
In Teuton Array,
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in France*
June 28.—German prisoners captured
by the Americans on storming the
Belleau wood section said the German
commanders have been toiling the sol
diers that the Germans have landed
an army in America, captured New
York and are now marching toward
Philadelphia. The Germans also are
told that submarines have sunk be
tween 40 and 50 ships in Long Island
sound.
RAW WOOD SUPPLY
NEEDED FOR ARM’i
Washington, D. O., .Tun? 27.—A large
portion of the raw wool now in this
country, and all to l> * produced or
imported b- fore Jauii. ry 1. n-20. will
I. * i• riuirvd for ni ’Itary mva. the war
ir.Tustrios board announced today, fed
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but ■ rict c- • .i '• v. Ill bo n, c-ary
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