pun mi ll of c m nr War College Heads Prepare for Handling of Great Vol unteer Force. RAPID TRAINING PROPOSED Special Attention Given to Selection of Officers Qualified by Experi ence to Lead Men Properly. ^CadMngton.—The ear college d| vtkiou of the general staff of the I'nit ed State* army has complete plans prepared for the uioli.lizatiou of a citi zen* army. These plans were «-oni pleted mate time ago in anticipation of the time when the I'nited States might be called upon to enter into hostilities against a first-class (tower. These plans were based, it Is 'aid, u(e on the possibility that the first call for »oiun'err* might be for 1 jOUO.OOO men. The war college recemly pre pared as official (s«|M*r drilling with the raising of a volunteer army. “I'ndcr existing laws and under con ten ■(•oraneoa* conditions therewith," say* the war college, “it has hereto fore t--»-n assume. 1 that In the event of a war with a first-class power the I'nited States would require not loss' tiian half a million of wen for the first : line. N-hind which could lie (irepared the greater army of citizen soldiers upon whom «.ur main reliance for na tional defense 1* conditionally placed." Subject to President’s Call. i nr organization oi volunteer arao.-* can only be undertaken follow ing tbe presidential proclamation stating tbe number needed, and on ibis subject tbe war college says: “Vo'untecr forces may be raised, or- j Can:, ed and maintained only during tbe existence or imminence of war. and only after congress shall have au thorized the president to raise such lutnt Congress could, however, by jcgislative enactment authorize the |•resident to raise ancfa force* jn time of peace. "When so authorized, ihe president j will issue his proclamation, stating the ! number of men desired for each arm. corps, or department, within such lim- ! Its as may be fixed by law. it Is prob able that the proclamation will also re cite the causes that make the call necessary and will state that the en listed men shall be taken, as far as practicable, from the several states, territories and District of Columbia In twoportiue to the respective popula tions thereof. TVdlowing tbe call of the president for volunteers, the -ecretary of war e otihes the governor*. etc„ as in a call for toiling. Informing them of the quo ta f«r their respective stales, the exist ing militia organizations that will be | rer.-ived into tbe volunteers, the new I organizations tbtt it is desired to) raise, and the maximum and minimum strength of organizations.” All term* «>f enlistments, it is point el out. “will be tbe same a? that for the regular army, exclusive of reserve period*.” and no person can lie en isled for the volunteer forces “who ! is t»»t effective and able-bodied." and ; wbr. is not within the ages stipulated j far that service under the law as it exist* at the time of the president's ) rail. Xeitber can any man he en- ! listed wbo does not speak the Eugllsh language, while persons under eight een years of age can be accepted only with the signed approval and consent •f the parent or guardian of that per R ecru ft Rendezvous and Depots. Tbe war college continues: “With ■ view to recruiting and main taining all organizations of the land forces a* near their prescribed strength aa practicable, the necessary rendezvous and depots will be estab lished by tbe secretary of war and wfU be directly controlled by blui. Here Ihe recruit* will Ik* enlisted und trained. For tbe purposes of Inst rue- j tlon and discipline, tbe troop* at the ' recruit depots may lie organized into , companies and battalions, at the dis- j errtton of the secretary of war. The i oooracnmiflKioned officers and privates will be of such grade* and uumlors a* the preaddeut may prescribe. “It is apparent that the recruits at the rendezvous and depot* are intend ed to form a reserve battalion for each regiment or equivalent thereof of r<*g- ' alar* and volunteers only; for the act also provides that In order to main tain the land militia organization at tbeir maximum strength the recruit rendezvous and depot* in any state or territory may. at the request of the , governor thereof, enlist and train re cruit* for land militia In th« service *f the Fnited States from sueh state or territ.iry. All the officers required for sorb recruit rendezvous and dejiot* will t«e volunteer* of the profier arm of tbe (tnicr. Appointment of Officers. “All volunteer officers are appointed by the president. but the uumiter and grade of such officer* shall not exceed the number and grade of like officers provided for a like force of the regu lar army, and they will be subject to such as-igniuent to duty aud trans fers as the president may direct. “In order that the lives of those patriotic citizen* who may volunteer for service may be safeguarded and conserved and not risked under per sons lacking In experience in the cure of soldier* in camp and in battle, the war department has decided and an nounced that the appointment to vol unteer commissions will be made from those classes of our citizens who have had such experience, and that from those classes the selections will he made in the following order: (A) —Persons who have had experi ence as commissioned officers in the regular army of the United States and ex-offlcers of volunteers of proved ex perience and efficiency. (B) —Xon-coinmlssinned officers of experience In the regular army. (C) —Persons who have had experi ■ ence as officers in the militia. (D) —I’ersons who have qualified according to law under prescribed ex aminations to test their fitness to command and control men in the field. (E) —Graduates of educational In stitutions of military standing to which regular army officers ure de tailed as professors of military science under the law. (F) —Should the necessary number of volunteer officers required not be furnished from the above classes, the war department will give civilians lacking in actual military experience an opportunity to appear for examina tion to test their fitness for commis sions. before boards which the war de partment proposes to create in the several states. Begin Training at Once. Under the caption “Training of Vol unteers” the war college pamphlet reads: "The training of volunteer troops must begin without delay after their induction into the service. Xo time must be lost. It should begin at the company rendezvous, without waiting for complete mobilization. Under our traditional policy of relying princi pally for defense upon citizen sol diers. the larger part of our land forces will not be fuily trained on the outbreak of war. It is more than probable that we shall have to employ some of them with little or no train ing as soon as they can be assembled in suitable uuits. "The amount and character of the training will at first be directly pro IMirtional to the time consumed, pro vided a rational scheme be followed. Ilow much time will be available it is impossible to predict. It is reason aide to assume, however, that in the event of a war with an oversea enemy it will be the time required for our enemy to establish at least a partial control of the sea sufficient to open the way for landing of expeditionary forces. “Any system of training, however, good in itself, will fail to bring the de sired results unless there are avail able a sufficient number of trained In structors. officers and noncommis sioned officers. The blind cannot lead the blind.” Referring to the mobilization of the volunteer armies, the war college points out that all points of mobiliza tion have been selected, one In each state of the Union, and that these pre liminary arrangements have been ap proved by both the federal and state authorities. These plnns provide for the necessary buildings, for water sup ply. and ail other essential needs which will arise. Arizona Mightiest of All Fighting Vessels. The Arizona, the newest addi tion to tile United States battle ship division, not only is the big gest of Uncle Sam's sea fighters, but no other naval power has a fighting vessel that can reach It in size. It is larger by 200 tons that the Pennsylvania, tile flagship of Admiral Mayo, of which it is a sister ship. It will he n damaging foe for an enemy to meet. Its twelve 14 inch guns Are a broadside of 20, 000 pounds of steel, which can be directed accurately at a mark 15 miles distant. The broadside is 0.000 pounds more than the combined broadsides of the Kan sas. Vermont and New Hamp shire. ships that have been placed in the reserve fleet. The displacement of the Ari zona is 31.000 tons. It is pro polled by oil-burning engines, w hich drive it at a speed averag ing 20 knots an hour. WAITS IN SILENT GRIEF FOR NEWS OF LOVED ONES Plight of Bereaved Englishman in New York Brings Home to Watchers —Tragedy of New Warfare. New York.—It took the silent grief >f John M. Little. Knglistiman, to bring ki,en!;. home to the orticlals and clerks of the Anchor line ofiices the loss of ; 'if l'alUVri.ia. one of the liners sunk s a n uit of Germany's new subma rine campaign. Modestly, almost diffidently. Little, a span*, slight man. asked for news of i is wife ami four children, steerage pass*tigers. The latest cable, he was told, reported his wife anti one child missing—the others had been saved. ‘TJut the wife and baby,” he pleaded. “Can't you give me a word of hope?” No one dared reply. Tears welled from Little's eyes and rolled unre strainedly down his cheeks. The bus tling activity stopped and heads were bowed. Straightening himself with an effort Little squared his shoulders and walkt-d away, the tears still stream ing down his face. Not a word was uttered as the work of the busy office was resumed. May Adopt Canadian Plan. Xewr York.—Should the United Slii' i decide to raise a va^t array, military men say, many features of the Canadian system will be adopted ndon. The poultry is j | value/1 at about $8,000 and the freight and water charges on the shipment ; amount to $1,300. Lincoln pool halls will not be able to use chips, redeemable for candy, chewing gum or cigars, or any other form of ’’trade stimulant” as a result j I of the action of the Lincoln city council. Three fires which broke out almost simultaneously in the city of York : caused damage to the extent of about | $50,000. Evidence of incendiarism is said to have been found. Tabulation of public subscriptions of the twelve federal farm loan banks shows that the greatest amount, about 9,000 shares, was subscribed for ! the Omaha bank. The new concrete and steel bridge spanning the Platte river, a few miles south of Kearney, is finished j and open to travel. The bridge is 1,000 feet long and cost $60,000. Forty-nine head of Herefords, all blooded stock, the property of O. E. ! Green of Genoa, sold at the South ! Omaha stock yards for an average of M14 apiece. The new St. Mary's Catholic par sonage at Wymore was dedicated by Bishop Tihen of Lincoln. The parson age is a modern structure costing over $10,000. Plattsmouth city council has bought a tract of land which covers about thirty lots. The city paid $1,100 for the tract, which will be used for park purposes. The Central High school building at York, built at a cost of $60,000, was completely destroyed by fire. Insurance on the structure amounts to $40,000. The Community State bank of Ta ble Rock is to be housed in a new building in the near future. Contract for the structure lias been let and work will begin March 1. Hens are worth a dollar apiece in Hall county. Robert Watson, whole sale poultry dealer, of Grand Island, recently paid $8.13 for eight Plymouth Rocks. The German Military society of Falls City will fight for the United States against any enemy, according to a vote its members cast recently. The community club of Geneva has 1 decided to stage a Fourth of July I celebration this year. Three prizes, a vtctrola with $50 I worth of records, a ladies’ watch, an 1 8-foot display case and an oak roller i top desk will be given visiting retail 1 ers who attend Omaha’s Merchant Market week. March 12 to 16. No one in Omaha or suburbs are eligible to compete for the prizes. Only two con ditions are attached — competitors must be registered and must be pres ent when awards are made. Fire of an unknown origin com pletely destroyed the Creighton steam laundry. 1 Defectives are investigating the ap parent attempt to wreck the St. i Joseph & Grand Island passenger train south of Edgar tho other night. I A railroad tie had been wedged be i tween the rails. j Raymond Pollard of Nehawka made a record sale for Hampshire, white i belted, hogs, when he sold fifty-two : head of bred sows for an average of I $108 per head. One sow sold for $680. Henry Olson A Son* of David City | got the general contract for Crete’s new high school building. The bid was $37,000. Seward county is planning a pageant in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of Nebraska’s statehood. No date has been fixed for the event. As the result of the water hydrants being frozen, citizens of Ponca were forced to stand by helplessly and watch their $35,000 high school build ing burn to the ground. The city council of Red Cloud has accepted from W. T Auld, head of the Corn Exohange bank in Omaha, a gift of $20,000 for a library site, building and equipment for the city. • The Alliancii Commercial club has adopted resolutions urging the state legislature to pass such a bill as will permit Nebraska to partake in the funds apportioned under the federal good roads acts. The sentiment in northwestern Nebraska is decidedly in favor of such an act and they are calling upon the legislature to act favorably upon that important matter. A canvas, which includes Nebraska. South Dakota, North Dakota, Wiscon sin, Minnesota and Canada, shows that twenty-six persons have frozen to death and at least fifty have been maimed for life thus far this winter in these states and Canada. Canada has had twelve deaths as the result of the severe cold; Nebraska has had three. The North Platte Valley Highway association was formally organized at Mitchell, with representatives present from Bridgeport, Bayard, Minatare, Gering, Scottsbluff. Morrill and Tor ring; on, Wyo. It is intended to estab lish grade and mark an automobile road to be known as the North Platte Valley Highway, diverging from the Lincoln Highway at North Platte and connecting with t'ne Yellowstone Highway at Wendover, Wyo. The new thoroughfare will pass through the full length of the North Platte valley. Sheriffs of several counties in Wyo ming, Colorado and Nebraska, who have been investigating for weeks what appeared to be well-planned thefts of horses, arrested two men near Gering who are believed to be leaders of a large gang which has stolen horses for many months in middle western states. The horses were stolen in one state, passed through several hands of gang mem bers and finally soid in another state, according to authorities. Herman Kosbaugh. 40 years, far- ! mer, living near Hershey, and son, Herman. jr„ 0 years, were instantly j killed when a motor car driven by the j elder Kosbaugh, crashed into a bridge railing over the South Platte river, near North Platte, and plunged ! twelve feet to the ice below. Both were crushed under the car Webster county bnoges are to be built by the Omaha Structural Steel Bridge company, contract having been let by the county commissioners. The Webster county officials have agreed to pay the state $3,300 for the care t of patients in the state hospital since 1S73. The clerk has been instructed j to notify the auditor that the money will be paid. Louis Kamerad. who, it is claimed, j has confessed to the murder of 13 year-old Alice Parkos of Ord, is now in the state penitentiary at Lincoln for safe keeping The utmost secrecy I was observed by the officers in mov ing Kamerad from the St. Paul Jail, where he was lodged shortly after Demg arrested. The committee appointed by the i Fremont Commercial club to secure plans for an auditorium has been in structed to draw up a petition for cir culation authorizing the city council j to submit a proposition for voting $25,000 to citizens at the spring elec tion. The American Potash company, near Alliance, has been compelled to erect a large addition to its present plant and to install a large quantity of new machinery in order to carry on the increase in its business. The daily output of the plants now oper ating runs into thousands of dollars. Joe Steelier of Dodge, champion wrestler, downed Charlie Peters of Papillion in two straight falls before a crowd of 6,000 mat fans at Omaha. Stecher won the first fall in thirty-one minutes and forty-two seconds and the second in fifteen minutes and thirty-two seconds. The jury in the case of Mary Irene Berry against the city of Aurora re turned a verdict for the defendant, finding no cause of action. The suit was brought for $20,000 personal dam ages, the plaintiff claiming to have fallen on the sidewalk, breaking her hip and shoulder. Business men of Columbus gave $410 to those firemen who had ruined clothes in fighting the fire at the Mc Gerr furniture store fire. The casing for the new oil well, which has delayed the work of drill ing at Table Rock, has arrived and boring is now in progress. Bonds to thd sum of $3,800 were voted by Weeping Water's citizens for . purpose of extending the city water j system. The York county fair and fall fes tival will be held at York. October 1 to 5. The federal aid for good roads was indorsed and a resolution backing President Wilson in any act and offer their support in case of war was adopted by the State Lumbermen’s association at the annual meeting in Omaha. Soldiers of the Fifth Nebraska reg- j iment. while at Fort Crook waiting to 1 be mustered out of the federal serv- j ice, showed their appreciation of the work of their commanding officer. Col onel Paul, by presenting him with a gold watch. The Hagenbeck-Wallace circus, with three trains of twenty cars each, car rying 300 head of horses, 700 people and the famous Hagenbeck menagerie, will be the free attraction at the 1917 state fair, at Lincoln this fall. A stock company has been organiz ed to build an auditorium at Gresham. Four subscription lists are In circula tion. Nearly $4,000 lias been raised. The goal Is fixed at $10,000. A Madison county Jury' has awarded $11,112 to Mrs. Alvina L. Luebke against the American Surety company and certain saloon keepers of Pierce. Wednesday, February 28, has been set aside as Fanners’ Day at the Omaha Automobile show, when | special attention is to be given to business men of the agricultural dis tricts. The show will be held from February 28 to March 3. The Frank James farm of 240 acres, west of Wymore, was purchased re cently by John S. Jones, the consid eration being $140 per acre, the rec ord price In that vicinity. The Gering Community league was organized just recently with a mem bership of one hundred. IRE CUR SHORTAGE 1 COMMISSION TELLS CONGRESS HOW FAMINE INJURES NEBRASKA NEW INDUSTRY FOR THE PEN ■ ■* . j Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the , State House Western Newspaper teuton News Service. “Thirty to thirty-five per cent of 1 Nebraska wheat is still on the farms or in the elevators, unable to be j moved on account of the boxcar shortage." This was the testimony of .Railway Commissiner W. G. Taylor, who urged interstate commerce control of freight shipping rules before the in- j terstate and foreign commerce com mittee of the house of representa tives in Washington. D. C.. last week. Mr. Taylor laid before the com- j mittee the joint resolutions of the two houses of the Nebraska legisla ture asking congress to increase the powers of the Interstate commerce com mission to permit it to make and --* E. R. DANIELSON Of Osceola, the new secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, succeeding W. R. Mellor. Mr. Danielson is a suc cessful farmer and prominent among the raisers of the better class of live stock. He has been identified with and has taken much interest in the State Fair for several years. In 1916 he was in full charge of all live stock exhibited on the grounds. enforce rules on shipping which ; would tend to reliev such a national ‘ car shortage as has been experienced | the past few months. The case of one shipper was cited ! by Commissioner Taylor, who had j 60,000 bushels of wheat in an eleva-1 tor and was unable to get more than | one car a week. The commissioner called the attention of the committee to the fact that in the last few days wheat had dropped 20 cents, and the shipper, unable to get cars, was standing to lose $12,000. The net shortage, he said, amount-! ed to 24.000 box cars out of 130.000 owned by lines in Nebraska. _ New Industry for Penitentiary, Manufacturers of wagon boxes and poultry crates has been proposed as a new industry to be established at tho state penitentiary for the purpose of furnishing convicts with employment which will help make the institution self-supporting. A legislative com mittee is now investigating this plan. Warden Fenton favors it. The committee has already recom mended that an appropriation of $35, 000 be made to purchase equipment and furnish working capital for a state broom-making plant at the prison. That industry has been operated there for many years under contract with a private firm which is now moving all Its mechanical apparatus and raw ma- : terlal to its own plant in Lincoln. The creation of the state school book commission, with a view to having the state print the text books for its public school, or to contract for their publication on a royalty. '* is proposed in a bill by Representa tive Auten. Irrigation School Bill Held Back. When the Stearns bill establishing a school of irrigation at Scottsbluff. In connection with the university agricul- ! tural experiment station there, came j before the whole committee, nobody ! said a word regarding it and a motion to send it to third reading was adopted without discussion. Later. Chairman Rieschick of the finance committee moved that the report be not con- i curred in. and his motion carried. This sends the bill back for further action. Rieschick is opposed to any appropri ation for the proposed school. Two of the important rural school bills have been acted upon favorably by the house committee on education and will go upon the general file for 1 consideration in committee of the i whole. One is the Taylor bill levying i a 2-mill state tax for support of the i rural schools. The other is the Olhs 1 bill, which permits the redistrlcttm ' of any county for rural school pur poses, subject to a vote of the peo- 1 pie, and authorizes a county school i levy of not more than 15 mills on all I the property lying within such rural 1 districts. I Direct Vote for President I By a unanimous vote the house passed the bill introduced by Taylor, i Peterson and others, providing that < at future presidential elections voters ( will vote direct for president and vice- i president. Ninety-three votes were 1 cast in the affirmative, seven members I being absent. , The state will be required to have electors to represent it in the national t electorial college, but they will here- < after be named by the governor If the i bill passes the senate and is approved * by the chief executive. j DISCUSS NEW CAPITOL Henry Richmond’s H. R. 1, provid ing for the erection of a new capitol building on the present site, was given its preliminary hearing before the finance, ways and means committee of the house of representatives Thurs day evening, and the ideas developed were almost as numerous as there were speakers. Mr. Richmond. State Librarian Harry Lindsay, Assistant State Engineer W. P. J. Steckelberg and Representative James Craddock of Omaha argued in behalf of the bill, while Charles W.ooster of Silver Creek and Representative George Greenwalt of Custer county thought the only way to settle the question was to re move the capitol to some point nearer the geographical center of the state On that condition only would they con sent to the erection of a new build ing. Air. Richmond's suggestion was that a one mill levy be made and a com mission be created to spend the $3, 500,000 accruing from that levy. He would have the east wing replaced during the next two years, the senate wing during the two years after that and the main body of the building after the two wings had been com pleted. Mr. Craddock said that if the mem bers present could see the condition of the ceiling they were sitting under they would get out of the chamber as fast as their legs would carry them Over half of the floor joists, he re iated, overlap the south wall by not more than two and one-haif inches. Air. Wooster said he had not con ducted any investigation wbatsoevei I of the condition of the building, but he doubted the statements of the ex I perts. He didn’t think that there was i any immediate danger, and he didn't 1 think the great majority of the peo pie of the state thought there was any ! such danger. It is unreasonable »c presume that the building will fail now after having stood here all these years. Air. Lindsay had nothing to ask for personally, but he thought that for the good of the state the people should know just what condition the state house is in. Water is leaking from the ceiling of the supreme court c-on sultation room and no one knows where it comes from. Mr. Steckelberg told of the general condition of the building and of the supposition that there is a sand pit ! beneath the east wing. He did not ! believe the cracking of the window j in the board of control was due to set- j tling. but rather to the heat from the radiator beneath it. As to the cos* j jf repairing the east wing and making it safe for the time being, he thought it would be about $25,000. Educators Will Confer at Lincoln A conference of educators fro pi all | the states west of the Mississippi will ! be held in Lincoln February 22 to 25, i for a study of rural school problems, j under the auspices of the United States bureau of education. Dr. Harold W. Foght, of the bureau. ; which is under the department of the interior, has been in Lincoln arrang ing for the conference with State Su perintendent W. H. Clemmons and the Lincoln Commercial club. The conference is to bring together leading educators to discuss problems of rural education and rural life im provement. says Dr. Fogt. “It is to suggest improvements in courses of 1 study to meet real present day needs j and to improve the teaching staff.” j Fourteen state superintendents are already booked to attend. Dr. Foght j says. The meeting is primarily for j rural school supervisors, county su perintendents. state normal presidents ! and state superintendents. Several 1 hundred will attend. Deplores International Situation John Mattes, president pro tem of the state senate, and one of the best j known Germans in the state, asserts , that no matter how dark the clouds of international difficulty become the in ; tention of foreign-born citizens to j stand firmly and courageously for j their adopted country, will grow I brighter and more determined. “No country and no form of gov ernment can escape criticism for its course, even though that course be one adopted in the hour of severest j trial," he said. “I am pained beyond expression 1 that my adopted country, which only a few weeks ago, seemed to be the i guiding star to the haven of world wide peace in a world at war has found it necessary to take a step which I sincerely hope may not lead to more serious complications and re sults.” Tuition for State Wards. A claim for $110.75, for tuition of pupils who are from the state home for dependent children during 1915 and 1916. has been filed with the state j legislature by L. S. Frisbie, superin tendent of the University Place schools. There were twenty-five chil dren on his list, who were charged tuition at the rate of 75 cents a week. The home for dependent children is under the supervision of the state board of control. Killed Trading Stamp Bill The bill backed by the Nebraska federation of retailers, intended to do away with trading stamps and pre miums by imposing a $5,000 license upon any merchant using them was killed in the house committee of the whole. This bill, introduced and fought for by Hostetler of Buffalo, who has rep resented the retailers’ organization in , three sessions of the legislature, was killed by a vote of 48 to 30, after a I long fight. May Employ Special Counsel A county attorney can have special counsel if he wants to, in the prose cution of bootleggers, and it is not 1 ?rror, says Chief Justice A. J. Mor rissey, in affirming a decision of the ' Wayne district court against Siemon ■ Goemann, convicted of selling liquor ' without a license. I The county attorney had requested the court to appoint A. R. Davis, spe- i cial counsel. The defense declared that lie bad teen engaged in several cases igainst Goemann, and that he was prejudiced. 'ASKED TO FIX PRICE PAPER MAKERS WANT U. S TO SET COST OF PRODUCT. MEANS MUCH TU PUBLISHERS Proposal Made by Manufacturers in in Face of Prosecution.—Promise to Keep Up Supply. Washington. — News print ; . ;. r manufacturers facing criminal ,.:oss cution in United States courts f.ir al leged participation in restrain? of trade, proposed to the federal trade commission that it fix a reasonable price for the output of iiie principal plants of the United State and Canada The commission arm need it had the proposal under cor , a tion. The action of the manufai v. gives a signal victory to Am- n newspaper publishers, who, in face of advancing paper prices, have seen nothing ahead but ruin tor many of their number. With prices of print paper fixed by the commission, officials see a raa kerl expansion of the functions of the gov ernment which, in arbitrating the dif ferences between two industries, opens up a wide field of pos-ib: : ies for the future. Although nothing has been said un cerning the continuance of grand ury proceedings in New York, it ■ .veil understood the manufacturers' move was predicated on the assurer ion that there would be no criminal | -e cutions. The investigation was put un -r way last summer under a re.-olui n adopted by the senate. Informa m gathered tending to show anti-tr st law violations was turned over to be Deaprtment of Justice. At th* h- r ings held last fail and as ia . vs January, the manufacturers, it i - s. i, discouraged the commission's o sition. It is estimated if reasonable pn es are fixed at least $?.0,000.000 will be saved to American publishers ?his year. Nothing is said of increased pro duction, but it is understood the manu facturers are willing to keep enough machines on news print to insurt a paper supply for the entire countn Bank Near Lincoln Robbed. University Place, Neb—A lone bandit held up B. H. Schaberg. presi dent of the First National bank in the bank here and escaped in an automo bile with $1,891. The president was alone in the bank. The bandit asked Schaberg to change a bill. When Schaberg turned away from the cash till he was con fronted by the bandit’s revolver. The bandit backed Schaberg inro the vault, closed the heavy door and turned the combination. He then took the money, most of it in currency The robber then leisurely walked out of the bank within sight of a score of people on the street. He jumped into an automobile a block away, where a confederate was wa ; ing. While the bandit took his lime to make his escape Schaberg was working frantically within the vault He kept a screw driver and a hammer in the vault for just such an emt-r gency, he said. He succeeded in mani pulating the combination in a few miuutes and escaped. Says 400 U-Boats Captured. Baltimore, Md.—That the merchant submarine Deutschland has been cap tured and that he saw her in Plymouth harbor with 186 other German sub marines, was the statement made here by William Palmer, second engineer of the American transport liner Mon golia. Palmer said that the British had captured 400 enemy submarines, and that 187 of them were In Ply mouth chained together and in the center of a huge network of chains attached to buyoys and wharves. Gap tain Koenig, commander of the sub marine freighter, and his crew are in English jails, said Palmer. Bill With Dry Law Passed. Washington.—With its added dras tic prohibition legislative provisions the annual postoffice appropriation bill carrying $332,000,000, was passed by the senate after a week of vigorous debate. It was sent back to the house, which will ask for a conference on the amendments. The senate wrote into the bill a provision making it a commercial offense to ship liquor into states which prohibit its manufacture and saje. Will Remain Neutral. Bogota, Columbia.—The government has replied to President Wilson’s note In respect to the German submarine campaign saying that Colombia would preserve her attitude of neutrality rhe reply expresses hope for peace between Germany and America. Anxious to Return to U. S. Rotterdam.—A score of Americans are waiting here for the first chance to return to the United States. Th. sailing of assenpger ships has been suspended indefinitely. Prists Act as Stage Hands. Denver, Colo.—One prie3t directed he orchestra and another shifted ;cenes when union theatrical em doyes struck during a performance >y an amateur organization made up ►* attendants at the Immaculate Con ception cathedral here. The Btrike ollowed discovery that non-union mu siciaus were playing in the orchts ra. The audience signified to Father He Menarnin. who was managing the ) reduction, that It desired the per ormance completed despite the dim ruties. It was.