Nebraska Newspapers

    LAW WONT HINDER
GATHERING CROPS
MEN FOR MEW ARMY TO BE
CALLED THIS FALL.
LABOR SUPPLY UNAFFECTED
Plana Completed for Taking Care of
Fir** Contingent.—U. S. War Ve*
Kh tn European Water*; Con
dition* m Ruit.a Improved.
U astun^'iiu.— lu to a *U£
S-'h"ii from Senator Jnur« of Wu»h
uitft-Hi that iIh- new uriertlvr ilrtift
-rinj help harvest erops. SeiTetury
Maker d»s« loscd that it is mu ex|ierted
to call «*ut the first 3ta».«*m men be
fore September 1. beeattse uf "the
dt-picied state of our supplies,” anil
that there win therefore lie Uu "up
prv-iat.lc Iiiti-rfereuee with the labor
►apt**.' «f the country until Ihat date."
“"Irii tle-sc tueti are railed they
will bate to l«* odil tnuously trained
with the colors until they are M-ut
■Irnad." tbe secretary said. "As the
Jerii*! of training Mun* they are
Sent abroad Will be at lust alt too
sb et in justice to the uo-n. il must
be intensive and continuous."
f isipirtc plans for holism;: *J.imi
tuea at each of twelve divisional rau
tmuti.l «ani|*s in whirl] the war army
Is to l«e trained. have lieen worked
***** bjr War department offlrials and
construction work will tie undertaken
a* soon as commanders of the mili
tary ib-jmrtuo-nt- have desi dilated the
MM.
Twelve of the camp* will go to the
new southeastern department, coiu
maioicj by Major tleneml Lrnnnnl
H .sal. making y'd.mi troop* assign.-d
to that defiartnietit. i-hiii|« will
be establish.-.) in the central depnrt
Went, sis in the southern, three In
the w.-:crn. four In the .-astern and
one in the northeastern department.
in effect tile project is to huild
thirty-t»o loans eoiupl.-te with all
ne.-.—ary equipment ami facilities. It
will require HUit.tW feet of lumber,
which was adopted Ih-cjus- the price
«•/ canvas was so high and the supply
so short If tents were use! it would
require two complete sets a year to
keep the men under cover.
There *111 Is- “tain buildings in
each encampment. These will include
quaCers f.«r oth- cr- and tIU-n. stables.
Ui.-h.-ns in. .» hn'ls tiath lions.— and
st.«rr»*«o!is in addiitoo to numerous
uiamin-s f.*r 'i*s-tni purposes. Th<
aaajorit >d th«- hnmn-ks will he long,
low <«s -uc affairs.
Ku* h t« w n w ill .su er a little more
than a square mile of ground not in
Ctndi%g the tog mm* of l.-md n.s-.-s
sary for dr iitug and military tqiem
tka* daring training.
The qimnen..aster's department has
laid plans f..r it,.- erection of central
gi-ui) • «.f warehouse* an.) storage
building*. which will be situatet) n»n
leniently a« to tratiuportation lines
and will Is- the supply de|s.ts for the
ratu|a*
Registration day. June for ser\ice
uteier the new draft will Is- made oc
casion f..r |«itri..ti>- demonstrations all
*»i«-r the country.
Thor. will Is* celebrations in honor
or the taew who r.-gist.-r, with talks
hr goiernors. mayors, prt-sidents of
rtu.iut.-r* *.f cummerre an.l others, all
sounding tile note of patriotism.
The pine— of honor in local jiura
will ts- given to young men of
reg1s*iatlon age.
*’ untulftees of men and women will
he at every registration Isadla to pin
an emblem oti ej.eh man who regls
•«i«. Tlds may Is- a red. white and
b'n. ribbon drawn through the nu»
tonhole or jsissihly a button hearing
i>!.- word “I am registered—are you?"
U S. Fleet in War Zone.
Washington S*s-ret»ri of the Navy
I*atile!» issued the following state
ment in reference t«. rc|»>rts from
lsutidon that American w: • ships are
cn-uperaling with navies of the allied
power* in the war gone:
‘Tidied Stales naval vessels hill.’
Is-.-!, oiscaling with the allied tiavt.l
font— in Kurnfwwn wafers sin.,- J|a.
4. A tntml>cr of destroyers sailed
ft tun American |*.rt* In llie latlet
l*r»l of April, and all arrived at then
dost I tint ton without arrldent or delay
of any kind. They were ready for
operations when they arrived and
went into service immediately.
“Tlie t'nited Slates \e—els are tin
-*er c.iiin.i:nd of [ti-in Admiral Sin.
who went to Kngland and Frnn~
set trtil w.-ek* ago to arrange fir
active rosqs-rati.ui l*etwis-n >he tuv-:!
forces of the United States and those
of the other nations at war with Ger
many. Plans formulated after reports
i from Iiear Admiral Sims, made u*i a
result of his conferences with the
Itrltish and French admiralties, are
now being effectuated.
"It has IK‘en the purpose of the
| United State* navy to give the largest
measure of assistance to the other
conntries at war with Germany that
is consistent with the full and com
plete protection of our own coast ar.d
tiiritorhtl water*."
The ilis|M»sltion of the destroyers
--•‘lit to European water? has been
left entirely to Admiral Sims, who
j was selected for the task because of
his wide general experience in the
; navy and also because of particular
training in destroyer operations.
I test rovers have proved the most
efficient foe of submarines. Their
value has tu-en so great that all pns
sible effect lias been concentrated
by the navy department upon adding
to the American flotillas in the short
est time. More than fifty new boats,
swifter, more powerful anti sea
worthy and more heavily armed than
any now in service are being built
with all possible haste. Several will
he tNitmnissioned early in the sum
mer. Others will'he ready a few
n.oaths later anil still others tit in
tervals of it few months thereafter.
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Crisis in Russia Averted.
Petmgrad.—As a result of a meet
in# in Petrograd of the commandcrs
tn-ehief from all fronts, except the
Caucasus, Generals Rrussiloff and
Gurko have withdrawn their resigna
tions and reports of further resigna
tions are refuted by the definite an
nouncement that all the commanders
have decided to remain at their posts.
Thus the crisis in the army, which
formed an alarming accompaniment
to tlie political crisis, has been
averted.
IUscusslng with the temporary
government tiie various conditions of
affairs at the front the commanders
declared that tiie unfortunate phrase,
"peace without annexation.” had
found Its way to tiie army and was
there translated into an argument
against offensive wnrfnre.
This and other harmful doctrines
pervading tin- army, and tiie inability
of tiie officers satisfactorily to ex
plain them, had ruined discipline and
destroyed tiie authority and prestige
of tiie officers.
Tiie discord at Petrograd had natu
rally found an echo everywhere at
the front, but tin* spirit of the sol
diers was slowly recovering and tiie
power of tin* Russian army was by
no means lost.
Tiie cabinet crisis has been settled.
A declaration of the government's
policy has been accepted by the rep
resentatives of the Pounc'd of Work
men's • and Soldiers' delegates, with
merely slight alterations and has
been signed by them.
It was decided to take into the
cabinet five representatives of differ
ent socialist groups, which, with A.
!•'. Kerensky, who assumes the war
portfolio, will make n total of six of
these groups sharing in the govern
ment.
Bonds Selling Too Slow.
Washington. — Representatives of
the federal reserve hanks and treas
ury officials in direct charge of the
task of floating the liberty loan vir
tually are unanimous in tiie opinion
that a great campaign must he suc
cessfully carried on within the next
twenty-seven days if the liberty loan
is to meet with the over subscription
the officials hope for. Predictions
that the big issue would lie over
subscribed several hundred per rent
have not materialized thus far. There
is crying need, in tiie opinion of offi
cials for the small Investor in great
numbers to make felt bis power.
Reject Home Rule Proposal.
London. John Redmond, leader of
the Irish nationalist party, in a letter
to Premier I.Ioyd George, accepts on
behalf of the Irish party tiie proposal
for “assembling a convention of Irish
men of all parties for the purpose of
producing a scheme of Irish self-gov -
eroun tit" on condition that the "basis
on which the convention is to lie call
ed is such as to ensure that it is fully
and fairly representative of Irishmen
j of all creeds, interests and parties,
and. secondly, that the convention he
summoned without delay.” Mr. Red
mond “aiti Premier Lloyd George's
proposal for an Irish government *
i would, in the opinion of the members
of the Irish party, find no support in
Iceland. They therefore were irre
concilably opjiosed to it and any meas
1 are based on that proposal woftld
meet with their vigorous opposition.
City Buys Liberty Bonds.
Hoboken. X. J.— Liberty loan iwitids
to tin amount of $100 000 will be
bought here by the city of Hoboken,
the first tntttiieipuliiy. as far -ts is
known, to take such a step.
British Warship Sunk.
VWino A liritish rruiiur was sun
dttrini: an ineiitrtlirnt with Knjrltsli
Kn-wii and Italian vt*ss<*|s aft<*r an
Austrian naval ddsitamt had mat I*
a «n,vs-s-f til raid In tin* Strait «»!
(Witranto. mi liar st.inhnm i-iaist nf
Italy. •nlinp I® an tiftihul mi
m>uinfti»«*nt math* hv tin* admiralty.
Italian dustrt*y«*r*. thrvi* muriiiaiitmnn
ami twenty a runs! ettanl v*»ss«-ls. tin*
siat«*tiM'1»< adds. •ia*»*alin* victims" of
th<* Austrian raid. A Ovt-tnnn sttln
maritn* r<Hi|irnitMl with tin* Austrian
form _
More Power For President.
' Washington. I». A provision
ntM>n-(>rtng the president to use the
iiou s anned forces to prevent any
emiction "of the orderly conduct
■r t.ovetuent of interstate or foreign
•otnmerce" during the war was writ
ten into the administration's preferen
tial shipment hill at a conference last
Wislncsday tifternoon between I'resi
hnt Wilson and Chairman Newlands
and Chairman Adamson of the con
gressional Interstate commerce com
missions.
Bulgar* Tired of War.
C«|*-nbufen <V'“ ~ ,tui'
—rUn socialist- who P«s*.-i through
Caprnhairon ,m their wav to .ho
Stockholm reference described the
Hemand for pc<-e in BuHmrin as uni
versal Haifa nan- arc weary of , ho
.l*o*. *-ontini»<*o« war since l»l
Or Sakandf -|«*ke*nian. said Bul
garian* were fnlriy draff-l into the
1 Berta's debt. he said, had In
. ... n.ii.r-iria - casual
Expert Aviator Ordered to Omaha.
Washington—Major Frank P. Lahtn
of the army flying corps, now at the
aviation school, Snn Diego, Cal., has
been ordered to Fort Omaha, Neb., to
command the new ha:!oon school.
Wants Norse to Respect Germans.
Co|K-nhagen.—George Bernard! in
his weekly article in the Vossische
Zeltung laments the lack of energy of
the German minister in Christiania In
enforcing resnect for Germnnv unit
WILSON ORDERS
ARMIJO FRANCE
GENERAL PERSHING TO COM
MAND OVERSEAS EXPEDITION
ROOSEVELT PLAN REJECTED
i
Permission Denied Ex-President to
Raise Division—President Fixes
June 5 as Registration Day
Under Draft Law.
Washington.—President Wilson has
ordered that a division of regular
troops, commanded by Major General
John J. Pershing, he sent to France at
the earliest practicable date.
This is the answer of America to
France’s plea that the Stars and
Stripes be carried to the fighting
front without delay to hearten the
soldiers barring there with concrete
evidence that a powerful ally lias
come to their support against German
aggression
Announcement of the order follow
ed signing of the selective draft war
army bill by the president, and the
issuing of a statement that under ad
vice of military experts on both sides
of the water, the president could not
permit Colonel Roosevelt to raise liis
volunteer expedition to carry the
American flag against tlie Germans in
France.
in his explanation of his reason for
not availing himself of the so-called
Roosevelt amendment to the army
bill. Mr. Wilson has brought out
sharply tlie points made against that
amendment by army officers, regard
less of their personal political lean
ings or their regard for Mr. Roose
velt himself.
Many officers have unhesitatingly
condemned his proposal to raise a
volunteer army corps or division on
the ground that it would drain the
regular service of men vitally needed
to train tin1 millions that must he
quickly whipped into fighting trim.
The army law provided for an ulti
mate force of approximately 2.
0(10.000 men to hack up the first
troops to go to the front. When the
hill had been signed, the president af
fixed his name to a proclamation
calling upon all men in the country
between the ages of 21 and 30, in
clusive. to register themselves for
military service on June 5. next. The
proclamation sets in motion imme
diately machinery that will enroll
and sift 10.000.000 men and pave the
way for the selection of the first
500,000 young, efficient soldiers with
out crippling the industries or com
merce of the nation or bringing hard
ship on those at home.
Regulars Leaving Border.
Regular army regiments already are
in motion northward from the border,
perparatory to the expansion of the
tegular service to full war strength.
Of the 1S3.S9S men necessary to bring
the regulars up to the 293.000 mark.
74.tt.33 already have been recruited
and the remainder are expected to
come in before June 15.
The national guardsmen will be
drafted into the federal service in
three increments on July 15. July 25
and August 5. As a general order is
issued by the president drafting spe
cific regiments, the force will cease to
he militia and become part of the ar
mies of the I'nlted States.
State authorities were authorized to
fill present regiments or other units
up to full war strength, making a
force of approximately 329.954 men
and 9.847 officers. The result will
be virtually to triple the present
strength of the guard, but reports to
the department show heavy recruiting
in all states.
It is from these forces that the first
armies to join General Pershing at
the front will he drawn to he follow
ed within a few months by recurring
waves from the selective draft
armies, the first 500.000 of whom will
he mobilized September 1.
Many Go Down With Ship.
London.—It Is officially announced
that flte transport Oameronin has
lieen sunk. One hundred and forty
men on hoard are missing. The ud
inirnlty statements follows:
“The British transport Oameronin.
with troops, wtts torpedoed by an
enemy submarine in the eastern Medi
terranean on April 15. One hundred
and forty men now are missing and
are presumed to have l>een drowned."
Vote Against Budgets.
Amsterdam.—The Reichstag lias ad
journed until July 5. Tiic social demo
erntis deputies voted against 1 lie* inili
j tary and other budgets, both factions
j of the party uniting in opposition.
i Roads Asked to Readjust Service.
Washington. —All railroads have
been called upon by the war hoard of
j the American railway association to
readjust their service immediately so
ns to make available the maximum
transportation energy for moving
fuel,, food, material and troops.
Rockefeller Buys Liberty Bonds.
New York.—John T>. Rockefeller,
nil magnate, hits subscribed for
000.000 of the government liberty
loan bonds, it was announced here
several days ago.
Paper Shortage Growing in Germany.
Copenhagen.—The Berlin newspa
per publishers have informed the gov
ernment that they are in pressing
danger of being forced to suspend
publication owing to paper shortage.
Coal Shortage at Hamburg.
Copenhagen.—Owing to the short
age 'of coal Hamburg is now without
gas. except n limited supply for a few
indispensable institutions. Most of the
reslaurants and cafes are closed in
the evening or are lighted by the aid
FOR IRE m IN
NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN 800N
BE COMPASSED.
MANY EVENTS ARE MENTIONED
Home and Foreign Intelligence Con
densed Into Two and Four
Line Paragraphs,
*
U. S.-Teutonic War News.
The government has made its first
loan to Russia. $100,000,000, bringing
the amount thus far advanced to the
allies up to $625,000,IKK).
* * *
The American steampship Hilonian
has been torpedoed and sunk off
Genoa, Italy, with a loss of four
members of the crew, according to
reports.
* * *
The Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota
apd Kansas national guard, with the
guard of other states, will form part
of the first expedition to Europe, it is
generally understood.
• * •
The American government has is
sued a warning to keepers of light
houses along the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts to watch out for submarine
mines and to report immediately.
• • *
The full quota of 40.000 men which
the war department requested for the
officers’ training camps throughout
the country was recruited within
twenty days after the issuance of the
call.
• • •
The use of the British Enfield rifle
in the new American war army has
been decided on by the government to
Insure a sufficient supply of guns for
the great force to be raised for ser
vice abroad.
• * •
President Wilson is making an ef
fort to have congress speed up war
legislation. At a White house con
ference with members of senate and
house agriculture committees he em
phasized the imperative necessity for
prompt action upon the food control
legislation.
• * •
Secretary I.ansing made a state
ment denying the published reports
that the United States has an agree
ment with the entente allies not to
make a separate peace with Ger
many by saying: “There Is no agree
ment. written or unwritten relative
to peace.”
• * *
Announcement has been made that
n flotilla of American destroyers,
manned by picked crews, have carried
the Stars and Stripes into the war
zones of Europe and are operating
against German submarines with Brit
ish and French war vessels.
* * *
Traveling men or others who can
not be at home to register for the
army conscription on the day to be
set by President Wilson's proclama
tion must apply to the county clerk,
or city clerk, in municipalities of
more than 30.000 on the sixth day af
ter the proclamation is issued.
General News.
Six men were killed and several
others seriously injured in an explo
sion at the- end of tiie Fort Brady
pier at Sault Ste Marie. Mich. It is
believed dynamite stored under the
dock exploded.
Joseph H. Choate, one of America’s
foremost citizens anil former ambas
sador to Great Britain, died at his
home in New York City. He hud en
tertained Alfred J. Balfour when the
English notable was in New York a
few days ago. v
• • •
Soup was $1.50 a plate and coffee
was $:t a cup in hotels during the civil
war. according to statistics compiled
by the New York Hotel Review. In
hotels during the great war, turkey
was AS.50 a portion : beefsteak, $3.50
a plate, and potatoes, 51 it service.
* * *
| With the election of Hr. .T. Wilbur
, Chapman of Jamaica. N. J., as mod
erator. the 129th general assembly of
the Presbyterian church in the I'nit
ed States of America held at Dallas,
Texas, took a long step, it is believed.
; toward a free union of the two
I branches of the church—the North
and South.
* * •
Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford
White, will be removed from a Philu
1 dolphin hospital, where he has been
j recuperating from self-inflicted razor
j wounds, to the Pennsylvania hospital
| for the insane.
* * *
The Rev. I.ynn George J. Kelly, 35.
an itinerant minister of Sutton. Neb..
was arrested at Red Oak. Ia.. accused
of the murder of eight persons in VII
Iisen, la., in 1012. He was indicted
some time ago by the grand jury for
the crime and submitted to arrest
without resistance. Kelly says he is
innocent.
• • •
Tin* highest price ever paid for
wooled lambs, was recorded when C.
R. Lamm of Gering. Neb., shipped a
! load to South Omaha that sold for 520
per cwt.
• • •
Mine. Sehnmann-Helnk. the operatic
contralto, has filed suit for 595,00(1
against the United Railways of St.
Louis, Mo., for injuries sustained
when a taxicab in which she was rid
ing was struck by a street car Feb
tuary 23.
• • •
Two months of campaigning for a
million gardens in the United States
are estimated to have turned the at
tention of more than 30,000.000 people
to «be task «f of producing food. It is
Billy Sunday’s “Hot Cakes" ser
mon, delivered in New York on May
10 won 2,522 converts. He preached
to 30,000 persons in two meetings.
* • •
Burlington railroad employes to the
number of 8.000 have been notified by
President Hale Holden that their
wages will be raised 10 per cent be
ginning May 16 last.
• * *
An open safety lamp caused the ex
plosion in the Hastings mine of the
Victor-American Fuel company near
Trinidad, Colo., April 27, in which 120
men lost their lives, according to the
verdict of a coroner’s jury.
•> • » •
The Rev. L. G. Kelly, the itinerant
minister under indictment charged
with the Villisea ax murders in 1912,
is in jail at Logan. Iowa, where he
will remain until his trial, the date of
which has not yet been fixed.
* * *
The inter-league baseball series of
forty-eight games between clubs of
the American association and inter
national league, scheduled to start in
August, has been called off owing to
unsettled conditions caused by the
war.
• * •
Action, which it is said, will re
move the element of speculation from
the grain market and which it is be
lieved will forestall any action by the
federal government was taken at a
meeting of representatives of grain
exchanges of the country at Chicago.
Washington Notes.
President Wilson has written Chair
man Pou of the house committee on
committees urging appointment of a
special committee on woman suffrage.
Woman suffrage workers have fought
for years for appointment of such a
body.
• • •
Representative Gardner of Massa
chusetts has resigned from congress
to enter the army. He lias been one of
the most active figures in the move
ment for military preparedness and
was a member of the ways and means i
committee.
* * *
Voting in committee of the whole :
the house raised by one-fourtli all in
come taxes on incomes between $40,
000 and $1,000,000. If the action of
the house prevails the government '
will take 45 per cent of every income
of $1,000,000 and over.
* * *
All appropriation records of con
gress were broken when the senate |
appropriations committee reported the
war, army and navy deficiency bill,
carrying a total of $3,390,946,000. in
cluding $400,000,000 for construction !
and purchase of an American iner
chant marine.
• • •
The first legislative steps toward
the conservation of the nation’s food j
resources and a long advance toward I
an absolutely dry United States were
taken by the senate in approving. 3S
to "2. an amendment to the adminis
tration espionage hill forbidding dur
ing tlie war the use of cereals or grain
in the manufacture of intoxicating
liquor.
* * •
The senate passed the administra
tion espionage bill. The newspaper
censorship clause, the restrictions
upon the manufacture of grain into
intoxicating liquor and the provision
to curb speculation in food products
were stricken from the measure. The
house had already passed a similar
hill.
European War News.
It is reported that ninety lives were
lost on April 24. in the torpedoing of
the British liner Abosso about thirty
miles south of Fnstnet.
• * *
The British war office announces
that the voluntary recruiting age soon
will be extended to men up to 50
years of age. both single and married.
* * •
Nineteen French merchantmen were
sunk by German submarines during
February, March and April, a .'cord
ing to an official statement.
» * *
The Italian steamer Favour, carry
ing 500 reservists, iias been torpedoed
by a submarine. The loss of life is
unknown. The Favour sailed from
Buenos Aires on April 23.
• * •
The food situation in Germany ap
pears to he growing steadily worse
- and alarm is expressed in various
quarters that the available supply
will not suffice to feed the nation un
til the next harvest.
» • •
Authoritative figures now available
show French and British armies be
tween April 0 and May 12 captured j
40.570 Germans including 076 officers,
444 heavy and field cannon. 036 ma
chine guns and 380 trench cannon.
• * •
German submarines sank less than
half as much tonnage during the
week ending May 12 ns the previous
one. Twenty-six vessels were sub
marined or mined. Of these eighteen
were more than 1.600 tons and five
under that tonnage. Sixty-two ves
sels were destroyed the previous
week.
• • •
French military men estimate (hat
Germany has lost 200.000 men in
! killed, wounded and captured from
! April 16 to May 1 nn the western
: front.
• * *
British naval forces destroyed Zep
pelin 1.-22 in the North sea, according
to an official statement. The destruc
tion of the 1.-22 marks the fourth at
tempt at Zeppelin raids within the
last year which has ended in disaster.
The crew perished.
• • *
The British naval attack on the
German submarine base at Zeebrugge.
on the Belgian const, resulted In the
destruction of two submarine sheds,
the death of sixty-three persons and
• _ 1 ..nirnrHa 1 HD rithoTC
TO BE ORGANIZED IN ALL NE
BRASKA COMMUNITIES.
LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around ths
State-House
Western Newspaper Union -tews Service.
Because labor is likely to he the
limiting factor in increased production
ihis year, plans for a state-wide labor
bureau system to bring farmers and
unemployed together have been
mapped out by the extension service
of the Nebraska college of agricul
ture
This program, which has been
nation-wide in scope, provides for the
organization of labor bureaus in all
Nebraska communities. These bureaus
will list labor available and calls for
labor, bring idle men in touch with
farmers, and report excess or defi
ciency of labor to a county labor
bureau which will be directed by the
county agricultural agent or by some
other county organization. The county
bureau, in turn, will canvass its labor
situation, equalize its labor, and re
port to the state labor bureau at Lin
coln. By arrangement with the gov
ernor and the state department of
labor, all labor bureau work of the
state will be correlated and the state
labor bureau will office at the state
house. E. L, Rhoades will be dele
gated by the U. S. department of
agriculture and the college of agri
culture to co-operate with Labor Com
missioner Norman.
Plans for Semi-Centennial
The past week was one of great
activity for the executive committee
af the semi-centennial celebration.
Under the auspices of the American
Automobile association, automobile
races will be held on the first day at
'.he State Fair grounds and many of
America’s most prominent drivers
have been secured.
A contract has been let for the
most elaborate scheme of decoration
that the city of Lincoln has ever un
dertaken. A new lighting scheme of
red, white and blue lights for the
principal streets of the city is to be
inaugurated by the city commission.
It is estimated that 50,000 flags will
be used in the decoration of private
homes, business buildings and streets.
A contract has also been let for a
display of fireworks for each evening
of the celebration. Though the gov
ernment may deem it inadvisable to
manufacture fireworks in the future
because of the much needed materials
for munitions, the fireworks already
manufactured cannot be used.for war
purposes and consequently there is
nothing unpatriotic in carrying out
this important feature.
Special invitations have been sent
out to prominent Nebraskans through
out the United States and to each
governor throughout the union. A spe
cial committee will shortly visit the
governors of the bordering states and
present to them a persona! invitation
to be present.
Will Make a Test Case.
In order to determine whether or
not any of the various substitutes for
beer, sold under various names, can be
legally made and sold in Nebraska,
Governor Neville, acting in conjunc
tion with Attorney General Reed, will
institute a test case in Douglas
county. It will involve the question
of whether mock beer that several
Omaha breweries are making and sell
ing come under the definition of the
prohibited liquids of the law. Leonard
A. Flansburg, one of the authors of
the prohibitory law. has been retained
to assist the attorney general in the
matter. No compensation has been
fixed in advance for his services.
Government to Aid Nebraska Farmers.
A special agent for the United
States government, representing the
department of agriculture, will here
after be stationed permanently in Lin
coln to assist the farmers of Nebraska
in securing labor needed for planting,
cultivating and harvesting crops. This
line of work is being undertaken in
all the agricultural states as part of
the national campaign for maximum
food production.
Mr. Williams, the government's rep
resentative, will have his headquarters
at the office of State Labor Commis
sioner Norman in the capitol. He
will visit different sections of the
state and help to organize farm com
munities to make intelligent use of
labor as it may be supplied.
The office force in Land Commis
sioner Beckman's department are pre
paring an index to the sale contracts
for state school lands, wliieh will
show at any time the amount yet due
on any partic ’ir tract. Balances
due draw 5 per cent interest.
Loyalty of foreign-born citizents of
Nebraska of German descent to their
adopted land is being shown in the
voluntary service, without pay, for
registration under the conscription
law. Thayer county, which has an ex
ceptionally large number of German
citizens, is the first county to send in
its completed list of volunteers for
registration duty under the draft law.
Its complete ii3t has been received
by Governor Neville. Among those
who have volunteered their services
are a large number of well known
German residents.
The new index to sale contracts for
school lands of the state, being pre
pared now In the office of the land
commissioner, will show the balance
due on such contracts in a concrete
form so that the state may know at
any time the amount received for the
lands and the amounts paid thereon.
The sale contracts now existing show
there is due the state $2,650,744 38.
The total amount of these sale con
tracts was $3,227,718.57, there being
paid $576,944.20. The balance due the
state draws 5 per cent, or $132,538.72
annually, payable in advance.
ANSWERS MANY QUESTIONS
Attorney General Reed Discusses
Workings of Prohibitory Law.
Attorney General Willis E. Reed
has given out a written opinion for
the benefit of Nebraska druggists who
submitted a list of questions to him
for information relative to the work
ing of the prohibition law and the
steps necessary for druggists to ob
serve all provisions of the act.
Mr. Reed holds, in the first place,
that no registered pharmacist or cor
poration nor any member of a cor
poration can legally purchase or
obtain alcohol for manufacturing pur
poses without first securing a permit
from the governor. Several sections
of the prohibitory law are quoted for
the information of the druggists.
Relative to the handling of bitters
under proprietory names it is his
opinion that anything which the fed
eral law allows to be sold without a
government liquor permit and the
payment of internal revenue tax may
be handled without violating the state
law. As to whether particular brands
conform to the federal requirement-,
he does not attempt to decide.
"Is there any possible way for a
doctor to procure pure alcohol on a
prescription, or otherwise, for per
sonal use?” is another question "which
was put up to the attorney general.
He answers by saying that if the
doctor desires it as a beverage the
purchase would be unlawful, but if
used for medicinal, mechanical or
scientific purposes, it would not vio
late the statute.
Attorney General Reed refuses t$>
advise the druggists on how denatur
ized alcohol should be labelled, that
being a legal question but merely
calling for the exercise of good judg
ment and the avoidance of misrepre
sentation.
In regard to the selling of essfnce
of Jamaica ginger, he says that tha
same rule should govern as in the
case of "bitters.”
As to whether or not a druggist
should take out a government permit
for handling alcohol, Mr. Reed says
that it is not for him to determine.
He suggests that Internal Revenue
Collector Loomis of Fremont is the
proper man to answer this query.
Other questions , is answered by
Mr. Reed are:
There is nothing in the state law
to prevent a druggist from taking out
a federal permit.
Possession of a receipt for internal
revenue tax paid the United States is
prima facie evidence of unlawful sale
or furnishing of liquor in any prose
cution that might be brought but
would not be conclusive evidence.
Malt extract, being a heavy beer
preparation prescribed by Bomeplivsi
cians as a tonic, comes under the
same classification aa “bitters” and
Jamaica ginger.
New Law Regarding Auto Plates
Secretary of State Pool has written
all county treasurers, calling their at
tention to the new law that provides
a special type of number plate for
automobile manufacturers and dealers
The law permits a manufacturer or
dealer to use duplicates of this num
ber on machines which are employed
for demonstration purposes in making
sales. He must secure his duplicates,
however, from the secretary of state,
and must pay the county treasurer
35 cents extra for each one. The
county treasurer will remit the money
to the secretary of state in payment,
is he docs for ordinary automobile
licenses.
Any firm or person dealing in auto
mobiles at more than one city or town
must obtain a separate and distinct
certificate of registration, and a dif
ferent number, for each place of busi
ness.
As the new laws goes*into effect in
July, and as it will take four to six
weeks to have the duplicates manu
factured, Secretary Pool is asking
county treasurers to see that dealers
in each county are properly notified so
that they will file their applications in
plenty of time.
The penalty for violation of the act
is a fine not exceeding $50.
Legislators Tender Resignation.
Henry C. Richmond of Omaha, a
member of the Douglas county delega
tion in the last legislature, has ten
dered Governor Neville his resignation
to accept the appointment of secre
tary of the state council for defense.
Mr. Richmond is the second leg sla
tor to resign. W. C. Dorsey, who was
recently appointed district judge, hav
ing given up his seat some time ago
SEEDS TESTED FREE
Samples May Be Submitted to the
State Food Commissioner
It is doubtful whether there has ever
been a time when it was of greater
importance that every person sowing
seeds of any kind should know the
quality of the seed used, says a bul
letin issued by the Nebraska state
board of agriculture. All kinds of
seeds are high in price and it is very
desirable that every one produce
The new seed law-, passed by the
1917 legislature, is already in force.
In general it is not very different from
the old law-. One of the important
changes is that the seed testing is
now to be done without charge. Sec
I tion 4 says, "Any resident of the state
may submit fair samples of seeds to
the state food, drug, dairy and oil
commissioner, who shall, v.-ithout
charge cause an analysis of the same
to be made.” Samples should be taken
so as to be representative of the lot
of seeds from which they are drawn
and mailed with the name and address
of the sender to the state food. drug,
dairy.and oil commissioner, Lincoln
Neb. A half cup is sufficient
Three Hundred Candidates for Degrees
Candidates for degrees from the
University of Nebraska this spring
number more than 300, according to
the list of names made public by uni
versity authorities. The largest number
are candidates for bachelor of arts.
173. Srixty-two have asked for degrees
from the college of agriculture. Oth
ers are: Bachelor of laws, 29; bache
lor of fine arts, 1; bachelor of science,
20; bachelor of engineering, 32; col
lege of pharmacy, 16.