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NEWSOFTHE WEEK CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR LESSER IMPORTANCE. I E0HJI6 DOWD Of EVENTS Hat ena . Pet t.cal. Personal and Other Matte'* in Brief Form for All Classes of Readers. ... * A v U- S. Wants Aviators. * 1 1 * HI- 4 v < . .•» Ilyins * * - ■ i.t • ti • * 4 • K 1 "I | * -» * J I a iv 4 J J ■» .ill «!eVelo|e 4 * to fii 1 fur tin' * v *. "ii at * » A ■ ' t . i I loll IVII- 4 ' may 4 V •' folio I '-rt 4 * • 1 * V->. T!i- > j- * 4 i * Mr l**I> irtnient. I » || « I field- M tx-ola I 1 The IN J V i .- 1 IN luff on. 4 4 \r.• T.-\ V .nil I*.r. t!i*-r- J * I- ' I — * ‘nl. Sipti'l * I ■ * I C! III. 4 * 4 * * -*-♦ ♦ U. S Teutonic War News. Mai man nMa t •Be Atti.rl';.in '•alluitf *lii|* Galina, fr. Uotj*-a to NVw York, lias heett tin . .. .-.1, Tlo r*- were no etistlultle*. Tin- v«-*m-I «.;>• sunk off r«bunt with Basnha. • • • Itr-. -.1 i* iso lofic>-r a n.-utral in the m.-etd »»r an.! lo-nnaits hits another et.e- ire s.-l s:nu«t it. Hmzil ha now ortur drftniMt into the .ffien •Ml atit.out. •->! that it ran no lontter Be rotisidemd lieUtrnl If hit* revok ed its d*vTee of neutrality so far as It effort* the war !s»tweeri tile United ►fate* and ••ermanr. • • • Mure Than '»•' men have volun teers! in Ibe American army ami navy during the |*rri«d «*f lea* than three i!»«*?.th* that has efupsed sins* war was declared. The army, navy Ubd Rational {Hard totalled little more than men when the war rests le■: kj was adopted. Now between fw.uw and WUO.rtftft are enrolled in the • : r u- brunch. - of tlie lighting am iee. • • • Ai • *i »roop ships ti.-ive *uc«-o« I •; i 1 the terrors of tiennnny's Unto -r to* warfare and lands! two contingent* of Atneri* an fighting f*»re»->. t rail* ** nn*ti <*f the regular Ttdted State* -rtity. Tlie tr*»*f**. the first t*. r* *-h *he war area, were giv en a trettHTelou* welcome hy the fren* h *-e. who wept with Joy •t the - glit *>f tlie American*, come fr. i ,r way *-r*the world to t* If* them fr.-e their land from the German y***e General News. The Wisconsin gen**ral assembly ad-.pt.-d the following resolution, pledging the state to the nation in the war with tiertisny: “We stand ready to give the U-«t that is in U*— our t»-t thought. **iir last dollar and life's blood If tie***l tie.” • • • t *r. July 1. the state of Kansas Went under * new form of govern ment. different from that of any other •tate in the uni ti. Its business af fair* fa* rc*fter w ill he e**t»trolls] by • slat*- manager, who will attend to Ull flic business of the state and alone he res|a*nstble. • • • S'tty-e ght children have dis] from • severe f«erir »*f summer eomplnint In -.«iiH**»sTem M *s..ur1 during th** last few W#*** k* M •■re than tw*. hun dred j»-r«*.*.s mostly childnvi. n**\e *re 11' with tlie di***a*e am! about a fourth »*f th* so are in a serious «*»*ii dit.otv l!nj«rm.-iu*f!** In the federal par es- |«-t system were pm Into effect July I. Hereafter. in«tmin<v on a II ck:,ge vrolled Up to Soli w ill lie 1ft e*-ti'* amt on n package valued from |S> t. ' ■••• h iM !•.- SB ■, nta A re d fleet of !nslir<-d parcels will not he r***iilre.t to - _-n for them i-toyit w lo-n the sender requests a return receipt. « • • Sale He! V. IVrrott. chief of the In diana I •>•!». Ind |»»lice. ami five others were found guilty of a conspiracy to Cotiillilt election fraud* in coliln-Clion With the lull regi*tration. * • • It smith of Kv-clsW Spring*. Mo., • 1st ha* lieen on trial at IJItedy. Mo., for the killing of I'rlinn II. Ital eotuhe of tNnaba in tile lotiliy of the Auditorium antu*s-nient huildJng at E*cet«4or Spring*. March 7. wu* ac quitted. The jury l»-ld tile shooting nr la self-defense. • • • It Is re|>otied that miner* In the Sou'hem folorado coal field of the Colorado Kuel and Iron «•«. will he ealletl out strike August 1. unless there is a satisfactory settlement of their differences with company. * * * Wisconsin is t« have a prison farm. By term* of ■ bill pi*s.-d by the state Jegl-lature th* state Isianl of control will convert al*>ut .It**' acre* of the cutover land in northern Wisconsin Into a vegetable garden to support *,,her state Institutions. s • • Omaha ba* falb*l to land the army -ote tnnt which re|Nirt* said might ie- taken fnuu I»e* Moine*. General liarrr r.commend.-d ke. plng the camp I», - M-Htn - and the war de|«rt rnoit. at Washington, approved tlie ffiunii jeodatlon — Registration by States. Following is the complete official registration by states, as given out by the war department. The figures show tImt almost one-lialf the total of men registered claim exemp tion for various causes: NuoAer Kstimate Claim Rig'd Refcis-on. Kx’tlon. Alaba i.u . 173.424 214.795 120.478 Arlaoxx . 18.111 34.414 12.248 . 147. - 2 1 -4.17.t 99.196 .1 . 2 4 7. 1 *61,689 125,265 ■ 8 112....* 44,462 .... 13.7 IS8.S87 61.490 r* .. 21,864 2 4.4 27, 11, 144 lain .. 88 8*7 81,811 19,788 Klor ■. ....... 64.642 106,675 47.418 231,411 2 ' 493 167.487 . 41 : - 7.2.020 51.942 . 675.498 645.653 333.67* h,.S3S.145 260.011 151.689 . 14 213,68* 118.648 Kkiuu . 146 646 140.183 85,951 ... I*: ' ' : 204.918 - .... 157.827 171.445 83,66* 80.174 *8.678 29.392 V <1 .... 1*0.458 126.800 60.7*8 Mi* 14 hue.’Its .. *39.323 367.286 147.607 . I: *72 3*8.154 1 4 270 221 "17 *46,051 108.2*5 177.606 86,8*4 \ . in .*99.6*5 326,001 181,211 4. ■ • tna 44,275 .3,464 5 ■,33 v l.n.iki . ... 118.1*3 1*1.958 64.596 Nov a* I a . 11.494 16.560 4,167 '44 56.7.74 1 ■ 993 109.56* 13". 119 6, ' ' 17.64, \.... fork .1.047.8*6 1.700.206 476,49* 194 966 13 .614 Nnrtli Ink Hi .. 65.007 77.040 29 943 . 50 -I 193.869 301.733 215.31* 110.417 . . . 81.618 108,150 52.944 1 • • • 839.5*7 *7» |78 *98.854 *.458 87 890 22.149 -• 1 85.8*8 0*44]t h ikota .. '.4 1114 *4.7*0 29.292 .... 187.611 V- 179 126.522 . .... *08.701 *2 129 *29.775 *1.952 45.488 22.766 • . ... *9.858 18.8*8 13.234 ■ it. . 14' 8*8 21 1.553 104.854 tv** hi net 188 10 212.8*4 58.141 nia . 127.4*8 142.8 51 "2.043 24,1 ' 70 229.597 115.149 22 444 27.520 . Oiii ha is soon to have a branch of the Kansas City Federal Reserve bank to Take care of the Nebraska and Wyoming territory. • • * The 1‘nited States cruiser Olympia, Admiral I'ewey's flagship at the battle of Manila, ran aground in a fog off lb k Island. R. I., and was seriously il: i ageil. One seaman lost his life, win ii he was struck on the head by a falling hatch. • • * Property damage to the extent of $.'7.inN1.18mi resulted from the breaking of ill** dam of the Price River Irriga tion company near Fairview, Utah. The population of Schofield. Helper. <'astle Hale and Colton were forced to flee when the towns were inundnt 4*d by the rushing water. When the dam broke. 1 l.o*»0 acre feet of water was released. Washington Notes. Retail food prices in the United States advanced <>n an average 5 per cent from April Id to May 15» as shown in figures compiled by the bu reau of laimr statistics. During the year ended with May 15 they in ereiis* <1 :«t per cent. * * * Democratic leader Kitchin predict ed udjouriuent of congress by August 1 or August 15. when he asked for thn-e days’ adjournment by the house until tho senate has passed some of tlie house legislation now before it. * • • The daylight saving bill amended to take effect next year, passed the sen ate. Under the bill all timepieces would be turned forward one hour be ginning tin- last Sunday in April and continuing until the last Sunday in Kept* mher. * * * The sweeping reductions in the price of bituminous coal at all mines -t of tb Mississippi river, ranging from SI ci s'i a ton to the public, with a further cut of 50 cents for the government, were agreed upon at con ferences between the operators and government officials. * * * The nation's contributions to the Red Cross in response to the call for a Sino.ooo.fino war fund are placed at S114.000.OtiO by Henry I’. Davison, chairman of the Rod Cross war coun cil. The policy of the Red Cross in ex |H-n«ling this big sum. Mr. Davison said, will be to “conduct all our work witli tlie utmost publicity, and to take the public as completely as possible into our confidence." European War News. The Elder-Dempster British steam er. Aiblah. was torpedoed without warning and sunk by a German sub marine on June 15. The submarine tired on the captain's boat, killing eight men. • * • Twenty-one British vessels of more than LOW* tons each and seven under 1 turn tons were sunk by mines or sub marines during the week ending June 23. This is n net falling off of four, as compared with the losses reported the previous week. * * • Sinking by a Herman submarine outside the prohibited zone and with out examination of the -tad-ton Ban ish steamer Ivigtut has been reported. The submarine commander left the Banish vessel’s crew In their boats 150 miles from land. • • • The whole country of Norway Is wrought up over the discovery of a Herman plot to destroy Norwegian steamers by explosives. In all a ton of explosives has been discovered con cealed in artificial lumps of coal, which presumably were to be placed In ship's hunkers. » * • It has been officially reported that twelve fireek ships, representing a total tonnage of 31.542, valued at *4.5!»2.000. -have been torpedoed and sunk by Herman and Austrian sub marines since April 2, 1917. • • * The Mesopotamia expedition, ac cording to the British commission which has been investigating it. re ports that the expedition was a justi fiable military enterprise, but was un dertaken “with insufficient forces and inadequate preparation.” * • • Official figures of the casualties in the London air raids of June 13 to taled ninety-one men, twenty-four Aomen and forty-two children killed and 220 uien. 110 women and 100 children injured. Ambassador Sharp (in civilian clothes) inspecting an American aviation camp "somewhere in France.” 2— Trench digger, used for laying water mains, in the national army cantonment camp that is being built at (Juantico, Vn. 3—Rear Admiral .1. H. Glennon. lr. S. N„ who helped quiet the mutiny of Russian sailors at Sebastopol. 4— Warren Pershing, only child of General Pershing, and Miss May Pershing, sister of the goner.-.1. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK , Two Contingents of Pershing's Army Are Landed Safely on French Soil. UNDER COMMAND OF SIBERT Developments in Plans to Control Foodstuffs and Coal—Good Work of Root and Kerensky in Rus sia—British Troops Clos ing in on Lens. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Two contingents of Major General Pershing's expeditionary force of American regulars were safely landed iu France last week, the first on Tues day and tlie second on Wednesday. The armada that carried them across the Atlantic and that convoyed them took also great quantities of supplies for their maintenance. The troops now on French soil are’ under the im mediate command of Brig. Gen. W. L. Sibert. This safe and speedy arrival of sea soned fighting men in France is a tri umph of American skill and efficiency. Without any publicity, the troops were assembled, embarked on many vessels and taken through the German subma rine zone without an accident to mar the success of the great operation. That these troops and the thousands that are to follow' them carry all their own supplies makes them a net gain for the allies. The United States feeds, clothes, arms and equips them without making a single demand on the French or the British. iert,uing lias prepareu ev erything for the participation of his army in the actual warfare, and a sec tion of the line near St. Quentin is to be turned over to the Americans. It developed on Thursday that George Creel, civilian head of the com mittee on public information, author ized the publication of the news of the arrival of the troops contrary to the wishes of the war department, whereupon,- Secretary Baker withdrew the dissemination of war department news from the jurisdiction of Creel's organization and appointed General McIntyre sole censor and disseminator of war department news. Coal and Wheat Embargo. President Wilson appointed a board of export control, composed of the secretaries of commerce, state and la bor and the food administrator, and the board at once began gathering data on which it recommended that the president place at least partial em bargoes on wheat and bunker coal, and possibly on other commodities. The shutting-off of shipments of food stuffs to. certain neutral countries, it is believed, will nearly put an end to their sending of food to the central powers. An embargo on bunker coal not only will help in controlling neu tral and other shipping, but also will give to the shipping board a weapon to force down present exorbitant ocean freight rates. Speaking of coal, the coal commit tee of the council of national defense scored a big victory Tuesday when it “liersuaded" 400 coal barons to agree to sell their product at a reasonable price to be fixed with the approval of the committee. The operators, who represented both the bituminous and the anthracite fields, were told fiatly that unless they behaved themselves the government would take over their output. The immediate result of all this was the agreement of the bituminous op erators to make cuts of $1 to $3 n ton In the cost of coal to the Jobbers. This, it was declared, would bring about an immediate reduction of prices to the consumer. Consideration of the food-control bill with its “bone-dry” feature, which the house passed, occupied much of the time of the senators. Their committee modified The prohibition clause in such a way that the making of distilled liquors and beer would he ended while the manufacture of wine would not. The attack on beer brought on a stule born fight when tlie hill came up for consideration in the senate Thursday, and Mr. Lodge and others denounced tlie effort of tlie prohibitionists to mix prohibition with tlie food question at a time when the first requisite for suc cessful conduct of the war is a united people. Tlie bill ns it stands confers on the president the most extraordi nary powers ever granted by the American nation. Restoring Order in Russia. With calm, sympathetic talk and commonsense advice. Klihu Root and his colleagues on the American mis sion are aiding Kerensky to firing some semblance of order out of tlie chaos in Russia. In Petrograd. Mos cow and many other places the Ameri cans have addressed throngs of sol diers. workmen and peasants, and have made it plain to them that the United States means to help them to retain their new-found freedom, but that it cannot be retained unless, with their active aid. the despotic autocracy of Germany is crushed. Rear Admiral Glennon is credited with having quiet ed the mutiny of the men of the Rus sian Black sea flee t. Minister of War Kerensky is becom ing a heroic figure, fiercely withstand ing the attiieks of his enemies and fast gaining for the provisional govern ment the support of the masses. He is determined that Russia shall resume the offensive against-the central pow ers, and is backed in this by the coun cils of delegates and by the women of the land. The latter by thousands have enlisted in the army and demand a chance to fight. The congress of Cossacks also gave the provisional government n vote of complete confi dence and full supi>ort. i line jsam is determined to set tne new republic of Russia on its feet if it Is possible to do so. and is giving every aid that can be devised. The latest evidence of our government’s be nign intent is the appointment by President Wilson of a commission of sanitary social, medical and food-dis tribution experts that will start at once for Petrograd and make a sur vey of the civil needs of the people of Russia, and then try to help them to help themselves. Pr. Frank Billings, an eminent Chicago physician, heads the commission, the other members in cluding Raymond Robins, Harold H. Swift. Dr. Wilbur E. Post. Pr. W. S. Thayer of Johns Hopkins university, and Prof, diaries Winslow of Yale. Venizelos Controls in Greece. As was foreseen, young King Alex ander of Greece has agreed to do what ever the allies wish him to do. anil he began by dismissing the Zaimis minis try and inviting Venizelos to form a new cabinet. The new ministers took office Wednesday. Venizelos has said that he would like to have Greece join the allies as an active opponent of Germany, but will not force this course of action against the will of the peo ple. Meanwhile, French troops are in control in Athens and other centers, Ex-King Constantine is now In Switz erland, where he has purchased a mag nificent chateau. The situation in the southeast natur ally is worrying Bulgaria, which is in the war for what she can get. and now sees that her dear wish to get Macedonia and Pobrudja may not be fulfilled. Bulgaria has been reluctant to break formally with the United States, but according to Copenhagen reports she may soon take such nction as the price of concessions from Ger many. The Spanish censorship has shut down tight on all news from that coun try, and the government is struggling to weather the crisis that has come upon it. On Tuesday the constitution al guaranties were suspended once more, and Premier Pato declares the nation is culm. This, however, is not in accord with the information given out in London, where it is expected that a revolution will soon break out in Spain. Norwegian Patience Exhausted. In Norway, ns in Spain, hunger, present or anticipated, is at the bottom iif much nf the unrest. Both nations may be forced into the ranks of the allies by shortage of food, for the countries that are warring against Germany intend to look after their own food needs first, regardless of the "'ails of the countries that have pre ferred to remain neutral. Norway also is now exasperated almost to the point of warfare by the deliberate de struction of her merchant marine by the Germans. At out one-third of her tonnage already h:,s been sunk by sub marines, and a few days ago came the exposure of a German plot to destroy Norwegian steamships by explosives in the form of lumps of coal taken into tlie country by a courier of the Ger man foreign office. Should Norway join the allies, her coast would be mighty convenient for naval liases for the British and American warships. Brazil arrived at the definite parting of the ways with Germany and for i mally revoked its decree of neutrality | in the war between the entente allies i and the central powers, as it had previ | "usly so far ns the United States is concerned. Whether !t will enter into actual hostilities was not announced. If it does, its navy will be of consid erable help. Europe provided several instances to prove that it is well sometimes to strain the quality of mercy. In Cork and other Irish cities the Sinn Fein rebels, who had been unconditionally pardoned and released, again raised : their flag of rebellion and staged riot I ons demonstrations that were quelled i with difficulty by the police and mill | tary forces. In numerous districts of Russia the convicts who were set free I at the time of the revolution, commit ted murders and other outrages and seized property, defying such authori ties as now exist there. Anarchists who have returned to Russia from ex ile in other lands are especially vi cious anil lawless. British Attack on Lens. Despite desperate defensive fighting by the Germans, the Rritish last week steadily closed in mi the city of Lens, the very important coal-mining center north of Arras. Crown Prince Iiup recht's men ltefore the end of the week had been driven buck into the suburbs where they made fortresses of the railway embankment and slag heaps. Lens itself already is a mass of ruins, but its possession means much because of the coal mines. Most of the French fighting of the week was done in the neighborhood of Hurtebise on the Chemin des Dames. Their most ^brilliant exploit was the capture of the Dragon’s cave, an enor mous cavern that had been made into a formidable fortress by the Germans. Tht‘ forward movement of the Italians was checked by the furious gunfire of the Austrians on the Asiago plateau. Great Red Cross War Fund Raised. The great campaign to raise $100, 006,000 for the American Red Cross in one week was eminently successful, more than that amount being pledged. The official announcement that all of the immense sum could easily be spent in six months relieving the needs of the allies brings the American people t<> a realizing sense of the money that will be needed when our own troops are taking an active part in the war. Rut evidently the people intend to give, and give freely, so long as the demand exists. To contribute from surplus wealth is among the least of patriotic actions; to contribute when one has no surplus, ns hundreds of thousands are doing, is among the greatest. Newspapers and individuals with the broader vision nre striving just now to counteract the effects of the hysteria of those who. not realizing that conditions in America are not what they nre in France or England, are counseling all kinds of unneces sary economies. Their advice, if fol lowed, would lead to the ruination of many kinds of business and the wiping out of that prosperity upon which America and its allies count to finance the war. In belligerent countries of Europe, of course, nearly all indus tries and activities are devoted to wnr needs, but we have not yet reached that stage, though reasonable economy and frugality must be prac ticed. DUMBA OUTLINES PEACE PLAN Former Ambassador's Proposals Hard ly Likely to Find Favor With the Allied Power* Dr. Constantine Dumba. the former Austrian ambassador at Washington, in an article in the Vienna Neue Freie Presse, advocates peace without an nexations or indemnities, “however dis appointing that formula may sound to the Chauvinists.” Doctor Dumba, speaking from the Austro-Hungarian standpoint, consid ers that “if the Serbian danger can be held in check by the permanent win ning of our turbulent neighbor, and our own territories remain untouched, we shall have every reason to welcome such a solution.” Doctor Dumba’s peace plan can be summarized as follows: Russia to restore the occupied Aus tro-Hungarian territory, while she re gains the Russian territory occupied by the Austro-Oermans. The re-establlshment of Poland. Austria to make certain “frontier rectifications, for reasons of strategic safety," (for instance she ought to re tain possession of Belgrade and Mount Lovchen in Montenegro). The Roumanian wheat crops must be secured for the use of the Central powers by treaty. Italy must evacuate Valone (Av lona) and free navigation of the Adri atic must be guaranteed. Bulgaria must he left in possession of Dobrudja and the Bulgarian part of Macedonia. AUTO LAMPS MUST ! CUT OUTTHE GLARE I REGULATIONS FOR LIGHTS WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT LATE NEWS FROM CAPITOL — Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House _ j Western Newspaper Union News Service, j A new law enacted by the recent j legislature of interest to all auto 1 owners and drivers which necessar ily includes the greater proportion of Nebraska’s inhabitants, will go into effect July 24. This law, while ; it makes amendments and provisions for speed, brakes and other ideas connected with motordom. more par ticularly provides for the proper lighting of both pleasure and com mercial cars. Under this new iaw, drivers at night are compelled to have a red tail light as well as proper front illumination, together with search lights. Many attempts have been made to provide proper regulations for light in night driv ing to eliminate all danger of acci dent coming through the glare. This new law’ specifically requires that no portion of the beam of reflected light from a car when measured seventy-five feet or more ahead of the lamps, shall rise above forty-two inches from the level surface upon which the vehicle stands. It can be readily seen that scientifically con structed light reflectors will be made necessary to meet with these strin gent demands. Taking Census of Grain Stock Census of all grain stocks in Ne braska bins and elevators has been inaugurated by the Nebraska council of defense, at the request of the na tional council. The actual work will be done bv countv councils and more directly by precinct committeemen, who will re port the hold-over stocks in their communities. The census will include wheat. I corn, oats and rye, in bins, mills and ; elevators. j In the same connection the state council urges the planting this fall of as large an acreage of winter i wheat as possible, and asks the coun | ty councils to send in names of farmers who may have seed for sale this fall. Federal Authorities Will Aid the State. Several instances where liquor has been brought into Nebraska in auto mobiles from neighboring towns in other states have recently been re ported to Governor Neville. The gov ernor considers this a violation of the state prohibitory law and if anyone should be caught doing this he will be prosecuted. Under a recent ruling of Attorney General Reed, it may not be against the law for a person to bring in liquor from another state, although its de livery from one person to another in Nebraska is illegal, no matter where it comes from. Governor Neville has the promise of federal authorities that after July 1, when the Reed amendment enacted by congress goes into effect, the United States government will have agents in Nebraska to detect and prosecute persons who transport liquor into this state from other states. He believes the practice will stop when Uncle Sam gets busy, if it does not before. For Muster at Once To take the new Sixth regiment along with the other two Nebraska regiments July 15. to a centralization camp in the south is the new pro gram of Adjutant General Phil Hall. He is wiring over the state to have the new companies ready for muster at once. The plan is endorsed by Provost General Crowder at Wash ington. No appropriation was made by the last legislature for the state board of mediation and its members will not be able to draw expense money for their time spent in Omaha trying to settle the building trades dispute, in which they have been enjoined by Attorney General Reed from acting further. Have Leased Mineral Rights The state board of educational lands and funds has applications from a number of persons who desire to lease potash, oil and other min eral rights on state lands. The board has executed one lease for potash and one or two for oil rights and it is said the members will con tinue to make such leases in spite of the fact that the last legislature refused to pass a law authorizing leases of this kind. Examining Officers for Training Camp To provide officers for the drafted forces of the national army, the war department has adopted the policy of commissioning all new officers of the line (infantry, cavalry, field and coast (artillery) purely on the basis of demonstrated ability after three months’ observation and training in the officers’ training camps. Thus, the appointment of officers of the new armies will be made entirely on merit and free from all persona! or other influences. Taking over by the United States government of all railroad earnings over and above operating expenses and fixed charges, without assuming direct charge of the operation and swearing in all officers and employes of the carriers as government em- 1 ploves during the war, are the prin cipal features ct the transportation \ program which is to be carried out shortly, according to advance infor mation which has reached officials and railroad men in Nebraska. Rates are to be collected as fixed by the Interstate commerce commission. i1 WILL SOON BE MERGED National Guard and Regulars to be Combined in One Force. The line of distinction between national guards and regular army, 5 being wiped away. Special recruiting week for the regulars, applies also to the guard. The two branches are soon to be welded in one army. Lines of difference will then be wiped away The work of intensive recruiting for the army in compliance with President Wilson’s proclamation, carries two parallel lines of endeavor that are virtually one. The necessity of rais ing 70,000 volunteers for the regular army, does not lessen the obligation of Nebraska to furnish a third regi ment, the Sixth, now in course of organization. The national council of defense, the state council and the several county councils, are engaged in the work of encouraging enlistment. “I mu \1 as well wait for the draft” is th< m. mon excuse. This excuse is not in harmony with plans of prepared- = sanctioned by the war department The sooner men enlist, the more effi cient will they become. The expen ence of Nebraska guardsmen on the border is expected to be a valuable asset in the wrar with Germany. Men now joining the guard will enter an army which has a neucles of experi ence. To Protect Food Against Fire Ho wthe large food storage plants throughout the United States are to be given increased protection against fire as one of the most important war measures now being undertaken in this country, was explained to a dozt-n date officers, of Nebraska by W. H Sage chairman of the Chicago advisory committee for the national board of fire underwriters, at a conference held in the governor's office Wednesday morning. i ne entire Chicago committee, whi< b has been asked to organize sixte- n western states for the conservation < t foodstuffs with especial reference r<■ their possible destruction by fire, w in Lincoln for the purpose of putting a field force to work in Nebraska State authorities say that they w i co-operate in every way possible with the inspectors. The state council of defense has stated that it will do every thing in its power to enforce the r< c oinmendations of the insurance men They will be clothed by the fire co:n missioner with every power of state officers. With such co-operation the work that they will be able to do will be of inestimable value to the country Farm Hand Shortage a Menace Farm hands to help put up the mem moth hay crop of western Nebraska are the big need as a war measure this month, according to William F. Shaw manager of several thousand acres in southern Cherry county. He conferred with the Nebraska council of defense on the question. Lack of help lost a large tonnage ot hay in that vicinity last year. Mr Shaw says. With the war on, ranch ?rs owe it to their country to produce is mtich live stock as possible, he says, and this cannot be done if the hay crop for feed is not conserved :o its fullest extent. Hired men get from $35 to $50 a nonth and board. They can reach shaw’s vicinity by mail through 3rownlee, Neb., and by rail through Fhedford, Thomas county. Haying begins the middle of July. Cattle Attacked by Anthrax Anthrax, one of the most deadly live stock diseases known, which sometimes attacks human beings also, has made its appearance at two different places in Nebraska, and ten cattle have already died from it i State Veterinarian Anderson has just j returned from Holbrook, where a | farmer named Seiz lost four animals I from his herd last week. Dr. An derson received word from Madison, as soon as he got back to Lincoln. | that six cattle belonging to Charles , Sprout, a farmer northwest of that place, had succumbed to the same j malady. N. N. G. Is 3,000 Short The Nebraska National guard is 3,000 men short, according to a state ment by Adjutant General Hall, in an appeal for recruits. Under the new provisions of the war department’s requirements for national guard organ izations. Nebraska is authorized to maintain three regiments, and the ad jutant general is confident that the new unit, the sixth, can be mustered into service in a very short time Expense of State Government It is costing the state of Nebraska | about $6,000,000 a year to run its ! government and maintain its institu tions. according to official figurea I contained in the semi-annual report of State Auditor Smith to Governor Neville, fcr the period from Decem ber 1, 1916, to May 81, 1917, inclu sive. The total amount of warrants paid by the state treasurer in that time was $6 082,965. Of this gross sum, warrants totalling $1,288,772. were drawn against the general fund. « All of the alleged “near beer” drinks and substitutes which are being sold in this state and samples of which were recently secured by inspectors of the food commission under Gover nor Neville's directions for purpose of analysis, tome within the provisions of the prohibition law. according to State Chemist Frisbie. In sixteen dif ferent drinks now on the market in this state Mr. Frisbie failed to find one which contained more than .49 oi 1 per cent of alcohol. The law al lows beverages to be sold which con tain not more than one-half of 1 per cent. On motion of Attorney General Willis E. Reed, Federal Judge Mun ger has dismissed the equity suits of the state of Nebraska against the Union Pacific and St. Joseph and Grand Island railroads. The state official brought the suits to enjoin the railroad companies from violat ing the 2-cent fare law. Similar ac tions against other railroad compan ies operating in Nebraska were brought in the state supreme court. The cases in the supreme court were dismissed when the railroads filed an answer that there avas no inten tion to violate the law.