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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
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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.
