Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA OFFICIALS
ON ThE CARPET
MAYOR FURNISHED WITH LIST
OF LAWBREAKERS
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL
Items of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources
at the State
House
W*r*erti N« -spjcjwr fri m New* Service.
Uoiersur Neville has presented
Omaha .-tty and county officials, a list
of pi -i e* in that city where liquor
could be procured without difficulty
aad instructed them to co-operate and
eliminate immediately all violations
of the liquor law there
Thi* »• the development brought
out is a n-cference at Lincoln be
tween the chief executive and the
Omaha authorities The Omxhans
•ere summ-ned to the capital city
by the governor for the discussion.
A pe- ial investigation for the
Mate ha* been at work on the prohi
blip n cmlltion obtaining information
erhi< h made the meeting necessary
The names of the places settling
liquor w<re not given out. so that
their pr< -i - uuon couJd not be hanip
nred by the publl< ity
Att.org those attending ihe session
• ere Mdior liahlman. City Contmls
eiontr I’ark* t'ounty SherifT Clark
and City Attorney Metluire.
They explained that it would be dif
fic ult I" obtain convictions on liquor
violation*
To this the stale executive replied
that to- eipe. led results, and that no
pr> Ui. jr.ury explanation* were net es
aary
To Fight Seed Speculator*
An organized campaign trill be
made t.y the state count il of defense
to combat the wheat seed speculator
who insist* on < barging his neighbor
or feilow farmer an exorbitant price
for *erd wheat The state council is
determined that the farmer without
*uffi< tent sc e] shall not suffer from
th* high pn ed farmers who insist or
high prices lor their seed wheat.
"Th* re 1» plenty of aeed w heat in
Nebraska lor e very farmer to plant
the normal acreage." said Vice
Chairman t'. upland, "and the prob
lem ■> to only get it distributed among
the farmer* The state council is de
termined to see to i» tha’ the farmer
»hall not be unduly exploited and es
pe- tally anxious to have the farmers
recognize that they must not. as a
matter of patriotism, seek to exact
•KborbPant price- from their less
fortune' iie.hbor farmers”
The plan of the state council is In
th- districts where it is found that
there is little inclination for farmers
to let go ..f wheat at reasonable prices
to send a r-pre -entattve to list up the
farmer- de-iring wheat and ship the
wheat seed into the territory at the
lowest possible price
T* Sees Od n Banner County
W it Sutton. Jr. a representative
of the Prairie Oil and Gas company,
of Independenc e. Kas . after a con
ference with State Land Commis
sioner G L Shamway, said his com
pany would make application for oil
and g* - rtrht- on eight sections of
•late land in Banner county The
company expect* to bore 'he test
wuils this fall near Harrisburg It
1* said the first well will be put
down east of Harrisburg Banner
county is between the North and
South Platte- rivers. - ,uth of Scott s
blBff county and borders on Wyotn
tag The state board * f educational
lands and funds is ready to grant min
eral leases in accordance with the
terms of regulations adopted by the
hoard in May I'nder these rule
there must be competitive bidding
where two or more person* ask for
lenses on the same trxet. Pra tie-ally
nothing i- ■ barge.! for a lease-, but
the -tate asks for one eighth of the
pro ■ f th !•- of mineral* taken
from state lands
New Ass start State Chemist
The »i»> food i on.nii~.lon now ha*
an »e>i*uir i hetuist in ihe person of
K C Baity, a graduate of the I'ni
ver.ity of N* raska He lives in Lin
coln The i'«*i commission lalxira
tors Is being roa-iderabiy enlarged
is »»ew if the its* rea*e<i volume of
work it lr oiIImI ui on to perform It
1* la barge of VV S Fri-bie. stan
ch* mist
To Fill Up N. N G Reserve
1 i.urjc b**-b fit for military service
are wanted to Ml up the Nebraska
national guard reserve, while the or
ganization of home guard* may be
composed of men part the dralt age.
but phv -1 ally able to bear arm* and
perform the dune for which they
may hr rslW
A circular letter has been sen! out
hy the state council of defense to all
county councils wfan-fa explain* the
dlSermce in organization and pur
pose between the national guard re
i nerve and it*, home guard*
State Guardsmen in Vaudeville
Colonel* Hail and Paul of ’he sixth
»a«i Fifth regiment, were speaker*,
while other members of the guard
furnished music and dancing at a
big vmude.ille »h„w. which the
guardsmen staged at the city audi
torium Monday nigh* for the benefit
of the new fund over $100 was
raised for the same fund at a dance
given Saturday No orders have been
received hy the guard for entrain
meet and the men nre taking life
efoy for n few days
Application for miners! rights on
Btste school lands continue to flow
|ato the o®ce of State Land i’ommi*
slower Shuns way. The state law
gives the state board of educational
lands no specific power to reserve
miner a right* In the past the board
has leased state land* by Issuing con
tracts which make no mention of
mineral right* Recently the board
decided to lease mineral right* The
fcuwrd gives the land tease holder* no
advantage over others who de*ire
mineral rights If the land holder
aDd ethers desire mineral rights are
leased to the highest bidder
Wbea the le0alaiure last winter
TC SUPPRESS TREASON
Governor Neville Names State Secret
Service Force
Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, policemen
and all peace officers in Nebraska
have been declared by Governor
Neville to be ex-officio members of
the secret service department of the
state council of defense, and they
are called upon to become active in
investigating and suppressing treas
onable conduct and disloyal utter
| ances. They are requested to report
facts to the wtate council of defense.
1 The governor has issued an order to
this effect under authority of a sec
tion of the law creating the state
i council of defense passed by the Ne
braska legislature last winter. In ad
; dition he says every citizen knowing
i of anti-Aiuerican activities should
1 r'port the facts to the sheriff or chief
of police of the county or city in
which the offender lives. The gov
ernor's order is in this form:
Every sheriff, deputy sheriff, town
marshal, chief of police and all po
■ e officers, together with every
pear*- nit;' in .he state of Nebraska,
is hereby declared to be an ex-officio
n.emb* ■ wf the secret service depart
ment of the Nebraska state council of
■ defense.
Every one of these officials are
hereby called upon to become active
in investigating and suppressing in.
stances of treasonable conduct, dis
| loyal utterances and efforts of any
kind tending to embarrass the United
.-bates government in the conduct of
i the war.
The official' named are requested
. to formally report the facts as to un
patriotic conduct, talk or propaganda
to the state council of defense. Fra
ernity building, Lincoln, Neb., for
-itch definite action as the frets may
warrant.
Every citizen knowing of anti
: tit an activities should communi
' ■ ate the facts to the sheriff or the
hief of police in the county or city
in which the offender lives.
trder i- i.--ut d in accordance
■'tth -■ tion ;:i of the act creating
thi state council of defense, which
- 'ion requires that "all officers of
the state or of any community or mu
: pa lit y therein, and all citizens
hall - iterate with a Ad give all rea
-<>!. aid to the council as may be
requited by it."
Will be no Lack of Seea Wheat
rh<> hankers of Nebraska are re
-ponding to the request of the state
< un> il of defense to aid in the seed
w:.cu! campaign in a fine manner,
rding to Vi e Chairman Coupland
■ t the state council Mr. Coupland
• eived a letter from the First Na
t: .nal bank of York, Tuesday morn
ing. asking where seed wheat in
sge quantities can he procured in
tntie- near York The letter con
'd an advertisement which the
bank -tated had been running in all
"> al. daily a-,d weekly papers, stat
ing that the First National bank of
York would furnish sufficient seed
wheat to every renter in York county
that had lost his crop by hail. The
ank. the card states, will sell the
wheat at the lowest possible price
-*n'i if necessary sell the seed on time'
and tarry the farmer thru until the
crop matures for lflS.
The card which the farmer signs
a-kiug for the wheat also contains a
I clause stating that the farmer agrees
to maintain hail insurance covering
the growing wheat during the season
of Ibis and authorizes the bank to
procure the insurance at the farmers’
expense.
TO ORGANIZE CORNHUSKERS
State Council Hopes to See Corn Crops
Gathered in Nebraska Before
Christmas.
A m-w army will soon be formed in
Nebraska. This army will be organized
under the direction of the state council
of defense While it will never see
a ’ ual fighting, the troops may greatly
a i the country in the present war.
Tin- new organization is an army of
■ -nhu- .ers who will be organized for
purpose of I dating Nebraska's corn
top in the ■ ribs by Christmas. The
• ra t and enlistments is taking many
■ f the nu n helping the farmers and to
1 meet the condition of help the council
intends to organize an auxiliary of the
i nited States boys’ working reserve
for the state of Nebraska.
Paul McKee, one of the state secre
tary - of the ^ M. C. A. is organizing
i the work and within the next few days
wi’l - -art ret ruling boys from the coun
tie- of the slat* He will work with
. 'Iiools. county council, university
extension and other aids.
The boy will be sworn in and will
•>ear bade s designating their service
■ rtiished by the government. Altho a
■ on n.: :tarv organization each boy will
made to feel that he is doing a
patriotic work and hv helping feed the
men in 'he trenches is doing his bit for
I the government.
In a statement just given out. the
Nebraska stat<» council of defense for
mally approves the organization of
r* serve militia companies and home
guards in tie different counties of the
( state and explains their purposes.
Land Commissioner Shumway an
nounces that hereafter, when school
j land 1' -ees holding contracts dated
prior to July 9. 1897, apply for the
purchase of tracts the state will re
serve all rights for mineral deposits,
gas. oil and other natural resources
which may later be developed upon
them, other than the fertility of the
soil. I-ands under irrigation will be
sold subject to the same conditions.
The reservation clauses will include
coal. oil. gas. mineral, potash, sand,
gravel, clay, volcanic ash. tripoli, and
saline deposits.
Vice Chairman Coupland of the
state council of defense, who was in
‘Chicago attending the conference of
coal men. wired Chairman Joyce that
the deliberations revealed the fact
beyond question that operators are
making unrighteous and exorbitant
i prices at the mines.
Mr. Coupland says that the senti
ment of the delegates seemed unani
mous in favor of production and dis
tribution prices. He says there is
much anxiety as to probable short
age of needed supplies in the noncoal
producing states like Nebraska
1—Official photograph from the west front showing a shellhole used as a canteen by British soldiers. 2—Free
balloons ready for Wight at the army balloon school at Fort Omaha, Xeb. 3—All that is left of a once beautiful
bridge somewhere in northern France. -1—-Gen. Sir Douglas Haig telling Premier Lloyd George of progress in driv
ing back the Germans, while Marshal Joffre listens.
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NEWS REVIEW QF |
THE PAST WEEK
Wilson Tells Pope Peace With
German Autocracy Cannot
Be Considered.
KAISER NOT TO BE TRUSTED
President's Sweeping Embargo Procla
mation a Severe Blow to the Teu
tons — Russians in Council
Agree to Continue War—
Italians Keep Up Drive
on Trieste.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
There can he no peace with the em
peror of Germany and the German au
j tocracy because no reliance can he
placed on their pledges unless ex
plicitly supported by the will of the
' German peoples themselves.
Such is the gist of President Wil
! son's reply to the pope rejecting, on
behalf of the T'nited States, the peace
proposals made by his holiness. It
was delivered at the Vatican Tuesday
i and was regarded as the reply of all
I the nations leagued against the cen
! tral powers.
Mr. Wilson’s note is the climax of
the series of magnificent state docu
ments in which he lias set forth the
claims of world democracy and is an
other stirring indictment of the auto
cratic government of Germany. It as
serts that peace on tiie terms pro
posed by the pope would only give
Germany time to recuperate for a re
newal of its “furious and brutal” pol
icy by which it seeks to dominate the
world; would make necessary a per
manent hostile combination of tuitions
against the German people, and would
result “in abandoning the new-born
Russia to the intrigue, the manifold
subtle interference, and the certain
counter-revolution which would be at
, tempted by all the malign influences
I to which the German government lias
of late accustomed tiie world.” Again
the president makes it clear that
America is making war without desire
for gain or revenge, and does not seek
the infliction of punitive damages, the
dismemberment of empires or the es
tablishment of selfish and exclusive
economic leagues; but he says no
man. no nation could depend on trea
ties or agreements made by the pres
ent German government and “we must
await some new evidence of the pur
poses of tiie great peoples of the cen
tral powers.”
German People See the Light.
It is tints made evident that a great
change in Germany’s form of govern
ment. involving tlie fail of autocracy,
is requisite to peace negotiations, and
; that the German people themselves are
becoming convinced of this is shown
by tlie developments of the week in
their struggle for democratization and
parliamentarism. Not since the war
began lias there been such freedom of
speech and of the press as now exists,
and correspondents report that there
is now a solid political block in the
roichstag in favor of effective guaran
ties that tlie imperial government no
! longer shall make vital decisions with
out the full knowledge, advice and con- i
! sent of the representatives of the peo
! pie.
It is considered likely that Austria,
and perhaps Bulgaria and Turkey will
soon declare war on the United States,
because of tlie loans our government
has made to Italy and other nations
I that are at war with the kaiser’s nl
I lies. Diplomatic relations, of course,
were severed long ago. and Uncle Sam
can contemplate with serenity a decla
ration of war because it will really
serve to free him from some embar
rassments in tlie combating of spy
work and other activities of those
who have been his actual if not
avowed enemies.
Embargo Is Blow to Kaiser.
One of the most serious blows the
kaiser has yet received was delivered
by President Wilson at the beginning
of the week when he proclaimed an
embargo that gives the United States
absolute control over its exports. It
prohibits Hie export of nil articles of
commerce to enemy and neutral coun
tries. but it is the Intention to care
for the needs of neutrals, by licensing
shipments of such exportations us can
be spared after the wants of the Unit
ed States and its allies have been sup
plied. A large number of commodi
ties art1 added to those named in the
original embargo order, including fats
of all kinds, other foods, construction
materials and other articles necessary
to tilt' successful prosecution of the
war by this government; also gold,
bullion, currency at. I evidences of in
debtedness-tins in order to conserve
tin' Immense store of gold that has
been accumulated by the United States
in the last three years.
In a statement accompanying the
order the president said;
"The purpose and effect of this
proclamation is not export prohibition,
but merely export control. It is not
tlie intention to interfere unnecessar
ily with our foreign trade, but our
own domestic needs must be adequate
ly safeguarded and there is the added
duty of meeting the necessities of all
the nations at war with the imperial
German government.
“After these needs are met it is out
wish and intention to minister to the
needs of the neutral nations as far as
our own resources permit. This task
will be discharged without other than
the very proper qualification that the
liberation of our surplus products
shall not he made the occasion of bene
fit to the enemy, either directly or in
directly.”
Kerensky Wins Support.
The Russian national council In ses
sion in Moscow promises at least to
clarify the situation there and defi
nitely line up the forces that are striv
ing to gain control in the new republic.
Premier Kerensky admittedly is anx
ious as to the future, hut has stated
flatly and fearlessly the position of the
government of which lie is the head
and leading spirit. He warned those
who thought the time had come to
overthrow the revolutionary power
with arms that his patience had its
limits and that those who went be
yond them would have to settle with a
“government tlint will make them re
member the time of ezardom.” He
continued:
we snail ne impiacanie, Because we
arc convinced that supreme power
alone can assure the salvation of the
country. That is why 1 shall oppose
energetically all attempts to take ad
vantage of Russia's national misfor
tunes. and whatever ultimatum is pre
sented. I shall subject it to the su
preme power and to myself, its head."
Then came Commander in Chief
Korniloff with a dramatic speech in
which he declared that restoration of
the death penalty, stern discipline and
unlimited supplies were necessary to
restore the morale and fighting spirit
in the armies. General Kaledines,
leader of the Don Cossacks, followed
with a resolution adopted hv the Cos
sacks demanding, for the salvation of
the country, the continuation of the
war in close union with the allies until
complete victory was attained.
These and other speeches checked
the plans of the discontented, and the
leaders of all factions united in dec
larations that Russia must continue
the war and that everything possible
must be done to strengthen the provi
sional government.
Whatever the United States can do
to relieve the more pressing of Rus
sia's needs will he done. This Presi
dent Wilson pledged anew in a mes
sage to the national council in which
he assured the government every ma
terial and moral assistance that the
people of this country can give will tic
given.
The reading of President Wilson’s
message by Premier Kerensky brought
the entire assemblage to its feet with
wild and prolonged cheering.
Great Work by the Italians.
General Cadorna's brave Italian
troops continued their successful drive
against the Austrians throughout the
week, gaining more ground and more
glory each day. No one who docs not
know the country or who has not at
least seen the moving pictures show
ing the warfare in the Alps has any
conception of the difficulties that con
front nn advancing army on this front.
It is a perfect region for defensive
fighting, and now that the Italians
; have shown the determination and
j ability to go forward, the alarmed Aus
' trian commandiTS are hurrying great
I numliers of tro. ps to the fighting lines
I and their resistance is increasing.
Some of the hi aviest fighting of the
week took place on the ltainsizza pla
teau. where the Italians pushed stead
ily eastward toward the Upper Car
niola herder and I.aibach. At the same
time Cadorna’s men have been making
considerable progr. sS in their advance
on Trieste on the Carso front, though
details of this movement were with
held by the Italian war office. On
Wednesday it was reported that prac
tically all civilians had evacuated Tri
este.
The German crown prince has been
keeping up his continual counter at
tacks on the French in the Verdun
sector and on the Aisne front, but has
been repulsed in every instance, losing
great numbers! in killed, wounded and
; especially prisoners. The scene of
i bloodiest lighting about Verdun shifted
1 to the east hank of tlie Meuse, where
j the village of Beaumont was the cen
ter of desperate combats. At Dead
Man hill, also, the Germans made re
peated attempts to regain the posi
tions they had lost.
With bulldog tenacity the British
| hung on to parts of Lens they had cap
! tured, and consolidated them despite
I almost daily and nightly attacks by
Crown I’rince ltupprecht’s forces.
Though heavy rains hampered opera
tions. the English took some more
positions east and southeast of I.ange
niarck in the direction of Poeleapelle.
On the Eastern Front.
The advance of the Germans in Rou
mania. Galicia and Iri the region of
Riga slowed up very considerably, and
what little news came from those
fronts indicated that both the Rouma
nians and Russians were putting up a
creditable fight, except in the region of
Fokshani. Perhaps they cannot keep
the foe out of southern Russia, but
even so the possession of that fertile
region would help the Germans little
because of the wretched transportation
facilities westward. What Germany
needs now and is going to need much
more in the near future is food, and
that cannot be carried long distances
inland without railways.
A modification of Germany's policy
toward neutrals is indicated by her
backdown in the negotiations with Ar
gentina. She has promised indemnity
] for the destruction of the steamship
1 Toro and virtually pledged the free
i dom of the seas to vessels flying the
I Argentine flag.
America’s Heavy War Bill.
More tlinn nineteen billion dollars
will bo required to run the government
during the fiscal year 1917-1918, ac
cording to the statement of the house
i ways and means committee made last
Monday. This is about fifteen times
| as much as for an ordinary year.
! Chairman Kitehin said the loans to the
allies would aggregate $7,000,000,000,
tlie shipping board will require about
Si.niHUHMi.iMiO, and the other expenses
■ of the government will bring the total
| to about $19.300.1 KKV100.
The finance committees of the house
I and senate have tentatively accepted
i the recommendation of the treasury
j department that the proportion of this
I sum to be raised hy taxation to that
{ raised by bond issues shall he about.
| 3 to 7. All hut $2,000,000,000 of the
money to lie raised is provided for in
bills already passed or now pending
before the senate or before the bouse
committee.
President Wilson has approved Sec
retary Daniels' estimates for the con
' si ruction of a great flotilla of destroy
ers. far which, congress is asked to
authorize the expenditure of $350,000,
000. The destroyer seems to he the
best weapon yet devised to combat the
submarine.
Apparently in no way related to the
murderous outbreak of colored troops
at Houston is the warning issued hy
the Patriotic Education society, that
the Germans are conducting a propa
ganda in this country to start a gen
eral uprising of negroes against the
whites, promising German aid and
money to finance the Insurrection and
telling the ignorant negroes that when
Germany rules America the blacks will
have equal rights witli the whites. Tlte
story is not so fantastic as it may ap
pear and the society is said to have
authentic information supporting its
statements.
EXTRA RATIONS FOR MINERS
Austrian Authorities Take Steps to In
crease the Production of Coal
in the Empire.
Herr von Hninann, the recently ap
pointed Austrian minister of public
works, startled the Austrian chamber
of deputies by giving it 'as his official
opinion that the coal crisis had become
a vital question for Austria-Hungary,
according to Vienna advices. The sit
uation. declared the minister, was one
which must be faced without optimism
iind with tho utmost seriousness.
In an effort, justified by the serious
ness of the situation, to remedy mat
ters, continued the minister. 12,600
miners have been brought back to the
mines from the front, hut during Au
gust tlie authorities had been unable
to effect an increase in production be
cause of the under-nourishinent of the
workers and their consequent inabil
ity to work hard or put in long hours.
The failure of the men to achieve
the desired result was due not to bad
faith but to Impotence, he pointed out,
and he insisted that the miners of the
country must be accorded extra ra
tions even at the expense of other
classes of the population.
After the ministerial speech had
been delivered the economic commit
tee of the chamber Introduced a bill,
to take effect nt once, creating a gov
ernment monopoly of coal and author
izing the government to take measures
to prohibit the heating of places of
amusement except theaters and mu
| seums and to close luxurious hotels.
The State News of
the Week in Brief
An Epitome of All the Big and In
teresting Events of the Past Few I
Days in Nebraska.
—
The three Omaha police officers J
who took part in singing "Die Waeht |
Am Itliein” during a recent drinking j
bout at tlie German Home in tlie
south part of tlie city, face dismissal
from the department. The order re
moving tin* officers may come from
the govi nor's office if not from the
city commissioner.
Damage suit to tlie amount of
.Sbb.lHMI has been filed against tlie St.
Joseph iV Grand Island Itailroad com
pany by several Davenport property j
owners and a number of insurance i
firms who claim that sparks from a j
defective locomotive owned by the
road caused the s'do.iMio tire in Daven
port's business district May Pi.
The other night someone entered
the stable yards of Life Nelson, prom- j
inenr farmer living near Gretna, and j
knocked his two valuable horses on j
ilit' head. Indications are that an ax
or a hammer was used to commit tlie
crime. The horses were permanently
injured and may die.
The report that the Omaha govern
ment balloon school is to he moved
to Salt Lake City. Utah, is flatly de
nied by Washington officials. Instead
of moving the school it is proposed to |
enlarge it and make it a permanent i
institution.
T. S. Allen. U. S. district ntorney at j
Lincoln, lias received word from the
department of th> interior at Wash- j
burton, warning the public against j
parties wln» claim to be aide to se- j
cure prior rights to entry on railroad
lands in Oregon, title to which has
been reverted to tlie government.
John F. Albiu. editor of tlie Drain- i
ard Clipper, and well known through
out he spue, died lust week. His re- j
nteains were interred at David City,
liis former home.
l lie new < nimmuis canning plant,
financed entirely liy local capital, lias
launched its tir<t season's run. The
factory started with a force of Thirty
five employes.
“Sammy's tiirls.” it junior Red
Cross cluli. has been organized tit the
home of Mrs. W. \Y. Wright of
Hebron., Tile members are girls be
tween the ages of ten and thirteen.
Misjudging the speed of a train.
William Ackerman of Fremont was
struck and thrown several feet, re
ceiving only slight injuries. Hr was
it crossing flagman.
The new $5.ddo county church ar
Purple Cane. Dodge county, was
formally opened last week. Con
gressman Dun V. Stevens was the
principal speaker.
The National Swine Show which is
to be held in Omaha. October 3 to Id.
is expected to surpass any exhibition
of its knd ever held in the middle j
west.
To accommodate the vast number
of soldiers soon to be stationed at
Fort Omaha, new barracks and other i
buildings will be erected in a faw !
\\ r eks.
Fines aggregating $287 were im- ]
posed on eight men residing near AI- !
lianee. found guilty of shooting prai
rie chicken out of season.
Range cattle sold for $9.75 per
hundred pounds at South Omaha the
ether day. the highest price ever paid
for range cattle on that market.
Syracuse is preparing to organize a
company of National reserve guards.
The guard will be known as the Syra
cuse unit.
The Jefferson county live stock
show will he held at Fnirbury from
October Id to 12.
A. Smith, president of the Ne
braska section nf the Navy League of
the 1'eited States requests all gar
ments made by ladies of Nebraska
auxiliaries be sent to Mrs. J. C. Fra
Jer. 1316 Sxteenth street. Washing
ton. D. C„ who will s,.(> that they are
delivered to the ships intended by the
senders.
Edward Mnorehend of l ulls City,
son of < \-Gnveronr Moorehend. has
been assigned to General Harries,
commander of tin* Nebraska brigade,
as an aide and is with I lie general at
Camp Cody. Doming. N. M.
Harvard's new city park was dedi
cated just recently with appropriate
teremony. Tlie grounds contain two
large fountains of running water,
beautiful trees, shrnbes and all that
is required to make an ideal place of
recreation.
E. 1C. Iteuoldor. son of A. F. Beuch
ler. editor of the Grand Island Inde
pendent and E. H. Almqust of Wa
hoo, are two young men who will rep
resent Nebraska in the West Point
Military graduating class of 1918.
Both men graduate with high honor.
f.eutencnt Governor Edgar Howard
made the statement in Central City
just recently that Merrick county, in
proportion to population, has less
disltyal citizens than any county In
the state.
After being married more than
forty-seven years Sirs. Mary A. Sesco
of Odell secured a divorce from her
husband at Beatrice on the grounds of
extreme cruelty.
Reports of Lincoln county commis
sioners show an increase in the tax
levy ibis year from 97.r> to 108.48 mils
on 'he dollar.
Word has reached the government
.nbnr agent at Lincoln that 150
threshing hands are wanted around
\\ atertown. S. Dak.
Henry Middendorf, a farmer living
asnr Bruning, lost a cow in a pecu
liar manner last week—a darning
needle she had swallowed piercing her
heart.
Women of Crete have organized a
branch of the Women's committee of
the state council of National defense.
Wheat seed for fall planting is to
be furnished farmers of Dodge county
by the county council of defense.
“Give drafted farmers of N.i.i -tea
the right-of-way in the harvest' is
the slogan that the First district ap
peal board is promulgating over ill
state. “We are allowing some far
mers exemption until December 1 to
harvest and husk their crops," said
the chairman of the board. “That
time is very short. Neighbors should
get up husking bees to help these
drafted farmers out, so that every
Nebraska farmer will leave bis crop
in marketable shape before be g<>es
into the national army.”
Editor Norton of the Humboldt
Standard has lost two of bis trusty
assistants because of the war. His
sou, Harry, has enlisted in the Na
tional Guard, Sixth regimen . and his
foreman, Henry Schleideg. r. joined
Hit* hospital corps of the a.ivy some
time ago. The print shop i- strand
ed and Mr. Norton now think- if the
war continues much longer .. will
unite with the boys in the eii to
eliminate Kaiser Bill.
August .Schniichtenberg. for ; ■
years a resident of Fierce county
was on the South Omaha market just
recently witli a carload of feeders of
his own raising which averaged l.in.m
pounds and sold at S'.i.i'o. Mr.
Sehmichtenberg still lias around sixty
head of cattle out on his farm and
says he expects to feed one or two
loads this coming winter.
Citizens of Krieson have organized
an association for the purpose of pre
venting fishermen from catching more
tish in Lake Ericson than the law
permits. The lake has been well
stocked with game fish. The resi
dents like to have people conn* rid
fish, but they do object to any :ndi
vidual taking away more than the aw
permits.
William G. Krauleidis, the Itiv r
dale Lutheran minister ordered in
terned as an alien enemy, is now in
tlie Lancaster county jail at Line..in.
Contrary to other reports, ltev. Kr u
lcidis is far from repentant and is
still aggressively pro-German in his
sympathies. He will be interned at
Fort Riley.
Six I luxes of hospital dressings are
on their way to France, sent from tiie
Omaha War Relief society. Tais
means about 7,(HH) articles to lie tis.-d
in tiie war hospitals for the wounded
soldiers. The War Relief society
averages about ii.000 dressings a
week.
Steam-heated barracks, all the com
forts of home, and tiie satisfaction of
being under the leadership of one of
tiie most famous soldiers of American
history. Major General Wood, are
some of the things in store for Ne
braskans at the Fort Riley canton
ment.
Within a few weeks Fort Omaha
will lie equipped with additional bar
racks to care for l.oOu more soldiers
than are now stationed there. Bar
racks. garages and shops are being
built, with a heating plant for all.
Contracts have been let for other
buildings.
The Geneva Red Cross has fitted up
a room with sewing machines and
squads of women will work every day
in the week making bandages. A cer
tain number of women will be as
signed from day to day to give their
services.
Paving is progressing in Fairbury.
100 men and forty teams being at
work. The cement base on a large
district is about half finished and
tiie laying of brick will begin soon.
Officers of the Ak-Sar-Ben are mak
ing an effort to secure 1.000 soldiers
to participate in the fall festival at
Omaha, Sept. 2S to Oct. R.
The Gage county woman’s council
of defense will hold a county wide
mass meeting in Beatrice in the neat
future to further war work.
In addition to the large amount of
paving now under construction at
Beatrice, two new districts have been
created by the city commissioners.
The first five per cent of Nebraska's
drafted men for the army will prob
ably travel to Fort Riley, Kan., in a
special train.
Two brutal murders of similar na
ture. both women, stirred Omaha as
never before in the history of the city.
The two women. Mrs. Christine An
derson. 74 years old, and Mrs. C. L.
Nathaway. wife of a prominent real
estate dealer, were killed and muti
lated within a period of 24 hours. Sev
ertu arrests nave oeen made.
Miss Gertrude Armstead of North
Bend, formerly a teacher in the Fre
mont schools, was drowned while
bathing with a party of friends in the
Platte river south of Fremont. No
trace of the body has been found.
Ballard Dunn of the Union Pacific
railroad has just returned to Omaha
from Fort Riley, Kan., where he went
to inspect the cantonment that is to
receive Nebraska troops of the new
National army. He declares the camp
is rapidly nearing completion and
will be ready when the soldiers arrive
early this month.
The Hastings city council defeated
by a vote of 0 to 2 a proposition to
permit Sunday movies in the city. The
question may he put to a vote of the
people.
Following the conference of Omaha
and Douglas county authorities with
Governor Neville at Lincoln, city and
county officials started a crusade
to wipe out bootlegging in Omaha und
Douglas county.
The highest ever paid ft>r farm land
in Sarpy county was received by A.
\V. Clarke for 160 acres near Papil
lion. the stun being $50,000. This is
tit the rate of $312.50 per acre.
Company D of the Nebraska Na
tional guard reserve of Beatrice lias
been mustered Into service. The unit
has a membership of over 100.
Dean Irving Cutler of the Univer
sity of Nebraska Medical college at
Omaha lias been requested by the war
department to organize a hospital
unit for service abroad.
rlhe Omaha welfare board has is
sued a report which says that since
the advent of prohibition in the city
the dance hall is a most respectable
place for young girls to go to.
Rev. T. A. Lindenmeyer. formerly
of Iloustonville, 111., has been selected
minister of the North Platte Chris
tian church and will take up his resi
dence in the city early this month.
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