ISSUES A WARNING AGAINST FRIVOLITY C NCELLOR AVERY ASKS FOR PATRIOTISM AMONG STUDENTS LEVS FROM STATE CAPITAL ttr-r; Varied Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources at the State House C- Iriftajirr I'njon New* Service. «ive social life, excessive !i i. _ ud excessive student activ e m> place in war times, for ■ ra-aat dinner may mean a si ucgry in France'" • be patriotic necessity of c . .- g ai: unnecessary clogs from progress this year. ("Stance! ... >d Avery of the L'niversity of m his annual convocations! a. uvered to the student body at .a * not seem an unreasonable re .'hat while your comrades are i isire of the trenches, you may - . ti* i >ut half of your social ex j . .A give the balance to the ». he ited Cross ana V M C. A would like to think that th *> foolishly squandered on a a party dress might, if di ■ he right channel have saved a Nebraskan fighting tor I- 1 security of the world. •ay judgment.'' he continued. ' to bring about peace is to « i he imperial German govern . . : we intend to fight to the . -ad the last dollar; that so limit to our courage, our re- s and our devotion And one « ' i - to do this is to stop the < t side-stepping the war and < * an inglorious peace.'* .ny. he said: “We are fac ie. ’nation of rugged honesty Sn j.le and rank deceit in of We are facing a para * he German |eop>. the most intelligent and at the same met systematically deceived pl that the sun has ever .. > a " ■fnLii r tt e Work a New Course. r.pny anu moion picture * * : * cur *- open to students «: . rtiijr of Nebraska Its ob Jc ’ prepare ru< a for tuot ion pic t . ..«ss. especially from aero . r mih to- » hiM on in the * -> <-f geography and conser >. partmcnt closely connect - * ke state conservation com I ’h of which are headed by I ndra The state has the t rat in the west for the t • I a ! of it Is h*-ld at the uni * i» i> probable that at a later c_ ir- aii. be thrown open s..i the making of "camera t -♦; in tri m ail sources. •-.it the receipt* were I104.9S1. at -*r before that they aggre r 47* They have been gruw i >ear to year, except when b. ,i-r cut down the attendance. t. - ki ime the increase is more au -e. than ever Five days of al ts - i -rfect weather .with the roads In shape for automobile travel ou • ■ - -1». but the last one- due to a h< ram the night before brought te iking crowds to Lincoln and l:- a -.ante ran up a little above ?■ - t tag 7.Wn> more than the pre te. - h.gh mark in 1916 Met* ce its in U. S. Service e-i members of the Meth or.' h.. he* of Nebraska are in « ■•••*,. e. a< i ordtng to announce u. .' ...adi at the annual conference si s, -.raika Methodist churches. . 'runt/, who declared it wa? no » r * opperhejdir.. aroused a 2c ! ation when he called for re p l-'.'ic pa 'or- on the number of r el he roagregatioa in war men. < e, •' of the Grace church, tl- i • iied twenty members of the ci .s re- ik»n had joined the colors . (»• . r Seville held a conference w. .ty I’rosecutor McGuire of ■ -t week and as-uretf him that k i- r *iu in» wui-n he appointed hi:j ■ .:;i pio-cufor of prohibition »l- to ileait legging must lie »!«' ait in tbt* state." ..aid the *' re.'and I have appointed you *• . • • l H-ve you are best -rnor Neville, i i. u* been known that ne keer-'y re jtrets the etmra stances which made it ioeapedieo; lor hin«eif to enter the ■»llitary .service of the United States Nebraska will dhnervn fate) conser vation week from Oct' - r 14 to 29 In clusive In as effort to in -i: re the anrcess of the movement « W Wat l>s. food administrator tor Nebras ka. is endeavoring to secure co-o;.era tj -i d bcstti-»# men's asste iatiot.k in Nebraska. On behalf of the movement, Clark I'eri ins. president of the stiit i p-e- * a - MjciaT ion. na» written a cir i ,i..r et er to editors of the state urr log tfcrm to do their utmost to insure the access of the move Mr. Perkins eti :h..t a'most al! organizations o. tin. are already bark of it. A MILITARY CENTER Soldiers From All Over the State Gather at Lincoln Lincoln was an active military cen ter Wednesday afternoon and night. Nebraska soldiers from more than twenty counties stretched their legs in the state capital whiie en route to Camp Funston, Fort Riley. More than five hundred Douglas county lads came in on an early afternoon special and joined the Lancaster county units I here. The train bearing the Lincoln and Omaha boys was made up without 1 delay and started on its southern journey. The farewell of thousands of Lancaster county citizens to their soldiery, was extended to the lads from other counties. Other Omaha units passed thru the city later in the afternoon A special carrying ninety-one soldiers from Per kins. Frontier. Gosper. Chase and j Hayes, reached the city shortly be fore midnight and remained for near ly half an hour. Another special carrying 202 men of the draft from Nance. Boone. Mad | ison. Colfax. Dodge and Sarpy coun ties. reached here shortly after 6 p m. These soldiers had supper here. They left for the southern camp about midnight. One hundred and ninety-seven sol i dier boys from Dakota. Dixon. Cedar. Wayne. Thurston. Burt and Washing ton counties, passed thru the city late i in the afternoon on a special out of ' Omaha Coal Famine Not Likely Possibiliti s of a coal famine in Ne braska the coming winter are com pletely dissipated by the announce ment of the results of the census which the Nebraska state council of defense took of the coal situation and just made public. One-fourth of the total amount of coal needed in the -tate during the next twelve months is already on hand, according to the information coal dealers have fur nished the council Omaha and Lin coin are particularly well providet for. a'though exact figures have nor been given out by the council. I'n • officially, it Is said that in both cities iher*- is a sufficient amount of coa. in the yards of the dealers to look aft r the entire need? for half of the winter Probably 10 per cent more cf the total amount needed has al ready been contracted for and shortly will be shipped. This is believed by (he council to preclude any possibilit; 1 oi a coal famine during the winter ir. either city. Rate Case Hearing Postponed Express rate cases will not be taken up again for hearing by the Nebraska railway commission until November 5, having been postponed by general agreement from the date of Septem ber 27. This will give the railway i ommi~sion's accounting department six weeks more time to assemble ma terial i.i defense of the present rates and prepare for cross-examination of the express companies officials, who have already testihed. Ruling Will Prevent Monopoly As another measure to prevent monopoly in the acquisition of min eral rights on state school lands, the board of educational lands and funds has adopted a rule that prohibits the sale of leases without the approval of the board. The board had specifically in mind, , it is Suid. when making this ruling ] the possibility of operators of west- ] ern Nebraska buying up all the pot- ! ash leases for speculation. Requirements for State Aid Circular letters to ali city school superintendents of Nebraska are be ing mailed out by A. H. Dixon, normal training inspector for the state super j intendent's office, calling attention to the requirements for state aid in nor mal training work. To obtain state aid. a high school must have four teachers employed and there must be at least ten students taking domestic I science or manual training Reports that speculators are at tempting to corner the potato market have been received by Food Adminis trator Wattle=. The department is in vestigating these reports, and if any definite proof is found, he says, it ill take definite and immediate ac- : tion The interest of the consumer I must be protected. Many requests ;hat men on the farms, especially corn ku kers and sugar keet harvesters. 1 who have been drafted, be permitted 1 to remain on the farms until Decem ber have been received by Mr. Wat ties. Men regj tered under the selective draft law. who have been called for examination and rejected, or who have been exempted, are eligible for , voluntary enlistment. according to orders to the local army headquarters from the war department. The same ruling applies to resident alien ene mies. registered ard drafted, and who have not taken out first papers, but have been discharged by the exemp tion boards ADplicants exempted for industrial or occupational reasons will not be enlisted. Subjects of the enemy or her allies will not be accepted. Claims Big Food Waste in Nebraska "There is more food wasted in Ne braska thar. there is consumed.” Thi was the statement of Charles Graff, president of the Live Stock Breeders' association, before the state ext- utire committee of the food ad ministration. at its convention in Omaha The statement was tacked up by G \V. Wattles, the Nebraska food administrator. The exeoutive commit'ee planned organization for the nation wide pledge card campaign to be held the week of October 14-20. Slight Decrease in Uni. Registration Figure on registration at the state univer-dty show only a slight decrease from the figures for the same length of time for 1910. Cniversity author ities expect that the grand total of stu dents for the year will reach approx imately r.,000. That will be 500 less than last year, 'out that was to be ex pected “We are well pleased with the registration,” says Miss McCahey. ■‘Everything came up to expectations, and we will have as large a student body as we had in 1915. The war has given u~ no cause for complaint. STATE NEWS IN BRIEF ' Items of Interest PertaininQ to the Affairs of Nebraska. President Wilson issued a proclama tion at Washington csilling upon the school children of Nebraska and all other states in the union to do their part in the war by joining the Junior IJed Cross, a branch of the American Red Cross society, which has just | been formed to assist in the mercy j work of the senior organization. Plans are now under way in co-operation with the hoards of education of various states for launching member ship campaigns. Schools are to be re cruited as units with membership fees of 25 cents for each pupil. Miss Cora Hintz. teacher In a rural school seven miles southwest of Harr ington. was shot and instantly killed by Frank Faust, a farm hand. After committing the deed Faust ran to a cornfield and committed suicide by shooting himself behind the right ear. Miss Hintz was IS years old and a daughter of J. M. Hintz. living four miles east of Coleridge. Faust had been employed by Hintz and had been attempting to force his attentions up on the girl. One of the three largest broom mnnoc.icturing establishments in the United States, doing $227,000 worth of business last year, with sixteen traveling men. Is located at Peshler. In connection with the indnetry a cof fee--easting plant, to he run in con junction with the broom factory, will s«m.h i e doing business, and a large knitting factory will soon be in oper ation Nebraska s seeon0rt for supplying rifles for that purpose. The board has taken it under advisement. By a majority of 1(2’. citjrens of York voted in favor of loeatinp the new b’pb school bnildinp on seven and one-half acres of land donated by IV. E. Green, located in the northeast corner of the city. Followinp twenty-five meetings throuphout Knox county at which the work of a county npent was explain- j ed. n monster meeting was held at Center and it was definitely decided to enudoy such an official. Fortv-seven head of Wvominp prnss fed cattle sold for Si 4..V) per hundred pounds on Ihe South Omaha market, a new top for that prade of cattle. October 1 fi to 10 arc the dates set for the National P. E. O. convention at Omaha. Over 400 delegates are ex pected to attend. Farmers in the vicinity of D-'«blcr Tliaver county, have lost a number of cattle from eating infected corn stalks. On September IS citizens of TTnr ti turf on celebrated the tldrt v-fourth anniversary of the founding of the el tv. The Nebraska branch of tho Ameri can Red Cross society has established ji surgical dressings department. Tims Nebraska has taken the lend in Red Cross activity. it being the first state in the union to ereate such a depart ment. M’«s Nellie Calvin of Omaha, who ha.- been placed at the head of this work, is the first woman in the T'nited States to hold this position. A fla.it ]>ole inn feet high has been ’reeted in the public square at Madi son. Subscriptions from Madison business men raised the money. Corn sold for a bushel at Stella the other day and wheat was quoted at SI.00 a bushel. This is the first time in history that corn was ever quoted higher than wheat in south eastern Nebraska. Ervine Brunet is. 21. owner of the .T. I.. Brandeis stores in Omaha, million aire and society man. was Included in the 573 drafted men who left Omaha for Fort Riley. Ktins. last Wednesday. Tlie cornerstone of the new Catholic church at Cedar Bluffs was laid just recently. The new church will cost $15,000. Twot ty automobiles have been stolen i:i Fremont since the tractor meet in August. Sheriff Condit says an organt:.ed gang is operating in or n« at Fremont and he nas been unable to break it up. Right Rev. J. Henry Tilien. at pres ent Bishop at Lincoln, has been ap pointed bishop of Denver, according to announcement made at the apostolic legation in Washington. D. C. Columbus is recruiting a new com pany for the “Lucky Seventh." Span ish war veterans are in charge of re el uiting. NEW WAY TO ADDRESS SOLDIERS’ LETTERS. Definite instructions from Washington for the proper ad dressing of mail to soldiers in the various military amps In the L'tiited States, follows: Regiments in the regular ar my are numbered t to WO: in the national guard. 101 to 1500; in the national army, 301 up. So letters should be addressed thus: Regular Army—“Private John Smith. Company A. tilth In fantry. Camp Lee. Va.” National Guard—"Private John Smith. Company B. 151st In fantry. (4th Nebraska), Camp Cody. N. M.” National Army—“Private John Smith. Company C. 355th In fantry (Nebraska), Camp Funston. Kas.” Since many of the Nebraska units have not yet received their national regimental num bers. the correspondents will have to watch for announce ment to that effect in the news papers. Nebraska is one of tlie few states of the union which has no floating debt. according to a report .iust issued by the department of commerce at Washington, covering financial investi gation for the year Iowa. Kan sas. South Dakota and West Virginia are the other states, with no debt. The per capita cost of running the Ne braska state government was $3.31 for last year. 73 cents below the average of all states in the country, says the report. National Guard, armories and school expenditures were far below the average in the nation. Value of Nebraska property, owned by the state, is given at $14,788,730. Nebraska farmers 1 y the score are appealing to I‘resident Wilson for ex emption front the draft, or at least for time to harvest and busk their record corn crops. Some of the appeals are made by the farmers' bankers, some by parents, but most of them by the farmers themselves. Practically every one of the farmers, in their claims, set forth that they had 00. 100 or 1.000 acres of corn standing In the field, which will not be properly eared for if they are forced into military service before January 1. The food administration at Wash ington advices farmers to sell their wheat. Mr. Hoover i> quoted as say ing that the jtresent prices for wheat will drop at least one-half as soon as the war closes and that the prices now being paid, for other reasons, may soon be reduced. He says there is no hope for a higher wheat price. < Mnaha is making an effort to land one of the great “reconstruction” hos pitals to be established throughout the United States by the government. The purpose of these institutions will be to titke the wounded from the battle field and make them fit subjects for civil life. Hogs from seventeen states will compete for prizes at Omaha during the second annual National Swine Show to lie held in the barns of the Union Stock Yards company. October 3 to TO. Omaha stockmen say this year's show will be the biggest and best exhibition of swine ever held in the west. A federated conservation council, having for its purpose the co-opera tion with the government In war measures, was organized at Lincoln by nine retailers" associations repre senting 22.000 Nebraska dealers. Cliff Brooks of Uairbury was made presi dent. Fire totally destroyed the factory store house of the Great Western Su gar company at Bayard. For a time the new Bayard factory, now nearing completion and which will he ready for operation this fall, was threatened. The cause of the fire is unknown. Bather than a«k for exemption from serving Uncle Sam in the great war. Walter S. Scnnhorongh of Dun bar sold his $23,000 lumber business and enlisted. Tie is with Company B. F'fth regiment, at Denting. Ten young Germans who left Has tings for Fort Ttiley to become American soldiers, were given a rous ing sendoff by 130 Germans led by TIev. Gross of the local German Con gregational church. i moss me government -ounces tne retail price of coal in the immediate fntnn*. Omaha city commissioners de clare a mnnlc'pnl coal rani will ha opened in the city and non! will ha void at cost to consumers. The largest sharp raaeipts of the year at Snnth Omaha. 173 cars con taining -43.500 hand, wara raaordad last Tuasday. Tha total sharp re aaipts of Chicago, St. Josaph. Sloax City and Kansas City for tha day wara only 27.000 hand. Tom Halle and his 11-year-old son. residing at St. Helena, Cedar county, produced this yaar 2.000 bushels of Rad Wentherfield onions on a tract of land containing lass than six acres and tha crop Is being sold at $2 par bushel. From 4.000 to 5.000 Nebraska school teachers are expected to attend the annual convention of the State Teach ers association at Omaha November 7. S and 0. Elaborate preparations are being made for the meeting. An attempt is to be made to secure $25,000.* »>u in subscriptions to the second liberty loan in Nebraska. A state-wide drive to secure this amount ««f subscriptions will begin about Octo ber 1. A somewhat severe epidemic of diphtheria is prevalent in Cedar Bluffs. Stockholders of the Tri-State and Farmers' canal, at a special election at Scottsblnff. voted in favor of hav ing the government take over the con trol and operation of the ditch by a vote of 192 to 14. The Swedish Missions congregation at Stronishurg has rededicated its church. $3,000 has been expended in improvements and a $23,000 parson age built. Ravenna suffered a $23,000 fire when tlie .shells building, oceupted by a general store, was completely de atroye' PLOT STIRS SOLONS EXPOSURE OF GERMAN INTRIGUE STARTLES WASHINGTON. BERNSTORFF’S BUILT PROVEN _ Made Effort to Obtain German Gold to Bribe Congress—Heflin Seeks Investigation. Washington. Sept. L'4.—The Ameri can government has revealed another German intrigue which has caused a big stir in the national capital. Score* tarj Lansing made public on Friday the text of a message sent by Count von BernstoriT to Berlin last January, asking authority to use S.VUIUO to in fluence congress througli an organiza tion which, the foreign office was re minded. had performed similar serv ice before. To supplement this move, von Bernstorff suggested an official declaration in favor of Ireland for its effect here. The organization to he employed was not named in the message and Mr. Lansing did no discuss it- identity. It was freely suggested among other officials, however, that it was one of | the various so. ieties witch flmaled members of the house and senate with peace messages when President Wilson was aski- g that a state of war he recognized. This disclosure adds another chap ter to the amazing story itegun with publication of the famous Zatmer tnann note, in which Germany pro posed alliance witli Mexico and Japan against the Vnited States and which ha' included tie German-Swedish breaches of neutral ly in Argentina and Mexico. Ii connects the German government ami fount von Reri-tnrff directly and * i-oncltisively with :he machinations which the American puhlic hail as sumed was a part of the world-wide Teuton intrigue. but which many peo ple firmly believed v -re carried on or financed in this eonntry by Gennan Auiericaiis without actual authority from Berlin. The nies-aire was i ade puhlic with out comment in the -ante manner as was the message of Count Lnxhurg. German minister to Argentina, which has dsrupted relations lietween Argen tina and Germany, and the letter of German Minister von Eckliardt. in Mexico Gjty. recently made puhlic. Representative Heflin of Alabama has demanded a cnngre-sional invest gation of the Von Rerostorff message to determine if any members of either house had received German money. Teutons Anxious for Peace. Amsterdam. Sept. “4.—The German government, in ii> reply to the peace note of 1’ojie Benedict, a copy of which has beeu received here, "eher islies a lively desire" that tiie appeal may meet with success. Emperor William, the German note says, lias been following tie- efforts of i lie pope toward peace for a con siderable time with high respect. Pence would come from the recent proposals of I’ope Benedict if the bel ligerent nations would enter into ne gotiations in the sense of the pontiff's suggesti.*ns. Enijieror Charles of Aus tria-Hungary says iu his reply to the Vatican note. The emperor sees in the pope's peace plan a suitable basis for start ing negotiations toward a just and lasting peace and expresses the hope that the nations opiK'sing his own may be animated by the same idea. Austria-Hungary's ruler received the pontiff's note with a thankful heart and with an expression of hope that the pontiff's efforts may lead to the realization of the emperor's desire for a lasting and honorable jieace for all parties. No Surprise at Washington. Washington. P. t\. Sept. 24.—Favor able replies from both Berlin and Vienna to Poj>e Benedict's peace pro posals were not unexpected in the United States and the allied countries. Whether or not the action of the pope was influenced by Austria as has been frequently suggested, the ac ceptance of his peace plans by the central powers falls in line with the j policies of those governments in mak ing their people fee! that they are ! waging a purely defensive war against a group of nations bent ui>on their destruction. Two Kdled in Auto Smash. Peadw nod. S. p.. Sept. 24.—E. A. fade of Bellefoiirehe. S. I>„ prominent in Masonic circles, and bis wife were killed when the automobile in which they were ridng was struck by a train near Biaekhawk, S. P. Plot Financed By Germans. Enid. Okl.. Sept. 24.—Money pro cured front agents of the German gov ernment and disbursed through head ouurters of tin1 Industrial Workers of ilie World at fhieago was used to pur ehase arms, ammunition and supplies for the Working Class Union. "Jones Family” and a limit forty kindred or ganizations with n membership of ap proximately 2.000.000. according to t< stimony in federal court here in the ! trial of eleven alleged draft resistors j front Pottawatomie and Cleveland I counties. Now Publishes Paper in English. Portland. Ore.. Sept. 24.—Tho Ore gon Deutsche Ze'tung lias changed its name to the Portland American. Its editor. Max I.ncke. who has been un i der investigation by the government, and other German employe* have been dismissed, according to A. M. Kern, its publisher, and hereafter it will be 1 printed wholly in English. In an editorial Kern saitl the changes were made because ho had been notified the paper wonld be suppressed If it attempted to continue publication In German. Separators. "That summer boarder • of ours a good deal of tlnie In the dairy. Seems to take a great interest In the separator." “Well, he’s in that line himself.” “Huh?” “He’s a divorce lawyer.” CLEAR YOUR COMPLEXION While You Sleep With Cuticura Soap and Ointment—Trial Free. On retiring, gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment, wash off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water, and continue bathing a few minutes with the Soap. The influence of this treatment on the pores extends through the night. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adr. 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E. Lindsey, R. R. 3, Tennille, Ga. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medi cine Co. (confidential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. Carter’s Little Liver Pills I I You Cannot be Constipated and Happy * 7 Small PtH Small Dow Small Pnc« A Remedy That Makes Life Worth Living Genuine bear* signature pARTER’S IRON PILLS 1 many colorless faces but will greatly help most pale-faced people I New to Her. "Miss Willing." began the young man. ns he wiped the cold perspiration from his brow, “are you fond of sto ries?" “if they .ire new. Mr. Woodby,” re plied the fair maid. "I simply dote on them.” "But the -me I was going to tell you. Miss Willing, is not new,” said the young man. "It is. I might say. Miss Willing—or. Clara—the old, old story, but—” “Oh. never mind. George,” she inter rupted "Even if it is a chestnut, 1 m sure 1 never heard it. Go on, please! Transparent Cookery. A firm at Corning, X. Y„ is now making pie dishes, baking dishes and other cooking utensils of glass so tough that it can he handled like ordinary crockery anil will stand the heat of any oven. The Scientific American re marks that now every housekeeper can see what ho puddings and pies look like on the inside. Too Expensive. Wife—My dear. I wish you wouldn’t play billiards for money. It's nothing Nut a game of chance. Husband—Nonsense! Billiards is a game of infinite skill. Wife—Not as you play it. my love! —Stray Stories. Excuse for Wetting Up. “What’s a mixed metaphor. Bill?” “That's a new one on me. Let's go aver and ask the bartender.” Who wants bread and butter when a feller ten nave POST toasties says fto6