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ADMIRALTY 8AY8 NO 8UBMARINE
ATTACKED HESPERIAN,
MANY DESTITUTE IN BELGIUM
Lord Mayor of London Appeals for
Aid for Belgians Postmaster
at Lincoln Is
Dead.
Western Newspaper Union News Hcrvlcc
Berlin. The admiralty has submit
led to tbo foreign office a memornn
dum declaring positively that no Gor
man Bubmarlno nttucked tho Allan
liner Hesperian. Tho ndmlralty mem
orandum HUgKCBts thnt poHHlbly a Brit
ish mine, Intended for tho doBtruction
of Germnn U boats Bent tho Hcsperiin
to tho bottom off tho IrlBh coast. Tho
admiralty Informed tho foreign office,
that tho last of tho German subma
xlnos operating In British waters on
tho day an explosion wrecked tho Hes
perian has roportcd. No submarine nt
tacked any"llnor answering tho descrip
tion of the Hesperian, tho admiralty
reported, and no submarine was In tho
vicinity of tho Hesperian when tho
explosion toro her sido open.
Lincoln Postmaster Dead.
Lincoln, Nob. Addison T. Tlbbots,
temporary postmaster of Lincoln, died
Baturdny morning of kidney troublo
at his homo In this city. Ho had boon
111 for several months, but hopo for
recovery had been strong up to the
tlmo of his death. Judge Tlbbcts as
sumed charge of tho postomce a fow
lays ago, after having received tho
temporary appointment following tho
death of Francis W. Brown moro than
two months ago.
MILLION AND HALF DE8TITUTC.
Lord Mayor of London Appsals In Be
half of Belgians.
London. Tho lord mayor of London
has appealed to the British pooplo to
come to the aid of tho starving pooplo
In Belgium, of whom, he says, a mil
lion and a half aro destitute
"We aro not yot half awako to the
.tragedy of Belgium," says tho appeal.
"rcn 'Mr. Hoover's wonderfully ef
ficient aeutral committee cannot feed
this mass of dcstltuto people on loss
than five pence pet head per day,
which amounts to no less u sum than
314,670 pounds ($1,093,850) per week.
"I am convinced the city of London
will not rest content until It has taken
the place It usually occupies In every
really great boncvolont movement."
Protection of 8hlps Against Torpedoes.
Washington. When tho now civ
ilian naval Inventions board, created
by Secretary Daniels, begins Its work,
one of the numerous suggestions for
the perfection of tho nary which will
demand Its attention Is that forward
ed to Washington by Messrs. Burgo
and Robinson of Lincoln, who have de
vised a net for tho protection of ships
against torpedoes. A vory largo pro
portion of Ideas and Inventions which
have recently been submitted to the
navy department havo been filed to
await the attention of tho now board.
Seed Corn Selection Week.
Lincoln, Nob. To remind all farm
ers of tho stato that seed corn for
noxt year should bo picked from tho
floldB boforo any damage by frost oc
curs, Governor Morcheud has Issued
a proclamation making tho week of
September 27 "seed corn week." This
' Is done at the suggestion of C. W.
PugBley of the stato collego of agri
culture. Bombarding Serbian Frontier.
London. German and Austrian ar
tillery now is bombarding tho Serbian
positions along tho Macva frontier,
which lies In the northwest corner of
Serbia, which wbb tho scone of, heavy
fighting last autumn. Tho Austro-Ger-man
bombardment, therefore, oxtonds
virtually along the entire northern
frontier of Serbia.
Steamer Eastland to Be Sold.
Chicago, 111. Tha steamer Eastland,
( which capsized In tho Chicago river
July 24, drowning 812 persons, has
been ordered sold by Fedoral Judgo
Landis to Batlafy a claim or $34,500 lor
Uto work of raising tho bout from tho
river bottom. Tho ship will bo sold
fct auction.
Lincoln, Nob. Whon tho dry federa
tion meets In convention In tho city of
Lincoln on November 29 one of tho
auestlOBB which will be discussed will
be tho form of the prohibition amend
ment which is to be submitted to tho
peoplo. That form has tho backing of
a committee of lawyers who Bpent
much time on It. It has the endorse
ment of the commlttoo of onu hun
dred which called the conrontlon Into
being. Thus it la supposed by those
backing It that the forji now pro
posed will bo approved again in caso
it Is attacked.
Grand Island, Neb. Mrs. Mamie M.
Claflln of University Place, was re
elected president of the Nebraska W.
O. T. U., with Mrs. A. M. Bunting, of
Lincoln, vlco president. Mrs. Dyar of
Boone, corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Remington of Cambridge, recording
secretary and Mrs. Laura Taggart of
Omaha, treasurer, Omaha waB chosen
as tho place for the next state con
vention. In the resolutions allegiance
Is re-affirmed la the union's declara
tion of principle, prohibition enacted
Into law la held to be the only means
J deliverance from tha liquor traffic.
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MAY BE A SPECIAL SESSION
Senate May be Called to Revise Its
Rules of Debate. French
Warships Rescue
Armenians.
Western Nowspuper Union News Service
Washington. Tho advisability of
calling n special session of tho sennto
within tbo next month Is being seri
ously considered by President Wilson,
It was said nt tho Whtto house. If
tho session Is culled, It will bo pri
marily to glvo tho senate an oppor
tunity to rcviso its rules In order to
curtail debates. Tho president, It was
said, would reach a decision In tho
matter within a short time.
Tho senate has had a special com
mittee working on tho proposed revi
sion of tho rules since tho last ses
sion. Tho main recommendation is
expected to bo an amendment to tho
rules allowing a majority of tho son
ato to limit dobato.
If a special session is called pend
ing trcntlcs with Colombia and Nica
ragua probably will como up for rati
fication. French Warships Rescue Armenians.
Paris. Tho rescuo by Fronch war
ships of a largo band of Armenians
from pursuing Turks is recounted in a
statement issued by the ministry of
marlno.
"Pursued by Turks," sayB the state
ment, "6,000 Armenians, 3,000 of whom
wero women, children and old men,
took refuge In tho DJebol Moussa
mountains ut tho end of July. They
succeeded in keeping tholr assailants
at bay until tho boglnnlng of Septem
ber. Ammunition and provisions then
gavo out, and they would Inevitably
have succumbed hud thoy not succeed
ed In getting word of their gravo sit
uation to a, French crulsor. Immedi
ately crulserB of tho French blockad
ing squadron off tho Syrian coast went
to their help and took all of thorn to
Port Said, whoro thoy were Installed
In a provlsonal camp."
Now York. Tho development of tho
chemical industries In tho United
States, particularly tho progress made
in tho manufacture of dyostuffs since
tho beginning of the European war,
was shown in tho first national expo
sition of chemical Industries In ses
sion hero. A demonstration of colors
produced In America given by Dr. T.
II. Norton, who went to Europe as a
representative of this government to
Investigate tho dyostuffs Industries,
was a feature of the exposition.
Washington. A supply of raw wool
now is availablo for export from Great
Britain to tho United States, accord
ing to a cablegram from Consul Gen
eral Sklnnor nt London, made public
by tho bureau of forolgn and domestic
commerce.
Sweden Makes Loan to Germany.
London. In return for Germany's
consont to pormlt tho exportation of
coal and some other specified Horns to
Sweden, five Swedish banks, accord
ing to tho Copenhagen correspondent
of tho Exchange Telegraph company,
havo agreod to make Germany a loan
of 40,000,000 kroner (about $10,000,000)
to bo used In payment for goods bought
In Sweden by Germany.
Berlin. A German Biibmnrinn nnr.
atlng off Candla has torpedoed a 15,
000 ton British transport, nccordlng to
a Constnntlnonlo toloirmm i
Frankfurter ZeltllllK. Tho trnniinnrt
was on routo from Egypt with troops
destined for Galllpoll peninsula.
Washington. Advertisement nf tho
loase of Calumet Placo, tho homo of
Mrs. John A. Logan, which Ima in
occupied by W. J. Bryan for tho past
iwo years, indicates that Mr. iirvnn
intends to glvo up Washington as a
residence.
Expenditures Run Over Revenue
London. Reginald McKcnnn, chan
oollor of tho exchequer, In his budget
speech, estimated that tho govern
mont'B rovenuo for the current year
272,000,000 ($1,3GO,000,000); that tho
exoondlturoB would reach JM r.nnnrm.
000 ($7,950,000,000) and that tho 'dead
weight of debt at thn cnr nt tim-
flnauclal year would bo 2,200,000,000
ln,uuu,vuu,uvuj. Mr. McKennn pro
posed an addition of 40 per cent to tho
existing income tatlhn nt nii in.
comes of 130 flfiSOl p mn nrh
present minimum It 160.
RIBBONS
SAY8 CARRANZA IS UNFIT TO
RULE MEXICO.
War Disturbs Economic Conditions In
Germany but Little Explosion
Wrecks New York
Subway.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. A gloomy picturo of
what might haniicn In Mexico In thn
ovent of the recognition of Carranza
oy ttio united States and othnr Amnri.
can republics is drawn In a statement
by Roquo Gonzales Garza, ono time
president of the convention govern
ment and now in Washington to for
ward tho pcaco convention plan which
tho Villa and Zapata elements have
accepted at the Invitation of tho pan
American conferees. Garza urges that
tho convention bo held to sot up a
provisional government In Mexico In
splto of Carranza's refusal to partici
pate, and declares anarchy soon
would follow recognition of Carranza.
GERMAN FINANCE8 8TRONG.
Economic Conditions Declared but Lit
tle Disturbed Over War.
Washington. Economic conditions
In Germany after ono yoar of war are
described In a report compiled by the
American association of trade and
commerco In Berlin and received at
the bureau of forelen anil rinmnntln
commerce. It says tho financial re.
ord has shown "the results of rigid or
ganization and discipline," and draws
particular attention to tha fact that
Germany has raised 12,250,000,000 In
war loans, and the Imperial relcbsbank
has accumulated a cold reservo nf
$600,000,000.
Explosion Wrecks New York Subway.
wow YorK. swallowed up In a can
yon which suddenly oponod In Seventh
avonue, six persons wero killed and up
wards of 200 seriously or slightly In
jured horo early Wednesday. Tho col
lapse of tho street followed a dyna
mite blast touched off In tho now sub
way under course of construction. A
street car carrying seventy-eight men
and women dropped Into tho great
hole. A brewery truck also plunged
down In tho tanglo of timbers, steel
and other debris. Tho street disap
peared from sight for a distance of
nlmost two blocks.
Washington. Great Brltaln'B crip
pling of Amorlcan commerco is tho
subject of a complaint laid beforo the
stato department. Representatives of
Chicago meat packers who had prod
ucts valued at $10,000,000 confiscated
by a British prize court presented the
complaint orally. They held a confer
ence with AcUng Secretary of State
Polk. A formal written complaint will
follow. Legal aspects of the prize
court woro discussed as well as gen
eral remedies which are possible.
Berlin. Confiscation of n part of
tho Gorman beer production Is a pos
slblo though not probablo step to be
expected because of tho abnormal
state of affairs existing In Germany
today. Confiscation will be resorted
to by tho government only In case the
browerles fall to set aside a certain
percontago of their normal production
20 per cent for tho use of tho army.
Even tho contemplation of such a step
Indicates tho Importance which boer
has to Germany.
Black Hand Letter to Sunday.
Omaha, Nob. A black hand letter
received through tho mall bv Rvnni-.
list Sunday warned him to leavo town
wituin two nays or ho would bo killed
by a bomb set off ut the tabernacle.
Tho letter is as follows:
"Omaha, Neb., Se. 2. 15. Mr. Bllllo
Sunday, If you dont leave town In to
days you will bo kilcd hv a hnmi. in
tho tabernaclo on Sep 23 nt 15 Capt.
dont tak this for a Jok for wo mean
business from tho unknown."
Tho letter was scrawlnd in nnnnit
acroBs a slnglo sheet of note paper.
Over 400 Passengers Rescued.
Halifax. N. S. Tho Grnnk nnt,.
Athlnal was destroyed by tiro with the
loss of ono life, according in n mnc.
age received by the marlno depart
ment. Tho steamer Tuscanla rescued
408 passengers and the crow, and tho
steamer Roumanian Prince Blxty-ono
others, Tho messago from tho Tus
canla was tho first official word re
ceived from tho llnor since tho wlroless
roport that tho Athlnal was on flro and
the Tuscanla had rescued the passen
gers. The origin of tha fire was not
stated in the message.
KILLED IN
COLLISION
TRAINS MET ON CURVE NEAR
OREOPOLIS.
TO CONSERVE THE OILFIELDS
Secretary Daniels Has Plan for Add.
Ino to Navy's Strength Yaqul
Indians Committing
Atrocities.
Western Newspaper Union News Sen Ice
Orcapolls, Neb. Passenger En
glncer M. Sherlock, Kansas City, Mo.;
Passenger Fireman W. It. Goodman,
Kansas City, Mo., and Freight Brnko
mnn J. E. Wilson, Falls City, Neb.,
were Instantly i killed, two baggago
men fatally Injured and six passen
gers loss seriously Injured whon a
"BETTER BABIES"
AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR
Horace Greog Armltage, thirty-two
months old son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Armltape of Kearney, who scored 100.
southbound Missouri Pacific passenger
train nnd a northbound Missouri Pa
cific freight crashed together one
fourth mllo south of tho Burlington
crossing near this city Friday. Tho
force of tho collision was so great that
both engines wero demolished and all
but ten or twelve of the freight train's
thirty coaches wero splintered.
Tho freight had rccolved ordera nt
Flattsmouth to meet the passenger at
Lal'Iatto, as had tho passenger nlco,
nnd when tho trainmen of tho pas
Bcni.'cr arrived nt LaP ntte, wh. i. u
not n regular stopping place, a freight
train was standing on tho siding.
Thinking thnt was tho train which
their order called for, tho trainmen
proceeded, nnd woro making their reg
ular tlmo when the crash occurred at
a bend in the track.
CONSERVATION OF OIL FIELDS.
Part of Secretary Daniels' Plans for
Strengthening Navy.
Washington. Further conservation
of the oil fields In California and pos
sibly In Oklahoma Is contemplated in
Secretary DanlelB' plans for tho uavy
In connection with strengthening na
tional defense. Navy officers and of
ficials of tho department of Justtco and
tho general land office, tho secretary
said, are studying the situation in
California, whoro recent court de
cisions havo helped the navy projects.
Passengers Burned to Death.
San Diego, Cat. Eighty passengors
of a Southern Pacific Mexican train
wero thrown Into a car containing hay
and tho car set on flro by a band of
Yaqul Indians Friday near Torres, So
nora, according to radio advices re
ceived from Horraoslllo via Guaymas.
Only twenty passengers have been ac
counted for thus far, tho others having
bocn burned to death. Yaqul Indians,
according to the report, numbered
about sixty and wero deserters from
ono of tho Mexican factional armies.
The Hague to Decide.
Washington. Germany's latest noto
on tho sinking of tho Amorlcan sailing
Bhlp William P. Fryo, made public by
the stato department, discloses nn Im
portant diplomatic victory for tho
United States. Germany accepts tho
proposal to fix damages by commission
nnd to let' Tho Hague decide upon dis
puted treaty rights involved. Sho also
gives assurance that no moro Ameri
can Bhips carrying additional contra
band will be destroyed under any cir
cumstances. Call for American Physicians.
London. "There will be no course
open but to apply to tho United StateB
to fill up tho nocessary complements
of medical men If this country cannot
produce tho requisite doctors," writes
Sir James Barr, vlco president of tho
British medical association and a lieu
tenant colonol In tho royal army medi
cal corps, In appealing for doctors for
tho armies going abroad. "Two thou
sand five hundred of them are re
quired," declares Sir James, who adda:
Conscription la coming."
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BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Work on tho row Masonic temple
at Anselmo Is progressing rapidly.
Tho Nebraska Horary board will
hold its annual session at Fremont
next week.
Tho price of buttor nt Omaha last
week reached tho lowest mark In ovei
eight years.
Thoro are fifteen printers nmongsl
the ofllcers and employes at the statt
house at Lincoln.
Pawneo City has entered Into a con
tract to furnish power for lighting the
vlllago of DuBoIs.
Ono of tho big features of the South
Platte exposition at Hastings will bo
an agricultural parade.
Willlnm Kline, a Hastings hlgr
school boy, has been nomlnntcd foi
midshipman at Annnpolls.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schecr, of
Arlington celebrated their sixtieth
wedding anniversary last week.
Mrs. Callen Thompson, prominent
club woman of Lincoln, is dead, the re
sult of Injuries received In a fall.
Anumbor of farmers In Cnss coun
ty have been harvesting their second
crop of strawberries this season.
Addison S. Tlbbotts, who had Jusl
assumed tho duties of postmaster al
Lincoln, Is dead of kidney trouble.
li. A. bwanbnck, of the I. O, O. F.
homo, 101 years old, was In attend
ance at tho Sunset social at York last
week.
Tho "bettor babies" contest at the
Seward county fair was one of the
most Interesting features on tho pro
gram. Forty odd business firms of Fremont
will send n trado excursion thi-muMi
northwest Nebraska and Into South
Dakota.
Frank Loshiva, a fruit peddler al
Lincoln was bitten by a tarantula hid
den in a bunch of bananas ho was de
livering. "Blnck Handera" threatened to
dynamite the tabernacle at Omaha, If
Billy Sunday doesn't quit It and get
out of town.
Over a dozen carloads of sheep havo
been shipped to Jefferson county to
fatten seven of them being unloaded
at Endlcott.
"Homo Day" at Hyannls last Frl
day Is said to havo been tho biggest
event In tho history of that section
of the stato.
Willows aro being cut on tho Mis
souri near Brownville to be used by
the government In rip-rap work neai
Kansas City.
Tho M. & O. denot at Bancroft, in.
ijether with several freight cars, was
destroyed by flro of unknown origin
Tuesday night.
David DeVoe, 9 years old. was
drowned when a rail on a bridge at
Ashland broke and precipitated him
Into Salt creek.
While walkintr In hir nlnnn m
Mary Little of Hastings, fell down a
flight of stairs and received many
painful bruises.
M. M. Gordon of Arcadia was seri
ously lnjurod when ho was thrown
from his motorcycle during a race al
tho fair grounds.
F. D. Burnett nt Omaha claims tc
havo tho smallest storeroom In the
United States, Its floor space being bul
eight by eleven feet.
The national futurity and consola
tion coursing meet will be held at Sut
ton October 12. Hounds from twelve
states will compote.
C. F. Ross, C5 years old, of Berlin,
this stato, was 'found dead In his
room In an Omaha hotel. Gas asphyxi
ation was tho cause.
Tho Seward Tribune estimates thai
the last Saturday market day in, thnt
town assembled about the public
square automobiles worth $C0,000.
Rov. P. J. Boehr and wife of Hen
derson left last week for San Fran
cisco, whence they will sail for China,
whero thoy will enter tho missionary
ueiu.
Tho Masonic fraternity at Lincoln,
at tho conclusion of a banquet one
evening last week, called tho patrol
wagon nnd sent a load of "eats" to the
prisoners at the city Jail.
Martin Johnson, living near Weeping
Water, captured a huge pelican on his
farm that measured nearly eight feet
from tip to tip of Its wings, and its
pouch was over a foot In length.
Olsen & Ring of Elmwood have pur
chased the Kllng mill and elevator al
Weoping Water, and will make a num
ber of Improvements beforo commenc
ing operations.
The Falrbury Journal thinks It may
bo of Interest to know that tho big
pot of coffee made at tho city park
there on Labor day contained 500 gal
lons of water and 260 pounds of cof
fee. Tho big electrical sign on the stati
houso at Lincoln bearing a "Welcome'
to state fair visitors, will remain, t
be used as occasion requires.
T. H. PInson, a Beatrice man, was
suddenly stricken blind, but after an
hour's affliction, his sight roturned
Just as suddenly as It disappeared.
City authorities at Bennot have
mado it unlawful to uso the sidewalks
for bicycles, coasters or roller skates,
and tho small boys aro up In arms.
Mrs. D. S. Dalbey of Beatrice, has
been appointed member of the national
committee of the Womar'a Section of
the Navy League of tho United States.
Airs. Fred Beckman, wife of tho
Btato land commissioner, died nt tho
family homo at Lincoln, Tuesday morn
ing. Sho had been HI for several
monthB.
iMIss Dorothy Colburn, a graduate of
tho Lincoln high school, won the first
prlzo for an ossny on international
peaco in a contest held under tho
auspices of a leaguo of that body.
When two chairs supporting a six-teen-foot
plank gave way from the
Domblnod weight of ten Odd Fellow
banqueters at Hastings, David 'Neff,
and soveral others were seriously injured.
WILL PUSH THE SOU
CLAIMS TO HAVE TWO CAUSE8 OC
ACTION
NEWS OF THE STATE HOUSE
Items of General Interest Gathered
From Reliable Sources at
' State House.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Governor Morehead has returned to
his office after a stay of several days
at his homo at FallB City where ho as
sisted in harvesting a part of his ap
ple crop. Fire Commissioner W. S.
Rldgell called on tho governor Im
mediately after his arrival and dlB
cussed tho proposed suit against Stato
Treasurer Hall. Mr. Rldgell explained
that tho treasurer had found a clauso
in tho general appropriation bill of
1013 that appropriated Tees for tho
use of the flro commissioner's office up
to September 1, that .Mr. Hnll had Im
mediately countersigned warrants that
ho had formerly refused to sign, and
had them sent to tho lire commission
er's office. Mr. Rldgell refused to re
ceipt for tho warrants, but lIey wero
receipted for by a clerk In his office.
After his conference with the gover
nor Mr. Rldgell said n suit would bo
commenced nt once to compel h
stato treasurer to pay out feos In tho
trensury on claims orlcinatinc from
the lire commissioner's office after
September 1. Tho warrants tendered
by the Btnte treasurer on claims prior
to September 1 will not be cashed for
the present by Mr. Rldgell.
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May Reach $20,000
After making a closer check of re
'elpts and expenditures of the stato
fair, Secretary Mellor and Treasurer
Dickman of the stato board of agricul
ture find that the balance remaining
on hand will be larger than they fig
ured at first. Instead of $12,000 or
$15,000. tho board will havo $18,000
or more, after paying all debts. Tho
surplus may possibly reach $20,000,
but It is hardly expected to go as
high as that. Receipts will not much
exceed the first estimate of $105,000,
but the profits of tho fair wero In
creased by holding down expenses. Of
the $18,000 or more left as a balance,
$10,000 will be set aside as a surplus
for the ensuing year. The board will
bo able to take care of all obligations
until that time and start the fair freo
of debt, with an additional $10,000 to
insure against a deficit duo to unfav
orable weather.
No Improvements at Fair Grounds
While tho recent stato fair was one
of the most successful over held, no
Improvements will bo mado at tho
state fair grounds next year by tho
state board of agriculture. This is
tho opinion of Secretary W. It. Mel
lor. It Is tho policy of the stato board
to make improvements with Its own
earnings whenever possible, but this
year It Is not believed the net profits
will bo sufficient to Justify the expendi
ture of any of tho funds that may bo
on hand. Just how much will be on
hand after all bills nre paid will not
be known for some time, but it is not
likely thnt the net amount will ex.
ceed $15,000 or $18,000.
Bank Deposits Greatest Known
Stato banks of Nebraska now have
on deposit moro than $110,000,000
tho largest amount by several million
dollars that they havo ever had and
their loans for the first tlmn hnv
passed the $100,000,000 mark. The
number of banks operating under state
laws is also greater than ever boforo
being 791. Theso are tho figures
ehown by reports mado to tho state)
banking department giving business;
conditions on August 20. Tho growth
of the banks in resources and business
items has been greater during tbo past
year than In any previous twelve
months.
August, this year, was the coldest
such month In forty years, according
to the government weather bureau.
Tho monthly mean temperature as
shown by the records of elghty-soven
stations was 67.2 degrees, which Is B.fr
degrees below the average for forty
years, and Is the lowest record in that
time.
'To Commemorate Dr. Bessey's Work
In memory of the lato Dr. Charles
Besecy of tho stato university, federal
government officials decided to change
the name of tho Dismal River forest
reserve, tho Loup division, to the
"Bessey division." and the name of the
Halsoy nursery to Bessoy nursery.
News of tho chango has been conveyed
to the state forestratlon commission
by A. F. Potter, acting forester at
Washington. In a letter to Woodruff
Ball of tho commission that official la
said to have stated that tho changes
re mado gladly.
County commissioners and dally pa
pers, weeklies and commercial clubs,
Sunday schools and railroads are
asked to send delegates to Lincoln,
September 29, to organize a federa
tion to work in tho IntereBt of "Ne
braska Dry In 1916." Every state and
local organization, Including village
boards of trustees, may send repre
sentatives. The convention, expected
by tho loaders to bo one of the largest
In tho history of the state, opens at
the city auditorium Wednesday, Sep
tember 29, and continue through.
Thursday,
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