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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
ORAFT LAW UPHELD
JUDGE BIRD SO DECIDES IN CIR
CUIT COURT AT KANSA8
CITY.
BARS PLEA FOR INJUNCTION
Petitioners Are Advised to Go to the
Nearest Place of Registry as
Soon as Possible Three
Are Arrested.
The federal government laid a heavy
hand on anti-draft plotters In various
parts of the country. It Is known that
twenty-six persons vere actually ar
rested. Some were placed In jail In
default of ball; others were released
on bonds. In Columbus, O., three were
charged with treason, a capital offense.
In many places suspects were "de
tained," but not held for trial.
The appended table shows the num
ber actually arrested In various places:
New York City 6
Ohio 6
Kansas 5
Nebraska 1
Missouri 5
Minnesota 1
California ; 1
West Virginia 1
Illinois 5
Kansas Clly, Mo., Juno 2. Judge
Daniel Ulrd In the circuit court here
on Tliur6dny denied nn Injunction to
prevent state officials from enforcing
tho draft registration next Tuesday.
Judge Bird . held thnt the draft law
was valid and that his court hud no
Jurisdiction to prevent its being :nr
rled 6ut.
From the bench he recommended
thnt Thomas Sullivan find Ilaymond I.
Mooroe, the petitionee, both of whom
aro eligible for registration, seek out
the first enlistment pluco without at
tempting to evade the registration law.
J. D. Showaltor, attorney for tho pe
titioners, announced Immediately after
tlie decision was rendered thnt he
would go to Jefferson City at onco for
the doublo purpose of cndenvorlng to
obtain nn appeal hearing before tho
supreme court and of Instituting man
damus proceedings against the gover
nor and other stato officials. These
ho hoped, If granted, would prevent
tho enforcement of tho registration
law throughout Missouri.
Judgo Bird, In his decision, referred
to the selective draft army law as tho
"most equitable and efficient" this
country has ever had.
He said he had studied all tho sim
ilar laws since tho formation of tho
republic and that nono was compara
ble to the new law. Ho also ruled that
In times of war state, county and city
officials could be used by congress to
'further nny war measures.
The petition had sought to Invoko
the thirteenth and fourteenth amend
ments of the federal Constitution and
also certain provisions of tho Missouri
constitution. Judge Bird ruled against
all tho points brought up.
WILSON TO GIVE WAR AIMS
Formal Statement Opposes Annexa
tion "Restitution and Restora
tion" Is Keynote.
Washington, Juno 2. President Wil
son's outline of the position of this
government ns to the object of the wnr
will be made public upon receipt of nn
acknowledgment by Ambassador
Francis nt Potrogrnd that he hns a
copy of the document. In this state
ment, which Is an answer to tho re
quest of the Itusslnn government for n
statement by nil the allies of their at
titude toward "no annexations nnd no
indemnities," the position of Belgium
will probably play nn Important part
in Illustrating the position of this gov
ernment. It has been known for somo
time hero that, while the administra
tion from the time It entered tho wnr
1ms been opposed to punitive annexa
tions nnd wnr tributes, It would, never
theless, favor Indemnity to the extent
of restitution nnd restoration for de
struction. Tho restoration of the
smnller nations swallowed up In the
maelstrom of war by the Inrger nations
will undoubtedly prove to be the key
note of any policy on this subject an
nounced by this government.
FIX COFFEE WAR TAX 2 CENTS
Tea Five Cents, Sugar One-Half Cent
Pound -125 Cent Levy on
Munitions Eliminated.
Wnshlngton, June 2. Tho sennte
finance committee decided to provide
In the war tax bill to raise SSO.OOO.OOO
by consumption taxes of two cents a
pound on coffee, live cents on ten, one
half cent on sugar and three cents
on cocoa.
Another Important change agreed
upon was the elimination of the pres
ent tax of 12 cents on war muni
tions, now rnlhlng ?2.r,000,000.
Dutch Ship Is Seized.
Amsterdam, June 2. According to
-tho Mnnshod tho Dutch steamer Po
mona, bound from Copenhagen to Am
sterdam, hns been taken Into Swlne
muende, The Pomona Is n sinnll ves
sel of 780 tons, owned In Amsterdam.
Night Prowler Identified.
Chicago, Juno 2. A man killed by
Trlvato Homer Merwln, First Illinois
Infantry, on tho railroad brldgo over
tho Calumet river wns identified ns
Frederick W. Studer, former Inmate of
.the Elgin Insane asylum.
TRYING THE GUY THAT
Taa INDIANAPOLIS NEWS.
PLOT AGAINST DRAFT
CONSPIRACY TO BALK CONSCRIP
TION DISCOVERED.
Germans Busy In Texas Society Or
ganized to Intimidate Persons Sub
ject to Registration.
Washington, Muy 30. Olllclnl an
nouncement was made of a plot to
hinder registration and to resist con
scription by an armed uprising against
the government. Eleven urrests huvc
been made and nine indictments have
already been returned by federul grand
Juries.
Tho conspiracy is declared by the
department of Justice to huvo had
its origin In Texas, where a society
was formed several months ago for
tho ostensible purposo of co-operative
buying. The members were re
quired to tnko a secret oath.
"After the ennctment of the se
lective draft law," says tho depart
ment's announcement, "n strong Ger
man Influence succeeded in inducing
the organization to turn Its efforts to
combatting conscription and high
powered rifles were obtained to in
tlmldato persons subject to registra
tion and the officials who will be
appointed to perform tho registra
tion." Two of tho men arrested wero
brought to Roanoke, Vn., and landed
In Jail. They nro William Vernon Mc
Coy, a grizzled mountaineer of sixty
five, who gained notoriety in tho fa
nidus Untfleld-McCoy feuds, and his
lieutenant, J. W. Phlpps.
Similar conspiracies have been dis
covered In tho middle West, where
the Influenco of tho I. W. W. Is be
lieved to bo responsible for tho at
tempts to combat conscription. He-
ports received from government
agents Indicate that this organiza
tion Is doing Its utmost to arouse
armed resistance to the law.
The nine men indicted wero promi
nent members of tho Texns organiza
tion. They wero denlt with prompt
ly, It Is stated, as n warning to the
public generally of tho stringent pol
icy which tho attorney general pur
poses to pursue In enforcing the urmy
measures.
TO ARREST ANTI-DRAFT MEN
All Federal Agents Ordered by the At-
torney General to Watch "Peace
Meets."
Wnshlngton, June 1. Every fcdernl
agency throughout the country has
been ordered to attend nnd report on
nny nntl-reglstrntlon meeting that may
bo held.
Attorney General Gregory hns deter
mined that vigorous prosecutions shall
follow In every Instance whero such
meetings develop disloyalty In speech
or action, and ho has given orders
for detailed and explicit reports, with
names of offenders. When possible
to do so by suggestion or advice, such
meetings will bo called off by the fed
eral officers.
United States attorneys and mar
shals are directed to ask close co
operation of the local police authori
ties In tho communities mid to work
In harmony with such officials.
From the reports being made dally
by tho agents throughout tho country
officials of tho department are con
vinced that, while German money and
Influence Is behind disloyal manifesta
tions, such threats to resist registra
tion as aro being made are tho result
of local and sporadic Influences and
nre not Inspired by any organized ef
fort of serious consequence.
Russ to Raise $1,000,000,000.
Potrograd, June 2. The provisional
government approved tho proposal of
Temporary Finance Minister Torest
chenko to raise $1,000,000,000 nnd take
steps for securing for the treasury the
supply of paper money.
Quakers Urge Dry Nation.
New York, June 2, Adoption of leg
iBlntlon providing prohibition Is urged
in a messngo tent to the president
nnd congress by the liberal branch of
tho Religious Society of Friends in nn
nual meeting here.
GOBBLED THE ONIONS
NEW STORM KILLS 76
SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI IS
HARD HIT BY TORNADOES.
Property Damage and Injury to Crops
Mounts Into Millions People
Face Hunger.
St. Louis, Mo., Juno 1. With 70 re
ported dend, 151 Injured nnd property
damage mounting Into tho millions,
southeastern Missouri faces hunger
and disease as a result of tornadoes
which swept about thirty towns.
Wires arc down and only haphazard
reports from the stricken urea trlcklo
Into St. Louis. The rc-estnbllshment
of communication It Is believed will
grently Increase tho story of death, In
Jury nnd destruction.
Tho damage in growing crops is in
estimable. It Is believed tho number
of dead and injured will far exceed
that of tho Illinois cyclone last Satur
day, Nothing short of organized re
lief work such ns exercised by the Red
Cross can reach tho situation.
A report from Poplar Bluffs says
Zalnma near by bore tho brunt of the
twister with a death total of at least
twenty.
Seven aro reported killed and at
lenst twenty injured in tho PIney river
valley in tho north portion of Texas
county. The dead are J. 0. Jackson, a
farmer, nnd his housekeeper and her
two children, nnd Mrs. James Fletcher
and her two children. Tho Jackson
and Fletcher farm houses were swept
from their foundations Into tho river.
A partial list of the deud follows:
At Chaonln Ben Bontgoraery, Mrs.
Ben Montgomery, four Montgomery
children, Will Wnrd, n hired hand nt
tho Montgomery home.
At Granite Bend Mrs. Jones, Miss
Jones.
At Grnnltevllle Mrs. Delanla Ham
me! of Belleville, J. nurt.
At Salem John Flltz, Mrs. Flltz,
Mrs. Goode, Miss Goode.
At Mineral Point Thomas Lcmas
ter, August Bohn, Frank Lcchance,
Otis Goff.
At Dongoln Ed Seabelgh, Mrs. John
Shell, Hubert Harris, Mrs. Kllllan, Mrs.
Fulton Cooper.
At DeSoto Mr. nnd Mrs. Mntthew
Cunningham.
At Slkeston Mrs. Metcnlf.
At St. Genevieve Henry Armbrus
ter. At Bismarck Son of Bnnks Regan.
At Lickings Mnron J. Jackson,
housekeeper on Jnckson farm ; wife of
hired man on farm and her two chil
dren, daughter of Arthur Hansden.
At I.eppey Mrs. John Fleth, seven
months-old baby of Mrs. James Hous
ton. At Pana James Drain,
Dongola, n village of ICO, was liter
ally wiped out and nil houses save ono
wero demolished.
Chevrolet Wins Auto Race.
Cincinnati, Juno 1. Driving nt an
average speed of 102.1 miles an hour,
Louis Chevrolet In a Frontenac won
the Memorial day 2r.0-nille auto race In
2:20M7. Gaston Chevrolut, his broth
er, also at tho wheel of a Frontenac,
wns second, and Ira Vail, in a Hudson,
third. Twenty-eight racing drivers
started after tho $20,000 prizes. Do
Palma was forced to quit on account
of engine trouble.
Financier Gives Yacht to U. 8.
Newport, H. I., June 1. Henry Wal
ters, noted llnnndcr and yachtsman,
has turned over his steam yacht to the
navy department.
Sousa Enlists in U, S. Navy.
Chicago, June 2. John Phillip Sousn
began his duties ns nn enlisted man
In tho Naval Reserves at Great Lakes
Training station. His enlistment was
n matter of form, to qualify him tc
conduct tho bund.
Navy Gets 13 German Ships.
Wnshlngton, Juno 2. By executlvo
order, President Wllsoii on Thursday
turned over to tho American navy flvo
German merchant ships to used as
converted cruisers and eight to bo used
as colliers.
A
FARMER8 ASKED TO PREPARE
FOR LARGE ACREAGE.
LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL
Items of General Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources Around the
State House
Western Ntwpaper Union Ncwa Service.
Tho Nebraska council of defense has
issued u warning to Nebraska fanners
to lay In their farm machinery early
In order to take care of tho greatly
Increased acreage of corn and other
crops.
The farmers aro also urged to plan
their fall acreage of wheat.
Hero Is tho statement:
"On account of tho widely extended
winter killing of alfalfa In Nebraska
It doubtlessly will bo necessary to use
a largo acreage of corn for fodder this
year and It Is highly important that
proper provisions be made for the ad
ditional harvesting machinery that
will be needed to tnko care of It.
"Owing to the nulled conditions ob
taining In tho manufacturing plants
throughout tho country and tho extra
demand for material that Is used in
the construction of farm machinery
the Implement manufacturers and deal
ers aro urging that orders for corn
binders and other necessary machinery
be placed as early as possible.
"It is also very important that a
lurgo acreage of winter wheat be sown
next fall and the experience of tho past
winter hns again proven the great ad
visability of seeding winter wheat in
corn stalks with the one-horse drill.
Those contemplating seeding winter
wheat In this manner aro very urgent
ly requested to seo to It that the drill
is on hand at the time it is needed.
Farmers should begin now to plan for
their next fall wheat acreage, to bo
seeded next fall and to make provision
for the machinery needed to seed the
crop in the best manner possible."
Women and the Nine Hour Day.
Many of tho young men of Nebraska
have quit work to enter tho army and
It has become necessary for business
firms and corporations to employ
women and girls to take their places,
yot there is a statute prohibiting the
employment of women in offices, mer
cantile or manufacturing establish
ments more than nine hour days or
fifty-four hours a week. There is no
statute limiting the hours of labor for
men, but a general statute fixes ten
hours as a days work. Women are
expected to, and may soon have to
take the place of many men employes,
yet tho law fixes tho work day for
women one hour shorter than the
work day applying to men.
Dr. P. L. Hall, a Lincoln banker, has
called Governor Neville's attention to
the woman labor law and asked him
not to enforce it during the war in
cases where it was necessary for
women to work more than nine hours
a day.
Governor Neville said he could do
nothing in tho direction of setting
aside a law, but ho did not believe tho
law would bo enforced In cases where
it is clearly necessary for women to
be employed more than nino hours a
day.
Probably No Delegation to Vicksburg
As matters now stand, there will
probably be no excursion of civil war
veterans from Nebraska to attend the
Vicksburg peace celebration next Oc
tober, notwithstanding that the legis
lature appropriated $20,000 to pay
their railroad fare on tho trip. In fact.
It Is quite likely that the celebration
Itself may bo called off, or at least re
stricted to the limits of a somewhat
local function. Railroad companies
have announced their Inability to make
any special arrangements for the hand
ling of crowds by special trains, or
even furnishing extra equipment on
regular trains.
Deputy Attorney General Resigns
Doputy Attorney General Dexter T.
Barrett has tendered his resignation
to Attornoy General Reed nnd an
nounced ho would engage in tho pri
vate practice of law. Mr. Barrett has
been doputy attorney general for two
years and a half.
Serious inroads Into the ranks of
malo educators In Nebraska have al
ready been made by tho war, according
i to reports reaching tho state superln
I temlent's office, und It might not be
' surprising if spoclal branches of work
1 would have to bo discontinued. Dr.
1 Clemmons expects that the male por
tion of the teaching forces of the stato
will bo thinned badly ns a result of
volunteering for war service.
In half n dozen places Nebraska ed
ucators havo already offered their
services to tho president for military
use.
Roscoe Pound Will Deliver Address
Dean Roscoo Pound of Harvard uni
versity collogo of law, alumnus and
former dean of the law college at Ne
braska university, has telegraphed to
Chancellor Avery his acceptance of tho
university's Invitation to deliver the
commencement address Juno 12. Ho
takes tho placo of General John J.
Porshlng, who had to cancel his speak
ing engagement because ho has been
ordered to Franco. Dean Pound Is one
of tho leading legal authorities In the
country and ono of the most brilliant
men Nebraska has graduated.
US
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FULL TO THE BANKS
Threatened Inundation Bothers State
Engineer Johnson.
Reports received by Stato Engineer
Oeorgo Johnson indicato that not only
tho North Platto rivor, but also tho
Laramlo river In Wyoming and tho
South Platto in Colorado aro over
flowed and tho Loup In northorn No
braska is running full to its banks, but
not fed by mountain streams.
Tho North Platto is sending 10,000
cubic feet of water per second over
tho Pathfinder dam, which tho Lara
mlo and South Platto are each flowing
5,000 cubic foot. Tho water from all
of these streams and their tributaries
will converge at North Platte, Nob.,
and Mr. Johnson is fearful that tho
Platto river eastward will bo included
in the overflow.
The Loup is pouring its waters Into
tho Platto at Columbus in volume suf
ficient to fill tho channel of tho larger (
stream to its normal capacity bolow
there. When tho big wnvo comes from
tltn tn Ufa 1nlHnn tiAltnnn trtlltti '
of tho lowland adjoining tho Platto
will bo Inundated.
Anticipates Draft for N. N. G.
Draft of ablo bodied citizens be
tween 19 and 45 to fill the ranks of
tho Nebraska national guard Is antici
pated by Adjutant General Phil Hall.
President Wilson hail power to enforce
a draft for this purposo independent
of the selective draft authorized un
der tho recent army bill.
Tho adjutant general says that tho
Nebraska troops are about 700 men be
hind war strength about 400 in tho
Fifth regiment and 300 in the Fourth
regiment. The draft, if the president
socs fit under his authority to cxerciso
It, will bo a strictly military conscrip
tion, differing In its volunteer char
acteristics from tho civilian draft.
Tho two Nebraska regiments havo
only a month and a half before being
mustered into federal service. This
muster will also include about 100 na
tional guard reserves, created under
the national defense act of Juno 3,
1016.
Rumored Opposition to Liberty Loan.
Evidence of a widespread campaign
in sections of Nebraska to prevent
subscriptions to tho Liberty loan is
being gathered by the Nebraska coun
cil of defense, according to a state
ment made public over tho signature
of the chairman, Robert M. Joyce
Letters have been received by tho
league, Mr. Joyce states, Indicating
that in communities out over the state
bankers have been warned that sub
scriptions to tho Liberty loan will
mean tho loss of patronage of wealthy
citizens.
Proof of such a campaign will be
regarded as treason, the Nebraska
council for defense indlctaos. The
council says that it has full power to
mete out punishment to the full extent
of tho law and it says that thore will
be no leniency shown in dealing with
the individual cases reported.
Military Drill During Summer Session.
As plans now stand military drill in
connection with tho summer term nt
tho stato university will bo held six
days in tho week at 7 p. m., under tho
direction of Ordnanco Sorgeant Allen,
acting commandant, unless ho Is
called into govornmont service. In this
evorit Professor Frankfortor, who was
colonel of the regiment at the state
farm while in school, will havo charge.
Credit for one semester's drill will
probably be allowed students who drill
regularly, and students who will be in
Lincoln are urged to help make it a
success. Students who have had some
drill will probably bo commissioned,
at least as corporals, which will give
them both the military training and
the experience in drilling other men.
Inmates in State Institutions
Tho April reports from fifteen state
Institutions to tho board of control
show a total of 4,969 Inmates In all of
them at the end of the month, a reduc
tion of twenty during tho thirty-day
period. At one time, about two
months ago, the number of state
wards reached tho highest figure In
tho history of the state 5,001, but
there Is always a slight falling off dur
ing tho summer months.
Food Commissioner Murschcl has
sold 4,600 enns of spoiled canned beans,
recently seized nt Omaha, fry $25. to
a man who will feed them to nls hogs.
The beans wero put up In cans contain
ing six and halt pounds each. Tho
money Jias been turned over to tho
state general fund.
To Oppose Price Fixing Legislation
To oppose legislation by congress or
action by the federal trado commission
or other agencies of the national gov
ernment looking toward tho restriction
of prices for grain llvo stook and other
farm products Is tho mission on which
J. W. ShorthiU, secretary of tho Ne
braska farmers' grain and llvo stock
association, has gone to Washington
for an indefinite stay.
Mr. ShorthiU will represent not only
tho grain producers of Nebraska, but
also those of ton other western states.
Tho new schedule of "war" rovenuo
taxes when fixed and made a law by
tho United States senate, will bo mot
In Nebraska without "kick" or attempt
of evasion. This is tho opinion of
Deputy Revenue Collector Hlldcbrund
of Lincoln, who says tho sentiment of
Nebraska la to comply with tho gov
ernment's laws. Many inquiries are
received at tho revenue offices regard
ing tho now schedule and its purposes.
"Everybody seems ready to meet tho
Income tax, which will bring tho gov
ernment the biggest revenue," said
Deputy Hltdebrand.
FRECKLES
Now It tbs Time to Oft Kid of TlifM
I'tly Spots.
There's no lonfer the allchttat need of
reeling aehamed of your frecklte, aa the
prescription othlne double etrength I
guaranteed to remove theae homely epote.
Simply set an ounce of othlne doublo
strength from your drugglat, and apply a
little of It night and morning and you
ahouU aoon see that even the worat freckles
have begun to dlaappear, while the lighter
onea have vanlahed entirely. It la aeldom
that more than one ounce la needed to com
pletely clear the akin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be aure to aak for the double atrength.
othlne, ae this la aold under guarantee of
money back it It falla to remove freckles.-
Adv.
TAMMANY IS 128 YEARS OLD
Famous Political Organization of Nev
York Was Founded by William
Mooney, an Upholsterer.
Tammany Is 128 years old. On Mny
12, 1789, William Mooney, nn uphol
sterer, who previously had been nctlvo
ns ono of the Sons of Liberty, founded
In New York what wns Intended to bo
a patriotic and social organization, the
secret society of St. Tammany, or Co
lumbian order, which In 1805 wns regu
larly Incorporated ns n fraternal aid
society.
It was divided into 18 tribes, each of
which had its separate totem. Tho of
ficers beenmo known ns tho grand en
chem, the sachem, tho sagamore, or
master of ceremonies, and tho WlB
klnskl, or doorkeeper.
In 1811 tho society bnilt its flrBt hnTl,
and in 1807 moved to Tammany hall.
In Fourteenth street, where It has been
ever since. Early in its history Tam
many began to take nn active part in
politics. Anron Run- is supposed to
have been its tutor In tho ways of poli
tics, and in 1800 tho society took part
In Its first campaign, being instrumen
tal in carrying New York for Thomas
Jefferson.
The name Tammany is adapted from
that of nn Indian chief, Tamancnd, of
the Delaware tribe, who was famous
for his virtue and wisdom. Ho died in.
1740 nnd was burled In New Britain
township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania.
Tammany wns one of tho earliest so
cial organizations in America. The
members in the early days wero accus
tomed to dress in Indian costume.
Much Too Much.
We eat too much. We heat too much.
We try too much to beat too much.
Wo growl too much. Wo scowl too
much. We play tho midnight owl too
much.
Wo npc too much. We gapo too
much, nnd dally with red tape too
much. We treat too much, and cheat
too much, and fear to face defeat too
much.
We buy too much. We He too much,
nnd snivel and deny too much. We
save too much, nnd slave too much,
with one foot in tho grave too much.
Wo sit too much. Wo spit too much,
wear shoes too tight to fit too much.
Wo mess too much and dress too
much; in sixteen suits or less too
much.
We spite too much. We fight too
much and seek the great whlto light
too much. Wo read too much. Wo
speed too much, hit dopo nnd use the
weed too much. Wo drink too much.
Wo prink too much. I think we even
think too much. Oscar Schleif, Id
Health Culture.
Explained.
"Father, will you kindly enlighten
me ns to tho meaning of tho expres
sion "financial flurry?" asked the boy
who had had a highbrow streak in his
mnkeup.
"Certainly, son," answered his sire,
"a financial flurry is the condition your
mother Is in when there Is a bill col
lector at the door and Bho can't find
her purse."
Tender.
"She's tenderhearted."
"So?"
"Yes. She says sho couldn't think
of planting potatoes If sho hns to cat
out their eyes to do it"
A Wise
Move
is to change from
coffee to
P0STUM
before the harm
is done.
'There's a Reason'
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