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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF i GEN. PERSHING SAFE MAJOR GENERAL OF U. 8. REQU- LAR ARMY ARRIVES AT BRITI8H PORT. BIG ARMY SOON TO FOLLOW HIS VERSION OF IT MEStfc GAUGHTINFIRETRAP ARE ENTOMBED IN BLAZING COP PER MINE. From Now on Unlto of Every Branch of the Service Will Proceed to France by Selected Routes Plans Shrouded In Secrecy. Washington, Juno 8. "Black Jnek" Pershing, soldier par excellence and mnjor general of tho United States regular itriny. Ih In England. Cable mlvlce announcing his arrival at n HrltlHti port reached here. With tho sense of gratification which wiih ex pressed hy officialdom generally over JiIk sufe arrival ciiine a realization that At lant tho entire united service Ih lu the war. From now on units of every brunch of tho Hervlce will proceed to Franco by selected routes. Pershing's Initial command will he made up of regulars and marines. Other divisions, com prising such additional regulars as can be simred and selected units of tho Na tional Guard which saw servlco on tho Mexican border will take their places on tho line from tlmo to time. New Army to Follow. Lnter on these forceH will bo fol lowed by the new nrmy to be mado up of tho selective conscripted troops, who will bo taken from thu more than ten Jnllllon men who registered Inst Tues 'dny. Tho French mission told the presi dent nnd Ids cabinet and tho War col- Jcgo that what was needed most on tho western front was men. Two classes of organizations were demand ed railroad men to take over the transport system nnd rebuild and re organize tho railroads of Frnnco nnd lighting men to replace the exhausted French soldiers along the wldo bnttle front. The appeal was not nllowcd to go unheeded. Pershing nnd bis troops were Immedlntely put under orders, nnd then the War college, working day Innd night, rushed along Its plans to throw every fighting unit that could bo spared across tho Atlantic so that all of tho warring people friend nnd " ,cnemy might renllze that tho United States intended carrying out tno in junction of Its president and utilizing all of Its ninn power and tho gold power of the country to secure tho continuation of democracy. Plans Are Secret. Naturally all plans for sending the troops to Frnnco will be shrouded In absolute secrecy. Secretary of War Newton D. linker has pointed out tho danger of speculntlon ns to who Is to 'go, or tho wny they are to go. There will be no announcement nt nny tlmo of units thnt nro going, although after certain troops nrrlve It Is expected thnt tho war department will from tlmo to time authorize announcement of their safo arrival. The only reports of tho pnRsago of General Pershing nnd his staff enme to tho press associations by cable, these cables hnvlng been passed by tho Brit ish censors. "Wo took it as a matter of courso that ho would get through nil right," said Genenil Bliss, acting chief of stnfr. "I presume ho will report in lils own good time." Washington QetB Report. Washington, Juno 8. Reports reach ing Washington that General Persh ing nnd his stnff have landed safely at nn English port en route to Frnnco were accepted as tmo by war depart ment ofllclnls. In the nbsenco of n re port from General Pershing himself, however, It was said that no state ment regarding the commanding gen leral of the first expedition to Frnnco 'or his plans could be made as yet. It Is understood hero that General Pershing nnd his stnff, with his force of orderlies, will proceed to Frnnco without delay. The war department Is nnxlous that General Pershing shnll get down to business as soon ns pos sible. Purls, Juno 0. Tho ministry of inn- rlno announced on Thursday that American warships havo anchored off tho French coast. A large American transport contaln- ing wheat for American troops which nro to como Inter has crossed the At lantic under tho protection of on American warship, tho Matin an nounces. Tho trnnsport Is now being unloaded nt n French port, tho news pnper snys. Preparations nre being mado for tho reception of American troops, tho newspaper says further. A number of bnBes similar to those of the BritlRh army have been organized. Camps hnve been lnld out for in fantry nnd nrtlllery nnd nvlntlon parks havo been established for American aviators. "Washington, Juno 0. The naval col lier Jupiter has arrived in France, Sec retary Daniels announced, laden with 10,000 tons of wheat and other supplies. Russ Workers Win Six-Hour Day. Pctrograd, June 8. A six-hour day was granted to metal workers In 14 hlg factories where a strike threat ened. Other sweeping demands nlso were mot by tho employers nnd tho workers consented to remain nt work. i I FIRST! I IS GREATER THAN EXPECTED Wheat Crop Will Be Millions Largei Than In 1916 War Strength Quota Will Soon Be Completed. MAY IMPOSE THE TAX RULING IN CASE APPLIE8 NEBRASKA TO LATE NEWSJROM CAPITOL Items of General Interest Gathered from Rellablo Sources Around the State Houso PROCLAIMS FLAG DAY WphIc-iii Newspaper Union News Service Uutto, Mont. With thlrty-slx known dead and 1C7 men missing ns tho re milt of a fire which broke out In the Speculator copper mine Friday night, Uutto Is wrestling with the worFt rain lng disasted In its history. Tho lire broke out In tho lower levels of tho mine, starting from a broken power cablo that carried electrlcty to the underground pumps. Lower levels of tho mine quickly filled with smoke and gas. There were 415 men on the night shift. Of these 213 escaped through lovcls connecting with other mines. Tho gas spread to the Diamond mine nnd took a further toll of lifo In that property. Twenty-six men were brought to the surfaco alive Sundny. One was so far gone, however, that resuscitation was Impossible. The finding of the men allvo stimulated efforts of the rescue teams and hope was expressed tba' others might yet bo found alive. LANE EXPLAINS WAR "WHY WE FIGHT" IS TOLD BY CABINET MEMBER. Kaiser Thrust Battle Upon America and U. 8. Must Fight In Self-Defense. PRISON RIOT STOPPED ILLINOIS TROOPS FIRE UPON PRISONERS AT JOLIET. Washington, Juno 0. On the evjif war registration day Secretary Luno made n speech before the Home club of tho Interior department In which ho nddressed n word to those who have not seen dourly tho reason for the country's call upon Its young men, nnd lu ringing sentences answered tho question. "Why nre wo lighting Ger many?" America Is at war, Mr. Lane said, In sclf-defcnso nnd becnuso she could not keep out; she Is ut war to Bave herself with the rest of the world from the nation that has linked Itself with the Turk and adopted the method of Mohammed, setting itself to mako tho world bow before policies backed by its organized nnd scientific military system. "Why nro wo fighting Germany?" said tho secretary. "Tho brief nnswer Is Unit ours Is n wnr of self-defense. We did not wish to light Germany. She mndo the nttnek upon us, not on our shores, but on our ships, our lives, our rights, our future. For two yenrs nnd more wo held to n neutrality thnt inndo us npologlsts for things which outrnged man's common sense of fulr piny and humanity." PLAN HEAVY WHISKY TAX Prohibitive Rate Proposed by Senate Committee Suspension of Bever age Production Would Result One Man Is Killed and Several Hurt in Fight Buildings Burned by Convicts. Chicago, Juno 7. One prisoner was killed and eight persons, two of them guards nnd one n prison chaplain, were injured in n mutiny in the Jollct penitentiary. Ncnrly 1,000 convicts, took pnrt in tho uprising. Fires were set within the prison lnclosure nnd several buildings were destroyed or se riously damaged. Tho bnttle between convicts, guards and militiamen rnged In the prison yard for four hours. The dead : Flaherty, life-term prisoner, Cook county; lenped from burning building. Tho riot broke out ns tho result of Warden Bowcn's order forbidding con victs to receive visits except from rel ntlves. "The prison had been full of wom nn visitors every day," ho Bald. "Such conditions could not bo tolerated. Either I hnd to stop It or my successor had to. I stopped It." There was some dlssntlsfnctlon, too, tho warden declared, with tho army draft, for registration which wns held In the prison. The first lire compnny to nrrlve was greeted with n volley of bricks nnd stones from the convicts. Chief Royco of tho flro deportment wnn knocked down nnd rescued by his men. An np neal wns sent for more lire com panies and Warden Bowcn wired Gov ernor Lowdcn for soldiers. To Complete War Strength Quota Lincoln. Organization of tho new Sixth regiment and completion of tho war strength quota of the two other regiments, under Imperative orders Just received from the war department, nro two angles to the new drive by Adjutant General Phil Hall for recruits. General Hall has gone to Omaha to open recruiting stations for the national guard. At the same time ho announced tho names of twonty three Nebraska towns interested in the formation of companies for tho new Sixth regiment. This regiment, it is planned, will bo organized by tho first of the year, ready to Join the Fourth and the Fifth possibly in the spring, in form ing a brlgado to go immediately to the French battle front. It is rumored that the new orders nro of an urgent nature and may presago early mobilization of tho two present regiments, which havo been announced to leave Nebraska about July 15, for centralization camps In the south, where intensive training will bo given in modern war tactics. Western Newspaper Union News Service. Secretary of State Pool Is much in terested in a decision of tho United States supremo court, In a enso from California where a stato law Imposing an occupation or excise tax on corpo rations doing an lntorBtato business, based upon their capital stock, was upheld. This decision appears to be on tho samo point which Judge T. C. Mungor of tho United States court recently do elded In favor of tho stato of Nebraska as against tho Itock Island railroad". Secretary of Stato Pool, with the as sistance of tho state legal depart ment had Bucd to recover the maxi mum tax of $2,500, for three years past, instead of tho $550 a year ten dered and paid by tho railroad com pany. Attorneys for tho Rock Island havo announced their intention of appeal ing, but in view o ftho supremo court's decision in tho California case this may bo a useless proceeding. Secre tary Pool has written to Washington for u copy of tho court's opinion, in order to determino how closely it may lit the Nebraska litigation. Tho contention of tho Rock Island, which Judgo Munger overruled, was that tho Btato of Nebraska cannot im pose a tax on any more of the capital stock than 1b employed in tho busi ness of the railroad corporation in this stato. Ho held that it must pay on the entire capital stock, the tax not being levied on tho property in the state, but for the privilege of doing business here. governor Neville Designates June 14 and Asks Its Observance. Observance of flag day, Juno 14, Is called for by Governor Novillo in a proclamation Just Issued, with cepeclal reference to tho celebration of Ne braska's semi-centennial of statehood and the fact that tho United States Is now a participant In tho world war. Tho proclamation EayF! "Juno 14th has como to bo recog nized ns flag day In most, if not all ol tho states of tho union, and for sev eral years has been specially men tioned as such by tho governors of this state. "This year It falls on one of tho days of the semi-centennial celebration of tho admission of Nebraska into tho union. Such is tho patriotic sontimont of tho peoplo at this time, that it needs no urging to havo them display tho Hng; it is now in ovidenco every where. Nevertheless, some additional distinguishing features might bo given in its display on that particular day. Many of tho nations of tho earth, belligerent and neutral in tho great world crisis, now look to our country as tho most potent factor in tho final BOttlomont of tho bitter controversy ponding, and the stars and stripes will bo welcomed by thoBO who are struggling for the establish' ment of a form of government that will insure universal pcaco. "In view of these conditions, I, Koltb Neville, governor of Nebraska, set apart Thursday, Juno 14th, as flag day to bo observed in a manner that will give tho best expression of tho lovo wo havo for our country. "KEITH NEVILLE, "Governor." CLASSES IN CANNING GREATER THAN EXPECTED BIG DRIVE FOR RED CROSS Washington, Juno 0. Prohibition legislation wns npproved by tho sen ate llnnnro committee on Mondny, ns a new fenture of tho war tax bill. " Prohlblffvo taxes upon distillation of whisky nnd other spirits for bev erage purposes, with a ban upon their Importation, were agreed upon by n substantial mnjorlty of the committee. General suspension of beverage pro duction by distilleries and use of liquor now In bonded warehouses probably would bo the effect of tho new tax sec tion If enncted into law. In nddltlon to tho present tax of $2.20 per gnllnn, a tux of $20 per bush ef (from 5 to $0 n gallon) upon nil grnln, cereal or other foodstuffs used In manufacturing whisky or other dis tilled spirits for use ns beverages wns written Into tho bill. Senator Sim mons said tho Increase would be pro hibitive upon manufacture wbjlo tho law Is In effect, or during the wnr. FIRE ON SOLDIER GUARDS Hundred Shots Exchanged When Mys terious Assailants Attack Bridge In California. Snntn Ann, Cnl., Juno 7. Soldiers guarding n railway bridge near hero were fired upon In tho night by un known nssnllantB. Tho fusillade which heralded tho nttnek was returned by tho soldiers nnd nearly a hundred shots wero exchanged. Week of June 18-25 Set Aside for Cam paign to Raise $100,000, 000 Fund. Washington, Juno fl. With n war relief fund of $100,000,000 ns a goal, the largest fund ever sought by pop ular subscription In tho United States, Uio American Red Cross Is now perfecting all tho details of tho organization which Is expected to se cure the subscriptions to complete this sum during tho week of Juno 18 to Juno 2fi. President Wilson has, by proclamation, set this week aside as Red Cross week, and CO expert money campaigners, sent out from tho central headquarters of the flnanco commit tee, In Washington, are now on tho wny to their assignments In nil cor ners of tho United Stntes. They will assist local Red Cross chapters and committees In forming their tennis nnd organizing for tho work of Red Cross week. In Now York n mnn-to-mnn cnnvnss of the Wnll stfcot district will bo mado by lending financiers among whom nre J. Plerpont Morgan, Jacob II. Schlff, Frank A. Vanderllp, Cornelius N. Bliss, Jr., A. II. Wlggln and Charles II. Sabln. Wheat Crop Will Be Millions Bigger than In 1916. Washington Tho prospective wheat crop of tho United States this year is forecasted by tho department of agri culture at 656,000,000 bushels, com bining a revised estimate of the badly damaged winter wheat crop and the first estimate of tho new spring wheat crop, based on Juno 1 conditions. That compares with 640,000,000 bushels har vested last year and 806,000,000 bush els, tho averago crop for 1911-15. Condition winter wheat 70:9; spring wheat, 91.6; acreage spring wheat, 19, 039,000. Improved weather conditions during May and Increased prospects of winter wheat indicated a crop of 373,000,000 bushels. Tho crop began this spring undor adverse conditions, 12,437,000 acres having been abandoned because of tho Bevero winter nnd other causes. April 1 conditions indicated a pro duction of 430,000,000 bUBhels but dur ing that month growing conditions wero so poor that tho May 1 forecast was reduced to 366,116,000 bushels. Road Building In Nebraska At a recent meeting of the Lincoln Commercial club, there was a general discussion of tho convict road law ndopted by the Into legislature. Tho bill carries an appropriation of $50,000 to bo used by the board of control in tho purchase of a site and equipment of a plant for manufacturing purposes, to bo operated for tho uso and benefit of the stato in tho employment of con victs at the penitentiary. Following reports from Dr. Condra and Prof. Chatburn of tho stato university, Stato Engineer Johnson, and others, tho club adopted resolutions urging the board of control to investigate the use of convict labor in tho various states with tho idea of putting into effect Benato file No. 300; nnd that such part of tho $50,000 appropriated and now available, as may bo nccossary, be ex pended for tho purchase of a site, ma chinery and equipment for tho opera tion of a plant for tho making of brick, or getting out other road building ma terial and thus conserving tho re sources of our state; and further urges tho board of control to purchase such machinery and eqaipmont as is nec essary to mako the convict road law operative. Thirty Two Day Courses In Systematlo Instruction Tho classes in canning held re cently at the stato university and last week at Wesloyan mark only the beginning of a systematic in struction in canning thruout the state of Nebraska which Is being un dertaken by tho university exten sion service. During tho month of Juno about thirty schools, each maintaining two-day courses, will bo established in Nebraska cities. Nebraska university opened Its school with an enrollment of over 250. Wesloyan followed with about seventy-five. At universities all uni versity women were admitted to tho courses, but tho summer schools will bo open only to thoso promising to give volunteer servlco in teach ing others. In short, the extension service, which furnishes only expe rienced teachers in home economics, is endeavoring to Instruct instruc tors. All women taking the course pledge themselves to repeat the courso for others, either in their locality or among tho mombers of tho organization which thoy repre sent. Exact record of tho work thus dono will be kopt. Subscriptions to Loan Lagging. Washington. The liberty loan is lagging, on tho face of official bnnk re turns, behind the hopes of treasury of ficials nnd their expectations of what It would ho on this, the third week of receiving subscriptions. On the face of actual subscriptions received at tho treasury, the loan will have to be taken at the rato of $100,000,000 n day be tween now and tho closing date If tho entire $2,000,000,000 is to be subscribed. Tho averago of subscriptions thus far received has been approximately $54, 000,000 a day. State Fair Increases Production , The Nebraska stato fair board h going ahead with Its plans for tho 1917 fair, regardless of war condi tions. Indirectly, the board expects tho state to perform an important serv ice to tho nation, inasmuch as Sec retary E R. Danielson pointed out tho big exposition always tends to increaso production of Nebraska's farms. "It has been tho experience of Canada," said Mr. Danielson, who has Just concluded an Investigation there, "that war has Increased in terest in the fairs, and all of tho Canadian provinces reported the largest attendances last year in their history." State'e Finances In Good Shape The balance in the general fundi has increased from $156,000 to $278, 000, according to tho monthly re port of State Treasurer Hall. Tho total balance in all fur.tld in creased from $1,200,000 to $1,525,000. The temporary school fund has in it (411,000 ono of tho largest for ap portionment over made. Treasurer Hall is certifying tho amount of tho present apportionment to State Superintendent Clemmons, who will distribute it according to tho provisions of tho uew law. It will be based on tho enumeration of school children in each district in stead of daily average attendance In school. Educational trust funds Invented at the present tlmo amount to $9,940, 268, not Including the $500,000 which tho stato recently spent for liberty bonds. France Decorates U. S. Woman. Paris, Juno 8. Mm. Royal Tyler, Alee president of tho Amerlcnn Hos pital for Refugees nnd of tho Asso clntion for tho Children of Flanders, wns decorated by President Polncnro ,wlth tho gold racdnl for devotion. Food Exports Show Gain. Washington. Juno 0. Steady gains In American food exports, which fell off with tho beginning of Germany's unrestricted submarine warfare, now nro reported. Food shipments In April renched n total value of $08,000,000. To Give British War Alms. London, June 7. It was reported In political circles hero that Premier Lloyd Georgo will shortly mako n speech In tho houso nt commons In terpreting England's wnr alms. Scattering "Liberty Loan" Literature. Lincoln. With a roar of motor and whirr of propeller blades, sent "God Bpeed" by tho cheering of 3,000 spec tators and tho shrlok of an engine whistle, Ruth Law, nvlatrlx, doing her "bit" flew from the Country club grounds Friday on tho longest cross country flight evor attempted west of tho Mississippi river, scattering "Lib erty bond" literature. On tho way she Is bombarding ovory city over which Bho passes with "Llborty Loan" muni lions. Brazil Increases Its Navy. Rio Janeiro, Juno U. The govern ment has Issued a decree for tho for mation of u first section of const artil lery, Tho decree nlso calls for tho opening of a credit of 870,000,000 rels to be xpendcd on war materials. Tin Cans to Be Made August 1. Washington, Juno i. An announce ment by tlio commerce department on Thursday nfternoon snld that by Au gust 1 tin pinto manufacturers will bo In n position to furnish enn manufac turers with nil tho tin they need. Acreage Is Much Increased An increnso of 31 por cent in the Nebraska acreago devoted to oats; of 95 per cent in tho acreago for potatoes and 38 per cent in corn is shown in tho monthly crop report issued hy tho Nebraska state board of agriculture. This does not take into account tho thousands of acres devoted to beans this year and tho big increase In gardons. Tho report indicates that much of the available land in tho stato, which has been nllowcd to remain ldlo in previous years, has beon utilized in tho big drive to increaso tho food production of tho Cornhuskor state. Western nnd central Nebraska will undoubtedly provo Nebraska's big bread baBkot, tho first report show ing tho least amount of crop dam ago thoro duo to tho severe winter and tho largest increases in acre age. Tho report sounds a warning to Nebraska farmors to mako sure of their whoat seed for next fall. City of Mons Fined $100,000. Amsterdam, June 0. Tho city of Mons has been fined 20,000 ($100,000) beenusu n Uelglnn paper announced thnt Crown Prlnco Rupprecht of Un vnrlu wns in Mons when tho city was I bombarded by allied airmen. British Subjects to Enlist Now York. Arrangements to secure enlistment of tho estimated 500,000 British subjocts In tho allied armies wero announced by General Bridges, military hoad of tho British mission hero. State Council Pleased. The state council of defense Is pleased with Nebraska's responso to tho call for registration. Tho council, howovor, is only at tho beginning of Its campaign. Altho seventy-five coun ties havo their organizations perfected and in smooth running order, organi zation in somo communities Iiqb been delayed becnuso of tho efforts of the farmers to put in a maximum acreago of corn nfter tho wheat failure The Bole object of the state council and Its county units 1b to give tho govern ment plenty of bnck'lng in flnancos and resources of all kinds. Jollot, 111. Serious rioting among convicts at tho state prison hero broko out Tuosday morning nnd five buildings wero sot on flro. Two com panies of national guardsmen were called to assist in quelling tho disturbance. Confidential information from Ne braska bankers has beon asked by tho banking board on bohalf of tho state council of dofenco, regarding threats which any depositors may havo mado to withdraw business from any insti tution that might Invest In Liberty bonds. A clrclar on tho subject has been mailed to 900 stato banks nnd 180 national banks by Secretary Tooloy of ttio banking department This was done undor tho direction of Governor Novillo, who Is chair man of tho banking board nnd member of tho council of defense. Out of tho 3-4-mlll tnx lovy for spe cial activities of the stato university and its branches, mado by the Inst legislature, salaries and administra tive expenses may lawfully he paid, according to nn official opinion given by Attorney Gonoral Reed at the re quest of Dr. P. L. Hall, ono of the mombers of tho board of regontB. Here tofore tho salaries have boen paid out of tho gonoral maintenance fund. Blank petitions for tho referendum on tho limited suffrago law passed by tho last legislature are being cir culated from headquarters at Omaha, Condemned Cattle Fit for Food. Thirty dairy cattlo, condemned as tubercular at tho Lincoln hospital for Insano, brought $1,842 whon sold for beef, nccordlng to a report to the board of control. Thoy wore worth $3,000, as a part of tho dairy herd. As passed at tho packing plant, govern ment inspectors loft thirteen narcasHes to bo usod in tholr entirety for hoof; condemned the heads of fourtoon oth Brs and left tho rest for beef. Only threo wore condemned as a whole to be "sent to tho vat." None of the :arcassoB wore badly diseased. r N 1 iWfMIIWtMIMMIMaWIMCTKWWaPMtliWMWWMgWMt