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SOUGHT BY THE BOL-
SHEVIKI.
KAISER MAKES PEACE OFFER
BRIG. GEN. WILLIAM WEIGEL
Diplomat Reported to Have Left
Stockholm With Proposal From,
the Central Powers for
Lenlne.
Stockliuhn, Sweden, Nov. 20. Ac
cording to tho Tldnlngen, a Russian
diplomat left Stockholm on Thursday
for Potrogrud with orders to hand to
tho ltusslun revolutionary government
proposals for peace by tho central
powers.
Tho bolshcvlkl government at Petro
grad, according to a report from Hup
arnndn. has sent representatives to
meet German Socialist delegates, prob-j-n mtary nmilrs.
aDiy nt BtocKnoim, to arrange uu m
Bjlstlce and negotiate a peace. It Is
understood that tho delegates from
both Bides will hide their Identity.
Potrogrud, Nov. 20. A reduction of
tho llusslan armies, beginning with tho
class conscription In 1890. has been
proclaimed by M. Lenlne, the bolshevlkt
leader, In an olllclul announcement.
Tho order Is to take effect Immedi
ately. Tho note of Leon Trotzky, tho bol
ahovlkl foreign minister, to tho allied
embassies, conveying" tho announce
ment of tho proposal for an armistice,
reached the embassies. Tho text fol
lows: "I herewith have the honor to In
form you, Mr. Ambassador, that tho
all-IUisslan congress of soldiers' and
workmen's delegates organized on Oc
tober 20 a new government In tho form
of a council of national commission-
Tho head of this government Is
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GOVERNOR NEVILLE
TENDERSjIESIGNATION
TAKE8 8TEP8 TO VACATE OFFICE
TO BE IN READINE86
FOR CALL
NEBRASKA, 1917- CROP REPORT
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL
Itemt of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable 8ourcea
at the 8tate
House
Brig. (Jen. William Welgel Is com
mander of Massachusetts troops now
In France. Ho has had long cxpcrlcnco
DIES AS SHIP SINKS
COMMANDER OF U. 8. DE8TROYEB
8TICKS TO POST.
Three Officers and Eighteen Men Lost
When the Chauncey Goes
to the Bottom.
crs.
Vladimir Illch Lenlne. The direction
of tho foreign policy hos been Intrust
ed to me, In the capacity of national
commissioner for foreign affairs.
'Drawing attention to tho- text of
the offer of an armistice nnd a demo
cratic neaco on Uio basis of no annex
ations or Indemnities and tho self-determination
of nations, approved by
tho nll-Ilusslan congress of soldiers'
and workmen's delegates, I have tho
honor to beg you to regard tho abovo
document ns a formal offer of an Im
mediate armistice on all fronts and the
Immediate opening of peaco negotia
tions an offer with which the authori
tative government of the llusslan re
public has addressed Itself simultane
ously to all tho belligerent peoples and
their governments.
"Accept my assurance, Mr. Ambassa
dor, of tho profound respect of tho boI
dters' nnd workmen's government for
tho people of France, which cannot
help aiming nt peace, ns well as all tho
rest of tho nations exhausted and mado
bloodless by this unexampled slaugh
ter. "L. TROTZKY.
"National Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs."
Washington, Nov. 23. Three officers
nnd 18 enlisted men lost their Uvea
when tho United States destroyer
Chauncey was sunk In tho durk by a
collision enrly Monday In tho wai
zone.
Vice Admiral Sims reported tho ac
cident. He said tho Chauncey's com
mander, Lieutenant Commander Wal
ter E. Reno, died nt his post on the
bridge.
The official announcement made by
the navy department gives no details
It was learned unofficially, however,
the Chauncey was rammed by n large
merchantman dnshlng to port. Both
ships hnd all lights out.
Tho Chauncey snnk within n few
minutes nfter being struck, It was be
lieved In naval circles, because of tho
heavy casualty list. The vessel's nor
mal complement was 01 men, Indicat
ing that at least 70 were saved.
Governor Novlllo's formal resigna
tion as tho chief oxecutlvo of Ne
braska, to tako offect whonovor ho en
ters tho military sorvlco of tho United
Statos as colonel of tho Sovonth regl
mont, la now In tho hands of Secretary
of State Pool, and a copy of It Is on Us
way to Washington for tho Informa
tion of tho wrr dopartmont.
Tho governor will continue to hold
tho omco until such tlmo as tho Sov
onth regiment Is either drafted or
called and mustered In as a .federal
organization. This tlmo Is uncertain,
but as tho Inspection of tho regiment
has Just beon completed by an army
officer, tho summons to war may como
soon after his roport Is received at
Washington.
It will require no further action by
Govornor Novlllo to vacate tho execu
tive offico when ho enters tho actlvo
sorvlco of tho United States. Upon
being mustered In he will automati
cally ceaso to bo governor, undor
torms of his resignation on file with
tho secretary of state, and Lieutenant
Govornor Howard will thereupon stop
into tho gubernatorial shoes.
Other offlcors of the Sevonth who
must resign tholr civil positions, aro:
Captain H. B. Gooch of Lincoln, who
Is a member ot'the stato council of do
fonso; Captain Leo Motcalfo, who is
tho governor's secrotary, and Major
Ray Abbott, who is an assistant in the
Douglas county district attorney's office.
Less Than 8,000,tK)0 Bushels of Wheat
and 223,000,000 of Corn I
Tho crop acreage for 1917 In Ne
braska, as reported by Secretary E. It.
Danlelson is 17,350,998, an Increaso of
2,115 acres over tho acreage of 191G.
Tho report shows, howovor, that thoro
Is a decreaso of 2,466,470 in tho aero
ago of wheat. This decrease In tho
-vhcat acreage of 1017 was moro than
mado up by an Increase in tho acrcago
of corn nnd oats. Thoro was an In
creaso of 1,191,847 acros of corn plant
ed 1917 over 1910 und an increase of
804,713 acres of oats.
Tho report Bays: 597,277 acros of
winter wheat produced 7,676,357- bush
els, an averago yield of 13.- bushels
par ncro.
Three hundred four thousand, nine
hundred and sovonty-oight acres of
spring wheat produced 4,925,010 buiHi
els of wheat, an average of 15.1 bush
ols per acre.
Eovon million, nlno hundred thirty
two thousand, six hundred and fifty
acres of corn produced 223,488,778
bushols of corn, an avorago of 28.4
bushels per aero.
Two million, nlno hundred soventy
eight thousand, nino hundred and
forty-nlno acres of oats produced 116,
651, 989 bushols of oats, an averago of
39.1 bushels per aero.
SENT IT TO BOTTOM
AMERICAN DE8TROYER CAPTURES
GERMAN U-BOAT CREW.
WARNING TO FOOD DEALERS
Must Get Licenses at Once or Suffer
the Consequences Mine Oper
ators Ordered to Keep
Going.
INILTMlom
SMSllPL
Lesson
Will Cut No Serious Figure
Tho lapsing of $10,000 in a fund
known as the stato aid fund for tho
support of training in agriculture,
manual training, and homo economics
in high schools accredited to tho uni
versity, consolidated rural high school,
rural high school, or county high
school, caused by tho failure of tho
state superintendent's office to appor
tion tho monoy to tho school entitled
to such support from the stato will do
no harm, according to State Superin
tendent W. H. Clemmons. The money
was In tho fund appropriated by tho
legislature of 1915. It lapsed on ac
count of non-uso April 1. 1917. Super
intendent Clommons explains that ho
was HI at tho tlmo it should have been
apportioned. So the matter was not
attended to by his deputy and assistants.
Washington. A Gorman submarlno
captured recently by two Amoilcan de
stroyers was sent to tho bottom by
members of hor crow opening cocks
bolow whllo their shipmates stood on
dock with hands raised in signal of
surrondor. All of the crow wero taken
prisoners. Ono of tho Germans was
drownod whllo being transferred to a
destroyer and anothor died. Tho lat
ter was burled with military honors.
Secretary Daniels announcod tho
character and sinking of tho subma
rine, but mado no mention of prison
ers, nor of tho reason of the boat sink
ing. Tho details leaked out at tho de
partment later, but tho secretary
would neither confirm nor deny them,
saying ho had Issued tho statement In
agrooment with the British admiralty
and could not add to It.
Thoro was a report in naval circles,
that approximately forty men, includ
ing fivo officers, wero taken off tho submarlno.
Union.)
U. S. BARS BRITISH HONORS
Americans Combating Submarines May
Not Take Decorations From
Foreign Country.
Washington, Nov. 20. An offer by
tho British admiralty to decorate cer
tain officers und men of two American
destroyers for their services In com
bating German submarines has been
declined, Secretary Daniels an
nounced, because the Inws of this
country prevent soldiers and sailors
from receiving decorations from for
eign governments.
Lieutenant Commanders Charles A.
Blakley und George F. Nenl wero to
bo nominated for the distinguished
service order; Lieut. Frank Loftln and
Ensign Henry N. Fallon for tho dis
tinguished service cross, nnd Quarter
master W. II. Justice nnd Chief Ma
chinist Mute R. G. McNnughton for
the distinguished Rcrvtce medal. Tho
names of the ships to which the offi
cers nnd men aro attached wero with
held for military reasons. Tho Amcr
lcon destroyers sank two U-boats with
depth bombs when they wero about
to attnek merchant ships which wero
being convoyed through tho war zone.
BIG U. S. FORCE IN FRANCE
Arrival of U. 8. Troops Fulfills Hopes
of Officials Baker Declines to
Give Number of Soldiers Sent
Washington, Nov. 20. Arrival of
American troops In France has kept
pace with the expectation of tho war
department, Secretary Baker Bald on
Friday In the first statement ho has
ever authorized In connection with tho
progress being made In Increasing Gen
eral Pershing's forces.
Mr. Baker Indicated thnt an official
statement of the number of American
troops In Franco was not to bo ex
pected at any tlmo during tho war.
Holdup Men Get $28,000.
Erie, Pa Nov. 20. Timothy Carroll,
paymaster of tho T. M. Naglo Boiler
end Engine company, was held up and
robbed of $28,000 by two men here.
Carroll hud drawn tho money from tho
tank to pay tho company's employees.
ALIENS LEAVE BARRED ZONES
Thousands of Germans Who Failed to
Become American Citizens Forced
to Vacate Homes.
Washington, Nov. 23. The whole
sale exodus of thousands of unnatural
ized Germans from their homes nnd
offices near docks, piers, warehouses,
railway terminals nnd other establish
ments declared barred zones by Presi
dent Wilson's alien enemy proclama
tion has started.
The surrender of their homes, often
residences of mnny years, offices and
Jobs In tho restricted ureas was tho
slgnnl for widespread protest on tho
part of those affected, but, having
failed to become American citizens, tho
department of Justice was Inexornblo
In ordering und effecting their re
movnl. Hoboken, N. J., Nov. 23. Hobokcn
aliens who nro Gcrmnn spies, friends
of spies or simply sullen nntl-Amerl-cans,
are running to cover. The Ger
mans fear another roundup by the soldiers.
No Deeds Issued to Aliens
State Land Commissioner O. L.
Shumway has taken tho law into his
own hands and declares that hereafter
no deeds to stato land will be Issued
aliens. Ho will rctuso to sign such
deeds. With a view to carrying out
his plan ho has issued notices to
county treasurers, county clerks and
county attorneys. Ho says Nebraska
has an alien land law which is ob
solete and ho proposes to enforce it.
Tho federal government is taking
steps under an act of coogress to tako
property from enemy aliens when
deemed-necessary, but tho right of
tho stato land commissioner to do so
under tho Nebraska law may result In
a lively dispute. It is alleged the
"alion" land law which Commissioner
Shumway refers to Is not an alien lnw,
but a law applying to non-resident
aliens; that it Is not obsolete by any
means but has beon enforced on many
occasions. Commissioner Shumway's
announcement would deprlvo resident
nitons of tho right to own land In
'Nebraska, and may result in another
dlsputo such as took placo in Cali
fornia over tho right of Japanoso to
own real estate. Treaties between
countries may yo. figure In this
mattor.
Nebraska Acreage Shows Increase
Nebraska's total acreage of twenty
throo cereal, forage, vegetable and
other agricultural crops shows a small
Increaso for this year over 1916, as
computed by tho state board of agri
culture. Notwithstanding tho great
shrinkage In tho winter wheat area,
due to freezing out of that crop last
winter, farmers havo made pretty full
uso of their lands and havo raised
other things to tako tho placo of the
wheat.
Less than 20 per cent of n normal
winter wheat acreago was grown dur
ing tho past season, but spring wheat
gained 18 per cent, corn 1G and oats
approximately 88 per cent, in compari
son with tho preceding year.
Tho gross acreage of all the crops
listed was 17,350,998, which is 2,115
acres, more than was planted to the
samo crops in 1916.
Mine Operators Must Keep Going
Washington. Oklahoma coal oper-
ators havo been threatened by Fuel
Administrator Garfield with govern
ment seizure and operation of their
mines it they permit production to halt
pending action on their demand for
hlghor prices. Tho producers had no
tified Dr. Garfield they could not pay
wago Increases asked "by tho miners
unless they aro given moio than 45
cents a ton Increaso granted by Dr.
Garfield, and that thoy would not make
tho wago Increases retroactive to No
vember 1 as directed by tho fuel ad
ministrator. Tho new wago agreement has been
undor negotiation for several weeks
and was adopted by tho miners only
after Dr. Garfield had threatened to
tako drastic action to end Btrikes. The
point at Issuo waB tho clauso Insisted
on by tho fuel administration penaliz
ing Btrikes and lockouts.
WARNING TO FOOD DEALERS
Must
Get Licenses Immediately or
Suffer Consequences
DRAFT SYSTEM WORKS FINE
Men Called to Colors In First Selec
tion Will Be In Training Camps
by January 1.
Washington, Nov. 22. Six hundred
nnd eighty-seven thousand young men
drawn to the colors In tho first draft
under tho selective service law will be
In training by Jnnuury 1, Provost Mar
shal Geueral Crowdcr nnnouncttl.
While construction work Is still under
way In some of tho training camps,
most of the work Is completed and all
will bo finish . before the end of tho
present year. The manufacture of
clothing for the drafted men llko
wlso is proceeding rapidly and it Is ex
pected there will bo an ample supply
of uniforms for all the selected men
when the first draft Is completed.
AGREES TO SPARE VENICE
Special Courses at State Farm.
It has beon definitely announced
that both tho school and college of
agrlculturo will offer courses in prac
tically overy lino of work during tho
special term of school which will open
December 3. Among tho courses will
bo farm management, dairying, horti
culture, poultry husbandry, diseases
of farm animals, livo stock Judging,
soils and fertilizers, blacksmlthtng and
carpentry. Already many inquiries
havo been rocelved regarding tho ag
ricultural courses and this leads to tho
belief that thero will bo a good regis
tration. Tho other university depart
ments will also offor practlcaMy all
first year courses. It Is believed that
the fact that many farm boys and girls
will attond tho session will make tho
agricultural courses of special appeal
and for that reason practically every
branch of agrlculturo will bo ropre
sonted tho same as during the regular
school year.
Charged with Defrauding State
After filing criminal charges against
Ernest E. Wright, former Lincoln res
taurant kcoper, for making false
claims In alleged padded accounts for
tho feeding of national guardsmen.
Attorney General Willis E. Reed has
filed in tho district court a civil suit
for S1.019.C5, the amount ho is alleged
to havo collected from the stato over
what was duo him. On Juno 15,
Wright filed a claim for $125, for fur
nishing 500 meals, declared by the
petition to bo an overcharge of $15.50.
Another claim July 12 for 1,413 meals
amounted to $494.55, said to havo been
$80.05 too much, and on the third
claim, August 15, Wright is alleged to
havo collected $1,262.10, which the at
torney geueral says was $996.10 too
much. Wright Is now in the county
Jail unablo to get $1,400 bail to re
lease him to tho federal grand Jury
on charges growing out of tho same
alleged padded claims.
Washington. Food dealers who
havo failed to comply with President
Wilson's proclamation placing them
undor license roust obtain licenses im
mediately or faco proceedings aiming
at suspending their operations. This
was mado known when the food ad
ministration advised federal advisers
'In each stato that some concerns had
not complied with the regulations and
that action at onco was necessary.
Appeal to Live Stock Men.
Omaha. Immediate and concerted
action by feeders of llvo stock and
bankers throughout tho state is urged
by tho llvo stock commltteo of tho
Nebraska federal food administration,
through E. L. Burke, chairman. With
theso agoncles co-operating, as sug
gested, it is bolleved that a great in
creaso In llvo stock production will ro
suit. Tho first appeal is made to seven
thousand feeders of llvo stock, in a
letter which waB sent Saturday to
overy feeder In tho state. It urges the
Immediate buying of llvo stock and tho
feeding of soft corn, which is. preva
lent In tho stato.
Austria Responds to the Appeal of
the Vatican City Will Not
Be Defended.
Paris, Nov. 22. Tho Mntln Bays tin
Austrlans havo agreed to spare Venice
In response to an appeal from tin
Vatican, but say that all authorlt)
must bo left In the hands of the pntrl
nrch. It Is certain, tho newspaper
adds, that Venice will not be defended
In tho event that n further retrenf ol
tho Italian forces becomes necessary,
Mrs. Josophlno M. Wild, legal sten
ographer In tho offico of Attorney Gon
oral Reed, has been admitted to prac
tice In tho Nebraska supremo uourt.
Stato Superintendent W. H. Clem
mons has received answer from par
ents who wero asked to sign govern
ment food cards which ho will turn
ovor to tho state council of defense
for such action as that body may
deem advisable.
Tho food cards aro Intended as
pledges for the conservation of food.
Tho stato superintendent Is assisting
in their circulation through county su
perintendents of schools. Tho latter
sent the cards to teachers who send
them into homos through the pupils,
Tho children wero asked to return tho
cards to tho teachers.
Warned About Licenses.
Washington, Nov. 20. All ntnto food
administrators were Instructed by Food
Administrator Hoover to ascertain and
report tho names of manufacturers
end dealers subject to federal license
iwho fulled to get them November 1.
Hurley Needs Many Men. x
Washington, Nov. 24. Chairman Ed.
ward N. Hurley of tho United States
shipping board sent out an appeal for
100,000 men. The men are needed to
man the merchant fleet of tho United
States, now building.
Clemenceau Sees Pershing.
Paris, Nov. 21. Premier Clemenceau
had a long and cordial talk with Gen
eral Pershing, the commander of tho
American fortes, nt tho ministry of
war on Wednesday. The conversation
wo In Encllsh.
Stock Feeders at State Farm
Approximately 250 farmorH and
stockmen wore In attendance at the
annual stock feeding day held at tho
state farm last woek. It was essen
tially a foeders' get together meeting,
with short talks, general discussion of
tho merits of different rations and an
inspection of tho various lots of stock
now on test at tho farm. Unusual im
portance attended many of tho discus
sions bocauso of the high cost of corn
this year nnd tho necessity of finding
as far as. possible economical feeds.
Tho rogtmontal staff, headquarters
company, sanitary detachment and
Company H, of tho Seventh roglmont,
woro inspected by tho federal inspec
tion officers at tho national guard arm
ory at Lincoln, last Tuesday afternoon.
Ovor two hundred mombors of the Ne
braska Seventh passed beforo tho fed
eral Inspecting offlcors, Ono hundred
and twenty-four of thoso woro mem
bers of Company II, recruited In Lin
coln, Major Seversnn at tho closo of
tho Inspection complimented tho staff
and tho Lincoln company on its allowing.
Of Poor Germinating Quality
A great deal of the seed corn se
lected by Nebraska farmers during
September and October is turning out
to bo of very poor germinating quality
and the state council of defenso Is
calling attention to the situation thus
presented. Tests made on a great
many samples show an unusually low
percentage of germination.
Farmers aro therefore urged to
make careful selections now and see
that ears are immediately dried so
that tho seed will not further deter
iorate. Any farmer who has good corn of
the 1916 crop still on hand, 1b ad
vised to keep enough of it for next
year's seed instead of depending upon
an indifferent quality raised In 1917.
Ten Killed When Bomb Explodes.
Milwaukee Ten persons wero killed
ind several injured when a bomb, de
signed to destroy the Italian settle
ment exploded In central police station,
whore It had been carried for examina
tion. Tho bomb, which was of scien
tific construction and evidently with a
time fuso attached, was found In tho
basement of a church having a largo.
foreign attendance.
Earnings Less Than Last Year
Washington. Final compilations ot
railway earnings for September, com
pleted by tho Interstate coramorco
commission, stato tho net rovenua
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 2
NEHEMIAH BUILDS THE WALL OF
JERU8ALEM.
LK880N TEXT Nohemlah 4:7-21.
GOLDEN TEXT Tho Lord is my
Helper and I will not fear what man
hall do unto me. Hobrcws 13:6.
Tho lesson of November 18 spoke of
Nehemlnh Journeying to Jerusalem.
After his arrival he spent three days
In looking over tho work; then he
told the priests and other lenders his
plans. Enthusiasm was awakened, all
classes were aroused, the work of tho
building of tho wall of tho city was
apportioned among tho people, nnd
nnn hnlf of the wall was completed
for tho people had a mind to work."
I. The Wrath of the Enemy, w. 7-0.
The progress of tho work kept tip
tho anger of Sanballat tho Horonlte
and his friends who formed an alli
ance to hinder tho wall being built
(w. 7, 8). When God begins to work
through his people, Satan la aroused
and tries to Interfere. It Is no sign
that a Christian Is out of the will
of God when opposition Is felt. The
enemy will always be on hnnd to try
to hinder whenever a real work for
God Is going forward. Dead formal
Christianity rnns smoothly nnd with
deadly monotony and Satan lets It
alone, but ns soon as some results of
real work are seen, opposition Is at
onco felt. Thus It was when God
sent his Son into tho world, and bo
It has been In every movement for
God In tho church, nnd so It will be
In the individual Christian life. From
the next verse (0) we would almost
think thnt Nehemlnh had heard our
Lord's Injunction to "watch nnd pray."
Many do much watching and fall;
.man do much praying nnd fall; but
none ever turns to watcmng anu pray
ing without finding victory. Prayer
alone means sloth; watching nlone
means pride; but watching and pray
ing victory.
II. Internal Opposition, vv. 10-14.
Sanballat nnd his friends were not
the only ones Nehemlah had to con
tend with. Among those thnt worked
on tho wall were some shirkers and
grumblers. They had become discour
aged In tho work and began to say
they could never complete It (v. 10).
If Satan falls to hinder tho work
from tho outside, he will attempt to
create dissatisfaction on tho Inside.
Internal confusion of the church Is
more to be dreaded than open opposi
tion from a known enemy. Dissension
and confusion in the church can usu
ally be traced to workers becoming dis
couraged. Tho plot of the enemy to
make n surprise attack was dis
covered by tho Jews who lived out
side tho city. They reported It not
once, but ten times, with the sugges
tion that tho work on tho wall bo
stopped, and nnfety sought by leav
ing tho city altogether (vv. 11, 12).
When the enemy's open opposition
falls nnd discouragement has been
tried, an attempt Is made to bring fear
upon tho workers. But the Bible Is
full of exhortations for Christians to
"fear not." Could these workers on
tho walls of Jerusalem have seen the
unseen, It would have made llttlo dif
ferences to them whether the enemies
were numbered by tens or thousands,
and could Christians today realize that
God Is for them, all opposition would
be as nothing. (I Cor. 10:13; Rom.
8:81; Phil. 4:i8). Nehemlnh at once
proceeded to allay tho fears (13,
14). Armed forces were arranged
about the walls to guard against m
reported surprise attack. Tho warri
ors wero placed ao thnt In tho event
of battle they would be protecting
their own particular families. Then
Nehemlah made n short speech of en
couragement to the people, tho heart
of which was "Remember tho Lord
which Is great nnd terrible." Remem
bering him would drive the fear nway.
Thoy who aro on the Lord's side nr
already victors even beforo tho bat
tle has begun. Someone snld to a
t cront ccncral before a certain bnt-
M !.. ... ,111 1Q1 ntl nn
M3KHrc-EK 1 sjwsj"? are ss z
ber last year.
New Record at U. S. Treasury
Washington. Tho crest of tho tldo
ot inflowing liberty loan dollars was
rcachod whon the net balance In tho
United States treasury showed tho
now high rocord of $1,921,000,000. Most
officials believe this mark will not bo
exceeded for several months, when tho
huge returns from Income and ex
cess profits taxes and from future lib
erty loans roll In although payments
on tho new Issue of certificates of in
debtedness, planned to counteract tho
tax returns, cannot be determined un
til after December 1.
On all shipments of coal for stato
institutions, tho state Is now paying
tho freight direct. Heretofore, tho
dealers havo paid the freight and col
lected from the board ot control, but
It this practlco had beon continued tho
board of control would havo to pay
war tax. When tho stato pays tho
frohht bill tho war tax la not collected.
Judgment Against Ex-Czar
New York. A writ ot attachment
on the personal property hero of
Nicholas Romanoff, former emperor of
Russia, was signed by Stato Supremo
Court Justico Russell Benedict In a
suit for $2,800,000 brought against Mr.
Romanoff by tho Marino Transporta
tion sorvlco corporation for alleged
breach of contract. According to tho
attornoy for tho corporation, tho for
mer omporor has sovoral million dol
lars worth of property In this city,
mostly monoy In banks, which will bo
tUd undor writ as soon as located,
nrn on tho Lord's side." When this Is
true, thero need bo no fear whether
tho enemies be few or many. Nehe
mlnh then exhorted them to fight for
their families and their homes. This
two-fold secret of the victory Is pre
sented to us over and over In this book
of Nehemlnh, and nowhere is so prom
inent as in this lesson. Victory for
tho Christian depends on two things:
Wo must trust in the Lord as though
all depended on hlro, and wo must
work and fight as though all depended
on us. This is the secret of the suc
cess of Nehemlah.
III. The Progress of the Work, (w.
16-21). Tho speech of Nehemlah hav
ing quieted tho fears of tho people and
the enemy hnvlng heard that their
plans wero known and that God had
brought their counsel to sought, all
the people returned to tho work with
renewed enthusiasm and purpose (15).
Tncre was a rearrangement of forces
(10-21). Half of the people worked;
half, full armed, stood guard. A trum
peter was beside Nehemlah, so that at
the first alarm from outside all the
workers and warriors could be called
to tho threatened spot. Then thej
ot ahead with buldllng of the wJ
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