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INTELLIGENCE GATHERED HERE
COVERS WIDE AREA.
GREATER OR LESSER IMPORT
Includes What Is Going On nt Wash
ington and In Other Sections -of
the Country.
Cannilii lias lowered the iik limit
for mllltiiry service registration from
to to U) years.
Mrs. Potter Piiliiier, C'lilcnjro's first
Indv, who died nt Sarasota, Flu., left
in estate of $ir..(KX),tXK).
President Wilson Indorsed tho war
lopartmcnt's objection to giving credit
In the draft for volunteers furnished
y flutes.
Transcontinental passenger service
will lie curtailed X Ml per cent about
June 1, -according to plana of the rail
road administration.
Way movements of American troops
to till the gaps abroad will exceed the
record of April, It was Htated olllclully
it Washington.
A Itrltlbli freight steamer ran down
nd sunk a Herman U-boat off tho
Irish coast, her crew reported upon
Uiclr arrival at an Atlantic port.
British losses In men killed, wound
ed, captured and missing on the west
ern front sinco the German offensive,
began March 21 are estimated at
ncurly 230.000.
Washington military men point out
that tho battle on the western front
will more than likely go on until fall,
much as it has gone smash and gain,
then check and halt.
It Is reported that two American
newspaper men, one In the employ of
the United States government, havo
been expelled from Mexico by the
Carrnnzu government.
Tho war department's ability to
equip and transport men Is the only
limit to be placed on America's U)1S
army, Secrctury Baker Informed tho
house military affairs committee.
Nicaragua has dnclared war.agulnst
Germany and its allies. Tho entry of
hn f!nntrnl American rctuihllcn into
lu. i-nr iiuikna tlm twentieth nnttlUOh- I
1st arrayed ngnlnst the Teutonic allies.
Manufacturers using sugar, except
to make essential food products, will
bo put on strict rations, tho food ad
ministration announced, In order to
assure suMclcnt supplies for home
canuers.
About 17,000,000 persons bought al
most $4,000,000,000 worth of third lib
erty loan bonds, according to esti
mates bused on latest returns. Final
results may not ho known for somo
time.
After haying served twelve years as
mayor of Omaha, James C. Dahlman,
known as tho cowboy mayor, was de
feated for ro-cloctlon, together with
five other members of tho present
city administration.
Tho drafting of 2,170,000 men for
military service by July 1, which was I
outlined by Secretary Baker before
tho house committee on military af
fairs; will exhaust the registrants In
class one.
President Wilson Issued a proclama
tion designating tho week beginning
May 20 ns "Ued Cross week" and call
ed up tho American people to con
tribute generously to n second $100,-
000,000 war fund.
Secretary of War Baker has naked
congress to approprlato approximately
$15,000,000,000 for the army for tho
next llscal year. Lnst year the army
estlmato aggregated $0,000,000,000 to
pay for a force of 1,300,000.
Tlundreds of millions of dollars have
been wasted through profiteering in
tho government's aircraft production
Urogram, Gutzon Uorgluin charges In
on open letter to President Wilson.
Tho president has ordered a rigid In
vestigation of tho activities of air
craft board.
Boy scouts of America havo been
called upon by the government to lo
cate walnut timber from which to
make airplane propellers and gun
Btocks. Tho scouts on their hiking
trips are to mark every walnut tree
located and report same to tho local
scout master.
Tho British admiralty has found
that tho channel nt Zcebrugge, In
which old British cruisers recently
were sunk during tho naval raid on
the German suhumrluc bases on the
Belgian const, is still blocked.
' Tho world's record In shipbuilding
was made by tho West Llanga, Skin
ner & Eddy Co., nt Satttle, Wash.,
when a vessel was turned over to tho
government In 00 days following the
laying of her keel. Tho previous
iworld record was eighty-four days.
Ten vessels, aggregating 13.701 ton
nod twenty seamen were Norway's
war low during April.
Every enmity In Nebraska over
subscribed Its allotment In the third
Liberty loan campaign.
Sebnstopnl. big Italian fortress In
the Crimea, has been occupied by the
Gcrniinis, according to Berlin dls-
patcho.
May 7 was the third anniversary of
the -inking or ihe Lultunla by a tier
man submarine with the loss of 1,273
IIVI'H.
Aiitloch. Neb., established a record
for Ihe entire country In the thlid
Liberty loan drive by ovcrsubscriblUt,'
Its iuota nine limes.
Lieutenant .lohu Uocnvnld. the
famous fooijmll player of the Uni
versity of Minnesota, was killed In ac
tion on the balllellelds of France.
The Gcrhiuu government lias an
nounced that her captures during tie
past six mouths, tints far tabulated,
shows $717,300,000 worth of plunder.
No favorable occasion for a further
peace move by Pope Ilciicdlel has pre
sented llself, nor does one seem near.
It was stated at the Vatican at Wome.
Five million men must be senl to
the battle front by the United States
within a year, Senator MeCuuibcr of
North liakota, declared in an nd Ircss
to the senate.
The teaching of German was dis
continued and military training made
compulsory in Council Bluff n la., b'.gh
schools by unanimous vote of the
school board.
Eleven persons were killed when
the American steamship Tyler, for
merly mi Old Dominion freighter,
was torpedoed and sunk off the
French coast.
Men raised under the draft can be
sent anywhere In the world to tight
for the United States, the supreme
court decided In upholding the select
ive draft law.
Captain Norman Hall of Colfax, la.,
most famous American nviator, for
mer member of Ihe Lafayette esca
drllle. Is missing after a battle of
planes over the Gorman lines.
Nebraska leads nil states of the
Tenth Federal reserve district In the
Third Liberty loan campaign with
subscription's of $41,103,430, Kansas
stands second with $12,317,400.
Representative Iowa bakers In con
ference with food administration
heads agreed to Increase the percent
age of substitutes for wheat used in
bread-making up to 30 per cent.
Indictments returned by the federnl
grand Jury at Aberdeen, S. D includ
ed one against F. W. Sallett of Aber
deen, publisher of tlw Dakota Frelo
Presse, a German lnnguago newspa
per. In deflnnce of tho German sub
marine, the United States Is sending
grain to Switzerland aboard armed
ships under nnval convoys prepared
to light their way through the danger
zones.
Flvo hundred machine guns of all
kinds nro being ground out of Ameri
ca's factories per day. Tills record
will grow steadily, ordnance experts
say, until 1,300 per day probably will
bo reached by November 1.
Reports have reached Washington
that famine has reached n point In
Persia, which has resulted In canni
balism being practiced. The dally
death toll from starvation Is very1
heavy the reports say.
An average wage Increose of 20 per
cent for railroad workers has been re
commended to Director General Me
Adoo by tho railroad wage commis
sion. This Increase would aggregate
about $200.(HK),000 a year.
According to a French official ills
patch 700 young men of Brussels,
born In Belgium of German parentage,
hnt Belutnn citizens by adoption, have
been taken to Germany to be enrolled
In the army.
The Ku-Klu-Kton hns been revived
In tho south. The other nluht 150 men
In white robes rode through the
streets of Birmingham, Ala., dMi Unit
ing cards warning every able bodied
man to find work during the war.
American soldiers In Franco will
not lie permitted to vote In the com
ing elections, the war ilcpari merit bns
decided. Men In training In this coun
try will be allowed to vote If their
states wish to collect their ballots.
Lord Uohert Cecil, British minister
of blockade, predicts that the failure
of Gerniany's "knockout offensive" on
tho western front will result In a big
peace offensive, which will not alTord
any terms the allies can look at.
In preparation for a tremendous In
crease in the American army tho
hoiiso military committee was told
by Secretary Baker that every exist
ing cntitoninent In tho country will bo
enlarged and every nntlonnl guard
camp utilized to Its full capacity.
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WAGE INCREASE IS
ALLOWED R. R. MEN
Advances to 1,939,399 Employ
ees, Based on Living Cost,
Totals $300,000,000.
M'ADOO MAY NOT APPROVE IT
Report of Commission Submitted to Di
rector General Results In Protest
From Four Principal Broth,
erhoods.
Washington, D. C. May 0. Itallrond
employees to the number of 1 .MO.M'.Ki
will receive wage advances ranging
from 1 to 4.'J per cent to tho lowest
paid workers, (lie total aggregating
$:tO0.O0O.O00. according to the report of
the railroad wage commission submit
ted to Director General MeAdoo.
Mr. MeAdoo Is expected to adopt
only part of the recommendations and
probably will mnke a number of dif
ferent alignments In deciding what
wage Increases shall be granted.
In general, the director general ad
vocates higher pay for most classes of
workmen to enable them to meet In
creased living costs, but he lias been
represented as favoring proportionate
ly larger Increases for some classes
than for others now making the same
pay. He also Is strongly opposed to
granting wage Increases which might
disarrange the general scheme of pay
existing throughout other Industries.
Lendero to Protest.
The leaders of the four principal
railway brotherhoods found on ex
amining the report that they bud
been recommended for less tbiin half
the Increases they had asked of the
railroad nianagemenls before govern
ment control started and which they
repeated before the commission. Their
demands had been for an average of
somewhat less than 40 per cent, and
Increases for them average less than
20 per cent.
Some union leaders who anticipated
that the commission's recommenda
tions would not be for as great
amounts as they had askefl already
havo appealed to Director General Me
Adoo to amend the proposed scnle to
give them higher pay. Others, how
ever, vlrtunlly have agreed to accept
the report.
The wage advances, which range all
the way from $1 to $r.t u month, are
increases above the amount of pay
each employee was receiving on De
cember 31, 1013. Employees who have
received advances since that date will
benefit now to the extent of the differ
ence between their present wage and
that fixed by the wmre commission.
Tho net cost of the additional pnj
Scale of Rates of Increases in Pay Awarded to Railroad Workers by the
Wage Commission.
l'rearnt New
monthly rnte. rntc.
40.01 to 947.00.. $07.21
47.01 tn 48.00.. 08.01
48.01 to 4(1.00. . 70.07
40.01 to 50.00.. 71.50
50.01 to 51.00.. 73.00
Dl.Ol to 52.00.. 73.70
53.01 to 53.00.. 74.73
53.01 to 54.00.. 70.14
54.01 to 55.00.. 77.5.1
56.01 to 50.00.. 78.00
60.01 to 57.00.. 80.37
57.01 to 58.00.. HI.78
58.01 to 50.00.. 83.10
60.01 to 00.00.. 84.00
00.01 to 01.00.. 80.01
01.01 to 03.00.. 87.43
0X01 to 03.00.. 88-83
03.01 to 04.00.. 00.24
04.01 to 05.00.. 01.05
65.01 to 00.00.. 03.00
00.01 to 07.00.. 04.47
07.01 to 08.00.. 0.1.88
iw.ni t on.oo. . 7J
00.01 to 70.00. . 08.70
I'renent
monthly r
ll 1.01 to
115.01 to
11(1.01 to
117.01 to
11S.01 to
110.01 to
120.01 to
121.01 to
122.01 to
123.01 to
121.01 to
12.1.01 to
120.01 to
127.01 to
128.01 to
120.01 to
130.01 to
131.01 to
132.01 to
133.01 to
131.01 to
13,1.01 to
130.01 to
137.01 to
13S.01 to
1311.01 to
140.01 to
141.01 to
142.01 to
113.01 to
141.01 to
14.1.01 to
11(1.01 to
117.01 to
1IS.01 to
1(0.01 to
150.01 to
I. -.1.01 to
152.01 to
153.01 to
151.01 to
155.01 to
70.01 to 71.00.. t00.11
71.01 to 72.00.. 101.53
72.01 to 73.00.. 102.03
73.01 to 74.00.. 104-14
74.01 to 75.00. . 105.75
73.01 to 70.00. . 107.10
70.01 to 77.00 . 108.67
77.01 to 78.00.. 100.08
7R01 to 70.00 . 111.30
70.01 to 80.00 112.70
WM11 to 81.00.. 113.75
811 to 82.00 . 114.80
82.01 to 83.00.. 110.20
83.01 to 84.00.. 117.00
84.01 to 8.1.00. . 110.00
hrt.oi to 80.00.. iio.c.
80.01 to 87.00 . 120.70
87.01 to 88.00. . 121-1.1
88.01 to 80.00.. 122.10
MI.OI to 00.00.. 123.2.1
00.01 to 111.00 . 124.10
III.Ol to 02.00.. 121.05
02.01 to 03.00 . 12.1.80
113.01 to 114.00.. 12(1.0.1
Ill.Or to 0.1.00. . 127.50
05.01 to 00.00. . 12SI.3.1
00.01 to 07.00 . 120.20
07.01 to 08.00.. 130.0.1
08.01 to 00.00 . 130.00
00.01 to 100.00. . 131.7.1
100.01 to 101.00.. 132.00
101.01 to 102.00.. 133.43
102.01 to 103.00.. 131.30
103.01 to 104.00. . 13.1.15
104.01 to 103.00.. 130.00
10.1.01 to 100.00.. 130.S.1
100.01 to 107.00 . 137.70
107.01 to 108.0(1. 138.6.1
108.01 to 100,00. 130.10
100.01 to 110.00. . 140.2.1
110,01 to m.no iii.m
iii.oi to U2.no . lit.n.i
112.01 to 113.00 . M-.SO
113.01 to 114.00 . 113.0.1
15(1.01 to
157.01 to
158.01 to
1511.01 to
1(111.0 1 to
1(11.01 to
1112.01 to
103.01 to
Illt.OI to
III.I.Ol to
1(10.01 to
1 117.0 1 to
KW.OI to
1 1111.01 to
170.01 to
171.01 to
172.01 to
173.01 to
171.01 to
173.01 to
170.01 to
177.01 to
17S.01 to
170.01 to
180.01 tn
1SI.01 to
FROM ALL OVER
The manufacture of porcelain pyro
meter tubes Is a new Industry.
A Pennsylvania farmer l the Inven
tor of n device tn lie worn on one hand
to tie knots In twine.
Italy prohibits mills producing wheat
Hour for bread In which less than SO
per cent of the grain Is used.
Many tropical plants possess light
giving' qualities, their tlowers and
steins being luminous and their Juices
phosphorescent.
to the railroads Is estimated nt $200,-
000,000. This Is exclusive of the esti
mated deficit of $500,000,000 In govern
ment operation of the railroads this
year, as a result of which Director
General MeAdoo contemplates ad
vancing passenger rates nt least 2V4
per cent and freight rates possibly as
much as 13 per cent.
Based on Living Cost.
The scheme of wage advances adopt
ed Is based on an Inquiry Into the
cost of living, which the commission
found has Increased approximately 40
per cent to the average railroad em
ployee receiving $85 n month.
The commission favors a shorter
average workday, presumably eight
hours, but dc-lded that In the war
emergency the nation could not afford
to put Into ofTcct a reform that would
slow down the war machinery and
discriminate against other classes of
workers being called upon for great
sacrifices.
Hates of overtime p'l.v are not dis
turbed and the Increases are adjusted
to the mllenge basis of compensation
of some employees, a road engineer,
for example, n ivlng an Increase or
11'. 4 per cent In hs mileage rate. A
scheme of applying the increases to
piece work and overtime therefor is
also provided.
An Important feature of the report
was the recommendation that where
the same service Is rendered the pay
shall be the same, without discrimina
tion as to sex or race.
Report of Commission.
The report of the commission, con
sisting or Franklin K. Lane, secretary
of the Interior; Charles C. McChord.
.1. Hurry Covlnirtnii. and William K.
Willeox. Is an exhaustive one. in part
the report says:
"The requests which have come to
us for wage increases, would, If fully
granted. Involve no additional outlay
In wages of somewhat over $1,000,000.
(KK) per year In excess of the wage fund
of last year, which exceeded $2,000,
000.000. Some asked for an Increase
of 1(H) per cent In their pay, and from
tblsv they graduated downwind to 10
per cent. None were satistled with
their present wages.
"An unprecedented call had come for
men of certain trades In connection
with the new Industries that had been
created by the war In Europe, and this
long before our entry Into the conlllct.
Machinists and Iron workers of all
kinds found themselves to be essential
to the great munition plants and day
labor of the most unskilled character
rose Into high demand.
Cut Off Those Not Needed.
"The commission recommends that
during the period of government con
duct of the rnllronds no salaries paid
to olliclnls who are not essential to
the operation of the roads shall be
charged as part of the operating ex
penses. "There should be constituted n tri
bunal or tribunals to continue the
study of railroad labor problems, com
posed In part at least of men experi
enced In this kind of work, for con
ditions are ever changing."
nu
New
rate.
9141.30
145.3.1
140.20
147.03
147.00
148,75
. 140.00
, 1.10.46
, 151.30
, 152.15
, 153.00
. 153.85
. 154.70
, 155.55
. 150.40
, 1 57.25
. 158.10
. 1584)5
. 180.80
. 100.05
. 101.50
. 102.35
. 103.20
. 184.03
. 104.00
. 105.75
. 100.00
. 107.45
. 108.30
. 100.15
. 170.00
I'rraenf
monthly rate
New
rate.
9202.30
203.15
204.00
204.8.1
203.70
200.53
207.40
208.26
200.10
200.03
210.80
, 211.05
, 212.60
, 213.35
, 214.20
. 216.05
, 215.00
, 210.75
. 317.00
. 318.46
. 310.30
. 220.15
. 221.00
. 221.85
115.00.
110.00.
182.01 to
183.01 to
18-1.01 to
185.01 to
180.01 to
187.01 to
188.01 to
180.01 to
100.01 to
101.01 to
102.01 to
103.01 to
104.01 to
105X11 to
100.01 to
107.01 to
108.01 to
100.01 to
200.01 to
183.00.
184.00..
185.00..
180.00..
187.00..
188.00..
180.00..
100.00..
101.00..
102.00..
103.00..
104.00..
105.00..
100.00..
107.00..
108.00..
100.00..
200.0O..
201.00..
202.00..
203.00. .
204.00..
205.00..
200.00..
207.00..
208.00..
200.00..
210.00..
211.00..
212.00..
213.00..
214.00..
215.00..
210.00..
217.00..
218.00.,
210.00. ,
220.00 ,
221.00.,
222.00 ,
223.00
224.00
22.1.00
220.00
227.00
228.00.
220.00
230.00
231.00.
232.00
233.00
231.00.
235.CM) ,
117.00..
118.00..
110.00..
120.00..
121.00..
122.00. .
123.00..
124.00..
125.00..
120.00. .
127.00. .
128.00. .
120.00.,
130.00.,
131.00.,
182,00.,
183.00.,
184.00.
185.00.
130.00.
187.00.,
138.00.
130.00
140.00.
141.00.
142.00.
143.00.
144.00
14.1.00.
140.00.
147.00.
148.00
140.00.
150.00.
151.00.
162.00,
153.00
1.14.00.
155.00
150.00
201.01 to
202.01 to
203.01 to
304.01 to
206.01 to
200.01 to
207.01 to
208.01 to
200.01 to
210.01 to
211.01 to
212.01 to
213.01 to
214.01 to
215.01 to
210.01 to
117.01 to
218.01 to
210.01 to
21.01 to
221.01 to
222.01 tn
223.01 to
221,01 to
225.01 to
220.01 to
227.01 to
228.01 to
220.01 to
230.01 to
231.01 to
232.01 to
2X1.01 to
231,01 to
235.01 to
2:iO.OI to
237.01 to
238.01 to
2.10,01 to
210.01 to
211.01 to
212.01 to
213.01 to
211.01 to
V 15.01 to
210.01 to
217.01 to
218,01 tn
210.01 to
. 222.70
. 22&G5
. 224.40
. 223.23
. 220.10
. 220.0.1
. 227.80
. 228.0.1
. 220.50
, 230.3.1
. 231.20
, 232.05
, 232.00
. 233.75
. 234.00
. 235.4.1
230.30
. 237.15
. 238,00
. 238X1
. 230.70
. 2I0X.5
. 211.40
. 212.25
170.85
171.70
172.6.1
171.40
174.25
173.10
175.05
170.80
177.0.1
178.50
170.35
180.20
181.05
181.00
182.75
183.00
184.4.1
185.30
180.15
187.00
187.87
1X8.70
180.5.1
1110.4(1
101.2.1
102.10
102.03
103.80
10 4.0.1
105.50
100.3.1
107.20
108.05
108.00
100.7.1
200.00
201.4.1
4157.00
1.18.00
150.00
100.00
1(11.00
102.00
103.00
in i.oo
1(15.00
213.10
213.03
241.80
21.1.0.1
2 10-10
217.K3
248.20
218.0.1
210.00
250.00
2.10.00
230.00
2.10.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
250.00
2.10.0)
250 00
210.00
100.00
(107.00
108.011
100.00
170.00
171.00
172.00
173.00
174.00
175.00
1711.00
177.00
178.00
170.(10
1.0I1
181.00
182.011
230.00
237.00
238.00
230.00.
210.00
211.00.
212,00.
213.00
2 f 1.00
2t5.no
211.0(1
2 17.00
2i.no
210.00
250.110
Ono agricultural college nnd threo
experiment stations nre mnlntnlned by
the government uf Norway.
American electric fans of large size
aro used to drive mosquitoes from the
palnce of tho Caliph of Bagdad.
An Inventor has combined n shaving
brush and a rubber device for rubbing
In tho lather on one handle.
To give boxers practice a dummy
liumnn figure has been Invented, so
connected to n registering device that
blows struck are recorded, both ns to
position and force.
ALL QUOTAS EXCEEDED
Nebraska Makes Great Record In
Liberty Loan Drive. Some Counties
Moro Than Doublo Allotment.
Nebrnsku mado n wonderful record
In the third Llborty loan campaign.
Every county In tho stato oversub
scribed Its allotment nnd tho stuto us
a whole rolled up 11 subscription of
nearly S41.000.000 or $9,000,000 over
ttin nnnorllonment. District No. 8,
comprising 10 northeastern counties,
claims the hlgWest oversubscription
by counties, having averaged 150 per
cj-nt of its quota for the entire dis
trict. Hayes county made tho high
est mnrk of any county, with a record
of '100 per cent of Its quota. Antloch
made the best record for towns, going
nine times over Its quota. Counties
which fell down in previous drives
-wiped out nil blemishes in the last
campaign.
Static electricity Is said to havo
caused tho explosion of a giant bnl
loon at Fort Omaha which resulted in
the death of two soldiers and the In
Jury of eighteen others. It was the
first serious accident nt the fort since
the declaration of war. The soldiers
killed. Private .1. E. Davis, of West
Concord. N. II.. and Private Vincent
Benl), of .lossnp. Md., were horribly
burned.
The first response In tills state to
the government's call to consumers to
bring back Hour so that the American
soldiers In France may have bread
to eat. was made by farmers near
Elm Creek, when they shipped n full
carload of -ISO sacks to Omaha. Not
only did they return the Hour at tho
cali of the government, but they paid
the freight on the ear Into Omaha.
Following disclosures of use of the
ball and ehnln. Hogging nnd handcuf
fing at the girls' industrial home nt
Geneva, the stato board of control an
nounced that nil extreme corporal
punishment In the fifteen state Intl-
tlons will bo abolished. Every super
intendent has been asked to report on
punishments Inflicted nt Ids institu
tion. Mr. nnd Mrs. George Wiseman of
Ewlng received word from tho War
department at Washington Hint tneir
son. Charles, has been killed In action
"somewhere In France." Charles was
one of four sons of Mr. nnd Mrs.
Wiseman In the service and was a
member of the Balnbow division.
Nebraska and war savings workers
of the state saved the nntlonnl war
savings plan from going on the rocks,
Nntlonnl Director Frank A. Vandcr
Up of New York told directors of tho
states west of the Mississippi river,
In conference nt Omaha.
Attorney General Koed hns filed a
complaint against Christopher O.
Frum, n member of tho Thurston
county board. It Is alleged ho violat
ed the state sedition lnw by attempt
ing to dlscourago farmers from plant
ing whent.
A paid secrotnry will be employed
by tho Nebraska Stato Teachers' as
sociation to look ufter tlio liuoresis 01
the organization, It wns decided nt
tho meeting of tho executive, coinmll
tea held at Lincoln.
Buffalo county, tho first county In
tho state to rnlso Its quota in tho
third Liberty lonn drive, oversub
scribed its allotment by $100,000.
Incendiarism Is believed to have
caused the big fire Bertln, Otoe coun
ty, the other day, which resulted la
property loss of about $50,000.
A plunk Indorsing tho war with
Oonnany was included in tho platform
adopted by Nebraska socialists la
their convontlon at Omaha.
W. N. Hensley of Columbus hns
been appointed commandant of tho
old soldiers' homo nt Mllford by the
state bourd of control.
Forty-threo I. W. W. members will
faco n federal grand Jury on the
charge of sedition at Omaha begin
ning May 20.
Indications nro that there will bo
a big crowd at the loyalty convention
of tho republicans! of the stato In Lin
coln, May 28.
Since February 21 tho proceeds
from the sale of Bed Cross bogs at
South Omaha havo amounted to $180,-
800.
Tho sneclul technical training camp
nt tho State University nt Lincoln for
Boldlers will open June 10.
Hull county farmers have organ
ised a farm bureau nnd will employ
a county agricultural agent. Tho sum
af $2,000 hns been appropriated for
tho work.
Someono entered tho Gretna school
houso tho other day and removed,
practically nil of the German books.
Tho books, valued at many hundred
dollnrs, were destroyed, It Is said.
Following a mectlug In the Graft
school houso near Bancroft It was de
cided to erect a new school houso be
fore next fall to cost $-1,000.
Secretary of Stato Pool reports a
continued Increase of business In his
ofllco during April. The cash receipts
totaled $0,250.11, an Increuso of $1,-
B42.13 over tho smno month In 1017.
Edward Hlcky. Sarpy county stock
feeder, wris on tho Chicago markot
recently with twenty-five cars of cat
tle nnd Blx loads of hogs. Tho pro
ceeds netted him $114,000.
The stnto auditor's report shows
that during April his department Is
sued -1,021 wnrronts, a total of $407,
.121.48, making 10,80.r so far this year,
with n total of $2,307,000.07.
Much Indignation Is iiiiiiiiui In
Bcatrlco over tho dnublng wltn jellnw
pnlnt tho residence of Sherman Tay
lor, Jr., who left for Fort logan with
tho Gngo county draft contingent last
Thursday. The net was caused by n
rumor that he hntl asked for exemp
tion. A thorough Investigation of the
outrage has been started and prose
cutions nro expected.
Tho State Council of Defense hns
advlced enemy nllen preachers and
teachers who nre filing applications
In Nebraska courts for permission to
preach and teach under the provisions
of the state's sedition law, to ceaso
the use of tho German language for
preaching and ter.chlng during tho
period of the wu
Nebraska has furnished 10,(508 vol
unteers for the army since war wns
declared, according to n statement Is
aued by Governor Nevlllo. The slate
will havo more than 20,000 men In tho
army, exclusive of enlistments in
navel service, when the May 2!5 con
tingent of 1,57.1 leaves for Fort
Dodge, Iowa.
The plan for tho reorganization of
the State teachers' association, pre
pared at a meeting In Lincoln, divides
the state into districts, each district
paying Its own expenses, but tho
members will all belong to tho stnte
association.
Tho Pierce county council of de
fense hns forbidden the Nonpartisan
league to hold meetings In tho county
and Its organizers to solicit for mem
bers. The home guards of the coun
ty are enforcing tiie orders of tho de
feusu council.
One of thu most successful stock.
auctions ever hold In Nebraska wan
that ut Scout's Best, the old Buffalo
Bill ranch at North Platte, when u
lurgu number of cattle were sold for
approximately $100,000. Over 400 buy
ers attended.
County Food Administrator Hick
man of Hamilton county has udvlsod
Stato Food Administrator Wattles
that 102,000 pounds of Hour In hl
county has been turned over by
citizens for redistribution or export.
County Food Administrator Aller of
Saline county has Just notified Ad
ministrator Wattles that 100,000 lbs.
of wheat Hour bus been returned to
him from consumers In Salltlo county
and could now bu exported to Europe.
John Gordes, wealthy retired Gor
man farmer, charged with sedition,
was bound over to the district court
by Judge Ellis at Beatrice. His bond'
wus fixed nt ten thousand dollars,
which ho furnished.
Soldier-speakers from Pershing's
nrniy nro to tour Nebraskn and will
speak in 133 cities and towns undotj
tho auspices of tho bureau of speak
ers nnd publicity of the Stuto Coun
cil of Defense.
Tho Nebraska farmers loyalty con
ference held at Lincoln adopted a
resolution favoring immediate nation
al prohibition und another opposing
any peace discussion, until autocracy
Is crushed.
One Dean, an organizer of the
Nonpnrtlsan league, was bound over
to the district court at Pierco by
County Judge G. T. Kelly on charge
of violation of the stato sedition uct.
Nebraska Is expected to furnish 20O
physicians and surgeons for army
duty by July 1. Tho government has
called for 5,000 medical men, nnd It 1
believed over 7,000 will respond.
Tho Nebraska Society of Friend
of German Democracy, whose mem
bers, of German birth, uro pledged to
work Sot tho crushing of Germnn au
tocracy, wus organized at Lincoln.
It Is nnnounced that NobraBkans
who propo'so to nttend tho Grand
Army of tho Republic encampment nt
Portland. Ore., next August will have
tho benefit of n one cent n mile rate.
Every effort Is being mado by Stats
Veterinarian Anderson to stamp out
nnthrox which hns appeared In Fur
nas county. Several head of stock
have already died from tho disease.
Howurd county's $50,000 ball play
er, Grover C. Alexander, Is now a $30-n-month
rooklo nt Camp Funston. Ho
wns drafted with tho Nebraska con
tingent April 20.
Omnhn Is the logical placo to op
erate n co-operatlvo grain olevntor,
members of tho Farmers' Stato Co
operative Elevator association decided
nt Its sosslon In Lincoln.
Wheat nnd othor small grain In tho
vicinity of Nehnwka, Cass county,
looks to be In fluo condition.
It is estimated that 40,000 people tn
Omaha Invested in Liberty bonds of
Uio third issue.
Spring wheat has been sowed In
six northern Nebraska counties to tho
extent that the' total acreago of fall
nnd spring wheat will bo more than
double that of lnst year.
Drafted men, numbering 1,573, will
go from Nebraska to Cump' Dodge,
Iowa, May 25, as n part of tho 233,000
called to tho colors by tho War de
partment. Tho resolution to Investigate tho
activities of tho Nonpartisan lenguo
was voted down by the Farmers' con
gress ut its session In Lincoln.
Tho Knox county council of defense
adopted a resolution that all Indi
viduals should abstain trom tno uso
of tho German langungo in nil public
places, at homo and church, nnd It
should not bo taught In tho school
oxcept whero It Is necessary to finish
the year's credits.
A petition circulated In Dawson
county and signed by ninny prominent
citizens, warns that nny man who Is
nctlvely furthering tho Interest of tho
nonpartisan lenguo In tho county
should be branded ns an undesirable
citizen.
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