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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1918)
' 1-.-- Xfcjwjtrr"; . kv - RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, OHIEF TO mill FIGHT SENATOR CUMMINS 8AYS THERE CAN DE NO IDLENESS THERE MUST BE NO IDLENESS Would Register In Man-Power of Na tion All Between the Ages of Eighteen and Forty five Years Washington "Work or flight; work for the- war or light In the var,".lH tho slogan which America must rulopt If America Is to win thu war, In tho opinion of Senator CummlnH of Iowa, who addressed tho sonato on hla reso lution to provide for registration of the man power of tho nation between the ngoa of eighteen and forly-llvo yearn. "Wo miiBt glvo to tho American peo ple this rulo of life until victory Is aHBiired," tho seator continued. "Thuro must he no Idlo men. There must he no men following hurtful or useless occupations. Production or employment1 that ministers only to pleasure of civic needs must he aban doned until the ranks of the soldier and tho producer of necessaries nre full. Thus, and thus alone, If wo suc cessfully meet tho sword which tho insano sacrilege of tho german cm plro has drawn against tho world. It roust bo obvious to every thoughtful man that tho time hatj come for a careful, comprehensive, serious sur Toy of tho entlro war situation as it ,now presonts itsolf. Whatever may navo been our former view with re epect to a speedy termination of Iioh jfllities, it is now apparent that we 'havo beforo us a long and sovcre struggle, which, If it is to be brought 'to a successful end, nn it must bo, will demand our full strength of both men and material. Destroy Forever Military Menace "It is not enough to do more than to drivo tho kaiser from power; it Is rot enough merely to send his brood of murderers into obscurity; it Is not enough to take from his conspicuous butchers tho weapons they are using In tho deadly conflict. Wo must de stroy forover tho military menace cf that nation, and crush beyond res urrection tho criminal designs and tho cruel ambitions of the gorman peo ple; designs and ambitions which through fifty years of education and training, havo resulted in a savage, ,trutal and remorseless society tho Implacablo foo of Christian civiliza tion, free Institutions and the pcaco of tho world." May Turn Next to Teddy Washington Tho nppolntment of Charles E. Hughes to cooperate with tho department of Justice in tho air craft Investigation and of former rrcBidont Taft as head of the national labor board, leaves only Theodore Itoosovolt, among tho roost prominent republicans outside tho ofllclal war work breastworks. Inquiry In official quarters revealed tho fact that thus far Mr. Roosovolt Is not being con sidered for nn ofllclal place, but, In view of tho president's penchant for doing tho surprising thing, It would astonish no ono if Mr. Roosovolt were evontually invited to help out tho gov ernment in some capacity. The Millionaire Soldiers Paris. United States marines In Franco nro rapidly acquiring now sobriquets. Tho gcrrrmns, terrorized by their maniacal fighting, havo dubbed these Americans, "devil dogs." But tho Fronch who havo come in contact with tho marines refer to thorn as "tho millionaire soldiers," duo to the fact that marines aro constantly dividing tholr pay with Fronch women and children who need help. To Take Up LaFollrUte Case Washington. Efforts to dispose of disloyalty chargos against Senator La Follotte, growing out of statements mado in his St. Paul Bpcech will bo mado soon by tho senate privileges and elections committee Investiga tion of tho charges was begun some tlmo ago but llttlo progress has been mado in reaching an agreement on a report. Ex-Czar Removed to Ekatev'nburg London. Tho sovlot government, ac cording to n Times dispatch from Pe trograd, confirms tho report thnt Nich olas Romanoff, tho former omporor. to gether with tho former empress nnd ono of their daughters, was removed to Ekntorinburg from Tobolsk as a re sult of tho discovory of a peasant con spiracy to assist in his escapo from captivity. Kerensky to Pay Us a Visit Now York Aloxander P. KorenMty, who became premlor of Russia in July, 1017, nnd was deposed in November by tho bolshovlki, is oxpocted to arrive In tho United Statos this week accord ing to a report published In tho New York Call, a socinllat organ. Order More Concrete 8hlpo Washington Tho shipping board has decided to proceed immediately on a large scalo with tho building of fcoucreto ships and will Incrcnse tho program out of tho appropriation of 12,250,000,000 which has boon asked for tho next fiscal yoar. Eighteen concroto shlpB aggregat ing fifty-eight other concrete vossols at a cost of nbout $I2,2G00,000, will bo ordered as soon ns sites for tho four now government yards aro chosen. DENT ON REIGN OF TERROR Civilians Subjected to Dastardly Pun ishment to Force Subjections New York A german offensive of torror against the civilian population of Krnnco and Italy was described by Henry I Davison on his return from a 1,200-mile tour of inspection of Red Crocs work abroad. "Tho outstanding feature of german methods ut tho present time," ho bald, "Is tho effort to terrorize women, chil dren and old men at home. While the german troops are making their drive on tho front .airplanes nro bombing, nearly every night, towns behind tho lines with the deliberate and declared purpose of terrorizing civilians and breaking down the morale of such a point that they will importuno their government for ponce. It Is the most dastardly, unrighteous, cruel, devilish plan which could be conceived. "It Is based upon the theory that tho killing of four children out of llvo will Induce the mother to Implore her government to have the war stopped that her fifth child may lire. It is carried on fiom the English channel to the SwIfb border and from tho Swiss border to tho Adriatic and has resulted In the maiming of thousands of women and children and the driv ing of hundreds of thousands of terror Btrleken from their homes. "All of this Is accomplished by tho most active possible propaganda, es pecially in Italy." Upholding Civilian Morale Mr. Davison described the attempt to uphold civilian morale up "one of the great missions of the Hed Cross," adding: "You need havo no concern for german propaganda where tho Red Cross Is working. We havo work in Italy and In France." He regards tho bombing of Paris by big guns as part of the offensive of terror and says that the damage to buildings is so sllfhr that one might drivo about tho city a week without noticing It. In Prance relief Is being extended In 121 cities and towns; In Italy in forty-five cities and towns, with branchos in 218 other places. Thero aro 3,000 Americans abroad working for the Red Cross. In Franco the or ganlzatlon has thirty-seven ware houses containing more than $7,000, 000 worth of goods. A Dig Reduction In Mileage Washington Revised schedules in transcontinental pawongcr trains starting from Chicago, effective Juno 2, will result in a reduction in mile age of 11,728,000 miles annually. Di rector General McAdoo has announced his approval of this rovislon. "This economy has been accom plished," tho railroad administration said, "by abandoning duplicate service between Chicago and the Pacific coast cities and assigning to the short and direct routes to each city." Loan to New York Central Washington. Tho Central Trust company of New York has agreed with Director Goneral McAdoo to loan tho Now York Central railroad ?G,000,000 for six months at G per cent per year Interest, or 1 per cent lower than terms which tho railroad company had been able to obtain, the railroad administra tion has nnnounced. The proceeds will bo used to pay off obligations maturing. Eleven Billions for Army Washington. As prepared for sub mission to the house tho nnnunl army appropriation bill cnrrles $11,771,060, 000, it was announced by the commit tee. This Is oxcluydvo of estimates totnllng about 53,000,000,000 for heavy ordnance and fortifications, pending In the appropriations committee and to bo reported as n separate bill. Aliens to Forts of Georgia Washington Tho 2,200 enemy aliens interned at Hot Spring's, N. C, will bo transferred to tho enemy con centration camps nt Ports Oglethorpo and McPherson, Ga., beforo July 1 and nil enemy aliens arrested nnd ord ered Interned after that date will bo turned over to tho war donnrtmenb -nnd sent to tho Georgia forts. Guilty of Embezzling Chicago Three olllcers of tho Au burn stuto bnnk. Chicago, which was wrecked a year ago, havo been found guilty of embezzling the bank's funds. Under tho Indotermlnate sentence law they nro subject to Imprisonment from ono to ten years. Tho convicted men aro Thomas McFarlnnd, Mark P. llransfleld nnd Willlnm J. Cllno. Bombing Machine Type Washington The Capronl alrplanp, designed in Italy, will bo built by tho United States us one typo of bomb ing mnchlne The Capronl has been demonstrated here by Italian tilers nnd ollicials are well pleated with tests that havo been mado. Warned Against Optimism New York Warning to the peoplo of America against false optimism In tho war, especially as regards tho great bottle in Flanders, was sounded by Earl Reading. Rrltlsh high com missloner to the United States, in addressing tho New York City nar association. Britain Lifts the Age Limit Uoston Tho nrltlsh army has raised its ago limit for volunteers for infrntry servico from 45 to 50 years. Mnjor. Konncth D. Marlatt, head of tho British and Canadian recruiting mission hero, was notified that under tho now regulations Hrltlsh subects between tho ages of 18 and CO will be nccepted, instead of from 18 to 45 as heretofore Men from 40 to 50 other than those for tho inland water ways and dock section of tho Royal Engineers will bo accepted for In fantry duty only. SUBSTITUTES TOO HIGH State Food Administrator Told Dy Hoover to Institute Investigation and Report to Washington. National Pood Administrator IIoov- it has advised Slate Pood Controller Agents of the Nebraska food admin Wattles that wheat Hour substitutes Mrutor iirtboarchliig the stuto fur nre selling from 10 to S per cent too Hour that inTJilit bo exported for uso high In this state. I'.nsed on the pres- ent price of corn, barley and oats, sub- Mltutes made from these grains ami oincr uepois wneru wueai iiour should ell at reasonably lower prices I'fc stored. Is being made. A re liant wheat Hour nnd corn meal shn.ild I'ort is to be made to Mr. Wattles of be selling nt the mill door nt not I how much Is found on hand and ho i.v'er 1!5 per cent less than wheat ! will decide how much may be ro- llmir. ta I meal should lie selling at even les proportion, says Mr. Hoover. lie n miesm the Nebraska olllcial to , Investlniie imv prices which seem out ! .f proportion nnd to report them to , Wn-hliiglon, If necessary, for sum iiiity act ion. (Jovernof Nevlllo Issued a procla mation culling upon the people- of Ne braska to aid I he government In solv ing the transportation problem by buy ing and storing their next winter's coal supply at the earliest possible moment. If a fuel famine Is to be avoided next winter action must be taken at once, says the proclamation. The week beginning June has been set aside as a nut lon-wlde "conl week." when everyone llnancially nblu 1 urged to llll their bins for the com ing winter. Hastings real estate men returning home from western Nebraska report that more than three hundred carpen ters are employed at Kidney on a wage scale of 75 cents per hour. Nearly one hundred new resldenco buildings In and around Sidney, to gether with tho erection of new church, and nearly u dozen new bus iness block) arc now- in progress. Nebraska will harvest 2,211,000 acres of winter wheat this year, ac cording to a report of the bureau of crop estimates. The condition of win ter wheat was 82 per cent May 1 com pared to 75 per cent on April 1. A production for Nebraska of 47,884,000 bushels Is Indicated as compared to 7,101,000 bushels hist year. On request of fifty head men of tho Omnha Inudlnn tribe, State Food Ad ministrator Wattles has asked Mr. Hoover to appoint n Held matron to go to tho reservation and tench tho squaws tho use of wheat substitutes. In tho past nothing but wheat flour was eaten on tho reservation. Stato Treasurer Hall says he will refuso to pay $707.03 In deficiency claims of the regular 1917 legislature, for which the special session this year appropriated $2,000. Ho hold that the special session hud no authority to make appropriations. u membor of the 22nd nero squadron. Plnntlng of 2,400 trees on tho state demonstration fruit farm nt Union hus Just been completed by tho de partment of horticulture of the univer sity. This 80-ncre farm was purchas ed out of $10,000 provided by the last legislature. Paul L. Holder, 10-year-old Hast ings boy, who volunteered four days after the United States entered tho wnr, has been captured by the Oer mans on the western front. He was Two veterans of General Pershing's army are on a speaking tour In No brasku In the Interest of the Red Cross. The men are Sergeant Ste vens of Montunu, nnd Sergeant Paul A. Uuverln of Mulne. Frank ttrand, aged 23, nnd Miss Mn bel Mace, 20, of South Sioux City, Neb., were Instantly killed when an automobile In which they were riding plunged Into tho Missouri river, near Wynot. Tho Commercial, club of Superior Is taking steps toward building a pnved road botween tho city and tho plant of the Nebraska Cement Co., which Is located two miles west of tho city limits. Two carloads of hogs from Scrlb tier nnd Central City were sold nt South -Omaha for $2.083.2.1 and $1,-47-1.02 respectively the proceeds going to the local chapter? of tl e Red Cross. Charles Wiseman of Ewln;:. who was killed while fighting with the American forces In Prance, unlisted In the army at Norfolk In March, 1017. Theodore Roosevelt Is to nddress n monster patriotic rally nt Oiimhii on the night of June 8. The Omnha city hnll polltbal ma chine was broken In the recent munic ipal election, when Jnmes Dahlman, former cowboy and mayor of the city for 12 years, was decisively defeated for re-election, together with four other, members of tho old administra tion. "Good riddanco for bad rubbish" wns the sentiment expressed nt Juniata following the discovery thnt all German text books used In the school had been tnken from the build ing nnd burned. Tho Dodgo county board o( super visors voted to appropriate funds suf? flclent to bear half tho expenso of equipping home guard organizations In every town of tho county which forms a unit. Tho corncrstono of the new Lemon Methodist Episcopal church, being erected nt Sidney, wns laid Just tho other doy. Members of tho Masonic order participated In tho services. Crops In the northeastern Nebraska territory are reportod In cxcollont condition, A decision of Judgo Woodrough In fcdornl court ut Omuha provides for tho disposal of S,000 acres of Indian tribal land held by Omulm Indians la Thurston county, the proceeds from which nre to be divided oquully among approximately 520 Indian chil dren of the Omulm tribe. Tho value of the lund Is nearly .$.'100,000. The decision ends a series of legal buttles that extended over n period of years. or tiie American army la iMiropu. A Mirvoy of all retail dealers, grocers tallied. Ten Nebraska counties I'.ox Ilutto, Drown, Hurt, ('In yeime. Dawes, Dodge, Pumas, Kilth. I'lelinnNoii and Wash- ingtoii uru exempted from the May S draft call as the result of having vo lunteers over their quotas. Ouuilui and Lincoln nre also exempted. Tho re mainder of tho state must furnish the Lfiil" men the stnte must send to Camp Dodge, Pes Moines, la. Declaring that ho would not Issue n permit to preach or teach to any enemy alien who would not come out unqualliledly and state that he In an American citizen, Judge P. W. llutton, In district court at Fremont, denied tho second ptItIons of Rev. W. A. Capitis of Dodge and Rev. P. O. Schopp of Snyder, enemy aliens to prcuih and teach. The state board of control hus let the contract for a new building at tho stnte hospital for the Insane at Lin coln. The structure will cost nearly Jl'O.OOO. Two convicts, Peter Green and Thomas Suppa, sent up from Omaha, made their escapo from the statu pen itentiary ut Lincoln by scaling tho lilgli wall with un improvised ludder. Omaha's new mayor, Ed P. Smith, snld to Governor Neville nt a confer ence nt Lincoln that lie Intends to make Omaha a dry city and wage a relentless war against the bootlegger. Roth Knights of Columbus and Young Men's Chrlstlnu association uro erecting huts ut Port Omaha to servo ns recreation places for men who are being quartered in barracks there. Material and equipment are on tho ground for erection of the new munic ipal building und electric light build ing of Ilnucroft. The plant will repre sent an outluy of $15,000. The Sons of Herman lodge of Da kota county, whose meeting hnll was dynamited recently, probably will dis continue all meetings until ufter tho wur, It is said. The vlllagu of Hoffland, the home of th6 Potash Production company, with n population of less than 850, ov ersubscribed Its Liberty loan quota 14 times. Wheat In the west end of the state Is In the best condition as the result of recent rnlns and a foot of snow thnt fell late In April, reports say. Dawson county farmers donnted 89 hogs to tho Lexington chapter of tho Red Cross. The porkers were sold ut South Omaha and brought $2,350.00. Plutto county's Junior Red Cross will soon havo raised sufficient funds for tho purchase of an ambulunco au tomobile for sorvlco in France. Columbus Raptlsts have funds pledg ed amounting to $17,220 with which to build n new brick church, tho work of erection to begin soon. J. It. White, of Harrison county, Iowa, has been employed as agricul tural agent for Hall county. His sal ary was fixed at $2,400. According io reports the wheut acreage of Kimball, Deuel and Banner counties Is nbout 50 per cent greater than In 1017. Tho corncrstono of tho now Method ist church at Cortland wns laid re cently, according to' the rituals of the church. Teaching of German in Nemaha county schools has been discontinued by orders of the county council of de fense. Verdon. Richardson county, with n population of -100, more thnn doubled its quota in the third Liberty loan drive. Crete's new $00,000 high school building was dedicated Just recently with appropriate ceremony. The University of Nebraskn faculty bought $31,000 worth of Liberty bonds of tho third Issue. Thousands of people attended tho State Grand Army of the Republic encampment nt Sewnrd. Nebraska banks cannot themselves deduct liberty bonds from their as sessed valuntlon as pnrt of tho cap ital stock Investment, the stnte board of equalization has decided. All bonds must be reported and sepnrato claims for exemption from taxation filed. Seventeen continuous years In school without being tardy or missing n iluy, is the record of Miss Gladys Owens, Lognn, In., who received her diploma at tho State university at Lincoln recently. Seven hundred German text books were taken from tho high school building at North Platte and burned on a vacant lot by a scoro of citizens who sung u requiem to tho kalsor while tho books burned. Agricultural Agent Rlst of Gago county says that farmers In tho coun ty will plant n normal acrongo of corn this year nnd thero will bo plenty of 1010 seed corn for thoso who need It. Work has begun on tho now (1,000,1 000 Skinner packing plant at South Omaha. IS THIRTY-NINE PER CENT MORE THAN ASKED FOR THE TOTAL IS $4,170,019,650 Seventeen Million People Purchase Bonds cf the Third Issue, Secre tary McAdoo Congratulates Country Washington. Tho totnl of the third liberty loan is $4,170,019,030, nn over subscription of 30 per cent above- tho three billion minimum sought. Tho number of subscribers was about 17,000,000. Every federal re serve district over-subscribed, tho Minneapolis district going to 172 per cent, the highest, and the Now York district 124 per cent, tho lowest. In announcing thoso figures tho treasury explained that tho total may bo changed slightly by Inter reports from federal reserve banks. "This is tho most successful loan tho United States hnB offered, both In number of subscribers and in tho amount realized," said Secretary Mc Adoo In a statement. "I congratulate tho country on this wonderful result, which is irrefutable evidence of the strength, patriotism and determination of tho American people. Launching a Ship a Day Washington Wooden ships 'have been launched at the rate of more than ono n day for the past four weeks. Tho shipping board announced that Just seventeen wooden crafts ag gregating CO.000 tons burden had been added to tho American merchant mar ino in the first seventeen days of May. Last Wednesday four wooden hulls were launched, totalling 14,500 tons, probably the greatest amount of wood on tonnage ever launched in a single day In tho history of American yards. Tho four ships were tho Pascagould, 3,500 tons; Pascagoula Miss, tho first woodon launched for tho shipping board In district five, comprising tho states of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana; tho Kuwa, 3,500 tons, St. John's, Ore; Dlackford, 4,000 tons, Aberdeen, Washington, and ono of 3,500 tons at Houston, Tex. Nono of the fifty or more wooden ships has boon completed nnd delivered because of a shortage of boilers. Tho shipping board is making a survey of tho boller mnking plants of tho country In an effort to speed the output to keep pace with tho shipyards. Mrs. Potter Palmer's Will Chicago. Mrs. Potter Palmer.'s wlji has been filed in probate court. It disposes of an estate of approximately $l,G0O,000 which she held in her own right. The ostato of her late husband, esti mated at over $20,000,000, which was held by her in trust, is disposed of under tho Potter Palmer will which gives the income of tho estate at Mrs. Palmer's death to her two sons, Honore and Potter Palmer, Jr., and at their death the estate goes to their wives and children. The estate has turned out to be much larger than had pre viously been estimated. It is declared that $20,000,000 Is a conservative esti mate. Vould Expel, the Senator Milwaukee. The Wisconsin loyalty legion has filed petitions bearing thou sands of names of Wisconsin citizens nsklng tho expulsion from tho United States sonnto of Senator Robert M. La folIeKe. Tho petitions, which were filed with tho senato committee on privileges nnd elections, object to La follotto's presence In tho sonnto on account of his nttltudo on tho wnr and assent thnt his actions havo reflected on the reputation of Wisconsin ns a patriotic state. Practices AH He Preaches Washington, Pood Administrator Hoover practices what ho proachew, not only In food conservation, but in other measures to help win tho war. Ho has sold his largo automobile, dis charged his chauffeur and began oper ating a Email car himself. "I could not think of withholding n man from industry who should bo building ships," said tho food ndmlnls trator. Fifth Winter of War Homo, Switzerland In a speech bo fore tho Wuettemborg diet. Horr Haus mann. ono of the lendorH of the pro gressive party, said that o fifth win ter of war was now inevitable. Gormans must make up their mindB to faco disappointment, ho snld, in stead of obtaining tho victory hoped for during tho summer. Tribute Paid to Canadians Toronto Trlbuto to "Btiporb cour age, fortltudo nnd horoism" of Cana dian soldlors on European battlofiolds wob paid by Ellhu Root, former socro tary of stato of the United Statos at tho Canadian club nftor ho had ro colvod an honorary degree of doctor of laws at tho university of Toronto. Lord Reading, British ambassador to tho United States, upon whom was conforred tho same degree, declared that "our fortunes in the war aro not exactly In tho samo balance, but they are being severely tested." C. J. Mustion Wool Commission Co. I6th & Liberty St., Stock Yards Station ' KANSAS CITY, MO. THEPAXTON HOTEL Omaha, Nabraika EUROPEAN PLAN Rooms from 11.00 up single, 75 cents up double. CAFE PRICES REASONABLE Caih for Old Falls Teeth poj-yt natter U broken. - 1 pay IP to lib per ceu alto cash for old gold, sIlTor, platinum, dental cold and old sold Jewelry. Will lend eaau by retorn mail nnd will bold good 10 daya for lender' approval of my price. auUBnr,ixpf,i.ioojB.lUbt,rkii.j, W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 21-1918. BOY PROBABLY TOLD TRUTH Chances Are There Was Good, Hard Bottom to Slough if Traveler Had Reached It. Occasionally thero nre times when n lie is the truth. The following story Illustrates that paradox: In Oregon there nre many sloughs of mud or quicksand which nre diffi cult nnd dnngerous to cross. A cor tnln Methodist missionary In that state, in the course of his travels, camo to a slough which looked so formi dable that he called a boy, who was chopping wood on the other side, and said : "Hoy, is that n safe slough to cross?" "Oh, yes." "Has It a good hard bottom?" "Oh, yes," snltl the boy. Tho man started to cross; his horso mired, and lie hud to dismount and wade out. Naturrlly he was angry. . "Why did you He to me?" ho demand ed. "Didn't you say the slough had o good hard bottom?" "Oh, yes," snld the boy, "ttie bot tom Is good nnd hard, but you didn't 'get down to It !" Methodist Centennial ISulletlu. Oh, Well, She Didn't Believe It. "Mrs. JagMiy says Mr. Jagsby hnd a brand new excuse for staying out lute lost night." "What was It?" "lie said he was unavoidably delay ed because n largo body of troops were marching through town In close for mation, from one railroad station to another, nnd he couldn't budge until the entire 100,000 men, more or less, had passed a given point." Blrmlng ham Age-Herald. Prussian Confidence Game. "Is that plausible person pro-German?" "I don't think he Is as much pro' as he Is 'con.'" One Exception. "He handles his subjects without gloves as all men ought to do." "All men? How nbout n lineman?" o Saving of 'Sugar, Saving of Fuel. " Use or other Grains wiihWheat -No Waste. GrapA answers every demand. Its an and deli cious food,a bund er and maintainer of Vigor and Health. Try it "Thereto a Reason .mPhJI 'T W V X i TBH: