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r lr.A J. ( J-Wfc, RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF L DRA8TIC PLAN IS DISCLOSED AT WASHINGTON CONFERENCE WAR INDUSTRIES SHORT HELP Waahlnnton Say Help Must Be Found for the Essential Industries at All Costs Washington. Tho government la Scanning monopolistic control of the abor niarkot through tho employmont jwrvice after July ID, It wan announced following tho recent decision that nil common labor recruiting will bo feandlod exclusively by tho foderal em iployment service. The government later will tako over recruiting of killed labor and eventually that all labor In tho country will havo to bo obtained through tho employment service. This drastic plan of labor control was disclosod at a conferenco f the heads of the United Stntcs cm- P torment service system from all tabes, who wero bluntly told that tho Frar industries of tho country aro perilously short of mon" and that very department of tho government is backing tho labor department to tho C'-ihnost In tho gigantic undertaking of upplying labor for war work. It was Diado plain thnt tho situation Is such that no temporizing can be per mitted and that men muHt bo found for (tho shipyards, munition factories and thcr essential Industries nt all cost. Equal emphasis was laid upon the Set that tho labor shortage problem 111 not be solved unloss tho govern ment has the full cooperation of em ployers and employes. U-Plrate Onco In U. S. Navy New YorkThe commandor of the ,17-161, one of the submarines operat ing off tho American Atlantic coast, bM beon identified as Captain Ncu- itldjs who served five years as a fuuner'a mato in tho United States pavy, according to affidavits of of ficers and sailors on tho schooners flattie B. Dunn, Edna and Nauppauge, victims of tho submarine. Tho docu ments woro broughb hero by naval xosorvo ofllcors arriving from Cuba. The seamen who made tho affidavits (woro picked up by a southbound Amer ican stoamer after being hold prison rs aboard tho submarino for eight days and sot adrift. Tho American stoamer took them to Cuba, whore they woro examined by tho naval ro erve officers. The aflldavits givo do tails also of tho submarine's construc tion and armament. Government to Seize Estate San Francisco. Tho estate of tho ate Henry Millor, valued at ?40,000,000, and consisting of lands nntfcattlo in California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada, Is to be seized by tho govern ment for non-paymont of fcdoral in como taxoa nmounting to fG.000,000, following a docislon in United States district court dismissing an action brought by tho estate to provont tax payment. Miller transferred tho bulk of his holdings to a daughter and son-in-law somo years boforo his death. Tho government hold that Millor trans ferrcd his property in contemplation of death. Lieut. O'Brien Injured in Fall San Antonio Lieut Pat O'Brien, Royal British flying corps, who is in the United States after having escaped from a Gorman war prison, foil nearly 2,000 foot in an alrplano hero, but waB only slightly Injured. Ho was alono in tho alrplano over Kelly flold when it fell. Ho was taken to the smorgoncy hospital. Cuts and bruises aJ)out tho face and body woro his c&ief injuries. Nebraskans Get Decrees Chicago Among graduates from tin University of Chicago woro tho fol lowing from Nobraska: Ileatrlco Katherluo Anno Townsond; Kearney Amolla Lowonsteln, Mnrjorlo Pratt; Norfolk Lulu Ireno Durland; Omaha John Jeromo Brothorton, Mario Gonovlovo Hoye, Katherino Sadie Lontz; Ponca Bova Brydon HarrlB; Whitman Stella Louise Ecklos. Brians Pays Death Penalty Syracuso Alvah Brlggs, who has claimed Lincoln, Neb., ub his home, was executed horo for tho murder ot four people. Ho died In tho electric chair. Ho has never glvon tho umcd of relatives In Lincoln, nlthough at one tlrno named tho locality whoro ho had resided, ns being on Orchard fltroot in Lincoln. An effort wns made to savo him on tho insanity pica. Washington. President Wilson has approved a natlon-wldo compulHory work movemont to flupplemout Provost 'Marshal Crowdor'B "work or light" rog ulatlons and endorsed adoption by othor states of tho Maryland compul sory work law. Fix Retail Margin on Lumber Washington Tho war Industries board has announced now maximum retail margins for fir anil southorn yol low plno for tho government's emerg ency lumber requirements for tho por iod ending July 31. Tho margins agreed to by tho price fixing committee and tho industry rnngo from $2 n thousand to $12.50. Washington. Control In tho future (of all coal delivery priorities by tho ,wnr industries board 1b announced by jtho board and tho fuel administration. II Will Snun German Oclentlsts J Chicago. National prohibition fo 3 tho benefit of military and civil popu latloiiH nllko. the necessity of eacl county In tho Unltod States sending qtioUi of 20 per cont of Its medical met into army norvico, and tho withdrawn' of doctors generally from association after tho war with German sclontistF until Germany has purged itself of guilt, woro foatures of tho address of Dr. Aruiur ucan uevan or. uiuchro, just Installed ns president of tho American modlcal association. In his address Dr, Hevnn paid special tribute to tho work of Siirgoonucnorni uorgaH arm cauoi attontlon to the fact that tho army death rate has been less than ten pc thousand In tho mobilization and con ccntratlon camps. "Twlco as good n tho record hold by any country prlo to this time," ro Bald. Seize German-Owned Plant Pittsburgh. Government agents sclzod tho largo plant of tho Omsteln-Arthur-Koppel company nt Koppcl, one of tho lurgest German-owned concerns In this section of tho country. War rants issued for eleven oxecutlvo ofll cors of tho company, charges them with being enemy allons. All of the officers woro arrosted and woro lodged In tho Alleghany county Jail horo. Federal officials declined to discuss tho causo of tho selzuro and tho arrest of tho officers of tho company. Tho company manufactures small stool coal mining cars and other steel prod ucts and many of tho heavy stock holders aro residents In Germany at this tlrno. To Halt Further Congestion Washington. To check further In dtistrlal congestion In tho already ovor-liurdoned cast, tho government has prescribed a district In which It will permit no lncrcaso in tho volumo of wnr orders nor In tho numbor of plants handling them. This district Includos Now England, eastern and southern New York, castorn Pennsyl vania, Now Jersey, Delaware and east ern Marylnnd. This policy will tond, to creato expansion of industries irj coal mining cars and other Bteel pro ducts and many of tho heavy stocky hardship on tho eastern manufacturing area, nor causo unusual industrial booms olsowhcro. Installment Plan for Wnr Taxes Washington. Installment plan pay mont of war taxes is provided for in tho now rovenuo bill which is before tho houso ways and means committee. Albort It. Palmer of Now York, rcpro sontlng n largo number of corpora tions, urged that bucIi provision be made. Dotalls of tho schemo aro yot to bo worked out. Ho opposed a tax on stock dividends, contending that ex emption from taxes should not be based on capital becau-o of tho widoly varying revenues of companies operat ing along tho samo lines. Ho argued for a tax on gross Incomo which could ho passed along easily to tho con sinner. Maximum Price for Prunes Fixed Washington. Maximum prices ol 8Vi cents not to pruno growors and GV6 conts to growers of rnlsins for tho 1918 crops aro announced by tho food ad n.Inltratlon. Tho margins to various handlers of tho crops will bo deter mined later, after which rotail prlcos can bo computed. This will result In stabilized prlcos to consumers. Future selling and speculation will bo elim inated. May Revive Iowa Road Des Moines. W. P. Galloway, prosl dent of tho Iowa Sonthwostcm railroad, has asked permission to finance ro habllltatlon of thnt lino. Becauso Hie Burlington denied it switching faclli ties tho road has boon suspended $175,000, Galloway says, will pay foi tho right-of-way of tho old A. N. & S lino and got tho tho Iowa Southwostj ern working. To Play Ball In Hyde Park London. American soldiers and sailors may play baseball In Hydf park. Sir Alfred Monti, first com mander of works, has signed n permll giving this authorization. This is the llrat tlrno In history that a jrmlt has beon issued for tho playing of anj game in Hyde park. Ban on Wheat Speculation St. Paul Speculation in whoat will not bo permit tod under 1018 regula tlons of tho food administration, no cording to a reply by tho admlnlstra tion to a telegraphic quory by the editor of tho St. Paul News. The reply Indicated wheat speculation will not bo permitted at any time during tho war. Bomb Found In Mall Bag Little Rock. When n mall bnc. was dumped nt Searcy a well constructed bomb rolled out. The clerk rushed for tho door, spreading tho nows. Thero was a stampodo ol villagers who had collected at tho post ofllce. The bomb was turne I over to federal investigators. Non-Pnrtlstn League Defiant Bed Wing. Non-partisan loaguo banners and streamers wero flauntod In tho faco of Red 'inK desplto an or dor from tho county public safoty com mission. Sovontj automobiles enrry Ing loaguo members and their families paraded through cho principal Btroots botweon long rows of pacing home guards, although nn order of tho com mission forbade the parado and all other league Hctlvities. Mot a fow miles outsido tho city by tho Bhorlff, tho paradcrs paid no hood to his order to stop, and again at tho city HmlU BANK DEPOSITS LESS Quarterly Report of State Board Shows Part Nebraskans Have Played In Supporting War Drives. Nebraska's great record In support ing nil wnr campaigns Is brought to light In the quarterly report of Secre tary Tooley of the state banking board. Tho report allows that deports In tho 1)21) state bunks of Xvlirimku linvo decrensed since the (Into of tho Inst call, February 2,r, nearly ?2i,r,(H), 000 whllo loans linvo increased $10, 600,000. It In the first time In recent years that deposits linvo fulled to fihow n gain, and Secretary Tooley nald undoubtedly It could bo account ed for in tho fact-thnt lnrgo number of depositors have withdrawn funds in order to support tho governments war program. In splto of tho decren-o tho deposits are still $18,000,000 nbovo what they wero n year ngo nt this time. In reply to tho recent call of tho state defense council that the ofllclal lenders of the Nonpartisan league cease their activities In Nebrnska un til the end of the wnr, heads of the organization havo made known that they are preparing to Import a largo corps of professional agitators who will endeavor to put n little more nplrlt In the cnmpulgn for members In this stnte. Until tho end of !:c piesent critical wheat shortage, the opening of new commercial bakeries will not bo per mitted, according to nn announcement of tho stnte food administration. Any one Intending to open n bnkery Is re quested not to apply for a license be fore August 1. Land owners In the vicinity of Wood Lake, Cherry County, linvo been granted permission to drain tho lako by the stato dralnngo board, In order to raise wnr crops. The lake Is a famous fishing resort and will be re duced In area from about 3.000 acre to B00 ncres. Tho department of agriculture nt Washington Is giving n Nebraska mndo formuln of grasshopper poison country-wldo circulation. To mnko It tako twenty-five pounds of bran, one pound of arsenic or pnrls green, n half gallon of molasses nnd six lemons. The Cuming county hoard of super visors has gono on record ns being opposed to the holding of nny meet ings in tho county which nre calcu lated to promote discord and disor der nnd which nro not In sympathy with tho war. Tho Antelope County Council of Dc fenso wns ouo of the first bodies in tho stnte to call for registration of all citizens for fnrm work, preparatory to meeting any emergency thnt would rc-qulro- extra fnrm labor. Registration wa.s held nt Nellgh. Nebraskn G. A. It. members who nre colng to tho national encampment of tho Grand Army of tho Rcpubllo nt Portland in August will bo ablo to pur chase tickets good for CO days from dato of salo. Usunl Btopovor privileges will bo granted. Thero aro 1,105 tracts of land In Ne braskn upon which tho federal land bank of Omahn holds mortgage, ac cording to Secrotnry Bornecker of tho Stnto Board of Assessment. The amounts held by tho bank amount to $1,481,810. Governor Neville has received or ders from tho Wnr Department nt Washington to mobollzo 4,000 drafted mon from this stnto, Juno 21, for mil itary scnlce. This Is tho largest de mand mode on Nebrnska since tho be ginning of tho wnr. Work Is to start on tho new Lutn eran hospital nt Bentrlee in a few days. Tho structuro Is to cost $125, 000. Contractors ngreo to hnvo tho hospital completed In eight months. As soon ns It can legitimately bo dono tho nnmo of tho town Berlin, Otoo county, will bo chnnged to Otoe. The city council has voted In favor of tho change. Tho democratic stato committee pnssed n resolution .nt n meeting nt Lincoln aslUng Governor Xevlllo to stand ns n cnndldato for re-election. Tho consolidated school In tho Lewlston district has adopted plws for the erection of n SIO.ooO modern building. Bids wero opened nnd tho contract awarded for nn additional unit for tho municipal light plant at Syracuse. Tho executive committee of .the Ne braska Non-Partisan lenguo nt n meeting at Lincoln, voted not to enter tho primaries In August, but Intimat ed thnt an active part would bo taken in the November election. V. II. Bowman, Gage county, re ports thnt during tho Inst fow weeks four sets of calves have arrived at Ills place. All nro living and doing well. A modern country school building to cost about 5-1,000 Is to bo erected four miles northwest of Bancroft. Whllo excavating for tho founda tion of a vnult for tho Stockman Stnto bank nt Cozed, an oil stratum of black snnd was discovered similar to that found In tho vicinity of the city somo tlrno ngo. Citizens of tho town nro wildly excited over tho strike. Tho oil wns struck eight feet bolow the surface. A record for patriotism has been displayed by tho Nolan family of North Platte, who havo six stars on tholr scrvlco flag. Tho enlisted boys aro the sons of the late Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph Nolan. In order to comply with loan action sent out by the war department nt Washington fully two-thirds of tho draft boards of Nebrnska will hnvo to revlso their classifications to deter uilno If men havo been improperly given deferred classification. Nearly fifty counties in the state are below tho general average for Nebraska of J.'1.1J por cent In Class I. Tho state's average Is below tho national n vera go of 28.7 per cent, but this Is explained in part by tho exceptionally largo number of volunteers which Nebraskn furnished. According to statistics prepared by government authorities nt Washing ton, Nebraskn led tho country tho pust season In tho production of sugar beets. Tho tonnngo produced on tho North Platte project, amounted Inst year to 01)3,700. The acreage was 0,350 nnd tho value of tho crop $750,000. Tho total ncrcogo of tho country was only slightly over 27,000 nnd the totnl yield 205,000 tons. Omahn nnd Lincoln hnvo prohibited the salo nnd use of fireworks on the Fourth of July. Tho stnto fire commis sioner has nsked tho people of other cities and towns In Nebraskn to follow tho example. Mr. Rtdgell goes upon tho theory that It would be moro patriotic to use tho money for buying Liberty bonds or thrift stamps or for contributions to tho Red Cross. Running a newspaper and holding down tho Job as stato printing com missioner is too much for J. F. Web ster, publisher of tho St. Paul Phono graph. Mr. Webster bus tendered his resignation to Governor Neville us stute printer, uud will retire from olllco Just us soon as his successor is appointed. Saunders county Is making n rec ord in tho use of' flour substitutes. For tho month ending May 15, 78,174 pounds of substitutes were bought against (Kl.343 pounds of flour In tho county. Tho population of the coun ty is 22,000, giving nn average wheat flour consumption of less than three pounds for tho month. Jacob Thull, organizer for tho Non partisan league, was nrrested nt Ord on u chnrgo of violating that section of tho stato sedition law which re quires all persons in the stnto must bo engaged In n useful occupation If physically able. Thull Is the second organizer for tho league to be nrrested In Nebraska on this charge. A monster crowd assembled In Blnden to nttoml tho memorial ser vices held In honor of Lieutenant Grosvcnor P. Cnther, killed In action on the front In France, Mny 28. At tho close tho 2-l-stnr scrvlco flag was lowered nnd Mrs. Cnther, wlfo of Lleutenunt Cnther. removed his star nnd replaced it with a gold one. Tho state council of defense has is sued nn nppenl to the people of Ne braska to co-opernte "In nn effort to make English the solo medium of In struction In schools private or public tho langungo to bo nsed generally In speeches and conversations." Loafers In Scottsbluff county will find one of their principal places of habitation closed during tho early hours of tho doy herenfter. By orders of tho council of defenso all pool halls In tho county must closo except be tween tho hours of B nnd 11 p. m. Crop experts of the Burlington rail road disagree with tho governments estimate of 43,000,000 bushels of win ter wheat In Nebraska this year. Thoy predict the stato's yield will bo between 50,000,000 and 55,000,000 bushels. Nineteen head of horses and seven mules were burned to death and 400 tons of hay wero consumed when Ore destroyed tho A. Darling horso barn at Grand Island. Tho loss Is estimat ed nt nbout $30,000. Tho Johnson county council of de fenso condemned tho action of cltlzons of Elk Creek for pasting anti-Gorman plncards on tho business streets of tho town. Engine Inspector Leonnrd Erlckson wns killed and Fireman Byrnes ser iously Injured by the explosion of the boiler of n Northwestern locomotive Polk county's board of commission ers placed nn order n few days ago for 270 Springfield rifles for tho uso ot tho homo guards of tho county. Under tho direction of County Di rector, W. II. Thompson, seven thrift clubs havo been organized In tho public schools of Pawnco City. A total of $27,077.00 wns raised for tho Red Cross during tho recent drive In Cuming county. Tho county's quota was $15,000. Whent flour stocks nro being re duced to tho minimum In Nebraska, according to reports received from county food administrators by Stato Food Administrator Wattles at Omaha, and substitutes nro fast re placing tho old standby. Two loads of cattle shipped from tho Graham estate, nenr Crestnn, to the South Omaha market last week, put n new top price on thnt market. They averaged around l.fiOO pounds nnd brought $17.70 per hundred, nt tho round houso In Fremont. Tho kaiser's U-boats, operating off tho eastern shores of the United Stntcs, proved n great help to the Omaha navy recruiting station. On Tuesday of last week tho slnglo day enlistment record for tho stntlon wan smashed to smithereens when a totnl of 101 men enlisted. Bloomflcld experienced tho worst flood In tho history of tho town Inst week. The wholo lower portion of tho city was under water for somo tlrno, and residents wero driven from their homes. Several thousand dol lars damage was caused by tho flood I 1 (HOLDEN OF C, B. & Q. MADE REGIONAL DIRECTOR ANSWERABLE TO MC ADOO .Territory West of Mississippi Rlvor Divided Into Threo Districts Washington. Territory west ot tho Mississippi river was divided into threo tailroad operating regions with H. H. Uishton, director of tho northorn por jtlon, headquarters at Chicago; Halo fllolden, president of tho Burlington, dlroctor of the central division, head puartera at Chicago, and B. F. Bush, k-ecelvor of the Missouri Pacific, direc tor of tho southwestern division, head quarters at St. Louis. Lator a district panngor will bo needed for the Pacific coast. This reorganization of tho west brings the numbor of operating roglons to soven, with a director at tho head of each, responsible for active manago pent of all ronds in his territory and nnswerablo to Director General Mc Adoo only in tho broadest mutters of policy. It is considered probable that no moro regions will bo created. 4 Central-western region includos tho lonowmg: Atcuison, TopcKn a aanin Fo; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific (except St. Louis to Kansas City); lines cast of El Reno; lines from El Reno to Chlcknsha; Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis; Chicago & Alton; Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Chicago, Terr Hnute & Southeastern; Chicago, Bur lington & Quincy; Colorado & South ern; Denver & Rio Grande; El Paso & Southwestern system; Illinois Central (north ot Cairo and Paducah); Los Angoles & Salt Lake; Northwestern Pacific; Oregon Short Lino; Quincy, Omahn & Kansas City; Southern Pa cific lines (west of El Paso and Ogdon, except north of Ashlnnd, Ore.); St. Joseph & Grand Island; Union Pacific; Western Pacific. Itajlan Subs Sink Dreadnaughta Romo Two Austrian dreadnaughta havo been sunk by two Italian tor pedo boats near tho Dalmatlon Is lands. Tho torpedo boats passed boldly through a lino of enemy de stroyers nnd nttacked In fleet forma tion. In tho pursuit which followed nn Austrian destroyer was badly dam aged. Italian light naval forces have thus disposed of threo of tho largost ships in the Austrian navy within a fow weeks. A short tlrno ago a mys terious Italian craft since described as an electrically propelled "sea tank" penetrated tho defenses of Pola harbor and sank nn Austrlnn drcadnaught ot tho Virlbus Unltia class. Wheat Harvest Is On Topeka Along tho Kansas-Oklahoma boundary thousands of acres of wheat Is bending under tho blade. Hundreds of farmers aro streaming In from Missouri, Texas, Oklahoma and othor states to help harvest tho victory crop of 1918. Hot dry weather of tho last few days caused rapid rlponlng of tho crop. Tho ripening is now spreading into tho central nnd northern part of tho state. Tho vanguard of tho city harvest hands organized in the recent recruiting drive Is oxpected soon. The yield In Kansas this year has been estimated at 94,000,000 bushels. State Blocks New Rates Phoenix Holding thnt thoy had not yet authorized lntrastato rates, tho commission prohibited tho uso of now passenger rate tariffs fixed by tho railroads under tho incroases granted by Director General McAdoo, so far as thoy apply to intrastate rates. Tho commission holds fail ure to obtain approval from tho .state board, makes tho now rates a violation ot tho Arizona state law. An Example of Profiteering Washington An oxamplo of prof iteering wns brought to tho attention of tho houso through n report of n real ostato deal In which buildings leased by tho government to a mar ket company wero sub-lensed to an amusement company nt $4,000 a yenr nnd ngaln suh-lenscd to tho govern ment for $14,000 n year. Wounded Americans Soon Fight Washington Eighty per cent ot tho Amerlcnn troops wounded In bat tlo nro bolng cured nnd returned to their forces within threo or four weeks. It formerly required months of attention In military hospitals. To Exempt Coal Miners Washington Exemption of coal minora from tho draft is believed im minent. Important regulations nf foctlng tho cntlro mining Industry aro to bo issued to increase tho Bupply of coal to meot war needs. Mlnotto Now Interned Chicago. Tho appeal ot Count James Mlnotto, son-in-law of Louis F. Swift, Chicago packer, was with drawn in tho federal court of np poals. This action formally ends tho young noble's opposition to intern ment May Yet Intervene Washington Intervention in Siber iaeither with force or with money (aid Is rapidly becoming a question upon which American government Headers will have to pass again . GAINED 55 POUNDS! Doan's Kidney Pills Effected Won derful Recovery After Other Ncdicines Had Failed. "I don't believe I would be alive to give this testimony if it weren't for Doan's Kidney Pills," Bays Mrs. Julia A. Thomas, 1123-A Misiouri Ave., East St. Louis, 111. "I was in a serious condition witn Kidney trouble; my feet nnd ankles were terribly swollen and the kidney secretions caused agony in passage. 1 had ter rible rheumatic pains and often got so dizzy I dared not walk for fear of falling. 1 felt ns if I would go frantic. I rrnw wnlf ni n tifthtf Mr. Thomas and often had to grasp something to keep from falling. My nerves were all unstrung nnd the least noise startled me. Nothing benefited mo nnd I was discouraged. A neighbor happened to recommend Doan's Kidney Pills and I began using them. The swellings and pains were soon cased up and it was but a short time before mv kidneys were in good shape ngaln. They have never bothered me since nor have I had any backache or other kidney trou ble. I have gained 65 pounds since I was cured nnd can do all my own work without suffering." "Sworn to before me." FRANK W. CLOVER, Notary Public Gat Doan's st Any Store), He a Bos doan's "ssssr FOSTER-MILBURN CO BUFFALO, N. Y. Guticura Promotes Hair Health ySop25c. Oistaat25ct50c American Dollar Flag Ban fait, rain proof TafTtto.S fett long doable-itltcbed eeiied ttrlpeai free cle arer by parcel poll on receipt ot fie tor? price. II ou. Including pole, toll end talranliM holder, II tv. bend tot freA rdlAlfttftm nr ftft itut 1tirlrwi We Dike more nnd belter than n other concern In the world, meet lauieat nefvre the war. AMERICAN FLAG MFG. CO.. EASTON. PA. KODAKS DEVELOPING PRINTING and ENLARGING LINCOLN PHOTO SUPPLY CO. (HASTMAN KODAK CO.) Dept K, 1217 O St. Lincoln. Neb. DAISY FLY KILLER ;"2?" anther.. all files Fut,ei4B, orntrntnUI, codtuiUdV ChMJ. Lutl til IMfOQ, M tdt et mUl, eta trptll or tip orert will not toll or Injur wylhlof. Gnu tot! ffect.T. 8oM by dUr, or 6 nlbr prii, prtpfctJ, for 11.00, HAJIOLD ftOMIRI. ISO DI KAL8 AVC. MOOW.TM, H.T PATENTS Wntlon K.Coleman,Wun Ington.D.U Hook free. II lab eat references, ileal remits. Receive German Paper Cloth. The llr&t snmplc of Gcrinnn paper cloth hns reached St. Paul In the form of n paper wrapper for n Germnn helmet sent to Sersr. MnJ. A. S. Klrk wood of the British recruiting mission ns n trophy of wnr. Tho cloth resem bles rnthcr fine burlap In nppennince, but on cutting the wrapper It wns dis covered tho strands wero of rolled paper. Sonic of these contain print, Indicating the "cloth" wns made from ordlnnry newspaper. It Is said much of this Is being worn by Genniuiy'i civilian population St. Paul Dis patch. FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER And using tholr feet more than ever before. For all theso workers the frequent use ot Allen's FootEttso, tho antlseptlo powder to be shaken into the shoes and sprinkled In the) foot-bath, increases tholr efllclenoy and In sures needed phjElcal comfort. It takes tbo Friction from tho Shoe, freshens tbo feet, and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet. Women everywhere aro constant users ot Allen's FootEase. Don't cot foot sore, gel Allen's FootEaso. Bold by dealers every where, 23o. Adv. Celluloid That Won't Burn. The soyn bean, whoso merits hnvo been widely proclaimed, may rid cel luloid of Us serious drawback, high flammnblllty. A celluloid substitute; which will not burn hns been mndo from this useful vegctnble, nccordlng to advices from Jnpan. It Is called "Sntolltc," being the Invention of Prof. S. Sato, and Is produced by coagulat ing the gluclne of soya bean with for maline. A company has been formed and will build n factory In Tokyo, from which production will begin nest autumn. Every woman's pride, beautiful, clear whlto clothes. Use lied Cross Ball Blue. All grocers. Adr. Air Raid Lights. During tholr recent raids on Pnrls German aviators wero greatly discon certed by rockets which the French sent up nnd which discharged, beforo dropping, parachutes with brightly burning fuses-. These pnrachutes dropped slowly nnd their fuses cast a brilliant glaro on the hostllo nlrplnnes, innklng them n good target fortho nntlnlrcrnft guns. Ford Owners A.tcn.ion! A POSITIVE CURE FOX OIL PUMPERS Ever-Tvte Ford SPECIAL PISTON RINGS stop all carbon deposits and fouled spark plugs. Increase compression and speed wonderfully. fit ron tiihsutis is six bojtih hi stTua is tusuuji uu on, Guaranteed to do tho work or your money oacu. $8.00 PER SET OF 8 RTNG3 Mvn-TrTs made In all tliei tot auto, tractor and naiollne englnea. Aifc joor neareat dealer or write THt ETHTKBT HJTM WW COHPAHT frlirtanalF. sr.U)UlS,,W W. N. U., LINCOLN, NO. 25-1918. rllliH AlA In i (J I in hi i in )' ic mm. .1 A Ni i I) JtStor ,. '-its- xwsjrw; '-'f ' ! '- w -( ! vn.-i - " -lW rtr.