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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF I! y vImJ iiy V N m KU "V ( ?; V w m IS I J1 IV ( .! Vl-I n K3. t 'iM i k j it r r to rn v, v lav 7i ' ?V 5 I F' V") 8:i K' ft. ft- 4 1 ft T CNATE VOTES UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE DILL NOW IN JOINT CONFERENCE Work or Fight Clauoo Written In Dy the Senate Is Approved By 40 to 29 Washington. The manpowor 1)111 bringing within tho nnny draft all men from eighteen to forty-flvo years old lias passed tlio sonnto with u modified work-or-llght clnuao. All efforts to change tho ago HniltH or to dlroct sop cirato classification of youtliH under twenty-ono failed and tho measure now goes to tho conforonco between tho houso and sonato with no dlffcrcnco for serious controversy except tho work-or-fight provision. Tho sonato was recorded unanimously for tho bill. Senator Gore, who cast tho only negn tlvo voto on the roll call, withdrew lb and wbb excused from voting. Thoro wore scvcnty-llvo ufllnnatlvo votes. Tho work-or-flght amendment writ t.on by tho senato military committeo was approved by a voto of 40 to 29 with an amendment providing thut It ehall not apply to strikers who return to work and submit their demands to tho war labor board. Tho test camo on n motion by Senator McKollar of ronncHsco to Btrlko out tho clauso nfter tho modification proposed by Sonator Cumrnlns of Iowa, had been adopted 73 to 0. Vigorous Hupport for tho "work-or-flght" clauso was glvon by Sonator Polndcxter of Washington, who said, "so-cnUcd labor loaders" opposing tho section do not truly represent Ameri can working mon. Ho expressed tho opinion that a majority of working men do not seok any special privilege or exemption under tho draft law and resent tho activity of union leaders. Another Mexican Outbreak Nogales. Ono American officer fell fighting in tho streets, ono civilian was killed, another officer soriously wound ed and between ten and twenty Ameri can soldiers killed during a skirmish which took placo along International avenue between American troops and Mexicans in Nogales, Sonora. Approx imately fifteen Americans woro wound ed Including Lieut. Col. Frederick II. Herman, who was shot through tho right leg, but continued in command on crutches. Tho dead lncludo Capt. J. D. Hungerford, killed In notion. The civilian was Gaston Rcddock. Llout. Luko W. Loftus was seriously wound ed.. Other officers wounded woro Capt. Henry C. Cnron, Saratoga Springs, N. Y., and Lieut S. Lockwood, Nogales. The fighting followed offorts of a Mex ican custom olllclal to smugglo a countryman into tho United States. An American sentry attempted to stop him. Two Moxlcans fired at tho Ben try across tho street, striking him in tho right arm. Tho lire was returned by American patrols and ufter Mexi cans had rushed from nearby build ings and started shooting across tho line from behind buildings and walls, Mio llriug became general. Flour Restrictions Relaxed Washington. Universal war bread for all nations arrayed against tho cen tral powers, is provided for in now regulations announced by Food Ad ministrator Hoover under which wheat flour restrictions in tho United States ro relaxed, and tho allies given bread containing moro wheat than they havo had slnco the early days of tho war. Tho regulations aro effective Septem ber 1. WhentlesB days and wheatloss meals will bo discontinued then. All bread made after Soptomber 1 for tho Miles will be mado of mixed flour con taining 80 por cent wheat and 20 per cent substitute cereals. All baking regulations in conflict aro rescinded. Ambassador Page Resigns Washington. Waltor HInes Pago of Garden City, N. Y., ambassador of tho "United States to Groat Uritnln, be cauBo of ill health, has submitted his resignation to President Wilson who 'has nccopted it. Tho fact that tho res ignation had been accepted boramo known unolllclally after tho news that it had been tendered had como In n dispatch from London. Ambassador Pago has been tho representative of the United States at tho court of St. James slnco April 21, 1913. Boforo his appointment ho was editor of tho World's Work. Hearing on Revenue Bill Washington. Hearing on tho new war revenue bill is arranged for. All industries will bo asked to appoint representative spokesmen to avoid duplication of evidence presented, but any ono desiring to bo on hand will bo invited to attend. Conclusion of the senato committeo hearings with lag n week Is hoped for, but If neces sary tuoy will bo prolouged to ton days. INCREASE AGE L 1 M I Turns Down Plea of I, W. W. Chicago. Federal Judgo Landls overruled a motion for an arrest of Judgment in tho easo of 100 I. W. W. leaders recently convicted of conspi racy to interfere with the goorn rr.ent's conduct of the war nnd reserv ed his decision on a motiou for a now trial. The prisoners, who havo boon In Jail for moro tliun a week, woro brought Into the court room haudeiilfod in pairs. Later relatives and friends of the defendants, mostly women, woro i tax on (Jallclan Jews and tholr oxpul ' " ' slon fiom tho country. CLEAR CUNARD LINE Time la Coming When Germany Must, Pay for tho Greatest of Mod crn Crimes Now York. Tho Cunnrd steamship company cannot bo hold llablo for loss of life and proporty in tho torpedoing of tho Lusltanla by a Gorman subma rine, according to n decision handed down In tho admiralty branch of tho United States district court by Judgo Julius Mayer. "Tho cause of tho sinking of tho Lu sltanla was tho Illegal act of tho Im perial German government, acting through its instrument, tho submurlno commander," declared Judgo Mayer, who held tho fault thereof must bo laid upon thoso who aro responsible for tho sinking of tho vessel in tho le gal as woll as moral sense." In dismiss ing suits ngalnst tho Cunnrd lino, ag gregating nearly $1,000,000, brought by rolntlvos of persons who drowned on tho Lusltnnla on May 7, 1915, Judgo Mnyer assorted that "It Is not to bo doubted that tho United States of America and her allies will woll re mombor tho rights of thoso affected by tho sinking of tho Lusltnnla, and when tho time Bhall como will seo to It that reparation Bhall bo mado for ono of tho most Indofenslblo acts of modern times." Judgo Mayor dismissed tho claim that tho Cunard lino was ncgllgont with tho conclusion thnt tho captain and mombors of tho crow took ovcry precaution Justified by tho then known fncts, both boforo and after tho vos sol was torpedoed. Judgo Mayer declared that proof brought out In this Investigation, which covered a year, is conclusive that tho Lusitanlu was not and never had boon armed and that on tho voy ago on which sho was on, did not carry explosives. Ho held that tho emer gency equipment measured fully up to maratlmo requirements and declared that while there was considerable con fusion on tho liner after sho was tor pedoed, tho etllcers and tho greater part of tho crow "acted with that mat ter of fact courage and fidelity to duty which is traditional with the mon of tho sea." Cut Auto Production Washington. Manufacturers of pn& scnger automobiles and repair parts havo agreed with tho war industries board to limit production during tho Inst six months of 1918 to 2G per cent of tho total production in 1917. To permit this production tho board gavo uotico that It will extend preferential treatment for obtaining of material necessary to "match up" tho stock on hand. Plants having nn excess sup ply of steel on hand aftor completing tho permitted construction according to tho terms of tho agreement, will bo required to turn over tho surplus to others plants. Tho agreement means tho cutting of nutomnbllo production during tho last half of tho present year at least CO per cent. No Concessions to Spain London. German newspaperB say tho situation between Spain and Ger. many 1b critical, but that Germany can mako no concessions with regurd to her submarine wasfaro. Tho Taeg lische Rundschau admits tho begin ning of a conflict whroh may affect tho position of both Mexico and Argentina. "Tho complaints of Spain mean an admission In favor of tho entente pow ers," says this newspaper, "and Spain's threat means a step away from tho path of neutrality desired by tho Span ish people Tho Spanish noto must bo considered by the German peopln ns an unfriendly act." Tho Lokal Anzol ger says thnt Spain must acknowledge tho conditions which compelled Ger many to resort to submarlno warfare. Not Enemies of Russia Archangel. An official announce ment Issued by tho nllled governments in tho northern region of Russia de nied tho statement rocently mado by Lenlno and Trotsky that Great Brit aln, Franco and tho United States were enemies of Russia. Tho alllod mllHnry action, the unnounconiont ad ded, was aimed at tho expulsion of tho GcrmanB from Russian territory and tho suppression by forco of nrms of tho Brest-Lltovsk treaty. Col. George Harvey Indicted El Paso. Col. George Ilarvoy, edi tor of tho North American Rovlow, is named as ono of tho defendants In nn Indictment for criminal libel returned by tho grand Jury of Socorro county. Tho indictment was based on a lottor which was published In tho August number of tho magazlno and which, It Is nlleged, Incorrectly represented conditions in New Mexico. Bombs Fall Upon Karlsruhe Amsterdam. A telegram from Knrls rhuo to tho Frankfurt Xeltung says that ten British airmen bombed Knrls rhuo. Most of tho bombs fell in tho open country resulting In considerable damago to private dwellings In ono placo. Nino persons were killed and six Injured. Five of tho attacking air planes, according to tho telegram, weifc destroyed. Dragging Jew3 Into Prison Amsterdam. Jews for homo time past havo been rounded up In various parts of Hungary. Struts nro barri caded and Jews are dr.igged to prison. Thoso measures ospc, u.lly wero di rected against the Jnwn lu Gallela from whom largo turns of money wero tnkon as a special ta. after which they woro escorted to the frontier, Premlor Wekerlo attempted to Justify tho numn. uroH by declaring that ho had given orders for tho Imposition of a special ABIGSTOGKMOVEMENT Heavy Shipment From the Northwest Is Taxing the Burlington to Capacity Tho Btock movement from tho sand hills, the short grass country and the mountain range country, northwest, la I now on and tho liurlington railroad is i being taxed to handle tho movement. There seems to be no great scarcity of cars or motive powor, but tho busl l ness is so heavy that tho capacity of ! tho railroad is taxed. Tho company has i beeu doing improvement work on Its j Wyoming district, and many men havo i been shipped there, who work n few I days and then leave. These men add i to the burden of transportation and I also fall to assist it In getting needed work done. Orders received nt tho Nebraska headquarters of tho co-operating pub lic employment bureau at Omaha stato that Nebraska within tho next few wcoku or a month must furnish 8,180 men for cssontlal war work in the ship yards, railroads, munition factorlos and other war activities. The order Is presumed to rofer to tho NebraBkn quota of tho 1,000,000 moro men for war industries which tho government wnnts at once. Stato Director Kloffncr Bays it is possible that tho bureau will havo to stop into tho mcrcantllo estab lishments throughout the stato and take mon considered engaged in non essential employment nnd send them on to tho government work. "It is likely that wo will get authority to draft thoso men for tho war Industries through tho increase in tho draft," ho said. That prosperity prevails among fnr mors of western Nebraska is attested by a letter rocelvcd by Mayor Smith of Omaha from K. L. Pierce of Hem mlngtord in which nn offor is mado in behalf of citizens of tho community to send a carload of potatoes to the metropolltj for distribution nmong tho poor. Tho letter Btntos that, "as wo havo no poor of our own, wo wish to send a carload of spuds to Omaha for your needy poor." Over 50,000 more men will register under tho now man power act in No braska than registered under tho se lective draft law passed at tho out break of tho war, which fixed the draft ages from 21 to 31. Tho now man power lnw provides for tho regis tration of all men from 18 to 45 years of ago. Estimates Indlcuto that approximately 177,000 Nebraska men will roglster under tho new act. Attention or all persons who send mall to tho boys in Franco is cnlleil to tho fact that letters should not be addressed with tho abbreviation A. K F ns it Is apt to become confused with tho Australian Expeditionary Forco. Tho word "American" mut bo spelled nut in full in writing Amer ican Expeditionary Forces, if delays aro to bo avoided. Captain C. E. Adams of Omnlm. 71, elected head of tho Grand Army of tho Republic at Portland, Ore., Is one of tho best known business men In Nebraska, having been In business In this stato for forty years. For years ho was In tho banking business at Su perior. Ho served during tho civil war with a regiment of artillery from Wisconsin. Owing to tho fact that referendum petitions involving tho measure, tem porarily suspended it, Nebraska wom en wero unablo(to voto at tho recont primaries. Women of tho stato will not bo nblo to take advantage of tho partial suffrage taw enacted by the 1917 legislature until tho caso.ls set tled In tho courts. A delegation of South Omaha stock men wero in Washington recently urg ing Director General McAdoo to Inter vene in bohalf of aiding tho shipment of thousands of cnttlo from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and other southern Btutes to the long grass country in Nobraska. It Is believed the request will bo granted. Word has reached tho Nobraska headquarters of tho Y. W. C. A at Omaha that tho big war fund drive, November 11 to 19. will be for the Y. W. C. A., tho Wnr Camp Com munlty Service and tho American Li brary Association. The united hallos plan to raise $133,500,000 In nil states. Tho York County Commercial i lub is mnklng an offort to havo a seitlon of tho Lincoln highway pass through tho county and tho city of York, If n chango is mado in tho route of tho thoroughfaro west of Omaha. A reso lution has boon sont to tho highway association nt Detroit, Mich. Nebraska's gain in county agents during tho past year surpassi-s all other agricultural states In tho union. Figures show that 80 of tho stat-'s 93 countioB havo county agricultural agents, and 10 of the 93 havo u union agents to work with tho farm w-imon of the countlos. Tho prleo of alfalfa hay at tho South Omaha stock yards has ad vanced to $ 10 a ton, or two cm its a pound. Pralrlo hny is selling at $35 a ton. The Peru Normal has been recog nized by tho. War dopartmont as a school In which a student army train ing corps will bo Incorporated Ono hundred nnd fifty acre- ,,f nl falfa land near Arnold sold r- untly for $125 per nro. A reeonl price for Custer county land. Both houses of congress have j msed a bill appropriating $10,000 f.r the Greeks who Buffered tin tho South Omaha rials in llJOi). . During tho months of July and An rust a total of 11.231,010 pounds of i.ugar was used In this btato for all pur;josi3. ' I JoffcrBon county's whent crop this year averaged 21.5 bushels to tho ncie, measuring up the ten-year aver j age. I In tho vicinity of Table Rock four farms, totaling 480 acres, wero re- ' ccntly sold for nn aggregate of I $58,000. Columbus now has a new lire sta- i tlon with two paid firemen on duty j d.u and night. Two auto trucks arc ! part of tho equipment. Percy Vinnlng of Beatrice has re cently been wounded for tho bccoiuI tituo whllo fighting In Franco. He was flr-t wounded last March. In an automobile accident near A' bion, Doll Roberts, ngo 19, was killed and John Knutzman and Lavemo Clay, ton wore soriously Injured. A, prospectivo customer dropped n cigarette stub into a gasoline leak at a I'llger garage, causing a ilro which destroyed the building and contents A municipal Ice plant Is n reality In Omaha. Tho product will retail for thirty cents a hundred, against fifty cents charged by tho independent com pany. It is estimated that approximately 2,000 Nobraska youths who havo be come 21 years of ago Blnce Juno 5 registered last Saturday for military service. Omaha Is In lino for one of tho chain of trans-continental aviation landing fields to bo established by the govern ment, Is tho opinion oi Omaha Aero club ofllcers, Gorlng's new $75,000 high school building will bo practically completed when school starts, azA is to be one of the finest structures of tho kind In western Nebraska. Antloch, Nebraska's fastest growing city, Is to havo a Community club. The building will havo all tho con enlonces that go to mako up a mod ern community meeting place. Gogo county Is entirely free from bonded Indebtedness, having but re cently closed all outstanding claims against tho court house and Jail, with a $970 balance in tho latter fund. In tho opinion of Land Commissioner Shumwuy the proposed tax on trans portation of potash In the revenue bill now before congress Is a blow to tho potash Industry of western Nebraska. Rev. John J. Jennette, for twenty-flvo years chaplain at St. Joseph's hospital, i Omaha, Is dead. He was a pioneer priest and saw much of tho early life of the state and endured many hard ships. Germantown, a village of 275 per sons lu Seward county, Is raising pe titions to change Its nnmo to Galland, In honor of Private Ray Galland, tho first cltlzon there to die in sorvlco abroad. W. E. Gowen of North Loup was Internally Injured nnd his son George suffered a broken collar bono and frac tured ribs when n Santa Fe ,traln struck their automobile near Castle Rock, Colo. Bralnard experienced one of the most destructive llres in its history Just recently, five frame buildings be ing consumed. Tho excellent wnter works system only prevented a much greator loss. t Tho food administration has ruled that ungraded potatoes will not bo nl lowed on Nebraska markets. Potatoes must bo graded boforo shipment In No. 1 and No. 2 qunllho'S. "Field run" potntocs will no longer bo allowed. The government has selected tho Crolghton university at Omaha for military educational training. Five hundred students at the collcgo will take tho course, which will bo under tho direct supervision of army ofllcers. Nebraska farmers so far havo re sponded to the limit to every request of Uncle Sam and they will not re fuse his latest request, which calls upon them to sow 3,762,000 ncres of Nebraska land In winter wheat this fall. A large servlco board nt Odell. Gago county, contains the nnmes of fifty men of tho vicinity who havo Joined Uncle Sam's fighting forces. Tho board, which Is used Instead of u Hag. was dedicated Just the other day. John L Kennedy, state fuel admin istrator for Nebraska, says people of this staro need havo no fear of being put on a fuel ration. A recont Denver report Mating that such measures may bo resorted to. havo no foundation, ho said. Work Is progressing satisfactorily on n.inner county's oil well, and drillers aro much encouraged by piercing a llmostono foimatlon. No oil has been struck yet, liowovor, but It Is believed the precious fluid will be found. Producers nro to keep producing, railroads aro to bo operated and do. pendents nro to bo cared for, accord ing to now Instructions to draft board- nvor tho stato In regard to the clnsslllcatlon of registrants for war sorvh e The new community houso bolng built at Seottsbluff for tho benefit of einplmcos of tho sugnr factory and j their i.tnillles, will navo every muuurii conwnlenco. It will bo complotod In time for tho opening of tho cam pai'TM in October. A 1 hi tea' military company hnB been oiT.il zed at Norfolk, with 30 mem ber The girls aro to wear rcgula tlnn nnifouns and aro to undergo reg ular infantry drills. Tho company pl.n wi learn how to shoot rllloa nnd lie i iy for an emergency. I. iienant Manilorson i.enr oi ti )in ; robauly tho state's only ropro wii'lva In tho famous French Hying nri the Lafayette Escadrlllo, Is ro oii 1 to lnivo mot death In France Julv 15. Tho dead aviator was a wpVw of tho lato General Mandor on Ills father Is county dork ol lonne coi'r'" MVE MOTOR CORPS WAR DEPARTMENT CREATES IT AS SEPARATE UNIT TO SPEED TROOP MOVEMENT Includes All Equipment of the Various Corps Except Tanks and Cat erpillar Tractors Washington. In preparation for the moro rapid movement of troops and (supplies of tho American expedition- nry forces, tho war department ha'a 1 mado a sweeping change In organlza j tlon by creating a motor transport corps, taking over complete control I of all motor vehicles In the army, from bicycles to motor trucks. This servlco which has hoietofore been a part of ' tho quartermaster corps, has grown ' to such proportions thut it has been found necessary to establish It as a ; separato corps and Its further rapid expansion fs planncj. j Tho French and Hrltlsh armies long ngo adopted tho plan of putting their ontlfo motor equipment under a single i head ,nd experience In handling forces In Franco has demonstrated tho ncces ! slty of similar action on the part of j tho United States. All equipment nnd personnel In the various corps, with I tho exception of tanks nnd caterpillar tractors, is transferred to the new i corps, which is being organized by j Colonel Charles 11. Drake. Eventually ' his commund will consist of approx I Imately 5,000 ofllcers and 200,000 men. I Among the many advantages sought by tho creation of tho motor transport . corps is the more perfect standnrdl ' zatlon of equipment, resulting in j greater efllcleney of drivers and parts. I Tho problems in supplying parts and making repairs will be greatly aim- uliflcd. . Push Battleship Program I Washington. With Its destroyer program progressing favorably the ' navy department Is concentrating its i efforts on the three-year battleship i program, calling for sixteen capital bhlps to combat Germany's submarine warfnre. Material is being fabricated for the new ships. Slips aro being constructed at the Philadelphia and New York navy yards to permit bat tleship construction. Provisions havo been made to begin construction of capital ships at Concord, Newport ' N'ews, New York Shipbuilding company ' and the Fore River yards. Realization I that the delay In battleship building program threatens the relative posi tion of tho United States in navnl strength of nations has not been , forced suddenly on tho navy depart l ment. It has boon known from tho first that the British, Gorman. French nnd Japanese navies havo been in creasing their number of capital ships, while the United States has marked Mine. State Fair Will Be Patriotic I Lincoln. The Seinl-Centennlal State j Fair. September 1 to fi. has based Its program upon a iloslre to he of serv I Ico to tho government. It will preach ' and teach Increased food production and conservation of available stores ns It never has before. It will also show a larco exhibit nrcnared by the gov eminent, planned to give the people a Hotter understanding oi now the war Is being fought. Stress Is being placed on features that tend to (level ip better citizens. Urges Men to Unite New York. S. J. Konenkamp. presi dent of the commercial telegraphers' union, in an address before several hundred telegraph nnd telephone oper ators at Arlington hall, urged nil to unito in n strong organization so that tho possible return of the telegraph and telephone wires to private control at tho end of tho war may not find the employes "helpless to protect the rights which they have acquired and tho rights which they still expect to acquire" Prepare for Registration Washington Copies of iinolllclai advance regulations covering the rug lstratlon which will tnko place when the man-power bill with Its new mm limits Is enacted, havo been sent tc local draft olllclals by the provos' marshal general. Nearly thirty prill ed pages incorporate tho details of the process by which 13,000,000 men wlli bo enrolled. In iMu main tho rcgula. lions aro similar to previous rulos. Knights of Columbus Emblem Now York. Thousands of persoiib gathered at Coney Island for tho open ing of the week festival nrranged by tho Knights of Columbus for the bene fit of their war camp activities fund ihcurcd whon President Wilson fiom his desk nt tho White Houso touched n button which illuminated the Island. A service Hag which was unfurled showed that 128,907 Knights hnd Join ed tho colors, A Chain of Landing Fields Washington. A chain of landing Holds for tho accommodation of air pllntb Is being steadily built acrots the continent In a few states they al ready await tho flyers at Intervals of 100 niiVs. When complotod thoso well-marked, safe landings will bo to air pilots llko water tanks nro to traneontlnontal locomotive engineers or harbors aro to mariners. IloEldea nil and gas tho majority of the fields will supply to tho pilots shelter nnd limited machine shop facilities. AIRCRAFT FAILURES More Than Three Thousand Trained Pilots Are Waltlny for Machines Washington. America's aircraft program calls for 350 complcto squad rons of planes, and tho man part ot tho program already Is ahead of sched ule with 3,000 pilots trained. This In formation, given by Major Konly, chief of tho division of military aero nautics, and many other facts hitherto held secret, woro disclosed when thfl senate military command mado public testimony taken behind closed doors during three months of Investigating by tho aviation sub-commltlce. Gen eral Kenly told the committeo thero aro now thirteen American airplane, squadrons of 273 machines now In France, whereas there should bo 175 squadrons. William C. Potter, asslstnnt director of ulrplano production, said General Pershing had called for 25,000 planes by July 1, 1919, and had beeu told ib' was hoped to dellvor 18,000 to 20,000.' This mould meet replacement demanda of squadrons in the field. General Kenly and other ofllcers In, fact all of the witnesses apparently gave their statements with what Sen ator Reed characterized at ono stage as "brutal frankness," all being exam ined secretly nnd apparently without considering the possibility of tho pub licity now given. Personal criticisms were voiced with freedom. General Kenly and other officers confirmed reports that General Persh Ing stopped manufacture of Spad ma chines last year and recently had critlcibcd several of tho DoHuvlIand'a models forwarded. Expect Invasion of Rhine London. The German population along the Rhine expect an allied In vasion, in t':o opinion of a Dutch wo man who has Just returned to Amster dam from a small village near Honn an the Rhine. In a statement she said: "The impression gathered from what 1 saw and heard in Germany was ono of real despair. Tho German retire ment In tho west Is making the worst possible Impression. The Idea that Germnn soil Is to remain Inviolate has disappeared completely. Many fam ilies nro preparing to leave for central Germany. The ravages of nllled air craft are simply terrific. When you rend 'There was some material dam age,' It means that whole streets wero torn up, with a heavy casualty list to complete tho picture." Tho Germans aro fortifying positions along the Meuse river lu Belgium. Tho Germans nro digging extensive trenches be tween DInant and Glvet. Glvet Is ninety miles directly east of Uau paume. Railroads Show a Deficit Washington. Owing largely to big back payments of wage increases tho railroads under federal control in June reached an aggregate doflclt of $58, 959,000 in railway operating Income as compared with positive earnings of 198,909,000 In June, 1917. This reduced the total operating income for tho six months of government operation ending with June to $173,194,000 as compared with $158,203,000 in the cor responding period of last year. These figures compiled by the In terstate commerce commission show thnt tho government has lost about $290,000,000 In operation of railroads j during the flrst six months this year, I'ho wage payments in June under Di rector General McAdoo's order, ns re ported by about three-fourths of tho llrst class roads., amounted to $133,000, 000. Without this added expense tho railroads in June would have earned $74,084,000. Distilling Plant Burned Owonsboro, Ky. Fire at tho plant of the Green River Distilling company hero destroyed tho entire plant, 43,000 barrels of whisky and entailed a loss well In excess of $3,000,000. Tho whis ky alone was valued at $2,840,000 and the loss to tho United States govern ment in taxes Is approximately $0,750, 000. Tho blaze started In a pile of trash alongside tho distillery. Tho flro was spectacular In tho extreme, the flames mounting hundreds of feet In tho ulr. Every few minutes a blaz ing barrel of whisky driven upward by tho explosion of other barrels would rlso to n great height and then fall. Veteran of 74 Wins Race Portland. Colonel J. L. Smith of Detroit, Mich., sovonty-four years old veteran, hero for tho encampment of tho Grand Army of the Republic, ran flvo miles In thirty-six minutes nnd four seconds, defeating two veterans who ran n relay of a quarter of a mllo each against him, and also distancing several bay scouts who took up the race whoro Colonel Smith's mature competitors loft o,'f. Killed By An Explosion Buenos Aires. Tho American stenmer Grays Harbor, C59 tons, has been destroyed as tho result of a boiler explosion. Two of tho crow wero killed; tho othcra xvcro saved. Explosion on a Transport New York. Seven mon wero killed and a number Injured by tho bursting of n steam pipe nn an Amoiican transport lying at a dock hero. Four teen coal pasnors In tho auxiliary coal room were so badly scalded that w.Iiom rescuers mado their way to tho roun they wero dead. Tho transport, one :if the largest and most popular of the German liners boforo It was tnkon over by the government, has been l'i tho harbor for some tlmo undurKoiiu repairs. ts? i ., i tn-umwfci t uMt'Mm-!! 4. '--'' " ""!f'"" rSr;r """"' '"""'.TT--i