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VOL. XLVI. NO. 213.
OMAHA, THURSDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 22. 1917 TEN PAGES.
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HOUSE ACCEPTS
BONE DRY CLAUSE:
HITS 2HTATES
Lower Body Adopts Amend
ment Making Over Score of
Commonwealths Abso
lutely Arid.
FOUR MILLIONS
TO MEET RUNNING
EXPENSE OF STATE
Two General Appropriation
Bills Reported to House Make
Total That Will Slightly
Exceed This Sum.
In Times Like These
Sunday Movie Bill
Killed in the House
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.)
Here are some of the bill indefi
nitely postponed in the house to
day on standing committee re
ports: Putting speed limit on automo
biles. Creating a barbers' examining
board.
State grain inspection.
Permitting operation of moving
picture shows on Sunday
Full crew, bill backed by railroad
employes.
Consolidating Lancaster, county
clerk and register of deeds.
WILSON DEMANDS
KAISER RELEASE
CREWS AT ONCE
tP - -r-..!
NEBRASKA IS AFFECTED
Derisive Laughter Greets the
Members Who Hesitate Be
cause of 'State's Rights.'
SLOAN IN THE NEGATIVE
. IKrAn a Staff Correspondent.)
Washington. Feb. 21. (Special
Telegram.) "Bone dry, bone dry,"
cclioed lliroughout the house of rep
resentatives today and "bone dry" it
is, so far as prohibition states are
concerned, for by a vote of 321 to 72
the house voted to concur in the Reed
amendment to the postofticc appro
priation bill making it a crime to im
port liquor into "dry" states.
W ith the exception of Representa
tive Sloan every member from Ne
braska voted to concur in Senator
Reed's amendment, the result being
regarded as a triumph for the "wets"
un the theory that al rigid enforce
ment of prohibition laws and the ex
clusion of liquor for personal use will
bring a revulsion of sentiment in
favor of a larger personal liberty.
It is counted as one of the most
far-reaching prohibition measures ill
yean because it will make absolutely
dry states which now permit ship
ments in limited quantities.
Every effort to change the amend
ment was defeated overwhelmingly
Cfies of "bone dry" rang throughout
the house and the sentiment swept
the house until the last vote for con
currence' was cast. Members who at
tempted to explain that they were
prohibitionists at heart, but stood for
state's rights, were greeted with
laughter.
The amendment, incomparably the
most far-reaching prohibition legisla
tion ever approved by either house of
congress, would raiser an absolute bar
rier against the shipment of liquor
into fifteen states where it can be im
ported legally now and where millions
of dollars worth is consumed an
nually. It would add to the "bone
dry" territory about one-third of con
tinental United Mates.
Affects Twenty-two States.
Of the twenty-two states which will
be prohibition territory on July 1
when the amendment would be effec
tive, only eight have forbidden im
portation of intoxicants lor personal
use. The fourteen around which the
provision would erect a non-importa
tion barrier arc Alabama, Colorado,
Georgia. Iowa. Maine. Mississippi,
-Nebraska, North Dakota. North Caro
lina. Oklahoma. South Carolina, South
Dakota. Virginia and West Virginia.
Most of these have set no limitation
on the amount that can be brought
in f,-r individual use. but in several
cases the amendment would nullify
directly state statutes expressly per
mitting importation of stipulated
amounts per capita.
In addition, Michigan. Montana
and Indiana have enacted prohibition
laws which will put them into the
prohibition column, subject to the
provisions of the Reed amendment.
The amendment marks virtually
I lie only step ever taken by the fed
eral government, aside trom the in
ternal revenue laws, to extend its con
trol over the liquor traffic through
the s-tp.tes. It is the only important
lederal legislation affecting liquor
shipments excepting th Wcbb-Ken-
yon law, which merely gave federal
force to state regulations by provid
ing that no liquor shall be imported
into states which forbid its importa
tion. ' Text of Amendment.
"Whoever shall order, purchase or
cause intoxicating liquors to be trans
ported in interstate commerce, the
amendment stipulates, "except for
scientific, medicinal or mechanical
purposes into any state or territory
prohibiting the manufacture or sale
therein of intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes, shall be punished
(ContUiufil on Pur Two, Column Heven.)
The Weather
Temperature! at Omaha Yesterday.
Hour. Pea.
Comparative Loral Record.
HlahMt yesterday... SO 55 to It
lowest yesterday.... 22 J3 36 !
M.'an temperature.... as .44 as
Precipitation 00 .00 .80 T
Temperature "and prlclpttatlon departures
r-oin the normal:
Nurniel temperature 2n
Kx. ees tor the day "" ,
Total excess since March 1 151
Normal precipitation 02 inch
deficiency ror the day 02 Inc"
Z'nlt """!' nc "reb 17.60 Inches
"J " J1" rch 1 18.01 Inches
IJeflc ency for cor. period. M15. .86 Inch
Deficiency for cor. period, 1914. l.n inches
Reports From Stations at 7 P. M.
station and State Temp. Hlah- Rale.
of Wtather.
7 p. m. est.
fan.
Davenport, clear 28
l-enver, cloudy 42
Ues Moines, clear 24
lXMlgV CUy, cloudy.... 48
Lander, cloudy 3g
North Platte, cloudy.. 88
Dmahs clear. 24
Pueblo, part cloudy.... 60
Rapid City, cloudy it
Halt Lake City, cloudy.. 44
Santa Ke, clear ', , 4K
Bherldan cloudy 18
Slotin city, clear lis
34
31
4
12
64
88
4
30
it
30
18
TBtvH.iuc, part ciouay
"T" indicates traca of precipitation
It A. WJSLS. Jlelsoroloilst.
w l ' ' 7 pi' m. . I 4
vaaaMBBME P- m 22
CLOTHIERS DEFINE
THEIRPOSITIONS
Dealers Against Fake Adver
tising and Frown Upon the
Old Cut Price Sales.
ARE TO STAND BY WILSON
Community interests and good
roads were among tle movements en
dorsed Wednesday afternoon by the
Xebraska . Retail Clothiers' associa--tion
at the closing session.
They endorsed 1-ccnt postage, con
demned fake advertising, recom
mend that the clothiers co-operate
in their respective towns to elminate
cut-price sales out of season, agree
upon a clearance sale period, favored
the passage of the Stephcns-Ashurst
bill, favored the establishment in the
University of Xebraska of an exten
sion department, covering matters
beneficial to the retailers; vowed to
stand behind the president of the j
United States in his policy of up- j
holding the honor and dignity of the'
country at home and abroad; declared!
themselves in harmony with the na-j
tional dress up week movement. j
Change of Officers.
F. H. Barclay, Pawnee City, was
re-elected president, P. C. Perryman.
Ord, re-elected vice president; C. C.
Wescott, re-elected secretary -treasurer.
A change was made in the makeup
of the directdrate. Instead of having
but two directors to act with the of
ficers, a directorate-of six men was
made up, one from each congressional
district. They are as follows:
First district, O. N. Mag-ee. Lincoln. '
Second district, Ed Matthtesen. lilalr.
Third district, F. E. Gamble, Wayne.
Fourth district, W. G. Uhley. Fairbury.
Fifth district, Al Oalusha. McCook.
Sixth district, L. J. Fox, Scotts Bluff.
Omaha Again,
Omaha was again chosen as the
meeting place for next year, over
Lincoln, which city came into the
field as a stiff competitor. The vote
was 45 to 12, though for a time before
the vote was taken it looked as though
Lincoln had a good chance.
"Intensified Retail Advertising" was
discussed by Charles C. Percy, di
rector of sales promotion. Joseph &
Keiss company of Cleveland. He held
that a merchant must know the mes
sage he wants to convey in his ad
vertising, but held that is not all that
is necessary. "The ad is no good wis
less it has the proper attraction value.
If your ad don't get hold of the read
era," he said, "the copy is lost. Con
vincing sincerity is also necessary.
Xot only must you convince your
readers that you are telling the truth
yourself, but you must overcome a
certain prejudice which still exists,
because in the past advertising has
not always been wholly truthful.
Thanks to the Associated Ad clubs,
however, they are' doing a great work
in the way of promoting truthful ad
vertising.' Wilson Decides
To Ask Congress ,
For More Authority
Washington. Feb. 21. President
Wilson has practically decided to ap
pear before congress prior to ad
journment March 4 to ask for addi
tional authority to protect American
seamen and ships against the German
submarine menace.
While officials said today there was
a bare chance that he will not carry
out the plan, there was every indica
tion that he would make his address
either late this week or early next
week.
The president's position, as outlined
authoritatively- today, is that con
gress before adjourning should pass
a broad resolution giving him addi
tional authority. He has definitely de
cided what he will say to congress,
but that has not been made public.
Officials generally expect that sooner
or later arms will be furnished to
American ships.
Submarine Menace
Solved, Says Sir Edward Carson
London, Feb. 21. In, a speech in
the House of Commons today Sir
Edward Carson, first lord of the ad
miralty, said the submarine menace
recently had grown until its extent
had become grave and serous. The
menace had not yet been solved, but
measures which had been adopted, be
said, would mitigate it by degrees.
The navy figures, Sir Edward stat
ed,, showed that 78 per cent of armed
vessels escaped after a submarine at
tack, while only 24 pef cent of un
armed vessels escaped.
wnne not giving the number of
submarines destroyed, Sir Edward
said he had a record of forty encoun
ters with them during the last eigh
teen days.
Sir Edward informed- the Hnn
that an anti-submarine deoartment
had been established in the admiralty I
composed nf the mntt fVrrU I I
Composed of the most exnerienr4
and capable men in the navy. The
numner ot armed merchant ships had
been increased 47.5 per cent in the
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TO REPAIR THE CAPIT0Jsf
Item Included Oivingfjll
rnousana uouarsr
Old Str
BAN
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
Lincoln, Feb. 21. (Special.)
Counting in the general salaries bill
prepared by the committees last week
and the general maintenance bill rec
ommended 'by the committee of the
house today, a total of more than
$4,000,000 will be required to meet re
quirements of the two measures.
The regular appropriation called
for in the maintenance bill is $367,540
more than the bill of the last session,
but no comparisons can be made be
cause of special boards and commis
sions this session, which did not have
to be provided for the last session.
The universiay, normal school and
state aid bridge fund arc omitted
from the bill because they derive
their maintenance from a special tax
levied for their respective purposes.
The university levy is supplemented
by some direct appropriations to be
provided for m some other bills.
Repairs for Capitol.
The committee proposes to put the
matter ot a new state capitol directly
up, to the legislature and has incor
porated in the bill $50,000 for rcRairs
on the building. It is understood
that six of the eleven members voted
to put this in, but two more opposed
to the appropriation because it would
be a waste of the state's money to put
any more repairs upon the building.
Of the six who voted for the item,
two stated that they would oppose
the expenditures on the floor. They
voted that way merely in order that
the question might be presented to
the house at an early date. The full
committee, includes eleven members,
and it is believed a majority ofsthem
are favorable to a new capitol.
It is the general understanding
among the members of the finance
committee. Chairman Rieschick stated,
that if the capitol repairs item should
be rejecte4 by the house the commit
tee will then report out the Richmond
bill. Rouse RoJI No. I, for a new
building, to be i&1en up in committee
of the whole. Those who favor a
new capitol will 'try to have the
$50,000 for repairs stricken out.
Mileage Books Under Ban.
A radical departure from former
years is the inclusion of otic section
which forbids the use of railroad
mileage books by any state officer
or employe. Every person traveling
on business for the slate must buy
a ticket and take a receipt on each
trip. The receipt must show between
what points he travels. Moreover,
no money must be used at all for
traveling outside the state, except
upon a full and satisfactory showing
that it was necessary for the trans
action of public business. The bill
forbids the drawing of any warrant
for traveling expenses, other than as
specified.
The culting out of mileage books
and the restrictions placed on travel
ing outside the state are intended to
slop abuses which have been prac
ticed to a considerable extent in the
past. Some departments have volun
tarily ceased using mileage already.
License Money to Treasurer.
The food commission, fire commis
sion and all beards of secretaries and
examiners that live on fees collected
by themselves are placed on a basis
of specific appropriations, and all
fees collected in excess of the
amounts fixed will go into the state
general fund. A separate bill is
being prepared which will contain an
ironclad provision that all fees and
(Continued on Pi Two, Column Two.)
Fort Dodge Club Will
Give Big Military Ball
Fort Dodge. la., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) A big military ball to secure
funds with which to help members
of Company F and Company G, Sec
ond Iowa infantry, who cannot find
work, will be given here when the
guardsmen return from the border.
The ball is being fathered by the
Fort Dodge Commercial club.
Is Only Partly
In the first eighteen days of Febru
ary, the first lord of the admiralty
announced, eighty-nine allied and neu
tral steamers of more than 1,000 tons
had been lost, their total tonnage ag
gregating 268,000. This was com
pared with losses of sixty-nine ves
sels of 201,000 tons in the first eigh
teen days of January.
Upon the whole, he continued, the
country had suffered less privations
than any of the belligerents. The
total number of the personnel carried
across the seas by the naval forces
up to the end of last October was
8,000,000, he added. .
L'p to the end of October, also, the
"a1 'Tees had moved more than
9,000,000 tons of explosives and other
materials; 1,000,000 sick and wounded
mute uidn i,uvo,o'' norses and mules
more than 4,000,000 gallons of petrol
They had examined on high seas or
:.. i i , , -n . . . tM ur
in harbors 15,130 ships. In January.
iaai, ciuiic mi Druisn pons tney liad
examined 1,754 ships and the total
for February would not be less th
Ior January,
JSW
ON MILEAGE BOOKS
FIFTH NEBRASKA .
IS MUSTERED OUT
Boys Leave Service of Uncle
Sam and Depart for
Homes.
SO, DAKOTA HERE TODAY
Fifty officers and 58 men
prising the Fifth Xebraska in
fautry,
were changed from federal soldiers
back to the former status of. national
guardsmen at Fort Crook Wednes
day. Xo special cert nifti'iy or mili
tary pomp marked the change. The
only thing required eof the soldiers
was to sign the pay lulls and receive
their pay.
About $50,000 was distributed
among the Fifth Nebraska regiment
by Lieutenant Colonel McNeil of the
quartermaster's department of Chi
cago. The paying of the troops
started at 10:30 Wednesday morning
and by 4 o'clock in the afternoon all
the companies had been payed otf.
Trains awaited the soldiers and they
were immediately sent to their liuinc
towns. Only a few of the soldiers,
those who lived in scattered sections J
of the state, were allowed to go home j
individually.
Guns Go Overland.
Willie ail llie euuiuilii ill nils scni
m.:i -n : :
by train to the stntae arsenal at Lin
coin, five machine gun trucks were
taken overland.
Lec Eastlick, private in Company
If, Havelock, was the only soldier
not mustered out. lie is confined al
the hospital with a mild atlack of
dyphtheria.
The following officers on the staff!01 "e war a 1 s"",s "a"
of Adjutant General Hall were or. ,
dered to remain at the lort to take I
over all serviceable property of the
field hospital: Major A. D. Falconer,
Captain G. C. Teten and Major F. C.
Nicholson.
A telegram received Wednesday
evening by Captain James Evering
ton, senior mustering out officer, was
that the Nebraska Field Hospital, No.
1, of Lincoln, would also arrive early
Thursday morning. The detachment
consists of thirty-eight men and six
officers and is commanded by Major
J. F. Spiclman.
South Dakota Boys Today.
Following the mustetring out and
the deparjiire of the Fifth Nebraska
regiment, Fort Crook is again a va-,
cant army post, but it will not be
long, as the first detachment of the
Fourth South Dakota infantry is
scheduled to arrive there at 8 o'clock
this morning. There are about 850
men and officers in the organization
under the command of Colonel Boyd
Wales of Howard, S. D.
That it will not take over ten days
to muster out the South Dako!
troops was the statement of Captain
Everington. The regiment did some
of its "paper work" while on the bor
der and it is probable that it may
be mustered out even in a shorter
time. The Nebraska Field Hospital
squad will be mustered out before the
South Dakota soldiers are, so that
the army officers can devote Iheir en
tire time to the soldiers of the Coyote
state.
Twelve Companies in Regiment.
The regiment consists of twelve
companies besides a supply, machine
gun, headquarters and sanitary com
pany. They were recruited and come
from the following towns:A, Pierre;
B, Sioux Falls, C, Brookings; D,
Parker; E, Canton; F, Mitchell; G
Kedheld; H, Lead; I, Rapid City; K,
Lemmon; L, Aberdeen; M, Yankton;
machine ' gun, Faulkton; sanitary,
Rapid City.
The South Dakota soldiers are
claimed to have been the best pre
pared troops that went to the border
owing to the fact that they left at a
much later period tan most of the
other state troops and had time to
receive full equipment.
ITALIAN TROOP
SHIPDESTROYED
Berlin Reports the Sinking of
Transport Heavily Laden
With Men.
BUSY IN MEDITERRANEAN
Berlin, Feb. 21. (By Wireless lo
j Sayvillc.) A large number of hostile
vessels, among them an Italian trans
port crowded with men, have been
sunk in the tarred ione'ltt the Medi
terranean i during the last few days,
the Overseas News agency announces.
Other ships sunk by submarines arc
enumerated as follows:
"Two armed steamers of 3,000 and
4,500 tons, respectively, with impor
tant cargoes for Saloniki.
"Italian steamer Oceania, 4,200
tons.
"French steamer Moventaux, 3,200
tons.
"French sailing vessel Aphrodite,
600 tons, with iron for Italy..
'The newspapers," observed the
aitencv. "note that the real sulima
rinc successes undoubtedly have been
much larger, as the majority of the
submarines have not yet reported. In
addition the paralysis of neutral navi-
gation must be taken into considera-
i'J".
Oceanii Carried Wheat.
New York, Feb. 21. The Oceania,
one of the ships reported by Berlin
as having been sunk, left here Jan
uary 27 with a cargo of Erain for
Genoa. It was cleared by Benham
& Boyesen, as agents for L. Pit-
taluga, own r. Since tin beginning
unoer comroi oi inc govy, me n. ine
.. , . T . r .T
.i da&d. no idl as local 4K,tlllS Ut IMC
line know there were no Americans
among its crew.
Five Other Ships Sunk.
Paris, Feb. 21. The siflkii (; of the
following vessels was announced of
ficially today:
Miuas, on February lb; Skogland,
on February 18; Guisepre, tn Feb
ruary 18; Guitlo, on February 19;
Rosalie, on February 20.
Crew of "?ose Dorothea Safe.
St. Johns, N. F Feb. 21. Captain
Bradbury of the New F'oundlaud
schooner Rose Dorothea reported to
the owniys here today that the vessel
had been sunk by a German sub
marine and the crew landed at Lis
bon. The message sent from Lisbon
gave no other details. London dis
patches yesterday gave the steamer's
name as Dorothy.
The Rose Dorothea, which was re-
(Continued on l'asa Two, Column One.)
New British Order
Tightens the
London, Feb. 21. The Official Ga
zette today contains an order in coun
cil dated February In, for tightening
the blockade 'of the countries with
which Great Britain is at war as a
result of the German blockade mem
orandum of January 31, and similar
enactments of other hostile countries.
"Whereas, these enemy orders are
in flagrant contradiction," the order
reads, "of the rules of international
law, the dictates of humanity and
treaty obligations of the enemy and
render it necessary for further meas
ures to be adopted in order to main
tain the efficiency of those previously
taken to prevent commodities reach
ing or leaving enemy countries.
"His majesty has ordered that the
following directions shall be ob
served respecting alj vessels which
sail from their port of departure after
the date of this order.
"First A vessel which 'is encoun
tered at sea on the way to or from a
port in any neutral country affording
WILL ASK DICTATOR
FOR CARSITUATIOK
Chicago Board of Trade to
Demand Government Step
in Unless Relief Comes.
1.0.0. AND ROADS HELPLESS
Chicago, Feb. 21. It was authorita
tively stated this afternoon that unless
action adequate to solve the. car
shortage situation has been taken by
Friday next, the administration of the
Chicago Board of Trade will appeal
to President Wilson and congress to
take the situation out of the hands of
Ihe railroads and of the Interstate
Commerce commission as might be
done in time elf war, and place it in
the hands of a body with dictatorial
powers for the lime being.
In a public statement this afternoon
J. P. Griffin, president of the Chicago
Board of Trade, asserted that in addi
tion to 40,000,000 bushels of grain in
Chicago awaiting shipment, there are
from 50,000,000 to 75,000.000 more in
country elevators held up because of
the congestion here.
Completely Overwhelmed.
"I have tin hesitancy in declaring
that both the commission and the rail
roads are completely overwhelmed
and liave lost grasp of the situation."
said Mr. Griffin. "As a mailer of fact
the intervention of the Interstate
Commerce commission has been
harmful rather than otherwise and the
method of relief insisted upon, or of
fered by them has been fanciful and
without any substantial results."
The statement asserts that unless a
remedy is found the demoralization
will extend to all commodities. It
concludes:
"I am willing to predict that within
less than thirty days the commerce
of Ibis country will be prostrated un
less some laTgc and more influential
power than the railroads and the In
terstate Commerce commission is
placed in control of the matter."
' Cheapest Food Commodity.
Mr. Griffin said that grain is today
the cheapest food commodity in the
world. lie said that prices here at
present are but 20 per cent above the
level which has ruled during the war,
while "potatoes and produce gen
erally arc selling from 200 to 1,000 per
cent higher than the level of a year
ago."
"The distress at consuming points,"
he continued, "is clearly demon
strated by the prices prevailing for
spot grain. While the value at Chi
cago and other western markets is
moderate, grain for immediate de
livery in the east is selling at a pre-
tContlnued on I'airs, Two Column Four.)
in Council
German Blockade
means of access to enemy territory,
without calling at a port in British or
allied territory, shall, until the con
trary is established, be deemed to be
carrying goods with enemy destina
tion or of enemy origin, and shall be
brought in for examination and if
necessary for adjudication before a
prize court.
"Second Any vessel carrying
goods with enemy destination or of
enemy origin shall be liable to capture
and condemnation in respect of the
carriage of such goods, provided that
in the case of any vessel which calls
at an appointed British or allied port
for examination of its cargo no sen.
tence of condemnation shall be pro
nounced except on carriage of goods
of enemy origin or destination and
no such presumption as laid down in
article I shall arise.
"Third Goods which are found on
examination of any vessel to be goods
of enemy origin or destination shall
be liable to condemnation."
United States in Note to Ber
lin Calls for Immediate
Freeing of Captives From
Yarrowdale.
NO TIME LIMIT IS FIXED
Washington Officials Say Com
munication Will Not Be
Made Public. 1
REASON FOR NOT DOING; SO
Washington, Fob. 21. The United
Stales, in a note transmitted to the
Berlin foreign office through the Span
ish ambassador there, has again de
manded the release of the Americans
made prisoners on the prize ship Yar
rowdale. In the absence of a satis
factory response to an inquiry sent
recently it was decider! to demand
their immediate release.
No time limit for the release of the
prisoners was fixed. High' officials
said that the communication, which
was sent Monday, would not be made
public, as they did not desire to diveTt
attention from the main issue, sub
marine warfare.
Berlin, Feb. 20. (By Wireless to
Sayville, Feb. 21.) "All these reports
about American consuls and consular
officers detained by force in Germany
are malicious inventions, just as were
so many other reports we have had
during the last few weeks," said a
German official to a staff member of
the Overseas News agency today.
Amsterdam (Via London), Feb. 21.
The Frankfurter , Zeitung learns
from Berlin that the American memo
randum presented by Ambassador
Penfield to the Austrian foreign min
ister at Vienna leaves no doubt that
a rupture of relations will follow.
Special Train With'
Body of Funston
Reaches El Paso
El Paso, Tex., Feb. 21. The special
train bearing the body of Major Gen
eral Frederick Funston arrived at El
Paso at 4:.!0 this afternoon.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Arrange
ments for the military funeral here
Saturday of Major General Frederick
Funston neared completion today
with the naming of the honorary pall
bearers. They are: Rear Admiral
William F. Fullam, Brigadier Gen
eral William L. Sibert, Brigadier General-
J. K. Evans, Brigadier General,
Oscar Long, retired; Brigadier Gen
eral JoRn P. Wisser and Colonel
Beniamin Alvord.
It was exoected civil authorities, in
cluding Mayor Rolph, would attend
the funeral, which will be held trom
the First Presbyterian church. The
body will be taken to the church after
lying in state in the rotunda of the
city hall during the night with a
special guard of soldiers and police.
Drainage Association
Meets at Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge, la., Feb. 21. (Spe
cial.) The thirteenth annual conven
tion of the Iowa State Drainage as
sociation, which is being held here,
has an attendance of about fifty.
Technical papers on the work of the
engineers are occupying the pro
gram. Ihe association was banqueted at
the Wahkonsa hotel Tuesday eve
ning. K. U. ureen, secretary ot tne
Commercial club, acted as. toastmas
ter, and a number of prominent Fort
Dodge men as well as visitors were
on the toast program.
Mayor John r. Ford in his address
of welcome declared that Webster
county has increased the value of its
425,000 acres drained by at least $50,
000,000 with an expenditure of $2,5O0,T
000 for drainage.
Mrs. Turner in New York,
Gets Opera Engagement
Beulah Dale Turner, the Omaha
soprano, who recently went to New
York, has signed with the Schubert
company in its new engagement of
the light opera "Nina," which opens
March 1. The opera is by Leslie
Stewart, author of "Flora Dora" and
"The Silver Slippers."
For the present Mrs. Turner is to
sing only a minor part, but she is
acting as understudy to the lead and
has her music and costumes ready to
step into that part when called. Les,
lie Stewart, the composer, is said Ho
be very enthusiastic about her voice
and the Schubert people have given
her encouragement with respect to
her prospects.
Hummel Asks Resignations
Of Strand and Roberson
City Commissioner Hummel, head
of the park department, asked for 'the
resignations of John Strand and Rob
ert Roberson, animal . keeper and
caretaker, respectively, at Riverview
park.
"General neglect of duties" was the
explanation offered by Mr, HummeL
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