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FOOD SITUATION IN GERMANYIS SERIOUS Travelers Leaving Teuton Ter. ritory Say Country Has Little Wheat to Last Until Harvest. (Br Associated Trm.) Washington, July 22. Quite differ ent in tone from the optimistic view expressed by the new German chan cellor in his speech t the Reichstag are the reports reaching the State department from persons coming out of Germany regarding the food condi tions and outlook in the central em pires. While this information, necessarily, is second hand, State department agents are careful to .forward only such news, as in their opinion demand credence. Standing out in strong relief in the eports is the statement that Ger many lacks no less than 600,000 tons of wheat to carry the population through the middle of August when the new harvest cm be gathered. The harvest also is very poor in caster Frusiia owing to the adverse weather conditions and even potatoes promise only a minimum production. Many -topis are starving in Poland. T 'on betv.een A tra and Ger many i declared to l.-ve grown, so that suspected Austrians are now being interned in Germany. The Centrist leader Erzberger is reported to have charged the govern ment with manipulating U-boat sta tistics, to have given warning 'bit the martial sentiments of the people is diminishing daily and to have advised the government never again to threat en German strikers with machine guns as had been done at btettm. Up to the States To Raise Men for Army Under Draft (Coatlnatd Tnm Tate On.) boards to ease the task. Federal judicial districts, the areas used for geographical distribution of the boards, are divided into two or three sections for that purpose and s sep arate board named for each. These district boards will have no function until the lo:ai boards in their territory have begun to certify to them the men found fitted for military duty physically and not burdened with dependents. The higher boards are courts of appeili, either for the individual or for the government against the finding of the local board. The question of industrial exemp - Hans has been turned over to these district boards. They will, be sole judges of any registered man's field of greatest service to the nation, whether in the army or in the muni tion factory, business house or other civilian occupation in which he it en gaged. There will be minor corrections to make. Until the official list is pub lished, however, no definite statement of the probable number cf revisions can be made. Indications are that it will be very small and that the tally sheets were Kept ao .carefully that practically perfect result was obtained immediately on the discovery of the missing number. .' 1 , Registrants will not be advised of ficially Jo appear for examination be fore local boards until the master list of the drawing has reached the local hoards. The names of those to come forward will then be posted and any man who fails to appear when noti fied will be promptly hunted down and the penalties imposed for at tempted evasion exacted. " , Word of the registration in Porto Rico carae today from the governor, who reported that it would far'eiccecd estimates, 104,550 men had registered when the count was made and addi tional cards expected by mail will tiring the final figure perhaps to 110. W . '. Registration in Alaska is proceed ing slowly and the total may not be available for some time. ' Nebraska Boards Warned. The following district boards were announced tonight: NebraskaDivision No. 1: Dr. A. ). Cameron, Douglas Cones, Frank A. Jvennedy, M. C. Feten and John Robertson. Division No. 2: Fred Ashton, L. B. Frye, Dr. George W, Meridith; E. M. I'o'ljard and C. Smrha. v Iowa Northern district: E. M. Cassaday, W. J. Egloff, D. G. K'etleher. T. J. O'Donnel and Harry B. Plumb. Southern district: William Coch. raue, N. D. Ely, Harry Honley, G. ! Tucker and Clarence Van Epps. Cornerstone of New Church Laid at Alma . Alma, Neb., July 22. (Special.) impressive ceremonies auenaea xne laving of the corner stone of the new . Kinf KfpthnHist rhnrrh Frirlav rvrn. ing. District Superintendent Kirk- patrick made the principal address and was introduced by Mayor Thomp son. The church will be completed for occupancy early this fall at a cost ot $iu,iw. it is a Dricx structure with half basement. York County Property Values Total 47 Millions York.: Neb.. . July 22.-(Special.) County Assessor J. W. Bamett's rec ord of the .assessment for 'York county for J917 shows: Horses, 04,495; mules, $229,765; cattle, $1, 258,395: hogs, $494,579; sheep and coats. $16,865; poultry, $61,165, auto mobiles, 1,913, $589,560; motorcycles, 47, $2,165; total personal property, $13,430,745; real estate, farms and lots $34,307,965. Kennedy Jones Says English Food Supply Assured for Year London July 22. Kennedy Jones, retiring 'director general ot, tooo economy, aeciarca in an interview to day that England's supply for the year was assured even if the present rate of shipping losses were main tained, . Take Care of Yourself.. If you want a clear head and good digestion you must not let your bowels become clogged with poison oui waste from the body, as is always the case' when you become consti pated. Proper food, an abundance ot water snd plenty of outdoor exercise should keep your bowels regular. When that fails you should take Chamberjain'a Tablets. They cause a gentle movement of the bowels and are easy snd pleasant to take. Adv. TO WED OHIO'S GOVERNOR Miss Margaretta Preston Blair, of Chicago, daughter of Thomas S. Blair, Jr., whose engagement to Governor James M. Cox, of Ohio, has been announced. Miss Blair has been actively engaged in war relief work. Hi '1 " J Mm.' ' ? 1 f 1 w ':'-,, a ;r M V ' - v f ST'Sy i 4 1 J I . f S (ZS y , ,' t I If' I (A f if v jh S ' ." "' V1 I I f :' 1 : A a 1 n ? i Immmuv.mm fi I t. UiiiUt . ,,,mm.l! SOCIALIST HEAD : ATACKS GERMAN SUBSEAWAFRARE (Cootlnutd From Pm$ Ou.) the speaker added, had broken down as was inevitable, Frederlch von Payer said that the new chancellor took the same posi tion on the peace situation as his predecessor and that the next two weeks would show what measure of determination Michaelis was ready to apply to give effect to the program laid down tn the Reichstag resolution. Herr Hasse, the,!, radical .socialist, made one of the longest speeches of the day. He attacked the govern ment's home and foreign policy and demanded immediate peace neeotia. tions, atonement for wronga com mitted snd the establishment of a so cialist republic His speech is dis missed with a paragraph. Herr Haase demanded the release of Dr. Liebknecht snd cries from the floor that the prison authorities were starving Liebknecht caused s tumult in the house. In the roll call the conservatives snd national liberals voted- solidly against the resolution of the major ity. Five members of the center party also voted in the negative. War Declared on Insects That Invade Gardens Lincoln, Neb., July 22.-"Wsr or-1 ders" to repel the myriads of insects that are attacking growing things in Nebraska gardens have just been is sued by the agricultural extension service of th University of Ne braska. , These "war orders" have taken the form of Emergency Bulletin No. 15, which contains complete information regarding the control of garden pests. In battling against the combined armies of cutworms, beetles, plant lice, bugs snd borers, the amateur gardener is advised not to use the customary gas bombs of the Euro pean battlefields, but to utilize soap, tobace;'"kerosene, Paris green, lead arsetyrfBordeaiuf mixture and other poisons m varying combinations snd varying proportions. ( The bulletin also contains full de scriptions of measures for the con trol of cutworms of. corn, cabbage, tomato and other plants; flea beetles, cabbage aphids and cabbage worms on cabbage, radishes and turnips; meton aphids on cucumbers and melons, squash bugs and squash-vine borers on squash and pumpkins, and plant lice on beans. The new publication (Emergency Bulletin 15) will be sent free upon application to the agricultural exten sion service, University Farm, Lin coln. , Five Deweese Men 'Fined For Illegal Fishing Orleans. Neb., July 22. (Special.) State Deputy Oame Warden John Q. Holmes of this city, made a gen eral clean-up in Clay county by mak ing wholesale arrests of men for il legal fishing. When brought before County Judge Logan at Clay Center. The following men from Deweese, who had twenty-three fish and three scenes in their possession, were fined with trimmings added: Frank Skul-ka,-$50; Charles Baer, $25; Henry Musick, $15; Joe Hartman, $15; Pete Musick, $15. The three seines were burned in the street much to the de light of the law abiding sportsmen. , -",---"-" Forty Bushels of Wheat To Acre . at Table , Rock Stella, Neb., Jujy 22.-(SpeciaL)- Threshing has commenced in the neighborhood around Humboldt, southwest of Stella, and a good yield of wheat of excellent quality is re ported. On the Frits farm between Humboldt nd Table Rock t yield of forty bushels of wheat to the acre is reported. Falls City" reports wheat of superior quality ranging trom sixty to sixty-four pounds to the measured bushel Bee Want Ads produce results. - THE BEE:.. vt GERMANAGENTS CAUSE OF RIOTS, SAYSKERENSKY (Continued From t One.) and of the battleships Fetropavlovsk and Slava, the names of which have been disgraced by the actions of counter-revolutionist, shall arrest within twenty-four houis the ring leaders and send them to Petrograd, for trial;; thus giving assurance of com plete loyalty to the provisional gov ernment. "I hereby notify the Kronstadt de tachmenta and cruws of these ships" the prder continues "that if this order is not carried out they will be branded as traitors to the country snd the revolution and that, most vigorous measures' will be. taken against them.. 'Comrades, the country has been brought' to the brink of a precipice by treason.. The German armies and ar tillery have taken the offensive on our front. At any moment a decisive ac tion may be forced by the enemy's fleet, which may try to profit by the confusion of the moment. Drastic measures are necossary once for all to put an end to tnl confusion." Villa Forces Reported Moving on City of Torreort Juarez, July 22. Villa followers, to the number of 6,000, under command of Francisco Villa and Canuts Reyes, are reported moving on Torreou from the north and the south along the Mexican Central railroad. Jlminet, 131 mile's north of Tor reon, which was occupied by Villa a few days, ago, has been evacuated by the rebels and general Francisco Mur guia has . moved his headquarters there from Chihuahua City. The cap ture of Torreon bv the rebels would isolate northern Mexico from the capitol. Reyes, who is reported to have 1,000 men, has recently been identified with the Felix Diai move ment, in the state of Oaxaca. President to Intervene In Shipbuilding Row Washington, July 21. President Wilson has made up his mind to in tervene in the ship building row and will take steps to resolve the situa tion soon after he returns from a week-end trip on the Mayflower. The president's decision to put an end to differences that have halted the government's building program, was made after he received yesterday a letter .' om Major General Goethals declaring the situation appeared hope less and the general would resign in trie president thought that would solve the problem. Alma Brothers Seriously . Ill in Military Hospitals Alma, Neb., -July' 22. (Special..) Two boys, Paul und i Herbert Rosey, recent recruits, are critically' ill in military hospitals, one at Fort Leav enworth, Kan., and the oher at Brownville, Tex. Rev. Rousey was called to Fort Elevenwortlt Friday, where his son Paul was to submit to a serious surgical operation, and'from there he goes to Brownville to see his other son Herbert, whoUs critically ill with scarlet fever. x President Visits Naval Base at Hampton Roads Fort Monroe, July 22. President Wilson visited Hampton Roads yes-! terday for the first time .since the United States entered the war against Germany. ' ' 1 . Accompanied by Mrs.lVilson hs ar rived on the Mayflower and anchored in the roads after an uneventful voy age down, the Potomac. The president is keeping in touch with affairs at the capital by radio. Anderson to Head Red i Cross Mission to Roumania Richmond, Va., July 22 Henry W. Anderson, an attorney and director of Red Cross work in Virginia,, will be head of the special American Red Cross mission to Roumania, for which a special emergency appropriation of $200,000 has been made, it was an nounced here today OMAHA? MONDAY. JCtT D.8. TROOPS ALLOWED TO KEEPCHAMPAGHE Expeditionary Forces Givery Liquid Treat by French Gov ernment; Soldiers Need Books, i (B; Associated rr-.) American Training Camp in France, July 22. This waS champagne day for th; ' .'icaii soldiers.. After a Ioiik discussioi. the 'can staff decided to Allow liie soldiers to ac cent the chau.nagne ana wines which the French government pre fcciited to tiu:ni July n, iju.tile day. The liauiJ delica.ies . were dis tributed during the fomiuui) and proved a welcome variation from the customary l.lterea water will) it slightly salty taste. Gift wine, how ever, was not the only vine drunk by the men who, their panels filled with the money lrom yesterday s pay day, .loon exhausted the normal wine supply of the nearby city except for champagne, which was cheap and plentiful. So:::..-; Need Books. The greatest need of the American soldiers appears to be reading mat ter. Magazines, newti ' is anu Uuuits arc no. obtainable here. A move ment is under way to interest Ameri cans in sending old magazines and books to thecamp. The representa tives here of the Young Men's Chris tian association hope to be able part ly to make up the deficiency ia read ing matter betore long. In their snare time which is not super-abundant the men have de veloped a veritable passion for letter writing, which has swamped the com pany censorship. Many soldiers turn in a dozen letters daily, mos of tliem written, as one censor explained, to "every .ueen the men have met on their way here." A rule has been made therefore, that the letters must be enclosed in a blue envelope and sent to Paris for censorship. Health Conditions in American Forces Excellent (Br AMoelaUd Freat.) American Training Camp in France, July 22. The chief medical officer of the American expeditionary forces yesterday made a round of the com panies in camp nearest headquarters and have each troop section a brief talk on general health conditions. Medical records thus far make it appear that the appeal had been anti cipated by the majority of men, for what nttie sickness prevails is limited almost exclusively to a few cases, of measles and mumps. ' Every soldier already has been vac cinated against typhoid and in addi tion each troop section is equipped for filtering every drop of water. Likewise every man under 4S years haji been vaccinated against smallpox and will be similarly protected against cholera should it make its. appearance. Douglas "Acreage" Is Less t ? ' ; Than One Year Ago j : Froiii ' StVft Cprrponient.) ' Lincoln, July - 22. (Special.)- Ac cording to the report of the assessor of Douglas county filed with Secre tary Bernecker of the State Board of Assessment, the total acreage of Douglas county is 910 acres less than last year with a valuation $21,110 less. Improvement on these lands in creased $6,980, making a total loss on improved lands of $14,130. ihe assessment last year on im proved lands was $.121,535 while this year it is but $314,555, The total assessed valuation of the county is given as "$53,659,827 this year, s,s against $51,547,192 last year, a gain of $2,112,635. Three Nebraska Doctors Named as Navy Surgeons (Krem Staff Correponflent.) Washington, July 22. (Special Tel egram.) The secretary of the navy has recommended to the president for appointment as assistant surgeons of the navy the following members of the medical association who have fassed the third examination: John .Freymann, Frank Heacock, Andrew Sinamack, Nebraska; Frank W. Hart man and Hayes E. Mastin of Iowa. , The Bee's Free Milk and Ice Fund "You are certainly doing a noble thing in helping relieve the sufferings of the poor children," writes T. N. Cox of Exeter in sending a contribution to The Bee's fund. Three other in today's list are from outside of Omaha. , The Bee's fund is the only public means of supplying milk to the babies and wee children of the very poor who would suffer in the heat of sum mer if it were not for this fund. Every cent you give goes to buy pure milk and ice to keep it cool for the little ones. Every case is carefully investigated. Your money is 100 per cent efficient in this necessary work. Will you bring or send a contribu tion to The Bee? Previously acknowledged $129.00 A. O. Orrin, Holdrege , . 1.00 Mrs. Orrin, Holdrege ,. .50 Mrs. Maynard, Holdrege .50 Mrs. K. N. Louis 5.00 J. N. Cox, Kxcter : . 5.00 Total .$141.00 Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results. How to Overcome Foot Troubles ' If you have tired, burning, aching feet, corns or painful callouses, you know only too well the misery and torture, that they bring. It is un necessary, however, to suffer longer with any of these foot troubles. Go to your druggist and get a small jar of Ice-Mint. Rub a little of this cooling, healing discovery on your tired, aching, cornpestered, swollen feet. Instantly the pain of corns and callouses vanishes. And shortly the most stubborn ami painful hard corns, soft corns, corns between the toes, or aching, callouses, will shrivel up and lift out easily with the fingers, root and all. . Ice-Mint costs little, is easy and delightful to apply and aside from re moving every painful corn or callous will keep your feet cool, easy and comfortable even on the hottest days. Try it There is nothing better. 23, 1917. DEUTSCHLAND AGENT SAFE IN GERMANY Captain Freder ick Hinsch, Department of Justice official! hav learned, anticipated his ' probable arrest and intern ment by skipping? out of Prrth Amboy, N. J., with two other Ger mans in a 200-ton tahing vessel, which they bought CAPT. JHIKSCH NAME WOMEN TO AID NrtlZENS Dr. Olga Stastny Announces Each Member of Committee to Take Up Naturaliza tion Duties, Dr. Olga Stastny, chairman of Naturalization committee of the wom en's department of the State Council of Defense, announced the members of her committee Saturday. Each member represents a different na tionality, and each will appoint sub committees composed in part, at least, of out-of-town women. Those on Dr. Stastny's" committee, with the nation ality they represent, are: Mrs. Ralph Fredericksen, Danish; Mrs. Vaclav Buresh, Bohemian; Mrs. J. B. Katz, Jewish; Mrs. K. Liljenstolpe, Swed ish; Mrs. Marie Silvia, Italian . Mrs. Harvey Newbranch will enlist women of the various nationalities that have a smaller representation in the population of the state. The women of the naturalization committee are already at work pre paring for a convincing demonstration of what the woman power of the country is to do, when the national registration of women and their as sets for helping the government is made in the fall. This is to be dis tinguished from the present movement which has to do with food conserva tion, only. The coming nation-wide registration will include all kinds of service that women may render. At present it is not known whether unnaturalized women will be permit ted to register for this volunteer serv ice. Dr. Stastny awaits information from Washington ou this point. Obituary Notice MRS. A. P. HESS died at the home of hr daughter, Mrs. Charles Mc lanahan, in Olay county, ten miles southeast of Harvard, Thursday after noon, aired 76 years, after a long ill ness. She is survived, by a son, Charles I Ileus, of this city and the daughter, Mrs. McClanahan, and sev eral grand children. Reputation Established, A Future Guarantee We dare not jeopardize our priceless asset, Good Reputation, for a transitory Profit We dare not misrepresent our goods or our endorsements. Consider this well! Reputation is the safeguard of inexperience. "Avoid those that make false claims." Whether or not a man has expert knowledge of Diamonds, Watches and Jew elry, he is safe if he puts 'his trust in merchants of good reputa tion. Why take a chance with small or unknown dealers when your credit is good with Loftis Bros. & Co., The Old ReMble, Original Diamond and Watch Credit House, 409 South Sixteenth Street, Es tablished 1858. This business, "the largest of its kind in the world," is a monu ment to the proverb, "Honesty is the Best Policy." , H;ili!li!l,::;lin;:INiil:il!i!il!ii:iliilnl:i! i!n,ili!imiil ! Storage In Our Fireproof I Warehouse I Is cheaper than rent. Store your house- j hold foods and take your time about locating the place you want to make s i your home. ' Let oi Msume the respomibility of packing and storing your furniture, S j pianoa and treasured articles in our S - large fire-proof building. S I i : Omaha Van I Phone Douglas 4163 f s . I & BOb-SlS south lotn it. - tili:r;l:iliHi:i!'liil::li:i:ili;liil!:iili;l:iliHiii:ili:l."lii!lv j x f 1 ' ' I -' : j ' NIGHTS PLANNED FORAK-SAR-BEN Plans Are Made for Fremont Night and Rotary Night; Carnival Again This Fall. Fremont, Elkhorn and Waterloo are to pour their multitudes of men into the great grinding hopper of King Ak-Sar-Ben's den Monday night of this week. The rTight is set' apart especially for them. Automobiles and Union Pacific trains are to- bring them in. A reception committee will split up and meet some at the depot and those in autos at the outskirts of the city. t ' George Wolz, who for years has drummed up the Fremont crowd for Fremont night at the den, is again getting a big crowd. Elmer Lind- quest has assurance at Waterloo that a wholesale crowd from that place will come in, and Julius Schuldt of hlkhorn has raised a nice battalion of those who volunteer to battle with the goat. the ball committee is already mak ing up lists of reception committees and other committees to serve in places of honor at the grand corona tion ball at the close of the Ak-Sar-Beit season. Those who are not mem bers when lists are completed, will be too late to serve on any of these committees, or honorary bodies. Samson had a call durintr the week from a lot of carnival show men, who whispered into his mighty ear the fact that the shows at the carnivals throughout the country are this year being better patronized than ever, and that if anyone thinks war takes the spirit out of carnivalism, that person has yet to learn that war only puts pep into carnivals. Samson, who him self intends to stage a magnihcent carnival at the close of the season in Omaha as usual, smiled like a cat licking cream when he heard these glad whisperings. iiiiiHittitiiiimimmiiiiiiitiniiiiai president of one of our jpvat urriversitiet writtl , Oxt Astox Roof Garden is the most delightful spot in New"YbxL, It is almost fairylike in its artistic completeness" For rates, etc., see dvertisement p peiring en Thursday the home drink Beaidea it popularity at drug stores, fountains and restaurants, Bvo has found a welcome place inHhe home. A family beverage guest offering a table . drink that goea perfectly with ell food. 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For Further Information Phone, Write or Call FAREWELL DRAFT -PARTYJROKEN OP Officers Swoop Down on Gath ering of Country's First De fenders and Guests Go to Jail. Fifteen Omaha men,-who had just learned that they were among the lucky ones to be chosen fo'r the first army of defense, gathered at the rUramAH tifol C Air n t n til 3 fl ft Jackson streets, Saturday. The men say tney .were raving a larcweu and Delehanty and Detective Unger, i ,s .il X wno were uninvited guests at tne tcs tivities, say the men were gambling. Cards and poker chips were found in 1 1 . ' P U ... i i f trrtA nn and will appear in police court Mon- 0' , Many Corporations Slow Paying Occupation Tax (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, July 22 (Special.) More than 1,000 corporations in Nebraska . have failed to pay their . occupation tax. Secretary of State Pool say? all . who do not pay before the. end of this month will be subject to a penalty of 15 per cent. - The penalty will be added at the close of the month and "no corpora tion may transact business legally under the state laws until the same if paid. Humphreys New Head Of Gideon Organization Chattanooga, Tenn., July 22. Gid eons of America, in convention here yesterday, elected J. Harry Hum phreys pf Huntington, W. Va., na tional president, to succeed A. B. T. Moore of Iowa, who has been presf- . dent for eight years. Denver was selected as the 1918 . convention city. Bee Want Ads produce results. 1 sqyAM St. Louia J. S. McNALLY E Division Passenger Agent. 14th and F.rnam St. W. O. W. Bldg.
