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l'HE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1UU. UNIVERSITY READY FOR DEFENSE LAW Agricultural College Prepares Machinery to Take Advan tage of Food Produc tion Statute. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 5. Although the food production bill has not yet become a law, the agricultural ex tension service of the University of Nebraska has already fashioned ma chinery to take advantage of this na tional defense measure, which pro vides $115,000 for county agent work in Nebraska. A school ot instruction tor super visors to take charge of groups of counties employing county agents has just closed at the university farm. When the food production bill be-' comes a law, the state will be divided into four districts, each district be ing placed in charge of a supervisor. Besides these, two supervisors at large will be provided to assist in di recting the work in any district where they may be required. For some time, C E. Gunnels, state leader of county agricultural agents, has been listing candidates for posi tions as county agents. .Thus, as soon as emergency moneys are available, . counties which are ready for a county agent will be supplied. Course Is Thorough. The training school at the univers ity farm included a study of the his tory and development of county agent w ork, national and state organizations for state extension work, county or ganizations for supporting county agentwork, temporary and permanent projects within a county, reports and office system, and demonstrational work. With the machinery thus construct ed, the extension service is ready as soon as funds are available to put county, agents at work in counties where they are desired. But before a -ounty agent can be employed in iiven county, a local farmers associa tion must be formed. The demand for an agent within a county must be a real one; the agent will not be im posed upon a luke-warm county. The county organization plan used . by the extension service in Nebraska provides a well-knit organization that extends to every unit of the county, the lowest division with officers being a district of four sections. County of fers elected at a general meeting of the farmers' association (or farm bu reau, as it is commonly called now) have charge of the county program. Townships Name Officers. Each township in the county elects a vice president, who ranks as a county officer. The vice president ap points a committeeman in each four sections of the township. These com . mitteemen have local charge of work .to be conducted within that township. For example, in case of a hog cholera ' outbreak, these committeemen will be in local charge of control measures. This plan of organization is regarded as the strongest and most successful now in existence. Part of the funds for the support or.tnis worn are provacu oy uic guv . eminent. These funds are matchedn some counties by popular subscrip tion and'in other counties' by both popular subscription and appropria tions by the county commissioners. The county boards have been author ized by the state legislature to ap propriate money for this purpose up on receipt of a petition signed by 10 per cent of the county. Volunteer Canning Teachers Showing Good Results Lincoln, Aug. 5. -Women, volun teers of Nebraska, trained to serve as canning demonstrators in special training schools conducted through out the state during the month of June by the Agricultural Extension Service of the state university, are setting spectacular results in teaching others how to can. One such volunteer, ' Mrs. Phoebe Vaught, of Genoa, Neb., who with hundreds of other Nebraska women offered her services early in the sea son, has already taught 191 women something about the art of canning. And what is more, she expects to reach, about 500 before the close of the season. Has Too Many Names; Held for Investigation Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe cial.) A man who gave his name as L. C Hanks and who was arrested here for another offense, is being held lor investigation, having some time previously given his name as Roy Le clair. The local police1 state, that his home it in. Milwaukee and, inquiries "are being made, there as to whether he is registered.' Many Saline Men Called On Draft Ask Exemption . Wilber, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special.) AH who were called responded to ex amination for army service before the examining board, and out of 250 who were called 108 will be needed to fill the quota allotted to this county. Out i the 250, whose examination was made the last three days, only fifteen failed to ask exemptions. Gasoline and Pipe Fail to Mix; Farmer Badly. Burned Grand Island,. Neb., Aug. 5. (Spe iial.)Valentine Hitchlcr, a farmer, resiaing near addou, tried to spray the hen.cpup with gasoline and smoke pipe at the same time. A fire was narted in which Hitchler was baddly mrned about the arms, legs and face. The hea coup was destroyed. Geneva Man Commissioned.. tv a.. e c - Robert B. Waring of this city, a stu- "w w ..v v.i.wwa uaiuuig lamp ( Fort Srrelling, has been commissioned ft second lieutenant in the new na tional army, according to a telegram received here from Adjutant General Steele. Bad Attack of Diarrhoea. "About two years ago I had an at tack of bowel trouble and was in a serious "condition" hen I began us ing Chamberlain's Colic and Diarr hoea Remedy," writes Mrs. J. Rogan, Fairport, N. Y. "This medicine re licved me at once and after taking three or four doses of it I was cured." People are always pleased by. the prompt cures which this remedy ef fects. The recommendations of those who have used it have done much to! tnake it thi mot popular medicine in jse for bowel complaints RDSS LEADER WANTS J. S. TROOPS IN EAST Head of Slav Military Mission, Passing Through Omaha, Tells How America Can Aid New Republic. General Michael Yassukovich, who relieved General Baldwin as head of the Russian military mission to the United Slates, passed through Omaha last night en route to Washington, to take up his official duties. "I hope to see your army fighting sidc-by-side with our troops in the near future," he said, "and I believe that their . presence on the eastern front will prove fatal to Germany. "It was a mistake,' he continued, "when your. newspapers quoted me as saying that we wanted 100,000 of your soldiers as a nucleus around which to build an army of 1,000,000 men and that we can build additional armies of the same size upon the foundation of each 100,000 Americans sent to our fronts. "I would not be at liberty to make such a statement even though it were my belief. Would Encourage Russ. "There is no question in my mind, however, that the presence of your troops on the eastern front would do much to encourage the Russian sol diers. "One of the greatest means that your country can employ to assist us will be to furnish necessary ammuni tion and equipment and assist us in financing this great struggle. "The report that I said that Ger man money was responsible for the recent Russian retreat is an absolute falsehood. 1 will be unable to give any information on Russian condi tions until 1 reach Washington, where my orders await me. Rain is Welcome. "I was greatly pleased to see the rain today, and more especially so after I learned that it had been very dry here. You know this country is expected to raise sufficient grain to practically feed the world. "I learned that your state was one of the principal farming regions while a member of the embassy a few years ago, and was greatly pleased to see your crops looking so well today. General Yassukovich was accom panied by his wife and two aides, Messrs. Volke and Chickonski. They arrived on the Union Pacific Over land Limited from San Francisco and left ten minutes later over the North western for Chicago. The general, while the change in trains was being made, walked nervously up and down the platform. In his arms snuggled a small black dog which he continually petted. His aides rushed back and forth can-vine out the short, crisp orders that he de livered. "1 have much to attend to while here, he excused himself and hurried back to his compartment after a few short minutes in the open air. Forst Fire Threatens Black Hills Section Kevstone. S. D.. A A Serious forest fire broke out near the Cyhoga mine, some miles from here, and for a time threatened to do great damage to standing timber by seeping over an extensive area. WaminCP was aiven rtrl am ennn am possible a number of forest rangers from Custer and other points, were on the scene. By hard work they finally managed to extinguish the fire. ii is oetievea tne lire was started hv rarrtf's ramnr loauinir nnAnt4.. ing camp fires, which afterward broke mio name, i ne iorest service Has is- lllfH a snrrial warn in tr stroinof tUlm and other forms of carelessness. The timber and underbrush throughout the Black Hills now is exceedingly drv and a had for fir wnuM niaw havoc and do untold damage to tint- r- "Hard'' Cider Causes Trouble For Prohibition Officers (From Start Correspondent.) ' Lincoln, Aug. 5. "Hard" cider, or a manufactured suhatitut far it it giving state and county authorities mucn trouble in tneir efforts to en force prohibition. The cider drink has made it, appearance in a large num ber of Nebraska towns recently. Samples of the concoction recently sent in from Fremont and Hastings tested 4 and 6tf per cent alcohol. The drv law makes anv drink ilWat if it contains more than one-half of 1 per cent alcohol. State Chemist Frisbie had some of the Hastings cider under analysis yes terday, but could not determine whether it was real cider or a manu factured product. The Hastings dealer who disposed of it will face a prosecution for violating the dry law. New Oil Company Is Organized at Edgar Edgar, Neb., Aug. S. (Special.) The Towanda Oil company of Su perior, Neb., and Witchita, Kan., was oreanized in F.dcar KrMa niahr uriti, an authorized capital of $100,000. The company nas leased oil land northeast of Towanda. Kan., and directly north of the Trap Shooters Lease. This is practically the first company formed in Nebraska to operate in the Kansas field. The officers of the company, which will be known as The Towanda Oil company will be: P. Johnson, Su perior, president; Dr. W. M. Thomas, Edgar, vice president; E. V. Clark, Edgar, second vice-president; E.. E. Bessire. Wichita, crrrrtsrv ' I T Wclgrman, Nelson, treasurer. Funeral Wednesday for -Prof. Brown of Doane Crete, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special Tel egram.) Funeral servirea far Pmf J. S. Vrown, who died Saturday night at an Omaha hospital, will be held at the Con here Wednesday afternoon. Prof. . Brown had been a member of the Doane college faculty for thirty-five years. He is survived by his widow, a son and a daughter. HYMENEAL. West Pninr Vk A.. ' K... cial.) Martin Kuester and Miss Ber- tnat Meeske were joined in marriage at the German Lutheran church at West Point Wednesday. The bride is the daughter of Rev. S. Meeske, pas tor, and the bridegroom a son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Kuester of the North Side. - Ptriittcnt Advertising T. tU. d-.j to Success. LLOYD GEORGE TELLS PURPOSED ALLIES Premier Says They Are Fight-, ing Most Dangerous Plot Ever Made Against Lib erty of Nations. London, Aug. 5. Premier David Lloyd George, just returned from en tente allied conferences, speaking yes terday at a great patriotic meeting in the Queen's hall to mark the third an niversary of the war, declared that German ambitions for world conquest had been checked and that before Great Britain enters a peace confer ence the Germans must learn the full meaning of the word "restoration" and "learn to utter that word to begin with." Challenging the good faith of the German emperor and Chancellor Michaelis in thtir peace talk, which he denounced as a subterfuge for the Prussian war lords to gain time for the next time, the premier shouted: "There must be no next time; don't let us repeat this horror." Purpose of Allies. "What are the allies fighting for?" asked the premier. "They are fight ing to defeat the most dangerous con spiracy ever plotted against the lib erty of nations. The meeting of the representatives of the central powers on July 5, 1914, when the train for war was fired, was one of the most sinister episodes in the story of hu man brigandage. "What would have happened if Great Britain had not entered the war? What would have happened if our great navy had not been there to keep the seas? What would have happened if we had not been there to keep the ring and see a certain meas ure of fair play? What would have happened if we had not raised huge armies to confront the German le gions? Place of Subjugation. "If you follow these questions out you will find that Russias' democrati zation and disintegration would have taken place before it did. The gallant armies of France might have been overwhelmed. "What kind of peace would they have had then? It would not have been a peace; it would have been a conquest, a subjugation of Europe. Europe would have been placed in servitude to a great dominating power; there would have bee.i many nations but one power. The indem nity might have taken the form of the surrender of navies and Europe would have been at the mercy of the worst elements of that dominating power. "The allied powers at the first mo ment felt instinctively that a great menace to human liberty had ap peared on the horizon, and they ac cepted the challenge. America saw it and joined us. That is what the Germans have been striving against for three years, and not without suc cess. Ambitions of Kaiser checked. "We have checked the ambitions of Germany. The nations of the world have been climbing painfully the steps that lead to national independence and self-respect. France and Great Brit ain reached the platform ' long ago and then came a great power to thrust the nations back -to the old dark servitude. That is what we have been fighting three years. "The kaiser now adopts different language fighting to protect Ger man soil Even now neither he nor his new chancellor has said they would be satisfied with German soil. They talked gibly of peace, but stam mered when they came to the word 'restoration.' "Before we enter a peace conference they must learn to utter that word to begin with. Our gallant fellows are gradually going to cure the kai ser of his stutter 'restoration' is the first letter; then we will talk. Bad Peace Worse Than War. "War is a ghastly business, but it is not as grim as bad peace. There is an end to a horrible war, but a bad peace will go on and on, stagger ing from one war to another. The Prussian war lords have not yet abandoned their ambitions; they are only delaying the realization of their ambitions. "The next time the Prussian war lords meant to make sure. There must be no next time. Let us have done with it. Do not let us repeat this horror. Let us make victory such that national liberty, whether for small or great nations can never be challenged." Bee Wants-Ads Produce Results. Have You Tried It? W9. flfieDrink IfcaftUwre S Bmokt mr Out Whmmim XMsto JWtf H. J. HUGHES, Wholesale Distributor Tol. Doug. 1334. Omafca, Ntb. MOTHER'S FRIEND FOR Expectant Pothers RELIEVES TENSION NEBRASKANS WILL VOTE ONjUFFRAGE Secretary of State Announces That Sufficient Names Ap pear on Petition to Assure Election. (From a Staff Correspondent. j Lincoln, Aug. "5. (Special.) More than 3,000 more "names were attached to the petitions invoking a referendum on the partial suffrage law than required by law, according to announcement made by Secretary CrW. Pool. - The secretary's, announcement in sures a vote on the suffrage law at the next general state election. Here is what Mr. Pool said today: "The w6rk of recftecking the refer endum petitions, having for its pur pose the holding up of the limited suffrage act pertaining to the voting of women has been completed. The original petition was filed July 21, and contained 32,563 signer from seventy eight counties. "Supplemental petitions were filed on July 23, containing 423 names. A tabulation of the petition filed with document, accounted for 32,472 sign ers, which was ninety-one names less than the petition actually contained. The reclucking now shows 125 sign ers not included in the original tabu lation. Names of thirty-four signers were removed, because the circulator of the petition failed to acknowledge under oath that each signer was a legal voter of the state or on account of an error in the circulator in tabu lating the report. One name was re moved because it was inserted by rub ber stamp and six names were taken off at the request of signers. "Four persons in writing asked to have their names taken off after the petition had been legally filed, but the secretary of state irii the absence of a court order feels he has no au thority to remove them. This leaves the petition with 32,946 signers whole, but 29,147 were necessary to make it valid." Assessed Valuation of State Is $529,000,000 (From a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. 5. Nebraska's total assessed valuation of property this year will reach $529,000,000, according to figures which Secretary Bernecker of the state board of equalization has compiled. Mr. Bernecker has official reports from ninety-one of the ninty three counties of the state and esti mates from the other two, Wheeler and Logan. With the niety-one reporting offi cially, the total valuation is $527,573, 025. Allowing a small increase for the two which have not been officially heard from, the total state's valuation will run over $529,000,000. Last year it was a trifle over $500,000. . Every county in the state shows an increase. Fort Omaha Balloon Flys Over Capital City (Prom a Staff Correspondent.) Lincoln, Aug. , 5. (Special.) A crew of five men made a pretty flight in one of the war balloons from Fort Omaha shortly aftef noon today. The balloon attracted the attention of several hundred people.- It came down on the country club grounds southwest of Lincoln and was shipped back to Omaha by the crew. EilllHIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIIIK We have built the new three-plow Hart-Parr Tractor be cause we felt that the American farmers needed it. Thousands told us what size tractor they wanted, the kind of fuel they wished to use, how many wheels a tractor should have, how it should be guided, what principle drive is best, and all the other features they demanded in a tractor they would like to buy. Here and there you find a tractor with one or more of these approved features or principles. In the new three-plow Hart-Parr Tractor you find these safe, sane, sensible well tried features all that you ask for in a tractor. They have been combined, improved, simplified, until the new Hart-Parr; like our older leaders, is destined to be come the leading tractor of the country. This hew tractor is not at the show but i nounced soon in national publications. Wait for LEADER OF SLACKERS IS KILLED BY POSSE Another Is Captured and Sev eral Bands Are Dispersed; Backbone of Anti-Draft Rising Is Broken. (By Associated Press.) Oklahoma City, Aug. 5. With one of their leaders dead, another captured and at least twenty-five members of their bands in the hands of the peace officers, posse, leaders tonight were of the opinion the. backbone of the rising of objectors to the . selective draft in Oklahoma was under, control. The outlaws had been scattered into such small bands that further success of the resistance is believed impos sible. Wallace Cargill, alleged leader of one of the bands shot through the stomach this afternoon when officers encountered objectors near Rocky Point, died a short time later. Three others besides Cargill were said to have been captured. In federal district court here today the demurrer to the indictments of the eleven alleged members of the "Jones family," an anti-draft organi zation, was overruled by Judge John H. Cottrell. Bail in each case was fixed at $7,500. Trial of the men will be in Enid early in September. They are accused of joining a plot in which it was planned to raise the red flag of revolution in a wild orgy of rioting. Near Lynching in Lone Dove. A near lynching occurred this after noon in the Lone Dove neighborhood, when posses caught four objectors, two McNeely boys, John Gray, an old man, and "Doc" White, a negro. In their efforts to get information regarding the movement of the recal citrants one of the McNeely boys was strung up with a rope around his neck. He refused to talk and the possemen cdt him down and with the other prisoners took him to Sahakwa. Between Konawa and Sasakwa three other prisoners were taken, C. C. Brewer and his son, and Robert Cargill. They were taken to Konawa after they had thrown down their weapons and had attempted to flee. Leaders Called Captains. From prisoners the name of vir tually every leader has been ascer tained. These call themselves cap tains and are distinguished by a bril liant red sash.' Contrary to previous reports the rebels appeared to be amply supplied with ammunition, al though their firearms are of every conceivable pattern. A survey of the hardware stores in the afflicted dis trict has revealed that the ammuni tion stocks have been bought up for the last several weeks, evidently in anticipation of armed resistance. It was believed that the activities of the objectors in this state, most of whom are said to belong to the "work ing class union," but some being en rolled in the "Jones family," a band with a similar purpose, and the "In dustrial Workers of the World," were but a part of a nationally spread propaganda to resist service in the army. Federal authorities here declare the movement has been widespread, but has been so loosely organized that quick failure was bound to be the in evitable outcome, ... So far no troops have been sent in to the affected , districts. Governor R. L. Williams; in a statement late to day declared: j icMostS HART-PARR COMPANY Charles City, Iowa One of the new Hart-Parr Tractors to be given away Call at our booth for particulars "I wont send troops until I see fire from this smoke " It is known that the Oklahoma units of the National Guard are being mobilized for transportation to a con centration camp and should the ne cessity arise, it would be but a matter of a few hours before they could be on the ground. Railroad traffic today was delayed, due to several bridges beintj burned and telegraphic communication being severed. The greater amount of dam age has been repaired and with ample guards placed tonight no further depredations of this character is anti cipated. ' About thirty alleged objectors are in jail tonight at Ada, Holdenville and Wewoka. They were captured last night and today at various points throughout the district. Guards were stationed tonight at strategic points throughout Hughes, Pontotoc, Pottawatfomie and Semi nole counties, seeking the rioters. Federal, state and county authori ties declared tonight that no efforts would be spared to break up the draft resistance. Little trouble was being experienced, it was pointed out, in ob taining volunteers to aid in prosecut ing the search. This showed, officials said, that opposition to the draft was not widespread throughout the state and that only a few malcontents, most of whom held theorist Views of life and government had come out against the government. Grand Island Man Held For Breaking Into Store Grand Island, Neb., Aug. 5. (Special.) Edward Wiseman was caught in the act of breaking into the store of Awe & Ilendrickson. A neighbor woman saw a prowler and notified the police. Wiseman was ar raigned yesterday in the county court, waived preliminary examination and was bound over. Wiseman is married and has a family. Sioux Falls Housewives May Boycott Dairymen Sioux Falls, S. D., July 5. (Spe cial.) Housewives in Sioux Falls are up in arms because local milk dealers have advanced prices to 10 cents per quart, with the intimation that in the near future the price will be advanced to 12 cents. Many housewives threaten in retaliation to cease using milk until the price has been lowered to a reasonable figure. yie president of one of our tyntt univertitiet wriiti Oit Astor Roof Garden is the most delightful spot in New'VforL. It is almost fairylike in its artistic completeness For rates, etc., see dvertisement ap--pearing on Thuriday. omjtinwM sTlllllllllllllllllUMHIIIIIIllhlllUHIilhUlllWIHIIIHIIIIillHIHIItMIIIIIUIWIt 0 1 ti PIN eiisioie l ractor NEBRASKA ARMIES FIGHrHOPPERS" State Field Forces Wage Fierce War Against Insect Ene mies of Growing Crops. With the Nebraska Armies Afield, Aug. 5. Nebraska farm forces have suffered a serious attack by armies of native, home-grown grasshoppers, the last month, especially in the western part of the state, according to Prof. M. H. 'Swenk, of the Entomology de partment of the state university, who is directing the counter attack. According to reports recently re ceived, grasshoppers are to be found in unusual numbers in most of the western half of Nebraska. They are making esp cially heavy attacks on the Platte and Republican valleys, where they are doing considerable damage. Indications are that the en emy will inflict more serious injury this summer than usual. War Against Pests The weapons that are being used against the invader are poisoned bran mash and the hopperdozer, a mechan ical catching device. Poisoned bait is prepared by mixing 25 pounds of dry, coarse-flaked wheat bran with 1 pound of white arsenic or Paris green while dry. The juice and ground ptilt and peel of 6 lemons and one halt gallon of cheap, strong-smelling syrup oT molasses are added to three gallons of water. This liquid is poured over the mixture of bran and poison and itirred. Water is added until the bait is very wet though not sloppy. It is then sown broadcast 6ver the field. Lake Preston Organizes Red Cross Chapter Lake Preston, S. D., Aug. 5. (Spe cial. At a mass meeting of the women of L)ake Preston and vicinity a Red Cross chapter was organized here, with a good charter member ship. The following officers were elected: Chairman, Mrs. G. S. Pulis; vice-chairman, Mrs. Ben Lewis; sec retary, Mrs. J. H. Lloyd; treasurer. Dr. N. L. Bailey. New members are being contsantly added. wmmm 5-U TI M If ' u. be an- isiesw' tan i vm