THE BEE: OMAHA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1917.
MOISTURE NEEDED
FOR WINTER WHEAT
Farms of Dodge County Greatly
in Need of Bain; Much Seed
Has Not Sprouted
So Far.
Fremont, Neb.. Oct. 16. Rai n is
needed and needed badly in this sec
tion as the country farmers and grain
men declare to save the winter wheat
crop from serious damage. The rain
fall since the first of September has
been extremely light with the result
that the soil is not in condition for the
grain to make the best growth. Much
of the grain that has already been
planted has not sprouted while the
early planted seed that is growing has
noi tne rooting necessary to carry it
through the winter, it is claimed. Un
less rain comes soon a large acreage
or lana prepared lor winter wheat will
be planted to other crops next year.
Ready for Bond Drive.
Plans have been completed for the
uig anve lor tne imerty loan to De
held in the county Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week. -A mass
meeting will be held at the high school
auditorium Wednesday evening when
fuel administrator John L. Kennedy
of Umaha will be the principal speak
er. Preceding the meeting a parade
will De held. Hands and the fife and
drum orps will furnish music. At
10 A M. arrangements have been
made for signaling the beginning of
the drive by blowing the whistles of
the factories of the city and ringing
bells, fne committee of. bankers in
'harge of the .-arnpaln has arranged
4-wr an business houses to cease, ac
tivities for five minutes. I, .
U.S. to Hold Dominaht -V-:
Place in Monty: Market
Toklo, Oct. 16. The United States
will hold a dominant, position in the
money market of the world after the
war, in the opinion of members of the
special Japanese finance commission
which will visit the United States in
October, t to investigate the financial
and economic measures by the United
States to meet the exigencies of the
war. The commission is headed by
Baron Tanetaro Megata. Announcing
the purposes of the visit to America,
the commission states:
"The financial measures which the
United States has adopted for the
time of the Jwar and the economic
policies which it has framed for the
period to follow the war have been
planned on a large scale and with
great foresight, so that they will nat
urally bring about an entirely new
situation in the industrial and mone
tary circles, of the world.
"Therefore, the sending of these
commissioners to the United States
in order to enable them to observe
personally the conditions actually ex
isting In that country and so to create
,betweeff the, two nations a better un-
demanding wnici snau serve to pro
mote the mutual, interests", of both i
countries, will not only be instru
mental in' furthering relations of in
timacy between Japan and the United
States, but also will have the good
effect of bringing into clearer light
the industrial and financial fields of
this ; empire both during and after
the war.. ... '
"That United States wfll hold
a dominant' position in the money
market of the world after the war
seems quite certain,' and consequently
to strengthen' the. basis of co-opera-tion
with it is tantamount to ad
vancing the economic position of this
empire.
"la this selection of the commis
sioners 'tomparaU-ely many appoint
ments have been made from business
circles, inasmuch as the necessity of
making, the investigation a combined
effort of government and people was
keenly felt by the authorities ,"
Inhabitants of Jutland
See German Navy in Action
Copenhagen, Oct. 16. War opera
tions in, the North Sea, especially the
activity- of the- German fleet, have
been invriew;f the residents of the
west coast of 'Jutland alt summer.. So
frequent have been f the maneuvers
of the German fleet along that coast
that the people of Holmsland Downs
have become .quits well acquainted
with the German naval tactics.
Zeppelins, waterplanes, mine ves
sels, torpedo boats, destroyers and
submarines pass day after day along
the coast outside the territorial limit,
nd occasionally the sound of guns
at a distance carries the message that
the English naval forces are not idle
either. :. ;'-. ,iv .
When ("Zeppelins or waterplanes
show themselves in the south off the
Downs above the international water,
it seldom Makes a long time before
German mine sweepers, two and two
together, often several pairs in com
pany, make ' their appearance in the
south, and It does not require a Very
sharp observer to find out that lined
in between each pair of mine sweep
ers is a submarine, lithe flying craft
signal peace and no danger,, the trawl
ers proceed boldly, stopping only at
the northern end of the mine belt,
where they turn round; the submar
ines evidently do not any longer need
their assistance. .
Until midsummer the trawlers used
to stop a little before they were off
bondervig. Later; on, after the ex
tension ot the kngush mine area,
they generally proceeded farther
north, until off Hirtshals.
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Build Immense Nitrate 1 ; -
' Plant at Sheffield; Ala.
Washington,' i Oct. 16.-Shemeld,
. A!a.V as a site for one of the nitrate
plants for which congress aooroona
ted $20.000,000.-was announced today
Dy trie war ucpanmeni.
Soldier&Home N otes
Canada May Prohibit
Milk Shipments to U. S.
Montreal, Oct. 16. The Produce
Merchants' association has decided to
petition the Domu.ion government to
prohibit the exooii into the United
States of milk, cream and condensed
milk, and also to consider the material
curtailment, if not the prohibition of
the manufa:ture of ice cream. A
shortage of milk exists in Montreal
and large quantities are shipped to
the United States on account of the
high prices prevailing there.
Early Freeze Spoils
Northern Duck Shooting
Duluth, Minn. Oct. 16. An early
freezeup of rice lakes in northern
Minnesota appa.tntly has spoiled
duck shooting this fall. Reports give
thermometer readings at northern
lakes as low as r degrees above zero
for the past week.
LA FOLLETTE WANTS
CORY OF CHARGES
Wisconsin Senator Delays
Start of Investigation of His
. .. St. Paul Speech; Insists
On Meeting Witnesses.
Washington, Oct. 16. When the
senate committee investigating, Sen
ator La Follette's much discussed St
Paul speech began its first tearing to
day, Senator La Follitte presented a
formal demand that the committee
submit a formal copy pf the charges
against him and that he be permitted
to summon and cross-examine wit
nesses. This delayed the start of the
proceedings, as the committee went
into executive session to consider the sary or proper to controvert all such
demand. adverse evidence as may have been
Senator La Follette presented his
demand in a letter which declared he
believed every statement in. his St.
Paul speech was correct. The com
mittee has said it does not question
the accuracy of hfs speech, and Sena
tor La Follette demands o know who
does. "' . , , .
Wants' to Meet Witnesses.
"I appear here to Jubrnit to vou in
the form of a letter all the statement
I deem it necessary to make at thia
time" SenatorrLa Follette said as he
presented the communication and left
the room." 'V' - ' 1
Included, in the letter was the fol
lowing:
"I insist upon my right to meet face
to face and ; question any witnesses
that may be called to challenge the
correctness of any statements made by
me, and thereafter and not before, to
produce in my own defense such wit
nesses and evidence as I deem neces-
.By Midraffet
offered, wrote Senator La Follette.
Wants Thorough Investigation.
"I repeat what I have already said
in this and previous (letters addressed
to your committee, that I am most
anxious and desirous that the investi
gation be made thorough and com
plete to the end that it shall do justice
to all participants and shall constitute
an honorable precedent whenever so
graven matter as the proposed ex
pulsion of one of its members shall
come before the United States sen
ate." When adjournment was taken after
the executive session, Chairman Pom
erene announced that because of Senator-La
Follette's refusal to furnish
farther information, the committee
would endeavor to get it from other
sources. Asked if any arrangements
had been made to hold hearings, the
Ohio senator replied that none had
been made.
British Parliament
Reassembles for Work
London, Oct. 16. Parliament re
assembled today after a .ecess of two
months. I:s most important duty will
t the passing of a new vote f cre'dl'
Th:s probably will brin up for discus
sion the yneral war situatiu, but it
will Le a few days before tint busi
ness i reached. For today there is
nothing mere exciting scheduled than
the evnd reading of the bill giving
the government 'control over all
petroleum, and the consideration of
the titles deprivation bill, which s
aimed at those who take up arm
against Great Britain and its allies.
Chief interest centered in the oio
pect thaf the government will takt
advantage of the opportunity to ar
nounce ibe genera' policy of its ar
service, a subject which has been
brought tr.to the foreground by th
raids over London.
Oran4 Wand, Oct IS. ( Special. ) -Mr.
tm H. i-fyr. In cottage No. 3, mot with
I very aertoua. accident yesterday while at
tempting to itiake seme change In bit alt
tine room, which required the use of a ehort
tap ladder. In some manner he loet hli
footiBt- n fen -backwards, reenlttaf In
fracture of the right hip. fir. Johnson of
Onnd bland1 was immediately called and la
cartnl for Mr." Fry. After further amina
ttoa it Waa decided to take Mr. Frre to the
Central . hospital : In Grand ' Island, where
X-ray pictures -wers takes of the .fracture.
The fill is more severe In view of bis ad
vanced Sf", that of t years,
the new vegetable cellar 4a almost com
- pleted and WlU he ready for use la a. few
dey- -r .'.'i., : , -:,
John Buna of the Dormitory waa reported
' hems' somewhat better this moraine,
which wilTlie icratlfylnr to his many friends.
Mrs. WlUlam' Jones, la Cottage Mo. S. Is
suffering- from Quite a, sever attack of la
grippe. .
. Mr. Donald Smith la convalescing nicely
and I able to n vr to sick call to the
west hospital " .
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Up to midnight September 1 2th, dur
ing a period of 8V2 months, we sold and
delivered to tire dealers more United
States Tires than we sold to dealers
during the entire 12 months of 1916.
notwithstanding our epoch-making sales, in
creases of 1916 oVer 1915.
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These record4reaking sales increases of 1917
over 1916 and our record-tealang r sales in
creases of 1916 bve 1915 definitely and finally
prove three facts: V
1. The supremacy of United States Tif es.
2. The fact that the vast army of autpmpbile
owners who used United States Tires in 1916
are using them in 1917 on the sheer merit of
their experience. j
3.
The fact that another vast army of automobile
owners have been won over to the use of
United States Tires in 1917 on the sheer su
periority of our
ave tried.
tires over
other
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every purse and every purpose.
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