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THE EEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1913. Iowa WEALTHY GERMAN - FARMER IS HELD beventy-Year-Old Man Accused of Denouncing President, Government and the American Flag. Des Moines,' la., March 8. (Spe cial Telegram.) F. W. Kutschara, a wealthy 70-year-old German farmer tit Algona, has been held to the grand jury under $1,000 bonds on a charge of violating the espionage act. Kutschara is alleged to have called President Wilson an unspeakable name and to have said "To Tlell with the United States government." He is also alleged to have torn a small American flag from his coat after it had been pinned there, de claring it was not his flag. The old man told the court he had been goaded into his actions, j May Control Seed Price. Following a conference in the gov ernor's office today in which Gov ernor W. L. Harding. State Dairy and Food Commissioner W. B. Barney and S. A. Clock, state seed corn director, participated, i,t was announced that Governor Harqing would .probably fix , a price. early next week at which seed '4 corn can be sold. Some seed dealers and others who have seed corn to sell are taking advantage of the situation and asking exorbitant prices, it is reported. - Round Up Deserters. All registrants who failed to return questionnaires or to report for physi cal examination will be rounded up as deserters under orders issued by arid Adiutant General Logan today Members of draft boards and local officials are requested to inaugurate a vigorous campaign to rfcund- up, ap prehended and turn over to military authorities all such deserters. Would Halt Promotion. The State Council of National De fense is being urged by the Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Des Moines committee to "take suitable action against the organization and promotion of "apparently superfluous corporations. Master Builders to Meet. Delegates from Master Builders' associations of Illinois Wisconsin, Minnesota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa will attend an in terstate conference in Des Moines March 20. called bv C. P. Massard, ceneral secretary of the Master Build' ers' association of Iowa. Governor Hardinz has beeh invited to speak. The meetings are to be held in the Masonic temple, . . Compliment New Soldiers. Regimental and division command ers are praising the new soldiers com ing into Camp Dodge in this last in crement. These 15,000 men are rap idly 'catching on- to camp ways and . taking up their new work .with appar ent spirit ana determination, inc majority of the men' have now been in camp 10 days and they are drilling . with rifles and handling the guns like veterans. Inahe artillery regiments the -men are ! being schooled in the handling of big guns. Some 200 strag glers have drifted in this past week, 75 from IovwC 100 from - Minnesota " and 25 from Illinois" and North Da kota. -These are drafted men who are permitted to come in under the l per cent clause. :- ' - Brings Wife to Camp. Private Koshatku, a "Pole from Monroe county, ' arrived at Camp ' Dodge accompanied by his wife and expecting to set up housekeeping. He Avas informed that in the American arniy women did not live in camp. After returning to Des Moines Kos liatka found a room for his wife. He then. reported at camp.. Montgomery County Will Have: Public Road Patrolmen Red Oak, la., March 8. (Special.) At a 'meeting of the county board cf : supervisors yesterday a; county road patrol system was laid out. Montgomery county roads- will be taken care of hereafter under this system. ' ' . ' The county has been divided into six districts of approximately 20 miles of county roads each, and each district will be taken care of by one patrol man. The patrolmen have not yet been selected. The supervisors will meet on March 19 and receive appli cations from those wishing to bid. for this work, The work of the patrolman will be to supervise the road dragging, keep the ditches and culverts clean, fix bridge approaches and make minor repairs to bridges. He will be re sponsible to the county board of su pervisors and the. county engineer for his work and road draggers will be f held responsible to the patrolman. The funeral of W. N. Malony was neld at his home, 811 Hammond street, Thursday afternoon. , The funeral service was in charge of Rev. James M. Williams, pastor of ! the Methodist church. The pallbear er were D. A. Replogle,. Sam Rep logle, G. E. Anderson, Henry Eb'ert, R. M. Adkins and Junius Beeson. Burial was in Evergreen cemetery. Farmer Thrown From iorse; ' Suffers Broken Collar Bone Griswold, la., March 8. (Special.) W. E. Ray, a farmer living south east of town, is suffering with a brok en collar bone, the result of being thrown from a horse. ' APRIL C 1918 IS TAX DAY Every person In Nebraska will b required to list for taxation all tax- . able "property owned by blm or under hli control as guardian or trustee on April I. lilt. Are your investment! tax exempt? Fedaral -Farm - Loan Bonds give you " Exemption from local, atate and federal taxation, 4'4 per cent Interest, payable semi-annually, safety assured by U. 8. gonrrnment supervision, an opportunity te help your country by ttaancbis; food production, ! Denominations $1,000, 1500, $100, ISO, $25. Price 100V4. Hail subscriptions or write for fur ther information to ' ' E. D. MORCOM, Treasurer. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF OMAHA 1249 W. O. W. Bids;, Omaha. Red Star Brings Relief Jl .". N l I M, rtrT"Tfrr Qr yvftrA & J -nJr nSis?SR i1 f Here is a picture from overseas of the Red Star animal relief at work, In the back is the Red Star ambu lance. The army horse wounded in action is being led across, the drop door by the Red Star workers. From tli ambulance the wounckd horse goes to the base hospital for treat 6 Fiction. NINETY-SIX 1'OL'RS' LEAVE. By Stephen McKenna. George II. Dorau Company. 11.35. Coincident with the arrival in Ldh don of three khaki-clad British offi cers there is advertised in the papers the mysterious visit of an Italian prince. Ani in the course of a prac tical joke -such complications ensue with the British war office, the secret service and the Italian government that the reader quite understands the force of Lieutenant Kit Markham's re mark that it was all too exciting for him the quiet life of thv trenches would soothe his nerves. HOWARD CHASE, RED HILL, KAN.. By Charles M. Sheldon, George H. Dorart Company. $1.25. A story of a big man in a small town the most gossipy town in Kan sas: Howard Chase is a minister, with Whom- all the attractive young ladies in the district fall in love. The story deals with the foibles and fol lies, of church folk. The redemption of the town by the creation .of the Community club dispels the spirit of gossip and narrowness and self-centered satisfaction, and recreates a clean, wholesome, spiritual atmos phere. ; AMERICA AT WAR. By Albert Bushnell Hart. George H. Doran Company, $1.50. This work is a compendium of data on the causes, events and principles of the world war. It consists of classified references to books and periodicals, and of documents and ex tracts, on such subjects as interna tional law, freedom of the seas, war finance,- organization of industry, compulsory versus voluntary military service, submarine warfare, the world peace movement, and the ideas of peace of each of the nations engaged. In tracing the series of events lead ing up to our entrance into the war, both sides are represented, and the relation to each other of various dip lomatic statements by the different nations is shown. Collections of war books of various prices and extent arc suggested. FOOD IN WAR TIME. By Graham Lusk, Ph. D. W. B. Saunders Company, 60 Cents. In the first part of thisibook the au thor shows several important funda mentals of food and nutrition and how corn may be so supplemented with other food-tuffs as to become ex tremely valuable in nutrition. He ad vises the use of whole milk in greater quantity and the diminution of the use of butter and cream and suggests a bread-potaio-fruit diet which gives very excellent basis of wholesome nu trition. The second part deals with calories in common life and the third part consists of eight rules of saving and safety. . . WHEATLESS AND MEATLESS DATS, By Pauline Dunwell Partridge and Hester Martha Conklin. D, Appleton & Co. ' sr.zts. ' This book contains hundreds of4 simple and detailed recipes for palate-tickling dishes that can be made without the use of wheat or meat. In the first part of the book, there are many recipes for fine soups, vegetalle, salads, meat substitutes and fish dishes which are cleverly arranged so that either fresh or canned fish may be used in them interchangeably. Ihe second part of the book gives practi cal ways of substituting other grains for wheat, and tells how to make de licious bread, cakes, muffins, cereals, puddings and even frozen desserts. TWO WAR TEARS IN CONSTANTINOPLE. By Dr. Harry Stuermer. Geurge H. Doran Company, $1.50. 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The attracting and fascinating nar rative of a cruise in a sailing canoe among the Caribbean islands. There is adventure sufficient to gratify the souls of those who delight in daring the unknown, yet the journey courses over paths not unfamiliar to many tourists. Mr. Fenger has the faculty and the facility for writing a travelogue 1 fvhich allures one to the making of the trip. And it is thus fortunate that his guides and charts are explicit and fully informing. Magazine Notes. The March number of Physical Culture magazine opens up with Ber narr MacFadden's viewpoint on "Pol ished Nails a Badge of Gentility?" "Who's a Slacker?" "The Heat Buga boo," "America is Sick," "Houseclean ing," and "The President's Example." It presents President Wilson's views on health subjects as expressed by his personal physician, Admiral Gray son. Other interesting articles ap pearing in this issue are: "How to Wallop Worry," by Edwin F. Bowers,, M. D., and Making business Men as Fit ,as Soldiers," by John IL Quayle, M. D. "The Life of the African Ostrich,;' by William Charles Scully, is an ar ticle appearyig in the March number of the Atlantic Monthly magazine. Other interesting articles appearing in this issue are: "Austria-Hungary and the Balkans," by Noel Baxton; "Her bert Hoover, as Individual and Type," bv Vernon Kellogg; "Political Strateev. bv Andre Cheradame: and "The French and German Theories of War," by General Barthelemy Ed mond Palat;"The Irishof It," by Cornelia Throop Geer; "According to Code," by Katherine Mayo, and "The Spirit of '17," by Mary Herrick Smith, are among the stories of this issue. 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The frontier adjustments in Tran sylvania, in general, mean the protec tion of the iron gates and the ret rozeni mints' as well as precaution against fresti surprise attacks." The new' frontier, however, will not go deeply into Roumania. The economic demands relate particularly to im ports of petroleum and agricultural products nd - the evacuation ot Austria-Hungary by Roumanian troops affects a strip, of Bukowina still occupied by the Roumanians; Finally, the statement says, the stipulation inat Roumania must give transport facilities for the troops and transports cf the central powers to Odessa appeared necessary in order to safeguard the shipment of large grain supplies from Odessa by way of the Volga, Dniester and Danube rivers to the central empires. Turks Promise Support to ; , New Caucasus Nations Amsterdam, March 8. Enver Pasha, in an address to the Turkish chamber, according to a Constanti nople dispatch said the bolsheviki had proclaimed that self determination was the right of all peoples, and that the Turkish government would not fail to recognize automonous govern ments alreadjucstablished in the Cau caasus and other governments in the neighborhood of Turkey and would support them if necessary. , fcM New Bill Makes Future aV? Draft Treaties Effective Washington, March 8. By unani mous vote a favorable report on the administration bill to give effect to alien draft treaties which mav here after be negotiated, including "those with Great Britain and Canada, al ready signed, by authorizing the president to order registration of such aliens, was ordered today by the senate military committee. the Chinese to sanitary reform. This magazine also contains portraits in full color of American leaders in the world war. The March Scribner opens with an other of Meredith Nicholson's illumi nating and appreciative articles on "The Valley of Democracy." Winston Churchill, the novelist, writes of England and France Under War Conditions." The short stories are John Galsworthy's "The Gray Angel," a beautiful story of a French hospital and an old Englishwoman who gave her life for the wounded; E. C. Ven- able's "Getting Out of Mufti," a story ota big pwpose; u. o. JLancasters "Man Primeval," a story, of primitive , - ' - At ' - A ,1 J iove in ine great norm wooas: ana Harriet Welles's "The Wall," a dra matic story of China. Everybody's Magazine for March contains the second installment of the tragic story of Belgium told by Brand Whitlock, American minister to Bel gium, who has been in that country since December, 1913." Rutherford Boyd contributes several illustrations of camouflage in the year 1918. "Rivets and Men," by Lillian Erskine, is a powerful appeal for the organiza tion of a patriotic national drive be hind the building of the Emergency Fleet Corporation's ships. Stories in this issue are, "The Book Soldier," by Frederick Ferdinand Moore, and "David's Uncle," by Frank Hurburt O'Hara. 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