THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER IT, 191S.
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Nebraska
MAUPIN WANTS
LANE TO VIEW
POTASH LAKES
v Nebraska Now Produces 80
Per Cent of Potash Supply
of the United States,
Says Commissioner.
"It is exceedingly gratifying to
learn from Secretary Lane that the
annual production of potash in the
United States will eventually reach
a round 100,000 tons," remarked
Will Maupiri, director of the bureau
of publicity yesterday. "Coming
from such a distinguished source of
information, it certainly is the cor
rect dope.
"Secretary Lane informs us that
from 'certain potash lakes in Cali
fornia, ocean kelp beds, some min
erals and from cement plants and
blast furnaces, and incidentally
some alkali lakes in Nebraska,' we
are rapidly approaching the 100,000
tons per annum mark. .
Information Wrong.
"'Incidentally some alkali lakes
in Nebraska are good, very good. I
am interested in ascertaining where
Secretary Lane secured his potash
information; not that I want to seek
potash information from the same
source, but in order to avoid it.
Potash production is of great inter
est to agriculturists, and naturally
Secretary Lane ought to be fully
informed. I fear, however, that he
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Has suugui 11 ironi uic wrung ijuai-
ter.
100,000 Tons in Nebraska.
' "If he will take time enough off
from his multifarious duties in
Washington to visit Nebraska, I
would be delighted to show him
something in the way of potash pro
duction. He would be the distin
guished guest of Nebraska, and it
would be my greatest pleasure to es
cort him to the potash fields.
'-. "Within an hour after we reached
these fields he would be convinced
that we have already arrived at the
' 100,000 tons per annum mark.
- "It might interest Secretary Lane
lo know that Nebraska has
already produced more than 100,000
tons of potash this year, and several
thousands of tons more will be pro
duced between now and January
1, 1919. He might also be interest
ed in knowing that Nebraska is pro
ducing 80 per cent of the potash
produced in the United States; that
every day Nebraska is producing
more potash than the kelp beds of
Caifornia produce in a t year, ana
that any one of a half-dozen potash
plants in Nebrasko daily produce
more potash than is produced
. monthly by all the cement plants
nd blast furnaces in the country.
i "Secretary Lane seems to have
been drawing his potash misin
formation from an inexhaustible
source."
Pickrell Soldier Wounded
, in rignting at m. wiiniei
V Beatrice, Oct. 16. (Specials
Clyde Applebee, son of John Apple
bee of Pickrell, was severely
wounded on September 27, in the
St. Mihiel sector in France, accord
ing to information received by his
' parents. Young Applebee was a
member of the Eighty-ninth divi
sion. Clay Emerson died Tuesday at
his home in this city after a week's
illness of influenza, aged 34 years.
His wife and three children are ill
of the disease.. ,
David BindernagleJ living west of
the city, sold 40 head &f fine Duroc
l Jersey hogs at his farm yesterday at
public sale, which netted him
$3,000. One fine animal brought
$300. The average was $75 per
head.
iueri rarrisn, a piano tuner ot
this city for the last 25 years,
dropped dead at his home yester
day morning of apoplexy, aged
about 45 years. He is survived by
a widow and three children.
Senator George W. Norris
On Speaking Trip in State
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Specials
Senator George W. Norris will
make a speaking trip covering sev
eral days beginning Saturday morn
ing at 9:30 at Springfield and end
ing Thursday evening at Albion.
The time of speaking is as follows:
Saturday Sprtngfieltl, 1:30; Louisville,
10:10; Plattsmouth 1:30; Murray, 2:30;
Union, 3:30; Nehawka ,4:30; Weeping Wa
ter, 7:30. '
Monday Arlington, 10:30; Kennard,
11:30; Blair, 12:30; Herman, 3; Tekamah,
4; Craig, 5; Oakland, 7:30.
Tuesday Lyons, ; Bancroft, 10; Pen
der, 11; WaUhtll, 1:30; Winnebago,
. 1:30; Homer, 3:30; Dakota City, 4:30;
Jackson, 5:30; Ponca 7:30.
Wednesday Waterbury, 9:30; Emerson,
10:30; Wakefield. 1; Wayne, 2:30; Wln
llde. 3:30; Hosklni, 4:30; Norfolk, 7:30.
Chursday Battle Creek, (; Meadow
Grove, 10; Tilden. 11; Oakdale, 1; Nellgh,
I; Elgin, 3:30; Petersburg, 4:30; Loretto,
5:30; Albion, 7:30.
Unknown Man Struck by
Missouri Pacific Train
Auburn, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special.)
Missouri Pacific passenger train
west of Paul, struck a man mounted
on a motor cycle, while the later
was crossing the tracks on his ma
rine. The body of the man was
hurled 60 feet and when the train
was stopped it was found that one
leg had been nearly severed, and the
- other leg fractured and torn so
that amputation ' of both limbs
would be necessary.. A large hole
ts also torn in the victims' head.
Theoian, whose identity could not
be learned, was taken to a hospital
U Nebraska City.
Daughter of Pioneer
Lyons Man Victim of "Flu"
Lyons, lMeb., UcL 16. (Special.)
. j . vwi.,. uicu a i ill. i
home here yesterday of influenza,
- aged 42 years, leaving a husband,
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uu sum uaugutcr. iier latner,
. D. Hart, was among the first
- pioneer settlers, helping to plow the
- first furrow ever plowed in this
ricinity. She also leaves a sister,
Mrs. U O. Shomway of Portland,
... Ore, . .,.,
The infant child of Peter.Peterson
.died here yesterday of influenza, '
Columbus Man Has Five
Sons in Country's Service
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) Five sons in Ihe military
and naval service, one son in the
civil service, and the seventh and
youngest son preparing to enter the
navy next spring, is the record
held by John W. Kennebeck, local
manager of the Hoagland Lumber
Co. of this city.
With the declaration of war by
this country, Lambert B. Kenne
beck was the first to go, enlisting
in the service December, 1917. He
is now stationed at Philadelphia.
John Kennebeck entered the
training school for naval officers
June 1.
Eugene Kennebeck who enlisted
in July, is stationed at Raritan, N.
Paul Kennebeck is in the S. A. T.
C. at the Creighton university, Om
aha, Neb.
Leo Kennebsk is in the United
States labor bureau at Omaa.
Frank Kenebeck is taking the
high school course at Creighton
university and planning to enter
the naval service in the near future.
Fremont Boy Entertains
Comrades En Route to War
Fremont, Neb., Oct. 16. 'Spe
cial.) Henry Hodges, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Hodges of Fremont,
treated his comrades, members of
a unit that has been in training at
the Utah university at Logan, Utah,
to a pleasant surprise when the
company arrived in Fremont last
night on their way to a Virginia
camp. Young Hodges wired ahead
to Fremont to a friend to have a
supply of ice cream and cake and
meet them. Hodges acted as host
during the stop in Fremont and
treated each of the 40 khaki-clad
lads to ice cream the first they had
had since they went to Utah camp
several weeks ago, and a substantial
lunch.
FARMERS TALK
FIXING PRICE
. ON 1918 CORN
Men Representing Different
Branches of Organized Ag
riculture Hold Confer
ence at Lincoln.
Two Columbus Residents
Victims of Influenza
Columbus, Neb., Oct. 16. (Spe
cial.) The body of Mrs. E. G. Ma
lone, whose death resulted from the
Spanish influenza, was taken to
Hartwell, Neb., yesterday for burial.
Mrs. Malone was born "October 6,
1878, at Minden, Neb. Besides her
husband she leaves four children.
Albert E. Baumgartner is another
victim of the Spanish flu. He was
taken sick at the university at Lin
coln and came home to recuperate,
but complications set in which re
sulted in pneumonia.
Grand Island Couple
Joined in Marriage Here
Rev. Charles W. Savidge yester
day married Miss Vera E. Sayles.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Sayles' of 410 East Twelfth street
and Eugene M. Ranks of 818 East
Eighth street, Grand Island.
Mrs. Ranks is a graduate of
Grand Island High school class of
1916 and is operator of the Union
Pacific at that place.
Mr. Ranks has been yardmaster
at Grand Island for two years, but
has recently resigned to accept a
better position with another com
pany. ,
Influenza Situation
Improving at Geneva
Geneva, Neb., Oct. 16. (Special.)
No new cases of influenza have
been reported during the past few
days and iwis believed that the epi
demic is now broken. There are
several people near here ill, but none
are thought to be in danger at the
present time.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Special.) A
large delegation of farmers, repre
senting the different branches of or
ganized agriculture, met at the Lin
dell hotel in this city this afternoon
for the purpose of talking over the
matter of prices for farm produce
and getting a better idea of the sit
uation. C. H., Gustafson was ielected
chairman of the meeting and F.B.
Danielson secretary. Jacob Sass
was called upon to state the object
of the meeting after which he called
Professor Pugsley to read a state
ment prepared by him covering the
embargo on corn. The statement
first covered the embargo sent out
from different cities going into it
Lvery fully.
Corn Prices in Omaha.
This went into effect September
18, 1918, and showed the prices at
that date on corn on the Omaha
market as follows:
No. 3 white, $1.83. same grade
October 11, $1.30, decline 53c.
No. 3 yellow, $1.59; same grade
October 11, $1.28; decline 31c.
No. 3 mixed, $1.60; same grade
October 11, $1.30; decline 30c.
Continuing the statement read by
Professor Pugsley showed:
The government estimate of the
1917 corn crop, made on October
1, 1917, was 3,210,795,000 bushels.
Price of No. 3 mixed corn Chicago,
October 1,1917, $1.96 to $1.98 per
bushel. Government estimates of
corn crop for 1918, made October 1,
1918, 2,718,000,000 bushels, a short
age of practically a half a billion
bushels. Price of No. 3 mixed corn
Chicago, October 1, 1918, $1.35.
The price, therefore, of corn' at
Chicago, under the embargo, on Oc
tober 1, 1918, was 61c lower than on
the same date in 19J7, when no em
bargo was in existence, and this also
in the face of the fact that the pro
duction of corn for the year 1918
was one-half billion mushels below
the corn production of 1917; and
also in the face of the fact that the
food and feed value of the com of
1917 was from 20 to 25 per cent be
low, the food and fed value of the
corn drop of 1918.
Speculation Plays Part.
After discussing this condition,
and declaring that speculation had
a large part in lowering prices,
Professor Pugsley said:
"Every farmer is vitally inter-1
ested in the price of his production
and every farmer knows that the
present low price of corn is alto
gether out of line with the high
price of cotton, iron, steel, labor
and the high price of everything
which the farmer must buy. The
one item of cost per bushel for har
vesting corn prior to the war was
about 5 cents per bushel. In many
localities of Nebraska the present
price per bushel is 12 and 13 cents."
He closed by urging that steps
be taken to urge the government to
fix a minimum price on corn for the
crop of 1918.
Dr. Munger Named.
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Special.) Dr.
I. C. Munger of Lincoln has been
appointed physician at the peni
tentiary to take the place of Dr.
G. E. Williams who has gone into
the U. S. medical service.
"Flu" Postpones Meeting.
Chicago, 111., Oct. 16. P. S.
Eustis, chairman of the Western
passenger traffic committee, an
nounced today that owing to the in
fluenza epidemic the convention of
the American Association of Pas
senger Traffic Officers, which was
to have been held at Baltimore, Md
October 23-24, has been postponed.
American
Casualty List
The following: Nebraskans and
Iowans are named in the casualty
list given out by the government
for Thursday morning, October 17:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Private Emmet F. Allen, next of
kin, Ray McBride, Greenfield, la.
SEVERELY WOUNDED.
Sergt. Frank J. Matus, next of kin,
John Matus, Marion, la.
George S. Barningham, next of
kin, Mrs. E. T. Martin, Lincoln,
Neb.
Dave H. P. Hansen, next of kin,
Mrs. Sophia Hansen, Tecumseh,
Neb.
Fred R. Lamb, next of kin, Jessie
P. Lamb, Papilhon, Neb.
Lorin H. Larson, next of kin, I.
G. Larson, Otteson, la.
WOUNDED; DEGREE UNDE
TERMINED. Gustav A. Holm, next of kin,
Henry Holm, Fremont, la.
The following Nebraskans and
Iowans are named in the casualty
list given out by the government
for Wednesday afternoon, October
16:
KILLED IN ACTION.
Anton C. Bastian; next of kin, C.
C. Bastian, Wayne, Neb.
SEVERELY WOUNDED.
Neil E. Davis; next of kin, Mrs.
Hazel Davis, Amherst, Neb.
..Charles L. Larue; next of kin,
Charles H. Larue, Norden, Neb.
Simon Laycock; next of kin, Mrs.
James Laycock, Elm Creek, Neb.
Henry W. Schmale; next of kin,
Fred Schmale, Dewitt, Neb.
William G. Spahr; next of kin,
Austin Spahr, Aurora, Neb.
Herbert H. Stambaugh; next of
kin, Lorenzo Stambaugh, Ashland,
Neb.
Frank W. Wilken; next of kin,
August Wilken, Denison, la.
Benjamin Schmidt; next of kin,
Rindholt R. Schmidt, Dewitt, Neb.
Andy Thomsen; next of kin, Kris
tina Thomsen, Kearney, Neb.
WOUNDED, DEGREE UNDE
TERMINED. Corp. Henry A. Turk; next of kin,
Henry Turk, Atlantic, la.
The following casualties are re
ported from the commanding gen
eral of the American expeditionary
forces: Killed in action, 52; missing
in action, 35; wounded severely, 182;
died from wounds, 31; died from ac
cident and other causes, 4; died of
diesease, 26; wounded, degree unde
termined, 106. Total, 436.
The following casualties are re
ported by the commanding general
of the American expeditionary
forces: Killed in action, 37; missing
in action, 8; wounded severely, 72;
died of disease, 21; died from ac
cident and other causes, 3; wounded,
degree undetermined, 72; prisoners,
5. Total, 218.
Killed In Action.
Sergt. Albert Atkinson, Doylntown, Pa.
Sergt. Israel F. Goldberg, Yonkers. N.
T.
Sergt. Hal A. Irwin, Cassevtlls. Mo.
Sergt. Helmuth T. Kraft, New Braun
fels, Tex.
Sergt. Russell H. Moore, Philadelphia,
Pa.
Sergt. Glen M. Reed, Auxvaass, Mo.
Sergt. R. Roob, Cleveland. O.
Corp. Ralph F. Bassett, West Carthage,
N. C.
Corp. Fred A. Becker, Weehawken, N.
J.
Corp. Joseph Brownies, Pateraon, N. J.
Corp. Edward Doyle, Yardley, Pa.
Corp. Albert J. Gottl, New Rochelle,
N. Y.
Corp. Lawrence B. Jonei, Almoneiion,
N. J.
Corp. Rogen C. Jonei, Ft. Worth, Tex.
Corp. Christ J. Klalber, Buffalo, N. Y.
Corp. Francis R. Romac, Katy, Tex.
Corp. Frank W. Sharpe Sterling, Kan.
Wagoner Clell Hlser, Clefer, Okla,
Herman W. Adams, Johnstown, Pa.
Emmett F. Allen, Greenfield, la.
Ella Atrtano, Elverson, Pa.
Arthur Albert Aufmuth, Cleveland, O.
Charles E. Boyer, Breenlane, Pa.
Frank C. Brennan, Tremont, Pa.
rhlllp Brodsky, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Arthur W. Cadwallader, West Lebanon,
Ind.
Joseph C. Chambers, New York, N. Y.
Edward Charleson, Chicago, 111.
Roy li. Clement, Stanne, 111.
James A. Coll, Philadelphia, Fa.
John A. Collins, New York, N. T.
dforge A. Dawson, Norwich, Conn. i
Rapael A. Drezwlckl, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jeff B. Davis, Denton. Tex.
Fred B. Dawson, Stillwater, Okl.
Oulsepp Cuosso, Buffalo, N. T.
Emery Laranto Frame, Leonard, Ulna.
Died of IMseaM.
Capt. Thorns J. Hawkins. Detroit, Mich.
Sergt. Henry Garrlapy, Saut St. Marie,
Mich.
Sergt Clars South, Chicago, 111.
Corp. Robsrt J. Hewson. Jr., Philadel
phia, Pa.
Cook William H. Stldham, Ridge, lis.
Lynn Chapman, Novelty, O.
Robert J. Coatello, Elgin, III.
Paul Drop. Clarice, Pa.
Loula J. Griffin, Macedon, N. T.
Arthur Hanson. Falrbault, Minn.
Thomas W. Haver, Uhrlchvllle. O.
John S. Hyatt, Mineral Wells, Tex.
James Joseph Kelly, Toledo, O.
Bernard J. Koetter, Minster, O.
Moyd 3. McCarthy, Maiden, Mass.
Harrison Matx. Allflptown, Pa.
Harold Maybaum, Alnsworth, Ind.
Jacob Richardson, New Orleans, La.
Floyd H. Rose, Vlcksburg, Mich.
Frank C. Rutkoskl, Syracuse, N. T.
Giovanni Scopel, Barre. Vt.
Died Vtom Accident and Other Causes.
Sergt. James O. Huff, Euchee. Tetin.
William Charles, Kims, Heaver, Wis.
George Ruffln, Birmingham, Ala.
Missing In Action.
John Alvltl, Boston, Mass.
Charles H. Baker, Peer Park, Md.
Angelo Baldassarl. New York. N. Y.
Glen J. Beal, Waltersburg, Ta.
Charles. E. Behm, Oley. Ta.
Jerome C. Bender, Mifflin, Pa.
Alfred Bernler, Putnam, Ky.
Alfred Binder, Mlllvale, Pa.
Prisoners.
John A. Bell, Lawrence. Mass.
David Dulney, New York, N. Y.
William C. Evans, Danville, Va.
Pleasant R. Fain, Spray, N. C.
Glacoma Galeazza, Rochester, N. Y.
Sidewalk Construction
Under Non-War Rules
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Special.) The
building of cement sidewalks in
citites and towns comes under the
ban of the government, according
to information received by State
Engineer Geeorge Johnson from the
secretary of the United States
Highway council.
Prominent Avoca Farmer
Hangs Self Sunday Morning
Avoca, Neb., Oct 16. (Special.),
Dick Leefers, aged 42 years, com
mitted suicide Sunday morning by
hanging himself in a granary on hit
farm north of here. He wat dis
covered by his sister who keeps
house for him. Leefers was one of
the well known farmers of this
vicinity and quite well to do. No
cause was known for the act.
The residence of A. M. Cole of
Weeping Water was destroyed by
fire Tuesday evening of last week.
Most of the furniture was saved.
Youth Out on Parole Runs
Away While III With Flu
Lincoln, Oct. J6. (Special.) A
boy wrapped in a blanket was found
lying on the front porch of a Lin
coln residence in the north part of
the city this morninng suffering
from influenza and showing symp
toms of pneumonia. He proved to
be one of the inmates of the boys'
industrial school at Kearney who
had been paroled to a family living
at Howe. He wore no clothing but
the blanket. He was taken to the
orthopedic hospital for treatment,
Koerner Made Captain.
Lincoln, Oct. 16. (Specials
Charles Koerner, formerly of Lin
coln, but for 13 years chief of the
fire department of the canal tone,
has been commissioned captain in
the United States army and as
signed to the quartermaster's de
partment. (
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