President Wilson Eyes Ways to Meet Deficit July 1918
Washington reports President Wilson and cabinet discuss means to cover the June 30 1918 deficit. Wilson sends 2500 to the Democratic national committee treasurer. Nebraska Governor-elect Keith Neville attends governors conference in Washington.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
March
Dmeocratic National Committee
Keith Neville
Nebraska Association
Mr. Neville
Conference of Governors
Nebraska
Shallenberger
War measures and wartime issues across nations
Reports describe Britain pursuing extended war financing and manpower, Italy instituting two meatless days, and Spanish and German naval actions. Berlin notes submarines sank ships carrying coal and war materiel toward France. Looming shortages in seeds and vegetables are forecast in the United States as prices may rise. The Hawaiian crater lake at Kilauea nears its rim, while postal and Armenian relief efforts proceed. Warnings to Allied shipping, immigration bill opposition, and political maneuvering in the U.S. round out a broad wartime panorama.
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New York
Grand Jury
South Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
British West Indies
Attorney General Reed Seeks $225000 for Prohibition Enforcement Funds
Reed asks for 225000 in special appropriations plus 3360 for two more stenographers to strengthen enforcement of prohibition laws. He notes state and national experience require accessible funds to investigate violations and prosecute offenders beyond normal department budgets.
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Union News Service
Reed
Nebraska Banks See Record Year Deposits Rise Over 54 Million
Nebraska reports a record year for state banks with deposits across 800 banks rising by 54,651,845 in twelve months. Average monthly gains exceed 4.55 million, equating to over 41 per person. Loans rose 27,939,850 while deposits since August climbed 14,407,000 and loans 12,560,000.
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Nebraska
Problem of Employment for Nebraska National Guard Members
The Nebraska national guard faces employment challenges as many soldiers return home. General Hall seeks help from the labor commission to place returning guardsmen, who left jobs six months ago to serve, but most will still need to find work on their own after arriving home.
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Frederick Funston
Hne
War Department
Nebraska National Guard
Hall
The
Labor Commission
State Superintendent’s Fees In Biennial Report
The biennium December 1, 1914, to November 30, 1916 shows total fees of 23353. County registrations produced 12714, city registrations 2185, life certificates and registrations 1756, state certificates 492, and miscellaneous 211. Funds funded department operations under legislative authority. 1974 remains in the state treasury as cash fund balance.
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Thomas
Department
State Treasury
Nebraska School Attendance Rises Despite Fewer Students
State Superintendent Thomas comments in his report that while enumeration shows a drop in pupil numbers, overall enrollment and school attendance increased.
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Nebraska
Thomas
Howver
Debate over new state capitol building begins
Incoming legislature faces choice between patching the old state house or undertaking immediate construction of a modern, commodious and sanitary capitol building to accommodate a rapidly growing commonwealth. Some favor repairs for a few more years, while many endorse decisive action for a new capitol.
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State House
State to raise valuations on Morrill Banner and Cedar school lands
Land Commissioner Beckmann supported a higher valuation, and the educational lands and funds board approved a substantial increase totaling 9796 dollars across about two sections. The new valuations set the selling prices for contracts on state school lands in Morrill Banner and Cedar counties.
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Beckmann
Morrill
Banner
Cedar Counties
Board of Educational Lands and Funds
Cornhusker Tim Corey May Join Navy Next Year
Retiring Nebraska Cornhuskers captain Tim Corey may join the Navy at Annapolis next year. Sources say he received assurances of a cadet appointment if he accepts. Corey has not decided his path, with a June graduation if he stays at Nebraska.
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Cornhusker
Navy
Tim” Corey
Nebraska University
Annapolis
Corey
Nebraska Horse Census Shows Large 1916 Totals
State labor department tabulations from county boards indicate 794 025 horses listed for taxation in 1916 with a total value of 12 680 068 dollars. State agriculture figures differ, showing 899 696 horses, while 1915 returns reported 903 973 head valued at 91 301 273 dollars.
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State Department of Labor
State Board of Equalization
Nebraska
Boards of Equalization
State Board of Agriculture
State Board’ of Equalization
Joint committee meeting outlines legislative revision plan
A joint committee of the legislature and state bar association met at the legislative reference bureau rooms. Members discussed improving legislative methods and agreed on a report for the state bar association on December 29 and the next legislature. The plan calls for a six member revision committee to work with the legislative reference bureau to revise bills before introduction and correct obvious form errors. the revision is advisory and creators may disregard it.
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Joint Committee of the
Legislature and
State Bar Association
Legislative Reference Bureau
J. J. Thomas
Seward
Bayard H. Paine
Grand Island
John Mattes
Nebraska City
C. E. Sandall
York
J. N. Norton
Polk
J. P. Palmer
Omaha
J. H. Broady
A. E. Sheldon
C. E. Sorenson
Lincoln
Senate
House
Mid-West Oil Company
Cryper
Wyo
Chadron
United States
Presbyterian and Christian Churches of
Mitchell
Bible School
American Humane Education Society
Boy Scouts
Longwood Avenue
Boston
Presbyterian Churches of
Nebraska
Committee On Evangelism of the
Synod
Nebraska State Association of County Commissioners, Supervisors
Norfolk
J. S. McFall
Lindsay
Fremont
A. P. Doeden
Syracuse
North Platte
Omaha Elevator Company
Wood River
I. H. Saeman
Lutheran
Rock Fort
Berlin
Nebraska Retail
Mber Dealers’ Association
Nebraska Press Association
Wm. Young
Brock
Remittances from County Treasurers Boost State Funds
Large December inflows to Nebraska state accounts show 65 county treasurers sending 449360 to the State Treasurer with 243906 earmarked for the general fund. November 30 balance was 247000. current general fund about 390000, expected to fall by year end due to payrolls and expenses, with at least 300000 remaining for the new year.
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Nebraska
Hall
Attorney General Sues Douglas County Treasurer in Nebraska
Willis E Reed for State Auditor W H Smith files suit in Nebraska Supreme Court against W G Ure county treasurer of Douglas County to recover 3817.91 penalty for failing to remit monthly state taxes. The petition claims 10 percent penalty, interest and costs from February 16 1916, with New England Casualty Company as bondsman party to the case.
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Willis E. Reed
W. H. Smith
Nebraska
W. G. Ure
Douglas County
Washington
Reed
Ure
Supreme Court of
George E. Hall
New England Casualty Company
Clemmons Announces New Lincoln State Education Staff
State Superintendent elect W. H. Clemmons of Fremont said in Lincoln last week that Miss Cora A. Thompson of Bridgeport will join his office as an assistant. Thompson, Morrill County superintendent, accepted a tendered position. Clemmons plans reorganizing the department of education on a different basis.
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WII
W. H. Clemmons
Fremont
Lincoln
Clemmons
Cora A. Thompson
Bridgeport
Morrill County
Department of Education
Farmers Equity Co-Operative
Orleans
Nebraska
Kansas
Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Kearney
Thomas E. Calvert
Grand Island Horse and Mule Company
Frank Howard
Pawnee City
Beatrice
England
France
Italy
Europe
American Beet’ Sugar Company
Grand Island
Ashland
Z. M. Baird
Hartington Herald
Cedar County News
Hartington
Omaha
Emma Miller
Wister
Odd Fellows of
Broken Bow
W. W. Hoagland
North Platte
State Dairymen's Association
State University
Commission Seeks Budget Increase For Rail Line Oversight
Retiring Commissioner Henry T. Clarke tells Governor Morehead that the railway commission must receive more funds. The current biannual budget of 93 000 should be raised by at least 9 000, with a request for 20 000 more if approved by the legislature, to better serve the public in the coming period.
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Commission
Railway Commission
Henry T. Clarke
Morehead
Will Prosecute Raffle Cases Under State Law
Attorney General Reed announced raffling automobiles to stimulate trade violates state law. Calls from across the state ask if he means it and whether other propositions fall under this head. He replies he intends to prosecute when laws are broken.
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Reed
State and local Nebraska events fill January notes
Nebraska news lists January meetings across several towns including Kearney Alliance Lincoln Auburn and Norfolk. It covers fairs associations rail traffic oil developments schools and firemen events plus a large grain loss at Fremont Elevator B and plans for new religious and civic initiatives statewide.
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Kearney
Odd Fellows’ District
Alliance
Lincoln
Nebraska Association of Fair
Nebraska
Auburn
Nebraska Editoria
Norfolk
Nebraska Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association
Omaha
York
Wilson Note Interpreted As Neutral Peace Initiative
Secretary Lansing clarifies President Wilson's peace note, stating it carries no threat of U S entry into the war. He warns against misinterpretations following an original oral statement that sparked speculation that the note could push the United States toward belligerent actions.
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Union News Service
Washington
Wilson
United States
Lansing
Refugees Strain Russian Empire Frontier Cities
Thousands of Romanians flee invading forces crossing into the Russian empire. They stream into Odessa Kiev and other southern cities in destitution and helplessness creating a refugee crisis potentially tougher than prior wartime displacements. Russia has struggled to assimilate earlier waves of Poles Jews and others who fled westward during the war.
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Petrograd
Russian Empire
Odessa
Kiev
Russia
Belgium
Wild Day on Exchange in New York Stocks Plunge
The stock market had a historic selloff after President Wilson’s note to belligerents and Secretary Lansing’s explanatory statement. Prices fell five to fifteen points, some as much as thirty three, with 3,176,000 shares traded in a day of unprecedented volume since 1901.
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New York
Wilson
Lansing
Germany
Northern Pacific
1914 Manufacturing Output and Employment
The 1914 manufacturing industries produced goods valued over 24 billion dollars and employed about 8 million people. The census bureau also announced plans for investigations in the coming year covering transport by water, religious bodies, and marriage and divorce.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm Breaks British Blockade at Bergen
The German steamship Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, anchored at Odde near Bergen since the war began, has reached Stavanger after reportedly breaking the British blockade outside Bergen, according to a Christiana dispatch.
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Berlin
Odde
Bergen
Norway
Stavenger
Christiania
Sunk by Submarine Kills Crew of Russian
The British admiralty reports 17 American muleteers and 11 crew members from the British horse transport ship Russian were killed when the vessel was sunk by a submarine in the Mediterranean on December 14.
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London
Mediterranean
Prize court seizes German securities en route to Chicago bank
London reports the prize court has confiscated German securities valued at 30 000 marks about 7146 dollars under the reprisals order. The securities were seized while proceeding to the State Commercial Savings Bank of Chicago.
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London
State Commercial Savings Bank of
Chicago
Lost With All on Board Halifax Nova Scotia Shipwreck
The American schooner William Mason sailing from Perth Amboy to Yarmouth N S is reported lost with all hands. Wreckage including two bodies washed ashore at Mereghan river near St Mary's bay. Builders plate confirms vessel name. Believed to have foundered in the storm that struck the Nova Scotia coast last Friday.
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Halifax
WN. S
William Mason
Perth Amboy
Yarmouth
N. S
Mereghan River
St. Mary’s Bay
Nova Scotia
Winter Wheat Condition Both Sown and Planted Acreage Rise
Washington reports winter wheat sown this fall on about 40.09 million acres, up 0.887 million from the revised fall 1915 estimate. December 1 condition stands at 85.7 percent of normal, compared with 87.7 last year and 90.2 the ten year average.
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Nebraska
U. S. Department of Agriculture
United States
James Brennan
O'Neill
Brennan
Nebraska Association of Fair Managers
Lincoln
Washington
Department of Agriculture
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Reedy & Ryan
Stone City
Kans
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Madical
Madrid
Spain
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Saltzgaber
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
W. P. G. Harding
London Post
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Austro-Hungary
Post Office Department
Charles E. Hughes
West Virginia
Ill
American Bankers’ Association
Berins Pass
Switzerland
Radical Party
House of Commons
David Lloyd- George
Central Powers
Atlantic
Sioux City
John
Willys
Toledo
Association of Life Insurance Presidents
National Association of Retail Grocers and Merchants
Bureau of Fisheries
Kilauea
Honolulu
T. H
August Jaggar, Jr
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Burleson
America
Caesar
Beirut
Armenia
Syria
American Committee For
Red Cross Society
Fis
Lindley M. Garrison
Lawyers’ Club of
William R. Willcox
Republican National Committee
the State House
Pilan
Bort
Nye- Schneider-Fowler Company
Greater
Florence
Benson
Grand Army of the Republic
Metropolis
Bureau of Publicity
David City
Masons of
Wahoo
Atlanta Post
Valley
Fremont Eagles
Standard Oil Company
Gering
A. G. Baker
Scottsbluff
Holdrege
Columbus
Central City
Hastings
Grand Is
Buffalo County
Crawford
Compmdious
S. J. Megaw
Fairbury
Presbyterian Church At
Fullerton
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