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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1916
Page
7
News from Washington and Europe covers Roumania joining the Entente against Austria Hungary, German action, and Italian war declaration. Reports detail land openings in Nebraska, rail labor tensions, bread price hikes, tobacco shortages, and land office homesteading trends. Also noted are carrier pigeons in the U S army, safety train visits, and fiscal talks between Britain and France.
Military units report discharge waves disrupting operations as training intensifies. Commanders warn morale and readiness suffer while reorganization efforts seek to stabilize schedules and maintain discipline across battalions.
National guardsmen near the border at Camp Liano face intensified training. General Lewis lifts a ban on guard outposts carrying cartridges. Private A. T. Lovelady fires warning shots into the air when a touring car fails to halt, men detained briefly, later released after confirming engine noise blocked commands.
Companies lose men as discharges rise due to physical disabilities and presence of dependents. Many soldiers with expired terms are also discharged. With colleges opening in September more losses are anticipated. Married men seek releases at about ten to twelve per company. Some mobilization veterans report back pains and other defects seeking releases.
Reed informs railway commission that convicting Rock Island and Missouri Pacific over excess baggage charges faces impossibility. He notes May 1908 order approving a general schedule of excess baggage rates remains in effect as passenger fares rose from 2 to 3 cents per mile.
Secretary Whitten of the Lincoln Commercial club urged a state farm sign near the O S D road to promote the university of Nebraska agricultural school. He wrote to Dean Burnett noting many tourists pass the grounds without identification and a small publicity effort could yield strong advertising.
The Nebraska State Board of Equalization cut town lot valuations by 10 percent in Cuming Dodge Hall Hamilton Nance Polk and Box Butte counties while Johnson county faced a 20 percent cut. Alliance school district’s $20 000 debt prompted the board to maintain its valuations despite the rest.
Superintendent R. V. Clark reports 1,277 bushels of wheat and 300 bushels of old wheat sold at 1.14 a bushel from the state industrial school for boys at Kearney. The institution also yielded 1,908 bushels of oats at 31 bushels per acre, delivered August 10 and 11 and stored in barn bins.
Chief Game Warden Rutenbeck receives a Washington dispatch signed by C H Henshayv chief of the bureau of biological survey. It lists open seasons for Nebraska waterfowl coots gallinules jacksnipe from September 16 to December 31 and plover yellow legs from September 1 to December 15 plus woodcock from October 1 to November 30. All other shore birds closed until September 1918.
A Nebraska special legislative committee after inspecting the capitol wing concluded the next legislature must decide to tear down and rebuild the east wing or pursue full repair and potential new capitol construction. Governor Morehead and state officers will await a costed report from State Engineer Johnson for future action.
The National Guardsmen are kept in good spirits with planned athletic contests at the camp. General Funston orders two contests per month to break monotony and a later selection of top performers from all regiments for a general field event.
State Auditor Smith reports sixteen Nebraska trust companies manage trust funds totaling 2,542,719 with capital 1,620,412.50 and other assets including mortgages 1,846,178 bonds 221,146 stocks 166,332.40 real estate 115,596 cash 446,046. Four of the firms formed in the last year. Exam fees of 600+ earned by State Accountant Clark will go to the state treasury.
The two Nebraska regiments on the border have drawn fortunate individuals for instructors from the regular army. Each regiment includes a commissioned officer and three non commissioned officers who train their peers and aid in developing the privates.
J. R. Cameron captain of Nebraska field hospital No. 1 writes from the Bennet sanitary detachment of the Fifth regiment describing border camp life. He notes malaria as the worst cases with one man suspected of yellow fever while overall sanitary conditions are excellent.
Omaha captain Frank Yates of Company D has quit cigars and taken up cigarettes. He received a large package of tobacco and cigarette papers meant for several months, addressed from the Kaiser in Iowa to Captain Frank C. Yates on the border.
Soldiers at Camp Llano express desire to defend the Mexican borders in winter and the Canadian border in summer, outlining a seasonal deployment plan and defense priorities.
Members of the Fourth and Fifth Nebraska regiments have been issued 100 rounds of ammunition. The meaning is uncertain with speculation that range practice or raiding bands in the west could trigger the action. General Lewis has given no orders, leaving the troops in suspense.
A copy of Border Work reports Army and Navy plans for YMCA support at Texas camps. Secretary W A Luke notes the program seeks at least 500000 in funds and reading matter, with 300000 to be used in the first six months. Thirty six buildings have already been erected across eighteen camps.
W. B H. Simpson, first Hastings man discharged under the dependent rule, reports American officers on the Mexican border receive better food than privates and notes fruit and delicacies. He says Hastings men have only a crate of cabbage and some sweet corn so far. A $200 fund raised locally sent to the company for extras, and Simpson believes Nebraska troops will spend the winter on the border despite homesickness.
A sweeping list of upcoming regional gatherings runs through mid September including the Southwest Nebraska District Fair at Maywood September 11 to 15 and the Central Nebraska Fair at Grand Island September 12 to 16. Other items note the State Federation of Labor convention at Fremont September 13 and the National Swine Show in Omaha October 2 to 7 with $10,000 in prizes.
War department orders 15000 national guardsmen to return to state mobilization camps from the Mexican border. General Funston to withdraw regiments from New York New Jersey Illinois Missouri and from California Oregon Washington and Louisiana. Secretary Baker announced after a White House conference with President Wilson. Coast artillerymen on border to return to home stations.
Indications grow that the present national encampment will be the last. Sam D Brown commander of Kentucky proposes future encampments be by delegates from each state at one delegate per 500 members with expenses paid by the encampment. He notes aging veterans will reduce attendance and a businesslike, patriotic approach is needed. Boy Scouts assist delegates with hotels rooms and errands.
Census figures show 689 printing and publishing establishments in Nebraska in 1914 and 31 613 nationwide. The classified sectors include book and job printing music publishing and newspapers with total product value of 210 508 111 dollars, up 22.8 percent since 1909.
The Burlington reports 100 men out while handlers claim 500 have quit. Management has not embargoed freight and expects enough workers to return within a couple of days to handle business at the Chicago terminal.
In resolutions the local legislature urged the Danish government to expedite talks for selling the Danish West Indies to the United States. It asks that the transfer to the United States occur as quickly as possible to end the current uncertainty.
A field kitchen similar to entente allied armies implements has its first test at Plattsburg New York. The Ninth regiment of the military training camp is supplied with a hot breakfast during practice marches.
Washington reports that fifty five expert nurses have been sent to the border for duty with troops. Additional groups are organized and ready to go as soon as the war department designates places for them. The department asked the Red Cross to pick one hundred nurses for border service. Two nurses are taken from each of twenty five base hospital units to place all units on a better footing for active service.
Copenhagen reports Philip Heineken of the North German Lloyd line saying Germany is ready for postwar sea competition. He notes all wartime losses have been replaced with four new passenger steamers the Hoppelin Hindenburg Kolumbus and Muenchen and plans to build many 4000 ton uniform ships.
Chicago observers report a nationwide push to raise five cent bread to six cents. Bakers across the country are urged to lift prices by one cent, says J M Bell, secretary of the bakers' association. Bell notes materials for baking have risen substantially, squeezing bakeries.
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