Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1916, Page 2

| FIRST DIVISION OF G00D ROADS MONEY Becretary Houston Apportions Five Million Appropriation Among the States. $106,770 FOR NEBRASKA Washington, July 26.—Apportion- ment among the states of the first year’s appropriation of $5,000,000 car- ried by the new good roads act, was announced by the Department of Agriculture today, which has certi- fied the figures to the Treasury de- partment and state officials. To be entitled to its share, each state must provide an equal amount to that put up by the Federal govern- ment. Texas gets the largest share, $291,- 927; New York second, $250.720; Pennsylvania third, $230,644, and Illinois forth, $220,926. [ Before making the division, Secre- tary Houston deducted 3 per cent, nr $150,000, set aside by the act for ad- ministration. Then the $4,850,000 was allotted to the states on the basis of one-third respectively in the ratio of area, population and rural delivery and star mail routes. Among other state allotments are: 8,613(New ““mi"' i The first installment is for the fiscal rar ending June 30, 1917. For the four succeeding years the following amounts, to be apportioned in the same manner, are authorized: In addition $1,000,000 is appropri- ated each year for ten years for the development of rural roads in the na- tional forests. Start of Big Campaign. The announcement by Secreta . Houston is the first step in the fed- * eral government's part of spending . $150,000,000 on good roads during the - mext five 'years in co-operation with the states, A circular will be sent tc all the ernors and state highway _ authorities outlining a tentative plan - of l:-oudnn. e $150,000,000 is to be paid, half by ‘the government and half by the _ several states, apportioned among ; the latter according to their respec- | tive darea, population and rural m: route mlfule. The expenditures are authorized b the Shackleford-Bankhead good roads law, the first granting federal states in road building. It wi July 11 by President Wil government offi ut its provisi tion. Actual construction the roads may begin this fall and sive construction next spring resent e orized congress are 000. For the four succeeding years they are, re- B DA, fids provides, however, that no géver ment money shall be avaifable unless ;: u;t:'mmwd an equal nmoubm, e ernment contribu- tions dn'lar lor.::lhr. Sta Maintenanc of the federal e act provides, be spent d new roads. intenance ‘costs thereafter must be borne by the states alone. Rules and regulations to put the b:'fl e w, "t it is popularly o prompt operation are now being drafted by the secretary ture, upon whom devolv. ly the entire work of sup: g the government expenditur nrmd-ion will be by t! roads and rural en- canfersncs of Migh erence o N sentatives of all states and, possivly tives muludom interested in roads movement, i experts and others, to di:c':n'u? ez:::-'- ures for ulgating the new law is phiner::n?y !ecreury Hous-' tes and construction materi - of the new roads are to be finall Ctermined by the secretary of a of - < cultare. No public road ernyn be filt law until its location, cost ‘character are approved by him. road :ro)ee! with plans, speci- s and cost estimates must be mhb approval before any of the money shall be available. There is n ific requirement that such roads shall be permanent, but the act declares they shall be “sub- stan character,” the secretary being given discretion to construe the question of substantiability in each case, state 3 $10,000 Per Mile. A limit of $10,000 per mije, how- ever, is the maximum fixed by the law to ’nevev_n use of the government n build ly boulevards ist in rural de- ether the roads built under the I Weather Everywhere i 9 | penetrating t ¢ today. Great losses have been in- i | General Sakharoff 9| Ermolli are bein, THE ENTIRE VILLAGE of Posieres has been won by the British. By completing his occupation of Posleres General Halg has won an important advantage in his offensive along the Somme. THE IMPETUQUS RUSSIAN DRIVE in Aremenia has resulted in the capture of the important fortress of Erzingan from the Turks, sccording to an official an- nouncement today In Petrograd. The Turks are ssid to be retiring In diserder. PETROGRAD OFFICIAL STATEMENT an- mounces the successful eontinuance of the Russian offensive in Volhynia and the re- pulse of s violent attack sttempted by General Von Hindenburg's forces In the Riga region. — e e law shall be main-traveled trunk lines, connecting interstate highways, or merely small sections scattered throughout the states is also left to the discretion of the secretary of agriculture. Construction of both is expected. At the proposed conference of state highway representatives here it is believed proposals for a compre- hensive, correlative road building scheme will be reached. The Amer- ican Highway association, the Amer- ican Automobile association and oth- er good roads organizations are in- terested in such co-ordination and correlation of the public roads throughout the entire nation. Devel- opment of the national road system as a whole is the broad scheme and aim of government officials, with the aid of state authorities, The machinery for co-operative action is substantially as follows: States desiring to secure their share of the federal funds will, through their highway commissions or de- partments, file formal application, submitting the route and character of roads proposed to the secretary of agticulture, Should he approve the projects, the secretary of agriculture willJ notify the state commission and the secretary of the treasury. The latter will (Ken set aside the share of the United States, which shall not exceed 50 per cent of the cost. The secretary of agriculture will order payment of the federal funds upon completion of the roads, and is also authorized to make partial payments as construction proceeds. States in Control. The construction work and labor in each state is to be done in accord- ance with state laws and under imme- ate super n of the state high- wlx department, subject to inspection an .pgyov:l by government engi- neers. This leaves the states in con- trol of the co u;tion, subject only to insure good designs. Selection of road routes, as well s their type and structural composi- s0 left primarily to the state bject to approval or rejec- tion by the secretary of agriculture. To secure a share of the federal | yeny funds, state legislatures or counties must appropriate sums equal to the federal allotments. The act also re-|xq, quires formation of state highway i or a similar state ve charge of the state's Indi- and Texas, have no such commissions or corresponding organizations, but to secure federal funds they must be or-/ ganized, Other st have no high- way commissions, but have subst: fiy similar departments or agen- here states, like Illinois, are pro- hibited by their constitutions or otherwise prevented from acting under the proposed contributory rlln, the act provides that the federal ap- propriations may - become available to separate counties when they shall match the government's contribu- tions, such roads, of course, being built only within the contributing counties. Guard Against Haste, To give the states ample time to build roads and guard against hasty extravagant construction, the law o provides that unexpended fed- um)ro riations each year shall b able urin’ the succeeding while this year's allotments to sf hich have no highway departments all be available for three years, to give the state legislatures time to cre- ate such departments. For enforcement of the provision requiring the states to maintain the new roads without federal assistance, the secretary of agriculture is author- ized to disapprove of further road projects from such states or their civil subdivisions and deny further overnment aid if roads are not put in proper condition after four months' notice. Development of a federal corps of hlfhwly engineers is one of the re- sults expected from the new law. Civil service examinations will be held August 8 for many more high- way engincers needed by the govern ment. RUSSIAN FORCES TAKE ERZINGAN (Continued From Page Ome.) of Tuesday said the Turkish armies in the Erzingan region “were re- treating in disorder before the ir- resistible pressure of our troops lndl were abandoning along the road can- non, rifles and munitions” | RUSSIANS CONTINUE DRIVE! Teutonic Foren_i;—Southem Volhy-: nia Pressed Further Back. o | Petrograd, July 26.—(Via L.ondon.) ~The Russians are continuing their successful drive in southern Volhynia, pressing back the Teutonic forces near the Slonevka river, a branch of the Styr, which the Russians are crossing, the war office announced flicted on the retiring hostile forces. Heavy losses in prisoners were sus- |+ tained also, the announcement states, | capturing more | than 4,000 officers and men. The forces of General von Boehm- | 0 attacked by the| Russians in Galicia, ten miles north of Brody. German forces under Marsha Hindenburg attacked the Rus: lines near Kemmern, twenty miles west of Riga, and nearly succeeded in he Russian front line, the war office announced today, but finally were compelled to retreat by the concentration of the Russian fire, ————— br. King's New Diseovery, Thers Is nothing better for your coush ©or cold than Dr. King's New Discovery, in use over 40 years. Guaranteed. All drug- _THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916. ASSETS ARE NEARLY |Automobile Thieves Thwarted by BILLION AND HALF| Boys Sleeping in Tent Near Garage Building and Loan Associations Gain Ten Per Cent During Past Year, NEBRASKA EIGHTH STATE St. Louis, July 26.—(Special.)—5 Nearly 7,000 associations with a total | membership of 3,334,899 and assets amounting to $1,484,205875, were reported at the openlniscssion today of the United States League of Lo- cal Building and Loan associations by H. F. Cellarius, Cincinnati, secre- | tary, The figures show an increase of nearly 10 per cent in assets and 7 per cent in membership for the year. Assets Double in Decade. “The onward movement,” says the report, “has been most marked in the last decade, during which period these associations have more than doubled their assets and nearly doubled their membership. In 1906 the total assets of the local associa- tions were $673,129,198, and the to- tal membership was 1,699,714, an in- crease in assets in ten years of $811,- 076,677, and in membership, 1,635, 185. The average amount due each | member is $445.05 as against $437.42, the amount shown last year.” Pennsylvania holds first place in number of associations and in total | assets, while Ohio takes first rank in total while membership is crowding the Keystone state for first place in assets. Ohio shows the largest gain in assets for the year, $22,175828; Pennsylvania, $21,893,720; New Jer- sey, $11,298097; Massachusetts, $10,- 761,848; TIllinois, $7,818,325; Indiana, $7,251,531; Iowa, $5,150,507; Ne- braska, $4,522457, and New York, 3,943,159 Nebraska In Eighth Place. Nebraska holds the high rank of “What's the matter with you guys,” rowsily interrogated Page Christy, 12 years old, and Howard Willard, 14 years old, who -vere sleeping in a tent in the yard of the Christy home, 1034 Park avenue, when they were awakened early yesterday morn- ing by a crash and a string of pro- fanity from two men in an automobile, when the car smashed into the wall of a garage in the alley a few feet IWQK. < The boys crawled from their cot in the ten: and peered into the dark- ness, just in time to see the forms of two men disappearing down the alley. The “guys” didn’t wait to en- Nice Field Marks Second Day's Races On Tekamah Track Tekamah, Neb., July 26.—(Special Telegram.)—A large crowd that filled the grandstand, a nice field of horses, and splendid weather served to make the second day of the race meet of the Tekamah Speed associa- tion a success. hTe day was warm. Summary: Trotting, 2:17, purse $400. Great Northern, b. by California B. b. g., (Earl Beesley).. 3 Governor V, b, g, by Governor Francls (Smith Brothers).. Lord Kitchener, bl. &, by Archdale PFitssimmons (Dennls) . Princess Margaret, b. Earl (Allen Brothers). Lee Dale, br. s, by Archdale ( Brothers) Budwelser, b, (Mumford) Major Hard. Trotting, eighth among the thirty-three states | Helr Reaper, represented in each, ranking next to Indiana in the total and leading all states west of the Mississippi river. Nebraska’s total of 341,660,8}) are for the fiscal year 1914-15, and will ex- (Warren) Dr..Mayo, (Ward) . Lord Duke, (8chinstock Brothers) Time, 2:18%, 2:21%, 2:20. . 3 Three-quarter-mile dash, purse §100. Clark M, br. g, by Kenneliworth, won the race with Myloure second and Waymark third, Time, 1:16%. Another big day Is expected tomorrow. Indian Uses Hearse For Family Carriage Pierre, S. D., July 26.—(Special.)— An old Indian driving a hearse with a pair of weary looking mules draw- 994 | ing the sun-blistered vehicle along the Ioieait | street a few days ago, and was not an evidence of death nor a trip to the cemetery. It was only an old Indian shgeoattifrom Crow Creek reservation who 37,696,646 | uses an old hearse for a family car- 23,362,690 | riage, and finds it very convenient :;:"““: for carrying the camp equipage in- 3 side while his family rides in state on the top of the vehicle. This has been used as a family traveling carriage for many years, since the Indian had ot only the hearse left to pick from in 7801626 | 8 Stock of “carriages” which were 1,013,431 ricked up’ when the reds all got a 5,967,609 | lump, government payment many years ago and took the first oppor- tunity to spend it. Y Woman Sues for Two Separate Accidents on Car Miss Hazel Johnson, waitress, dsks $5,000 dlmlfes from the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway com- pany, asserting that she was injured twice in two separate accidents, through negligence of the company. Miss Johnson says in her petition that on May 25,1916, she attempted to get off a street car on Park avenue, near Poppleton, and was thrown from gram for the sessions of the league, the step when the car started too which will last two days. George F.|soon. She further alleges that on Gilmore of Omaha, first vice presi-| May 30 she was the victim of a simi- dent, will be advanced to the presi- | lar accident when getting off a car dency at the election of officers, which |at Twenty-fourth and Franklin will close the convention Thursday. | streets. ceed $45,000,000 in the state report for 1915-16 now being compiled. The fol!owinz table shows the membership and assets-of the states reporting officially for 1915-16, The figures under the heading, “Other states,” are conlolidrned estimates: STATES, Uomb:.:-lhln ey 3 . 568,000 § 377,000,000 9,136 343,106,613 1486 143, 217,437 216,150 179,380 190,938 Massachusetts Tilinots .. oky . Distriot of Columbla nsas .. . Missour! . . X North Carolina . 5 14, Wisconsin . 14,228,401 13,517,862 10,031,099 Towa .. Arkansas Washington Minnesota West Virgh Maine ... Rhode Island Connectiout Oklahoma . New Mexico Montana Toxas . Vermon! Other 8 1, 1,247,303 201,437 149,092,383 Totals .......... 8,834,800 $1,484,208,878 In addition to the secretary's report, there were reports from Herbert W, Pinkham, Quincy, Mass., president of | the lufue, and Joseph K. Gamble, Philadelphia, treasurer. A number of papers are on the pro- Real Food For Real Boys— must taste good—and, more important, con- tain true nourishment for their growing bodies and rapidly developing brains. Grape-Nuts FOOD is crisp granules of whole wheat and malted barley—well balanced in nourishment, easy to digest and delicious—a wonderful energiz- er for boys and girls and grown-ups. “There’s a Reason” Grocers everywhere sell Grape-Nuts. lighten the boys as to “what was the matter with them,” but kept on run- ning. 3 An excited crowd of pyjamad neighbors collected at the scene of the crash, among them being H. P. Devalon’s, 1024 Park avenue, who dis- covered that the abandoned machine in the alley belonged to him. The car {md been stolen from Mr. Devalon’s garage by the two men, who in their haste to make their get- away drove the machine into the wall of another garage. The sound of the boys' voices in the tent put the automobile thieves to flight. The car was considerably damaged. Subsea Attacks British Warship 0ff the Orkneys Berlin, July 26.—(By Wireless to Sayville.)—A German suh:marine at- tacked a British dreadnought off the Orkney islands on July 20 and ob- tained two hits with torpedoes, the German admirality announced today. The admirality statement says: “A German submarine on July 20, off the British naval base of Sculpa Flow, Orkney islands, attacked a British dreadnought and obtained two torpedo hits. London, July 26.—With reference to the German statement that a sub- marine had torpedoed a British dread- nought off the Orkney islands July 20 the British admirality stated that the actual facts were as fcllows: “A small auxiliary off the north of Scotland was attacked by an enemy submarine on the date mentioned. It was not hit.” British Biplane Is Shot Down by German Subsea Berlin, Juty 26—(Via London.)— A British biplane was shot down by a German submarine at a point north of Zechruf e, Belgium, on Monday, says an official statement issued by the German admiralty today. Two of- ficers in the machine were captured. Indianapolis Bank Robbed and Cashier Slugged Indianapolis, Ind., July 26—Two armed men today held up and robbed the East Tenth street State bank and escaped in an automobile with 1,800. arry B. Tillman, cashier, ought the bandits, but was struck on the head with a revolver and over- powered. Young En?ineer of Threshing Outfit Crushed to Death Springfield, Neb., July 26, (Special Telegram.)—Herman Riderhagen, an engineer of a threshing outfit, backed his engine in a creek and was crushed to death. His home was Reno, Okla. He was about 28 years old and a | stranger in this community. An ac- cidentinsurance policy for $500 was found in his coat. The National Capital. ‘Wednesday, July 26, 1916. The Senate. Benator Kern gave notice of caucus de- cision to consider child labor bill ebfore ad- Journment. mll!uumad debate on army appropriation The House. No wsession. Meets Thursday. THOMPSON-BELDEN &CO. = The fashion Corter of "the MiddleWest — Established 1336 VNCW Felt Hats All the Rage Light shades in felts are preferred just now, and very charming are the colorings shown. Twenty-five New Shapes In white, pink, delft blue, green, rose, tan, pink, chartreuse, helio, salmon. Prices $1.79, $1.95, $2.50, $3.95. Millinery Department— Second Floor. 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