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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. HOPES TO GAIN ANCIENT KINGDOM II VET SEA RULER Supremacy of Submarine Re mains to Be Proved. War Has Disproved Somo of Sir Percy Scott's Theories Regarding Naval Warfare Radius of Undersea Craft Is Increasing. PkmWMCKVVD f Abdtirrazzak, tho subject of this photograph, Is a doscendant of an ancient king of Botan In Kurdistan, who In 12G2 waa defeated and captured by tho Turks. JIo lias benn HPorutnrv nf thn Tnrklah nmhoi n r. j master of ccremonlos at Constantinople wui, uujiii; io lutjuui uiu Hinguuin I II Matanzas Was Some Sea Rover in Former Days. Vankoo Barkentlne Which Went Down Recently In Storm Off Bermuda Had Been War Prize and a Smuggler. New York. Tho old Yankee barken tlno Matanzas, which has succumbed to tho god of storms In her twenty sixth year, had a plcturesquoly adven turous career. Sho had moro bad luck and more good luck than nlmost any other vessel along tho coaBt. Sho loft Newport Newo for Cadiz on her last voyago, and nobody thought anything could sink her. A hundred miles to tho eastward of Bermuda sho ran Into heavy gales that plucked out her masts. Sho floun dered, her cargo of coal 1,400 tons Hhlfted, and Capt. B. H. Nubs and his crow of nlno had Just tlmo to leap Into tho long boat. On tho second day In tho drifting longboat death took his first victim. All hands balled night and day. Ton days wore passed In that unspeakablo longboat without food or fresh water. At the rato of about a man a day thoy perished. Tho absonco of tholr weight providentially, perhaps, for Captain Nubs inado tho boat moro buoyant. Four men died on tho fifth day and throo on the ninth. Then tho schooner Bayard Barnos rescued thoso that woro loft, Captain Nubs, tho stoward of tho lost Matan zns and ono sailor. Thoy woro taken to a hospital in 1'ara. Captain Nubs loft tho two men in tho hospital nt I'ara. Ho camo hero on tho stoamor Rio do Janeiro and has gono to his Connecticut home. This vessel waB an unofficial smug gler, prlzo of war, tanker (molassos, wator or oil, according to charter) blockade runner, mail packet In tlmo of war and drogheiv Sho was re paired and ro-repalred, rebuilt, rofos toned, how sparred, now rigged, sur veyed and spoclally surveyed, and wub HtiH a good risk. Bill Rogors, tho shipbuilder of Bath, did an honest Job whon he shoved overboard tho Matanzas. During tho Spanish war W. D. Munsou & Co owned her, and sho was onco a sailing packet between Havana and Now York. Before tho MmiBons owned nor she carriod clandestine cigars, which however, wero handled by her thrifty crowB, not by her ownors. A sailor who had a growl bocauso ho was left out of tho speculation gavo away tho emugglors to tho collector. Ho suld sho brought in 25,000 cigars at a time. Her mato was caught trylug to emugglo cigars ashore, and In tho galley wero moro smokos within a not of beans, Two years beforo tho Spanish war Bho had been equipped with tnnks of 30,000 gallons capacity for bringing molasses Sho nover stopped going light to Cuba on account of any war ut least, sho didn't wait for war to bo declared beforo staying homo. In tho early Btngos of tho conflict In Cuban waters tho Atlantic fleet had to turn back tho Matanzas to savo her hldo. So when sho got along to about th latitude of Key West and found that Admiral Sampson wanted fresh water, what moro appropriate thau that sho should tako a govern mcnt churtor to carry Schuylkill water from Philadelphia to tho fleet? Next sho lltted out as a mail ship to carry codo dispatches from Florida for tho Cuban revolutionists. On her llrst trip In this new character sho boro Joaquin Alolna, tho ropreBontativo in HAD GIB CAREER iuuuiuu una and Is now In tho military servlco of oi uotan. Costa Itica of tho Cuban party, land ing him safoly on Cuban soil. Pendleton Bros, wero her next own ers. Tho eplloptlc of tho coast was next reported flying signals of dis tress whllo making a trip from Bruns wick, Ga., to Philadelphia. On another trip sho lost her rudder off Body's Island on her way from Wilmington, N. C for Now York. Again sho had to display off tho North Carolina coaBt in her rudderless state tho fumlliar signal. Again thoy woro heeded by tho faithful policeman, On ondaga, which gathered her In, towing her safoly inside Capo Henry. "SPITE UMBRELLA" DID IT Landlady Kept It and Had to Pay $102 as Result of Court Pro ceedings. Anthony, Kan. Tho famous Harper county umbrella, which has been in litigation for sovoral months, becamo tho undisputed property of Mrs. Alary Schoenoman of Harper a few days ago whon a Jury In tho district court as sessed her two dollars for tho property rights attached thereto, together with tho costs in tho case, which havo mounted to $100. Mrs. Schoenoman Is tho landlady at a rooming houso In Harper. Mrs. Lil Ho Smith, with her daughter and two grandchildren contracted for a room with tho Schocuomans. Mrs. Smith says tho contract for tho bod for four was CO conts. Mrs. Schoenoman Bays It was 75 cents. Mrs. Smith would pay only 50 conts when sho loft, and it wbb accepted. Sho forgot hor umbrella. Mrs. Scho onoman hold it for tho 25-cent bal ance Mrs. Smith sued. Tho justico court gavo hor a verdict for $3.50 and $7 attorney fees. Mrs. Schoenoman np pcalod to a Jury and It found aguln for Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Schoenoman paid tho costs and quit. PLANNED UNIVERSAL GOWN MIbs Jesalo UosBflch) of Now York waB awarded tho $i' prize offered through Mrs. Mildred ..ohnston Lan don by tho polymurlol commlttoo for hor design for u gown for women that can bo suitably worn on all oc casions. Tho gown is especially do algned to bring freedom and comfort, without any loss of eftoctlvo linos, to both body and pocketbook. Sentenced to "Eternal Sobriety." Jamaica, N. Y. Mrs. Margaret As kliiB, charged with neglecting hor chil drcn, was sontencod to "eternal so brioty" by Magistrate Miller. Sho ac cepted tho sontonco and promised to abldo by it. London. It Is a year slnco Admiral Sir Percy Scott published his famous letter on tho uso of tho submarlno In warfare. Tho chief points ho put forwnrd wore: Submarines havo entirely done away with tho utility of ships that swim on tho water. No man-o'-wnr would daro to come within sight of a coast adequately pro tected by submarines. If by submarines wo closo egress from tho North sea it Is difficult to seo how our commerce can bo much Interfered with. With sufficient submarines about it would not bo safe for a fleet to put to sea. No fleet can hldo Itself from tho submarine's eye, and tho submarine can deliver a deadly attack oven in broad daylight. With a flotilla of submarines . I would undortako to got Into any harbor and sink or damage all tho ships In that harbor. Thero woro many replies to tho let ter. Lord Sydenham admitted that tho submarlno would undoubtedly Im poso new risks on largo ships in cor tain waters, and If favored by chanco would obtain occasional successes. In remarking that submarines could not servo all the purposes demanded of ships it la noteworthy that Lord Sy' denham anticipated that warfare con ducted by submarines alono must lead to "piracy." Ono of tho ablest of Sir Percy Scott s anonymous critics, signing him son R. N., said: "Wo cannot regard tho torpedo, whether carried by tho battleship, tho destroyer or tho submarlno, eith er as a decisive or a primary weapon. At tho most it introduces an clement Into naval warfaro equivalent to that which ambushcB, surprise attacks, cut ting out expeditions play In other kinds of guerrilla warfare. It will af fect grand tactics profoundly, but In no senso incalculably, as Its uso can seldom If over prove of decisive ef fect." This seomcd to bo tho opinion of tho great majority of navy men. Win ston Churchill said In a speech that many believed a blow might bo struck beneath tho water "which will be fa tal to tho predominance of great bat tleships at any rato in tho narrow seas. . . . That time has not como yet, and tho ultlmato decision of naval war rests with thoso who can place in tho lino of battlo fleets and squadrons which in numbers, quality and homogeneity, in organiza tion, In weight of metal and In good shooting aro superior to anything they may bo called on to meet." Sir Percy Scott, in reply to his crit ics, opposed Lord Sydenham's asser tion that submarines would need a parent ship and suggestod that their rnngo of action was Increasing. As a matter of fact it Is now believed that tho German submarines in addi tion to what supplies of oil and oth er necessaries they can got from dis guised ships aro using submarines of tho old types ns tenders and bring thorn to the surface for the purpose of transferring supplies.- Admiral Bacon said In a letter: "Tho idea of attacking coinmorco by submarines is barbarous." Sir Percy Scott evidently considered this objec tion would havo no weight In tho oyes of tho Germans, nnd replied: "Our vulnerable point Is our oil and food supply. Tho Bubmarino has In troduced a now method of attacking these supplies. Will feelings of hu manity restrain our enomy from us ing it?" Ho added: "To oxterminato submarines is a difficult task. Au easier task would bo for tho enemy's submarines to ox torminato us by stopping our Bupply of food." Ho pointed out tho probability that tho enemy's submarines would not go out Into tho high seas to find our food Bhlps. "Why not wait at tho mouth of tho Thames, or any other port, whoro ho will And them coming out like railway trains?" BURNED HOUSE A GOLD MINE Coins Worth $2,200 Found In Ruins of Author's Home In New York. Peoksklll, N. Y. James Hooper, whllo digging out tho ruins of a burned homestead at Tompkins Cor ners, near Peoksklll, thought ho had struck a gold mine. Ho began picking up nil sorts of American and foreign gold coins. Beforo ho finished his dny'B work ho had found 357 coins of various kinds, but nil of gold. It de veloped that Thomas Upp, an author, who lost his llfo whon tho homestead burned porno tlmo ago, had kept a numismatic collection. This account ed, for tho discovery of $2,200 in gold In tho ruins. Robbed tho "Cop." Elkhart, lnd. Whllo Abraham Poarco, a policeman, slept In his homo, a thlof with pliers turnod tho koy on tho lnaldo of tho door, entered tho homo and got $100 worth of Mm Poarco's Jewolry, MANY STATES USE CONVICTS Different Systems of Employing Prison Labor on Public Highway Improve ment Is Described. Thirty Btates nt tho beginning of tho present year had on their statute books laws providing for tho employ ment of state prisoners in road build ing. Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisi ana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Now Jersey, New Mexico, Ohio, Oregon, Vir ginia and Washington follow practical ly tho Bame system, providing that tho control of this work shall bo vested in the stato highway commission. Tho highway commission or stato en gineer makes requisition for such number of prisoners as ho can uso effectively, nnd tho prison authorities turn over to him such prisoners as ore suitable for the road work. Tho prison commission or board of control of stato institutions Is held responsible for tho development of Convicts Building Good Road. the convict road work in some nlno states Colorado. Indiana. Iowa. Kan- sa8, Michigan. Missouri. North Da- Kota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. State prisoners are turned over to tho coun ty authorities to be worked on tho county roads in Florida, Georgia, worth Carolina and South Carolina. This system is not annroved bv tho national committee on prisons and prison labor, which holds thnt thn tato under no circumstances Is lustl- fled In delegating tho responsibility ior its convict wards to county au thorities. Tho system In New York state A. vldes tho responsibility for the con struction work and maintenance o tho camps between tho stato hlchwav department and the commissioners of the counties in which tho roads aro to bo built, with the stato superintend ent of prisons in final authority. In Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming the highway department and tho nrls- on department co-operate in the con trol ot this work. Tho prison depart- mcnt is fully responsible for tho caro nnd discipline of tho prisoners, whllo tho road department is called unon to do tho work which it is equipped to do, the building of roads. Tho committee haB found this lat. ter system essential to tho successful aoveiopment of convict road work. Tho prison department Is in a nosl- tion to caro for tho prisoners and to handle such matters ns food, clothing, housing, medical attention, tho afford ing of educational facilities and recre ation. GOOD ROADS ARE INCREASING United States Leads France In Miles of Improved Highways State Aid Now in Effect. According to tho Good Roads Year Book of tho American Highway asso ciation, recontly issued, America now has G.000 miles moro of good roads than Franco, tho total for this coun try now amounting to, 31,000 mlloa. Of mis u.uuu miles wero built In 1912 and about 0,000 in 1914, making a total ot over ono-thlrd of tho entlro mlleago of tho good roads of tho country. Now Jorsoy was tho pioneer stato to provldo stato aid for public highways, n 1891, and Massachusetts nnd Con necticut soon followed, but it is only during the last ten years thnt tho stato aid policy has been In effect to any considerable extent. Loo Angeles to Improve. Seven million dollnrs will ho cx- ponded on tho roads of Los Anceles In 1915. Thrco hundred and twontv-four miles of concrete boulevard nnd 100 miles of decomposed granlto highway will' bo constructed. Farmer Realizes Value. No other citizen ronllzes tho value of good roads as does tho farmor. Judging a Community. A community can snfelv lin lurieed Broad Smile Worn by President's Stenographer WASHINGTON. Charlos L. Sworn, President Wilson's personal stenog rapher. Went to work tho other ilnv with n hr-wi ,th i, nt nUnra and tho happy announcement that stato than wero over beforo intrusted made the announcement voluntarily, 1 n f A 1 . A 11.. . . nuuii, iie uuiuuny uoniiaeo. a secret, tie admitted it was posslblo that the boy would be named Charles Woodrow Swem. And ho further admitted that anything ho might say bv speculation, as, of course, Mrs. "Charlie's" first child. President Wilson brought Swem camo president. Tho younir man is record for stenography. Ho has taken and through his hands pass all tho president dictates. But all of this is as nothing comnarod with thn nii.imnnr(.ni t, "Charlie" is a father. Both mother and son are doing nicely. All Of Which COOS to e.Xnlain whv tho nrnnWlnnf'c r.o,-,nnnl i i went to work wearing a broad smile, with a box of good cigars in a con veniont place and tho Important announcement of thn HfM ormno.nn -i.,.. always on tap. George Washington Covered With Gray Dust F former Congressman McCall could seo Greenough's Georgo Washington ho would be shocked. Years niro fJrpnnnup-h nmi)i,nj oi.u.i ... wnito marble of the Father of His fronting the east of the canitol. doml- naUng Its environment. It was a fine piece of art and represented Wash ington seated after the manner of a Roman patrician, but very scant of drapery, so that ho was much ex posed to tho elements of torrid heat in summer and of icy cold in winter. Tho statue became more an object of Pity than of admiration. Congressman McCall those who felt distressed, and he no ticed, moreover, that tha Ann mnrhin was corroding from tho elements, and JBianu, both belntr chairmen of tlm it art of the capitol, got their heads together and persuaded congress to pass , . .7 , K U1U reraovai i tn Wncro It WaB Placed in an nnsn tn tha o l,i rn, , " "' i"" neat lUttl 1UOKS 11KO u . " f 10 now homo scomed most appropriate; the statue lookod like ft Ofll'ltin It- mnn tn ,1 . it ud juuuors, anyway. But thoy havo made changes in the institution, and tho chapel 'is now a mass of cases for exhibition purposes and tho statue is quite concealed, sur- uj ,u mmuer anu glass, so that the effect It might have is alto gether lost. The statue seems thrnnf. tnt among a lot Of Otbor debris, and. mnrnnvnr 4a ,.ot.,i It. t a.a.1 a m' . until It Is getting to look quito black ....w..w. u.um6 iiiumum in connection. with this notable statue is the fact that Senator Gorman of Nmv Vnrir introduced a bill providing for tho -u,,l,wu","u "iBiuuuon. ii is presumed, of course, that tho senator had no knowledge of tho whereabouts of the statue. Eastern Approach of ' ASHINGTON'S most historic spot Is hundred years tho stone stnnn nn staged many eventful and historic scenes. Thore each president has taken una, uuu mo CUHSiani stream of visitors (for legislators and thoso having business In the capitol seldom uso this entrance) havo worn tho Virginia freestono or sandstono tUIn. It is cracked in snots, and is unslchtlv Recently proposals woro received - - - ouiicuuicuucui Ul mo capitol, for removal of the main entrance steps and replacing them with either marble or granite. Tho original material, of which the main capitol building also Is constructed, will not bo rnninoivi nn n, aro considered moro durable. Tho appropriation for tho work was $11,000. Among tho Washington firms submitting bids wero Arthur Cowslll, Cranford Paving company and tho Vormont Marblo company. Your Uncle Sam Is an AT tho risk of being flippant it might bo said that Undo Sam is an unusu ally "good mixer." Not that ho has a special knack at being a good follow with tho other nations of tho world Thnt tnm t,nn,.. , ... literally, for Undo Sam is recognized tnrougnout tho country by his citi zens who own and manngo Industries, great and small, ns nbout the final authority on Just what materials in Just what proportions should bo mixed together to produce n desired substance As a result of this recocnltlon icores of letters reach tho bureau of standards, which Includes tho covern- ment's big industrial laboratories, re questing information ns to formiilnn und specifications of all sorts from tho correct make-up of Ink to fill fountain pons to tho proper ingredients for concrete to bo exposed to sea water. mo uriKins oi mo requests aro about as varied as the requests them selves. Thoy como from ., - ............ u..u v.v....l. u, kci.iiiat.ui OIJUUIUIISIB IB many lines, industrial research laboratories, scientific institutions public utility corporations and commissioners, studcntB nnd inventors, and from muni clpalltios, states und departments of tho national government. Neither tho national government nor the stato cr.vnmmpntn nr rw,i,.n,i thoso services, but a reasonable feo Is w. vMU aiuillif U UUA V. W.&U Of he was proud father of a slx-and-a-half- pound boy. Throughout tho day the' smile was there and tho announce ment was always on tap. Montlon of tho cigars bocamo unnecessary fifteen minutes after tho distribution began, President Wilson was tho first to congratulate tho proud parent. The newspaper men were congratulating him all day. It was tho first piece oi renl news they had ever obtained from "Charlie," who, desplto hla boyish appearance, has been able to Iinlrl llmlnr cnnl mn-n li t r nn.A.n - I to a man of his years. Ho not only but disregarding u hitherto unbroken. . Swem would havo tho final say. It' with him tn Wnnht shv tnst. every speech made bv tho nrnnhinnt confidential communications which the -o-- i'-xuuv.u a oMi:uuiu BlulUU 1IF Conntrv nnri it he and Senator Wetmore of Rhode statue to the Smithsonian institution, Ion,,. i . .i... ... 9 x,ww4Cl giajr uuat, and certainly ropollently soiled removal of this work of art to tho Capitol to Be Replaced to bo replaced. For moro than one tho onot fmn nr ui i mo oath or ofllco and delivered his inaugural address; thero President Lincoln made his famous second In augural; thero Coxey tried to make a speech; thero automobiles havo sought to ascend for advertising pur poses, and various other efforts havo been made to stage "stunts," includ ing that of tho motion picture men when a dancer tripped it lightly down the flight in Grecian gdrb, and there tho suffragists reviewed their pa- rnftno All 4V.in .i . i. . . hv rcillntt w,ta o..r,oi it Unusually "Good Mixer" "vnuvm, ih USCll charged others who pass their nrob. by th kind of highways It mulntalns.
