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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. TOURISTS HELO UP AUSTRO-GERMAN DRIVE ON WARSAW BLAST FIRES LINER ALFALFA IS FORGING AHEAD OF Thirty-Five Counties Reporting to Agricultural Board Show Big Incrcace in Acreage. THREE BANDITS ROB BIG PARTY OF SIGHTSEERS IN YELLOW STONE PARK. MINNEHAHA CAPTAIN SENDS WIRELESS THAT EXPLOSION CAUSED BLAZE. MESSAGE SENT TO. SHIPS TO LOOK OUT FOR BOMBS. WARNED DANGER " Scale of Mil6 "TliSlfMSSE" fU KflwoNw "7 go itUMUunnMniU I V m SCrCr V . 0V Sf V HCAVTOyHSTOB JA 6jwi)k of' U. S. SENATOR BRADY A VICTIM New York Man Flees to Warn Other Passengers In Coaches Following, and Robbers Fire at Him Soldiers Arrest Two Suspects, Livingston, Mont, July 15. A party of 125 tourism, Inaludlng United States Senator llrndy of Idaho, was held up In Vollowstono park by thrco high way men. Ono of the. tourists, n New Yorker named Rico, was flred at when ho Jumped down from u stage coach, and ran back to warn other members of tho party following In other coaches. Tho bullet flred at Rice flattened it self against a rock near by. HIco sped on, and tho bandits, realizing that tho sound of tho shot would act as an alarm, fled into tho woods. Col. L. M. Ilrott, superintendent of tho park, said it was impossible at that hour to estimate tho amount taken from tho tourists. Names of tho victims had not been obtained. Soldiers from all parts of tho park wero ordered by telophono to tho sceno of tho robbory and two suspects wero put under guard. Tho bandits, after holding up tho stage, went Into tho woods and are believed to bo heading for tho Jackson llolo country on tho southern boundary. lmporlal Potentate Frederick It. Smith of Rochester, N. Y., and othor members of tho Imperial divan, nobles of tho Mystic Shrlno, aro seoing tho sights in tho Yollowstono park, and Bomo of them nro supposed to bo among tho victims of tho highway men. TWO WARSHIPS TORPEDOED London Announces British Submarine Attacked German Vessel In Bay of Danzig Italian Cruiser Sunk. London, July 10. Tho first intima tion that British submarines are op erating in tho Baltic sea camo with tho ofllclal announcement of tho admiralty that it was a British boat which suc cessfully torpedoed a German warship In tho Bay of Danzig. Tho Italian armored cruiser Amnlfi has boon torpedoed and sunk by an Austrian submarlno in tho Adriatic. Official nnnouncomont of tho destruc tion of tho warship was mado by tho ministry of marl no at Homo. Almost all tho crow wero saved. It is semiofficially roportod that a French warship has sunk a German submarlno in tho channel. Tho Grimsby trawler Cheshire was blown up by a mlno in tho North saa. All tho crow with tho exception ot tho chief engineer wero killed. GERMANS GIVE UP TO BOTHA Victory In Southwest Africa Will Re lease Many British Soldiers for Service on Western Front. Pretoria, Soutli Africa, July 12. Tho UrltlBh campaign for tho conquest of German Southwest Africa has end ed In complcto victory. All tho forces defending tho kalsor's colony havo sur rendered to General Botha, promler of tho Union of South Africa, and com mandor of its military forces. Hostili ties havo ceased after operations last ing nlno months. Official announce ment to this effect was mado hero. German Southwest Africa, which will probably bo mado a part of tho Union of South Africa, has an area of about 422,450 square miles. Its population Is estlmatod at moro than 225,000, A contingent will bo dispatched to Franco, while- additional forces will contlnuo the campaign In East Africa, LOST TREASURE IS FOUND $43,000 of Cash Stolen From Murdered Man 47 Years Ago Recov ' - ered In Iowa. Bedford, la., July 10. With four men under arrost for alleged com pllclty lu tho murder of a wealthy stockman and his son at Slam, la., in Septembor, 1808, and arrangements made for tho protection ot tlia state's chief witness, representatives of At torncy General Cosson's office said thoy were prepared for tho next phaso of Taylor county's doublo raurdor and burled treasure. Mrs. Porter Is tho woman who, as a fourteen-year-old girl, admits sho wit nessed tho killing of tho cattleman bcllovcd to havo been Nathaniel Smith of St, Joseph, Mo., and his son, and tho subsequent burial of $90,000 on tho old Collins farm near Slam. 8amuel Scrlvnor, tho wealthiest man among tho defendants, In an Interview hero characterized tho wholo proceed ing as a "hugo Joko." Big Powdermlll Blown Up. London, July 12. Curtis' big pow dormllls at Ilounslow, Middlesex wero vlrtuallly destroyod by oxplo Blons w'lilch occurred shortly after 100 men hud commenced work. No stato ment of tho casualties is yet avallablo, 117 Italian Sailors Perish. Itomo, July 12. Ono hundred and seventeen Italian sailors porished when the cruisor Amain was sunk by an Austrian submarine In tho Adriat ic; 607 men wore rescuod by vessels that hurried to the AmalQ. V Yt fjC C 7$-C y 1 ATTACKS OETWSE.H J riOirhWfpr Rfl W I HUNDRED if, A Vva wfZt Y2r u5VlW-csbRKtXHS ADVA MO t ?W0JJrf ) I V FRANK HOLT KILLS SELF MORGAN ASSAILANT JUMPS FROM TIER OF CELLS. Police Discover Bungalow Where Man Made Infernal Maqhlnes and Stored Dynamite. Glen Cove, N. Y., July 8. Frank Holt, tho Cornell professor who shot J. P. Morgan in his homo horo last Saturday, committed Buicldo hero on Tuosday by Jumping from n Jail win dow to tho concroto floor of tho court yard, about fifty foet below. Commissioner of Pollco Wood of Now York has lnformod Major Pull man at Washington by long-dlstanoo telophono that Holt did not commit sulctdo, but was shot through the head by somo outsido person. Holt was under tho guard of Jere miah Ityan, a Jail attendant. Tho pris oner apparently was sleeping soundly and Rynn, hearing a noiso on tho oth er side of tho cell tier, left his placo in front of Holt'B open door and start ed to investigate Holt had sllppod through tho open cell door and climbed to tho top of tho cell tlor to an open window through which he plunged to tho nar row courtyard bolow. Holt ended his Ufa after ho know that posltlvo proof had boon obtained that ho was Doctor Muontcr ot Har vard, tho wife-murderer, and that tho houso In Central Park, L. I., whero ho had stored 120 pounds of dynamlto for tho manufacture of bombs had been located and searched by tho po lice. FLASHES OFF THE WIRE Fort Smith, Ark., July 8. By court doclslon on Tuesday tho Uacho-Den mnn Coal syndlcato of elovon compa nles lost Its $1,250,000 damago milt against union miners for destruction of mlno property in tho Pralrlo Crook mlno rlotu. Grand Rapids, Minn., July 8. Georgo Rlddoll, mayor of Grand Rap Ids, shot and killed himself at his home, according to announcement by tho coroner on Tucsduy. Mayor Rid doll was forty-flvo yeurs old. NO BOMBS ON BIG LINERS Wireless Messages From Saxonla and Philadelphia Say No Explosives Have Been Found. New York, July 9. Tloth tho Phlla dolphla and tho Saxonla, which wero warned to look out for a bomb mm. posed to havo been placed aboard ono or theai by Frank Holt, have boon beard from by wlroloss. Both ships havo been searched from stem to stern, liotu uro safe. Envlr Pasha Leads Turks. London, July 12. A dispatch states that thero Is somo foundation for tho roport that Gen. Llman von Sanders was wounded by TurkB In tho fact that Envlr PaBhu has assumed com mand ot' troops at Galllpoll. Austria Begs Pardon, Vienna, July 12. Tho Austrian gov. ornmnt on Friday npologlzod to Frod crick O, Penflold, tho American am batsador, because tho Noueo Wiener Tageblatt printed an attack upon President Wilson. 50 KNOWN TO BE DEAD FULL EXTENT OF STORM DAMAGE NOT KNOWN. ndlana's Death List and Property Loss Increased on Restoration of Telephone Service. Chicago. July 9. Althouch the full extent of tho damage wrought by tho Btorm of Wednesday night is not known, conservative estimates re ceived from tho seven states visited by the tornado placed tho total prop erty and crop loss at moro than $2, 000,000. Tho total loss of life is not known. but according to tho latest figures on the victims of tho general storm, was CO, with approximately 75 persons still unaccounted for. Indianapolis, July 9. Indiana's death list, as woll as tho extent of crop and property loss ns tho result of Wednesday's torrlflc storms, was materially increased following tho restoration of telophono service to the various rural districts. Latest reports added flvo victims and Indicated that tho total damage would fall not far short of $1,000,000. Near Washington. Ind.. in Daviess county, four persons lost their lives, nnd thrco Others suffered tntiirins that may provo fatal. Tho threo-year-old twin dauchtors of Mr. and Mrs. Jamos Moore wero crushed to death when their home collapsed. Joel Lyon, a farmer, was killed in tho ruins of I1I3 -house nnd Howard Ward, farmer, wns drowned in a swollen stream. 15 KILLED IN CAR WRECK Trolley Bearing Sunday School Picnic From Toronto to Niagara Falls Derailed Fifty Persons Hurt. Tnrnntn Ont .Tnlv c trift., .. , ' iiiLcii ijui- boiis wero klllod and 50 were Injured, ROtnn Rnrlmmlv In thn ln-niirv.nn r - J I ... t.au 1IV.1 l.illilUlil IJ 1 n trolloy car near Quconstown, Ont., on Wednesday. Tho vlctimB were members of a Toronto Sunday school wno nau gono on a picnic to Niagara Falls. NEW ORLEANS BATTLES RATS 369,151 Rodents Killed Since U. S. Gov ernment Took Chargo of Plague Situation. Now Orleans, La., July 10. Slnco federal authorities took charge of tho bubonic plaguo situation hero and bo gnn a year ago a campaign against rats, 309,151 rodents havo been trapped and killed, according to a report made public by Dr. R. H. Creel of tho Unltod States public health service. Type Made Into Shot. Geneva. July 10. Austrian mintnrv authorities aro seizing printing presses and type and converting them into war munitions, according to Vienna auviccs. Endeavorers Demand Peace. Chicago, July 12. A demand for "world peaco" to restoro war-shattered Europe was voiced at tho ses slon of tho Christian Endeavor world convention li n ,-! ...,..i . . , ..j a,4,b UUUIlllllUU! rvoto. Uncle Sam's Dnbt. Washington, July 12. Tho not ,inh of tho United States government at tho closo of tho fiscal year on Juno 30 waB $1,489,848,000, tho treasury de partment announced on Friday aftor- HOLT BOMB IS SUSPECTED Vessel In War Trade Forced to Turn Back to Halifax Carried Vast Quan tlty of Supplies Adriatic Safe at Liverpool. Halifax, N. S., July 12. Tho steam er Mlnnohnha of tho Atlantic Trans port line, bound for London, nrrlvcd in tho harbor with a fire Btlll burning in her cargo, the flames having spread from No. I! hold into No. 4. The ship is hot-from stom to stern and tho dam age is believed to bo extensive. New York. July 10. Whilo tho At lantic transport liner Mlnnohnha, the largest British ship engaged in the transport of munitions of war to the allies, is making her way to port at Halifax, after having been turned back from her course by an explosion and lire in her cargo, officials of tho lino uro making every effort to learn the details ot the accident. It is widely reported to havo been caused by a bomb set by Frank Holt, supposedly dornented peace advocate, who before taking his life in the Mlneola Jail, wrote to his wlfo that he had placed a bomb on a liner leaving Now York. . The Minnehaha sailed Saturday for Liverpool. When sho was 570 miles southeast of Halifax an explosion In hold No .'5 set llro to her cargo, and for a time It was feared that her great supplies of ammunition might bo blown up and tho vessel sunk. Tho explosive part of her cargo, however, was stored in a separate hold, and after a hard light the crew extin guished the blazo and the ship and cargo aro now believed safe, though tho seriousness of tho fire Is Indi cated by the fact that the vessel was forced to turn back. Capt. F. C. Claret of the vessel sent tho following wireless report on the fire: "Fire caused by explosion. Now controlled by suffocation and steam. Much smoke In hold. Deem It expedi ent to make Halifax. Duo Chebusto Head at nlno o'clock Friday." Tho Minnehaha carries a crew of 150 men, but had no passengers aboard when sho left horo on Sun day. The liner carried 17,000 tons of am munition consigned to the British gov ernment and purchased here through the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. FALL BACK BEFORE RUSSIANS Teutons Retreat at Some Points Around Krasnlk and Several Other Places, Says Vienna. Vienna, July 10. The Russians aro adopting moro vigorous tactics, ac cording to an official statement, which admits that tho Austrians have fallen back at some points around Krasnlk. Gorman newspapers, according to advices to Amsterdam from Berlin, ad mit that tho attacks of tho Russians between the Dniester and Prutli rivers aro becoming very serious and that tho Russians appear to havo gained a serious advantage on the Dniester and Hug rivers over tho armies of General Pflanzer and General Baltln. Maintaining their offonsivo against tho Austrian troops that Invaded Po land from tho south, tho- Russian forces hav driven tho enemy back 12 miles from tho Wllkoloz heights, ac cording to reports received at Petro grad from tho front. Tho Gorman offensive against War saw from tho west Is declared at tho war office to have met with fnlluro again. DESCRIBES MURDER OF WHITE Harry Thaw Insists He Fired at Architect When Latter Made Threatening Move. Now York, July 12. Harry K. Thaw on tho witness stand at tho trial to de termine whether he has recovered his snnlty retold on Friday tho story of how he killed Stanford White. Ho said ho shot White after ho saw him move his hand toward his pocket. Thaw remained composed during his long grilling by Deputy Attorney General Cook. "Why did you kill Stanford Whiter' Thaw replied calmly: "I do not really know except that ho wronged Evelyn. "I saw Mr. White nt n table. I walked up and shot him," said Thaw. "I was allowed to go back and seo Mrs. Evelyn Thaw. I told her that l had shot White. "With White dead, sho had nothing to fear from further mistreatment and disgrace." A doctor declared thnt Evelyn Nes bit Thaw wns too sick to go to Now York to testify. Record Cotton Crop. Washington. July 10. Tho Ameri can cotton crop of 1914 was tho larg' est ever produced, exceeding by uear ly two million bales, or about 15 per cent, tho crop of 1013. Tho 1914-crop totaled 10,134,920 bales. Detain Two Ships From U. S. Athens, July 10. Tho Greek steam crs Thcssalonikt and Janlna, from the United States, were stopped at Glbral tar on Thursday and were subsequent ly convoyed to Malta for further examination. Thirty-five counties reporting agri cultural HtatisticH to the stato board of agriculture show a total of 49G, 010 acres In alfalfa. This is an in crease of 5S,i;55 acres over last year in these same counties, or about 13 per cent, if the same inerua.se con tinues over the remaining counties Nebraska will have 1.155.I0S acres in alfalfa for this year. With conditions so favorable alfalfa shoud retain it position as the fourth most valuable agricultural crop in Nebraska. Tho state board of control lias ad vertised for bids for extensive im provements for tho power plant at tho state penitentiary. It is estimated that the cost will approximate $40,0U0. It was provided for in u bill passed by the li-gislttture, appropriating $11S,000 for the ostabli&hment of industries uud improving tho plant. The present plant, as far as possible, supplies the light for the state Institutions at Lin coln. However, it ennnot handle the load of the elevator at tho state houee and the power for it 13 supplied by the city. Moreover, the light is poor and tho cost of producing it is high. With the new plant the board hopes to cut the cost of production in half and to provide plenty of current. Three npw large engines and hollers will be Installed, also a new 200-kllo-watt generator. At the Illinois Agricultural Experi ment Station, in a test lasting fivo years, corn cultivated to an average depth, three to flvo times as the vnry ing seasons required, yielded 08.5 bushels per acre, while that culti vated nine to fifteen times yielded but CS.O bushels per acre. Tho number of required cultivations varies con siderably with the season. In yecrs when the soil Is packed by heavy and frequent rains and weed growth Is correspondingly troublesome, cultiva tions must necessarily bo more fre quent than if the opposite conditions exist. It is also probably true that cold, wet, heavy soils need more fre quent cultivations than do the oppo slto kinds. In actual practice, how ever, it seldom pays to cultivate less than three times or more than five times. Junior Corn Bulletin, Nebras ka College of Agriculture. Never use virus In vaccinating an unthrifty herd' of hogs. If cholera breaks out in sucli a herd, the Depart ment of Animal Pathology at the Un iversity Farm recommends the use of serum alone. Two or three weeks later when the hogs havo Improved in condition, give tho simultaneous treatment If the unthrifty condition Is due to worms, give some well- known worm remedy. Where there Is no cholera In the vicinity, it Is not ad visable to vaccinate on nccount' of the possibility of starting a center of Infection. The exception to this is the breeder of pure bred hogs. Where virus Is used In such cases the owner shou'd use every precaution against infecting the premises. A two-year course in agriculture is being offered by the College of Agri culture this fall for the first time. Tho catalog says that the course is intend ed to meet the need of those students who desire to return to the farm and who can spend only two years in col lege work. Tho courso Is almost wholly a study of practical agrlcul- turn At Mi pnd of two vears a cer tificate vh be granted for proficiency in practical agriculture, upon satisfy ing the requirements of proficiency In practical farm experience. The state encampment of tho Fifth I regiment of tho Nebraska guard will be held at Crete instead of Hastings, Adjutant General Hall having discov ered that tho country around Crete is better adapted for the drills and marches of the troops than around Hastings, where tho ground is com paratively level. HUls nnd valleys gtvo tho guard a better opportunity of maneuvering. Tho encampment will bo held August 19 to 25. Tho Fourth regiment will meet near Fremont Au gust 10 to 1C. Adjitant Genernl Phil Hal Is pre paring to muster out tho National Guard company nt Schuyler, E of the Fourth infantry. This M one of tho oldest companies in the guard, but they have been unable to come up to the requirements nnd Will havo to make way Par a new company which will probably bo from Gordan. E. A. Walrath of Osceola has been appointed deputy commissioner 'of the state bureau of printing. Tho ap pointment wns mndo bv Governor Morehead who 1 commissioner of tho bucaru of printing. Regents of the stnte university will consider early this month architects' plans for the new stnte hospital to be built on the University of Nebraska medical college grounds near tho State Farm at Lincoln. Fnlluro or tho ditch put in by drnin ngo district No. 1 or Richardson coun ty to do its work may bo cause for damage Instituted by tho farmers along its lino becauso of overflow of water, according to Stato Engineer Johnson. It appears that tho drain ngo ditch was not continued full size at tho lowor end and as a result could not enrry off tho surplus water, caus ing an overflow which damaged crops considerably and tho drainage district may havo to settlo the dnmages un less Stato Engineer Johnson can ar range mattors satisfactorily. GONZALES OCCUPIES CAPITAL Carrcnza General Reports Capture ol Mexico City. Will Set Up Civil Government. Washington, D. C. Warning to look out for bombs concealed In their holds was flashed fium the naval wireless towers at Arlington, to tho Uiitlsh steamships Howth Head and Jaron Napier,4 both loaded with car-r.oe-8 of mules for the IJritlsh army, which cleared July 8. Sending of tho warning wns ordered by Secretary Daniels upon tho receipt of a message from a Now Orleans nowspapor, shy ing a letter to that paper signed "l'earco" indicated that explosives had been placed ab'card those vessels. The radio messago was sont broad i ast over the sea and oven If It is not picked up directly by tho Howth Head or Baron Nnpior, somo other f.hip in tho neighborhood may re lay It. Cays Muenter Warned Lusltania. Now Orleans, La. A letter re ceived Miy a newspaper hero signed "Penrce" declared tl.e writer intend ' d to kill J. P. Morgan and Sir Cecil Ppring Kice, the British ambassador, and finish the work of Eric Muenter, ilias Frank Holt, wlra committed Miicide several days ago after wound ing Mr. Morgan. It warned persona who had friends or relatives aboard tho British steamships Howth Head nnd Baron Napier, whlcji sailed from New Orleans July 8, with mules for tho British army, to watch for re ports from those vessels. The writer declared that It was Muenter who warned passengers un board tho Lusl tnnia before thnt vessel sailed from Now York that it would be danger ous to make tho voyage on lior. It also is declared that Muenter per sonally called on Charles Frohman and urged him not to take passage on the ship. Capture Mexico City. Vera Cruz, Mox. According to re ports reaching here Mexico City has fallen Into the hands of General Gon. zales. Gonzales reports killing 2,000 and capturing ."J.000 Zaptistas during the final assault. He has established headquarters in the national palace. Will Set Up Civil Rule. Washington. Dispatches to the Carranza agency from Vera Cruz an nounced that General Carranza was sending officers of the vnrlous depart ments of ids government on a special train to Mexico City to set up a civif administration there at once. Gen eral Lopez de Lara, newly appointed governor of the federal district, start ed from Vera Cruz with his staff sev eral days ago and Is believed to havo 'alien chargo in tho capital. General Oonzales. It is said, expects to pro vide food for the people. Bryan Criticizes Press. Los Angeles, Cal. William Jen nings Bryan, former secretary of state, declared in a statement issued here that editorial comment on Ger many's reply to the American Lusl tania note represented the extremes of sentiment, but that he believed the majority of the comments "hearti ly approve of any steps tho president may see fit to take to keep American ships out of the danger zone and pro tect their passengers. It is not a sacrifice of rights to avoid unneces sary risks," ho declared. Catholic Frclatc Dies. Rochester, N. Y. James Edward Quigley, Catholic archbishop of Chi cago, died at tho home of his brother, here, after a long illness. He suc ceeded to the pastorate and irremov able rectorship at SL Bridget's church, Buffalo, In 1896, after tho death of the vicar-general of the dio cese. In the longshoremen's union strike in Buffalo in 189S he served as arbiter and after ten days' nego tiations tho strike wns settled on the linos laid down by Bishop Quigley. Becker Execution July 28. Now York. Coincident with tho re fusal of Supremo Court Justice Hughes to entertain n writ of orror by which Charles Becker hoped to have his caso reviewed by the high est tribunal, Warden of Sing Sing prison set Becker's execution for the morning of Wednesday, July 28. British Powder Mills Destroyed. London. Sevoral explosions nlmost destroyed the Curtis powder mills nt ilounslow, Middlesex. It is not known how many wero killed. Ono hundred men wero at work: Bodies of 39 Storm Victims Found. Clnclnnntl. While twenty-nine bodies of victims of tho recent storm In this vicinity hnve boon recovered It is still impossible to glvo a definlto estlmato of the loss ot life. A score or moro nro roported missing. Boy Killed by Accident. Sturgls, S. D. Percy, 11-year-old son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles need of tills city, accidentally shot and killed himself at his homo while handling a J5-caliber rifle.
