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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. 0. S. URGED 10 ACT SCENE OF FIGHTING NORTH OF ARRAS SIX NEW RURAL HIGH SCHOOLS BERLIN WILL PA! TRIES TO KILL FRANK Buffalo County, Under New Law Em acted by Last Legislature, Makes Marty Changes. GERMAN ENVOY ASKS NEW EF FORT TO END BRITISH STARVATION POLICY. GERMANY ADMITS U. S. SHIP NE BRASKAN WAS TORPEDOED BY A SUBMARINE. CONVICTED MURDERER IS AT TACKED BY PRISONER. "NO," DECLARES SECRETARY Lansing Declines to Again Sound Great Britain on the Subject Matters Now Stand on Basis of Germany'3 Previous Contentions. Washington. July 19. In an Inter view here, to which considerable im portance had been attached. Count von HornstonV, the German Ltnbnssa dor, found Secretary Lansing unre sponsive to a suggestion that tho Uni- j ted States undertnko again to ap proach Great Brltnln with a view of effecting an arrangement under the terms of which tho British embargo on shipments of supplies of nil kinds to Germnn ports nnd tho German sub mnrlno warfare on unarmed merchant ships would be discontinued. This proposal nppoarcd to be the main purposo of tho ambassador's call on the secretary of state. Urlelly, the position of Secretary Lansing was that, as tho German proposnl had been suggested to Great IJrltaln pre viously and had failed to bring nny response, It wnB useless to rcnow It. Tho Interview botweon Count von Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing might be construed ns of primary Im portance If tho nmbassndor had not given tho impression that ho was act ing on his own inltlatlvo and did not appear as tho bearer of direct pro posals from his government. Doyond tho suggestion that the United States again undertnko to bring about a modus vlvendl that would hind Grent Hrltaln to suspend what tho German government terms "England's starvation policy" and bind Germany to discontinue tho sinking of merchant ships before an opportunity wns given to enable their passengers nnd crows to reach placoi of safety nothing wns said by tho German en voy, according to tho best Information obtainable, to chango tho understand ing o. the United States on Germany's attitude as made known In tho latest noto of thoBerlln government. As matters stand tho rcsponso of this government will bo based on Ger many's unwillingness to concede that Bho Is bound by tho established rulo of International lnw that a merchant vessel, no .matter what Its status, shall not bo icnt to tho bottom by a Gorman submarine until after tho re quirement of visit and Benrch has boon complied with and passengers nnd crow have been rfffordod tlmo to reach a place of safety. IOWA POSSE HUNTS BANDITS Bank Robbers Hold Up North Liberty Cashier and Take All tho Cash on Hand. North Liberty, la., July 19. Two men hold up and robbed tho Fnrmorn' Snvlngs bank hero of $2,000, practical ly nil tho cnBh It had on band, shortly boforo tho closing hour Frldny. Tho robbers made their escape In an au tomobile. Practically all of tho mon In tho town Joined In tho hunt for tho rob bers. Tho cnshlor, James E. Clp pera, was bold up at tho point of a pistol. Mr. Clpporn, who was nlono at tho tlmo, was bound and gagged, while tho robbers collected tho money and Hod. Mnson City, In., July 19. Aftor a running fight Jack Noel, Scotty Mo Donald and Roy lloffmnn surrendered after they had raided an Italian set tlement nt Dougherty, compelling nli tho men to surrender their clothing, jewolry nnd money. FOUR PERISH IN OHIO FLOOD Lima and Vicinity Hard Hit Farmers Suffer Heavily Crops Reported Ruined Loss $2,000,000. Cleveland, 0 July 19. Floods which raced through towns and cities In con tral Ohio, following torrential rnlns of Thursday night, Mook a toll of four lives and caused a property damago estimated nt moro than $2,000,000. Conditions In several cities virtunlly , equaled those of tho disastrous Hoods of 1913, when moro than G0"0 lives were lost In Ohio. Hundreds of ncres of land nro under water nnd vast areas are Imperiled by weak lovoes. Limn, whero threo of tho four liven wero lost, 1b probably tho worst sufferer of nny Ohio city. Lato reports are that moro than 1,000 nro homoless am tho property loss Is probably $2,000 ouu. ino Known (load thero nrn Jamos Loguo, clnlm ngent of tho Ohio Electrlo Hallway company; electrician an unidentified negro, drowned while aiding In relief work, nnd Mrs. Laura jJercnw. Cholera Rages In Hungary. Geneva, July 19. A dispatch from Vienna snys it Is olllclnlly announced thero that C43 cases of cholern havo been recorded In Ilungnry this week, 281 resulting In deaths. Thero havo heen 81 cubcb In tho army. American Seized In Berlin. Berlin, July 19. George S. 8poots, mi American, and understood to repre sent American copper Interests, was arrested here Tuesday and Is hold nt police hendqunrtors on charges that hnv not been divulged. Arras, where the citadel and cathedral wero destroyed by Incendiary bombs, agiin is tho tnrget of the Germans. In addition they havo resumed their attack at Souchez and havo taken tho sugnr refinery and tho Red Cabnret. Thoy havo added COO yards of French trenches to tholr previous captures In this region. Tho French claim to havo administered n stinging defeat to tho enemy In "tho Lnbyrlnth," tho sceno of terrific fighting recently. H.K. THAW FOUND SANE SLAYER OF STANFORD WHITE WINS LONG BATTLE. Justice Hendrlck Approves Verdict of Jury and Releases Him on Ball Pending Appeal. Now York, July 17. Harry K. Thaw Friday won his nlno-ycnr light for lib erty. Justlco Hendrlck of tho bu- promo court npproved tho verdict of tho Jury finding tho slnyor of Stanford White snno, nnd released him on $35, 000 ball ponding nn appeal by the state. Now York, July 10. Harry Kendall Thaw was declared sane on Wednes day by a Jury which for nearly throe weeks listened to testimony given In tho supromo court hero boforo Justlco Peter Hendrlck. Forty-eight minutes wero consumed nnd two ballots wero taken In reaching a verdict. Justlco Hendrlck rend tho verdict nnd hnnded It back to tho clerk. "Gentlemen of tho Jury," said tho clerk, "tho question you havo been asked Is this: Is Harry K. Thaw sano? Your answer is yes." Thaw went to whero his mother was sitting a fow feet away and, throwing his nrms about her nock, kissed her. Tho verdict rocordor, John D. Stnnchflold, chief counsel for Thaw, made a motion that tho commitment signed by Justlco Dowllng, following a vordlot of not guilty on tho ground of Insanity, which was returned by tho Jury at Thaw's second trial for tho murder of Whlto, bo vacated. Deputy Attorney Gchornl Docker In reply re quested tlmo In which tho stnto might prepare an appeal. As soon as tho Jury was dismissed Thaw crossed to tho box and shook hands wnrmly with each of tho men. Ills mother ulso shook hands with tho Jurymen, saying to each: "Thank you so much for nil that you havo done." Outsldo tho courthouse a wldo (light of stops had boon crowded all after noon. Tho street and tho sidownlks on cither sldo of It nlso wero con gested. When Thaw, Hanked by dep uty sheriffs, appeared In tho doorway a great cheer went up nnd those who did not cheer applauded with their bauds. Carranza Defeats Zapata Army. Washington. July 17. General Za pata's army, drlvon from Mexico City and retreating southward, has boon routed by pursuing Carranza troops in tho valley below tho capital, according to a dispatch from Gonornl Carranza to his agency here. State of Siege at Kiel. Amstordam, July 17. Tho Germnn admiralty has proclaimed n stato of slego at Kiel In anticipation of nn at tack by Hrltlsh airships and subma rines upon tho great naval bnso, ac cording to ndvIcoH from Berlin. Admits Loss In Africa, Uorlln, July 17. Surrendor of tho German forces In Southwest Afrlcn was admltotrt by tho war olllco. It paid a trlhuto to tho force of mon which had wagod .prolonged warfare with 20,000 Hrltlsh troops. ATHEOHALmt WILSON TO REPLY SOON PRESIDENT TO CONSULT CABINET ABOUT LAST GERMAN NOTE. Telegram From Cornish to Secretary Tumulty Indicates Executive Has Arrived at No Decision. Washington, July 15. Tho first offi cial announcement of tho immediate Plans of President Wilson for deal ing with tho situation that has arisen between Germany and tho United States camo on Tuesday in a telegram from Cornish, N. II., to Secretai' Tumulty, stating that tho president would return to v Washington soon to lay tho entlro subject before his cab inet. Tho Whlto House stntemont was ao follows: Referring to statements appearing In certain morning newspapers with roferenco to the attitude of tho presi dent toward tho reply to tho Gorman government, Secretnry Tumulty this evening gave out tho following tele gram which ho had received from tho president: " 'Plenso say that from tho moment of tho arrival of tho ofllclnl text of tho Germnn noto I havo given the matter tho closest attention, keeping con Btnntly In touch with the secretary of Btnto and with overy source that would throw light on tho situation; that so soon as tho secretnry of -stato and I havo both maturely considered tho sit uation I shall go to Washington nnd get Into personal conferonco with him and with tho cabinet and that thero will bo ns prompt nn announcement ns posslblo of tho purposes of tho govern ment.' " NEGRO KILLED BY POSSE Officers and Citizens of Georgia Dyna mite Home of Triple Slayer Shot . Three White Men. Macon, Gn., July 1G. A posso of citi zens nnd county ofllcorB on Wednes day shot and killed Peter Jnckson, a negro, accused of killing threo whlto men near Cochrnn, Gn. The negro had barricaded himself In his homo and dolled tho posso, who, according to re ports received hero, blow up tho houso with dynnmlto. Jackson's work, according to re ports, was criticized by Lynn Snnders, fnrm supervisor. Later, It Is alleged, Jackson accosted Sanders nnd killed him. Later W. S. Hogg, mnrshnl, nnd Oscar Lawson wore also killed by tho negro. U. S. Will Answer Austria. Wnshlngton, July 19. Tho United States will send a noto to Austria In forming her thnt tho view of this gov ernment Ib that sho has no right to demnnd tho cessation or oven abridg ment of munition snlos. Kills Herself and Children. Phllndnlnbln. Jnlv 1 n tiiin,.in ! thnt hor husband hnd ceased to lovo her, Mrs. Inez MniiBhlp, with her two children In her nrms, turned on all tho gaB Jets In her homo nnd tho threo wero found dead. TO SETTLE FOR ALL DAMAGES Government at Washington Assured the Attack "Was Not Meant for the U. S. Flag, But Is to Be' Considered an Unfortunate Accident." Washington, July 17. The stato de partment nnnounced on Thursday that the German government apologized for tho attack on tho Hawaiian-American steamer Nebrasknn, torpedoed by a German submarine on, tho night of May 25 on her way to Delaware Break water from Liverpool. Full compensation will bo mado for tho damago sustained by American citizens In tho Injury to the vessel.. Ambassador Gerard hastelegraphed tho department that ho has received tho following memorandum from tho Germnn foreign ofllco .admitting re sponsibility .for tho mysterious acci dent to the vessel which has been un der Investigation for tho past seven weeks: "Tho German government received from newspaper reports tho intelli gence that tho American vessel Ne brasknn had been damaged by a mlno or torpedo on tho southeast coast of Ireland. That, therefore, started a thorough Investigation of tho caso without delay, and from tho result of tho Investigation It has become con vinced that tho damage to tho Ne braska!, was caused by an attack by a submarine. "On the evening of May 25 last, tho submarine mot a steamer bound west ward without a Hag and with no neu tral markings on hor freeboard. In tho twilight, which had already set In, tho name of the steamer was not vis ible from tho submarine. "Since tho commander of tho sub marine was obliged to assumo from his wide experience in tho area of maritime war that only English steam ers, and no neutral steamers, trav ersed this war area without Hag and markings, hg attacked the vessel with a torpedo In tho conviction that ho had nri enemy vessel before him. Some time after tho shot tho com mander saw that tho vessel had in the meantimo hoisted the American flag. As a consequence he, of course, re frained from any further attack. "It results from this without a doubt that the attack on the steamer Ne brasknn was not meant for tho Ameri can ling, nor Is It traceable to any fault on tho part of tho commander of tho German submarine, but it Is to bo considered an unfortunate acci dent. Tho German government ex presses Its regret at the occurrence to tho government of the United States of America and declares its readiness to make compensation for tho damago thereby sustained by American citizens." IMPORTANT NEWS ITEMS Atlanta, Gn., July 10. Excitement over tho rumors of mobs that pur poso to lynch Leo M. Frank haa com pletely died out. Thero was no sign of disorder nt Macon or Mllledgevlllo during tho night, nnd It was said by somo thnt the authorities had been hoaxed. Uorlln, July 1C From Stockholm comes a report thnt tho Swedish min ister has protested in London against tho "perpetual molestation of Swedish commerce," and that 'Norway and Denmark sustain tho protest. Washington, July 1G. Orvlllo wrlght Is scheduled to Join Thomas A. Edison among tho members of tho clvillnn ndvlsory board of Inventors Secretary Daniels is organizing, it was understood In navy clrclos here. GREAT BRITAIN IS DEFIED English Cool Exchange Closes as Government Seizes All Available Supply for Navy. London, July 17. With tho excep tion of two small collieries, In tho Rhonddn district, employing about 800 men, all tho coal mines in South Wales, from which comes tho coal for tho navy, wero ldlo Thursday, and tho miners, despite tho notion of tho gov ernment In bringing tho Industry un der tho munitions of war net, and tho entreaties of tlia responsible la bor leadqrs and their own executive council, decided by a vote of ISO to 113 not to nccept tho recommenda tions to continue workday by day un til an nrrangement could bo conclud ed. Tho delegntes voting for tho strike represented S8.050 men, and thoso against tho strike 41.G00. Rejects Demand of Kaiser. London, July 19. A Copenhagen correspondent wires: "Roumnnla has emphatically refused to comply with Gormnny'B domnnds to allow weapons nnd ammunition to traverse Roumania for Turkey." Croke'r Estate Is $320,189. Now York, July 19. William Board man, deputy -tato controller, filed In tho surrogate's court an appraisal of tho estate of Mrs. Elizabeth F. Croker, wlfo of Richard Croker, ex-Tammany chieftain. Six rural High schools, housed lu four brand now buildings and consol idation of several schools Into new, oompnet districts, are tho changes wrought In Buffalo county under stat utes enacted by tho last legislature. Points on tho changes wero related to tho stato superintendent by Coun :y Superintendent Nichols. All of these, he says, arc for good and will bo approved by the people when their operation demonstrates their economy and efficiency. Computation of wcrkmnn's compen sation whero a twenty-nine-day dis ability kept a laborer from his duties has been explained to tho American licet Sugar Co. of Grand Islarld by tho stato labor commission. Ho sums It up In this reply to tho company: "The annual earning power lost by reason of an injury suffered in the course of employment should be tho basis of computing compensation. This computation would Include tho whole of the day upon which the em ployo suffered the Injury, and all days actually lost by reason of tho injury. Fractional parts of days should not snter Into tho computation. "The law provides that compensa tion shall begin on the fifteenth day, and that tho Injured employe shall be compensated at tho rate of 50 per cent of the wages he received at tho Umo of tho Injury. "In computing compensation tho first fourteen days are calendar days, :ompensation starting with tho flf .eenth day. If tho disability continue for eight weeks, or longer, the com pensation shall be paid from the date jf tho Injury. "Tho number of days per week worked by tho Injured employe nt tho time of the Injury would be the basis 3f determining the fractional parts of weeks. If an employe worked six days per week for a stipulated wage 'per week,' and suffered nn Injury In tho course of his employment, which con tinued for twenty-nine days, he would bo entitled to compensation for two weeks and one-sixth, or thirteen days. But if ho worked seven days per week for a certain sum 'per week' nnd suf fered an Injury that continued for twenty-nine days, he would be en titled to compensation for two weeks and one-seventh, or fifteen days." Kcmbel, chief Inspector of the state pure food department, made a discovery recently, when In his du :les nB food Inspector he visited a restaurant known as a temperance irink emporium In DeWitt, a dry town In Saline county, and discovered that Iho proprietor had a largo consign ment of pint bottles of alleged near beer, which looked to havo all tho earmarks of the real article. Half a Jozen samples wore taken by tho in spector and brought to Lincoln, and undor nnnlysls showed to bo a much bettor article than the real beer, one sninplo called Golden Rod, having a percentage of alcohol of 4.35 por ?ent. Stato Superintendent Thomas Is finding somo difficulty In carrying out lis consolidation scheme in Chase :ounty for the reason that the people thero are so taken up with tho idea that thoy want to go too fast Six teen districts In that county desired :o consolidate Into one district. How sver, this would cause a hardship on somo of tho town schools In that lo :allty and so Dr. Thomas believes ho has arranged things so that eight districts will consolidate and build i school houso of threo rooms near Lamar, whole the other districts will locate ono near Champion. Stnto Auditor Smith has found that iho last legislature appropriated tho (ees of tho examining board of nurses and examining board of dentists to the use of theso hoardB to draw fees from tho stato treasury to pay expen ses of tho boards.. Tho nurses have $2,000 of fees in tho treasury and the dental board has $2,500. Organization of a brand new flro department at Clatonla, to correspond to tho now water system just install ed thero, was reported by Flro Com missioner Rldgell. Thero aro thirty one members in tho new organization. Tho Stato Board of Control has lot tho contract for tho erection of a now building for tho Homo for Do pendent Children, which will bo erect ed In Lincoln near tho Orthopedic hospital. When completed, It wjll cost about $25,700. Tho stato educational lands and funds board purchased $12,500 of Sid noy water extension bonds and $11,000 of tho bonds of school dis trict No. 120 of Custer county. Tho latter Anselmo bonds. Nebraska's oldest supremo court record wns uncovered nmong a bunch of dusty reports In tho stato railway comnVsslon'8 ofllco by Secrotnry A. H. Allen, who turned It over to Clork Harry C. Lindsay It was n bench hook which dated back to 1858, for tho Juno term of court. Less than 20 por cent of tho 229 prisoners received nt tho penitentiary during tho past year wero natlvo born Nebraskans and less'thnn CO per cent residents of tho state, according to tho annual report of Wnrden Fenton. RECOVERY IS HELD DOUBTFUL Assailant Said He Thought He Was Doing What Was Right; Sorry Because of Criticism. Mllledgevllle, Gn. Leo M. Frank,, whoso death sentence for tho murder of Mary Phagan recently was com muted tg life Imprisonment, wns at tacked by another prisoner at the stato prison farm hero and seriously injured by being cut in tho throat. Prison ofllclnl said that the attack, on Frnnk wns made by William Green, who nlso Is serving a lifo term, for murder. Frank's recovery is said to be doubtful. The attack on Frank was mndo from behind. Tho assailant used a butcher knife. Frank'B jugular vein was cut, but neither tho spinal cord, nor the windpipe wero injured. The attack was mado in tho dormi tory. All lights were out at tho time So sudden was the attack that no guard had time to interfere. Frank fell to the lloor, his cries calling the nttentlon of guards, who switched on. the lights. Blood was spurting from Frank's wounds. A knlfo mado from a file and which the convicts had used lu killing hogs during tho day was found on the dormitory floor. Frank was brought to the state prison farm June 22, after midnight from the Fulton county jail In Atlan ta. A few hours after his arrival here it wns announced officially that tho then Governor Slaton had commuted his sentence to lifo Imprisonment. Less than a week ago tho state mi litia companies were ordered held In their armories, a report having reached the state officials thnt an at tempt would be made to lynch Frank. While Frank was on tho operating table Wnrden Smith took Green's statement. "I'm awfully sorry that I did this," he is reported to have said. "At tho moment I thought that I was doing what was right. I thought that I was doing something that ought to be done. "I am sorry because of the criticism il may bring on the ofllclals of tho stato farm, especially of Warden Smith. I would not do a thing In tho world to Injure him In his position. Ho had confidence In mo and I have violated that confidence. I am ready to suffer tho consequences." Another Issue Added. Washington, D. C. Into the grave situation that" lias developed between tho United States and Germany over tho sinking of the Lusltanla was added another issue when It was re vealed that the British steamer Or luha. carrying a score of Americans,' had been attacked by a Gorman sub marine. Should first reports of an attempt to torpedo without warning bo borne, out, It was indicated in of ficial quarters that the United States probnhly would regard Uio Incident as adding a gravo element to tho al ready strained relations between the two countries. Lacking Information as to tho circumstances of tho attack, ofllclals were unable to predict what extent tho Orduna caso would aggra vate the situation, but they thought the question certainly would compel sorlous consideration by President Wilson and 'his cabinet in formulat ing the next step In tho policy of the United States toward the activi ties of Gorman submarines and the safety of Americans on tho high seas. - Ultimatum to Rumania. London. Ah Austro-Gorman ulti matum to Rumania Is being prepared, according to tho Moscow Russkoye Slovoey, which Is quoted In dispatch' es received here. It is added that large bodies of tho Teutonic troops are massing on tho Rumanian front ier to glvo emphasis to tho ultimatum, which, it is declared, will demand un impeded transit for munitions of war. Forest Fire in Wyoming. Laramie, Wyo. Timber valued at several hundred thousand dollars has been destroyed by a forest Are along Turpln creek In tho Mcdlclno How, national forest, fifty miles northwest of hero. No rain has fallen in tho past three weeks. Quigley's Estate $20,000. Chicago, 111. Archbishop James Edward Quigley left an estate valued at $20,000, it was revealed, when hlu will was read. Tho estate consisted of $15,000 in cash, balanco insurance. Military Instruction for Police. New York. A plan to glvo New York police forco military instruction Was divulged when Police Commis sioner Woods sent notico to 719 of ficers, asking how many would like to enter tho U. S. military camp at Pluttsburg, N. Y., for training. Founder of Advcntlsts Dead. St. Helena, Cal. Mrs. Ellen G. White, one of tho founders of the Seventh Day Adventists, died here Sho was widely known among the members of that denomination.