THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRinUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
STATE LEVY SLIGHTLY LOWED
MARINES FIGHT IB
E LUST CHANGE
II RACERS KILLED
Reduced One
Mill On Account of $10,
AMERICAN TROOPS OCCUPY PAL
ACE AND THE PORT OFFICE AT
PORT AU PRINCE.
PAN - AMERICAN CONFERENCE
TAKES UP PLAN FOR FINAL
PEACE IN MEXICO.
000,000 Increase In Nebraska
Taxable Property.
AUTO RACES AT DES MOINES RE
SULT IN FATALITIES.
RUNNING FULL TIME QftJ
GUNBOAT PACIFIQUE SEIZED
General Bobo Protests Against Occu
patlon Patrols Fire on Crowds and
Man Is Killed Re-Enforcements
Sent to Haiti,
Port au Prlnco, Haiti, Aug.
United States naval forces under Ad
talral Caporton took possession oftbo
national palace aud tho ofllco of the
port and Bclzed tho Haltlcn gunboat
raclfique, which arrived from Capo
Ilnltlen in tho morning.
Tho crow of tho gunboat was dis
armed and landed. They wero grout
ed on shoro by a crowd which cried:
"Hurrah for Bobo!"
During tho operation to tako pos
session of tho port offlco tho Ameri
can troops wero forced to lire and
ono Haitian was killed. Tho incident
lias caused a great stir In tho town.
General Bobo arrived on tho Contlc
from Capo Haltlcn and went to his
chambers whero ho Immediately In
dicted a protest against tho Ameri
can occupation.
Tho occupation Is being extended
not only on tho palace, tho fort and
nil other important places in the town,
but thrco miles beyond tho limits.
American patrols aro in tho streets
maintaining peaco and order, and to
night tho curfow law forbidding per
sons without authority to pass through
tho streets after eight o'clock was put
in force.
Tho United States warship Connec
ticut landed 150 marines, who occu
pied tho forts.
Washington, Aug. 9. in dispatches
to tho navy department Admiral Cap
erton announced that revolt had brok
en out at Gonalvcs, on tho western
coast of Haiti, and asked that re-en-forcemeats
bo sent to him.
. Admiral Denson, acting secretary of
tho navy, ordered tho armored cruiser
Tcnnesseo, with 850 marines, to Port
au Prlnco.
9 NEGROES HANG IN ONE DAY
South Executes Seven by Legal Proc-
ess and Two Are Mob
Victims.
MomphlB, Aug. 0. Nino negrocB
wero hanged, soven legally and two
lynched, whllo a tenth was being
chased In tho Routhcrn Btates on Fri
day, Alabama led tho list with four legal
hangings. At Evcrgrcon, Robert Wnt
kins and John Salter wero hanged for
tho murder nnd assault of Mrs. Mary
LaBsIter at Cullman.
Oeorgo James was hanged for the
murdor of Ccorgo Clayburn. Millard
Carpenter wus hanged at Birmingham
for tho murdor two years ago of
John T. Camp, a whlto man.
Mississippi hanged three negroes,
two of them, Peter Dolen and Jim
Scales, wero convicted of murdering
another negro.
Dunynn Walters was hanged at Fay
ettovllle, Miss., for tho murder of Tom
Neals.
Dispatches from Shawnee, Ckla,
tell of a "quiet, orderly crowd nrmed
to tho teoth," which hanged Ed Berry
to n Santa Fo railroad bridge, rid
dled 111 s body with bullots and dis
persed In ns orderly a fashion as It
had formed
In tho early morning hours at
Trilby, Fla.. a crowd, hypnotized with
fury, lynched Will Loach, accused of
attacking a thirteon-year old girl.
TROOPS TO SHELL MEXICANS
Funston Men Massed Along Lino
Near Nogalcs Sco Villa Force
Beaten by Carranzlstas.
Nogales, Ariz., Aug. G. After defeat
ing tho major portion of Governor
Joso Maytorcna's Villa army at Mbb
carrns, ten miles bouUi, on Wednesday,
tho Carranza forces undor Gen. P.
KllnB Callcs began an attnek on No-
gales, Sonora, whllo American troops
lined tho border to enforco If noces
Bnry tho order to repel any Invasion
of American rights by Mexican fac
tlons. Calla soon forced tho Villa
troops back to tho Moxlcan town of
Nogales. Amorlcans crowded tho
hills to watch tho fighting. Tho Amor
lean troops, a regiment of cavalry and
a machlno gun platoon, lined tho bur
dor. Tho Soldiers had orders to bogln
firing on tho Moxlcons tho moment
bullots How Into American territory.
Washington, Aug. 5. Unusual no
tlvity in tho war and navy dopart-
monts was ovldont during tho day, nnd
nn order from General Scott, chief of
staff, directing a battory of tho Fifth
Hold artillery to proceed from Fort
Sill. Oltla., to El Paso, Tox aroused
considerable surprise. At tho war do
pnrtmcnt It was Rtatcd tho artillery
wob ordered at tho roquust of tho
Btnto department
Eight Villa Troopers Killed.
El Paso, Tex.. Aug. 7. Eight Villa
troopers wero executed In Juaroz on
orders from Gonernl Villa. Tho men
It Is said, rodo through Juaroz early
in tho day, yelling "Ablo Villa I Vivo
Zapata!" (Down with Villa!)
New Strike at Remington Plant.
Utlca, N, Y., Aug, 7. At a mooting
held, on Thursday at lllon, which wbb
attended by nbout 1,000 plcco work
ers in tho Remington arms plant, a
general strlko of all plcco workers
was declared,
MANY PERISH IN FLOOD
CLOUDBURST SWEEPS SCORES TO
DEATH AT ERIE, PA.
Buildings Are Swept Away When Tor
rent Hits City Hundreds Are
Made Homeless.
Erie, Pa., Aug. G. About fifty per
sons reported drowned, nearly ono
hundred buildings swept from their
foundations, tho city In total darkness,
and tho eastern section Inundated and
damage to property estimated at sov-
oral million dollars Is tho toll of a
cloudburst shortly after six o'clock
Tuesday night.
It Ib ImpoBBlblo to ascertain tho loss
of life. Many aro still Imprisoned In
their Iioubob y tho waters and tho
eastern portion of thp city Is cut off.
Hands of rescuers, led by Mayor Stem
and raombors of tho city council, res
cued families from tho flooded dis
tricts. Tho cloudburst camo as tho climax
of threo days of steady rain. Mill
crcok, which divides tho city, already
swollen beyond Its banks, became a
torrent when tho clouds oponed up
and swept through the city, carrying
all before it. Tho business section
was flooded to a depth of flvo feet and
all lines of communication were
blocked.
Tho houses and buildings along tho
course of tho creek began to tumblo
Into tho flood and wero Bwept away.
TELEGRAPHIC
NOTES
London. Aug. G. Tho ministry of
munitions has decided to undortako
tho manufacture of munitions on n
largo scalo in Ireland. A ropresontn-
tlvo of tho ministry will rosldo In
Dublin and havo chargo of tho organ
ization of Ireland us a munltlon-nro-
duclng area.
London, Aug. G. Tho British
or Portia wob sunk by a Gorman sub-
marine Tho crow was saved. Tim
Portia was captured from Germans at
tno Btart of tho war.
London, Aug. G. Tho British steam
er Costcllo haB boon sunk by a Gor
man submarine Ono mombor of tho
crow was drowned.
WILSON PREPARES MESSAGE
President Will Make National Defense
.Principal Topic In His Com
mui.lcntlon to Congress.
Cornish, N. H., Aug. G. President
Wllaon Is planning to mako national
dofonso ono of tho principal subjects
In his next message to congress.
Whllo ho will not ducldo llnnlly on tho
policy ho will ask congress to approve
until after ho has rocolved tho reports
roquosted from Socrotarlos Garrison
and Danlols. It bocanio known that ho
already haB glvon much preliminary
thought to tho question. Whllo tho
president will mako recommendations
to congress on othor subjocts, tho dis
cussion of national dofonso Is oxpoct
cd to attract much attuntlon. Ho Is
expected to dovoto more tlmo to tho
preparation of this portion of his mos
sago than ho usually docs to genoral
rocommondatlons.
Sees Slash In Tariff Rates.
Philadelphia, Aug. 9. Souator Boles
Ponroso announced that ho would In
troduce at tho noxt session of con
groBS a tariff bill that will contain re
ductions of 15 to 20 per cent on many
of tho dutlea In tho Payno-Aldrlch bill.
Belgian Miners on Strike.
Havro, Aug. 9. Miners In tho Moub
district havo gono on strike Groups
of miners clashed with Gorman sol
dlors and n serious riot occurred In
which two Gormaus and soven miners
wero killed.
NO TREATY VIOLATION
GERMAN GOVERNMENT OFFERS
TO PAY FOR "RYE.
Berlin Offers Indemnity to Owners of
Vessel and Cargo Under Certain
Conditions.
Washington, Aug. G. Tho state de
partment on Wednesday gavo out tho
latest noto of Germany In tho caso of
tho William P. Frye, an American ves
sel sunk by tho German cruiser Prinz
Eltol Friodrlch on January 28.
Tho noto rejects the contention of
tho United States that in sinking tho
William P. Frye, Germany violated tho
treaty of 1709-1828.
It Insists that tho treaty stipulations
merely oblige Germany to mako com
pensation for tho damago sustained by
Amorican cltizons in tho sinking of
the vessel.
It suggests .that euch government
doslgnato an export, who shall fix tho
amount of indemnity for tho vessel
and any Amorican property which may
have been sunk with ' or.
If this plan of settlement is not sat
isfactory to tho United States, Ger
many suggests that tho entire ques
tion of tho application of tho treaty bo
submitted to Tho Haguo.
RUSSIANS IN MAD FLIGHT
Warsaw, Ivangorod, Novo Georglevsk
Fall, Kovno Next to Go All Vis
tula Forts Lost.
Petrograd, Aug. 7. Warsaw and
Ivangorod are lost to tho Russians,
but latent reports received at the war
office indicato that Grand Duko Nicho
las 1b withdrawing his main armies
methodically, and checking attacks by
tho Austro-Qorman forces on both his
flanks.
Though tho ovacuatlon of Ivangorod
was announced only a few hours after
it was admitted that the troops left In
Warsaw to protect tho Russian re
treat had withdrawn, tho abandon
ment of tho Vistula river front caused
no panic In Petrograd.
London, Aug. 7. A dispatch to tho
Daily Mail from Copenhagen says the
Russians aro evacuating Kovno. The
governor and his official staff havo
gone Tho population has been leav
ing for tho last week.
Berlin, Aug. 7. Tho Russian nnal-
Hon at Novo Georglevsk, tho only for
tress on tho Vistula river still holil liv
Grand Duko Nlcholus' troops, has been
pierced by tno Germans.
HEAVY FIGHTING IN WEST
British and Germans Engage in Ter
rific Battle Near Hooge, East
of YprcB.
London, Aug. C. Telegrams from
Courtral, by way of Amsterdam, re
port heavy fighting botwoon Britons
and Germans nour Hoogo, cast of
Ypros. Many woundod aro bolng sent
back Into Belgium from tho G
HnoB. Paris roports tho allied bnttlo
lino Is maintained ovorywhero. Ber
lin announces tho British havo failed
to rocapturo tho ground tho G or in nun
rocontly won from tho British at
TI 1
New Commander Annolntrri.
Paris, Aug. 9. Gen. Maurice Sorall
hui boon appointed commander of tho
rrcnen forces at tho Dardanelles,
was nnnouncou Hero. A moro ener
getic oftonslvo by tho land forces sont
against tno l urns is expected.
Murderer of Two Mnnn.ri
Hartford, Conn., Aug. 9. Bornard
muniviu, convicted or tho murdor
Fathor Josonh Znhrln
Andrew's Lithuanian Catholic church
in inqw urnain, and Evn Gllmanaltl
o,
wus nnngeu at wothorstlold,
MAY POLICE THE REPUBLIC
Commission to Take Over Revolution
Torn Country Discussed at Wash
ington Cruiser Sent to Republic
Artillery to Border.
Washington, Aug. 7. Tho A. B. C.
conference nt tho stato department
with Secretary Lansing forecasts a
flnnl decision to renew efforts to havo
Carranzn, Villa, Zapata and other
Moxlcan leaders compose their differ
ences nnd sot up a central government
along tho lino of tho protocol adopted
by tho A. B. C. mediators at Niagara
Falls last year. Should this fail,
strenuous action will bo taken, It Is
believed.
The hope of success along tho lino
expressed at tho conferenco was based
on the starvation conditions now ex
isting in Mexico.
No attempt was mado at tho confer
ence to reach n final decision on a new
move to be taken by this. government
and the South and Central American
governments participating, acting
Jointly to end tho Internal troubles In
Mexico. Tho conferenco adjournod
after a general exchange of tho Inter
ested governments presented by their
diplomatic representatives.
Different plans for bringing about
peace In Mexico wero submitted and
aro being considered by tho delegates
at an informal session before the con
ference Is resumed In earnest again
tomorrow.
It is understood that no action will
bo taken as a result of tho full con
ference without tho unanimous con
sent of parties to tho conferenco
Secretary Lansing laid stress on tho
Informal nature of tho conference
which ho Indicated might continue
some dayB. Tho Latln-Amcrlcan dip
lomats, ho said, had onlercd tho con
ference on the understanding that Its
proceedings should be entirely con
fidential. Aside from the plan of settlement
among tho Mexican leaders them
selves, the proposal to establish a
Pan-American commission to take over
Mexico, require disarmament, restoro
civil government and conduct elec
tions has been brought forward again.
Another plan for policing Mexico
with Pan-American forces nlso has
been considered, It is said.
Tho diplomats wero only partly ad
vised of President Wilson's plan when
tho conferenco oponed, TJio purpose
of tho conference was to invito their
help, in working one out. Their gov
ernments already havo signified their
willingness to co-operate in the work
and after tho conference, it is expect
ed, the othor Pan-American countries,
including Cuba, not represented In
tho conference, will bo asked to join
In tho work.
In connection with tho conference
It was announced that tho cruiser
Chattanooga has been ordered to
Topolobampo to Investigate condi
tions there and at tho mouth of the
Fuerto river. Thoro has teen no re
port of danger thero, but tho absence
of Amorican warcraft for some time
has caused civilians to fear Indian
uprisings. Thrco hundred marines
aro on board tho Hector at La Paz.
Lower California, for emergencies.
Battery D, Sixth field artillery, has
boon ordered to Nogales from Fort
Riley, Kan., at tho recommendation of
General Funston. Another battery of
light artillery has beon ordered to
Nogales from Douglas.
GENERAL TRACY IS DEAD
Stroke of Paralysis Is Fatal to "The
Father of the Fighting
Navy."
Now York, Aug. 9. Gen. Benjamin
F. Tracy, who was President Harri
son's secretary of tho navy, died of
paralysis hero on Friday In his eighty
fifth year after a period of uncon
sclousnea lasting nino days. Threo
years ago General Tracy sustained a
shock of paralysis, but rallied from
It aftor a few weeks and was nblo to
resumo his law practice Ho was
badly shaken up In an automobllo ac
cident last Decoration day, but from
this, too, ho speedily recovered.
QUITS AS WARDEN AT J0LIET
Allen Wires His Resignation to Gov
ernor After Latter Refused Plea
for Residence In Chicago.
. Chicago, Aug. 9. Warden B. M. Al
len of Jollot penitentiary resigned his
position on Friday. Tho warden sent
a telegram to Govornor Dunno giving
up his place following a receipt of a
letter from tho governor In which ho
wns Informed that tho Illinois law ro
qulros him to llvo Inside tho prison.
Gets Messages of Sympathy.
Cornish, N. IL, Aug. 9. Numerous
mossagos of sympathy woro recolvcd
Friday by President Wilson. It bo
lng tho first nnnlvorBary of tho death
of his wife Tho president spent sov
oral hourB upon tho golf links,
$25,0CO,O0O for Evacuation.
London, Aug. 9. "Tho Russian war
ofllco set asldo $25,000,000 to help nay
tho cost of tho romoval of Warsaw
mills and factories to Mio intoric of
tho empiro," says tho Petrograd corre
spondent of tho Tlmos.
In view of an lncrcaso of nearly
$10,000,000 assessed value of proper
ty subject to tnxatlon in Nebraska
tho stato board of assessment has de
cided to reduce tho levy for state
tnxo3 ono mill. Last year the total
lovy for state purposes was ,7.8 mills.
This year It will bo G.8 mills. The gon
ernl fund lovy of G mills was reduced
to 4.1 mills and the state aid bridge
lovy which the law says shall bo of
two-tenths of one mill was reduced tc
one-tenth of one mill, No chango wae
attempted In the matter of the statu
tory lovy of ono mill for the support
of tho university, three-quarters ot
one mill for the university special
building fund or .85 mill lovy for the
support of state normal schools. As
a result of tho Increased assessed
value of property reported by county
boards nnd county assessors the state
board was able to reduce the levy
pne mill and the total amount of taxes
paid by the people of the stato foi
state purposes will bo about $400,000
less than was paid last year. The In
creased valuation at tho former rate
of levy would mean an Increase ol
about $68,000 in state taxes and the
decrease of one mill menns a decrease
of $480,000 In state taxes.
The receipts In the office of Secrc
tnry of Stato Pool aggregated $52,
155.36 in July, as against $45,996.40
in July of last year, the high watet
mark. Tho fees for annual permits
to corporations to do business
amounted to $49,817, indicating that
the total this year from this source
may reach $100,000. A heavy In
crease Is shown in the automobile de
partment, some 6,630 licenses on new
cars having been applied for during
tho month. Thus far in the year, 21,-
715 licenses have been issued on new
automobiles, while tho number of re
newals Is greatly In excess of that In
any previous year.
The state of Nebraska Is going intc
the electric lighting business rather
than pay private companies for light
and power at state institutions. The
Board of Control has completed ar
rangements for installing a new powd
er plant to cost $47,538 at the state
penitentiary, to be operated by con
victs. The Board of Public Lands in
charge of tho capltol lias been paying
a high rate for lights and current at
tho stato house and other state Insti
tutions fon some time. Under the
new arrangement it is expected the
state within a few years will save
enough to pay for tho new plant at
the prison.
Tho DeDartment of Experimental
Agronomy of tho University of -Ke-braska
believes it would be a good
practice for those farmers who have
some of last year's seed corn to keep
It for seed as an emergency in caso
their seed should not ripen satisfac
torily this fall. Unless Nebraska
should have an unusually lato fall,
much corn will bo soft, and it will bo
dlfllcult to secure satisfactory seed
from many fields. It Is with these
facts in mind that tho precaution is
recommended.
r.nneml decreases In most of tho
materials used by railroads are al
leged in a brief filed In the advanco
mto cases by Exnert U. G. Powell of
tho Nebraska railway commission. Of
ninety-three articles named by Mr.
Powell ns the most important mate
rlnlti used bv tho roads. 85 per cent
ho says has decreased and 15 per cent
havo gono up in price. 'ino ue
nrfinses. ho sDCclfles further, have
been from 80 per cent at the top to
20 per cent at tho bottom.
nnpmtintr twolvo and a half miles
of road, tho Omaha to Papllllon line
did a total railway nusincss 01 atv
ADO 4Vis vnof aniline .Tittir 30. Inst.
The facts aro contained in tho annual
report Just filed with tho stato rail
way commission. The passenger
earnings were $3,480, tho freight
earnings $35,778, nnd other earnings
1305. Tho total cxpenso or operating
this department of the holdings was
$31,212.
Timrniinv. Kentomber 9. will bo
Omaha day at the Nebraska state
fair, according to an announcement
by Secretary Mellor of the Stato
Board of Agriculture Special trains
will bo run for tho occasion.
Tho town of Bridgeport has regis
tered $25,000 of bonds voted for tho
construction of a new school building.
Tho bonds havo been registered by
tho stato auditor and tho stato will
buy them.
Tho action of tho stato assessment
board in reducing tho stato aid brldgo
lovy from 1-5 of a mill to 1-10 docs
not meet tho approval of Stato Treas
urer Hall. Ho says tho legislature
fixed tho amount and tho board can
not lower it. An, inspection of tho
brldgo nld law, however, shows that
$150,000 from tho proceeds of tho 1-5
mill lovy is appropriate" and as
long as 1-10 of a mill would rnlso tho
amount tho board thought It unnecos-
snrv fn low tllO fllll 1-5. ThO CXCC88
would only lay in tho stato treasury
nA tiitr. la believed not necessary.
COOPER AND CHANDLER DEAD
Former Instantly Killed When Car
Sails Over Edge of Speedway.
Chandler Dies In Hospital.
Des Moines, la. In a hair-raising:
300-mllo auto raco before several,
thousand people Saturday, August 7,.
dedicating the new speedway, two
men wero killed and three probably
fatally injured.
Early In the race Joe Cooper ot
Sobrlng, O., In his Sobrlng car blew
a tire and went over tho track, falllng
beneath the grandstand with- the car
on top of him, and dying instantly.
His mechanician, George Poll, was.
probably fatally Injured. He has two
broken ribs, a crushed chest and In
ternal Injuries.
In the 238th lap tho Deusenberg,.
driven by "Wlillam Chandler of Fair
Haven, N. J., went through the wire
fence 'and turned turtle, pinning;
Chandler nnd his mechanician, Maur
ice Kleler of St. Paul, under the car
Chandler was thought dead for a mo
ment, and Kleler dying, but doctors
found a spark of life and rushed them
to the hospital. Chandler died a few
minutes nfter. Tho accidents aro tho
first reported of a fatal nature on.
speedways this year.
Immediately after Do Palma was de
clared tho unofilclal winner, F. M.
Deusenberg, head of tho Deusenber.
racing team, filed notice or protest
claiming that Mulford had won the
race. Later tho judges reversed their
decision and gave Mulford first money;
which amounted to $3,000.
De Palma's time stands as the first
world's record for" a sanctioned 300
mlle raco on a mile wooden track. It
was the first .time in the history of
the A. A. A. that a 300-mile race had
been held on a mile motordomo, so
whatever time is ofllcially recorded
the records will stand and be given
official recognition.
Des Moines is moved by the bap
tism of blood at the opening of tho
speedway. Mayor Hanna, Safety Su
perintendent Mutchell, Sheriff Griffen
nnd a number of leading citizens have
protested publicly against further
races. The management plans to hold
another 150-mile race this fall, how
ever. Condemnation of the racing.
game Is heard on every side.
It is reported ono board was raised,
above the track because the trade
swelled from tho rains, and that this
board caused tho wreck of Cooper.
Few Russians Taken.
Berlin. Fewer than 15,000 Russian
were captured In tho Joint oper
ations that led to the capture of War
saw and Ivangorod. More than.
100,000 Russians are two-thirds sur
rounded In tho angle formed by tho
Bug and Vistula rivers. Gorman
i forces from north and south of War
saw nro trying to close the trap.
General Heltz has reached tho Bug
river near its confluence with the Na
rew and Is attempting to cross tho
river to attack the Russian flank.
Southwest of Warsaw the Germans
are smashing toward tho Warsaw
Sledlce railway. They menace tho
Russians who retreated from War
saw and threaten to pierce the Rus
sian lines between Praga and tho
region north of Ivangorod. Part of
tho Slav force In Praga has begun a.
retreat.
Rangers and Mexicans Clash.
Corpus Christi, Tex. Six Mexi
cans havo been killed and three
Americans wounded in lighting on tho
Norius ranch between a rnlding par
ty of thirty Moxlcan outlaws and
fourteen ranchmen, it was reported
in a brief message from Norias. It
was said the bandits raided tho No
rias ranch .and drove away fifty
horses and took a quantity of provis
ions and several rifles. Later tho
Moxicans returned to the ranch and
a pitched battle started, tho fourteen
Americans barricading themselves in
tho ranch house They telephoned)
from the ranch houso to Snrlta
Brownsville and Klngsvlllo for help,
beforo tho Mexicans cut tho tele
phono wires.
Bought 100,000 Boxes Apples.
Portland, Ore Tho largest con
tract for tho purchaso of npplos of tho
season it has becomo known has Just
been closed with Hood river growers
who havo sold to O. Borg Huls-Krak,.
tho Netherlands consul hero, 100,000
boxes. Tho price paid was $1.50 per
box.
Belgian and French Miners Strike.
Havre. Miners in tho Mons district
havo gono on strlko. According to ro.
ports hero, groups of miners collided
with German soldiers and a serious
riot followed, during which two Ger
mans and seven miners wero killed.
Disorders woro reported elsewhere
6 Ear.tlnnd Indictments Predicted.
Chicago. At least six persons will
bo Indicted by tho federal grand jury
Investigating tho Eastland disaster.
District Attorney KUno Is reported to
havo Bald.
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