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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. PLEA TD MEXICANS POLAND MAY BE KINGDOM AGAIN PAMPO UAD nDnCDC "MOTOR NHS" M HUH IS umiiull nniiunuLii Outside of Lincoln, San Francisco CHICAGO BROKERS PUZZLED BY EUROPEAN MESSAGE TO AGENTS TO DISPOSE OF HOLDINGS. JOINT PEACE APPEAL OF UNITED STATES AND LATIN-AMERICA 8ENT TO THE LEADERS. Only Other City In the Country Where This Will Be Seen. U. S. 8AYS IT HAS PERFECT RIGHT TO SELL MUNITIONS. COURSE NEUTRAL GEN. CARRANZA MAY BALK Task of Telegraphing Appeal a Big One Rangers Execute 8wlft' nnd Sure Border Justice on Prowling Bandits More Than Score Killed. Wanhlngton, Aug. 1C Tho appunl ,of the United Stntcs nnd bIx Lutln American republics to Carranza nnd other iMcxIcnn lenders to scttlo their differences and ngrco on a provisional president was started on Its way last night. Tho task of telegraphing tho, appeal is a big one, Inasmuch as It has to be sent to Carranza, Villa, Zapata, tho governors of tho utates of Mexico, tho principal mllltnry leaders In tho Held nnd leading citizens of tho republic Tho text of tho appeal will not bo given out for publication until all copies hnvo been sent When this will bo stato department ofllclals would not venturo to guess. Tho appeal was prepared by Sec retary of Stato Lansing and the diplo matic representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chllo, Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala and approved by President Wilson, it sctB forth that conditions In Mexico, having continued soyeral years without prospect 01 eariy aoaio mcnt, warrant tho United States and sister republics In making an urgent appeal that tho various factions lay down their arms and endeavor by other means to restore peace. It Is understood It proposes speclllcally: 1. That tho factions appoint repre sentatives to hold conferences and ar rango for holding a convention. 2. That this convention select a provisional president and pledgo him tho support of tho factions and ele ments represented. 3. That this provisional president will be recognized by tho United States and tho Latin-American repub lics which co operated In tho prepara tion of tho appeal. The Btato department has reason to believe Vllln, Zapata and many of tho governors of states, military command- ers and prominent citizens will agree to tho plan proposed. Present indl- cations, however, aro that Carranza will reject it. The Mexican bordor situation con- tlnucd to absorb attention In olllclal quarters and was tho subject of a con- ference between President Wilson nnd Assistant Secretary Brcckcnridgo of tho war department. - ? Later Mr. Brcckcnridgo reiterated tho statement that no moro troops would bo ordered to tho border unless General Funston should request them. Pcrslstont reports that armed Moxl- cans aro crossing tho bordor endeavor- ing to Btir up troublo aro regarded as significant, however, and a strict pa- trol is being kont, Brownsville. Tex.. Aue. 10. Search for a band of about thirty Mexicans. some of them known to bo direct from Mexico, proceeds in tho mosquito brush about fifty mlloB north of Brownsville. Meanwhllo 1,000 United Stntes cavalrymen nnd 1,000 Infnn trymen on patrol duty between Brownsville and Laredo. Tex., rangers nnd peaco olIlcorB used a swift nnd of- fectlvo typo of bordor justtco which rapidly ran down fugltlvo Mexicans of bad rccordB who aro accused of Impll- cation In raids of tho last two weeks, Although tho number of Mexicans killed In tho raids Is given ofllclnlly ns botwoen llftcon and twenty, It Is Known inai moro navo uecn kuicu. Several Mexicans havo been shot whllo resisting arrest or trying to cscapo. RUSS WIN BIG NAVAL FIGHT German Cruiser Reported Destroyed in Battle In Baltic 8ea Other Warshtns Damaaed. London, Aug. 10. A Germnn bat- tlo cruiser was destroyed and several other German warships severely dam- aged In a groat naval battlo with the Russian fleet In tho Baltic sea near Ocsol Inland, at tho cntranco to tho Gulf of Riga, according to nows dls- patches from Potrograd. It Ib assort- od that, tnougn tno nrlng was tor- ril!c, tho Russian licet escaped any loss or sorlous injury. Russian seaplanes again rendered lnvaluablo asslBtnnco, it is declared. It is believed that tho Gorman ob jective was to bottlo up tho Russian fleet In tho Gulf of Finland or tho Gulf of Bothnia, but tho seaplanes gavo warning In time to prevent such un Ibsuo rr-hn InonHnn of tl, hn.tln that tho GermnnB aro trying dospor- ntoly to nssist their northern armies with Buppllcs and ro-onforcomonta from tho sea, but tho Russian de fensive action appears ablo to foil such a move. AiititMtnn Qnlimniliiji Clint i,mn a mTi, AH BiJ nmrlno U-3 has been sunk In tho lower Adriatic according to nn odlclal an nouncement on Friday. Twolvo mon of tho crow wero saved. TlTo U-12 was sunk Wednesday. Husband Shot; Woman Hangs Self. Bololt, Wis., Aug. 10. On Wodnos- day night tho husband of Mrs. Gcorgo Horton in a fight with James Kaplanls -VnU HIIUW VI " DIIBUH HUH. Jirs. xiuriua uUBu uuiBuu uu nuny nuuruuuu. Wr Cj ,ltix-:v:SrM Austria 12ED AU STRIA It) ,a vm Whichever sldo wins in tho world war, Poland seems likely to cmcrgo from tho strugglo as an Independent kingdom onco moro, for both Germany and Russia hnvo virtually promised as much. Tho map shows tho ancient kingdom of Poland and tho way In which it was divided among tho nefghbor- lng nations. U. S. SENDS WARSHIPS COMMANDER M'NAMEE AT VERA CRUZ WIRE8 FOR AID. Situation In Mexico Takes Startling Turn That May Lead to Clash With U. S. Washington, Aug. 12. Tho situation In Mexico took a now and startling turn on Tuesday, and it Is believed thoro Is a strong probability a claBh botwoen tho United States and Car ranza is Imminent. Tho development of tho day woro: 1. Commander McNamoo, in com mand of tho naval forces of tho oast coast, reported that mobs In Vera Cruz woro bolng incited to murder for elgnors, and that tho situation was oxtromcly serious. Ho asked that two bnttlcshlps bo sent to htm at onco. 2. In rcsponso to his rcquost, tho battleships Louisiana and Now Hamp shlro sailed last night from. Newport, R. I., for Vera Cruz. Tho gunboat Mnrlotta also has been ordered from Progreso to Vera Cruz. It is under- stood also that tho gunboats Whocltng and Machlas, which aro on tho Moxl can coast, havo been ordered thoro 3. President Wilson has decided to cut short his vacation In Cornish, N. II., nnd rotum to Washington at onco Washington, Aug. 11. Tho United States nnd tho six Latln-Amorlcan countrlos represented In tho Pan Amorlcau conference on Moxlcnn nt fairs havo agreed upon a doflnlto pol Icy for tho settlement of tho Mexican problem. ThiB nnnouncomont was mado "V aocrotary of tato utnuins on Aionuny. SPARKS FROM THE WIRE Romo, Aug. 12. Teutonic clatmB that tho Italians had lost 200.000 men n tho wnr against Austria are do nounced as a "ridiculous canard" In nn ofllclnl statement Issued by tho war ministry Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 12. Two trainmen woro killed when the Pcnn sylvanln railroad's fast passongor train running from St. LguIb to New York went Into an open BWltch and was wrocked near hero, Washington, Aug. 12,-Tho depart mcnt of justlco hus approved tho uug Kostlon of District Attorney Charles A. Karen that further proceedings on tho alleged election frauds In tho Dan vino tin. district bo dropped Washington, Aug. 12v Tlio United States dispatched to Vienna a reply rojocting the Austro-IIungarian vlows contending that tho Belling of war mu nltlons to allies is against tho rules of neutrality, Copenhagen, Aug. 13. Tho Danish 8Choonor Jason was burned at Boa nor crow waB saved by tho gunboat Absnlon. $10,000,000 LOSS BY STORM Hurricane Sweeps Over Northern Part of Jamaica Banana' and Sugar Plantations Destroyed. Kingston, Jamaica, Aug. 10.- -Dam 8 CStlmatCd at $10,000,000 WBS """""u " ,uw,"u ;' OV0P .th, nortlon8tn0"1 n,nd """" "TV " ' completely destroyed, Sugar plantn Hons suffered tho samo fato. So far as 1b known, thoro was no loss of life Marines Stop Disorder. rin s wo7o called uP n md, esXy to put down somo disorder In Port au Prlnco, Haiti, Admiral Caporton ad Jtanii men Hon of casualties was mado. Wheat for Europe, Gnlvcoton, Tox Aug. 14. Throo ves r"-Z",' V rnn ,.',., ,.,,. wr.; tl,..., ,ol,o1a ,.,r,t,f in T .1 i-Atn.fl a81 rin(1 illlflilniB wnnt to pnn. irnnpo nd 2G7.000 bushels to London. DESTROY MANY SHIPS TURK, BRITISH AND GERMAN VESSELS SUNK. Former Teuton Cruiser Breslau Tor pedoed by British Subsea Craft Goeben Damaged and Beached. London, Aug. 13. An Athens dis patch to tho London Dally Nows says British submarines havo entered the Black sea and torpedoed tho Turkish crulsor which formerly was the Bres lau, ono transport and one gunboat London, Aug. 13. A dispatch to the Dally Teelgraph from Athens says that tho Turkish cruiser Goebon, which was renamed the Sultan Selim after its sale by Germany to Turkey, has been torpedoed by nn allied sub murine near tho Bosporus. Tho crew, however, succeeded In running tho warship aground In a creek, where workmen aro now building a dike about It to enable repairs to be made. Berlin, Aug. 13. Tho German air ships, which raided tho east coast of England Monday night and early Tues day morning, bombarded, with good results, warships on tho Thames, the Loudon docks, torpedo boats near Har wich, and buildings on tho Humbor, snyB an official communication issued by tho admiralty. Tho toxt of tho odlclal statement follows: "The night of August 9-10 German airships attacked fortified places and harbors on tho English east coast. "In spito of n strong defense British wnrshlpB on tho Thames nnd tho Lon don dock, torpedo boats near Harwich and Important construction on the Humber wero bombarded. It was oh served that tho results wero good. "Tho airships returned from the sue ccssful expedition." AUSTRIAN FLEET IS ACTIVE Bombards Italian Railroad From Mol- fetta to Seno San Giorgio Five Depots Burned by Shells. Viennn, Aug. 1C Tho Austrian fleet has bombarded tho Itnllan Littoral rail way from Molfetta to Seno San Giorgio, according to an olnclnl report issued hero on Friday. At San Splrlto tho Btation and ilvo depots wero burned At Barl tho castle signal station and five factories wero shelled. Tho popu latlon was panic-stricken. Tho Aus trlan vossols returned unharmed. STEAMER EASTLAND RIGHTED Boat Which Capsized Three Weeks Ago Raised 75 Degrees No Bodies Found. Chicngo, Aug. 10. After 20 hours of lifting by huge cranes with tho assist anco of several powerful tugs, tho Eastland, which capsized just throo weeks ago, causing a Iosb of nearly a tnousand lives, was slowly raised from tho mud of tho Chicago river on Frl day until tho steamer reached an angle of about sovonty-flvo degroos. No bodice woro found. Wealthy Illinois Farmer Dies. Aurora, 111., Aug. 13. Asher B. Hav ennui, a wealthy farmer, wldoly Known tnrougnout northorn Illinois, In dead at las Homo at Fox station, 111 aged aoout oignty-tlvo years. Mr, Havonhlll built a chain of six lakes upon his country placo, stocked with trout. Train Hits Auto: One Dead. Mason City, la., Aug. 1C Mlnnoano. Us & St. Paul passongor train struck nn nutomobllo near hero killing Miss Qlayds Preston of Bolmond, aoriouslv injuring Carl Gnnoto of Popojay. Har old Rico and Mrs. L. V. Sharpo. Jealous, Shoots Wife. Chicago, Aug. 10. Joalous, It Is al logod, of a roomer In bor homo. Mrs Elizabeth Montgomery was shot by nor nusoanu, n wood nnlshor, on Frl day. Tho couplo had boon sopnrated ror somo time. SELL AT VERY HEAVY LOSS Action Gives Rise to Many Conjec tures as to Cause of Suddon Change In Plans Important UtwP From Dardanelles Rumored. London. Atiir. 14. Wldo circulation was given on Thursday to n rumor that tho government had received jinwn nf military successes cloBely at- fcctlnc Russia.' This rumor was based on tho activity at rising prices of Russian securities on tho stock ox- change Russian oxchango dropped eight points to 13C. Chicago, Aug. 14. Tho Chicago wheat pit tho "pulso" of tho world's grain trade closed on Thursday in feverish excitement following tho can-, collation by representatives of the at- Ilos of grain contracts aggregating over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, re- cently bought for September ship ment. What word tho European buyers re ceived from abroad remained a mys tery. It was of sufficient Import, howovor, to causo tho foreign buyers to surrender a profit of. around ten I cents a bushel, or over $200,000 on tho contracts canceled, so that they might bo relieved of them. Not only wero cancellations report- od by Chicago houses, but some of ' i....7 . ' i.,i n tho seaboard exporters claimed to havo closed out all open contracts, in ono Instance tho United Kingdom buy . . . I or resolllng at equal to 28 cents unuor what tho samo wheat would cost do- llvercd in Liverpool. Canadian ox- porters also reported cancellations and three cargoes of Argentina corn wero canceled by Italy. Franco also resold wheat In this country. Whether the Dardanelles was on tho vnrpn of hnintr fnmorl. which would ro- leaso Russian grains for European con- sumption, or whether there had been authorltatlvo information that tho wheat crop of Roumanla had in some way become accessible to tho allies, was a question much discussed by nromlncnt crain men. They professed to bo "up In tho air." althoucli intensely interested in a press cablegram early in tho day from London telling of wldo clrcula- tlon thero of a rumor that tho gov- eminent had received news of "milt- tary successes closely affecting Rus- sla." 2 HELD IN MACKLIN MURDER Silas N. Eversole, Former Preacher, or Bristol, ina., ana oan Arrested. Goshen, Ind., Aug. 14. Silas N Evorsolo, sixty years of ago, a former Newton Evorsolo, both of whom live t on may be obtained 1 from the Extcn on a farm two and one-half miles Service, University Farm, Lin- nrM rt Dlotnl yvnm n1ron ntn OIIB. I tr1v nn Tliurnrin v hv Hhnrlff Thomas as suspects in tho Hnzol Macklln mur- dor case, which over slnco October has been Indiana's greatest unsolved crlmo mvsterv. The crfmo that shocked northern In- diana was discovered October 24, 1914, whnn tho (lnnrf hodv of Hazel Macklln. a flftcon-year-old South Bend girl, was found in a vault in Island park. Sho had been strangled to doath. It do voloped that tho fifteen-year-old girl had gono to meet a man who replied to her advertisement for a position on a farm. . For two months a search was mado, and then camo the finding ot tho dead girl, strangled. SIX DIE IN EXCURSION CRASH Freight Train Runs Into Cars Bearing Knights fo Pythias Lodge Mem bers as Storm Rnges. Columbus, o.. Auc. 14. Six lives woro lost on Thursdny In a collision of a freight train on tho Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railroad with a emnnln! frnln nnrrvlni ihn Tnlfrlifa nf Pythias lodge of Mount Sterling on tho ,.ww... v.u... j ---o o - return from an outing at Cedar Point. Moro than a scoro woro Injured. Tho nrnMh nnoiirrml nt nHrmt ilnrlni? n tnr. rentlal rainstorm. Tho dead were Margaret Sollars. t.nirnn TInllnr Thnrnln Nnff. Thnil I Mitchell. Fred Gearhart nnd Carl nnlrhnlailnrfni- Rrivnrnl nf thn tnliirnd. most of whom nro In Columbus hos- pltals, may not recovor. TItusvlllo. Pa., Aug. 14. Train No. CC on tho Pennsylvania railway, Known as mo ruisourgn ami uuuaio flyer, Jumped tho track half a mile wnt nf thin rllv nn Tl,..r,lnv. Thn west of this city on Thursday. Tho engine and two passongor coachos went Into tho ditch, and, according to reports received hero, seven persons wero lnjurod British Ship Jacona Sunk. Dundco, Scotland, Aug. 10. Tho British steamer Jacona, 2.9C9 tons, was sunk by a submarine Friday morn- lng. Tho captiiln and nine raombors nt tlirt ornw wnrn In nil ml n fnw linn r a r v" " " French Buy Illinois Horses. Bloomlngton, 111.. Aug. lG.-Buyers aro securing horses for tho French government in central IlllnolB, an or- dor for 10,000 head having boon re- ment. Only two cities In tho United StatCB will have the opportunity to see "Mo. tor MadnoBs," tho now attraction re cently imported from abroad. These two cities will bo Lincoln, Nob., and San Francisco, Cal. Visitors to tho Nebraska stato fair will get to seo tho attraction. A circular steel rail twenty feet in diameter is suspended by ropes about twenty-flvo feet above tho ground. On this steel rail two motorcyclists pursue each other. To tho motorcylos rones aro attached and at tho end of each ropo a woman hangs by the teoth. This attraction Is ono of the most unusual that can bo seen this year. Owing to Uio fact that tho managers of "Motor Mad ncss" nro to begin their engagement nt San Franciaco soon after the Ne braska state fair tho management In duced them to stop off in Lincoln. As SOon as the Nebraska state fair closes tho attraction -wilt bo" hustled to ti,c gan Francisco exposition A squad of federal food Inspectors with assistants from the stato com missions of Town and Nebraska and city ofllclals from Omaha and Council Qf and cnmm tW Q& T , KT. ,.,, , n. posito direction. Tho step id tho first to be takcu by federal and sUite au thorities In an effort to work hand i it In hand In a clean-milk campaign. It was brought about after city author! ties had suggested bucIi a plan and nftor airnimnts nnil linen reacllOtl - "" , "", 77 " . the state and national department ead8. National food Inspectors creau umans wun uoner uui& u u any large city In tho country, due largely, It Is said, to the health atd Eanuary aumonues. The reason that hog cholera is moro prevalent In tho latter part of the. summer and fall Is that farmers aro exchanging work during Harvest- ing and threshing, and do not take precautions against carrying the gert.i that produces hog cholera from In- fected to clean premises. It is not n good plan to thresh in hog lot3 or al low hoes to run to straw stocks. If cholera exists in the neighborhood, some of tho help may como from an infected farm and leave Infection, which will be picked up by the pigs. college of Agriculture. The date book at tho College of Agriculture shows that three weeks In November nnd four weeks In Feb- runry hnvo not been selected by'com munltlcs for the holdlng of local agrI. cultural short courses. Tho speakers are furnished by tho Extension Serv- ic.a. and the choice of tho program is left almost entirely to the wishes of tho community. Additional lnforma- COm. The state board of control has abandoned tho idea of furnishing number plates for uso next year in Nebraska. Arrangements cannot be made by tno noara 10 msum w chinery without considerable delay, and as a result Secretary or biaio Pool will continue - to purchase the plates of factories in tne easi, Tho state board -which has In charge the buying of bonds and tho investment of tho state's money, met recently nnd bought a number of bonds of school districts. School Dls trict 40 rjreeiey county, $1,000; Dls trict 1. Logan, $4,000; District 21, Seward. $3,500: District CC, Sioux, ?530; and District 03, Morrill. $20,000. Attorney General Reed has decided that tho Stato Board of Equalization has tho right to raise or lower as sessed valuation aa reported by coun ty assessors if It 1b done by classes. Ho holds no Individual assessments can bo changed, thlB being up to tho county boards. I I . . . ,,.. n.l Superintendent it. u. mnu ui Cloud was at tno omca 01 mu Bialu superintendent last week preparing to Clltor UOOn Ills dutleB as high school inspector, a position to which he was appointed somo time ago. Tho stato banking board has ap- nrOVCd the application Of tllO Teeum sen National bank of Tccumseh for change to a stato bank, to bo known as tho Tecumson btato uanit, wim u capital of $50,000. .. . . R nnr , of th , , M -n.i wiiinw mnntv will "Op by hall, Red WillOW COUnty Will harvest its banner wheat crop, rnis was tho statomont of former Stato Senator Cordeal, who was a stato house caller last week. stntn SuDorlntcndent Thomas has waived notlco of a school consollda- t.nn ,n nn ontiro township In Scotts- hmfr county and tho consolidation of tho Bchool district of tho town of paDlUon wUh a school district in the ... county adjoining town. tnw nf nridccDort has regis . , $25 000 of bonUS votcil for tho .,', nf a new school building. b d h bcen registered by t dMor nnd the Btat0 wU1 buy them. ITION'S PLEA IS REJECTED5 Austro-Hungary Told in Friendly Way America Only Doing What Other Countries Have Done. Washington. Tho Unltod States government, in Its reply to the ro cent Austro-Hungarinn note, declar ing that transportation of war mun-L Hons from tho United States to Aus trian enemies was conducted on such a scalo as to bo "not in consonance with tho definition of neutrality,"' llatly rejects tho views set forth by that country. Though friendly In tone, tho noto denies tho Austro-Hungarlan conten tions and recalls that that country and Germany furnished munitions ot war to Great Britain for tho Boer war when England's enemies could, not Import such supplies. It Insisted that the 'American gov ernment Is pursuing a strictly neu tral course and adhering to a princi ple upon which it would depend for munitions in the markets of tho world in case it should bo attacked by a foreign power. Attention Is directed to tho fact that Austria-Hungary and Germany beforo the war produced a great sur plus of war munitions and sold them, throughout tho world, "especially to belligerents," and that "never during: that period did either of them sug gest or apply tho principle now advo cated by the imperial and royal gov ernment." Date for Sacking Town Set San Antonio, Tex. After a confer ence August 14 by General Frederick. Funston, commanding the southern department, with a committee head ed by Congressman John Garner, Gen eral Funston announced that he be lieved tho committee had thoroughly established Its contention that tho- dlsorder in tho Rio Grande valloy had been fostered by constitutional Mexi can authorities. Affidavits wero sub mitted to the War department to the effect that a date had actually been sot by the Mexicans for the sacking- of Brownsville. General Funston candidly admitted that up to the time of tho conference held with the com mittee, he did not believe the out lawry In tho valley was receiving its backing from tho Mexican side of the Uio Grande. But upon representation of a mass- of evidence he said ho was convinced the committee possessed information which warranted prompt action. Submitting further alleged proof of a report that General Nafarrato, tho Carranza commander at Matamoros, had boasted that when the time camo he "would plant tho Mexican flag on. top of the Brownsville postofllce.T affidavits wero shown General Funs ton. Famine Reported In Haiti. Washington. Famine has followed in the wake of the Halticn revolution and the American Red Cross headed an appeal for aid for suffering na tives of tho Island republic. A report from Rear Admiral Caper- ton, commanding the Amorlcan forces in Haiti, .declared thero Is consider able suffering in Port au Prlnco. Ho asked for Red Cross aid, stating that thero had been at least ono death from starvation. The Red Cro8 at onco turned over $1,000 to the Navy department, which was tolegraphed. to Admiral Capterton for relief work. If necessary a Red Cross representa tive will bo sent to tho island. U. S. Army Needs Officers. Pittsburgh, N. Y. Tho United. States has plenty of material for a volunteer nrmy of 1,250,000 men and all that Is now needed aro plans for utilizing It, Major Genoral Leonard Wood declared hero In a statement as to tho preparedness of tho nation for war. The chief need, ho said, was officers, and ho advocated training students In their Junior and senior years along tho samo lines as now aro being used at tho military camp of Instruction here. Austrian to B Poland's King. London. Tho coronation of Arch duko Charles Stephen of Austria as king of Poland will take placo in tho Warsaw cathedral, according to tho Timcs Potrograd correspondent, who adds that a proclamation naming tho now king on tho authority of Germany and Austria is expected to bo issued Bhortly. , Quarrel Over Killing of Bear Kemmerer, Wyoj A quarrel over a dead bear cub led to tho killing of Albert Pfolffor, a camp-mover, by John Kitchen, a Bheophordor, at a ro moto camp In tho mountains north west of here. Kitchen claims that ho acted in self-defense. Get Every Cent of Relief Fund. Chicago. Eastland sufferers will receive all of tho $4717,000 raised for them. ThiB is tho first timo In tho hlBtory of rolief enterprises that ev ery cent has gono to the beneficiaries.
