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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1915)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. FIR IHE BUS! Ml NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. MANY EVENTS ME MENTIONED Homo and Foreign Intelligence Con. densed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphs. WAIi IN2W. Russian gunners have shot down a Hoppclln that was approaching Vilna, according to a dispatch from Petro grad. Total Prussian lossos to August 24 in killed, wounded and missing were 1,740,836, according to an Amsterdam newspaper. , An Austrian bi-plane flew over Bres cia, Italy, and dropped bombs, which killed six workmen and Bllghtly wounded a conBldorablo number of others. To make it possiblo for all soldiers who receive a furlough at the front to visit with their families, tho Ger man government will grant free trans portation to man of ovory rank until the end of tho war. A dispatch from Petrograd says that tho Oermans lost the battle cruis er Moltko, threo cruisers and seven torpodo boats in tho Kiga battle, and that the Gorman fleet was compelled to withdraw from tho bay. Tho Gorman undersea fleet at pros ont comprises flfty-elght submarines, according to a neutral authority, who has just returned to Denmark from Germany. Gormnny's Baltic fleet, ac cording to tho same authority, con sists of thirty-eight warships. Passengers on the Holland-American lino steamer Ryndam, arriving In Amsterdam, bring a report that a British transport with 2,000 Canadian troops on board, was torpedoed off Scilly islands on August 15. It is said about 1,000 men were saved. A dispatch from Itomo says that tho Balkan league is to be recon structed with a combined army of 1,000,000 mon, and that Rumanian Tailroads havo been ordered to place all rolling stock at the disposal of tho minister of war on September 14. It is reported that tho' nationaliza tion of tho coal mines or Wales and conscription to force tho "shirkers" Into tho army are being considered by tho English cabinet. Another strike of 200,000 miners threatens to close tho nation's shell factoric, unless the arbitration award is altered. In sentencing a soldier for fraud in England in connection with separa tion allowance, a London magistrate, ISlr William Troloar, remarked that toe understood tho nation was now paying something like 40,000,000 ($200,000,000) a ypar in these allow ances to families of soldiers absent nt the front No business has been hit much liardor in Constantinople by tho war than the newspaper business, and every monthly, weekly and daily pa per owned by foreign interests, witli one lono excoptlon, has gone under. Five still are published in some lan guage other than Turkish, but four -of tho five are Turkish-owned. German Zeppelins have been em ployed to relieve tho Turkish shell shortage, according to a story from "Berlin. One hundred tons of fine ma chinery used In the manufacture of shells, havo been carried from tho Austrian frontier acrosB Serbia and Bulgaria to Turkey In Zeppelins, tho report states. GENERAL. Tho National Education association adopted a "Declaration of Principles" in OaWand, Cal., commending Presi dent Wilson's policy "concerning the Mexican and European situation." Tho army engineers river and har bor board notified Congressman Bor land, at Kansas City, it would hold a hearing at Washington, October 12, on an appeal from a recent report ot Lieutenant Colonel Deakyno that the Missouri river is not navigablo and cannot bo mado so except at prohibi tive cost. Mrs. Pershing, wife of Brigadier General J. J. Porshlng, and her three children were burnod to death at their home at tho Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. General Pershing la a former Nebraska man. Representatives of thlrty-Ilve col lego newspapers of this country and Canada with a total circulation of mora than 100,000 at a meeting held In Now York, decided to bar liquor advertising of all kinds from their columns. Former President Willam II. Taft argued for reasonable regulation of capital and cautioned labor against necking discriminatory legislation in an address before Uio San Francisco Commercial club. Tho railroad station, hotel and a one-story building aro tho only struc turs left iu Mocllps, Wash., an ocean resort town, which was visited by a destructive lire. Editors of tho Southwestern Iowa association will hold tho noxt moot ing nt Woodbine, September 10. Cit izens of Woodblno aro making prep arations for tho event. Thomas A. Edison, whllo at work In one of his laboratories at Silver Lake, N. Y., was soverely burnod about tho eyos by the accidental splash of a potash solution. V Tho life-saving equipment clause In tho La Foliotto seamen's act is bellev. cd to have boon virtually nullified in an opinion which Attorney General Gregory sent to tho president. The establishment ot departments In American colleges for tho training of public ofllclals was urged at tho second national conference on univer sities and public service at Boston. Haiti's parliament lias been given until September 17 to act upon tho proposed treaty by which tho United States would extend financial protec torate over tho unstablo little repub lic for ten years. Cdloncl John V. While of the coast artillery corns, stationed at Fort Jlamllton. N. Y., died. Ho ranked third to the chief coast nrtillory, and was In charge of the coast artillery In the southern district of Now York. Governor Harris of Georgia has re ceived a letter from a Troy, N. Y medicine company saying that as a result of tho lynching of Leo M. Frank no further supplies would be shipped Into Georgia "until tills brutal murdor is revenged." Tho hurricane which recently swept over tho West Indies destroyed 90 per cent, of the banana trees on tho north side of the Island of Jamaica, according to officers of the steamer Commodore Rollins, which arrived In Now York. Governor Martin G. Brumbaugh of Pennsylvania approved woman suf-' frago in a .speech at Denver. "I be lieve women In Pennsylvania will bo given the right to vote after tho next election," he said. "I boliovo they should be given the ballot." SPOIiTINO North Platto and Willow Island amateur baseball teams played a twenty-four Inning game at Eustls, Neb. North Platto won 8 to 7. s Bob Ingersoll, of tho Omaha West ern league, pitched a no-hit, no-run game against Topeka, Omaha winning 7 to 0. The game was played at To peka. Walter T. Hayes of Chicago won the championship singles in tho an nual Iowa state tennis tournament at Des Moines, by defeating Al Lindaner, in straight sets. St. Louis won tho championship of the Union Printers' Nntional Base ball league at Philadelphia by defeat ing Washington, 22 to 14, in tho final game of tho league's eighth annual tournament. Miss Elaine V. Rosenthal, 19 years old, of Ravlsloe club, Chicago, won the woman's western golf champion ship at Midlothian by defeating the title holder, Mrs. Harry D. Hammond, of Indianapolis in an excellently played match, 4 and 3. Efforts are on foot to match Johnny Kllbano with Georgo Chancy of Balti more, leading contender of the feath erweight crowd. Sam Hnrrls, Cleve land promoter, mado a proposition to Manager Jimmy Dunn for a fifteen round Chaney- Kllbano bout at Balti more. W.A. M irSClTOIN. Arguments on readjustment of pas senger fares on western railroads will be held before the Interstate Com merce commission October 0 and 7. Arguments on adjustments In eastern live stock rates will bo heard at Washington October 8. Postmaster General Burleson has ruled that substitute letter carriers may enlist In tho army or navy, with out losing their places on the waiting list for regular appointment and may assume their regular positions when discharged from the military service. The greatest total rovenuo re ceipts in the history of the govorn ment was recorded In tho annual re port of tho commissioner of Internal revonue. The aggregate receipts during the fiscal year ended Juno 30, including tho corporation and indi vidual incomo taxes reached $415,000, 000, against $380,000,000 for tiio pre vious year. An advanco of threo cents a hun dred on oil from Kansas and Okla homa points to Omaha and Omaha re. latcd points is prescribed In the lMd Continental Oil rato caso decided by tho Interstate commerce commission. While still awaiting a reply from General Carranza to tho Pan-American appeal for a peaco conforonco In Mexico, the. Stato department Issued n statement denying that tho United States government had ever consider ed "any particular man for provision al president of Mexico." ED CINCHES CASE CITES SUPREME COURT RULING IN RAIL BOARD MATTER. DIGS UP MORTENSEN AFFAIR Opinion Handed Down by Chief Jus tlce Reese In 1911 Similar to . -Present Controversy. Lincoln. Attomoy General Rood lias played another trump card in support of his contention that tho throe members of tho Nebraska rail way commission were holding ofllco illegally. Having waited to eoc what tho commissioners would say Mr. Reed comes back with a rocont do elslon of the Nebraska supreme court which apparently cinches his caso. Tho attorney general has dug up a decision la which tho opinion was written by Chief Justice M. B. Reeao in 1911 in tho suit brought by Peter Mortensen to decide wholhor ho or "W. J. Furso was entitled to hold of fice. Furse was appointed to 1111 tho vacancy created by tho deatli of W. II. Cowglll. Mortensen claimed tho office by virtuo of nomination and olectlon, ho having filed for It after tho govornor appointed Furse. Tho question raised in tho case was whether tho governor had tho right to appoint, tho constitution naming sev eral oxccutlvo offices which tho gov ernor can fill when they becomo va cant. Tho railway commission was not named In that connection. It waB claijned by Mortensen and his attor neys that tho only way to fill tho ofllco of railway commissioner was by election. The supremo court hold tho ofllco of railway commissioner to bo executive, precisely as Mr. Reed has contended all along. It found the governor had tho right to appoint to fill a vacancy. The railway com missioners claim they did not como until Articlo 5 of tho constitution, which relates to the executlvo depart ment, and therefore thoy did not havo to filo bonds. Mr. Reed cites the opinion as conclusive proof of his contention that bond must bo filed. Fear Horse Malady. A spread of glanders is feared, with numerous reports of ' out breaks of the horse disease in var ious parts of the stato which havo been coming into tho office of tho state veterinarian. Dr. J. A. Boyd of Mason City, a government Inspector, who was a stato liouso caller, said that at least fifty cases of the dlseaso had been found between Mullen and Ilccla, Neb. A good many of these cases, it is believed, can be traced to Hmnorlations of horses from other states. State Veterinarian Anderson was called toBeatrico recently to investi gate a supposed case of glmdcrs and Assistant Veterinarian McKitu wns called to Homer, Neb., on a similar mission. Murphy Under the Ban. Believing that Uie action of Ken neth Murphy, George Carlson and Ernest Elrod, paroled convicts, In breaking their paroles will jeopardize their chances of being favored, con victs at the penitentiary aro said to have taken steps to boycott tho men socially They do not approve of tile action of tho men in breaking faitli with tho governor, pardon board and the warden, and will show the re turned men by numerous little ways that they aro in bad in prison society. Improving State Roads. Tho Stato Board of Irrigation hns named an advisory board or stato highway commission, which will look after tho work of improving state roads. They aro Harry Miller of Stanton, Pat Wolsh of McCook and Dr. Condra of tho Stjito Conserva tion commission of Lincoln. May WreBtle During Fair. Stato fair visitors may havo an op portunity to seo a real "rapslo" if tho plans of Joo Steelier materialize. Steelier is. anxious to tnke on some ono on "Wednesday ovenlng of tho fair wlto will make It interesting for him and has entered into negotiations with Dr. Roller of Seattle. Raise In Phone Rentals Granted. The Increase of phono rentals for tho Valpar'so Tclephono Co. was granted by tho state railway commis sion in line with the request of the company. Phono rates have been raised to $2.50 on business phones, $1.50 on residenco and $1.25 por month on farm lines. Complains of Stock Yards. A letter was received at the office of the railway commission last week from It. J. Howard of Wellfleot, who complains that tho railway stock yards In that town aro not sufllclont to tuko care of the demand and that they aro unfit for occupancy. Preparing to Police Fair Grounds. Adjutant General Hall and other of ficers of tho National guard returning from Crete, where- tho Fifth regiment camp was held, expressed much sat isfaction over tho success of tho camp. "The drill was excellent and tho aeroplane features added much to tho camp," said tho adjutant gen eral. Tho guard is now preparing for policing tho stato fair grounds during fair week. Captain Brown of Hastings and Captain Todd of Omaha will havo chargo ot tho forces, CONDENSED HEWS OF INTEREST TO ALL. Cedar Bluffs' new postmaster Is W, F. Nick. JI. D. Loggelt Is tho new editor of the Ord Journal. Tho now Carnegie library at Stan ton was dedicated recently. Tho Plntto county fair will be held nt Columbus, September 14-17. J. J. McCarty has been nppolnted postmaster at Ogalalln. The stato lias purchased $15,000 ood River school bonds. Seottsblnff County fair will be held at Mitchell, September 1-2-3. $.1,500 Steel City lighting bonds havo been purchased by the state. Morrill county fair will bo held at Bridgeport September 11, 15 nnd 10. A largo crowd attended the Com mercial club picnic at Crab Orchard. Bayard water bonds carried at a special electiou by a vote of 80 to i. Work on the reniodollng bt the Paddock hotol at Beatrice lias start ed. Citizens of Hastings will vote on a proposition to purchase the gas company. "Irs. Delia J. Henderson has been appointed postmaster nt Angora, Mor rl'.l county. The Gage county fair will open at Beatrice September 2S and continue four days. A movement has been Btartcd by farmers around Alllnnce to namo their farms. Business men of Hnrtington are raising money to buy uniforms for tho town band. The corn crop In Cedar oouuly hns improved 100 por cent In the laat few weeks, It Is said. A new state bank will open in Hnr tington next month. It will be capi talized at $35,000. Sidney Is making preparation for the Cheyenne County fair, Septem ber S to 11. Tho cornerstone ot now First Methodist church nt Hastings will bo laid September 12. N'ebraska Democratic Editorial as sociation will hold a m?oling Sep tember 7th nt Lincoln. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel S. Hutchinson of Burchard celebrated the fiftieth an niversary of their marriage August 20. Frank Fctzer, a farmer near Col oine, threshed forty acres of rye Inst week which averaged thirty bushels to the acre. Robert Malonc, a pioneer resident of Lincoln and prominent In business and .political circles, died suddenly of Brlght's disease. J. A. Yager, president of tho stnto horticultural society, says Nebraska has the largest apple crop In the his tory of the state. A new paper will soon bo launched at Ponca. Miss Anna Hunt, formor'y of tho Kennard Enterprise will bo editor. The 1915 Kearney city directory shows 4,248 names, which Indicates that tho city has n population of about 10,700. A Iioiro with glanders was found on the farm of Albert Stoll, near Beatrice. The horse was killed by stato authorities. An $850 loss was suffered by, James Stafford of Hastings, when lightning struck through his barn, killing two horses nnd two mules. Thn fifth annual clam bako by tho Omaha Elks wi'l be held September 11 nt Krug park. Elks from all over Nebraska will attend tho event. The First State bank of Woodlakc, Cherry county, has bopn given a char, tor by tho state banking bonrd. The bank hns a capital of $15,000. Captain McMllllan of tho Nebraska Natlonnl guard flew twenty-flvo miles In sixteen minutes during the Fifth infantry encampment at Crete. More than 1,000 workers, tho ma iorlty of whom are women, aro tak ing tho religious census of Omnhn, fp a part of tho Billy Sunday cam paign. The agricultural extension service of tho university farm has Just com pleted arrangements for the holding of a week's agricultural course at Sargent from October 4 to 8 Inclusive-. Tho Standard Brldgo compnny of Omaha was the successful bidder for tho contract to erect county bridges In Dodgo county tho coming yenr. Tho Lang Canning company of Beatrice has opened its factory. Four hundred delegates to the an nual convention of tlto Nebraska dis trict of tho Evangelical Lutheran synod, which Just closed at Deshler sent a protest to President Wilson against the exportation of war muni tions. Moro than, ordinary interest Is being taken In church matters In Pur well. The new $10,000 Cntho'lo church Is well under way and tho Congregational church people aro tearing down their present church building nnd will orect a new $10,000 pressed brick edifice. Near tho homo of Charles Pascow, soven miles east of Auburn, Fred Johnson of Nebraska City, was In stnntly killed in nn outo accident Hans Hansen, a business man' of Hastings, who Just returned homi from Canada, says. business is gener ally paralyzed In that country as a rrprt of th" European wnr. Tho French government has con tracted with tho South Omaha Horse and Muln market for 5,000 artillery and cavalry horses to bo delivered to its ngents at South Omaha within ninety dnyr Hand of-Labor By LILBURN H. TOWNSEND. Hand of labor, hand of might, Be thou strong In tilings of right. Master tliou of crafts untold. Driving them In heat nnd cold; Working high and working low. That the world mny brighter grow; Press, tho loom, nnd traffic grent, Know tho drive behind thy weight. Hnnd of labor, rudo and fine, Tlilntrs of enrth nro mostly thlno. Mines of gold nmUlclds of wheat. Harbors deep where pennnnts greet; Ships of wtir, cnnnln nnd locks. Itoads of stcol nnd bridges, docks, Htrnlri thy Blnewa day nnd night, I3o thou strong In things of right. Mllla nnd shops In clnng and roar, Foundry fires nnd molten ore: 8ulln mlnos nnd heaving sons, I.nnds of rock nnd timber tres: Cotton fields ns whlto ns snow, Forges black 'mid names aglow, Strain thy sinews day nnd night, Bo thou strong In tilings of right. Hnnd of labor, grcnt thou nrt; Bp thou fnlr, nnd boar thy pnrt I.lko big souls, sincere, Intense; Stoop not low to base offense, Nor, In bent, forget thnt men. Large nnd sninil, nil kind nnd ken, Hnvo their place nnd must remain Neath tho sway of guiding brain. ,v ?s P LABOR TROUBLEOLD Disturbances Go Far Back Into History. Apostle Paul Is o. Record ns Having Created Dissension Among the People of Ephesus by His Preaching of Christianity. Wliilo tho matter of Labor day is under consideration, tho question arises: What is labor? Webster gives as his Drat definition: "Toll or exertion, physical or mental." William B. Wilson, secretary of tho department of labor, gave tho follow ing as his conception of tho .idea: "Labor is any mental or physical ac tivity other than that engaged In sole ly for pleasure" a definition showing a brain at once practical and aualytlc. Mr. Powderly would narrow this Bomowhat by doflnlng labor as "any exertion, mental or physical, not In dulged In for pleasuro and for tho ben efit of mankind." Doctor Coulter of tho census bureau, an expert on such matters, would glvo nn oven broader acopo to tho word. Ho doflnes labor as: "All effort, whether mental or physical." Tho question of Labor day naturally brings to mind tho collateral labor questions of labor union protests and strikes. Thoro Is a tondoncy among latter-day philosophers to prophesy all manner of ovil to como to mankind by tho way of labor unions and their troubles, both among themselves and With others, and to hold forth thoso troubles as a proof of human deca dence, peculiar only to this degenerate ago. Paul, togothor with othor apostles, went up In tho Ephesus country, sock ing converts to tho Christian faith. Now, Ephosus was tho faverito city of Diana, or.Artomls, as sho was also called. Hero was her famous tomplo; hero was her famous statue, said by tho priests to havo fallon from heaven. Thither overy year cony) pilgrims by tho tens ot thousands to worship at tho slirino of tho tutolary deity and hero a goodly nunibor of silvorsmithn found their calling a most lucrative ono. For, thoro being no photographs nor postal cards, thoso pilgrims took away with them small silver fac simile statuottca of tho great goddess as souvenirs. Now obBorvo tho nine teenth chapter of ActB. "Now a silversmith namod Domet rlus, who mado silver models of tho Bhrlno of Artemis (Mana), and so gave a great deal of work to tho arti sans, got these mon togothor, as well as tho workmen engaged In similar occupations, and said: 'Men, you know that our prosperity doponds upon this work, and you seo and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but in almost Ike wholo of Roman Asia, this Paul has convinced and won over great num bers of pooplo by his assertion that thoso gods which aro mado by hands aro not gods at all, so that not only Ib this business of ours likely to fall Into discredit, but there is tho further danger that tho tomplo of tho great goddess, Artemis (Diana), will bo thought nothing of, and that sho her self will bo deprived of her splendor, though all Roman Asia and tho wholo world worship her. "When thoy heard this tho mon wero greatly enraged and began shout ing: 'Great io Artomis of tho Epho- Blansr Tho commotion spread through tho wholo city, and tho pooplo rushod with ono accord Into tho theater, drag ging with them tho companions ot Paul." Certainly thoro cannot bo found In any modern newspaper a moro portoct account of a sympathetic strlko and a labor riot. And that was two thousand years ago. Mi ilillS BUSY DAYS COMIN Period of Stress Ahead of the American Worker. Labor Day an Excellent Tlmo to Think of the Future That Mu&t Be the Result of the War In Europe. Ever- American, whether ho works with his hands or with his head, will tako full ndvantngo of Labor day, the last of the summer holldnys; every ono will appreciate the fact that thoro is a long porlod of work ahead of him, This fall and winter is suro to bo a, tlmo of rcadjuHtmcnt In many lines of American commcrco and labor, duo to tho European war, which hot only shuts off some of tho things wo buy, but is filling our warehouses with many of the things wo sell. How to mnnngo without the particular things wo havo always imported and how to get a markot for tho things Europo cannot buy must engnge our serious attontlon for months, perhaps for years. Thoro may bo somo failures in tho effort to readjust, but thero will bo moro successes, and great ones. No doubt about tho future nocd bo in the heart of anyone Tho best thing nbout the wholo sit uation 1b tho stout heart ot the busi ness world and tho pcoplo in general. Thoy ontor upon a combat with un certainties with tho old Ynnkeo con ildonco, backed by tho knowledgo that in tho fundamental Items of physical llfo wo aro safo. Wo can feed our selves, clotho ourselves, warm our boIvo. Tho roit Ib only a matter of time and adjustment. Thoro will bo no hard times If tho hard work is well tackled. Business muHt not wait "until tho war is over," fcr nobody knows when that blessed da will bo. If we aro prepared for n long war, bo much tho moro prosperity 12 tho war Is brief. It is a splendid tlmo. for every Amoricun,. from Ihu housowlfo to tho capitalist, to Btjdy American econo mies nnd get a hotter knowledgo of values. DEMAND IS FOR SERVICE Public Ideas Have Had a Significant Change In n Comparatively Few Years. When tho French aristocrat boforo tho great revolution was asked as to his chief Borvlco to society, ho replied, "To havo, been bom." Ho felt that his moro presenco in tho world conforred an honor on his rountry. That haB been tho attitude of privi leged classes of all timo. But a new ideal hus como into men's minds tho ideal ot labor, of uorvlco to tho com munity. Today tho public Is constant ly asking mon to Justify their Incomo. "What have you done to dcBcrvo It?" Is tho question. "By what sorvico to so ciety havo you earned your money?" It used to bo considered perfectly proper to water tho Btock of great pub lic servico corporations. But now peo plo have como to seo this means to get an incomo without working for It, and public sontimont Is shutting oft tho practice. Melon cutting in connection with franchiso grabs was once popular. But It becamo apparent that this was mere ly ono way of getting something for nothing, and tho day ot molon cutting is dono. So, all up and down tho line the de mand has como for service In return for incomo. Society is willing to write its note for pretty noarly any amount to the energetic man, but it insists that tho payment shall bo for value received.
