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THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. SERBS DEFEAT FOE1 PRESIDENT AND HIS BRIDE-TO-BE HALF MILLION SCHOOL BONDS Auditor Smith's Report Shows New School House for Every County Since January- 1, 1915. DISPATCH FROM NISH CLAIMS I TWO RUSSIAN CRUISERS SHELL BULGARIAN PORT OF VARNA, SAYS DISPATCH. CARRANZA PLEASED AT PROS VICTORY OVER TEUTONS AT BELGRADE. PECTS OF RECOGNITION. GERMANS SERBIA OMTinOK BRIGHT r r i ADVANCE GUARD WIPED OUT Statement Asserts Forco That Crossed Danube at Capital Were Partly De stroyed and Partly Captured Bul garia Officially af War. London, Oct. 11. Tho advance guard of tho Austro-Gonnuns which crossed tho Dunubo nt Bclgrnd3 has lioon partly dcfitroyod nnd partly cap tured, nnd thoao who ontcrcd Serbian territory ncross tho Save havo met with enormous losses, according to un olllclol dispatch received on Friday night hy tho Serbian legation from Nlsh Tho Austro-Gcrman force that Is In vnding Sorbin probably numbers 400, 000 men, with a tremendous amount or artillery. It Is commanded by Field Marshal von Mnckonsen. ( Serbia and Bulgaria nro olllqlally at wnr. Aviators from Bulgarian terrl tory bombarded NIbIi Friday night, killing five persons, nnd tho Serblnn government handed his passports to tho Bulgarian minister. Part of tho Jhilgarlnn army has Invaded Serbia. Tho Bulgarian minister to Franco has been given his passports. All tho allies' ministers at Sofia, In cluding tho Italian, received their passports at Sofia. Tho Times correspondent nt Athens telegraphs that tho Greek govern ment lias decided to declare an nttl tudo of benevolent neutrality toward tho allies. An Athens dispatch states that Pre mlor Zalmln and his neutrality cab inet have decided that tho terms of tho Serbo-Grook alllouco do not re quire tho Intervention of Greece In tho war to defend Sorbin. PHILLIES DEFEAT RED SOX Great Alexander Triumphs Over the Hub Town Players In FIrat Game Score 3 to 1. Philadelphia. Oct. 11. Grover Alox- andor, tho star pitcher of tho National league, won tho first game of the world's cliarhplonship serlus on Frldny for tho Phillies from tho Boston Red Sox. Tho final score was 3 to 1 and c relations between tho two coun was bitterly contested. Philadelphia tries. did not club its way to victory until tho eighth Inning, and then two lucky plays favored them. Tho winning runs were rushod to tho pinto nftor ona man, Alexander, hnd been retired. Emlo Shore, who twirled a commend- nblo game, tossed away his honors by passing Stock. Tho Phillies scored tho first run of tho battlo In tho fourth inning. Fivo hits in all wero made off tho Red Sox hurlor and four of dheso were Infield bounders. Philadelphia. 11. Htock. 3b 1 Bancroft, hu 1 J'liBlicrt. cf 1 Craviuli, rf 0 I.lllU'l'UH, lb 0 WhUtPd. If 0 Nlehorr. 21) 0 iitirn.M, c o Alexander, p , 0 Totnl.i 1 , Is Boston. It. Hooper, rf 0 Hcott, 88... 0 SiH-nltor. ef '.....1 HolillUi-1. lb 0 J. owls, If 0 Clnnljier. 3b 0 Hurry, 2b o duly, c 0 Shore, p 0 llonrlckucu 0 Kutli o 13. 0 0 0 0' 1 0 0 0 0 Totals IIorlelfin linttnd for Cndy In ninth. man naueu nr Hhoro in ninth. Boston 0 0000001 01 Philadelphia ....0 00. 1 0 0 0 2 3 Struck Out-Hy Alexander. Cndy, Lewis mium, lioopur. unrry; uy Hhoro. lluriiH. Niehott. unses on linlla-Off Alexnndor. 2; off nnoro, 1. Stolon nasos-Wlilttcd. Iloblltrol. Hitnltlcu UltH-Beott. Oordner. C'rnvnth, v liny. Umpires -Klum. O'Loughlln. Evans nnd ItlKlor WILSON TO AID SUFFRAGE President Issues Formal Statement In Which He Says Question Is Not National but Stato Issue. Washington, Oct. 8. President Wll son camo out for woman suffrage. In a formal statement ho dcclnrcd that ho would vote In favor of amending tho Now Jorsoy stato constitution to that effect. Ills Htntomont follows: "I Intend to voto for woman suf frngo In Now Jorsoy becausu I believe that tho tlmo has come to extend that prlvllego and responsibility to tho wom6n of tho stato; but I Bhall voto, not as tho leader of my party In tho nation, but only upon my prlvnto con vlctlon as a cltlzon of Now Jersoy, called upon by tho loglslaturo of tho stato to oxpross his convictions at tho polls. i inniK mat now jorsoy win oe gronuy uonouicu ny tno cnango." saved From Mob by Sheriff. Decatur, ill., Oct. 11. Foarlng mob vioienco, anorin uiggs spirited Will Hpencer, a nogro, irom tno Sholbyvlllo Jail to Hlllsboro. Tho negro ehnrgod with having attacked Don jjiuiani. inirieen years oiti. Five Injured In Wreck. Mnnsfleld, O., Oct. 11. Fivo persons wero injured, two sorlously, when an excursion train over tho Pennsylvania railroad, returning from tho county fair at Coshocton, wau wrecked at Walbonding, near hero. II. I'. A. 0 0 3 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 10 0 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 7 0 1 0 4 I. 27 U II. 1 A. 1 0 0 I 2 1 0 1 0 1 11 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1 fi 4 0 3 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 "I 21 n BULGARS DEFY RUSS REPLY TO CZAR'S ULTIMATUM IS UNSATISFACTORY. British, French, Russian, Italian and Serbian Ministers at Sofia Ask for Passports. Solln, Oct. 8, vin Paris. Tho Rus sian, French and Italian ministers hnvo uliked for their passports, Bul garia's answer to tho ItusBlnn ulti matum being unsntlsfnctory. Tho Serblnn minister also nnked for his passports. London, Oct. 8. A dispatch to Ren ter's Telegram company from Solla, sent by way of Petrogrnd, says: 'Bulgaria's reply to tho Russian ul- tlmatuin lu unsatisfactory. Tho Rus slun mlnlstor has notified Premier, Rndoslavoff of a rupture of diplomat- "Russian Interests In Bulgaria have been consigned to tho Dutch chargo d'affaires." King Constantino of Greece, broth- cr-In-luw of tho German omporor, ap pears to hold tho balnnco cf power of tho near East In his hand for tho hour. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria rejected Russia's ultimatum demanding that sho break with the central powers and oxpol German oflicors who havo taken chargo of Bulgaria's army staff, and at tho sanio tlmo, say several corre spondents, sent nn ultimatum to Sor bin, nllnwlnir t woiitv.fniir ltfinrn fnr tho cession of Macedonia to Bulgirla. Tho program of tho Germanic em pires apparently includes consolida tion of their field operations with tholr Turkish nlllos by sweeping clear n path from Berlin and Vienna to Con stantinople. Thus tho crucial field of warfare has shifted from tho Fronch nnd Rubslan fronts to tho Balkan pen insula, whoro Gorman success would mean realization of Emperor Wil liam's ambitions for expansion toward India nnd Asia. BELL DENIES ALL CHARGES Indianapolis Mayor Says He Didn't Give Bills to "Bud" Gibson Explains Receipt. Ituiianapous, Oct. u. Practically a complete denial of having knowledge of wrongdoing on tho part of anybody in tho primaries, registration sessions aim gcnorai election was mailo on Thursday by Mayor Joseph B. Boll, on tho witness stand In his own behulf In tho enso in which ho Is accused of conspiring to commit a folony nt tho prlmnrles, registration sessions and general election of 19H, In tho crlm inal court. Boll denied that ho gnvo Tnmcs ("Bud") Gibson $11 In one-dol lar bills election day and assorted, In explanation of tho testimony concern I"B tho receipt by himself of $500 from Lucius O. Hamilton, that it formed n part of n paymunt amount lng to $3,070 credited on tho treasur er's report to himself nnd Thoma Tnggnrt Examination In chlot of Mnyor Boll was concluded at tho tlmo Judgo W, Eichhorn adjourned court. Blizzard In Wisconsin. Fond du Lite, Wis., Oct. 1). A rccuinr mldwlntor blizzard Is on hero. Snow 4b falling and u high wind la drlvlnc tno iiaKes into onus. A frecz iik tern- pornturo pruvans, Ellerman Liner Still Anrounri. Yokohama, Octt. 11. Tho Ell ormnn liner Bufford Mall, nshoru olf Aoml Bhlmn. Is reported to bo in a crltimi is condition. Tho crow of 90 mon wero still aboard on Friday, a florco cnln preventing their rcscuo. Carranxa Going to Capital. Vera Cruz, Oct. 11. Secretary of Stato Lansing has Instructed John W Bolt to accompany General Carranza to Mexico City, In accordanco with an Invitation extended by tho constl tutionniiBts nrst ciiicr. ARABIC CASE IS ENDED GERMANY DECLARES THE ACT WAS A MISTAKE. President Wilson's Demands Are Up held in Note From Ambassador Von 3ernstorff. Vashlngton1...Oct. 7. Safety of non combatants In tho naval "war zono" s assured. Washington officialdom de clares President Wilson has won a sig nal victory for tho principles for which ho has contended In tho subma rine wnrfnro controversy with Ger many. " Germany, through Count Johnnn von Bcrnstorff, her umbassador, dlsnvowed tho sinking of the liner Arabic and promised tho Washington government It would Indemnify it for tho loss of all American lives. Germany has yielded on all points brought to Us at tention by tho United States. Secretary Lansing on Tuesday gave out the text of a letter received from Count von Bornstorff, which was as follows; "My dear Mr. Secretary: "Prompted by a desire to reach a satisfactory agreement with regard to tho Arabic Incident, my government has given me tho following instruc tions: 'The orders Issued by his majesty tho emperor to tho commanders of tho lorman submarines, of which 1 not!- lied you on a provlous occasion,' havo been made so stringent that tho recur- ,ronco of Incidents similar to the Ara bic case Is considered out of tho ques tion. According to tho report of Com mander Schneider of tho submarine which sank tho Arabic and his afll- davit as well as thoso of his men, Commander Schneider was convinced that tho Arabic Intended to ram tho stibmnrino. "On tho other hand, tho Imperial government does not doubt tho good faith of tho allldavlt of tho British olllcors of tho Arabic, according to which tho Arabic did not Intend to ram tho submarine. Tho attack of tho submarine was undertaken against tho Instructions issued to tho commander. rho imperlnl govornment regrets and disavows this act and hns notified Commander Schneldor accordingly. "Under these circumstances my gov eminent Is prepared to pay an ludom nlty Xor American lives lost on the Arabic. I am authorized to ncgotioto with you about tho amount of thin In demnlty. 'I remain, my dear Mr. Lanalng yours sincerely, "J. VON BERNSTORFF." WHEAT RECORDS SMASHED United States, for First Time In His tory, Produces Bllllcn Busbelc of Grain. Washington, Oct. 9. For tho first tlmo lu Us history United States this yenr produced a billion bushels o wheat. Tho crop reporting board, de partment of agriculture, estlmatod on Thursday Unit this year's crop based on October 1 Indication would total 1,002,000,000 bushels. Ixst year'c out put wan S91.000.000 bushels. Record crops also woro produced In oats and barloy. With an estimated outturn o i,uw,uuu,uuu uusnois mo oats crop ovorran the Soptomuor forecast by 109,000,000 bushels nnd Hurpassod nyy provlous crop, tho Darioy crop is 237, 000,000 bushels. Wisconsin Hotel Held Up. Roclno. Wis., Oct. 11. Two masked automoDllo uanultB hold up tho Luk SKlo hotel south of tho city limits on Thursday, nnd taking valuables nnd Jewelry escaped nftcr a wild chass toward tho city. Rembrandt Brlnna $75,000. London, Oct. 11. Lord Spencor hau sold from his famous collection Althorp his "Portrait of a Bov." Rembrandt, for approximately $70 ouu. tho presont buyers namo withheld. ROUMANIA READY TO ACT Sofia Government Hands Passports to the Entento Envoys and Walts War Declaration French Troops Reach Serb Border to Aid Ally. London, Oct. 9. Tho Austro-Gertnan dMvo Into Sorbin has begun. An of lldal statement from Berlin announced that German and Austro-IIungarlan troops havo crossed tho Dvlna, Dan ubo and Save rivers at numerous points and established a firm footing on Serbian territory. Tho Cologne Gazette reports two Russian cruisers actively bombard ing tho Bulgarian port of Varna. A nows dispatch by way of Munich announces that Roumanla will issuo a decreo for general mobilization with in twelvo hours. Mcanwhllo, advices fium Bulgaria stato, Bulgaria, having given passports to tho diplomatic rep resentatives of tho quadruplo entente nt tholr own request, Is awaiting an Immediate declaration of war from the cntonto allies. Tho situation in Greece is chaotic, analysts hero bollovo it to bo but question of hours boforo all tho Balkan nations nro involved In tho war. Whether tho allies will declare war on Bulgaria or wait hostllo ac tion by tho Bulgarian government, which Is bound to como vory soon, Is still a question. Tho start of tho Teutonic Invasion of Siberia, which has for Its object not only tho crushing of Serbia as a powor, but tho ultlmnto advance to Constantinople, to tho relief of tho beleaguered Turks, is tho most Im portant event of tho dny's develop ments. n official dispatch reached Lon don otatlng that tho Austro-German armies concentrated . against Serbia total 400,000 men. No formal declaration of war has como from Sofia, but dispatches from Uiero, relayed via Berlin, declared Bul garia expected to be at war within a few hours. Serbian forces havo bo n massed along the threo rivers for soveral weeks, ready to meet tho Invader. An entire Fronch army corps, It is eported here, hns renched tho Serbian frontier. Envoys of the allied powers left Sofia, according to Athens dispatches. Gun. Llman von-Sanders, German commnndor In Turkey, has arrived at Phlllppopolls, whoro he is in confer ence with tho Bulgarian Czar Ferdi nand. Other German officers aro re ported to havo loft Constantinople for Bulgaria for tho beginning of tho Sorblan Invasion. NEWS FROM FAR AND NEAR I 0ees9e$ss4see Chicago, Oct. 8. Max Palensko, for mer assistant cashier of tho Drover's National bank, was Indicted rby the federal grand Jury In connection with tho misapplication of funds of tho bank. Tho Indictment contains threo counts, charging misapplication of runuB, tno muKing or raise entries and defalcation of $33,000. Auburn, Nob., Oct. 8, Church Howe, former consul to Sheffield, England, Montreal, Canada, Palermo, Italy, and Antwerp, Belgium, died nt his homo hero. Indianapolis, Ind., Oct 11. James Klrby, president of tho Brotherhood of Carpenters 'and Joiners of America, died hero on Frldny. An operation for appendicitis was performed and ho did not recover from tho shock. He was fifty years old. Montreal, Quo., Oct. 9. Tho famous parish church at Lachlno was do stroyed by fire with n loss of $250,000. PREMIER OF GREECE RESIGNS King Constantino Unable to Support Policy of the Ministry Venlzelos Favors Allies. London, Oct. 7. Premier Vonizoloa of Greece has resigned, according to a nows agency dispatch received hero, King Constantino having Informed him that ho was unahio to support the policy of his ministry. Previously, Vonizolos had told tho chamber of tho landing of allies at Salonlkl and rofutod tho arguments that tho gov omrncnt Intended to lead the country Into war. A voto of confldcnco In tho ministry was then tnkon. Tho voto of confldcnco In tho Vonl rclos cabinet, takou in connection with the premlor'B resignation, is In terpreted as an open break between tho ministry and King Constantino. Fight In Gulf of Mexico. Galveston, Tex., OiH. 11 Attacks on Brltlsltank ships in tho gulf of Moxi co nro ascribed to tho German yacht Two Sistors, which was bought re contly nt thrlco Us value and after word left Galveston. Conscription In England Near. Now York, Oct. 9. "Conscription In England Is almost n certainty," do clarcd Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson who arrived on tho American liner Now York. "No serious results aro cxpoctod." School bonds reaching past tho luilf million dollar mark hnvo been registered with Stulo Auditor Smith ainco Inst January, according to a re port of tho last nine months given out by the auditor. Thoro has been i new school building within that tlmo for every county and ono left over, irtnklng ninety-four districts that havo been bonded for new buildings. ThiB number was distrib utes niout tno state, not, however, exactly ono to each county. The fol- "BETTER BABIES" AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR. Horace Gregg Armltage, 32-Months- Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Ar mltage, of Kearney, Who Scored 100. lowing represents the principal issues with tho total amount of each: School, .$539,825; street Improve ment, $7i5.077.G4; sower, $220,500; auditorium, $150,000; lighting, $211, 000; refunding, $220,500. The most suitable supplenicntih-j feed to corn for fattening hogs seems to depend on several variable factors. Oil meal, cold pressed cottonseed calco. nnd tankage rank close together in the profits secured in nearly all tsts. In some tests these by-prod nets give faster gains and more profit than corn and alfalfa, and In other tests the rfverso Is true. Tho physical condl tlon nil Influenced by the weathei .corns to deterimne whether alfalfa luty or such by-product Is most profit able. North Platte Experimental Sub- Stulion. The board of commissioners of .Tohiibon county has ordered a war rant drawn to tho stato treasurer for tho sum of $2,500. This is In partial payment of the $10,500 the county still owes on the Insane lax lovy prior to 1891, wlen tho counties took care df tho expenses of their Individual pa tients at tho state hospital. George W. Berge and H. H. Wilscn of Lincoln will defend Stato Trpasurer Hall in tho suit brought, against him by Fire Commissioner RIdgoll, accord ing to announcement made by Mr, Hnll. Tho fire commissioner is suing to force tho treasurer to countersign warrants drnwn for salaries of tho fire-1 commission during September. A hundred and eighteen corpora tions of Nebraska delinquent In occu pation luxes remitted to the secretaty of stato In reply to 025 letters sent out to them. The largest corporation remitting was tho S. D. Mercer com puny of Omaha, which paid tho secro tary $S39, which included more than $100 in penalties. Gather the perfect green tomatoes that are not frostbltton and put them in n nool. drv Dluce out of the aun. In this way. fresh ripe tomatoes may be had almost to Thanksgiving.. Tlic rlnenlnc may bo hastened by exposing to tho sun as many as desired at u time for a day or so before using. College of Agriculture. As a roward for faithful service, several members of tho convict road making gang at Camp Moreheod, near Lincoln, received paroles When corn Is late, as it is this sea son, It should not be cut too early for silage. When corn Is Just In tho milk stago It contains only about (75 per cent as much dry matter as It will cnntnln two weeks later, so that cv orv iinv Into in tho season thnt tho corn can stand In tho field counts. At thin tlmo tho nlant stores mutorlal In tho stalk and car very rapidly. Frost ed corn will moke good nllago, provid ing It Ik cut Immediately after It Is frosted. Tho effect of frosting Is to cause n Iobb of moisture. Department of Dairy Husbandry University of Nob. INTERVENTION NOW UNLIKELY Constitutionalist Chief Says Move of Pan-American Conference Will End Strife in Mexico. Vera Cruz, Mexico. General Car- rnnzn received with great jiloasuro the news that the Pan-Amorlcun con ference nt Washington had decided to recommend recognition of tho party led by him as tho do facto govern ment In Mexico. Iii response to quostions General Cnrranza said: This news puts an end to all efforts of our enemies to bring ubout foreign intervention. They continue their Intrigues and their attacks in tho newspapers, but recognition of tho constitutionalist govornment nnural- ly will rob them of tho fruit of tjielr efforts. When peace Is absolutely re- lored and tranquility really estab lished throughout the republic am nesty will be granted to all these per sons, but not now. To permit them to return at this time would bo to en dure their machinations within tho republic. Tho Immediate effect oC this news will bo a groat moral strengthening of the cause of consti tutionalism, and a corresponding dis heartening of opposing factions. There will bo no more formal battles. Fighting of that sort already has end ed ,but naturally, the struggle to put down minor outbreaks and lawless ness must be continued for a greater or less time in a country such as tills, where there are extensive open areas. Already these bands are dis integrating rapidly and their chiefs aro surrendering. This development will bring the surrender of tho lead ers of the opposition, since tho news of rcognition will remove from them further hope of success." Belgrade In Hands of Teutons. London. The Austro-Germans now are In full possession of Belgrade anil the heights surrounding tho city, and havo begun nn advance eastward to ward the mountains which the Serb ians last year s.o stubbornly defended ngulnct tho Austrlans For some tlmo to come, tho Invaders, It Is expected, will have to fight only roar guards, whoso duty it Is to delay their pro gress, for tho Serbians doubtless will do as they have done on previous oc casionsfall hack until they reach positions jn which they will havo tho best opportunity of holding their ground. In fact, military writers hero do not expect a pitched battlo on this front for ten days or a fortnights by which tlmo tho allies forco Is landed at Salonlkl and should havo Joined hands with tho Serbians. Tho Bul garians, as far as Is known, have not yet made any Incursion into Serbian territory, and It Is believed they will withhold their hands until they know how matters go with the Austro-Germans. First Dry Sunday in 40 Years. Chicago, 111. Saloon, hotel and res taurant bars wero closed here Sun day, October 10, for the first time in forty-four years. Mayor Thompson's order was In conformity with tho slate law which had almost been for gotten becauso of Its non-obsorvnnce, the 7,152 saloons of the city nnd tho restaurants and hotels operating their liquor privileges under a city ordinance requiring iosure qnly be tween the hours of 1 a. m. and 5 a. m. According to police reports the order of the mayor was generally observed. Instances of places in widely scatter ed parts of the city opening sido doors for admittance of a favored few wore reported, but these in stances wero comparatively rare in the loop district, the order being rigidly observed, according to tho police. Wilson May Wed in Two Weeks. Washington, D. C With tho return of President Wilson, his fiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait, and their party, it be emtio known that plans considered on tho trip nnd now believed to havo been practically decided, provide for tho wedding at a date that may sur prise their friends and the country. It Is reported tho event may take place within two weeks. "Mother Jones" to Help Out Strike. Chicago, 111. "Mother" Jones, not ed labor advocate, has arrived in Chi cago and will take an active part in the striko of the garment work ers hero. Find- Dynamite Near Home. Phoenix, Ariz Dynamito was found' In a lot adjoining tho homo of 15. A. G. Dulmago. manager of tho Arizona Gazette, which Is tho exponent for tho operator's side- In Clifton Htrlke. Industrial Plan Adopted. Denvor, Colo. With tho announce ment of the complete returns from Atllo referendum voto of tho coal min ers employed by tho Colorado Fuel and Iron Co. officers of tho company declared the Rockefoller Industrial plan adopted.