THE 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. APPLES BRING MUCH MONEY GREECE WONT FIGHT STUDYING THE NEW STYLE KILL 0. 5. SOLDIERS Nebraska Fnrmws Just Finding Out That They Have Chance to Make Cash. ENTENTE POWERS INFORMED THAT NATION REFUSES TO ACCEPT OFFER. 75 MEXICANS ATTACK 16 AMERI CANS AND SLAY THREE FIVE BANDITS SLAIN: WORLD-WIDE TRADE CAMPAIGN PLANNED BY U. S. TO D IRC S REPLY WAS NOT UNEXPECTED Brltaln'a Proposals Included the Ced ing of Cyprus and Other Concessions In Return for Military Aid Against Teutons. London, Oct. 25. Greece linn In formed tho entente powerB that she ennnot nt present accept tho proposals mndo in return for her participation In tho war. These proposals included the ceding of tho Island of Cyprus to Greece, as well as other territorial nnd financial concessions, In return for Greek mill tary co-opcratlon with Serbia. Tho Greek roply, which la lengthy, reached tho foreign olllco Friday night. Tho text of tho document was not mndo public. Tho roply was not unexpected. It has often been stated In oincial circles that both Iloumania and Grceco wcro withholding their assistance until tho allies cither won a dcclslvo victory or until their operations had reached a stngo which would preclude tho over running of tho countries by tho forces of the central powers or tho Turkish and Balkan allies. ASKS BRITONS TO ENLIST Kino George of Great Britain Pleads for Volunteers to Save the Empire. London, Oct. 25. King George on Friday night Issued an appeal to all classes of tho Urltlsh people to come forward nnd share their responsibility in tho war. In tho message which was issued from Iluckingham palnco, tho Icing said tho end of tho war was not in sight. Tho mossngo follows: "To tho People: At this gravo mo mcnt In tho strugglo between my poo plo nnd a highly organized enemy who has transgressed tho laws of nations nnd changed tho ordinance) that binds civilized Europo together, I appeal to you. "1 rcjolco in my cmplro's effort. I feci pride In tho voluntary response rom my subjects all over tho world who have sacrificed homo, fortune, life itself, In orcler Hint nnothor mny not inherit tho frco empire which ances tors of mlno built "I ask you to mnko good these sacri fices. Tho end Is not In sight. More men, and yet more, uro wanted to keep my armies in tho Held, and, through them, sccuro victory and enduring pence. "In ancient days in tho darkest mo ment over produced in tho men of our raco tho stoniest resolve. I ask you men of all classes to come forward voluntarily nnd tnko your share in tho light. "In frooly responding to my appeal you Will bo giving your support, to our brothers who for long months havo nobly uphold Great Hrltalu'B past tra dltions and the glory of her nrras. "GEORGE, R. I." STATE SENATOR DAiLEY HURT I Mlnoloan nnd Family Injured In Auto Accident Washington Man Killed. Peoria, 111., Oct. 25. Joseph John Bton of Washington D. G., aged twen' ty-two, was killed when un automo bllo belonging to Stato Senator John Dalloy wns overturned near Streator on Friday. Senator Dallcy, his wifo nnd their daughter, Lucille, and At tornoy Hugh Wilson of this city wore injured. Miss Dnlley was driving tho car. Tho Injured victims nro In St. Mary's hospital In Streator. Johnston is roported to hnvo boon cngnged to marry Miss Dalloy. AGED BANKER is INJURED . i R. M. Patrick, Aged Eighty-Five, of Marengo, III., and Kin of Rev. N. D. Hillls, Hurt by Auto. Marengo, 111., Oct. 26. It. M. Pat rick, aged elghty-tlvo, president of a bank hero nnd father-in-law of Hev, Newell Dwlght HIUIs of Brooklyn, wns Knocked down by nn nutomobllo hero on Fridny nnd probably fatally in jurcd. BULGAR PORT IS SHELLED British Squadron Bombards Dedea gatch, 8nys Dispatch From Sofia. London. Oct. 25. Tho Bulgarian port of Dedcngatch in tho Aegean noa was bombarded by a urltlsh squadron on Friday, according to a Router dls patch from Solla by wny of Amater dam. To Make Loan to Bulgaria. Berlin (via Tuckerton), Oct. 25, Flminco Minister Tontoshov of Uul gnrln will shortly mnko n trip to Bcr Un to arrnngo for financial usslstnueo for Uulgnrln, according to n dispatch received hero from Sofia. Boston Man Dies In France. Paris, Oct. 25. Charles P. Cross, Jr., of Boston, who wns Wounded In an nutomobllo accident In tho course of servico as an American relief dis tributor, died on Friday In a hospital at Diunrd. Ci WASHINGTON STAH CAPTURE 2,000 SERBS BULGARS ALSO TAKE 12 CANNON ( FROM ENEMY. Big Invasion of Country Forces Ser bians to Remove Archives to New Capital. London, Oct. 22. Unable, owing to Bulgarian activity to tho southward, to effect a transfer to Monastlr, Sorbin hns sent her government archives from Nlsh to Prlsrond, on tho Alba nian frontier. The Austro-Gcrman forces nro nd- vanclng Into Serbia slowly but stead ily, their latest claim being that a Junction hns boon effected west of Se- mendrla. Tho railroad between Nlsh and Salonlkl has been cut by Bul garians, sweeping over tho frontier in superior numbers. There is still doubt as to whether tho Bulgarians havo cut tho railway near Vrnnyn, tho Serblnn government denying tho report thnt they havo dono so, whllo other accounts say tljo uuigarinns reaencu mo city, mil wero driven back. Bulgarians have captured Istlp and Cotfnnn, says an Athons message to tho Exchango Telegraph. It Is reported from Frnnkfort that tho central powers hnvo decided to undertako another campaign, this time ngnlnst Montenegro. A dispatch to Router's from Odessa sayB a mission tho Roumanian govern ment Ib sondlng to Franco arrived thoro on Wednosday. Tho mission will visit Potrogrnd. Presumably Roiima nla's entrance into the war on tho al lies' Bide Ib contemplated. PREMIER ASQUITH STRICKEN Leader of British Cabinet Taken II After Meeting Conscription Delayed. London, Oct. 21. In Uio nbsenco of l'romior Asquilh, who Ib ill, David Lloyd Gcorgo, minister of munitions, refused on Tuesday to gtvo tho house of commons any real light on Sli Ed ward Carson's resignation from thu cabinet It Is generally agreed that for the moment at loast tho controversy over, recruiting has been silenced, for tho conscriptionlsts, or a majority of thorn, hnvo decided to glvo Lord Der by's now Bchomo a fnlr trial. Premier Asqulth consulted a physician, who ordorod him to remnln In bed several dnys. Tho following bulletin wna Is sued nt Downing struot: "Tho prlmo minister Is suffering from nn attack of gastro-lntcstiual cntnrrh." GOV. DUNNE HALTS HANGING Illinois Executivo Grants Reprieve to Slayer to Avoid Another Pub lic Execution. Sprlngflold, III., Oct. 21. Governor Dunno on Tuosdny granted a ropriovo of 30 dnys to F.lston Mooro, sentenced to hang at Murphysboro next Fridny for tho murder of Clnra Dnlton. This action of tho governor followed a tolo gram received from Sheriff Jamos Whlto of Jnckson county In roply to tho governor's telegram Insisting thnt ho inform tho povornor how mnny per sons ho would Invito to tho bunging. In which tho shcrtfT snld he would In vito ns mnny ns ho pleased. Kaiser Honors Admiral. Borlln, Oct. 23 Emporor William rocontly visited tho Belgian const, whoro ho conforred tho order Pour le Morito upon Admiral van Schroodor, coinmandor of tho Gorman nnval forces In that region. German Divers Get 29 Ships. Borlln, Oct, 23. During Soptemhor Gorman submarines sank 29 enemy merchant ships of 103,316 tons, two transports aggregating 18,949 tons nnd soven trawlers of 1,200 tous. Mines destroyed six Bhlps. JERSEY ANTIS WIN OUT WOMAN 8UFFRAGE DEFEATED IN PRESIDENT'S STATE. Unofficial Returns Indicate Big Ma jority Against Adoption of Con stitutional Amendment. Jcrsoy City, N. J., Oct. 21. Dofent of woman suffrage In Now Jersey was conceded on Tuesday night by Mrs. E. F. Felckort, president of tho New Jer sey Woman's State Suffrngo nssocla tlon. Four hundred and ninety-four of the Btato's 1,891 voting precincts gnvo n mnjorlty of 12,514 against tho ndoptlon of tho constitutionnl nmondmcnt to en franchise women. Tho figures were: For, 34,010; ngnlnst, 47,121. These re turns wore mostly from tho Inrgo cities. Wnshlngton, Oct.2L President Wil son returned to Washington on Tues day night from Princeton ufter casting tho first ballot ever given by a chief executive of tho United States In favor of woman suffrage Tho president's brief visit to his legal resldcnco was marked by a moro enthusiastic wolcomo from tho Prince ton students than ever beforo had been given him on any of his numer ous trips there slnco ho entered tho Whlto House. Woman suffragists wcro not much In ovidonce during tho president's visit. WILSON BARS ARMS TO VILLA Embargo Excepts Carranza From Or der Henry P. Fletcher May Be Ambassador. Washington. Oct. 22. President Wilson on Wednesday declnrod nn em bargo on tho nhlpmcnt of nrms nnd nmraunltlon to Mexico. The president signed a supplementary order, how ovor, which oxcopts Carranza's gov ernment from tho embargo and per mits' munitions to go through to htm unhampered, Tho prohibition nppllos to tho fnctions opposed to tho govern ment which tho United Stntes has recognized. It vlrtunlly has been de cided to namo Henry P. Fletcher, am bassador to Chile, for tho now diplo matic post. GERMANS LOSE TWO FIGHTS Berlin Says Russians Forced a Divi sion to Retreat and Captured 3,500 Teutons at Another Place. Borlln.'oct. 23. A Gorman division lias been forced to rctrent In tho Styr region, says nn ofllclnl report Is sued on Tuesdny. It lost several guns. Another Germnn rovorse, with tho loss of 3,500 ns prlsonors, is ro ported ns n result of n bnttle between Pinsk and Vllna. PASSION PLAY LEADER KILLED Anton Lang, World Famous Interpre ter of Life of Christ at Obernm mergau, Dead. Manitowoc, Wis., Oct. 23. Anton Lang, who beenmo world famous through his interpretation or tho life of Christ in tho Passion piny given nt Obornmmergau, has been killed In bat tle, according to word received by his cousin, Alois Lang of this city, from tho Germnn government. Russ Commander Is Retired. London, Oct. 25. General Itennen kampff, who wus considered one of Russian ablest generals during the Jnpaneso war, was plncod'on tho re tired list, according to a dispatch re ceived hero on Friday from Petrograd. Naval Guns Damage Ostend. Amsterdam, Oct. 25. Heavy dam ago was dono In Ostend on tho Be. glan coast In tho recent bombardment by British warshlpB. Tho .Maritime railway station, tho lighthouse nnd tho Hotel dos ThormcB wero destroyod. EIGHT YANKEES WOUNDED Outlaws Flee When Re-Enforcemente Reach Scene of Battle Fight Oc curs Near ujo do Agua Search Is Being Made for Mexicans. San Antonio. Tex.. Oct. 23. Three United States soldiers were killed nnd eight others wounded In an engage mcnt with Mexican bandits near Oo do Agua. about two o'clock Thursday morning. Tho troops guarding the place, which Is near Mission, Tor., and about thirty mllc3 north of UrowiiBVillo, wero attneked by n large band. List of dead: Sergeant Shafor, Troop G, Third cavalry; Private Joyce, Company D, signal corps, and Private McConnell, samo company. Capt. Frank It. McCoy arrived with relieving troop3, nnd tho bandits fell back In tho brush betweon OJo do Agua and tho Ilia Grande. Addition' al troops were rushed to tho scene from nearby border patrol stations, and search made for tho bandits. Tho bandits apparently failed In their purposo to tako tho Amorlcan troops by surprise. A picket roported their presence in time to glvo the troopers a chanco to take position for their desperate reslstanco against odds. The flftocn soldiers, fighting one against five, against Mexicans skilled In brush shooting, held their ground, although hnlf of them were put out of commission, until relief enmo from Mission, two miles away, where Cnptnln McCoy took two troops in re-scr-vo. Cnptnln McCoy took two troops of cnvnlry, totaling about sixty men, to tho rescue, and tho Mexican fled upon his approach. At least flvo MexleaiiB wero killed In the battlo. Tho dead Mexicans woro whlto hatbandB bearing the words, "Vivo Villa.' I IMPORTANT NEWS I ITEMS I Paris, Oct. 22. Fifty-two persons were killed In an explosion on Wednesday in n fnctory In the Hue de Tolblac, whllo 100 or nibro wero In Jured. Many of the victims wcro wom an workers In tho fnctory, which was wrecked, ns woro the buildings In the vlcintty. President Polncaro and Mln ister of tho Interior Malvy, who were Informed immediately 'of the disaster, visited the bccho nnd gave directions to tho rescuing forces. An auto truck was being loaded, when workmen at cldentally dropped one grcnude, caus ing an explosion which was followed by two others In quick succession. Chicago, Oct. 23. "I nm through.' With this positive statement on Thurs day Mrs. Ella Flagg Young laid at rest nil reports to tho effect that she would bo a candldato to succeed herself ae superintendent of Chicago's public school system. December S Is the date on which she will retire. With out mentioning any of tho people with whom she has had to work. Mrs Young assigns tho opposition of mem bers ot tho board of education as the reason for her resignation. Washington, Oct. 22.--Thfappoint-mont of the following postmasters was nnuouncod on Wednesday at Xa White House: Illinois Joseph W. Davis. Harris burg; G. W. Fromo, Woodstock. Indiana Claronco E. Magors. New port. Wisconsin J. S. Barry, Phillips; P P. Dugal, Cadott; Mnry I. Crllly llannn; J. L. Mnstors, Torrlngton. Indianapolis, lnd., Oct 21. The case against Thomas Tnggnrt. Democratic national committeeman for Indiana charged with election conspiracy, was dismissed by Special Judgi. W. H Elchhorn In crlminnl court on tho mo tlon of Prosocutor A. J. Ruckor Tu ensos of the moro than 100 other men who wero Indicted with Tnggart and Mnyor Joseph E. Bill, wero put over to December 1. EX-JUDGE J. H. BAKER DEAC Former Justice of U. S. District Court Dies at Goshen, lnd., After Illness of Less Than. Three Weeks. Goahen, lnd., Oct. 23. John II. Bn kor, elghty-threo, retired Judge of the United States district court, for three times n member of congress from the Thirteenth Indiana district, nnd who practiced lnw hero for nenrly hnlf a contury, died nt his homo hero on Thursday, following an Illness of less than three weeks. Infirmities of nge nnd stomach trnublo woro tho cause of his death Norwegian Bark Sunk. London, Oct. 25. Tho Norwegian bark Clsslo. bound for Port Arthur, Toxas, was sunk with tho loss oJ soven membors of her crow off the Isle of Wight when she collided with a British steamer; 17 escaped. Find More Dead Mexicans. Brownsville, Tex.. Oct. 25. Bodies of two moro Mexicans, who nro sup posed to hnvo been killed In the tight between Mexican raiders and United StateB troops near OJo de Agun, were found In tho mosquito brush. "The 1915 Nebraska applo crop was equal to tho combined crops of Utah and Idnho, as great us that of Utah and Colorado combined, nnd grentet thnn Colorado nnd Now Mexico to gether," Bald Secrotary J. R. Duncan of tho Ptnto Horticultural socloty, Inking ofllclnl cognlznnco of tho first pplo dny. in NehrnBkn. "Nobrnskn Is sixteenth In nppla production In tho United Stntes, being surpns8ed by only tho older ap ple stntes, Including New York, Mich igan, Missouri, Iown, Illinois nnd other enstorn states. "The major part of the Nebraska crop Is raised In Richardson, Nemaha, Otoe, Johnson, Pawnee and Cass coun ties. The present ncreago at the best Is capable of producing 20,000,000 or bushels. The 191b crop of apples, If distributed nmong the people of tho state, would furnish ench man, worn m nnd child forty npples. "Applo orchnrds average forty treee per acre A well-cared-for tree will average from flvo to ten bushels per '.rec during a ten-year period." indicative of the gold mlno Nebras ka fanners have in well-cared-for or chards, Mr, Duncan cited these facts: "A WIncsap orchard in Otce county containing 240 trees, 1G yenrs old, produced eighteen bushels per tree, selling for nn nvorage of 50 cents per bushel. The total return for tho crop ,vas $2,1(70. "A small orchard near Omaha, of which sixteen acres Is 1G years old and two acres 8 years old, produced in 1014 6,500 bushels of npples, which netted the owner $4,000, or a net In come of 22 per cent on a $1,000 per icre valuation "A twenty-cight-acre orchard, 15 years old, eleven miles from Fa'ls City, produced over $2,200, net, from the 1914 crop of apples.. It had only been enred for a year. Nebraska had but 44,261 automo biles when the assessors in the nlno ty-threo counties of the state made their rounds, according to the report of Secretary Benccker of tho State Board of Equalization. The .stato'rf investment is automobiles amounts, In round numbers, to $1(1,000,000. The average value of automobiles In tlu -.tate wns 3G5. Banner county had the fewest machines, with sixty, at an average value of $160. Sarpy coun ty, with 275 machines, reported an average value of $490. Holt county nlacrd tho lowest average value, with ?2C0. Douglas county reported an average value of $110 nnd Lancaster S510. Sec rotary 12. It. Royse of the Sat Banking board, will propose a law l foro the next legislature to prevtn' tho consolidation of state nnd na tional banks. Tho recent merger of a state and national bank in Omn'i" rubbed tho fur nf tho hanking Inp.rd tho wron? way and Royse's pronoun' Is tho result. The hank'ng gocrr would also havo a la.w parsed, permit ting the levying of an assessment or deposits taken ovor by a state banl' from any national Institution for th benefit of the state guaranty fund. Farmers and others Interested In the progress of work being carried on by the .Agricultural Experiment Sta tion of Nebraska will find a concise statement of these projects in the twenty-eighth annual report, which is being issued. Tho annual report of tho Agricultural Extension Service i included in tho same pnmphlot. A copy of this publication may bo had without- cost to residents of Nebras ka upon application to tho Director of he Experiment Station, Univoraity Farm, Lincoln. x Miss Edith A. Lathrop, who was elected by tho normal board at Kear ney a week ago to a position In tho training school nnd rural school de partment at Ihe Chadron Normal, stated that sho will not accept it at the salary offered and tho kind of work spcclllod. She has dovoted her self to rural fichool matters and pre fers to conlnuo along that line. The salary at Chadron is $1,185 a year, as against $1,800, which she now re ceives In tho state superintendent's office. Tho best way to market alfalfa hay which waa rained upon this season Is to feed It to live stock, according to tho College of Agriculture. On tho other hand, the feeding of poor al falfa hay is not considered as profit able iib the fowling of good hay. Lambs fed poor alfalfa at the experi ment station returned but oife-lialf tho prico per ton which tho lot re ceiving good alfalfa returned. "With a large supply of serum on hnnd, tho Btato serum plant at tho University Farm Is probably bettor able to handlo n severe outbreak of hog cholera than ovor before. Vacci nation has boon a strong factor In tho general decrcaso of cholera this year nnd but few serlouB outbreaks aro occurring, although the Bale and use of serum has been larger In pro portion to tho amount of disease than In previous years. Tho annual ca pacity of tho Btato serum plant nt present is enough 1o produco serum for vaccinating 200,000 slioats. SUNDAY BIDS WEST GOOD-BY Noted Evangelist Closes Seven Weeks' Revival In Omaha 722,000 Peo ple Attend; 13,022 Hit Trail. Wushington, D. C. Elaborate plana for n worldwldo campaign for tradd by tho United States nro revealed in tho estimntes of tho department ot commerce expenditures for tho next flscnl yenr, to be presented to c.on gross thl3 winter. Through tho bu reau of foreign nnd domestic com merco the department proposes to aid American merchants nnd manufnetur ers in taking advantage of opportuni ties now before them and in prepar ing for tho struggle for tho trade su premacy which commercial officials nro cnrtnln will follow the Europcnn wnr. Reorgnnlzatlon of tho staff In Washington and an increnso to about twice of Us present extent of tho for eign commercial service, aro contenv plated, according to a statement by Dr. E. E. Pratt, chief of tho bureau. Appropriations will be sought to pro vide for extensive Investigations of commercial conditions abroad and foi tnriff Inquiries by tho cost of produc tion given. "The commercial attache service has been in existence Just about a yenr," snld Dr. Pratt. "It has proved so useful thnt an addltlonnl of ten commercial attaches will be rec ommended as part of the general pro gram of "'preparedness.' These at taches, it is intended, will ho sta tioned in Japan, India, South America, Spain, Scandlnava, Italy, Tho Nether lands, the Balkan states, Central America nnd Venezuela, and Colum bia. A similar Increaso in the bu reau's work in promoting trade with Latin-America will he requested. This will enable tho hurcau to conduct n number of special invcstgationB thore." Bulgars Block Allies. London. Tho Bulgarians, accord ing to their official report havo reached Uskup, an important junc tion on the Salonikl-Nish railway, and have thus placed themselves J across the route by which tho allies' reinforcements for the Sorbs would travel. Tho Austro-Gemians in the north have begun a moro vigorous of fensive and have crossed the Danubo noar Orsova. This brings much near er tho linking up of tho armies of tho Germanic allies and those of Bulgaria and the opening of the way through Bulgaria to Constantinople. The suc cess is not being achieved without heavy loss, as the Serbian veterans, woll entrenched in their mountains, are offering stubborn resistance and are making tho Invaders pay a big prico for every mile of country Invaded. Sunday Meetings Ended. Omaha. The greatest revival that Omaha and Nebraska has ever seen the most unique, the largest, tho most productive of enthusiastic fer vor ended October 24, when Billy Sunday left here on the Northwest ern's Overland Limited, bound for now fields of religious conquest. Moro than 43,000 people attended tho last day's meetings. The Omaha offering for Mr. Sunday came to about $20,000. The number of trail hitters on tho final day was 1,384. Tho total trail hitters for the campaign was 8,854, besides 4,1 G4 boys and girls, who signed cards In meetings held for them by Miss Gamlln, making In all 13,022. Tho total attendance for the seven weeks' meeting was 722,900. Mr. Sunday, after a short rest, will open n five weeks' rovlvnl in Syracuse, N. Y. British Cripple Baltic Shipping. Petrograd. A British submarine operating in tho Baltic sea; has sunk a German cruiser of tho Prims Adal bert type, according to an ofllclnl an nouncement made here. British submarines havo been op erating ngninst enemy shipping in tho Baltic for several weeks. At least ono nnd possibly two torpedo craft hnvo been sunk nnd numerous merchant men sent to tho bottom, whllo others havo been successfully blockaded in Swedish ports. British Sink Four Steamers. Stockholm. Tho British submarine campaign against German slilpplng in the Baltic sea is being carried on actively. Tho sinking of four moro German steamships is roported. Aviators Buried In Mud. Lynn, Mass. Chauncoy Redding of Melroso, and Philip Bulman of Mai den woro killed by tho fall of a hi piano in which they woro making an experimental flight. Both men wore burled to a depth of two feet in tho marshes nnd woro dond when found- Gets Apples As Wedding Gift Lenvonworth, Kan. X barrel of Leavenworth county rod apples was shipped to President Wilson as a wedding present from tho p'eoplo ot this county.