The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, October 29, 1915, Image 6

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    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.