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THE 8EMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. IIS ARE FLOODED PROPERTY LOSS AT JOLIET, ILL,, IS ESTIMATED AT $1,000,000. MANY DRIVEN FROM HOMES Heavy Rain and January Thaw Causes Millions of Dollars' Damage at Chi cago and Suburbs Part of Fox River Valley Inundated Peoria Hit. Jollct, 111., Jan. 24. With six feet of water standing in the streets in tho residential district of Jollet, and Bcvcral hundred families drlvon from their homos, this city Is paralyzed by tho flood waters of tho Dosplalnes riv er and Hickory crock. Property dam ago is estimated at more than $1,000, 000. All electric lights were extinguished and street cars wero stalled. Only n few lines In tho western part of the city could ho operated. Railroad traillc alBo was tied up by tho inundation of tho yards. Hundreds of freight cars on tho Elgin, Jollct & Eastern railroad were held up when tho ynrds were flooded, Tho yards cover almost twcnty-llvo acrcB and woro flooded to a depth of four feet. Moro than 1,000 persons wero driven from their homes and sought rcfugo in pollco stations and hospitals. Fac tories employing moro than 5,000 men wero compelled to close when tho wa ter flooded tho engine rooms. Chicago, Jan. 24. Hundreds of por tions wero driven from their homes, hundreds of basements flooded, and southwest section of tho city in under a flood which swept Chicago and its suburbs as tho result of tho January thaw and a heavy rain. Property damage will run Into tho millions, according to pollco esti mates. Firo companies in all parts of 'the city responded to calls for help. Many families living in basement apartments sat on tables and boxes, as tho chairs and other furnlshlngB floated about tho homes. Water six feet deep was reported in sovoral parts of tho city. Aurora, 111., Jan. 24. Tho Fox river overflowed its banks hero as tho re sult of an all-night downpour. Tho northeast section of tiio city is under water. Sovoral thousand persons llvo In tho district. Tho wator roso eight feet in tho night and la Btlll rising. Sowers could not carry iho wator off forty-ilvo miles of paved streets, and thousands of basements wero flooded by water, which backed up in drain plpos. At Moosohcart, seven miles north of Aurora, whero aro tho national of fices, homo for orphan children and in dustrial school of tho Loyal Order of Moose, a squad of men worked des perately to prevent from giving way a dam which holds in check an artill clal Inko a milo long. Tho lake Is abovo tho school, but tho buildings aro protected in a mens uro by an Intervening dcop and wldo ravlno, which points toward tho river half a milo away. Peoria, 111., Jan. 22. Rail, telegraph and tolophono servico in and out of Peoria is badly crippled, tho result of a storm which swept this section. Thirty-six head of cattlo on tho Wil son farm and twcnty-llvo head of cat tic on tho Strauss farm in tho Klcku poo bottoms were drowned boforo thoy could bo moved. Tho T. P. & W. rail road brldgo over tho Illinois river at Peoria dropped over a foot. A "Q" passenger train liny been marooned all day nt Edwards, 20 miles from hero, M. & St. L. trains aro unablo to got out of Peorin. Miles of track hnvo been washed out on other railroads nnd scores of bridges along highways destroyed by ice. Tho principal danger spot in Jollet was in tho district known as Brooklyn In that section tho water roso to a .height of six fect and a swift exodus of inhabitants began at daybreak. FIVE NEGROES ARE LYNCHED Georgia Mob Hangs Blacks From Limb of Tree Held In Connec tion With Murder of Sheriff. Albany, Ga Jan. 24. Fivo negro men token from tho Worth county jail on Thursday at Sylvester wero hanged to ono limb of a tree on tho outskirts of Starkvlllo. Tho bodies, containing many bullet holes, were cold when found. Forty or fifty men, acting with precision indicative of carefully laid plans, had taken tho llvo negroes from tho Jail nnd sped away in automobiles Thoy wero being held in connection with tho killing of Shorlff Moreland of Leo county in tho Christmas boll days. Starkvlllo Is a hamlet tin no miles from Lecsburg. tho county scat of Leo county. Four of tho victims wore of ono fumlly Follx Lako am his threo sons, Frank, Dowey and Major. The fifth was Radius Sea more. 25 Killed In Hawaii Storm. Honolulu, Jan. 24. Tho storm which raged over tho Hawaiian lulunds for a week is known to havo cost eleven lives on tho island of Maul, whero tho gale vented its greatest fury, and tho death list may reach twenty-live. Swiss Issue Fourth Loan. Borne. Jan. 24. Tho Swiss Kovern I ment is preparing to issuo a fourth iloan of $20,000,000. it will offer for I M.il.MAvlntlnn l.ft.wto twin tv 11 . juufcifiw mwi.uo uui nh , 72 J'UI jj cent interest. The proceeds will be NOT AN TEUTONS WIN BATTLE VIENNA REPORTS VICTORY IN THE GALICIAN FRONT. Claims to Havo Maintained Position on 81-Mlle Front Russians Lose 70,000 Men. London, Jan. 20. A twenty-four-day 'battlo of nations" oil an olghty-mllo front in Bessarabia has been won by tho AuBtro-Hungarlans, with 70,000 Russians killed and wounded. Tho Russian offensive has been completely broken nnd hurled back. This an nouncement was mado on Tuesday in an olllclal statement from Vienna. Tho olllclal report says: "Tho battlo in eastern Galiclu and on tho llcssarablan front can now bo considered as having been finished yesterday. Until tho present tho daily reports havo for obvious reasons been reticent on tho detnils of this fight ing. 'The Austro-Hungnrian arms have been completely victorious on a bat tlo front extending over 130 kilome ters (81 miles). Tho Infantry which decided tho engagements and wns as sisted by the artillery, has maintained all Its positions ngalnst tho enemy who, nt some points, had a numerical superiority of sovoral times tho num ber of tho Austro-Hungarlnn troops. "This great now yenr's battlo on Austria's northeastern front began on Docembor 24 nnd wns Interrupted on only a few days. It ended on Jnnuary 1C, and was thus 24 days long. Many regiments during this period experi enced 17 days of tho hottest lighting. "Tho ItUBslan losses woro at least 70,000 in killed and wounded and be sides this nearly C.OOO woro taken pris oners by tho Austro-IIungariana. "All tho nations of Austria and Hun gary took part In tho battlo. Tho on omy Is now bringing up ro-onforco-monts." Kiev, Russia (via Petrograd and London)r,Jan. 20. Lutsk, tho impor taut fortress in Volhynla, ono of tho triangle of fortifications there, is be Ing ovacuoted by tho Germans, accord ing to information obtained from pris oners arriving hero. Four thousand prisoners havo arrived horo recently from tho southwestern front. KING OF GREECE MAY FLEE Germany Learns Ultimatum Has Been Handed to Constantino by France and Great Britain. Amstcrdum, Jon. 20. French and British troops havo been landed at Corinth, Greece, 48 mllos west of Ath ens, uccordlng to advices received horo on Tuosday. A coup d'etat of a kind that Europo hasn't seen for half a century or moro is hinted by Ilerlln officials and oponly expressed by tho ncwspaporB. Tho romoval of King Constantino from his throno, tho inauguration of a republic and tho oloctlon or selection of former Pro mlor Vonlzolos as president nro sug gostcd. Ilerlln announced that tho king Intended to withdraw to LariBBa In northwestorn Greece, when allied troops arrived in Athens, In order to maintain his "nrmed neutrality." it Is hinted that tho withdrawal will bo moro In tho naturu of a flight. Raid Homes Seeklnn Llauors. Seattle, Jun. 22. Tho homes of two wealthy lumbormon wero entered by deputy shorlffs and largo quantities of wines nnd liquors confiscated, in cluding old champaguos valued ut moro than $G0 a quart. Chicago Train Is Wrecked. Trenton, Mo., Jan. 22. Louis Col Her, engineer, of Trenton, Mo., was killed and four trainmen woro injured near horo when a double-header train on tho Chicugo, Rock Islund & Puctllc I-ifelI ' ") '- rJ$ " fNuvv railroad was derailed. EASY JOB h WASHINGTON STAR. GEN. WOOD WARNS U.S. ARMY CHIEF ASKS FOR UNIVER SAL MILITARY SERVICE. Urges 210,000 Regulars for American Force Country Is Utterly Un prepared for War. Washington, Jan. 21. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood told tho senato mili tary commltteo on Wednesday tho coast lino of tho United States was open to attack by any well-organized foreign army, despite Its equipment of forts, mines and submarines, and that tho oceans formed no serious barrier to Invasion. Ho declared that In tho country's present state of utter unpre purcdncss for war a trained force of 150,000 men could inflict incalculable d.imago before an army could bo as sembled to meet it. Emphasizing his convictions that troops cannot bo Improvised to meet regulars, Gonoral Wood declared tho fundamental basis of any policy of ndequato national defenso must bo tho prlnclplo that with suffrago goes an obligation for military service. As to tho Immedlato needs of tho rogular army, General Wood ex pressed tho opinion that tho force of regulars with tho colors should bo maintained at 210,000. Reverting to tho condition of tho country to face war with a first-class power, tho general said tho United States was utterly unprepared and know nothing of tho problems it would havo to moot. At IcaBt 2,000,000 men would bo needed, ho declared, and thoy could bo obtained, ho bc- lioved, only by compulsory service. iOOOOOCOOOOOCOOOOC FLASHES OFF THE WIRE )OOCCOCOOCXOOCOOSOCOOCOC London, Jan. 20. Tho Holland- American liner Ryndam passed South land ilmvn liv tlin Imwa niwt vtltli n lint to starboard on Tuesday. All tho pas sengers aro aafo. Threo stokers wero killed nnd four Injured. Los Angeles. Cat.. Jan. 20. After nix persons woro killed and upward of $3,000,000 worth of proporty dnmuced by floods and wind, tho storms ceased on Tuesday. Mnny famlllos woro iiomeieBs m i-os Angeles and sur- rounding villages. Heroic efforts woro Doing mado to reach marooned passon gor trains. Chicngo, Jan. 21. Herbert and Irv Ing Updlko wero indicted on six charges of conspiracy to murder threo Indictments being returned ukuuihi uuen oi mo urotiiors on Wednesday. They aro accused of nlnt ting to murder their father, their mother and their sister. Chief of Po llco Leo of Oak Park, an old frlond of tho older Updlko, says tho latter i still afraid of his sons and opposed to thotr roloaso on bond lost they nmki another effort to murder him. Buffalo, N. Y Jan. 21. Tho East mnn Kodak company, found to ho n trust monopoly in restraint of trmin liv tho United States district court last August, is to bo dissolved. Federal Judgo Hazel in u letter to counsel for tho defenso nnnoimcnd that ho will lssuo n decroo directing tho suparattou of tho bustnoss of th company. Capture Much Territory. Amsterdam, Jan. 24. Tho German allies havo captured 20,140,000 square miles of territory slnco tho war bogan Tho other captures by tho Gorman" alllos includo 3,000,000 prisoners und 10,000 guns. Deficiency Bill Passes. Washington, Jan. 24. Tho houso passed tho urgont deficiency bill, np proprlatlng approximately $12,000,000 to mako up dollclonclos in various government doparUnonts for tho last fiscal year. I SENATOR SMITH ASKS U. 8. TO LIFT EMBARGO ON COTTON EXPORTS. NOT CONTRABAND, HE SAYS Senator From Georgia Asserts Non combatants In Teutonic Nations Should Be Supplied Calls Great Britain's Sea Edict Illegal. Washington. Jan. 22. Great Brit ain's interference with neutral trado was the subject of vigorous and ox haustlvo speech In tho senato on Thursday by Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who pleaded for action to prevent England from advancing her own trado at the expense of the Uni ted States while attempting to destroy Germany commercially. He declared the rights of citiiens of tho United States and other neutral nations woro being recklessly disregarded and em phasized particularly what ho de nounced as Great Britain's lawless treatment of American cotton trado. DUcussIng the action of the allies in proclaiming cotton as a contraband, tho senator asserted that cotton had not been used or needed by Germany or her allies in the manufacture of war munitions for more than eight months. Senator Smith reviewed the wholo history of interference with trado and diplomatic exchanges on the sub- ect. He described as silly and untruo statements that the United States made cotton contraband during tho Civil war, declaring that only onco be- foro In history had cotton been de clared contraband, and it was done then during the Russo-Japanese war by Russia, who promptly gavo way In tho face of a protest from Great Brit ain that the action was illegal. Brit ish authorities were quoted also to provo that under international law foodstuffs are subject to seizure only when actually consigned to tho armed forces of an enemy. "Shall we quietly continue to fur nish Great Britain what she is com pelled to obtain from tho United States while tho commercial rights of citi zens of this country are trampled un derfoot?" asked the senator. "Great Britain cannot continue the war with out munitions from tho United States. "Great Britain cannot accomplish her 8chemo for world-wide domination of commerce In her vast products of cotton-manufactured fabrics without cotton from tho United States. 'The administration has forcefully brought to tho attention of Great Brit ain tho rights of citizens of this coun try. It has been demonstrated that citizens of neutral countries havo tho right to ship foodstuffs and cotton in unlimited quantities through tho neu tral ports of northern Europo to tho noncombatant inhabitants of Germany and Austria. "Tho congress of the United States slept over tho rights of shippers of foodstuffs last winter. This was, per haps, because tho prices wero good, perhaps becauso wo did not Investi gate tho subject. Tho lawlessness of Great Britain has Increased greatly. "By firmness, but peacefully, neu trals can easily obtain their rights from both belligerents." ULTIMATUM SENT TO GREECE Dispatches From Sofia to London Con tradict British Denial of Report King Must Oust Teutons. London, Jan. 22. Reports that tho entente allies havo delivered nn ulti matum to Greeco demanding an Im medlato dismissal of all diplomats of tho central powers wore strengthened by dispatches from Sofia. Tho critical situation In Greece Is greatly Intensl- lied despito tho official denial of an ultimatum Issued hero. A dispatch to tho Star from Sofia says: "Franco and Great Britain havo pre sented un ultimatum to tho Greek gov ernment requiring tho dlanllssal of the diplomatic representatives and consuls of tho central powers. CHICAGO SLEUTH SENTENCED J. J. Hnlpln, Former Chief of Detec tives, Must Serve One to Five Years for Accepting Bribes. Chicago, Jan. 22. John J. Hnlpln, convicted of accepting bribes from criminals while chief of detectives, on Thursday was sentenced to "ono to llvo years" In tho Jollet penitentiary. Ilo went to the county Jail through fnlluro to get a supremo court writ staying sentence Captuin Hatpin's at torney will go boforo Judgo Orrln Carter ot tho supremo court asking u writ of fiUperscdeaB to stay sentence pending supremo court action on tho appeal for a pew trial. Hnlpln wns convicted of accepting brlbos from criminals. Movlo Actress Seeks Divorce. Kansas City. Mo., Jun 24 .Mrs Leota P. Henderson, who has gained fnmo as a motlon-pcturo uctress in Chicago, Hied suit for divorce hero. Her stugo namo Is Lillian Lor ralno. General Carpenter Dies. Philadelphia. Jan. 24. Brig. Gon Louis P. Cnrpontor, U. S. A., retired, died at his homo hero on Friday after noon. Ho was seventy-six yeara old, and entered tho army in November, s BAN ALL OVER SHORT NEWS ITEMS. Tho city of Plalnvlew is soon to Meet u $10,000 hospital. Oakland is planning to replace their buned school house with a fire proof structure. Bowlers of Nebraska will hold their nnnuul tournatnont tho week of April ;ird nt Lincoln. Owing to tho unfavorable weather work on tho Goring sugar factory has be on nearly suspended. H. E. Burketl ot Hartlngton has announced his candidacy for tho of flco of district Judge on tho nonptu tisan ticket. Onmha was selected as the 1917 meeting place of the Nebraska Farm ers' Union by tho convention which met nt Grand Island recently. Four hundred delegates attended tho State Firemen's convention at Crawford last weok. Auburn was se lected s 1917 convention city. Owing to tho shortngo of enrs a number of'elevntors havo closed down and others nro running only one nnd two days n weok in Adams county. The contract for the construction of the now postollleo building at Aurora, has been let to Herman Con struction Co. of St. Louis, at $13,327. Several tires in Fremont in tho last few weeks, ,tho origin of which has been puxzling firemen nnd authori ties, lias resulted In nn Investigation being made. information from a source indicat ing reliability, is that Ross L. Ham mond of Fremont will bo a candidate for the republican nomination for United States senntor. Saturday, January 15 was an un usually large hog day on the South Omaha market, 247 cars were received or about IS.000 head, the largest Sat unlay run for a long time. Crowds are increasing and the pas toral committee of the Rayburn re vival meeting at Fremont Is of tho opinion that the tabernacle, seating 2,000 people, will have to be enlarged. Tho Gray evangelistic campaign being conducted at Beemer for the past six weeks, has closed. About 100 conversions and many reconsecratlons resulted from the evangelist's labor. E. D. Wimmer has bought the Com stock News from Edward Reider. Mr. Wimmer was formerly publisher of the News, and Is well known in the community. Falrbury Is expecting the telephone and telegraph company to install lines to that town and rebuild a switchboard costing $10,000, the en tire expense of the rebuilding to be $75,000. I. A. Reneau of Broken Bow, secre tary of the progressive republican state committee in 1912, has an nounced Ills candidacy as delegate-at- large to tho republican national con ventlon. Tho Paddock hotel at Beatrice, which lias been closed for nearly three years, has reopened. Not Iessi than $5,000 has been spent In re modeling the building and almost u like amount in refurnishing the hotel. Charles Tully of Alliance has been appointed to fill the vacancy in tho legislature caused by the resignation of Representative F. M. Broome of Alliance, appointed receiver of .the federal land office at Valentine. That grocers and butchers ot Omaha lose $202,800 annually through bad credit business is the contention of an editorial in the Gro cery Reporter, the olllclal publication or the Omaha Retail Grocers' asso ciation. Francis L. Hayes of Chicago wns in Crete recently, In the Interests of his plan to raise $10,000 as Nebraska's share of a fund of $2,000,000 which Is to be established in the U'.iited States for the aid of retired Congregational ministers. The new milk ordinance, providing for the testing of dairy cattle nnu tho inspection of all dairies In Beatrice, is proving popular among dairymen as well as citizens generally. Over thlrty-nlne rcrmlts have been taken out by dairymen up to the present time, tho ordinance going Into effect January 1. , From the ruins of the Sunnyslde homo recently destroyed by firo at Hastings will soon arise an attract ive, modern brick building far sut passing the old one and mUch better equipped Nnnd arranged for the com forts of both old people and children. This was the promise made by mem bers of the executive board to fret ting old people who mourn Hie losr. of tho home. Tito program for the seventh an nual convention of the League of Ne braska Municipalities, which Ib to bo hold In Kearney on February 9 and 10, has Just boon compiled. Extensive arrangements are being mado by the commercial club and city administra tion to greet the visiting city ofllclnls from other towns who are expected to attend to tho number or no less than one hundred. Several Women s clubs from over The Post Is tho name of a now pa per launched thin month at llniikltiiuiui by C. L. Kotlar. Robert B. Windham of PtuttHiiiouth was elected president of the Nobrus kn Territorial PloueoiH' organization at the nnnunl meeting at Lincoln. He succeeds Louis A. Bates of Hprluglleld. Omahii people paid $1,1 15,928.11! for street car rides, telephone service and gas during the threo mouths ending December 31, according lo reports of public service corporations Hied with the city clerk Lunib brought $10.75 on tho South Omaha market one day last weok. Columbus has a municipal skating rink. Hundreds of people, old and young, nro enjoytng mo spoil. Bond issues of $200,000 for sewers, $100,000 for paving intersections and $50,000 for parks were formally ap proved by the Omaha council. The Douglas County Dry Campaign committee which will conduct the campaign In Douglas county for u prohibition amendment for Nebraska, lias lusuod an appeal for a fund of $22,000 for tho county. A number of now paving districts? will be rrented In Beatrice this yoarr boosters for the propositions now being out with petitions which will bo submitted to the city commissioners within the next few weeks. A train of eighteen cars of horses left Grand Island recently for through shipment to the Atlantic. The horses wero 'purchased there by contractorn for the French government and nro being rushed to tho senbonrd. A company of twenty-six men at Beemer has organized to continue tho good work started for good citizen ship by tho recent revival meetings that havo stirred tho people of tho town. Tito purpose Is to organize a ' Citizens' lengue. Tho largest run of shcop for any ono day on tho Omaha market In weeks was on hand January 10, esti mates calling for seventy-nine cars or 19,000 head. This was 1,000 greater than for tho corresponding day of last year. Tho little S-year-old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. D. D. Shaw, raiding near Callaway, while going to school one morning during tho recent cold spell, had her hands so badly frozen thut amputation of the, fingers was ncccD' snry. ' Tho Cortland board ot education has disposed of $13,200 bonds to tho state, and will begin tho erection of a new school building in the near fu ture. The bonds were voted over two years ago, but their legality was questioned. Eighty-nine persons "hit the trail' at tho first call in the revival being conducted in St. Paul by Irwin broth ers. The meetings, which started two weeks ago, are largely attended. An institution for the study and practice of Christianity has been or ganized at Hastings. Nearly all the Protestant churches are represented In the movement. It is argued that by united action church activity can .be greatly increased. The Omaha Automobile show, which will be held under tho auspices of tho Omaha Auto Dealers' association, February 21 to 2G, will have novel ex hibits which have never been west. One is a chassis, plated with gold, -which has attracted unusual attention in eastern markets. N Tito engine, drill and complete out fit for prospecting for oil on the John Larsh place, seven miles southeast of Murry, Is on hand and drilling is to begin soon. Twelve thousand acres of Innd have been leased contiguous to the Larsh farm and many farmers aro assisting in financing the scheme. Showing extreme leniency to tho man who had endangered his life by running him down with nn auto on New Year's Day, Edgar Howard, edi tor of the Columbus Telegram, secur ed the release of the man upon the payment of the small fine. Tho man Is Henry Frerichs, residing near Osceola. March 1 to 11 is to bo Baby Week in Nebraska and all over the United States. Snonsored by the children's bureau of the United States Depart ment of Labor and assisted by thou sans of members of women's clubs all over the country, nn effort will be mado to bring about a better under standing concerning children's prob lems. Mrs. W. II. Streeter of Aurora has given to that city a tract of land con- siRting of twenty-eight acres. The land has been accepted b' the city nnd will bo converted into n park and recreation place. She asks that It bo named Streeter park in honor of her husband who was ono of the leading business men of Hamilton county for many years. Tho Elgin Community club held a meeting recently at which time the proposition of putting up a building wns enthusiastically endorsed. The society contemplates the expenditure of $12,500 for a building, which will afford club facilities, auditorium, read ing rooms, committee, dining and, women's rest rooms, etc. The club has a membership of 200. William Strattman, a farmer near Grand Island, is determined lo he ccrtnln hereafter that a dead hog is really dend boforo becoming too fainlt iar with It. He was assisting a neigh bor in slaughtering. A porker was not bleeding freely enough. In hs opinion, nnd nfter the usual thrust had been made and It had become quite si 111 and ho was about to move Its head for nn additional thrust with his knife wher. the hog made a lunge at him and bit olf a linger. Records kept by the Associated Re tailors during December,' and Just mode public by Secretary J. W. Met calfe, Indicate that Omaha's popula tion growth ) persons moving In from other localities Is 8,100 a year. Nebraska's great high school bas ket ball tournament gives promise this year of attracting 100 teams. Tho sixth annual tourney will bo held in Lincoln March 8-11. Within four days from tho timo the first announce ments wero mnlled out, there had come twenty-six requests for informa tion and entry blanks. used for tho army. 1801.