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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1916)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. LISI OF NEW MS WILL ADD OVER $1,000,000 TO STATE'S TAX ROLL. PROOFS ON NEWHOMESTEADS Items of General Interest Gathered from Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western Nfcwapnper Union Nw.i Srvlca. Tho following statement contains n list of tho now lands upon which final proof was made at tho various lund ofllces In Nebraska tho past year, ns cortMed by State Auditor Smith to tho.; counties in which tho lund Is located, j for taxation tho present year: LINCOLN OFFICE County Acres oiidHo -. o,rii.bf Dundy 4,761. Oil Frontier ICO Custer til) Franklin fci) flteoluy , Sfll.Ofi H;iH , 4, K3K.it I Howard (!4.30 Kd WIIIjw .. 10 Valley 200 Total .1CCG1.CII NORTH .PLATTE Arthur 8 982. Jiimnor ,, , j ,0S. C'hcyctilio Custer PaWRon Deuel 723. 200 1H0, 17!t, Ounlcn 11 Keith K Lincoln 11,773 J-OKiui (;,070 McPhnrson 12,!)!1 Morrill 3,03 F. C. CROCKER of Fllley, prominent stockman and farmer, and president of the State Swine Breeders' association. J'erklri.4 059.72 Kimball 7,037.4a Total "C,47!).02 VALENTINE Brown 15,970.79 Cherry 258,780.37 Keyu I'aha 1,810 Uock 12,000.49 Total .'. 2S8.705.C5 O'NEILL Antelopo 80 Drown 100.12 lioyd 24U Hoono 400 Cuming 51.33 aarlleld 10,211.00 Holt 0,574.13 Koyu I'aha 40 Knox '. ., 407.40 1'lerco 40 Tliumton 83,47 Wheeler 4,020,83 Hook ., 6,237.80 Loup 20,188.83 Totnl 67,741.37 ALLIANCE Arthur 1,120 ltunnor 5,207 Uox liuttn 7,170 HcottH UltilT 17,840 Morrill , 43,239 Grant 0,015 Daweit 11,511 Harden 72,512 Hloux ,,, 01,883 Kherldan ( 80,108 Total 307.3SS ROKEN DOW Arthur 12,077.50 llrown 10,828.00 Kiainu 1 2t;,839. merry 9aj77.34 CuHter G.002.81 Urunt , 36.125.81 Hooker 10,742.1)! Lptrnu 30.3ii.os niei-nerson 25,384.31 UliomaH 52,fi32.0K Total 352.122.17 WINNEDAGO AGENCY Wlnnetmh'o Indian Itotuirvutlun. . 1,13(1.42 SANTEE Knox , 2.G53.22 Lincoln Oltlcc lil,i;5l,!M North I'latto 70,470.02 Valentino 288.705.05 D'NoIll 57.741. til Alliance 307,388 Winnebago Reservation 1.13R.42 HantOH 2,063.22 Broken How 352,122.17 Grand Total 1. 1O2.8H2.O0 ! Through Governor Morehcad Ezra Meoker of Oregon trail fame has re quested Secretary Palno of the histori cal society and tho Oregon trail com mission for n description of all tho monuments orocted along tho trail tn Nebraska. Tho information will bo usod in compiling a map to bo issued by the national highway association. Meeker is now in Washington looking after tho work. Moekor In 1952 crossed tho country to tho Pacific coast. Fifty years later ho made a trip from tho wost coast to Washington, D, C, In an old fashioned pioneer wagon. State Superintendent Thomas Is ex hibiting considerable pride in tho progress mado by rural schools during tho past year. In this timo 191 now high schools havo boon established In tho country for tho oxclustvo benefit of rural pupils. Twenty-ono aro schools, nino of which are operating high schools exclusively. Six aro county high schools. Thoro nro still eighty-four uncompleted consolida tions. Those will bo ready to begin operations next year, The now schools iaco witnin mo rosea 01 iu.uuu rural nooi cnnurcn at toast ten grauos. DRAWING HIGHER INTEREST Time Deposits In Nebraska Banks Are Drawing Interest of Four and Flvo Per Cent. What lias been rumored for somo time, hut ncvor definitely stated from any official source, now receives con firmation In a report lllcd by Stato Ac countant DeFranco showing thnt Stato Treasurer Hall has $19,000 of stato money placed as time deposits In cer tain banks of Nebraska, on which 1 and G per cent Interst Isb elng drawn. Tho banks aid the amounts carried by them, respectively, aro: Elba Farmers Stato Dank, $5,000; Elba State bank, $5,000. Carroll-r-Cltlzcns' tSate bank, $1,000. Lolglt Leigh Stnto bank, $5,000. Depository banks generally aro pay ing tho Elate only 3 per cent Interest on tho money furnished thoni by tho stato treasurer. Stnto Accountant Do Franco thinks It would bo a good plan to put out more public funds ns tltno deposits, for tho sako of tho higher in terest collected. Ho says this could bo done Just nB well as not, because most of tho banks holding regular deposits kcop tho money tho year round. Millions In Nebraska Banks. "It is no wonder," snys a bulletin Just issuod by tho Nohra&ku statu board of agriculture, edited by Secro tary W. H. Mollor, "that Nebraska citizens havo $240,000,000 deposited In the banks." Tho bulletin gives tho following sta tistics of 1015 agricultural products to show why tho peo'plo of this stato aro prosperous: Crop Total Value Corn $114,047,308 Wheat 57,144,019 Oats 20.C54.049 Itye and barloy 3,805,134 Potatoes 4,220,270 Alfalfa 24,531,588 All othor hay 35,088,800 Dairy (milk) 37,302,608 Poultry products .'. 35,000,000 Animal production (1-3 horses, mules and cattlo 121,108,200 Fruit and berries 10,000,000 Qnrden und mlscolluncous. 10.000,000 Total $473,052,702 But Two Mexican Veterans in State. A roster of tho veterans of tho Mex ican, civil and tho Spanish-American wars, issued by Secretary of Stato Pool, under provisions of an act of tho last legislature, shows a total of 4,009 civil war veterans, 1,230 Span ish-American war veterans and two veterans of tho Moxicnn war living in Nebraska. Tho names wcro furnished by tho counties to tho secretary of state and havo been published in pnmphlet form. W. A. Tlawloy of Falls City, company F, Third Min nesota regiment, and Robert Wood of Watorbury, Dixon county, Fourteenth Ohio, nro tho two Mexican war vet erans liBted in tho rostor. It contains tho names of a few who sorved In Indian wars and In tho Sioux Indian war. Advocates State Publicity Bureau. Tho production of tho rural popula tion of thlB stato Is $525 for every man, woman and child who lives In Nobraska and tho total money on de posit In Nebraska banks Is $240,000, 000, according to tho letter of Secre tary Mollor of tho stato agricultural hoard to a meeting of stato boosters at Hastings. Mr. Mollor points out tha nood of a stato publicity bureau and urges upon the boosters tho necessity of seeing thnt such an Institution Is provided for at tho next session ol tho stato legislature. Ho points out tho wonderful showing that has beon nindo undor cramped conditions and insists that a liberal Investment along this lino would bo returned to tho peo ple many times oVer In tho courso ol tho noxt fow years. Not Necessarily Statement of Facts. In reversing and remanding a $25, 000 libel suit Instituted by Judge Leo Estollo against an Omnha dally nows papor, tho supremo court by a majority vote, hbldB that opinions oxpressod publicly In regard to candidate's fitness for olllco need not bo treated as state ment of absolute facts, that a com munication published and signed by tho writer was a communication of qunllllod privilege Judge Sedgwick wroto tho majority opinion of tho court. It Is concurrod In by Judges Fawcett, Letton and Rose. Chief Jus- I tlco Morrlssoy, Judges Ramos and Hamor dissent. Members of tho Madison County Farmers' Association havo Just secured a travollng library of 22 books from tho Nobrasku Public Library Commls slon and placed them In tho office ol tho county agricultural agont at Bnttlo "rook. Those books may remain In tho possession of tho association for six months. Tho volumos wero chosen from n list selected by tho heads of tho different departments ot tho College of Agrlculturo. Any assocl ation In tho stato may saciiro a slmllai library upon application to tho Pub He Library Commission, Stato House A request from Tolcamah for advlck ns to tho typo of construction for bridges within tho municipal limits has been received by Stato Engineer John son, Mr. Johnson Ib froqunntly askod by county boards to holp out In brldgi matters, but this Is tho first time city has over called upon him for sucb assistance, Undor tho stato road laws, one-half of tho road tax collected by counties on property situated within a municipality is turned back to tho mu nlclpal treasury to be expended on Its streets. FRENCH CHECK FOE TEUTONS CAPTURE SIX TOWNS, BRINGING THEM TO WITHIN SIX MILES OF FORTRESS. LOSSES ARE ENORMOUS Berlin Claims 10,000 French Prisoners and Much Booty Battle May Last a Fortnight Allies Face 300.000 Troops. London. Fob. 28. Tho Irreslstlblo Carman and Austrian slego guns which smashed Liege, Maubcugo and Ant werp are raining shells upon the north ern forts of Verdun. Tho greatest of French forti esses, keystone of tho elnbornto arch of French nntlonal de fense. Is tho center or a struggle of unheard-of violence. London. Feb. 28. More than 150,000 OermuiiB have fallen In the great but tle for Vordun.' which l raging rtioro fiercely than at any time in tho last llvo days of doHporuto fighting, accord ing to tho highest official authority. Massed Infantry attacks launched with huge forces and backed by a cloud burst of shell lire wcro repulsed, ac cording to the French olllcial report. Berlin, however, unnouncoB now and serious gains towurd Verdun wero mado by the Germans on Friday Tho olllcial report tells of tho capturo of about 7,000 moro French soldiers, bringing tho total of prisoners In tho last fow days to 10.000, and the cap turo of Important fortified towns, pressing tho French center back to within six miles of tho city. At ono point the Gernums nro nttacklng four and a half miles from tho fortress. Tho great battle It is now spoken of as the greatest since tho battle of tho Marne, which saved Paris Is now not only a contest between two hugo nrmles for tho fortress key to tho eastern French front, but has bocomo a battle between tho two master minds of tho war, tho kaiser and General Joffre, commander In chief of tho French forces Tho kalsor has direct ed tho German lighting from tho begin ning of tho now offensive. General Joffro, It Is reported, arrived at tho sceno of battlo Thursday. After a slight pause, probably to bury their dead, tho Germans resumed tho samo battering attacks that have marked this front for ulmost a week. Row after row of men plied Into French trenches, nnd at certain points thoro was real lighting In tho open. Tho French, nssumu tho battlo may contlnuo a fortnight. Tho German forces aro known to bo at least 300,000, supported by numerous 15-lnch and 17-Inch Austrian mortars, with all tho heavy artillery used In tho Serblnn campaign and part of that formerly employed on the Russian front. Tho olllcial French communication says: "In Champagne wo attacked und captured an onomy salient to tho south of Sto. Marle-a-Py. During this action wo captured 300 prisoners, in cluding 10 noncommissioned ofllcors and tlvo otnecrs. "In tho Argonno our destructive flro hns been cfllcaclous on German or ganlzatlons to tho north of Lalm razee. "In tho regl to the north of Vor dun snow hns fallen In abundance dur ing tho day. 'Several German attacks with largo effectives havo beon conducted with unprecedented vlolenco qn La Coto du Polvro (about four and ono-hnlf miles north of Verdun), , 'nit wero without BUCCCBB. "Another attack on our positions in tho Bois do la Vaucho also bus been Btoppcd." Tho mllltnry critic of tho Temps reports that henvy Fronch o-enforco ments havo Leon brought up. Tho text of tho German ofllclul statement follows: "On tho right banks of the River Mouse our successes previously re ported wero oxplolted In different directions. Tho fortified villages and farms of Chnmpneuvlllo, Cottllnto, M-xrmont, Beaumont Chambrcttes and Ornes wcro captured. 'In addition all tho enemy's posl lions as far as tho rldgo of Loudo mont wcro captured by storm. "Tho sanguinary . losses of tho enemy again wero extraordinarily huavy. whllo our losses wero normal 'The number of prisoners tukon was Increased by over 7.000 to moro than 10.000. "No Information can yet bo given with reward to tho booty In materials which wc ennturod." Tho Importance of tho gains north ward of Verdun Is ovIdonL It Is not ulono tho strongest Fronch fortress but it offors direct communication with Paris nnd has boon n thorn In tho llesh of tho Germans for 18 v-nths. Military observers consider thnt it Is now likely thnt Vordun soon will bo mon.tced on all sides. Tho German lino of communication north of Verdun has boon greatly Improved Milwaukee Man Bankrupt. Mllwnukeo. Feb. 2C Francis Romadka, formerly connected with the Romndka Brothers' company, trunk manufacturers, has filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in tho federal court. He admits liabilities of $98 700 Military Training at Princeton. Princeton. N. J., Fob, 2C President illbbon of Princeton university an jounced ha favored tho plan to Incor porate a courso In military tratnln Into tho curriculum, allowing It to t count In tho awarding of degrees. GERMAN DRIVE ON VERDUN "V'f PirrrenttcVi1-1-' .1 Scale of mhos 7 ,.fliii,ii ii i.ftni 1,1 , n i .fii.n in f This map shows tho location of the furious lighting thnt Is taking place in Franco In connection with tho drivo on Verdun being mado by a strong German forco under tho crown prlnco. Tho arrow points to the placo whore tho conflict has been the most desperate. CAPTURE 3,000 FRENCH BERLIN REPORTS BIG SUCCESS ON WESTERN FRONT. Teutons Pierce Enemy's Line for Two Miles Paris Admits Evacuation of Haumont. Berlin (via London), Feb. 25. An nouncement of another important gain In tho offenslvo on tho western front was mado by tho war office. Iho statement says that In Upper Alsace tho Germans captured a position 700 yards wido and 100 yards deep. Tho war olllco also announced that German forces had penetrated tho op- j posing lines for a distanco of three kllometors (two miles) In tho north ern sector of tho Woevre. It Is said tho allies lost moro than 3,000 prisoners and great quantities of mntorlal. Tho text of tho official statement follows: 'In tho neighborhood of tho trenches captured by our troops February 2 1 to tho east of Souchoz tho positions of tho enemy wero considerably dam aged by mining operation's. Tho num bor of prisoners taken hero was In creased to 11 ofllcors and 348 mon. Tho booty consisted of tbreo macblno guns. "In tho Maas hill art'llery duels continued with undiminished vio lence. "East of tho (Mouse) river we at tacked a position which tho enemy had been fortifying for ono and a half years with all means of fortress con struction In' tho neighborhood of the vlllago of Conscnvoyo In order to ob tain an embarrassing effect on our do- fenso in tho northern sector of tho Woovro. "Tho attack was delivered on a front extending well over ten kilome ters ( six miles) nnd wo ponetrated as far as throo kilometers into tho enemy lines. "Apart from considerable sanguin ary losses tho enemy lost moro than 3,000 mon In prisoners and great quan tities of material. "In Upper Alsaco our attack to tho cast of Holdwllcr resulted In captur ing an enemy position oxtendlng over a width of 700 meters and for a depth of 400 meters. About eighty prlsonors woro taken." Tho war offco commuulquo on Wednesday says that tho battlo Is pro- co -ding violently nnd admits that tho French troops havo evacuated tho vil lago of Haumont. This position was abandoned after a saugulnary conflict In which tho Germans suffered heavy losses. Tho battlo extends over a front of forty kilometers (twenty-live miles) and sovon Gorman army corps (280,000 men) aro engaged. This announce ment was made ofllclnlly by tho war ofllce. BARS TRAVEL ON ARMED SHIP Gore Has Resolution to This Effect Which He Will Introduce In the Senate. Washington, Fob. 25. Senator Goro ot Oklahoma announced that ho would introduce a resolution on Wednesday to prohibit Amorlcan citizens from traveling on armed merchant vessels ot belligerent nations. Senate Agree to Fletcher. Washington, Fob. 28. Tho senate confirmed tho nomination of Henry Prnthor Fletcher as ambassador to tho government of Mexico. Tho voto was 49 to 1C. Fletcher Is expected to tako up his new duties nt onco. Crew Fears Another PJomb. Mobile, Ala., Feb, 28. Fearing for their lives, tho crew of tho Itnllan tank steamer Llvrotta, aboard which an ox plosion occurred six weeks ugo, re fused to go back to Port Arthur to re load the vessel with oil. EIGHT DIE IN WRECK REAR-END COLLISION NEAR NEW HAVEN, CONN. Yale Athletes Are Hurt and Many Other Passengers Suffer Severe Injuries. Now Haven, Conn., Feb. 24. Eight persons wero killed, sixteen seriously Injured and scores shaken up and bruised on Tuesday on tho New York. Now Haven & Hartford when tho Con necticut River special, from Spring field for New York, stalled near Mil ford, was run Into by a special train from Doston. Ono of tho cars on tho Springfield train was filled with Yale studonts on tho way to New York. It is not believed that any of them wero killed, but several noted Yale men wero In jured and taken to a hotel at Bridge port. Am6ng these aro John R. Kll- Patrick of Now York, former track athlete and football star; Allan Coroy, son of Vv illiam E. Corey, former presi dent of tho United States Steel cor poration, and former Ynlo baseball captain; Morgan O'Brien, son of for mer Justice Morgan O'Brien of tho Now York supremo court, and Ford Johnson. Tho Springfield train had stopped Just outsido of Mllford because of troublo with an air hose. Whllo this was being repaired the Boston train was seen coming. Tho flagman rushed ahead to givo tho warning, but in vain. Ho was ground to pieces by tho on coming train, the engineer and llro man of which also lost their lives. A Pullman porter also was crushed to death. WOOD HITS AT DEFENSE FOES Major General Calls Those Who Op pose Preparedness Dangerouo Enemies of Nation. Peoria, 111.. Feb. 24. Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A., on Tuesday night mado a stirring plea for prepar edness of men, "not In preparation for war, but as insurance against It," tn a speech at tho annual Washington's birthday dinner of tho Crovo Coour club In tho Coliseum. A great audi ence henrd him. Other speakers wero Henry D. Estabrook and Dudley Field Malone, collector of tho port of Now York General Wood confined his nneech to tho valuo of tho military iustruc- tion camps, from which, ho said, ho hoped to see tho r.rmy develop 50,000 officers for tho reserve. Ha pointed out how small oven this number Is when compared to tho 127,000 ofllcors that woro tho bluo In tho Civil war TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Des Moines, la., Fob. 25. United btntes Scnntor Albert B. Cummins of Iowa llled aflldavlt on Wednesday wiui the secretary of state ns n enn dldato for tho presidency of tho united btates on tho Ropubllcan tick et. Tho affidavit was sent from Wash ington and was filed by John Jamleson state binder. Self-Defense Plea Wins. Atlanta, ua.. Feb. 28. J. H. Mil les was acquitted of tho murder of A. M Lady, who was killed at tho Miles nomo January 15. .Mllos claimed self (lofonso. Lndy's mother and sister ramteu wnen verdict was brought In Two Negroes Executed. Ralolgh, N. C Fob. 28. A double electrocution occurred In the stato prison when George Poston and Ernest Lowry, negroes, went to tholr death iur mu muruur 01 urant uavis, a farm er, & year ago. Both confessed. QUIETS TALK DF 1 PRESIDENT WILSON WINS CLASH WITH CONGRESS ON WARN ING RESOLUTION. INSISTS ON FREEDOM AT SEA. Refuses to Acquiesce In "Measure Put ting Stain on American Honor" ln Sea Criuls Situation With Germany Improved. Washington, Fob. 20. President. Wilson has triumphed for tho prosent at leaBt over tho panic-stricken Demo crats in congress, who, fearful of war with Germuny, desired to pass a bill forbidding American travel ou bel ligerent armed merchantmen. "No," said tho president on Thurs day through gritted teeth, "1 shall not ncqulesco In a measuro which contem plates putting a stain on American honor and surrendering American rights. I shall contlnuo to insist that, those right bo maintained In tholr full Integrity." To quiet tho nerves set a-quivoring. by tho boglo men, Secretary Lansing: telephoned Congressman Flood, chair man of tho houso foreign affairs com mittee, that the situation" with Ger many was easier. Hero Is the text of President Wil son's letter to Senator Stono touching: on tho relations of tho United States- with tho Teutonic allies ns concerns tho rights of citizens of neutral na tions on tho high seas: "Tho Whito House, Washington, Feb. 24, 1910. My Dear Senator: I vory warmly appreciate your kind and frank letter of today, and feel that It calls for an equally frank reply. "You aro right In assuming thnt 1 shall do everything in my power to- keep tho United States out of war. 1 think tho country will feel no uneasi ness nbout my courso in that respect. Through many anxious raonthB I have striven for that object, amidst difficul ties moro manifold than can havo been apparent on the surface and so far I havo succeeded. I do not doubt that I shall contlnuo to succeed. "The courso which tho central Euro pean powers havo announced their in tention of following in tho future with. regard to undorsoa warfare seems for the moment to threaten Insuperable obstacles, but Its apparent meaning is- so manifestly inconsistent with ex plicit assurances recently given us by those powers with regard to their treatment of merchant vessels on tho high seas that I must believe that ex planations will presently ensuo which will put a different aspect upon it. We havo no reason to question their good faith or their fidelity to their promises in the past, and I, for ono, feel confi dent that wo shall have none in the future. But In any event our duty is clear. No nation, no group of nations, has tho right whllo war Is In progress to alter or disregard tho principles which all nations havo agreed upon in miti gation of the horrors and sufferings of war; and if tho clear rights of Ameri can citizens should over unhappily bo abridged or denied by any such action wo should, It soems to mo, havo in honor no choice as to what our own course should bo. "For my own part, I cannot consent to any abridgement of tho rights of American citizens in any respect. The honor and self-respect of tho nation is involved. Wo covet peace and shall preserve It at any coat but tho loss of honor. To forbid our people to exor cise their rights for fenr wo might be called upon to vindicate them would bo a deep humiliation Indeed. It would bo an Implicit, nil but an ex plicit, acquiescence in tho violation of tho rights of mankind everywhere and of whatever nation or allegiance. "It would be a deliberate abdication of our hitherto proud position a spokesman even nmidst the turmoil of war, for tho law and tho right. It would make everything this govern ment has attempted and everything that it has achieved during this ter rible struggle of nations meaningless and futile. "What wo are contending for in this matter Is of tho vory essence of the things that havo mado America a sov ereign nation. Sho cannot yield them without conceding her own impotency us a nation nnd making virtual sur render of her independent position among tho nations of tho world. "1 am speaking, my dear senator. In deep solemnity, without heat, with a clear consciousness of the high re sponsibilities of my office and as your slncoro and devoted friend. If wo should unhappily differ we shall dlfTer' as friends; but whoro Issues so mo mentous as these are Involved we must, Just becauso we aro friends, speak our minds without reserva tion. Faithfully yours, "WOODROW WILSON. "Hon. William J. Stono. United States Senate" Swedish Steamer Held Up. London, Feb. 28. Tho Swedish steamship Stockholm, bound from Gothenburg for Now York, was stopped by a British warship and ordered Into the Clydo, whoro tho mall was re moved and the vessel released. "Madonna Enthroned" 8old. Now York. Fob. 28. Tho Brooklyn Institute museum Is tho owner of the beautiful "Madonna Enthroned," paint ed by Bernardino Lulnl. The picture was purchased for $33,500 from Caro lina Lambert
