THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
EBRASKA
STATE NEWS j
i :
August Ilolilt, chief agriculturist or
ho Scottsbluff Sueur company, de
clared while In Llncoim rounding up
"rflerman-Ilusslan fnmlllii to work In
ilio !eot nohls the coming spring, that
nearly one hundred families, repre
sent COO or 700 people, will be cm
ployed, tho greatest exodus of the
tklnd In tho history of Lincoln. lie as
sorted that during the year 1915 more
raw product was used by tho Scolls
'bluff Sugar company than nny other
factory In the United States.
James P. English, district Judge,
iformor county attorney and prnctlc
Ing attorney In Omaha for more than
thirty-five years and well known over
tho state, died nt Ills home in Omaha.
It was tho trial and conviction of
Arthur Ilnusor, murderer of W. II.
Smith, which cost the life of Judge
English, In tho opinion of physicians
and friends.
A second quarantine for small
pox has been placed recently
on the Soldiers homo at Grand
'island by City Physician Pliclan. Tho
first quarantine was released after the
outbreak had been kept down to the
one victim. Tho number of victims
cannot be ascertained at tills time,
but is believed to bo limited.
William West, a fanner residing In
the southwestern part of Furnas
county, unearthed an Indian grave on
hte farm recently and in it found the
petrified bones of an Indian. Tho
skull shows a deep concussion. There
was nothing metallic found, but there
vero numerous flint arrowheads and
stone battle axes.
Whilo operating a gas engine at Al
len, Davo W. Johnson got his right
arm caught in the ragged edge of a
belt twisting him around the flywheel
nnd whirling him nround until his
weight, stopped a six horsepower en
gine. Ills right hand was broken nnd
Ills hips, back and ankles were badly
Tmiised.
Tho saloon question will come to
a vote in North Platte at tiio city
election, Thursday. April C. A peti
tion bearing 79 names has been Hied
with the city clerk asking that tho li
cense question be put to a vote. This
number of signers Is more than
onough to force the issue into the city
ballot
Eighty-five new members were
added to the enrollment at tho Y. M.
C. A. at Fremont, as a result of a
four days' campaign conducted by the
niombcrshlup commltte-e. This brines
tho total membership to 719 and the
committee hones to increase the total
to 7C0.
Tho girls of a club Just being or
ganlzed in the Tecumseh High school,
entertained their mothers to a ban
quet recently, 100 being in attendance.
The organization of the club is for
the improvement of social conditions
with the students. A club has nlso
Iioen organized by the boys.
The Madison county seat removal
election will bo held March 25, accord
ing to a decision of tho county com
missioners. Madison offered no pro
test to the election, having failed in
six weeks' time allotted to shake the
Norfolk petition.
A farmers' union, consisting of
seventy members has been organized
at Iloldrege. The union will either
Iniy or build an elevator In tho city,
nnd will confine its operations to tho
buying of grain nnd selling coal.
The permanent organization of the
Fanners' union co-operative grain ele
vator at Glenvllle has been effected.
Tho company has a paid up capital of
$5,000, and is organized under tho
Nebraska cooperative law.
Officers of Company O. Nebraska
Natlonnl Guard of Hastings, have
launched a campaign of preparedness.
It Is hoped by those connected with
tho movement to All tho company to
its full quota.
The safo in tho postofllco at Dodge
was blown by robbers and loot to tho
amount of $G00 cash and stamps was
obtained. Mail sacks were rifled, but
nothing of value was taken from
them.
Tho plans and specifications for tho
steel bridge to be built ncross tho
Niobrara river at tho Parshall cross
ing, just south of Butte, are ready for
olds.
Omaha bank clearing for the week
"tiding Febmary 19th made a gain of
over $9,000,000 over the total clear
ings for the corresponding week In
1915.
Columbus won tho state volley ball
championship by defeating Fremont
in tho final round of tho tournament
at Columbus in three straight games.
Omaha, Fremont, Norfolk, Grand Is
land, York nnd Hastings associations
wore represented.
With $10,000 actually subscribed, a
now $100,000 building for tho Univor
slty of Omaha Is nn nssured proposi
tion. Ground will bo broken by Juno
and tiio building will lo ready for uso
noxt September nceordlng to plans of
tho board of trustees.
As tho result of experimenting with
a dynnmito fulminating cap, Frank
Srhave, aged 22, of Grand Island, em
ployed by tho Kohler hotel ns a fire
man, Is minus nn eyo nnd one finger.
Henry Allen, the founder of the vil
lago of Allen, nnd who gave his land
for the site of tho town, died a few
dnys ago. Ho was ono of tho oldest
flcttlers of Dixon county.
Halph It, Clayton, a schoolboy of
Homer, hns established a wireless
station at Ills father's place nnd can
pick tip wireless messages from Ar
lington Station, Va, ,
Tho United States department of
agriculture has Just published a thlr-ty-elghl-pago
soil survey of Nemaha
county, based on tho work of tho de
partment nnd the Nebraska soli sur
vey. Tho county is a heavy corn pro
ducer, one ncro of corn being grown
fqr every aero of all other crops com
bined. The report contains nn analys
is of tho various soils encountered In
tho county. Forty-two per cent of th
area of tho county Is mado up of Cat
rlngton silt loam, which is considered
a good agricultural soli. A fourth of
tho county Is made up of Marshall
silt loam, which is said to bo tho best
soil for grain farming. A part of tho
county is mapped as Knox silt loam.
This is almost entirely dovold of or
ganic matter and is sticky. Near Peru
and Browning a number of orchards
aro supported In this soli nnd grapes
do very well on the upper slopes. Tho
remainder of the county was found
to ronslst of alluvial terrace soils
of good quality.
County Superintendent A. T. Holt
zen, Editor Mitchell, of Deshler. editor
of the Deshler Ihntler, nnd Paul am
ple are touring Thayer county, adver
tising the county fair, which will bo
held this fall at Deshler This will
be tho third annual county fair, and
motion pictures will bo taken by
Professor Condra nnd his assistants.
The total sugar beet acreage con
tracted for 1910 in the North Plntto
district Is fully 3,000 acres. This is an
increase of 1,200 acres over 1915. Tho
territory in which this acreage is lo
cated is between North Platto and
Sutherland. Very few If nny contractu
have been made from North Platto
east to the county line.
Tho Rev. F. M. SIsson. nastor of the
First Methodist church of Fremont,
received 272 new members into his
church nnd baptized 131 at a Sunday
mornings service recently
a record day, both for Fremont nr
LINER
STRIKES
MIN
E
BRITISH STEAMER MEETS DIS
ASTER NEAR DOVER.
OVER 40 PERSONS LOSE LIFE
Rescue Ship Comes In Contact With
Another Mine and Goes Down.
Armed Ships Doomed.
PASSENGERS WARNED 70 AV01D THS VESSEL
t
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fnr l"lr RlaQnn'o nitntqfrv ovtnmt1
n ,.l,l T fn.l,. I.n ,,,. .I" and
Mrs. Wetzel Cooper of Scotia rts wcro
stnntlv UIIIpiI wliilo lirr nnroi?0 nt tn0
...tii,'init h.o Miini. nt tv- A largo
, llll.ll 1 llpn 111. null. I lllf,
Union Pnclfic hrldco 1
nlrtfo nf pr wria Hirmvn l'
...
air by an explosion and f' ,
ni.n.i m.Mnr i.pr Bk ..ncompnnlcs aro
fid
Dover, England. The steamship
Mnloja, a 12,131-ton vestsel belonging
to tho Peninsular & Oriental line,
struck a initio and sank within a half
hojir two miles off Dover, Feb. 27.
More than forty persons' were drown
ed or killed as a result of tho accident.
Tho steamer had just passed A -Mo-mlralty
pier at Dover when nn e-(1- Sll
sion shook her from end to er l,K spa
listed immediately to port, jvtaln, reallz
wcro nmnlng and tho catjiul ven done
ing that great damage h"10 vessel, tried
to tho after part of tu mit t'm engine
to run her ngrouti''a nnu ship bo
room wns swamp-110'0,
came unmnnage of tllc vessel was oh-
Tho plight ,1z,s of vessels went at
served nnd' to ,lor rescue. One of them,
full speed ,,'sn tnnkor, Empress of Fort
tho Ilrlf,ns' 2-lsl tons, struck nnothcr
Willla- a,u nearby.
tnncyibo!m, tl,ft Maloja everything pos
,)"""- "one to get the 319 pnssen
-1,'gers and crew off. Tho boats hmi ni
ready been swunc nut hnfnrn oin.
flirucK, ns a precaution against nccl
dent, and all those ahonnl imit nr.
ficlent time to put on lifebelts, in
structions in the uso of wlilnh n,i
been givon the Iirevlons nvnnlni
noat after boat and a numW nf
rarts were sent away, but several ner
sons leaped into the water and were
nn .;;. " t" 1 " 1 11
. . , : on rf!'mm -
- ' : ' ' uW 'At M, sm4
lottors warn n them not m i.mi.nrW "D " uuuuymuus
' 1 lieh In tho plck0(I "p ,)y t,,e f'irrounding craft. It
tUpr,ll onto tho wns nt flrRt 'bought that all had been
Wll li cnvml ll.f . ..
saved, but later scores of bodies were
wasned asiiore.
Tho passenecrs were for tiio mnt
part nritlh officials in tho TnrHnn
service, the most prominent hoin
.'imgo uidtieid of the Indian high
court, univ one of tho crow of tho Em
press of Fort William was drowned
Teutons to Sink All Armed Shins.
Washington, D. C Count .von
v.. in... ..ft in. iiiA nt A ,..,.
NTrt... Mnllnnnl i,n1 "lliuiu,
i . H UUblUllUl .111111 ... .
. , x,,..,., ,ri companies, out
ociiuyiLT ami iiiviu v,i ..
.,! f--l,. 1... 'S" -' -3 "h"
; .. , ow to get the good
UfLVt Lllt'lll Ull LU 1 . . . .
. , fining ana to demon-
I'll nir o jn nnvlnf o n
tlnst in tint nnnl rln
out of military tra,1"
strato their Inter , .. TT . .
. i( Uii 11 LJ1.- liUltlt I'K"
ionse. "'., ,., " ut von
Fifty-Pour pup'0 " 1,11 Ml,,oul "isioni, mo German ambassador,
yj,. v o uuiiuuu liiu UIUW3U atates gov-
garden work forb'0 operaung a eminent tlmt the assurances regard
The schools atf co,ntcst . Twenty-four ing future conduct of submarine war-
poultry and ogfo, . , 1 , , V B 1 1,10 ua,tana and Arabic
L.s nf ohicktcst' wh,ch bEan Feb- caws still are binding, but that thev
In tho egg con . , , , omy 10 morchantmen of a
runry 1. Jr "l 1,1 , ,s ,u"1tu neaceiul character. The Gorman gov-
Albert Gerbe. f "l ,l . , u,.........v u.nn.eni is unuerstood to contend that
by an explosloij V. " , U,"LU nrcnantmon, without regard
. . if ""v. "tur 1 iii i.Mi Ti 11 pf nr in n n n a 1
-n i f iitvV
hold In his h.
ice nt the Plat
south of Dur
lighted the -fit;
it was short
hand.
Twelve spat
can. Mr. Gerber had Rlmu-n Mimnaair ., i. ....
: iu iiu- uymuiiuc. uuu anil 1 inrnrnpo u..i,(i ,
- , .w.u ouujbw, iu ucBirucilon
and went oft in his without warning
. x, . ,,, rho Germa ngovernment also con
s of tne automobile tends tnercliantmnn nrm nil nonnli,!..
. . . . , 1 - wji.i;iioiui v
iiiu idi-n- iiu cvt, I uiLiv nr tinrnnon
bridge across F".1"" "ut ' , ' ?, 1,0 caracter or peaceful traders, but
Louisville weifoa(1 br,dB was sl,ghtly that 011 tho contrary they carry guns
1 11.- 11. i fOl tho OSnOclnl mimnaa nf nnl.l..
. t..t.Wuv. j l tiwii;illli
and the rath
damaged
A petition
Tloatrico vot
the city clei
mlssloners to
licensing sal
pie at the cl
Citizens c
making an c!
signed by ono hundred
rs has been filed with
k asking tho city com
submit the question of
'ons to a vote of tho peo
y election in April.
f Sheridan county are
ffort to establish a farm
in the county. Meetings
.1.1 t TT TT ..-!.. . Tl..t.
domonsirn.ordon in support of tho
ville nnd G
uerman submarines. To sunDort tlit
claim tho Berlin forciim nninn h...
s?nt the ambassador for presentation
10 tne state department, the list of at
least twetny incidents whero it is
ctnimed British merchantmen havo at
tacKeu submarines.
Confidential advices recolvPll frntn
lienm stnte that German nnd Aii
trian su imarine crmnmnrior.a i.nn
''. n 1114 V U
neen given their new orders, and
henceforth they "will be authorized to
vine nun iu . . , . . J ' " "uuiuiimu 10
proposition. 'T ,8S"T to without warning-all armed mor-
' nlnif Inn - n Bio fr l 1 .1 o I i.t m
season.
oposition. y ... , ,, - uuie-uu anneu mor-
A call haig" Kctl"n "n fMartoh0 Jn4' at cI,iint ships of tho enemies of Ger
. i rote bonds for $48,000 to nmnv
c ai scnooi 'V
Oakland, to y,,R" Mnom ""'"""B. re'
nn iiimi rnvnii iv 1 ro nn 1
build a now P ' ' Twenty-one Are Lost
1 t x 1 .l'i I 1
placing 1110 uri. . Jonuon. Tho Norwi-clnn .loam..
. fkl L-U 1111,11 in 111 UlilIJU I ' - cr- uvv-Miusi
UeeemDcr ff. . ,. ... uorgsten has arrivnil nt ir.,rtii
, , jlIU l" lUUIIUll IIIU lllliai . ... "inn.iuui
mum,,, ,... 4i. "11U "--porteu tne rescue in Mm Mnrii,
. . J iwniiiUM'in rtivil uicj itja.(i
juico was usiJo nnnua 1)nn Jpt Qf th(J bea of five members of the crow ot
of Nebraska i . ,.. , ... , , tho French steamer Trfonnn t..
trntbered at tlr .. I one nwm i.a nr v. .. ,
... . , .pntiy. . ; ----- - v.iL-, Uiu imui
o. . 1 .Vll. . . nttv..ht uiu mur i-rencn passengers are miss
coin just reco ,)prr)ea wnj rn,gGd th,8 ng and are believed to havo been
"'"""lothcr place In the state 1UMl- 1)10 survivors wero dining to
mi upturned lifeboat when found
,, iticiiariison county. , --.. iWU violent expio
has as many hi CQmy fft,r w,u bJ sions split the ship Into there sec
this town In ( autumn was def- t,ons. supposed tho Trlgnac lill
That a P ie . . , a fln.it nr minn
- .1 IIV Lllll IIII1LIII Ul I
relie1 a,r
tors 01 1110 it
elation. ?nd thnt Wilkinson &
Tf ta rnT,nrll!V'!r' W'10 nflV0 bOUgllt
Vandees of Deif ,,..., . ,.,, .
UUlllJlCUlJf .it ot. . . ,!
1 j oatiu I'Miii ua win ill!
an lniernroan 1 ,,, ,.., ,, ; ..
nml Oorln u,u l "gllllUg
plnnt nt Scottf1(lltlon ls ',pn Planned
i inmnn .r nf , n ni-l.
iiiiiau j ui tin,- viai ivij
Mall Steamer SinUc
FluRhinfr. Uolland- Thn mntl nnnin.
er Mecklenburg of tho Zoeland line
ran on a mine In tho channel whiin
on a voyago from Tilburv to wh.
ing. Tho vessel was lost. Officials of
1110 lino stnte that tho nnRRnnenr
and crow and tho mails wero saved.
BERGEN, NORWAY, AFTER ITS GREAT FIRE
This view or Hereon. Nn
fa,nti 1 l m luutui uuu Huupun, was laKeii alter t no rocont conilaerntlmi whlrh
moTumn I 0T0 ' ThoUMnilM f Prfl0n8 WCr n,a(1 hololo8a ,o damage wasesUmatoJ n;
WITNESSED aiASSACRES IN PERSIA
A f)r AAA -
by tho holding? " ' f pecte.i 10 lm,rt off flnn, nron on ,h
uilipn if I lit IUIM
Want Philippine Bill Heln tin
Manila. Tho Merchants' nqqnr-in
tion hns sent nn appeal to congress to
omocratic convention,
hotel nt Ilnstlj
hnvo the room!
tiio afntn ri
July 2H. jt l'mt 'ml ',ocn frozen
a r... i.o.f1 r,VPr nt Plattsnnuth
1.. As carried away when
111 WIU ,Uh?iUUI , . ,
nit xvlntnr uJP ,n8t WOpk- N tC0
.... " f 1
of It lms been V. ownor of the Omaha
, . . ,10 onseDall cltil)
w. J. UOlirKli ......
Tt',in iv. .7l"i r mo iam
mado arrangon0(j
Hum tik miuij'
oiQriini Mnrnt. 'Soon havo a wireless
t I 1
1 ...11. hi un iv juKuirv mum ill
Aurora win 1. . . , - .,
. . InnnltiK to Install ono
bill now pending In concresH until
mo enu or ttio war.
three
has
to
weeks,
Charge Frenchmen Shirk.
Paris. Frenchmen who nrn Htiiri..
Ing duty In tho trenches were de
nounced In ihn Chamber of Deputies
b.v speakers who demanded a more
strict application of the Jaw ngalnst
tliem. It was averred that munition
fnctories contain mnny evndors.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Paul Shlmmnn. nftnr
Persia, finally reached Amnr m hv inirinnU '
,,,1,1. ,,, . . -- - ........... ja mm uiu iiuw uu-ujiuruiing
With the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief. Mr. Shlmmon
.0 .niuuncuii cuizen nnu a graduate of Columbia university. During tho
massacres of tho Christians In I'mmi fill llV till. Iflll-ila n.wl THT,r. HI ULI
. . ...... v..v. uiui3 141114 1 UI AO, ill!, C3I1UI1
lUOll, oy adVlCO Of tiio Amnrlcnn mlualnnnrlnu n,i mini- i
ai,i.. , ...iwo, uuu iu unit), luuvillg nirs.
Shlmmon undor tho protection of the American Hag. Sho was an eyewitness
tn thn ntnAnlltnn I T T . 1 i. 1 x 1 .... ..
.iiiD ... uiuiiimii mm mo surrounding district. Her nunt nnd undo
wero shot and their bodies wero btirnp.il. Hnr rmiHi
marry a Moslom, was mado tho victim of horriblo abuso by tho Kurds and
tftntl llfit limlii mmmit 1..... .1 ft.. ri, . .
W.V... ..I,. Uuu, vrun uuuiuu. Air. amnion returned with tho Russians.
REVIEWING TROOPS AT ZATUN, EGYPT
Noted Athlete Killed In A etlnn.
London. Announcement wns mmln
that Lieutenant It. E Atkln son. nnn
or 1 110 tiest known athletes of Fng.
Inloirrnnli Htntln"U""",K 10 "Bl" " "'" nl 'i" ' HiniOtes or Kng-
that place Is 7a,n correct tlmo frol ,nn(l' WHH k,llo,, 1,1 n,,"n T' 20.
In ordor to obi 'mun a uninnriugo runner.
ARCHIE ROOSEVELT IN KHAKI
s a. v-;jtxu kt
Archlo Itoosovolt. son of tho formnr
president. Is ono of tho leader nf thn
organization of Harvard studonts for
military training. Ho is hero seen in
his uniform.
Washington.
This photograph, taken during a roviow or tho Hrltlsh Mounted Hltles at
Zatun, Kgypt. shows, lott to rlcht. rion. sir A mY!l Till fit nmllm C3 I . II. .
MacMahon and Sir John Maxwell, commander of the lirit.sh fore'es In gypt. Zl of the
BENEFIT IN "BROWN STUDY"
Concentration of Mental Energy Makes
Tor the Production of One's
Best Work.
"If tho 'brown study worn mnrn
often cultivated many noonln wnniii hrt
happier, and raoro cloar thinking would
do uone," says tho London Lancet. "It
is in. such a state that truths dawn
suddenly nnd clearly upon tho uncloud
od intolllgonco. It is In such n. ntntn
that mighty actions aro conceived,
poems born nt a stroke nnd mnniHmi
enlightened through tho onllirht mnnf
of tho Individual.
In this state of mind thoro Is nnoh
a concentration of mental energy that
tho body Is Ignored. Tho mind, on tho
othor hand, is so working upon tho
tsdbjoct which concerns It. ls so lntnnt
upon its own affairs, that tho external
world Is obliterated, and any bodily
discomfort that may havo been pre
existing ls now" negligible and unno
tlcod." Tho Lancet says tho relationship be
tween montal activity and tho bodily
statu Is not realized with sufficient fre
quency or with sufficient thoroughness
by tho Kuropeac of today. "The av
erago man ls too engrossed with his
bodily pabulum and In carimr for thi
nocda of tho body ho neglect) tho