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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTF. fJFRRARKA, J H OF b FIPTH NEDRA8KA HA8 PRET TIEST CAMP IN THE DIVISION. MOBILIZATIONCOST $70,000 Items of General Interest Gathored From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western Newitpnper Union Nfw$ Service. Tho Fifth Nobranka Regiment at Camp Llano annul, undor Colonol Herbert Paul has tho distinction of haying tho prottlost camp in tho divi sion. A fow days ago tho slto upon which this roglment la now encamped was a wilderness of mosquito trees and underbrush. It has been trans formed seemingly by magic Into a beautiful camp, with well planned ami laid out boulevards and company streets. Yucca palms, with tholr j straight, daggor-llko leaves, havo been brought In from miles away, and re planted In front of tho officers tent. Major Sterrlcker's yard, surrounded with Its semi-tropical plants and Mow era, and Its shell decorated walk, la for all tho world like tho famous gar dote of Southern California, Insurance Business In Nebraska. Ono hundred and ten stock flro in suranco companies llconscd to do bus iness in Nebraska In 1915, only two of which are domestic corporations, wrote $383,000,000 of insurance, for which they received nearly $4,800,000 in aet premiums. Lobbos were In curred to the nmount of $3,003,806, all of which was paid In 1015 except $4,'98. Theso totals aro taken from tho manuscript of tho forthcoming annual report of W. D. Eastham, Insurnnco commissioner, which Is expected will bo ready for delivery early in August. Soventy-five of these companies aro corporations organized within tho UnlUd States and have a combined capital of $72,998,075. Tho remaining thirty-flvo companies, technically known as "aliens," have their homo offletfl in England, Franco, Scotland, Germany, Holland, Japan and other foreign countries. Mobilization Cost U. 8. $70,000. It is probablo that mobilization of state troops hero for border service- entailed a cost of not less than $70,000. virtually all of which will bo paid out of government funds. Tho expenso Includod railroad faro for nbout 2,200 men counting those who came hero and stayed for n tlmo and then returned homo and tho subHstcnca of all theso men for tho slxtoon-day period, as well as tho pay of all tho men from "buck" prlvatos up to General Phil Hnll. Deflnlto figures havo not been given out by General Hall becauso tho rec ords havo not been mado up. It will takv soino tlmo to do this ns much data hns to bo gotton In shapo for tho war department incidental to tho camp. Regulars Pleased With Work Done. Fto hours after tho Fourth Ne braska reached Llano Grand camp wa pitched. Way off in Nebraska this may not sound like much of a feat, but, considering tho fact thut tho froops lauded aftor a torrential rain, put wagoiiB together and haulod tent and equipment a mllo away to tho Mto soloctod for tho Nebraska carup, It fell Just n llttlo short of miraculous. Tho work was diroctod by Captain W. E. Kolso of tho supply company of WIsnor, who was highly complimonted by officers of tho regit lar army who watched tho progress of tho work. Women Working In Harvest Fields. Nebraska women aro working in tho harvest Holds alongside of tholr bus bands, according to tho observations of Labor Commissioner Coffoy, Just returned from a trip through tho north central part of tho state Ho saw women driving mowers In alfalfa fleMs, driving "go dovllH' for stacking hay and oven shocking grain In tho fields. This was in tho vicinity of Fremont, Norfolk, Plerco and O'Neill. In aomo places, Mr. Coffoy said, fartoors were lotting their hoadors stand whllo thoy Joined tholr famllloa In jihocklug tho grain. Boys Feel Need of Cash. Nebraska's troops at Camp Llano ar. tho nearofit of any to tho bordor and thoy havo undertaken with a will tho responsibility that has boon given thorn. If tho folks nt homo dontre to help out tho boys, tho best thins; thoy could do would bo to mako up purses for somo of tho companies from tho smaller towns for tho com pany funds. Hard tack does not lutta th placo of bread and thcro nro matxy llttlo touches that could bo addkd had tho companies more sur plus cash. Qusd Hard Hit by Rains. It has done llttlo elso than rain sine tho Fourth Nobraska roglment undnr Colonol Gcorgo Eborly wont InW Camp Llano. Half an hour boforo the troops dotralnod tho clouds opened up and spilled enough water to Hood tho wholo Platto rlvor valloy In No branko. It was llko one of those ralrM that happen along In tho spring timo bade in old Nebraska. Yet fifteen or twenty minutes aftor the sun enmo out thero woro llttlo or no ovldoncca thn a heavy rain or a rain at all had fallon. ARDEN PALMS rvin'Hiniji'jRiivsinwnrMisMisjRii i - m -w - v S T I '' ' . ...... . iiii.i, i'MMiMMijss-iMTMOTi GUARDSMEN TAKE PLUNGE. Fifth Regiment Goes 8wlmmlng In the Big Lake. The entire Fourth regiment now at Camp Llano Grande, went swimming in tho Dig Lako south of here. Headed by Col. Geo. Ebcrly and Llout. Col. W. E. Daohr, tho men mnrched In regi mental formation from the camp to tho lako, only tho company cooks and a few orderlies remaining in camp. Half the regiment played In the water, whllo tho othor half remained along the lako bank with loaded guns as protection ngalnst bandit attack. Lieut. Jerome A. Lllllo of Omaha, ad jutant to Major Storrlcker, commanded company II of Falrllcld. Adjutunt General Phil Hall was elected to tho captaincy of this company, but Is be ing hold In Lincoln as dlBtrlbutor officer for tho atato and government. Second Llout. Cecil Vaughan, of Om aha, quartermaster of the second bat talion, will bo promoted to tho vacnncy created by tho transfer of Lieutenant Llllle. Tho Fifth reglmont is now fully en camped. Officers and men aro delighted with their surroundings. Although tho water supplied to them hero Is re garded as exceptionally puro, as, a pre cautionary to safegunrd tho men In every way orders were issued to tho two Nebraska rcglmonts that all water must bo boiled beforo serving to tho men. Will Open Irrigation Canals. Itather than ullow tho water In tho North Platto river to bo wasted through evaporation nnd scepago be foro it reaches Gothenburg and Kenr noy, to supply water power plants there Stato Engineer JohiiBon has decided to open the headgates of Irri gation canals from tho city of North Platte westward to tho stato line and pormlt tho wntcr In tho upper river to bo taken out for the purposo of sav ing crops which nre worth millions of dollars to tho stato of Nobraska. Ordors to this effect have been Issued to water superintendents along tho Platto, and tho Irrigating is now in full swing. It Is tho mlsfortuno of tho power plants in Buffalo county that they could get.no water even if it woro allowed to flow past tho Irrigat ing ditches. Meet Patriotic Taxi Driver. Captain Herbert II. Smith, head of tho sanitary detachment of Fremont, thinks Houston, Tox., tho second best town In tho United States. The first best town, ho declares, 1b Fremont, Neb. Captain Smith and Major John son of Stanton woro taken all over Houston by a taxi driver and It didn't cost olthcr of them a cent. Tho train stopped In Houston for two hours. Tho two olllcors beforo mentioned Jumped into a waiting tuxl in front of tho dopot. When they ngaln reached tho depot after an hour and n half rido and attempted to pay tho taxi driver he almosfWas insulted. Strange taxi driver, but, ho said ho was patriotically inspired. Bandits Missed an Opportunity. Mexican bandits will never ngaln havo such a glorious opportunity of making a successful raid on a Ne braska reglmont as It had tho first two or thrco nights tho regiment was in Camp Llano. Thero weso only n few thousand rounds of ammunition in camp. No telegraphic communica tion with Mercodos, whore tho United StateB cavalry is encamped. Then men woro nervous and tho country was now. A hundred bandits might havo ridden Into camp and gotten away with half of tho oqulpmont bo foro nufilclont rcsistanco could bo offorod. Hold a Rural Life Conference. Twonty-throo county superintend ents and prospective superintendents hold a rural llfo conferonco at tho Chadron stato normal. Tho problems of rural llfo In western Nebraska aro much dlfforont than thoy aro In other portions of tho stato. Knowing this, tho idea was concolvcd of having a rural llfo conforenco consisting of sup erintendents from tho western part of tho stato. State Buys Largo Bond Issues. Stato Treasurer Hall has comploted tho following purchases of bonds aB investments of tho educational funds: Swing school district, $10,000, first In ctallmont of a $25,000 series; Plorco, sower, $5,000, first Installment of a $20,000 serlos; Nlobrnra school dis trict, $17,000; Ropubllcan City school district, $16,000; Mullen, waterworks, $10,000. Starts War on Bad Eggs. Food Commissioner O. E. Harman has started a war on bad eggs, In rcsponso to complaints which havo reached hla olllco on tho condition of this produce whon It has reached tho housowlfo's hands. Mr. Harman doclaros that somo doalors accopt tho eggs without candling, nnd sell thorn with no nddltioual information as to their wholesome charactor, In viola tion of tho law. Ho has Instructed his Inspectors to fllo tho complaints nocessary to socuro full compliance with tho law. Nebraskan Drowned While Bathing. C. H. Stlngloy, prlvnto In company K, Fourth Nebraska roglment, was drowned whllo swimming with other mombors of his regiment in tho Big Lako, south of Camp Llnuo Grando. Tho boy was in tho mlddlo of tho lako when ho was sotzed with cramps. Ho called for help and half n dozen men went to his nsBlatanco. Two of tho men roached him Just as ho wnu going down for tho third tlmo, but woro utmblo to hold him. Ho was 26 years of ago and single. Ho enlisted in tho stato troops Juno 22. BRITISH LOSE 2, 0 GERMANS CLAIM HEAVY LOSS TO ENEMY IN BATTLE NORTH OF LA BASSE. ADMIT LOSS OF GROUND Teutons Pushed Back Half Mite on Two-Mlle Front by Halo's Forces Huge Forces Contend In Great Battle. Berlin, July 24. An attack by Brit ish forces ngalnst the Germans at Frnmollcs, north of Ln Bnssee, result ed In tho loss by the uttnekers of more tlin 2,000 men killed and nearly COO men taken prisoners, according to n .statement given out by the wnr of fice. The statement admits that tho Ger man lino along a front of about two miles east of Ilnrdecourt was driven from Its first trenches Into Its second trendies, half mile In the rear. Some Idea of the huge forces now engaged In the battle of the Homme is glvm In the statement. It Is stated that more than 200,000 French and British troops attacked tho German lines north and south of the Souiinu Thursday on a front of 27 miles. Enemy forces, the statement says, penetrated Into the German salient at the wood of Verrnandovllle. London, July 21. The British hnve ngaln pressed forward to the German third line ln tho Fourenux wood, north east of Longueval, according to reports from the front. This wood Is an Im portant strategic point, the capture of which would bring the forces of Gen eral Halg to the highest point on the ridge, commanding the German posi tions ln the less hilly country beyond, which Is not so much broken up and not wooded, lending Itself not so well to defense. This probably explains the desperate attempts of tho Ger mnns to hold the wood, where the heavy fighting continues. The Associated Press correspondent states tho Germans nro bringing mnsses of troops from Verdun and guns from other points ln an endenvor to stem the entente allied advance. Tho Germans In nn nttnek on the British on the northern edge of the Leipslc salient succeeded In occupying British front trenches, but Inter were driven out, according to the British of ficial communication. Paris, July 24. Positions captured by the French south of the Sommo were subjected to n vigorous counter attack during the night. The Germans charged the French lines south of Soyecourt, but suffered henvy losses and were driven bade in disorder. The Russians are driving a wedge between Kovel and Leniberg. They have de feated tho Teuton forces and gnlned Styr river crossings. Lnck of food In Belgium and north ern France caused riots which were quelled by Germans, Berlin spurned British offer to help feed the civilians. HALF MILLION MEN ARE LOST Estimated by Military Experts That Germany and Austro-Hungary Suf fer Loss of 450,000 Men. Genevn, July 20. Since the Rus sians began their oJTenslve on tho eastern front nnd tho nllles began their drivo on the western front the Ger-. mans nnd Austro-Hungnrlans have lost approximately 450,000 men ln killed, wounded and prisoners, it is estimated by military experts. These losses nre divided as follows: 150,000 Germans on the western front; 300, 000 Germans nnd Austro-Hungnrlans on the eastern front. HOLDS ENO'S WILL INVALID Millions to Go to Relatives of New York Millionaire Real Es tate Operator. New York. July 21. Tho will of Amos E. Euo, multimillionaire rent es tate operator, was pronounced In valid by a jury in a verdict to Sur- rogato Cohnlan. Tho estate of $12, 000,000 therefore goes to Eno's rela tives. Tho Columbia university, tho Metropolitan Museum of Art nnd the American Museum of Natural His tory all were named as beneficlnrles in largo amounts In the will. FEAR 200 FISHERMEN LOST Large Fishing Fleet Reported Caught In Monsoon More Than 100 Boats Fall to Return. London, July 22. Two hundred fish ermon nro believed to havo lost their Jives ln a monsoon off the const of Co lombo, Ceylon, according to a dispatch received by the Kxchango Telegraph company. A large fishing lleot was caught by the storm and moro than 100 bunts huve failed to return. Suppress Belgian Food Rioters. Rotterdam, Holland, July 2!!. Food riots which broke out in Rclulum and northern France huve been suppressed by tho German military authorities, ac cording to reports received hero from reliable sources. Four Die In Wreck. Bristol, Tenn., July 23. A tall-end collision between u freight train and n train carrying workmen to damaged track districts on the Norfolk & West em railway resulted In tjio death of four men and Injury to 15 more. IS THIS THE -.st & J? ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC. RAISES BIG STORM BRITISH BOYCOTT CAUSES FLOOD OF PROTEST. Publication of London Blacklist Be lieved to Be Opening Gun In Re lentless Trade War. Washington, July 2. A Flood of protest from all phrts of the United States against tho British boycott Is pouring ln upon the White House nnd the state department. Tho action of Great Britain In making public a gen eral list of Amerlcnn firms who have been boycotted because they "trade with England's enemies" hns aroused public sentiment, nnd demands for re taliatory legislation are reaching hero from various commercial organiza tions nnd Individuals nffected. The state department Is planning action. It must wait, officials say, a "reasonable time" for official notifica tion of Great Britain's nctlon. If that Is not forthcoming, a direct Inquiry will be made nt London. Olllclnls very frankly say that the making public of this boycott list Is, In their opinion, the opening gun in what will likeli' prove a relentless trade wnr ngalnst all neutrals who have refused to accept without protest the restrictions placed upon com merce by the entente allies. They point to the fact that the present boy cott list was prepnred by the British board of trade and that It hns been operative for more than n year, al though only Just now made public, ns Indicating that the mensure Is one planned by British exporters and man ufacturers to reguln their trade lost by the war. The making public of the list now, ofllclals believe, was in anticipation that nt the end of the present great drive on tho eastern and western front peace negotiations will assume a definite form. AGREES TO NAVAL PROGRAM Senate, Without a Roll Call, Gives Ap proval to Building of Many Pow erful Warships. Washington, July 20. Three-year naval building program of 10 capital fillips was agreed to by tho sennto on Tuesday afternoon without roll call. In addition to the 10 capital ships, the building program provides for ten scout cruisers, 50 torpedo boat de stroyers, nlno fleet submarines, 58 coast submarines, one Neff system sub marine, two gunboats, and many auxil iary craft. BELGANS DEFEAT GERMANS Reach Shore of Lake Victoria Nyanza in Africa After Seven Hour "Battle. Havre, July 20. Belgian troops operating ln Gerlnan East Africa have reached tho shore of Lako Victoria Nyanza and ln a seven-hour engage ment fought July 7 they dispersed tho Germans opposing their advance, tak ing the German commandant prison er and inflicting a number of losses on the Germans, according to un olll clal statement Issued by tho Belgian war olllco. Flood Death Toll Now 49. Raleigh, N. O., July 22. Additional bodies found during the last 24 hours In widely separated districts of North Carolina bring the total of deaths re sulting from tho recent floods up to 40. A score or more are missing. Danger of Plague Passed. WaslUngton, July 22. Tho United States public health service announced thut danger of n further sprend of In fuiitlk" paralysis has passed. Health ofllclals said tho situation Is no en tlrely under control. "WIND-UP?" m ill .-1 CALL U-BOAT PERIL ALLIES PROTEST AGAIN ON WASHINGTON'S RULING, Claim Decision Holding Subsea Liner as -Merchantman Places United States In a Grave Position. Washington, July 21. In accordance with instructions from their govern ments, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Brit ish ambassador, and M. .Tussernnd, the French ambassndor, set forth to tho state department the rensons why tho United Stntes should not regard ves sels of the Deutschland type as mer chantmen. The rensons nro ns follows: "That submarine merchantmen can not bo overhauled and visited and searched, as Is possible In tho case of surface crnft, because of their ability to dive and escape. "That such ships, because of their submerslblllty, are nblo to evade mu nicipal law with spccillc reference to customs, quarantine, etc. "That such ships can be transformed with ease from merchantment Into war ships. "That In enso of wnr between a great maritime stnte and a smaller nutlon the lntter would have tho right to pur chase submarine merchantmen, and when the ships arrived nt tho port of the purchns-r they could be provided with guns nnd torpedoes nnd sally forth to nttnek the enemy ships. "That a refusal on the part of n stnte to sell submnrlne merchantmen could be regarded ns nn unneutral act." The nllles are especially anxious for the United Stntes to chnnge Its ruling In the enso of the Deutschland becauso of their expectation that the central powers will launch n largo number of these crnft nnd utilize them for the purposo of obtaining supplies of raw mnterlals which they need ln order to continue the war. They point out, moreover, that it Is of prime Import for the United States not to set n precedent which may cause It serious concern ln the future. MANIAC NEGRO SLAYS FIVE Madman Holds 150 Officers at Bay Several Hours Attackers Use Dynamite to Dislodge Black. Chlcngo, July 20. Six persons nre dend nnd three wounded ns tho re sult of n pitched bnttlo between 150 policemen nnd a negro maniac and his wife, bnrrlcnded In a house on Irving avenue. The battle was ended only whon tho police dynamited the flat building In which the negroes were quartered, after hundreds of shots had been fired. LARGE ARMY IS ON BORDER Ninety-Eight Thousand United States Soldiers Have' Been Massed, Is Official Report. Snn Antonio, Tex., July 20. Ninety eight thousand state troops nre on tho border or on trains bound for there. These officlnl figures wero Issued Tues day. Theso militia forces como from 38 states, nccordlng to General Funs ton, only ten of tho stntes not being thus far represented. War Crosses to Americans. Purls, July 23. Two Americans, members of tho Amerlcnn sanitary unit, wero decorated with tho wnr cross. They aro Joseph Wendell and Henry Holllngshend of New Jer sey. Britain Stands Pat. London, July 23. Great Britain does not propose to add to tho blacklist of Amerlcnn firms and has no Intention of withdrawing, or modifying Its pol icy. Lord Robert Cecil made this an- nouncement here. IS NAMED BY PROHIBITIONISTS A8 THEIR CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. LANDRITH FOR SECOND PLACE Former Indiana Governor Is Named on First Ballot, and His Running Mato Is Chosen by Acclamation Sum mary of the Platform. St. Paul, Minn., July 24. J. Frank Utility, foruier governor of Indiana, was nominated for president of tho United States on the Prohibition ticket, and Dr. Ira D. Lnndrith of Nashville. Tenn., was named for tho vice presi dency, nt the concluding session of tho party's national convention. Mr. llnnly's nomination came on tho first ballot. Doctor Landiith was unnnlpiously nominated by a rising vote after ull other candidates for tho vice presi dency, among them Mr. Heudrlckson, hnd withdrawn. Approximately 2,500 words nro con tained In tho platform, which, sum marized, makes tho following declara tions: Expresses opposition to tho "waste ful military programs of the Demo cratic nnd Republican parties," but fa vors "preparedness for peace." Sup port would be given a "compnet umong nutlons to dlsmuntlo navies and dis band armies," but until "such court and compuct are established wo pledgo ourselves to maintain an effectivo army nnd nnvy and to provide coast defenses entirely ndeauato for national protection." Favors reciprocal trade treaties to be negotiated with all nations nnd commissions appointed to gnther facts. Fnvors national legislation to en courage establishment of nn udequuto fleet of Amerlcnn merchant ships. Opposes war with Mexico, pledges aid to the protection of Amerlcnn Uvea and favors use of force when neces sary. Approves strict Internrotatlnn of Monroe doctrine. Opposes abandonment of the Philip pine Islands nt this time, but favors ultinmte independence. I-avors nonpolltlcnl promotion, to bo governed by civil service regulation, applicable to nil federal executive ofll clals. Fnvors equitable retirement law for maintenance of superannuated federal employees. Declares for Americanism. Favors uniform mnrrlnge and di vorce lnws and complete sunnresslon of white slavery. Declares for prohibition of child la bor, npproves nn eight-hour day with one hour rest each day nnd extension of compensation and liability to federal acts. Opposes "pork barrel" legislation and useless federal expenditures. I'nvors public ownership of utilities to be operated in tho interest of all people. Believes in equnllty of all persons. Fnvors sepnratlon of church and state, with guaranty of full religious and civil rights to ull. Favors public grain elevntors, owned and operated by the federal govern ment, und abolition of speculation on markets. Favors government ownershlp,of cot ton warehouses, to bo operated with out private profit. SENATE PASSES NAVY BILL Measure Calls for Ten Battleships, Six Battle Cruisers and Many Smaller Craft. Washington, July 23. Tho senate passed the naval bill by a vote of 71 to 8, calling for ten battleships nnd six buttlo cruisers In tho three-year build ing program. Tho bill was passed after a bitter all-day battle, in which the small navy advocates were beaten back point by point. Every effort to dimin ish the number of ships provldeu by tho bill was promptly voted down. Republicans voting against the bill were Senators Clupp, Curtis, Cummins, Ln Foilette, Norris and Works. Demo crats opposing It were Senators Thomas and Vnrdamun. ONE-CENT LETTER POSTAGE Postmaster General Burleson Talks to National Association of Post masters at Washington. Washington, July 21. Postmaster General Burleson told the convention of the National Association of Post masters that If revenues from second class mail should bo Increased, "ex travagance for useless political serv ice" In the rural mall system curtailed and pnyments to railroads for mail transportation under the new spaco basis reduced, ho could recommend to congress next year that letter postago bo reduced to ono cent. Baby Plague Is Waning. New York, July 23. A decrease In the number of new enses and nn In crease of ono In tho number of deaths from Infantile paralysis wero reported here. There wero only 80 now cuses reported. War Tires Bulgaria. London, July 23. A wireless dls patch from Rome transmits Sofia ad vices stating that Bulgaria Is seriously considering making pence, and that Premier Rndoslnvoff hns summoned tho sobrnnje to discuss tho situation. MANLY GIGE