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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1916)
THE SEMt WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. SIGHT BETTER MESS FRESH MEAT, VEGETABLES AND BREAD RECOMMENDED FOR GUARDS. SANITARY CONDITIONS GOOD Items of Genernl Interest Gathered From Reliable Sources Around the State House. Western Newspaper Union Npws Service. Nebraska guardsmon now stationed on the Texas border aro to have bol ter food or In the vernacular of tho roldler, hotter mess. Major General Tnsker H. Bliss, as Blatant chief of tho Htaff of the United States army, visited Llano Grando camp last week and was favorably inv pressed with all ho saw except tho quantity and quality of tho food given tho guardsmen. More fresh meat, vegetables and fresh baked bread dally were some of tho recommendations given by tho head to tho commanding officers horo. "There's no reason at all," said Gon oral BHbh, "why tho commissary of ficers cannot got fresh beef dally from Brownsville or other Texas cities J. W. EVANS Editor Fairfield Independent, Second Lieutenant Co. H, Fifth Nebraska, now stationed near the Mexican border. whoro largo packing plants aro opor atod. I cannot see tho need why men should bo given all canned rations whllo in camp. Thoso kind of rations woro meant only for ubo when tho men aro called into sorvico. Ono of thoso days if tho call is given tho offlcers will bo up against It when it comes to traveling rations. "I shall ask that largo ovons bo erected and bakers from among tho enlisted men provide frosh broad. Hard tack is all right in Its place, but it was never moaut for any per manent camp." General Bliss statod that tho sani tary conditions of tho camp wore good. He continued his Inspection tour to tho lower border and departed lor Fort Sam Houston. Take Care of Health. Nothing hue been overlooked by way of safeguarding tho health of tho men and bringing up to tho highest standard tho living conditions around Camp Llano. At all hours of tho day and until tho lato hours of tho night Co lonel Eborly can bo seen walking about tho camp, stopping hero and thero, givlny fatherly advlco to somo of tho monj instructing othors and ordering others to do thto and that. Naval Exhibit at State Fair. If tho plans of J. B. Zimmerman, navy recruiting officer at Lincoln are carried out, tho department will havo nn Interesting exhibit at tho state fair this your. A booth has been obtained for tho purposo and Zlmmorman Is waiting for tho approval of tho depart ment nt Washington. Ho contemplates showing models of dreadnoughts, hub marines, tho U. 8. 8. Nobraska nnd othor typos of naval vcsnels as well as materials and paraphernalia. Tho ex- mdub would como from tho depart ment headquarters. An appropriation to allow a thor ough Investigation Into the cause of tho settling of tho east wing of tho capital building will bo asked by As sistant State Engineer Steckelborg. In vlow of tho reports that this nldo of tho building wbb eroded on u sand pit, although tho foundation wns arched, it Is Bald, to overcomo tho difficulty, Mr. Steckelborg bcllovcB that It is not too lato to inotlgato n com prehensive survey to determine tho actual cause of tho sinking, to oWblo proper measures to bo taken to romody tho situation. sBBHSHI 8PEAKS VERY HIGHLY. Genernl Bliss Commends Conditions In Nebraska Camps. Sanitary conditions, appearance of tho camp and the personnel of tho officers and men of the two Nebraska regiments at Camp Llano woro "highly satisfactory" and pleasing to General Taskor H. Miss, chief of staff of tho United States army who with General Edward Plaumnier in command mado a tour of Inspection of tho entire camp, Colonels Eborly and Paul woro con gratulated by tho distinguished visitor. General HHss suggested to command ing officers of two regiments that they would profit "very materially" by a visit to tho Nebraska camps. Sanitary conditions in the Nebraska quarters could not bo Improved upon said Gen oral Bliss. Captain Herbert Smith of Fremont and Major John Dlrknor aro in chnrgo of sanitation. New General Hospital. A general hospital has been estab lished at IJrownsvlllo, forty miles from Camp Llano, and all soldiers from Brownsville to Sam Fordyco who be come ill will bo sent to this hospital. Emergency field hospitals will be main tained at all camps along tho line, whero sick or injured men requiring Immediate attention can bo cared for. A Banltnry train, provided with all hospital facilities, will leave Browns ville ovory day, stopping at each camp and picking up sick and Injured. The Fifth Nebraska regiment flold hospital under Major John F. Speal man of Lincoln, was assigned to caro for all sick and injured of all tho troops encamped hero. Under tho now onlor this unit will care only for thoso needing Immediate attention. School of instructions for the hospital men will soon be established. Must Name Specific Gravity. Shipment of naptha into this stato to mix with gasoline and thus form low-grade products sold under the name of tho latter will not bo toler ated, according to Oil Commissioner Harman. Tho lattor has announced that prosecutions would bo started at onco In tho casa of parties who havo dono this. Tho gravity tested out at loss than fifty, according to Harman, and ho proposes to prevent tho sajo of tho mixed products. Llkewlso, ho has announced that ho will rcqulro all dealers to label containers of gasollno with tho specific gravity. This pro vision of law, ho says, has been wan tonly abused during tho past several months. State's Expenses for Second Quarter. Stato expenses amounted to ?1,032, 4G7 during tho months of April, May and Juno this year. Tho quarter pre vious tho oxpenso amounted to ?1, 421,840, according to the quarterly statement of Auditor William Smith. Of tho amount used during tho past quarter ?33fi,073 was spent by tho board of control for tho fifteen stato institutions under Its charge. Tho governor's department spont $2, 042, practically all of it tor regular salaries of employes. Tho national guard spont $8,730 of which noarly half was for armory rental, a chargo that Is not on tho books at tho present timo owing to tho absenco of tho guard on tho border. Many Members Ask for Discharge. Moro than ono hundred mon of tho Fourth Nebraska regiment at Camp Llano havo made application for dis charge from further duty under Presi dent Wilson's recommendation that all mllltlamon who havo persons depend ing upon them should ho discharged. Each application for release must bo accompanied by affidavits from throo wltnossos substantiating the -claims of tho soldier. It will bo at laast ten days boforo final action can bo taken on thoso cases. The Fifth regiment will nlso lose somo of Its men but tho num ber of dlschargos in this regiment is oxpoctcd to bo much lower than In tho Fourth. Goes Into Reserve. ' Tho first Nobraskan nt Camp Llano to become a membor of tho reserves under tho now Chnmborlaln bill Is Otto G, Hallgrcn, Company B, Fourth rogl mont. Throo yours ago Hallgrcn en- llstod In Company B. Most of the men who aro now officers of tho company woro privates then. His torm of on llstmont. oxplrcd July 13 and ho Is now ready and most eager to start for tho uorthlaud. Nebraska Boys Take Dally March. Nebraska' troops on tho border, prac tising dally marches, havo roachod an averngo speed of four mlloii an hour. A program haB been outlined for tho first flvo weeks of camp proscribing a dally hike of ton to twelve mllos. grad ually Increasing In length through tho wcoks. Tho first wook tho march Is to bo taken wtlh cantoons full. Tho sec ond wook cantoons and hayorsackB will bo carried. Tho load will bo gradually Increased until full equlp mont Ib carried, Captain Leedpm Celebrated Birthday. Wednesday, July 10, was tho birth day of Capt. J. W. Loedom. As a birthday gift his company was mount od as guard and ho was thoroforo otll cor of tho day. To add to tho Joy of tho occasion tho canal carrying tho water supply broke down and a trip on foot was made In a hurry out to shut tho gates controlling tho stream Tho captain says that it was one of tho busiest birthdays ho hau cele brated In somo years. T CZAR'S TROOPS DRIVE THEIR WAY INTO BRODY, KEY TO LEMBERG. GERMANS ADMIT RETREAT Captured City In Flames, Though It Is Not Known Whether Town Was Fired by Shells or Put to the Torch by Austrlans. London, July .'11. The Russians have captured Brody. This most Im portant single victory of the great Uusslan drive, which started two months ago, Is chronicled in un official bulletin from Pctrognid. Simultaneous ly the Slavs huve smashed the entire Austro-Gerniiin lino west of Lutsk, where they hud been held up for weeks In their drive upon the stronghold of Kovol. Capture of this greut railroad center now upponrs Imminent. The capture of Brody, which Is ono of the main railroad centers In custom Galicln, mnrk.H an advance of six miles In n single day, by the czar's forces, n speed almost unprecedented In tho great war for large bodies of troops. Thursday's official reports showed the Russians six miles from the town ut their neurest point of attack and tho enpturu Indicates not only n defeat of Its Austrian defenders but their abso lute rout. The captured city Is In flames. This much Is disclosed by the report from Pctrograd, though It Is not made clear whether the town wns fired by Uusslan shells before its fall or was put to the torch by the fleeing Au3trluns. Sweeping Uusslan victories In Volhy nlu and Galicln peril the entire Austro Germnn system of defense on n front of more than 100 miles, and according to military experts here will precipi tate a general retreat and reorganiza tion of the whole Teutonic front which now protects Kovel and Lemberg, the two chief objectives of the Slav drive. Vladimir Volynski, another stronghold, lies In the way of the Uusslan ad viincc, hut no serious obstacle In the nature of permanent fortifications now looms between the Uusslnns nnd Lem berg. The Uusslan advance, announced from I'etrogrnd, was forecast In pnrt by an official report from Berlin which announced a retreat by the forces of General von Linsengen northeast of Svlnulchy, In southern Volhynla, nnd only a fow miles southeast of Vladimir Volynski. GREAT TIME FOR MOTORISTS National Touring Week, Beginning August 0, Will Find Them on the Road by the Thousand. Chicago, July 20. The dawn of Au gust 0 will lird untold thousands of American nutomoblllsts on the road for the greatest concerted vacation ever dovlsiid. The day will bo tho llrst of the National Touring week, preparations for which have engrossed tho attention of manufacturers, deal ers and car owners for months. The "see American llrst" Idea Is thorough ly aroused, but the spirit is "oncen trnted In "see your home stato first." The touring week Is to bo a big fam ily affair, for every motorist Is plan ning to take his wife and children, If he has any, Into the great open where they will find the relnvlgoratlon that comes from rest and n chnngo of scene. From the Atlantic to the Pacific tho week of August 0 will be made mem orable and many thousands of Amer icans will discover beauties of their own laud hitherto unknown to them. L0NGUEVAL IN BRITISH HANDS Last German Stronghold In Village Is Cleared Up All Delville Wood Now Held. London, July 31. Tho last Germnn strongholds In Longueval huve been captured by the British troops, ac cording to the official statement given out by the war office. Ilnnd-to-linnd lighting continued throughout the day )n tho vicinity of Pozleres, the state ment adds. Tho British also have possession of tho entire Delville wood, the fifth Brandenburg division, thu lust Ger mans In the wood, being cleared out with tho capture of three officers and IKS men. VALUE J. P. MORGAN'S ESTATE Transfer Tax Appralsor Sets $78,149,- 024 on Property In New York. New York, July 31. The total assets of tho estate of .1. Plerpont Morgan, who died March 31, 1013, are fixed nt $78.Ml.0.M, exclusive of property out side New York state, In u report which wl'-l be filei? with the stnte comptroller by Transfer Tax Appraiser Lyons. Baby Plague Abating? New York, July 31. A slight do itciiho In Infantile paralysis cases was noted lu the 21 hours ending at 10 n. in. Friday, but It was not sufficient to lead the authorities to assert that tho 'pldeuile had been broken. England Bars Cocaine. London, July 31. The Importation of opium and cocaine Into tho Unit ed Kingdom Is prohibited by a royal proclamation Issued here. Tho growth of "cocaine sniffing" 1ms become alarm Ingly prevalent. uss rod TEUTONS RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN IN TURKEY 1 V""'5fSyA K "11 .j ha A Tvri "T - - -TV, a I Uusslnns capture Krzlngun, Turkish fortress and military base In Asia Minor, ii The evacuation of Erzlngnn obliges tho Turks to move their lighting line virtually 150 miles west to Slvns, which now Is tho next objec tive of the Uusslan advance. 3 Angora, which Is 350 miles wcat of Erzln gan, Is the chief objective of the Uusslan campaign. It Is the terminus of the railroad to Constantinople. GREAT DEFENSE SUM ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL OF $314,000,000 IS PASSED. An Amendment Giving the Soldiers on the Border the Right to Voto on the Field Eliminated. Washington, July 20. Nearly, $700, 000,000 for national defense In the fis cal year 1017 is the aggregate of pro posed appropriations . reuched In tho senate with the pussage of the nnny appropriation bill, carrying lu round numbers $314,000,000. This grand total for preparedness still Is subject to revision, however, because the army bill will follow the naval bill into conference, whero re ductions are probable, despite the firm attitude of President Wilson In sup porting the liberal response of the sen ate to the call for adequate defense. The appropriations for prepared ness as they now stund are ns follows: Army ?313.970.4t7.10 Navy 315,S26,S.5j Kortlflcutlons (law) 25.745,05O-.OO Military itrmlemy 2.23S.32S.57 Army amrnuvy deficiency 27,559,313.05 Total JCS5.313.017.27 As It passed the senate the army bill exceeded the appropriations made by the house by more than $131,000,000. In the final hours of debate on the measure the sennte agreed to an ap propriation of $12,000,000 for the relief of dependent families of National Guardsmen and regulnr army soldiers In service In the Mexican emergency. I . .. It .... f .1 . DistriDUlion oi me uuiu is ten iu the discretion of the secretary of war, but in no case shull nny dependent fnm- lly receive more than $50 n month. An amendment giving soldiers on tho border the right to vote In the Held nt tho November election was eliminated from the bill on a point of order Just before passage. As soon ns the army bill wns out of the wuy tho senate took up and passed, after brief debate, tho military acad emy appropriation bill, carrying $2,- 238,328.r.7, an Increnso of $1,010,524 over tho house authorization. BRITISH GET U. S. PROTEST Note Charging Treaty Violation Now In the Hands of London Foreign Office. Washington, July 20. The American protest ngalnst the British boycott now is In the hands of the British for eign office. Acting Secretary of Stnto Polk let It bo known tbnt the protest was approved by President Wilson. It Is understood that the protest was compiled by President Wilson personally. It will be mnrto public next Mondny morning. Officials nt the White House and stato depart ment expressed themselves ns hopeful that tho British government will mod ify considerably Its position In vlow of the emphatic opposition enunciated by the United States. NEW TERRITORY FOR THE U. S. Negotiations Completed by Which Dan Ish West Indies Come Under Stars and Stripes. Wnshlneton. July 27.--Official nn nouneement wns made nt tho Whlto House that negotiations have nractl cnllv been completed for tho purchase of the Danish West Indies by tho United States from Denmark for $2.",- 000.000. While details of the treaty were not given out. It Is understood that tho United States will come Into complete possession of tho Islands. Word has been received from Denmark that the treaty Is practically certain of be ing ratified by the Danish parlla mont. Fisher Fleet Is Sunk. London. July 31. A German sub marine has raided n British fleet of herring llsblng boats. Eight of the vessels were sunk. The crews wore landed ut tho North sen port of Tyne- mouth. , Mav Probe Packing Business. Washington. July 31. The federal trade commission 1ms been requested by tho house of representatives to make nn estimate of what un Investi gation Into the meat packing Industry would coM. f0 , enii 100 200MIL$ 22 PERISH IN TUNNEL DISASTER RESULTS IN HEAVY LOSS OF HUMAN LIFE. Intrepid Band, Eager to Save Their Comrades, Are Themselves Vic tlms of Disaster. Cleveland, O., July 27. At least twenty men nre ftnown to bo dead and n dozen Injured ns a result of nn ox ploslon of gas In a water works tunnel under construction between a pumping station on lnnd nnd an Intake crib flvo miles out In Luke Erie. The men were working 50 feet be low the bottom of the lake, which Is 70 feet deep at that point, plnclng them 120 feet below tho surfnee. They were 1.700 feet shoreward from the crib. Tho explosion came as the tun net workers broke through n gns vein with their picks nnd shovels r.nd the fumes Ignited from electric spnrks. At eight o'clock 11 ,mcn descended fht shaft. An hour Inter workmen on the surfnee detected gas nnd attempt ed to signal tho men In the tube. Ue- celvlng no response they sent rocket signals Into the nlr to attract life savers on shore, thero being no othor means of communication. It wns al most midnight before aid reached tho scene and then n rescue pnrty wns quickly formed which mnde the de scent. Of this pnrty of 11 rescuers seven succumbed to tho fumes, the original 11 having perished. After tho first rescue party hnd met the same fate ns the It workmen, no more men Would volunteer to nld In the rescue work until helmets could bo procuVcd. Thero wns considerable de'ny In gettlnc helmets and not until after daylight wns tho rescue work taken up by men properly equipped. SOLDIERS WORK ON ROADS As Punishment for Minor Offenses Troops Are Mude Useful on Texas Thoroughfares. El Paso, Tcx July 27. Twelve hun dred militiamen, prisoners In n war less wnr, wore put to work construct ing mllltnry rondi In tho vicinity of El Pano. The mun have been arrested at various times during the Inst sev eral weeks for minor offenses, mostly falling to return to enmp nt the proper time. ALL TRaDE RECORDS BROKEN United States Closes the Greatest Year In Commercial History of the Country. Wnshlngton, July 31. Foreign trade of the United States closed Its great est year In history Juno 30 with n balance of $2,130,000,000 In favor of American exporters. The yenr's exports aggregated $4, 331,000,000, the department of com merce nnnounced, , nnd Imports were valued nt $2.ias,000,000. TELEGRAPHIC NOTES Ottawa, Ont., July 27. The wnr Is costing the Dominion of Cnnnda $1, 000,000 a day, nn official announce ment said. London, July 27. Sir Uoger Case ment, convicted of treason because of his part In the rebellion In Ireland, will bo executed publicly, according to the Dally Chronicle. Mitchell, S. D July 20. A vigi lance committee was organized In Mitchell to deal with the lawless hari vest hands who aro passing through the city by hundreds. Air Craft Mombard Durazzo. Home, July 29. A squadron of Ital ian aircraft, after a long flight across the Adriatic, bombnrded the Albanian port of Durnzzo, which is now held by tho Austro-IIungnrlans, It has been of' flclally announced. Turkish Regiment Mutinies. Athens, July 20. Advices from Symmn state that un entire Turklidi regiment mutinied at Sevelkeny, tak ing refuge In n forest on Mount Slmlo lou. Loyal Turks gave chase, setting the forest on lire. MEXICO'S PLAN Dl'D UNITED STATES AGREES TO CAR RANZA'S PROPOSAL FOR SET TLING DIFFICULTIES. NOW UP TO FIRST CHIEF State Department Sends Note to Mexi co Suggesting That Other Mat ters Be Settled In the Same Way. Washington, July 28. Tho United states government accepted in full the Cnrranza proposal for tho appoint ment of n Joint commission to consider the causes of difference between tho two republics and make recommenda tions on which the governments In turn shall act. The series of confer ences between Acting Secretary of States Polk and Ellseo Arredondo, Cnr ranzn's apibussndor designate, havtt thus ended exactly as Carranza asked. With the acceptance of the Mexican proposal tho state department made public the text of the note to Mexican Secretary of Foreign Relations Agullnr, In which thero Is a suggestion that the Joint commission may eventually continue deliberations so ns to settle In advance other points of probable difference and thus effect nn arrange ment tending to Improve mutunl rela tions. Tho note nlso requests notification that tho Mexican government npproves tho arrangement, so that tho United may Immediately appoint Its threo commissioners und aid In fixing the date and place of the conference. Pre sumably the conference will bo held lu this country. U. S. STEEL BREAKS' RECORD Earns $6,000,000 More Than the Offi cial Estimate, Which Was Con sldercd Beyond Belief. New York, July 27. Net earnings of the Steel corporation In the Juno quarter were nt the rate of 47 per cent per nnnum on the $50S,312,500 common stock after allowing for In terest chnrges, sinking fund require ments nnd the regulnr disbursements on tho preferred shares. An extra dividend of one per cent wnc declnred on the junior Issue. The net receipts $S1,120,048, were $0,000,000 beyond tho official estimates mnde last month, which npponred to bo Incredible to tho financial district. Tho income In tho Inst throe months Is equul to 11 per cent on the com mon certificates for tho entire year. BLISS TO WEED OUT GUARD Will Recommend Liberal Construction on Policy of Releasing Men With Dependent Relatives. El Pnso, Tex., July 28. To "weed out" the disgruntled militiamen along the border, MnJ. Gen. Tnsker II. Bliss will recommend to the war department that a most liberal construction be placed on Its policy of releasing guards men with dependent relatives. This conclusion was reached by tho nsslstnnt chief of staff after an In spection of Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Michigan mllltla camps hero. "For," he said, "it would be far bet ter to have smaller organization of contented men, thnn larger ones In which there 1b an element of dissatis faction." BOARD MEMBERS ARE NAMED President Sends to Senate Naifies of Four Members of the Farm Loan Body. Wnshington, July 20. President Wilson sent to the sennte the nomi nations of the four members of tho farm loan bonrd created by the rural credits act. The nominees nro Judge Charle.s E. Lobdell, Hepubllcan, of Great Bend,' Kan. ; George M. Norrls, Democrat, of Philadelphia; Capt. W. S. A. Smith, Republican, of Sioux City, la., nxul Herbert Quick, Democrat, of Berkeley Springs, W. Vn. Their early confirmation Is expected. BRITISH BIPLANE SHOT DOWN German Submarine' Captures Aero plane and Its Pilot and Observer Taken to Zecbrugge. Berlin, vln Snyvllle wireless, July 27. Tho capture of a British neroplano and Its pilot and observer by n Germnn submarine wns reported by the admlr aRy In the following official statement: "On Moudny afternoon n German submarine brought down with Its flro n British biplane. The lnmntes, two of ficers, were mado prisoners by tho Germans nnd transported, together with the enemy machine, to Zeebruggo on a torpedo boat." New School of Musketry. Wnshlngton, July 31. Tho war de partment announced tbnt n "school of musketry" would bo opened nt once at Fort Sill, Okln., In order to give special training to enlisted men In tho handling of machine guns. Calls Conditions Better. .Mexico City, July 81. Minister of War Obregon hns Issued ofllclnl re ports from government commanders to show that conditions In northern Mex ico nro fast becoming settled owliig to the efforts of the govcrnmi.nt.