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THE 8EMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA. BETTER TIE MARKET POTATO GROWERS GET BIGGER PRICE8 FOR PRODUCT FOR FIRE PREVENTION DAY Items of General Interest Gathered Prom Reliable Sources Around the 8tate House. Wotern Newspaper Union Nw Service. Wostorn Nebraska potato growers are receiving 30 to 3G cents a bushel moro for potatoes Blnco the market service was established by tho United 'States department of ngrlculturo and the University of Nobraska co-operating. Tho market service was estab lished at Alliance with a government agent In charge. He gets out dally market roports for distribution to the growers. This bulletin tells tho prices In all the cities and tho relative sup plies In each. It also gives tho prlcos paid In each city. It shows the num ber of cars being shlppod from the va rious fields and tho prices at each market. Tho saving to Nebraska growers has been closo to $200,Q00 this season. According to A. E. Anderson, county agent leader at tho state farm, thero soemod to bo a combine among the buyers which had sot a maximum prlco from which they refused to budge until govornmont mon got on their trail. Whon tho potato bulletins first wero Issued, tho tubers sold for 60 cents a bushel. Now they sell from SO to, 95 cents. Paying the Depositors. Sight drafts on 840 stato banks, for the amount duo from each one ns Its proportion of tho stato guaranty fund to pay depositors In the failed Farm ers State bank of Decatur havo been mailed from tho .office of tho stato banking board to D. D. Whitcomb of Decatur, the receiver of tho defunct Institution. The total sum being drawn out of the fund for paymont of depositors is 179,051.81. Tho largest amount con tributed by any one bank Is 174.44, that being the share assessed to tho First Savings bank of Lincoln. Tho smallest draft is on the First Savings bank of Aurora for 14.69. After this money is withdrawn from tho guaranty fund, there will still be left a little mora than $1,100,000 on hand. The cash remains in posses sion of tho banks themselves, being held as a special reserve for the guar anty fund, and tho state calls for it only as money Is needed to reimburse depositors In failed banks, Plre Prevention Day November 3, aHate Fire Commissioner V. S. Rid gell la In favor of preparedness against the "rod plaguo of the lira Head," and endorses t In a bulletin calling attention to tho importance of Are prevention day, November 3. Ho backs it up with a proclamation stgnod by Governor Morohoad. This Is tho stato firo commissioner's annual call to the people, his annual sounding of the alarm over tho loss of property by Are, Mr. Rldgoll says tho annual loss by fire In the United States Is $250,000, 000. and tho loss in Nebraska In S3 . 000,000. Ho desires peoplo to tako an Interest in ways and moans to provent fires. He says commercial clubs and women's clubs can do much to assist in this work. Teachers in public schools are required by law to giro I Instructions a cejrtaln number of hours in fire precentlon. Last Stage of Military Training. Nebraska troops' aro about to enter upon what is thqught to be tho last stage of their military training at Camp Llano Grande, Plans laid for the drill include a two or throoday hlkei for the Fifth roglmont, under full equipment and with emergency ra tions. The route of tho long march was either to tho Rto Qrnndo, making & one or two-day camp, or west from Llano Grando to Hidalgo and return. The Fourth roglmont will probably tako tho hike a wook or two later. Tho object of tho long march is to Klvo the troops training In making and breaking temporary camps, In field cookery nnd othor work connect ed with an actual conquest, approxi mating thoso conditions mot with In war. tU Librarians Elect Officers. The twonty-socond annual moeting of tho Nebraska library, association closed Friday morntng. Tho old offi cers wero re-elected. They aro: Prosl dent, M. G. Wyor of Lincoln : first vice president, Miss Anna C. Kratnph of North Platto; second vice-president, Miss Katlo Schwartzlauder of Omaha; secretary-treasurer, Miss Mary K. Ray of Lincoln. Tho mooting place for 1917 was left to tho executive commit tee; The Cornhuskor football squad, twenty players strong, accompanied by Hoad Coach Dr. E. J. Stowart, As sistant Coaeh Dick Rutherford, Ath letic Manager Guy E. Reed, tho univer sity cadet band and some forty rooters left Tuesday night on the longest Jaunt over taken by a Nobraska foot ball team, Tho Huskcri will go to Portland, Oro., to raqet tho Oregon Ag glee thero next Saturday afternoon. With tho Oregon Aggies recognlzod as ono of tho greatest elevens on tho Pacific coast, the game bear an Im portant relation to. comparative stand ings In Intersections! football. COMPANIE8 FILE PROTEST Say Smith Law Results In Double Taxation Sccrotary 0. E. Benieckcr has com- I tllntn1 ri tnmnlltnMnn fit flirt lav fnr 7016 which oxpreBB companies must pay tho state under the Smith express tax law. Tho law requires tho com panies to pay the state 2 por cent of their gross earnings In Nebraska. The companies report their gross earnings for tho year ending Juno 30. This yoar, as usual, the express companies filed such a report accompanied with tho usual statement that the tax Is filed under protest. Tho allege tho Smith law results In double taxation and Is, therefore, unconstitutional. j-Last yoar tho total tax paid by threo express companies was 119,000. ' Draft of Sample Dollot. Very few changes wero made in tho draft for tho ballot at tho November cluctlon whon a conference between Secretary of Stato Charles W. Pool and representatives of tho Nebraska Dry Federation, tho Prosperity League and tho democratic and republican stato committocs were hold Friday morning. Ono change was suggested In ordor to glvo tho votors a clearer under standing of tho ballot. It was agreed botwoon Chairman W. T. Thompson of tho Nebraska federa tion nnd Prosident L. F. Crofoot of tho Prosperity loaguo that the heading "proposed amendment" should be printed ovor tho proposition Involving tho wot nnd dry Issue, which comes first on tho ballot. Secretary Pool adopted tho suggestion and said ho would confer with Clarcnco Harman as to somo hoadllno to appear ovor tho food commission amendment, which comes second. Traveling Men May Cast Their" Votes This year, for tho first tlmo In No braska in a presidential olectlon, vot ers unable to bo at homo on olectlon day are not to bo doprlved of their franchise. Tho state "vote by mall law," passed h ythe 1913 legislature, will tako caro of them. Particularly Interested are traveling men and rail road men, whoso duties force them away from home. Under tho provisions of the "vote by mail" law, any ollglble voter may voto on tho national and stato tlckot, no mattor whore in Nebraska ho may be. Ho may voto on congressman provided ho Is in his home congressional die trlct. Companies Will Be Increased Commandant Parker of tho cadot regiment has sont to tho war depart ment an application for a detail of sov oraljiou-commlssloned officers and pri vates of tho resorve forcos to assist in training tho university cadots under the now national defense act. Tho commandant has received tho Instruc tions of the war department regard ing tho now form of training in uni versity and colleges, t6 qualify stu dents for commissions In tho reserve army. Little change will bp made In tho mothodB already employed at tho university, but tho slzo of tho comi panles will havo to bo Increased ana possibly tho strength of the band cut down. Defends State Employment Bureau "Having to work for a living during all of ono's natural life Is sufficient In Itself without having to bo grafted for tho privilege," sayB Stato Labor Com missioner Frank M. Coffoy, in a state ment Issued on his return from Om aha, whoro tho constitutionality of the stato employment agency regulation laws, fought by Omaha bonding and roforonco agoncles, has been argued boforo Judgo Sears. Agoncles in many InstancoB collect n foo from both employer and employe, ho says, and besides an application feo, tho omployo pays an additional foo of not less than 25 por cent of tho first month's wagos. Will Investigate Smlthftotd Wreck Tho Nebraska railway commission will Investlgato tho 8mlthflold railroad wrocK with a vlow to ascertaining Its cause. Tho interstate commorco com mission will probably do likewise, Tho state commission has teloKranhed thu lntorstato commorco commission sug gesting that tho two commissions co operate and hold a joint investigation and hearing. Two interstate, com mcrco commission inspectors who aro still in Lincoln Investigating tho box car shortage will probably bo assigned by tho federal commission to tako chargo of tho Investigation. No date has boon sot for tho holding of a hear ing on tho Smlthnejd disaster. Governor Morehead has Issued a proclamation calling attention to a Joint resolution passed by congress asking President Wilson to appeal to pooplo of the United States to con tribute funds for tho rollot of Arme nian and Syrian people, Tho governor announces that the president has sot apart Saturday and Sunday, October 21 and 22, as days upon which people can make such contributions. Many now studonts aro registering for ontranco to tho school of agricul ture at tho state farm at Lincoln. Many New Students Register. Four hundred and twonty-flve stu dents had registered for the fall terra at tho school of agriculture at tho stato farm up to Friday noon. Two hundred and fifty of these are now stu donts. Students will be coming for several days yet So far the registra tion is running about forty above tho totals at this time last yoar. Offi cials aro greatly encouraged, at the Urge number of new students who are taking work. MAN PERILED WILSON MACHINI8T WHO ATTEMPTED TO BOARD PRESIDENT'S AUTO AT PITTSBURGH 18 HELD. CARRIED KNIFE AND LIQUID Richard Cullen, Would-Bo Assailant, Will Be Examined Regarding His Sanity Car on Wilson's Train De railed at Harrlsburg, Pa. Pittsburgh, Oct. 23. Itlchurd Cul len, twenty-two years old, a machinist who wus taken In custody, on Friday after attempting to Jump on. the run ning board of uu automobile In which President Wilson was riding hero, was examined by physicians and ordered sent to tho city homo, at MnyvleW for further observation regarding his san ity. ' Cullen denied that lie Intended harming thu president, saying he was not satisfied with tho administration's foreign policies and Just wantrd in talk to him. A bottle of liquid In a bug carried by Cullen wns found to contain medi cine, according to the police. A knifo with n blade live Inches long and sev eral wood chisels wero also In tho bug. Cullen has been nttendlng night school at n local technical Institute, working during the day for a steel company. llnriisburg, Pa., Oct. 23. As Presi dent Wilson's train was leaving here on Friday night a car Jumped the track. The train was delayed 15 min utes, but the president was not In jured. U. S. TROOPERS IN BATTLE Cavalrymen Engage In 45-Mlnuto Bat tle With Mexicans No Loss to Americans. San Antonio, Tex., Oct. 23. Ameri can troops nnd Mexicans clashed near San Jose In the Big Bend country, ac cording to n report received on Fri day by General Funston from Col. Jo soph Gaston, commander of the dis trict Tho fight lasted for 45 minutes. No losses were suffered by tho Americans, and Information Is lacking regarding loss among the Moxlcans. Colonel Gaston's report said that a band of about 30 Mexicans opened firo on a detachment, composed of 23 men of tho Sixth cavalry and Texas National Guard cavalry squadron, en gaged In patrol duty between Presidio and Ruldosa. Lieutenant Cudlngton of the Texas squadron commanding tho troops, ordered his men to return the fire. A vigorous exchange of shots con tinued, the Americans and Mexicans firing In skirmish formation from cov ered positions on either side of the Rio Grande. Whether tho Mexicans wero do fucto government trbops or members of a bandit bnnd was not known by General Funston. GERMANS DESTROY 3 "TANKS" British Armored Autos Battered to Pieces, Says Berlin Teutons Regain Positions. Berlin, Oct. 23. Tho largest part of Gorman trenches west of the road of Eoucourt l'Abbaye-lcMnrquo, lost to tho rlrltlsh on October 18, wero recaptured In tho Inst 24 hours, tho German war ofllco announced. Tho text of tho stntcmcut follows: , "Western theater During rainy weather thero was tin artillery duol on both sides of the Somme, which was vigorously maintained. "Tho Inrgest part of trenches west of tho road of Euucourt-l'Abboye-lo- Marquo taken by tho British on Octo bcr 18 was recaptured by attack. "It has Just beon reported that dur ing tho last great attack thu British used somo of tho much-trumpeted ar mored automobiles, so-called 'tanks.' Threo of them aro lying In front of our lines. They woro destroyed by our ar tillery tire." BREMEN GIVEN UP AS LOST Ranking German Representatives In Washington Concede Hope Is Abandoned for U-Boat. Washington, Oct. 21. Loss of tho German submarine merchantman Bre men virtually wus conceded Thursday by ranking Teutonic diplomats In po sition to bo familiar, with thu move ments of tho vessel. Tho Bremen Is now one month overdue. It wns admitted that German offi cials not only In tht8country but In Berlin wero without Information as o tho fnto of the submnrluo uinl Its crew of 25 men, All they know is that tho vessel set out for Amurlca from Brc mcnshnVcn and that it should havo nr river ut an American port soon uftor tho middle of last month. Two British Transports Sunk. Berlin, Oct.' 23. Tho nrmed British transports Crossbill and Sedek wero sunk In the Mediterranean by German submarines, says an official statement Issued on Friday by the German ad miralty. Conscience Hurts; Pays $1,100. Washington, Oct. 23, Tho treasury department's conscience fund whs en riched on Friday by n $1,100 contribu tion from nn uuknown person in Now York city, who sent a $1,000 bill and a $100 bill. CHESTNUTTING WASHINGTON STAR., w V It'll Require the November GREEK ROYALISTS RIOT ASSAULT FRENCH SAILORS AND ADMIRAL WHO SEIZED FLEET. Demonstrators Appeal to the U. 8. Le gation for Protection From In vaders Note Given King. London, Oct. 10. A Router's dis patch from Athens says: "Tho situation nppenrs to bo dan gerous. Thero have been royalist dem onstrations In tho streets. Vice Ad miral du Fournct, commander of tho entente allied fleet In the Mediter ranean, was hissed and a detachment of French sailors wns driven back by a hostile crowd. "A procession of some 4,000 malcon tents, headed by the Greek and Amer ican Hags, stopped outsldo tho Ameri can legation, protested against tho lanUing of foreign marines and de manded the protection of tho American minister, who was absent. "Tho demonstrators then paraded tho streets, singing the Greek national anthem." Vice Admiral du Fournct has hand ed tho Greek government a new note of nn extremely grave character, says a dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Athens. Following tho presentation of the noto King Con stantlne, It Is added, camo to tho capi tal In hasto from tho royal residence at Tatol. Tho railway stations of Athens nnd Piraeus, the city hall at tho capital nnd tho Cnstnlln barracks havo been occupied by 1,000 French nnd Italian sailors, while 150 bluejackets with two machine guns havo 'been stationed in tho municipal theater, according to a Router dispatch from Athens. MANIAC WRECKS FAST TRAIN Engineer Is Killed and Fireman May Die of Injuries at Manito woc, Wis. Manitowoc, Wis.. Oct. 21. Tho Ash land limited train on tho Northwest ern,., running from Chicago to Ashland, was wrecked in the local yards Wednesday night. Engineer Robert Fitzgerald of Milwaukee was killed and Albert Duchnlsc, fireman, of Green Bay, Is believed to bo hurled under tho wreckage, Several persons on the train received 'minor Injuries. Tho wreck wns caused by someono throwing n switch, after breaking n lock, anil turning the switch light In dicating n clear track. Tho englno rolled over on Its stdo and tho buggngo car and tender went Into-u ditch six feet down tho ombonkamt. It wns tho flfth attempt in several months to wrbek this train. VON KLUCK IS RETIRED German Field Marshal, Who Led Drive on Paris, Quits Vol untarily. Berlin, via London, Oct. 2L Field Marshal Alexander H. R. von Kluck, who commanded tho right wing of the Gcnnan army In Its sweep toward Par Is In the fall of 1014, has been placed on tho retired list, ut his own request Ho had novcr returned to tho front since ho was wounded by shrapnel fire. Take U. S. Beat Off Iceland. London, Oct. 2L Tho American fishing schooner Richard W. Clarko has been captured In tho wntcrs around Iceland nnd taken to Grimsby. Tho schooner Richard W. Clarke meas ures 803 gross tons. Naval Station Damaged. Washington, Oct. 21. Extensive damage to the naval aeronautical sta tion at Pensacola, Fla by the storm that swept the Gulf states was report ed to tho navy department In the first official report of tho storm's effect Frost to Open Them. QUAKE IN THE SOUTH SEVERAL CITIES HIT BY SHOCK8 AND HURRICANE. Wind Blows at Rate of One Hundred Miles an Hour at Mobile 3Mps Wrecked. Atlanta, Go., Oct. 20. Tho South was rocked by earthquake and swept by storm at the same time on Thurs day. While a tropical hurricane wns Haying tho gulf coast, earth tremors overturned chimneys nnd frightened many peoplo from their homes In Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee. The enrthquako did little damage, but n wind that reached n velocity of 114 miles an hour lifted roofs from houses at Pensncola, Fla., and sunk a number of vessels In tho harbor. One life was lost. The property loss was estimated at $1,000,000. Mobile reported that it had been touched more lightly, although the wind blew 110. miles nn hour., Two small buildings wero destroyed nnd a negro woman was killed by a live wire. Shipping at Mobllo had been warned and apparently suffered little harm. Two river steamers wero sunk, a schooner nnd a steamer were driven ashore and small boats wero lost. Tho earth shocks wero felt shortly after four o'clock nnd were severest in Montgomery and Birmingham, Ala., where swaying office buildings wero emptied within a few minutes. In theso cities chimneys were destroyed nnd articles wero hurled from shelves In residences nnd shops. The earthquake was felt, as far north ns Louisville, Ky., and east to Augusta, Go. Its duration was about three minutes and there wero two shocks. P RESCUE CHIEF DIES IN MINE Engineer .Seeding Entombed Men Is Asphyxiated by Deadly Gas Four Bodies Recovered. Fairmont, W. Vn.,Oct. 23. L. M. Jones, n mining engineer sent to Bar rack ville, near here, In charge of a trained crew from the Pittsburgh, sta tion of tho bureau of, mines to conduct tho work of rescuo at the Jamison mine, whero moro than a dozen men had been entombed by- an explosion, wns asphyxiated In tho workings. Tho body of Matthew Allison, the chief electrician, who was at work In the nine when the explosion occurred, was irought out. Threo other bodies were recovered, among them Allison's as sistant, A. W. Vance. TEUTONS DEFEAT RUSS ARMY Austro-German Force Cuts Foe's Line Near Lemberg 1,930 Prisoners Were Captured. Berlin, Oct 10. A crushing defeat of the Russian armies attacking tho Lemberg defense lines was announced on Tuesday by the war office. Tho Teutons took Russian trenches on n front of a mile and a half, taking 1,030 prisoners. Ten machine guns wero captured. I'erogrna, uct. iu. Following a bombardment tho Austro-German troops southeast of Lemberg havo be gun a series of counter-attacks. Big 'Increase In Exports. Now York, Oct. 23. Domestic ex ports from Now York during Septem ber wero greater by moro than $100, 000,000 than, shipments In tho corre sponding month of 1015, according to Malone, collector of the port Crude Oil at Record Price. Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct 23. Crude oil went back to its record price here when tho principal purchasing agen cies, at the opening of tho market, announced un advance of ten cents a barrel on all grades. LIRER SUNK BY MINE ALAUNIA OF CUNARD LINE SINKS IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL NEAR LONDON. FOUR OF CREW ARE MISSING- Two Hundred and Fifty-Five Passen gers Were Landed at Falmouth Boat Destroyed While on Way to Capital With 18,000-Ton Cargo. New York, Oct. 21. The Cunnrd. liner Alaunlri, bound from New York to Falmouth und London, was sunk on. Thursday by a mlue In tho English, channel. All of the 243 passengers on the liner wero lnndcd. at Falmouth before tho vessel struck tho mine, according to of llclnls of the Cunnrd lino here. Four members of the crew wero lost NewB of tho destruction of tho Alaunln was received by the Cunurd line In a cable gram. Passenger Superintendent P. W. Whutmough of the steamship line said1 that advices had been received that all of tho Alaunln's passengers had been landed at Falmouth, lie gave out this statement: "All of tho Alatunia's passengers were landed nt Falmouth on Tuesday morning. Some freight hud also been, taken from that liner nt that port. Wo had previously received n cablegram giving us this Information. Tho Alau nln wns on her way from Falmouth to thu Sullcy docks In London to unload: the balance of her freight when sho struck the mine." The Alaunln enrried 185 first-class passengers and 58 steerage passen gers. Officials of tho Sunord lino said they believed nil of tho passengers had beea landed nt Falmouth nnd that the ves sel struck the mine while on her way; from that port to London. The text of the cablegram nt the Cunard offices follows: "The Alnunla struck n mine in Eng lish channel this morning. Sank dur ing forenoon. Cnpt. H. M. Denlson. nnd majority of crow saved. Four missing." The Alnunla wns armed for defenso ngalnst submarines. Included nmong, her passengers wero ten Americans Sho sailed from New York on tho same day that fho German submarine U-5S-appeared In Newport harbor, leaving her pier about half an hour nfter tho undersea fighter was reported there. Tho report of the arrival of tho U-53-In American waters reached the Cu nard line officials Just before the Alau nln sailed. Cuptaln Roberts and As sistant Manager R. L. Walker went aboard and told -Captain Denlson to take every precaution. An effort was made to keep the news rt tho German submarine's arrival at Newport n se cret from tho passengers. It was possible, the steamship offi cials pointed out, that the passengers had been sent from Falmouth to Lon- don to save time. When the Alaunln left this port she carried 18,000 tontr of cargo, a large part of which con sisted of war supplies. Tho Alaunlu was n twin-screw steamship, built In 1013 nt Greenock, for the Cunard Canadian one-cnblu service. Sho wus 18,201 tons net reg ister,, 540 feet long nnd 04 beam. Fit ted with Marconi wireless nnd a sys tem of submarine signaling and with, accommodations for 2,140 passengers tho Alaunln was regarded ns ono of the ilncst vessels In tho service at the present time. U. S. UNABLE TO AID POLES- Wilson Says Rulers Refuse Assist ance From America Announces Failure of Plea. Shadow Lawn, Long Branch, N. J Oct. 10. President Wilson's efforts to get assistance from foreign rulers, fr stnrvlng Poland have failed. Tha president Issued n statement on Tues day announcing the failure of his pleu. Tho statement follows i "I hnvo now received replies from tho king of England, the president of France, tho emperor of Russia, tho em peror of Germany and the emperor of Austria to my letter of July 20, 101 0r In which I tendered tho friendly offices of tills government In negotiations looking to fresh consideration of the posslbillty and method of relieving Po land. "It appears, I regret to say, thut thero aro still Important difference between the allies and central power as to tho terms under which relief sup piles may bo sent to Poland. I am dis appointed that I havo not yet been suc cessful In Inducing the powers to con clude n definite settlement." Coal Scarce In Rome. Rome, Oct. 21. Owing to the, scur clty of coal, the authorities reduced public lighting to one-half and ordered nit public houses to close nt 10:3a o'clock nt night. Bayonne Strike Ends. Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 23, Bayonne' stormy days aro over. The last of the strikers to hold out havo returned to work and conditions nra fijaln normal at nil plants. All of the workers were taken back without prejudice. Woman Spy Condemned to Death. Paris, Oct. 23. It was announced hero that a court-martial at Marseilles has unanimously condemned to death for spying Mme. Goraeno Snnchcs, who beforo her marriage was Mnrla Llber dall of Dusseldorf.
