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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA DATES FOR COMING EVENTS. May 1-2 Modern Woodman State Camp at Norfolk. May 4 Group No. 2 Nebraska Hank ers' Association Convention at Co lumbus. May 8 Biennial Session A. O. U. W. Grand Lodge at Omaha. May 8-0 Knights of Columbus State Meeting at Alllnnee. May 12 State High School Track and Field Meet at Lincoln. May 1G-17-1S Annual Encampment Nebraska G. A. It., Ladles ot the G. A. It., Women's Relief Corps; Span ish War Veterans nnd Sons of Vet erans at Columbus. May 22-25 Nebraska Sportsmen's As sociation Annnnl Tournament at Fremont. May 21-25 Stnte Association of Com mercial Clubs' Mooting at Alliance. Juno 5-0-7 State Association of Post masters' Meeting at Lincoln. Three persons lost their lives when n rowboat In which they were at tempting to cross the Missouri at De catur swamped, as the result of the rise In the river, and turned over. The victims, two men and a woman, lived on farms on the Town side of the river. The Norfolk Commercial club Is ne cotlutlnc with the representative of an Iron foundry, which considers mov ing to that city. The tractor and stacker factory has developed the need for an Iron foundry there. The date of the Interscholastlc trad: meet of Nebraska high schools to bo hold nt Hastings, has been changed from May 11 to May 5, on account of the former date conflicting with the state college meet. Callaway Is showing Its patriotism by contributing a goodly number of recruits to tho Nebraska National guard. Up to April 18 twenty-two lads from that plnco had Joined Company L Fourth regiment. Mnny wheat Holds reported 50 per cent dead In Cheyenne county nro now a bright green and will make a largo yield. Tho recent heavy rains have worked wonders on tho crop. A Gate county tanner was nneu o nnd cost the other day when ho plead ed guilty to tho chnrgo of usln obscene lancuntro in conversing over tho telephone wtlh tho central' girl. Tho Dodgo county brnnch of the Nebraska Defense league held its first meeting at Fremont Inst Thursday. Over 800 persons have signified their Intention to Join the league. Members of Group No. 2, Nebraska Bankers' association will assemble at Columbus. May 22. for their annual meeting. Motormen and conductors on tho Lincoln street car lines quit work to enforce a demnnd for Increased wages nnd better working conditions. Citizens of Silver Creek nro mnklng an effort to secured Carnegie library building. A two-mill levy to sustain such nn Institution tins boon voted Prices of twenty-two staple food products show nn nverago Increase of 0G per cent In Omnha during the last six months. Cuming county Is making rapid strides toward tho organizing of a cotintv fair association, nnd tho en terpriso seems assured. Seed potatoes are n scarce article just now. At Norfolk tho other day not a bushel could bo bought In the city. Lightning struck n bnrn on the farm of Jacob Stan, near Greeley nnd nine liorses. three cows, a quantity of grnln nnd Implements wore destroyed Clover fields In Dodgo county are dead and will have to bo plowed up nnd seeded to other crops. It Is said Work hns commenced on ICenrney's now $200,000 hotel. Tho structure will bo seven stories high. Hundreds of tons of dead fish, most 1v carp and buffalo, strewn along tho bnnks of tho Elkhorn river In Dodgo onimtv nro being hauled by farmers onto fields for fertilization purposes The fish nro believed to have either frozen or smothered to denth during the past winter. Farmers In Dodge nnd surrounding enmities aro plowing up the winter whent fields nnd roedlnc to spring wliiMit or other grain. Much of the land will be planted to corn. It Is es tlmnted that there Is not over n tenth of tho winter wheat crop nllve. Tho big questions to be taken up by the Nebraska Association of Commer cial clubs at tho annual meeting next month at Alliance will bo lrrlgntlon. dry fnrmlng nnd co-opcrntlon between the farmer nnd fcdernl government In relntlon to tho present Intensive farm lng agitation. "If n stranger refuses to hnlt after helng challenged, shoot first and lnves ftirnto nfterwnrd." This Is an order given to guardsmen stationed on bridges nenr Omaha ns the result of nn attack on n member or company B recently. An npplo crop, fnr In excess of 1010, nnd probnbly nmong the largest yields in the state, Is predicted this year by horticultural experts unless unrore seen dryness of the summer should bo felt. Tho Gerlng Community club Is con ducting a campaign to obtnln support fnr n munlclpnl band. It is planned to have a bnnd as n part of tho club's welfare work. Word hns reached Harrison that Fort Robinson, a military post 25 mil enst of town, hns been chosen as o truiuinff camp for soldiers. Ncbraskn Is tho only state that has not produced a single favornble roply for universal military training In n ennvass by tho National Security league of New York City. Mayors of cities of more than 5,000 In every slate wore asked to sum up the situa tion In their community. Of 5178 nnswers 200 favored a universal train ing lnw by congress. Thirty-four tnnyors said their citizens were op posed to such notion. Mayor William Madgett. Hastings, nnd former candi date for governor of Nebrnska. wrote that he was personally In favor of uni versal training, but said Hastings seemed to wnnt pence at any price. Five thousand Nebraska boys and girls nre expected to take part In home-school gardens In forty-five towns In tho stnto .which have taken up the work, under the direction of the agricultural extension service of the State university. Last year, 2.222 boys and girls in twenty-five towns and cities took nnrt In the protect. As n result of their work, 1,259 back yards and .115 vncnnt lots grew gar dens. Tho total receipts from these gardens was nenrly $12,000 In nddl tion to nearly $2,000 worth of canned products. Directors of the South Omnha Live Stock exchange passed a resolution urging all stockmen nnd farmers in this trade territory to discontinue marketing young cattle, hogs and sheep nnd further urged that they put to the fullest use all rough pasture and grain In feeding, raising nnd fat tening cattle. This ttction was taken In co-operation witn n nationwide campaign now being cnrrled on by the National Live Stock exchange In the conservation of meat and food sources. Following the plea of President Wil son that tlio people ot tins nation bend every effort toward conserving its productiveness and resources of all kinds In this time of war, tho Union Pacific issued circulars to 15. 000 of Its employes between Omaha nnd Ogden, nnd on the branches, urg ing the men linmcdlntely to plant gar dens, as largo as they enn secure nnd handle. Blanche Trader, 2-year-old daughter of William Trader, a farmer living near Ashland, was killed by being drawn into a corn sheller driven by steam power. Her little Doily was literally crushed nnd chopped Into shreds. The little girl was playing about the sheller and was drawn Into tho machine before shu was seen. Be- foro the power could bo shut oil! she had been pounded Into Its jaws. A rancher In Holt county hns a Shetland pony that Is very much hu man. Tlie nniinni eats peanuts aim candy nnd chews gum like any ordi nary person. Its owner offered tho horse a chew of tobacco the other day and to his astonishment It took a good sized chew of tho weed. Officers of the Deutsche Krlcger- bund Landwehr Vereln of Bentrlco gave to tho postmaster u German Hug belonging to their order and request ed that It bo forwarded to President Wilson "as proof of the loyalty of Germnns veterans." Tho Dorsey ranch In Dodgo county, formerly owned by Congressman G. W. IS. Dorsoy, wns sold at referee's sale for $35 an aero. Tho ranch com prises 000-ncres. John Lingo of Es sex, la., bought It, paying $70,500. Farmers In tho vicinity of Mason City hnvo expressed the opinion win ter whent is not as badly hurt us previous estimates indicnted. With warm rains tho wheat is coming out nicely. A movement Is on foot nt Hastings to erect nn nudltorlum In tho city that will cost In tho neighborhood of $00,000. Gngo county farmers nre contemplat ing planting more corn this year than ever before. James Peters, nn old army man, Is organizing a company of rookies nt Harrison. One Nehrnskan was Indicted on a charge of threatening the president of the United Stntes by tho federal grand Jury nt Omaha. Ho Is Henry Van Tlghre. Clearwater. He was placed under a bond of $3,000. Pen nlty for tho offenso Is $1,000 flno or five years In prison, or both. Seven hundred telegraph poles were blown down nnd several hundred miles of telegraph line put out of com mission on the Burlington west of McCook by tho sleet nnd snowstorm thnt swept over that section of tho state Just recently. Sixty city lots thnt ordlnnrlly grow to weeds have been lensed by tho rromont Community Garden club, plowed nnd harrowed and will bo as signed to members of the club for gnrdenlng. A rentnl of $2.50 n lot will bo chnrged and nsslstnnco In a finnnclnl way will bo given those who are unnblo to pay for seed at the time of planting. Interest In tho move ment Is growing. Tho revlvnl meeting held In the MethodlRt church at Cedar Itaplds re sulted in sixty-five conversions nnd many reconsecrntlnns. The Now Friends' church nt Spring bnnk, Dixon county, wns dedicated re cently. The new church cost about $0,500. Sprlngbank Is the oldest re llglous organization In northeastern Nebraska. Tho farmers In the vicinity of Brunlng turned out en masse tho other day and hnuled gravel onto tho streets of tho town and In apprecia tion of tho work the Brunlng com munity club gave them n banquet. There Is an unusual scarcity of hay In Gage county and it la hnrd to buy at any prlco. FREKH IN BIG DRIVE I PRISONERS TAKEN IN FOUR DAYS TOTAL 19,000 ADVANCE IS UNCHECKED. MORE THAN 100 GUNS TAKEN Further Progress Made by General Nl vellc's Troops North of the Aisnc, In Champagne and the Argonne Forest, Paris Reports. Paris, April 23. Hard lighting con tinues between the French nnd the Germans all along the southern front In France. The French war office, In Its latest cointnunloutlon, records fur ther progress for the forces of General Nlvelle north of the Alsne, In Cham pagne and in the Argonne forest. More than 10,000 Germans have been ninde prisoner nnd guns In excess of 100 have been captured by the French since the offensive began last Monday. "To the north of the Alsne our troops, harassing the enemy, have con tinued to progress toward the Chemln des Dames. We have occupied the vil lage of Saucy," says the report. "About, six o'clock this evening, after violent preparation by their ar tillery, the Germans launched nn at tack with large effectives In the region of Allies and Hurteblse, which was broken by the fire of our artillery and machine guns nnd completely dis persed. The artillery fighting In tills region continues very effective. "In tho Champagne we have cap tured several Important points of sup port Iti the grove of Monronvllllers. notwithstanding tho stubborn resist ance of tho enemy." Fighting In the Argonne Is the new feature of the report. "In tho Argonne," says tho official statement, "after sharp lighting our de tachments penetrated tip to the second enemy trenches.' They found a great number of German dead." The afternoon report told of violent fighting during the night. In tho course of which the French made further gains In the region of Luffuux nnd the Vnuolerc plateau. Several Maes of trenches east of Lolvrc were captured. Heavy counter-attacks by the Germans in the Champagne were repulsed. GENERAL VON BISSING DEAD German Governor General of Belgium Dies Von Zwehl Named as Successor. London, April 20. Renter's Amster dam correspondent says that, accord ing to a Brussels dispatch General von Blsslng, German governor general In Belgium, died Wednesday evening. Another dispatch from Amsterdnm says General von Zwehl hns been named us his tempornry successor. General von Blsslng was appointed governor general of Belgium In Novem ber, 1014, In succession to General von der Goltz. Ho was born In 1844. Gen eral von Blsslng came Into prominence many times, notably In connection with the execution of Miss Edith Ca vell, in frequent clashes with Cardlnnl Mercler nnd In tho deportation of Bel glnns. FLAGS ON THE PLOWS Ocllln, Ga April 20. "Null a Hag to your plow and work for your country us you would fight for her," Is the slogan adopted by farmers of Ben Hill Hnd Ir win counties. Preparations nro under way today by n commit tee of safety of the two counties to provide tho flags, following a mass meeting here, nt which south Georgia farmers wero urged to produce larger food crops. KILL STRIKERS IN GERMANY Kanser's Troops Slay Krupp Rlote Town Is Besieged Magdeburg Scene of Outbreak. London, April 23. Ten thouand strikers, mostly munition workers, tried to burn the townhall of Mng deburg, according to a dispatch to tho Exchange Telegraph company from Oldenznul, Holland. Soldiers fired on tho rioters, killing nnd wounding many, nnd the town now is in u stnte of siege. NICARAGUA BACKS THE U. S. Central American Nation Has Aligned Herself With the Latln-Amer-lean States. Washington, April 20. Nicaragua ha aligned herself with tho Latin Amerlcnn nations Indorsing tho entry of the United States In tho war with Genuuny. American Fined In Japan. Yokohama, Japan, April 23. Ralph Hoyt, formerly of Utlcu, N. Y., was convicted of violating the lnw for tho protection of military secrets nnd fined $10. The Judge found Thayer had no Intention of violating the law. Brazil Labor Spurns War. Rio de Janeiro. April 23. The Fed eration of Labor notified tho govern ment that Its workers will not fight In the event of war, adding that tho gov ernment "had better employ Idle work men than to engage In war." THE VICTORIOUS HOSTS GERMANY HITS FIRST U-BOAT ATTACKS AMERICAN STROYER SMITH. DE- U. S. Vessel Escapes Damage When Torpedo Misses Target Thirty Yards Blockade Seen. Washington, April 10. Amerlcnn pa trol ships aro sweeping the North At lantic const of the United States In nn effort i locate nnd destroy the Ger man submarine which fired u torpedo nt the United States destroyer Smith. The presence of enemy submerslbles In American waters indicates that the threatened German subnuuino block ado of American Atlantic ports has begun. This announcement wns mndo on Tuesday at tho navy department: "Reported from Flro Island lightship to the naval stations at Boston and New York nt 3:30 u. in., on tho 17th, an enemy submnrlne wns sighted by the U. S. S. Smith, running apparently submerged. Submnrlne llred a torpedo at the U. S. S. Smith, which missed her by 30 yards. Tho wako of tho torpedo was plainly seen crossing tho bow. Subniarlno disappeared." The navy department nnnounced that tho report of tho Smith's encoun ter had been substantiated by official Investigation. No further details nro nvnllnhlo here. 6,000 MACHINE GUNS FOR U. S. Once Rejected Fleldplece Becomes Im portant Factor In Entente Armaments. Wnshlngton. April 20. Emergency orders for 0,000 Lewis machine guns for the army nnd navy hnvo been placed by the government, although tho American-made weapon, which hns been tho subject of such bitter controversy, has not been ndopted ns tlio standnrd light mnchlne gun for tho army. Tests of the Lewis and other light weapons will take placo May 1, It wns said at the department, as a result nf which u final decision would bo reached. Tho Lewis gun. once re lected by the American government, hns become one of the great factors of tho entente armaments on tho west em front. WILSON TO CONTROL EXPORT Senate Commerce Committee Kecom mend6 the Passage of tho Fernald Bill. WnRhlocton. Anrll 20. Tho senate commerce committee unnnlmously vot ted to recommend passage of tho Per- nnld bill, giving the president nbsoluto nuthorlty over exports "so ns to Insure their wise, economical and profitable distribution to other countries." Italians to Aid U. 8. Rome, April 20. Italian newspapers aro considering the possibility or reg ularlzlng the situation of Italian sub jects In tho United States who havo not responded to the call to tho colors by utilizing them in mllltnry cstniinsn ments In tho United stntes. Boys March in Chicago. Chicago, April 21. Three thousand high school boys paraded through tho downtown district In the afternoon, to show thnt the youth of tho nation was ready for active service, whenever th call Is given by Undo Sam. Yankees Reply to Snipers. El Paso, Tex., April 21. Snipers who fired at nn American sentry sta tinned at tho viaduct In the suburbs wero fired upon In return. Ono Mexl con was seen to fall after a volley had been fired ucross tho border. OF LIBERTY RETURNING STRIKE IN GERMANY MUNITION PLANTS ARE AFFECT- ED, TAGEBLATT SAYS. Soldiers and Police Guard Imperial Castle Beset by Great Crowd Some Windows Smashed. Copenhagen, April 20. Tho number of strikers In Berlin Is placed lu even tho semiofficial report nt 125,000, nnd Is distributed, uccordlng to tho Tngo- blatt, through machine works, some lectrlcal establishments, and part of the munition plants. Tho Tageblutt's statement Is Interesting In viow ot a Uspatch from the olllclnl press bureau denying that munition factories nro af footed. The Tageblatt says, however, that tho great munition industry nt Spandau has not been Involved. Reports In idl tho Berlin ucwspn pers which have arrived agree In say lug thnt most of the demonstrators wero orderly, although roughs resort ed to occasional window breuklng in Unter den Linden, Friedrlch nnd Lolp zlg streets and other central thorough fares. Soldiers us well ns police wero used In cordons thrown about Unter den Linden and thu imperial castle. Great crowds gathered in the neighborhood of the custle during tlie day nnd thu temper of tho crowd, especlnlly tho women, is uescribeu as extremely uu ter. Tho strikers denounced tho farmers, tho wholesalers and tho government lu equal measure for responsibility for tho food situation. Even socialist leaders that opposed the strike madu It evident to the authorities that a fur ther curtailment of rations from any cause could not bo home. DRAFT WILL GET SLACKERS Men Who Married to Escape Military Service Will Not Escape, 8ays Ruling. Washington, April 21. Men who married to avoid military servlco will not escape, according to a ruling of tho war department made on Thursday. liie ruling provides that men who havo become husbands since the outbreak of the war with Germany will be consid ered eligible to conscription, Tho de partment urged that newspapers glvo wido publicity to the ruling. FOOD CONSERVATION PLAN Secretary Houston Recommends That Government Be Authorized to Fix Prices During War. Washington, April 23. Secretary ot Agriculture Houston, replying to a res olution asking for n comprehensive food conservation plan, recommended to tho senate that tho government ho authorized to fix food prices during tho war period. Legislation to carry out his recommendation probably will bo laid before tho senate within u fow dnyB. May Recruit In U. 8. Washington, April 10. Tho sonnto passed unanimously tho Culberson bill legalizing recruiting by tho entente nl lies In the United States. Special Law for Roosevelt. Albany, N. Y., April 23. A bill do signed to uuthorlzo tho governor to ap point Col. Theodoro Roosevelt a major general of tho National Guard was In troduced lu thu legislature on Fri day. No Steps for "Dry" Nation. Washington, April 23. Final de termination of tlie government's atti tude on tho production of Intoxicating liquors during tho wur will await tho return to the United States of Herbert C. Hoover. I L VOLUNTEER PLAN SHOWN TO BE FAILURE, SAYS WILSON IN LETTER. MEANS SERVICE FOR ALL "Public Authority Shall Choose Per sons for Military Service and for Rest of Nation's Work" Majority Report to Senate Favors Plan. Washington, April 21. President Wilson sent u letter to Representative Helveting of Kansas explaining and strongly supporting tho administra tion's army bill with Its selective con scription plan. The letter ludlcated the purpose of the administration to Insist upon enactment of the measure vigorously. It follows: "I welcome the Inquiry of your let ter of April 11) because I have realized tlie truth of what you say from my own observations, namely, that what Is meant to be understood by the se lective draft Is not generally under stood throughout the country. "The process of tlio draft Is, I think, very clearly sot forth lu the hill draft- ed by the war department nnd which so earnestly hope the congress will adopt, but It Is worth while to state the Idea which underlies thu bill u lit tle inoro fully. "I took occasion the other day In nn address to tho people of the country to point out tho many forms of patriotic service that were open to them nnd to emphasize tho fact that thu mllltnry part of tho service was by no means tho only part, and perhaps, nil things considered, not the most vital part. 'Our object Is u mobilization of nil the productive nnd active forces of tho nation nnd their development to tho highest point of co-operutlon nnd effi ciency nnd tho Idea of tho selectlvo draft Is that those should bo chosen for service In the army who can bo most readily spared from the prosecution of tho other activities to which It must de vote a great deal of Its best energy nnd capacity. "Tho volunteer system docs not do this. When men chooso themselves they sometimes choose without duo re gard to their other responsibilities. Men may come from tho farms or from tho mines or from tho fuctorles or cen ters of business who ought not to come, but ought to stand hack of the armies In the field and see that they get everything thnt they need nnd that tho people of the country uro sustnlncd In tho meantime. "Tho principle of the selectlvo draft, lu short, has at its heart this Idea, thnt there Is a universal obligation to servo nnd that a public authority should chooso those upon whom tho obligation of mllltnry service sliall rest and also In n sense choose those who shall do tho rest of tho nntlon's work. "Tho hill If ndopted will do more, I believe, than any other single Instru mentality to create tho Impression of universal service In tho army and out of It, and If properly ndmtulstcrcd, will be a grcnt source of stimulation. "Those that feel that wo nro turning away altogether from tho voluntary principle seem to forget that somo 000, 000 men will bo needed to fill the runks of the regular army nnd tho National Guard and that a very great field of Individual cnthustnsm lies there wldo open." SIX DIE AT INDIANAPOLIS Flaming Fluid Causes Loss of Ltfo In Office Building Twenty Hurt In Fleeing Blaze. IndlunnpollB, April 21. Six persons were burned to death on Thursdny in tho Colfax olllco building nnd apart ment house on Merldun street, oppo site University park. About twenty panic-stricken persons wero Injured slightly In trying to escape. Tho dend aro: Dr. Martha 13. Keller, burned to death; Harry ltovviand, eighteen, em ployee of tho Colo Motor compnny; Mrs. Grlflln, aged fifty; Miss Leonn Griffin, eighteen, employed nt tho Hol land photo studio; Robert Grlflln, four teen, son of Mrs. Griffin; unidentified woman. Tho flro followed nn oxplo- slnu In rooms occupied by n film ex change. A Htrcnk of what seemed to bo flaming fluid permeated nil of tho second floor, cntchlng somo of tho vic tims so they hnd no chnnco to escnpo. The victims were burned blnck. ELKUS HAS SPOTTED FEVER, United States Ambassador to Turkey Said to Be Seriously III at Constantinople. Tho Hague, April 21. Ambnssndor Elkus of tho United Stntes Is seriously HI nt Constantinople with spotted ty phoid, according to a dlsputch from Berlin. Tho Vosslscho Zeltung says that a German specialist Is assisting tho embassy physician. Montgomery, Aotor, Is Dead. Chicago, April 23. "Davo" Mont gomery, who, with his stage partner, Fred Stone, madu thousands luugh, died In tho Presbyterian hospital hero from u complication of Illnesses. Ho was In tho hospital since March 12. British Smash Turk Lines. London, April 23. Turkish positions In Pulestlno over a front of nearly seven miles havo been smashed by a now British ndvanco say official dis patches received on Friday from head quarters lu Cairo. UK OF
