The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, April 27, 1917, Image 3

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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.
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