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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1917)
THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA Dr. Dcucll, government hog cholera export, who has hurt charge of the work In Richardson county the past ynw, has hoon notified to take up tho work In Lancaster, Otoe, Saline and Cass counties. The Investigation In Rlc-lwmlsoii county will he discon tinued so far as furnishing a man Is concerned. The new $20,000 homo for hoys, be ing tho second unit In the building program on the orphanage site of the Masons or .Nenruskii nortn or Fre-J mont, was formally dedicated Justl recently. Frederick L. .Temple, grand master of Lexington, was In chnrge. Masons from nil pnrts of Ncbrudku were present. Disloyal and unpatriotic acts are no longer to be countenanced In Madison county. Officers and heads of com mittees of tho county council of de fense meeting at Norfolk have de nounced pro-Ocrmun talk and planned to glvo federal authorities prompt notice of dlsloyulty In any form. Preparations are being completed for the second annual roundup at Ognllala July 3, 4 nnd 5. Profession al riders from Montana, Arizona nnd New Mexico hnvo entered the contest for $2,000 In prizes. Tho affair Is under the auspices of tho Keith Coun ity Community club. Ilnrry Van Horn, 8-ycnr-old Ron of fEdltor A. C. Van Horn of tho Mondow 'Grovo News Is probably the youngest Nebrnsknn to "do Ids bit" In tho great war. He purchnscd n $00 Liberty bond with saving given hltn by his parents, relatives and friends. Logon, Franklin, Custer, Kearney jnnd Buffalo counties nro considering filing application .for road aid under tho federal provision. A co-operative (movement Ih now on foot to that end, tho Kearney Commercial club Insti gating It. Rev. F. A. High, for mnny years superintendent of tho Omalin district lof the nntl-saloon league, has been ap pointed to the Methodist pastorate nt Randolph to succeed Itev. Mr. Trump, who died very suddenly n few weeks ngo. Tho Fremont city council pnRscd n (dog ordinance, requiring that canines bo kept penned' up from April 15 to September 15. It Ih believed Fremont 1n Jlio first town In Nebraska to put tho ban on tho dog nulsnncc. Charles Ely of Madison received $13.50 per hundred pounds for three carloads of dehorned heifers on tho South Omaha markot tho other day, It being tho highest price over paid for cattlo on that market. ft. W. Johnston, past president of tho Northwestern Hotel Men's asso ciation, nnd one of tho most widely known hotel men In tho mlddlo west, will mnnngo tho Evnns hotel nt Co; lumbus. McCook hns undertaken to rnlso n company of men for tho Sixth regi ment. A mnss meeting to that end was held nt which much enthuslnsm was manifested. Tho Lutheran synod meeting nt Mil waukee, Wis., voted $100,000 t bo used In building additions to Luth eran schools. The school nt Seward Is to hnvo a now addition. Tho Bcntrlco board of education has fixed tho levy for Hchool purposes for tho ensuing year at $00,000, u sub stantial increase over last year. A movement Is on foot in Bcntrlco to bond the city to the sum of $50,000 for the purposo of constructing n municipal lighting plant. Flro of unknown origin destroyed two buildings nnd damaged a third at Avr. near Hastings, cnuslng a loss of $2,000. Eddyvlllo lins taken a hand In Tied Cross work by organizing an auxiliary to the society. Tho auxiliary has fifty four members. Nebraska lumbermen, and all retail merchants for that matter, will watch with Interest tho battle scheduled to begin In Washington July 81, when lumbermen recently charged by tho federal trade commission with anti trust lnw violations hnvo their Inning boforo thnt body. Omaha took first place among ro erultlng offices of the Central division of the United Stntos army for tho week ending June 14. Enlistments for tho week In Omnlm totalled 181; In Chicago 173; Des Moines 80 and Kan sas City 174. Ed Hlckoy, a stockman, living thrco miles south of Gretna, went west not long ngo arid surprised his neighbors by coming hack with some long-legged, rnzordmcked hogs, with Knouts ' so long they could nlntost drink from Jugs. Itlchnrdson coutfty 1b cnrrylng on various activities to aid In tho wnr. Young men nro enlisting, plans are under wny to organize lied Cms chnpters In n number of towns and wibscrlptlnns are being taken for the Y. M. C. A. war work. Sports win not ho abandoned by Omaha educational Institutions on ac count of tho wnr. Crelghton univer sity, Omnha university, Rellovue and tho threo high schools Intend to mnln tnln full activities In nil athletlrs. The Omnhn-IJnc.nln-Denver highway lending to tho Ashlnhd bridge over tho Platte river, damaged by tho flood, linn boon repaired nnd travel nlong till road Is now good. Bonds for $25,000 for a new city nail carried nt Chadron by a majority far In excess of tho necessary two thirds vote. U Hastings wus selected as the next meeting place of the .Htnto .Sunday School association at the closing ses sion of the golden Jubilee held at Omaha. Otoe county won tho Ameri can ling for having tho largest attend ance nt the convention, Richardson county the conquest Hag for traveling tho moHt miles. Officers elected were us follows: President, K. It. .Mathers, Falls City; vice president, C. C. Jv'ost cott, Plattsmouth ; recording net-rotary, Mrs. Alonu C. Little, Lincoln; treasurer, L. C. Oberlles, Lincoln; board of directors: Prof. F. M. Gregg, Peru; II. S. Westbrook, Dunbar; J. L. Duff, Omaha; A. .1. Alfonl, Genoa; H. Lomax, Hroken How; A. L. Krnuso, i -. onn "cn- 'Pr H "''"-" "" convention show that the 7 leading Protestant denominations In Nebras ka have a total of 1,870 Sunday schools with a membership of 188,080. Tralso for their "Americanism" was bestowed upon former Mayor Everett Evans of North Platte and Albln San dall, merchant of North Platte by Secretary of tho NavyDanIu,l when they enlisted In tho navy us stokers. Tho men desired to enlist as seamen, but wore told they were too old to enlist as anything else, than stokers. Secretary Daniels promised to watch the career of the men. Evans nnd Snndnll nro both of fine families and nro capable of making big money In other walks of life. Actual cost to tho federal govern ment for securing tho names, occupa tion, etc., of Nebraska youths under tho selcctlvo draft act will total ap proximately $800. Tho county filing tho largest expense Is Lincoln, $110, which Is the largest In tho state. Most counties filed no expense, while a few put n little expense. Governor Neville Is confident that Nebraska put Into effect the registration of men un der the conscription act with less ox penso than most of tho western states. South Omnha police are Investigat ing a statement made by nn arrested I. W. XV. member that L XV, XV. men wore on their way to harvest fields to stop tho harvest. "Wo aren't looking for work," tho mnn said. , "ve'ro on our way to tho harvest fields, and we are going to stop the hnrvests unless wo nro paid $5 a day. Police can throw a few hundred of us In tho coop, but they can't stop us." Ten I. W. W. men nro In Jnll there. Labor troubles In Omnha which hnvo kept building ' operations nt u standstill for tho pnst two months nro expected to bo cleared up In tho near future. Every business concern In tho city, all labor unions nnd every Individual workman Is enjoined from Interfering with business nnd ordered to restoro It to Its condition, provlous to tho wnr by an Injunction Issued by Judgo Lesllo of tho district court. Crops In Nebraska as estimated by Burlington ofllclnls on Juno 10 nro us follows i Winter wheat, 12.0Q0.000 bushels, as against 04,000,000 Inst year; spring wheat. 0.000,000 bushels, as against 8,000,00(5 last year; Oats, 08.000,000 bushels, as against 80,000, 000 Inst year, and barley 4,500,000 bushels, as against 8,000,000 last year. Lucy Itlchnrdson, 15 years old, was Instantly killed nnd seven other young girls and boys were Injured when nn automobile In which they wcro riding turned over near IIndnr In Plerco county. The car was being driven nt high speed when It went over a newly graded road niid turned ovor In n ditch. At a meeting of the stockholders of tho Nebraska Portland Cement Co. nt Superior the company was reorgan ized and renamed the Nebraska Ce ment Co., with headquarters In Su perior. It Is planned to put tho plant -In good running order. Nebraska snowed Kansas under on subscriptions to tho Liberty loan, tho total In this stnto being $18,700,750 to $13,535,500 for the old Jayhawk rival. At a special election held nt Avocn warrants were voted on to tho amount of $5,000 for tho establishing of nn electric light system for Avocn. Oago county farmers ore opposing tho removal of the United States bu reau of animal Inistry from Bcntrlco to tho state farm nt Lincoln. Tho bu reau was established In Ilcntrlco In 1013 nH an experiment nnd has proven successful In hog cholera eradication work In this section of tho stnto. A boost of approximately $200,000 Is made In the personnl property of Dodgo county In figures compiled by tho county assessor. Tho total as sessed value of tho county Is almost $10,000,000. Last year It was $0,773, 000. Nebraska Liberty bond subscrip tions ns nnnounced by tho Kansas City Federal Iteservo bonk, totnls $17,800,700. Omaha's total Is $8, 085.050.; Llncun, $1,871,700; county banks, $7,285,050. This stnto's quota, figured In ndvnnco, was $10,500,000, John, nnd .Tames Bowen, farmers living near Stella, nro getting $30 a day from oil lenses on land owned by them near Blxby, Okla. They hnvo owned the land for ten yenr.4, but It Is only lately tfint they hnvo received returns. Henry , Brenner, grain denlor nt Stella, shipped 1,800 bushels of whent lost week and Is getting his bins ready to receive tho new crop. Ho Is of tho opinion that new whent will sell on tho local market for at least $2. Active work has begun In Madison county to recruit a bnttallon for the Sixth Nebrnskn nntlonnl guard, which Is to conslBt of four companies of 150 men ench. Oinohn bank clearings for tho week ending Juno'lO marked up n gain of 00 per cent over the corresponding week last year, ,! ; 1 Striking wo-up view ol u. lng turrets. 2 -dipt. Geoffrey Harper Bunnell, an Amerlian member of the Itoynl British Hying corps, who brought to death Captain Hoelke, the famous Germun aviator, and Is now In America helping recruit Britons. 3 Sentries In the Alps on the Swiss border. 4 New photograph of King Alfonso of Spain nnd his staff at military maneuvers ; Internal disorders threaten the king's throne. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Government Is Now Going After the Food, Munition and Fuel Pirates. CONTROL BILL IN CONGRESS Other Agencies Attacking the Profit eers Plans Pushed for Huge Amer lean Air Army Russia Deter mined to Continue the War Against German Absolutism, By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Undo Sam lust week begun paying more special attention to tho pirates that Infest tho land the food pirates, the munition pirates, tho fuel pirates and all tho obnoxious brood of prof iteers whoso greed for money obliter ates their patriotism, If they ever hud any of the latter quality. Tho warfare against these men nnd corporations Is being carried on in tho way of Judlclul Investigations that will result In In dictments and In proposed legislation by congress. Tho lntter, of courso, Is tho administration food control bill, which tho president has been urging toward pnssago with tho forceful as sistance of Herbert O. Hoover. Mr. Hoover told n bunch of senators on Tuesday why tho mensure should bo passed, and answered nil tho objec tions of Its opponents, headed by Vnrd nmun, Goro nnd Iteed. In the house on Thursday Represen tatives Madden and Cannon of Illinois mndo an attempt to have cotton In cluded among tho articles to bo put under control, but tho Southern Dem ocrats rushed to tho rescue of tho cot ton planter nnd defented tho plan. Tho majority nlso voted down a proposition by Hnugcn of Iowo to lncludo cloth Ing, shoes nnd Implements In the mens ure. Tho opposition to tho bill In the house was weaker than In tho senate. Senator Slicrmnn of Illinois fiercely attacked tho mensure as one designed to fuvor tho city dweller nnd union In- bor and to Injure tho farmer, and ho took tho opportunity to suy some very severe things about tho administration, asserting It bad been nslecp for two years and now nnd wnked up Into hys- terlo. Daniels Jolts the Extortionists. Secretory Daniels became weary of the extortions of tho fuel mngnntes, nnd on Monday nnnounced that the coal nnd oil the nnvy needed would bo taken by the government nnd paid for at prices to bo fixed by tho govern ment.. Producers of steel found them selves facing tho prospect of tho snme action. Organized lnbor also took a hnnd In tho fight on tho food extortionists nnd notified tho administration, through tho American Federation of Labor, that unless the prices of tho necessi ties of life are brought down to rea- sonnble figures, there probnbly will bo nn epidemic of strikes, possibly oven a national tie-up In mnny Industries. The federal trade commission an nounced It was ready to begin Its In vestigation of food conditions on July 1; the Information obtained will be turned over to tho food administrator and tho department of Justice. Why should not tho press of tho country print prominently the names of tho despicable creatures who arc taking advantage of tho nation's needa? Decent motives being lacking, fenr of the public wroth might oper ate to induce them to cense their ne farious work. . Planning Great Air Army. More nnd more tho government 'is becoming convinced thnt America's first big ploy In tho war must bo in In tho air, and tho plans for speedily sending many thousands of airplanes nnd aviators to tho front from this country are being pushed with vigor. Congress isNasked to make an aero- nnutlc upproprlutlon of $000,000,000 to start with, and nlrendy hundreds of young men- are being solected for the work nnd put into training. For a long time Admiral Peary has been urg ing the building up of a powerful air service for our army and navy, and Brlgudlcr GenernJ Squler has done all an active officer Is permitfed to do to forward such n plnn, nnd now the gov ernment renllzes that nn Immense fleet of nlrplanes Is the quickest effective old It can glvo to Its allies In Eu rope. The aviation bill contemplates the establishment of 21 training camps nnd Instruction in mnny technical schools; the construction of about 2,000 planes a month at tho end of six months, with tho number constantly increasing until It reaches 5,000 a month; the building at first mnlnly of training and obser vation machines nnd luter of lnrger number of battle planes. To fill up tho ranks of the regulnr army, President Wilson Issued a call for 70,000 volunteers between the ages of eighteen nnd forty yenrs. Through out tho army tho recruiting ofllcors especially cmpbuslzed the fnct that men who registered nre welcome as volunteers nnd will have some advan tages over those who wait to be drafted. Registration slackers began getting what is coming to them last week. Their days of grace having expired, they were nrrested wherever found nnd chucked Into Jail. Several of them nlrendy have been given prison sen tences. Though the number of nrrests may seem large, It really Is insignlfl cant when compnred with the total registration. Wnr department officials seem to' be having n hard time settling on the plans for the training camps for the National army. Over and over again tho specifications nre changed, nnd not much hendway Is being made. Instead of leaving the details to the regular army officers, who are experts. In that lino, the council of national defense has taken a hnnd nnd put "experts" of Its own choosing In charge of various pnrts of tho work, and tho result so far has been confusion and delay. The council hns been doing great work In many ways, but this looks llko n ense of too many cooks. The whole mat ter of getting tho conscrlptivo nrmy nnd tho Nntlonnl Guard into training only emphasizes tho wisdom of a uni versal service policy and law. Submarines Very Active. Germany submarines put in an other busy week, mnny reports of tho sinking of allied nnd neutral vessels coming in. Among tho ships sent down was tho American oil tank stenmshlp John D. Archbold, five of whoso crow wore lost. Tho vessel was armed nnd carried a gun crew from nn American warship, but the gunners had not been supplied with rnngo finders by tho navy department. Vice Admiral Sims, during the tem porary nbsence of the British com mander In chief, wns appointed to tnko general chargo of tho operations of the nllled naval forces In Irish waters, whero tho U-boats find most of their victims. Tho giving of this great re sponsibility to tho American admiral showB tho confidence the aUlcs have In his ability nnd wisdom. Two fents of tho American destroy ers in British waters wero told dur ing the week. One of these vessels came upon n submnrlne nnd promptly rammed it, probnbly sending it to the bottom. Two others, responding to wireless calls, rescued 80 survivors of two British ships thnt were torpedoed 100 miles nwny, the farthest point west In tho Atlantic tho U-bontsMmvo oper ated slnco tho ruthless campaign be gan. There wns violent fighting In Franco throughout tho week, but neither, stdo mode Important gains. Tho Germnns won flrst-llno trenches from the Brit ish enst of Monchy-le-Prleux nnd from tho French east of Vauxalllon, but Inter wero driven bnck again with heavy losses. Tho Canadian troops captured some positions In front of Lens, paving tho way for a drive on that center of tho coal fields. Toward tho end of the week tho Germnns yielded to tho heavypressuro of tho British In tho territory domi nated by tho Messlncs rldgo nnd aban doned the ground they bad held on tho western side of tho bend of the Lys i i. on- river, between Wnrncton nnd Armcn tieres. 1 Another German Fiasco. Germany's clumsy diplomacy came .io gner again in the developments fol lowing the nttcmDt of Robert Grimm. Socialist, to Induce Russia to conclude n sepnrnte pence. When tho Intrigue was exposed, Grimm wns driven from uussin, ana Inst week Dr. Arthur IToff man, n member of the Swiss federal council, who had n prominent pnrt in me piot, resigned his office. Tim ills closures led to nn excited mnss meet ing of protest and a pro-ally demon stration In Geneva. Grimm wns fin nounced for trying to push Switzerland into tne wnr for the purpose of serv ing ucrmnny, and tho crowds stoned the residences of pro-Germnns. Ellhu Root nnd his collengues spent uio weeK getting ncqunlnted with tho true state of affairs in Russia, and were assured by tho government ofll clnls that nothing would bo concealed from them. Commnnder In Chief Brusslloff sent to General Robertson Wednesdny a telegram assuring, him that, "in honor bound, free Russia's armies will not fail to do their duty." Boris Bnkhmctleff, special Russian envoy, and his enllnnmoo nrpfvnl in - r " .i . . . i i v, v w Washington nnd almost Immediately kuvu out a statement of the program Of tho. provisional covemmont Thla includes tho absolute rejection of nil tnougnt or a separate peace and tho achievement of universal peace with out annexations or contributions nnd presuming no dominion over other na tions. The provisional government will take preparatory steps for an agreement with Its allies founded on Us declaration of March 27, nnd its chief aim Is stnted to be to fortify tho Democratic foundations of tho army and organize nnd consolidate tho nrmy's fighting power for Its defensive as well as offensive purposes. In Petrogrnd tho nil-Russian con gress of workmen and soldiers unani mously resolved upon nn Immedlato offensive, and tho sumo sentiment was expressed In n manifesto Issued by tho mllltnry union of woman volunteers, which sntd "tho workers are appealing for an unrelenting struggle ngnlnst nn enemy who Is moved solely by Impe rlnllstle nnd slaving tendencies." The provisional government has be gun proceedings for tho severe nunlsh- ment of various high officials of tho old reglmo, who are accused of breaches of the laws of the emnlro. .Several former cabinet members and nrmyigommnnacrs, including Protopop off nnd General Rennenknmpf, havo been Indicted. Crisis In Austria-Hungary. Not much news wns allowed to enmo out of Austria-Hungary, but whut did unit-rue imuciues mat mo situation there becomes more critical dolly. Tho Poles of the dual kinirdom nro vlrtnnl. ly in rovolt, demnndlng nt lensjt au tonomy for their Innd, and nearly all the.neonlo aro Insistent for nonro. The Austrian cabinet, bended by Clam- aiortinic, resigned. Conditions due mninlv to tho wnr hove brought on n crisis in Spoln that tnrcntens to result in tho denositlon of King Alfonso, despite his personal pop ularity, and tho establishment of yet nnother new republic in Europe. Tho censor, however Is as busy thero as In other countries, nnd the renorts mav be misleading. Over In China mntters seemed tn hn settling down nencefullv. nosslhlv in part the result of President Wilson's suggestion tnat the Internal troubles there be brought to a pacific and speedy end. Several of the seceding knrnvlnnrtci hnvn anM tit.. . . . . v. .... , . i.n;,, nuum tUiUU back Into tho federal fold, nml tha president hns called a new parliament ary election. Certain notoriously pro-Germnn newspapers In Chicago, Milwaukee and elsewhere, some of them printed In tne Herman Inngunce. are nttrnrMnrr the attention of the government ngents by their continuous and vicious attacks on tho allies of the United States nnd tneir tmnly-velled onnosltlnn tn ti.ia country's courso In the, w(ir. With tho skill of trained writers they may avoid suppression for treasonable utterance, but their sentiment nnd Intent nrn nvl- dent, nnd if they cannot bo reached by it-Bin iiroceuure, uiey may yet bo fcoiielehoi! l.v li nu,.in ...m. i .. . J IWIUIJl mo aid of the authorities. FOOD BILL PASSED HOUSE APPROVES MEASURE CON TAINING DRY CLAUSE. GIVES HOOVER BROAD POWER Empowers President to Seize Nation's Supply of Liquor If Necessary. Big Cut in Revenues. Washington. Tho administration' food control bill, which makes Her bert Hoover food administrator for America and the allies, nnd carries an appropriation of $152,500,000 for Its en forcement, passed the house by n vote of 305 to 5. The live who voted against tho bill were; McLcmorer Slayden and Young of Texas, demo crats; Meeker of Missouri, and Wurd; of New York, republicans. Tho bill Is now before the senate, where action on the measure Is looked' for this week. The bill ns passed by the house pro hibits the use of foodstuffs for tho' manufacture of intoxicants during, the war. Tho prohibition amendment In tho bill will make the United States "dry" during the war, if the measure goes through the senate as passed by tho house. The measure was amended during' the last hour of debate to permit tho president to seize nnd redistill for alcohol uny Intoxicants necessary for government use. This would permit the seizure of 300,000,000 gallons of liquor. The amendment that would, hove exempted worklngmen from a. section of the bill punishing con spiracy to retard or decreaso the pro duction of food, was defeated. An amendment by Representative LuGuardl, providing that all persons employed und6r the act should be hired In accordance with the civil service net, was forced through by re publicans. The nmendment, Increas ing tiie $152,500,000 appropriation in the bill to $250,000,000, was defeated. Lenroot declared the extra $100,000, 000 would bo necessary If the presi dent Is to commandeer and pay for intoxicants to be seized under the bill.. An amendment, limiting the expen diture of nppropriatlons In the bill to. June, 1018, instead of the duration of the war, wns adopted. The prohibi tion nmendment, according to house members, will reduce the government revenues by more thnn $300,000,000 a. year. - U. S. Has Big Force Under Arnrn. Washington. More than half a nillllon men have volunteered In tho American nrmy and nnvy during tho period of less thnn three months that has elapsed since the war was de clared to exist. The army, navy and nntlonnl guard represented an aggro-, gate- strength of little more thmv 800,000 men when the wnr resolution was adopted. Today between 700,000. nnd S00.000 are enrolled in the various branches of the fighting service, nnd the great mnjorlty of them are arm ed, equipped nnd under training. They will be Joined nt the end of the sum mer by nenrly 1,000,000 men selected' for tlic new national army from tho millions registered for wnr dutjj Juno 5. Tho regulnr nrmy totnled n little more thnn 100,000 men throe months ago. It Is now nenrlng the 250,000, mark nnd wnr department ofllclnls,. bncked by the press of the country, are bending every effort to bring It up to 300,000 during tho present week, which hns been designated by Prcsl- . dent Wilson ns recruiting week for tho regulars. Secretary Baker hns. sought tho nld of nil newspapers, to. the end that 70,000 men shall be cni rolled beore Juno 30. Admits Killing New York Girl. Bologua,' Italy. Alfredo Coccbl, tho. fugitive New York motorcycle denlor. has confessed to the murder of Ruth, Cruger. Jealousy was his motive, ho. said, ne wns unable, he declared, to. win her love and became furious, when she rebuffed his persistent nti tentlons. After mnklng up his mind to tell- the truth, Coccbl tnlked freely and wunout reserve, gave full detnlls of hls crime, Including the burlnl of MIsq Cruger's body. He will be taken hock to the United States for trial, it is believed. Can't Beat Draft After June 30. Washington. Provost Gennrni Crowder has informed the governors of states that June 30 is the Inst itnv upon which enlistment In nny stnto will count toward thnt stnte's quota or men to bo solected for the wnr army. Wants Fourth Solemn Day. Washington. A plea that Indenend. once day bo obsorved this year with a solemnity reflecting the sober de termination "of n democracy at war for Its IdealB nnd Its existence" wns made In n statement Issued by the public Information committee. "Nolsa nnd useless Illumination nnd unthink ing celebrations hnvo no proper plnco In times such ns these." snld tho stntemont. "Let there ho n return to those ceremonies nnd addresses which prevnllcd In other days."
