THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS0F NEBRASKA Wlltliiiu Shollberg, wjio represented tho Union Stock Yards company of South Uuiiilm ut a mooting of show ant executive committees of the Nn tloiml Swine Growers' association ut Chicago, reports thut plans are under way this year to make the swine show bLgger and better In every way. j The show Is to be held In Omaha this fall. 1'rolilbltluu may not prohibit, but It seems to have practically put an end to drunkenness in Hustings. For the ilrst time in the city's history, a Fourth of July celebration and a cir cus were held In the sume week with out an arrest for drunkenness. Dur ing June, there were only ten arrests for drunkenness In the city. Perhaps tho most singular mass mooting ever held in America was held nt Omaha, when more than u thousand residents of western Iowa, denied the right of free speech In that state through a statute and an In junction, journeyed to the metropolis, where details of the VUllsca nx mur der were revealed. Daniel Doyen, a former Omahn boy, has been decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for bravery In the service of the French army. He received the cross for heroism In the battle of tho Somme. The decoration Is the greatest honor which the French government can confer upon a mnn. Omaha mall carriers hnve been or dered to disregard the eight-hour day and finish their routes regardless of tho number of hours they put In. The order Is in 'violation of the federal statute. Innblllty to obtnln sufficient help is said to bo responsible for the ruling. The government's July 1 forecast of Nebraska crops Indicates that 389, 000,000 bushels of corn, wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes and apples will bo harvested in tho state thts year, as compared with a 191G' crop, us es timated In December, of 352,000.000 bushels. V Thirty-two T. W. W. members were rounded up by oflleers at Falrbury and put aboard a freight train bound for Omaha. The community has been infested with these men for some time. Tho first farm loan bnnk in north west Nebraska was 01 unized at the Rose Hill school house near Hnrtlng ton. Applications for farm loans amounting to $00,000 were filed. It hns been announced at Washing ton that the three Nebraska National Guard regiments will be concentrated at Doming, New Mexico, prior to going into nctive service. A branch of the Tenth district fed eral reserve bank, will be located In Omaha. The district served by the Omaha Institution will embrace Ne braska and Wyoming. Directors of the Fremont fire de partment have decided to entertain tho Nebraska Volunteer Firemen's as sociation in annual convention next January. Six sons of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. H. Mc Shnne of Omaha have enlisted in some branch of the government serv ice. The young men range In age from 10 to 31. Col. D. F. Bryson of Adams prob nbly received tho highest price evei paid for cattle at that place. He sold a carload which brought $12.15 per hundred pounds, or $435.50 per head. John P. Madgett, former mayor of Hastings, has reported for duty as nd Jutnnt of the Sixth Nebraska regi ment. A. L. Tussy of Allen was instantly killed in an automobile accident while motoring to Bclden. W. A. Wilkinson sold his elght acre farm near Beatrice for $12,000 cash, or $l.r0 an acre, Just recently. The Bed Cross organization of York county has signed up the full qnota, 3,003 members. Grand Island's municipal market opened for business last Saturday. It will be opened on Snturday mornings only until later on In the season, when It will open three mornings n week. Booths at the market are op erated by members of the Gurden club, Fremont's new dog ordinance Is being rigidly enforced, nnd dogs are seldqm seen at largo In the streets now. The police promptly tnke up stray ones and keep them three days In the pound preliminary to the ap plication of chloroform. The Fremont park board has signed a contract with the Fremont band for a series of ten concerts this summer. A municipal drying plnnt, where citizens can bring their garden prod ucts and have It dried at a nominal cost, Is to he established in Omnha. Tho school board of Aurora has de cided to postpone the opening of school this fall until September 10 to give the boys and girls nnd their par ents n cbnnce to attend the state fair tho first week In September at Lin coln. A carnival company that had se cured a permit to show In Fremont was barred from the city limits by the board of health on the grounds that It might "spread contagious dis eases." Western contributed $1,405 to the lied Cross fund. Its quota was $030. Western already has sent more men to the army, navy nnd National Guard organizations than Its quota. At least 2,000 additional experienc ed farm hands will bo needed to har vest the bay crop In tlie sand hills of Nebraska, according to reports. Following Is the population of tin counties of Nebraska on which their contribution to the military draft will 1 e bused, according to figures made public by the census bureau at Wash ington : Aduitta 21.S8S jsrTrmm ... It. Oil Atitolaim ... 14,1)1 Jttlinooit .... 1,043 Arthur I.00 Kmrnry .... 9. 043 Jlantirr 1,$U Kith MSI HUIn 1.695 Kyik 1 ha . M7 nun 14.08H Kimball 1.S52 llox Hutu .. 8,476 Knox IS. 916 lloyil .iS5 I.HiiuHKtvr ... 1U.3M Mrown 5,04 Lincoln I'lty .41.041 IltifTnlo XI. at Llnciilli IS.- 8S Hurt IX, 111 l.KfUi 2,023 utlr 14,646 l.iiti 1?2 Crms 18,211) MolMieinim . 1,481 Ctailur 15,1123 MHttlKtm .... 20.794 Clnwe 4,270 Mm'tli'k .... 9,178 Cherry 18,637 Morrill 10,JT Choyennu ... ,582 Niiiich 8,723 Clay 18,387 Nmnim 1 0.B9S Colfnx 11,137 Nuckolls .... 12.017 Cumins 18,064 Otoe 17.210 Ctister 24,882 l'awnpo .... 8,643 Dakota 7,103 lVrklns 2,880 Dawes 8.830 l'lli'lps 10,021 DftWBon 1S.R09 l'lerro 10,601 Duuel 3,670 l'latte 19,785 nixon 11,234 l'olk 10,719 noil 23.61 lied Willow .10,633 DoukIrs 18,862 ItlrltHnlKim . 17,704 OmiihH City 203,068 Hock 3,670 liutiily 4,614 Hnlltie 15. 70S rillmoro .... 13. 423 Snny 8,669 Franklin .... 9,152 Hautitlnr ... 20.687 Frontier .... 8,863 Krottnblult .. 19,200 Furnas 9,946 Howard 14.979 Onir 26,105 Sheridan ... 9,871 Onrclfn r086 Sherman .... 8.fi09 OarflclU .... 2.886 Sioux 4.603 Onnper 4,517 Stnnton .... 8.368 CIrant 1,996 Tlmyer 13.144 (Irpuley 8,498 Thomas .... 1.792 Hall 23,60ft Thurston ... 10.043 Hamilton ... 13.315 Valley 9.099 Harlan S. .09 Wnnhlimton .11.695 Hayes 3, -in Wavne 1"' " Hitchcock ... 5,307 Webster .... 10,172 Holt 16,1511 Wheeler .... 2.167 Hooker 1.577 York 17,114 Howard .... 10,300 Total ...1.270.301 The registration of the entire coun try showed that 0.32 per cent of an estimated total population of 103,000, 000 registered under the selective draft act. This percentage was taken as an Index to population and the fig ures were obtained In that manner. Nebraska manufacturers, allllluted with the Nebraska Association of Manufacturers, plan to meet the la bor shortage by transferring the sur plus in one Industry to another. De talls of the plan are to be worked out by Secretary Ringer of the associa tion. Co-operative loading of freight cars will also bo attempted to offset the freight car shortage. Twenty-live years ago the following prices prevailed In lllchardson coun ty: Turkeys, per pound, 0 cents; hens, per pound, 0 cents; spring chickens, one and one-half pounds and over, 8 cents, craws to be empty; geese, full feathered, per dozen, $3.00,; roosters, .$1.25; ducks, full feathered, per dozen, $1.50: pigeons, $1 per dozen. Representatives of the United States department of agriculture who were In Nenmlia county examining the wheat crop to learn the prospects for getting seed wheat to supply western counties, estimated the yield In tho county this year at about one fourth normal crop. The grain Is of an excellent quality, they say. Tho Fermont city council hns d elded to do away with the office, of city veterlnarlnn. The tes't of milch cows will be abolished In" Fremont, It being alleged that milk Is coming Into tho city from the country froin un tested cows, thus nmklng the city tests useless. , Tho harvest of winter wheat and Kershon outs began several days ago around Falls City. Some ileitis of oats will yield fifty bushels per acre. The oats acreage Is the largest for many yenrs. A few fields of wheat that are now In shock will go thirty five and forty bushels per nere. Nearly $000 In subscriptions has been secured at Magnet, Cedar county, for; the purpose of buying a tractor to be used In Improving the streets of the town. More than 2,000 farm bands are needed for Nebraska's hay crop, ac cording to Federal Farm Labor Super visor Bhoades of Lincoln. Tho Cbadron company of seventy four men for the Sixth Nebraska reg iment Joined forces with the company at Lewellen. The latter organization had fifty-eight men. Grover Mowery. soldier, who died at Fort Meyer, Utah, was given n military funeral at Lexington. Fremont Is to stage the only trac tor demonstration In the country this year, tho dates being August 0 to 10. A tract of 3,000 acres of land has been leased for demonstration pur poses. Practically every manufactur ing city In tho United States Is ex pected to be represented nt the show. An agent of the Burlington Is look ing around at Scottsbluff for a list of local contractors who are likely to bid on the new depot to he built by tho road In that city. Citizens of the town are hopeful that actual construction will commenco shortly. York citizens will vote on a $00,000 bond proposition August 7 to provide funds to complete four school build ings which will cost $325,000. Owing to the high cost or building materials of all kinds the $00,000 Is needed to finish the work. Rewards aggregating $2,000 are being offered for the apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the denth of Mrs. Fred Volgt, aged woman of Elba, whose body was found beside a road near St. I'aul with u bullet hole In her head. Oats are ripening ahead of winter wheat in Nebraska this year, which Is very unusual, and the harvest of tho former crop has already begun In some localities. The yield Is to be tremendous, as is tho case with spring wheat nnd barley. Nebraskn corn yield Is estimated at 218,000,000 bushels In the July crop report of the United States depart ment of agriculture. Work hns commenced on York's 150,000 new hotel. The Intent of the contractors now Is to hnve the work completed early next spring. yp 773 MEN KILLED WHEN BLAST DESTROYS BRITISH DREAD. NAUGHT VANGUARD. CAUSE OF DISASTER UNKNOWN Admiralty Declares Internal Explosion Occurred While Craft Wis at An chor Only Ninety-Five of Crew Escaped Death. London, July 10. The British buttle shlp Vanguard was blown up and sunk on July 0, says an olllclal statement is sued on Friday by the British admir 'alty. . An Internal explosion while the ship was at anchor caused the disaster. Only three men of those on board sur vived and one of them has since died. Twenty-four olllcers and 71 men, bow ever, were not on boartl at the tlnio of the explosion. The olllclal statement reads : "1.1. M. S. Vanguard, Capt. James D. Dick, blew up while at anchor on the night of July 0 us the result of an In ternal explosion. "The ship sank Immediately and there were only three survivors among those aboard ship at the tlnio of tho disaster one olllcer and two men. Tho olllcer hns since died. There wort;, bow ever, 24 olllcers und 71 men not on board at the time, thus bringing tho total number of survivors to 07. "A full Inquiry has been ordered." The Vanguard displaced 10,250 tons and her complement before the war was 870 men. The Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreudnaughts und wns luunched In March, 1009. The Vanguard was 530 feet long with a beam of 84 feet and a draft of 27 feet. Her armament consisted of ten twelve-Inch guns, eighteen four-Inch und four throe-pounders In addition to three torpedo tubes. SAYS GERMANS WANT PEACE Independent Leader of Hungary As serts Liberties Must Be Granted In Every Country. Amsterdnm,' July 10. Count Michael Karloyi, leader of the Hungarian In dependent party, speaking In the house of deputies, says a telegram from Budupest, declared : "The central point of the present crisis Is the question of pence. Every one In Germany wants peace, but It Is not enough to deslro It, tho nation must negotiate for It. Count Czernln (Austro-Hungnrian) foreign minister, bus not confined himself to mere words, but hns openly declnred thut we are ready for peace without an nexations. One of tho prerequisite conditions of pence is the democrati zation of every country." In u continuation of the debute Baron Julius Beck suhl: "There Is no war policy today, but only a peace policy. The peace must he honorable, guaranteeing Hungary's frontiers and her political Independ ence." Count Morltz Esterhuzy, the pre mier, replying to Baron Beck, said the new nunguriun government stands for the continuance of the alliance be tween the dual monarchy and Ger many, as did the government which It succeeded. "We are waging this war as u de fensive war. Our peace aim Is not conquest. We do not leave our ene mies In doubt nbout this. On the con trary, we testified clearly before the whole world our readiness for peace." 30 HURT IN I. W. W. FIGHT German Agents Blamed for Clash With Aliens at Lead Mine; U. S. Orders Teuton Members Interned. Flat River, Mo., July 10. Thirty or forty men were reported injured, sev ernl probubly fatally, In rioting on Friday night between Americans and foreigners employed In the lead mines here. Several hundred shots were ex changed, windows and doors of shaft houses were broken nnd the homes of the foreigners were stoned by a mob of about a thousand Americans which moved swiftly from shaft bouse to shaft house In an effort to drive all foreigners out of the city. Five lead mines ure said to be In danger. These are properties of tho Doe Run Lead company, tho St. Jo seph Lead company, Federal Lead company, St. Louis Smelting & Holla ing company and the Des Logo Con solidated Lead company. Seattle, Wash., July 14. The United States has decided to take out of tho I. W. W. organization that part of It which Is German or dominated by Ger man Influence, United States District Attorney Clay Allen announced. The men will be Interned. Troop Movement Success. Amerlcnn Headquarters In France, July 10. Not a single accident has yet marked tho transportation of tho United States tro,ops from their tem porary camp to the permanent base be hind the front. Appeals to Striking Slavs. Washington, July 10, A patriotic appeal to striking Slavs In the Arizona 'mining regions to return to work was sent by telegraph by the Serbian min ister, Lloubomlr Mlchallovltch to Bis bee, Ariz, ISH 1 ISN'T IT RUSSIANS GO FORWARD SLAVS, UNDER GENERAL KORNI LOFF, ADVANCE ON LEMBERG. Petrograd Says Pursuit of the Enemy in Galicia Continues Take Many Prisoners. Petrog'rnd, July 13. The Russians have reached the Posloez-Lesluvkn-Kosmacz line. In the lighting between Suudny and Tuesday In the direction of Dollna, the Russians took moro thun 10,000 prlsonors nnd 80 guns. According to a telegram received from the general staff the pursuit of tho enemy in Galicia continues. Tho capture of Ilallcz, strategic key to Lemberg, is confirmed. The Russians also advanced west ward to the left bunk of the Loin n lea river and pressed forward on the Bogorodchan-Zolotvln front. On tho southern side the Russians are now less than 00 miles from the coveted capital of Galicia. On the east ern side the Russians are less than 40 miles away. The German und Austro-Ilungarlan soldiers are maUlug desperate resis tance to check advance of the Rus- 1 slans, especially In the district lying between llnlivz and Brezezany, but have been unable to stem the tide. Cossacks are playing an Important part in the Russian advance and cav alry is being used to a large extent In the pursuit of the Austro-German armies. OUST I. W. W.'S FROM ARIZONA Armed Citizens of Blebee Deport More Than 1,900 Agitators Governor Calls for U. S. Troops. Blsbee, Ariz., July 14. More than 1,900 alleged Industrial Workers of the World, deported from Blsbee in 24 cuttle enrs on Thursday. Their an nounced destination Is Columbus, N. M. The men were driven from the city by deputy sheriffs and about 2.000 armed men, members of an organiza tion known as the "Citizens' Protective league." Phoenix, Ariz., July 14. Governor Campbell wired to General Parker at Fort Sam Houston Informing him of the situation at Blsbee and requesting that United States troops be sent there at once. U. S. SHIP SUNK OFF FRANCE Steamer Kansan, Valued at $3,000,000, Destroyed by Submarine Four of Crew Lo6t. Washington, July 13. State depart ment dispatches announcing the de struction of the Kansan by a German submnrlne, said that four members of (he crew were missing, font all the urmed vessel guard was sjfo. All of those on board were reported landed except tho following four members of the crew, who are considered lost: First Assistant Engineer J. E. Mur phy, American; F. Agulrre, English; A. P. Kun of Honolulu and C. Ilanan of Slngnpore. Pugh Receiver Is Asked, Chicago, July 10. A petition for a receiver for the Pugh Stores company, capitalized at $20,000,000. and operat ing 30 stores In six states, was (lied In the superior court ?iy Arthur B. Whltnnh and R. T. Whltnah. Chicago Policeman Killed. Chicago. July 10. P tllceman Peter Bulsln wns killed when six bandits robbed an auto bearing funds of the Chicago City Bank and Trust com pany. They seized a bag of nickels. Buslln left seven cjilhlren. A PEACH? CHICAGO HERALD. FIGHT TO THE FINISH KAISER'S PLAN IS TO BATTLE UN TIL VICTORY. Declares "We Will Win If We Hold Out" No Peace Without Territory. Berne, Switzerland, July 12. Ac cording to Berlin newspapers, tho Ger man chancellor, Doctor von Bcthmann Hollweg, said to members of tho relch stag: "I repeat that tho formula of pence without annexation Is unacceptable to us. Wo cannot declare our terms of ponce. We must fight nnd con quer." The chancellor made a strong nt tack on Mathlas Erzberger, leader of the Catholic center, who assulled tho pan-Germans In his address before tho main committee last week antl advo cated peace without annexations or In demnities. Doctor von Bethmnnn-nollweg snld Herr Erzbergor's attltudo was unpa triotic. According to the summary of tho chancellor's speech before the main committee, published In the Lokal An zleger of Berlin, he said: "We must continue the war with our wholo energies. I do not deny that we have great dllllcultles to overcome, but so have our enemies. Wo shall see whether their dllllcultles or ours ure greater. "I am sure wo can win If we hold out. "Nothing wns further from my Inten tion than to cling to my post, but now It Is a question of protecting tho fa therland from Injury, and for this rea son I consider It necessary to retain my post." It Is reported In Amsterdam, says the correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph compuny, that the resigna tion of Dr. Karl Helfferlch, the Gor man vice chancellor and secretary of the Interior, nnd Dr. Alfred Zl minor mann, tho ftermnn pecretnry of for eign nffnlrs, have been decided upon by Emperor Wllllnm. BRITISH LINE IS SMASHED Germans Advance 000 Yards in Nleu port Sector Terrific Bombard ment Levels Dunes Defenses. ' Berlin, July 13. More than 1,250 prisoners. Including 27 olllcers, hnve beVn taken by the Gorniun marine corps In the Yser district' of Belgium, army headquarters announced. The olllclal report says that the British were driven hack over the Yser and that their losses were very high. Paris, July 13. The Germans made an attack in tho Woevre north of Flirty. Latins Postpone Conference. Buenos .Aires, July 13. Tho con gress of neutral South Amerlcnn na tions to formulate a common policy In respect to problems arising from tho war has been postponed Indefinitely. Brazil to Patrol Coast. Rio Janeiro, July 1(1. An ngreemeht hns been reached under which the Bra zilian fleet will assume the responsi bility for patrolling the entire nrazllian coast line from the Guiana border to the southern boundary of Brazil. New Iowa Militia Unit. Des Molnos, la.. July 10. Organiza tion of nn ammunition train compnny, consisting of 18 olllcers and 081" men, as an additional unit of the federalized Iowa National Guard wns ordered on Friday by Gov. W. L. Harding. TO DRAW 10 MILLION EVERY MAN REGISTERED WILL KNOW ORDER IN WHICH HE 18 LIABLE TO BE CALLED. MAY EXEMPT 50 PER CENT More Than Million Will Appear Before Board Before 687,000 Wanted on First Call Are Obtained Wilson Plan Makes Fair Draft Sure. Washington, July 14. Secretary Ba ker announced on Thursday that In the drawing to select men for draft Into the war army numbers will be drawn representing every one of the nenrly 10,000,000 registered, so that each man may know the order In which be Is liable to be called for service. Liability will bo (lxetl by the order In which the names come out. There uro some 0,000 districts with numbered registration cards, so the tlrst number drawn will represent the first 0,000 men to appear before the exemption boards. It Is estimated that 50 per cent of the men examined will bo exempted or fall to pass the physical examination, so that more thnn a million men prob ably will appear before the boardH be fore the 087.000 or more wanted on the first call are obtained. The exemption regulations and all other moves In tho making of the now army have received the npprovnl of tho president personnlly and the draft reg ulations also will come from the Whlto House. GERMAN MINISTRY MAY QUIT Government to Resign as Result of Reichstag's Refusal to Vote War Credit Hollweg Ousted. Copenhagen, July 14. Emperor Wil liam of Germany has Issued an Im perial manifesto declaring for equal franchise In Prussln. Tho manifesto, It Is affirmed, will opernto to prevent tho ministry nnd tho hitherto domlnnnt parties In Berlin from Jockeying with the new suffrage bill, defeating or Urn Ring the reform In prnctico whllo granting It In principle. Amsterdam, July 14. A rumor has reachedi Holland that tho entire Ger ninn government will resign with Im perial Chancellor von Bothmnnn-IIoll-weg, the main committee of tho relchs tag having refused to vote n war credit unless the government declnres Its policy regnrdlng penco nnd reform, which the governmelt hns declined to do. f SIX DIE IN NAVY YARD BLAST Mare Island Powder Magazine Blows Up and Fire Follows Damage Is Extensive. Vnllejo, Cnl July 11. An official announcement of (ho dead resulting from the explosion nt tho More Island navy yard on Monday, was given out nnd Included the following names: Allen F. McKenzle, n chief gunner. Mrs. McKenzle. Dorothy McKenzle, twelve, their daughter. Mlldren McKenzle, eight, their dnughter. George Stnnton, n gnrdener. N. Dnmstendt, a civilian employee of tho ordnnnce department. The official announcement gives 81 Injured. MAY USE NATIONAL TROOPS Secretary of War Baker to Stop I. W. W'e Reign of Terror In West. Wnshlngton, July 13. The Indus trie Workers of the World hnvo tnken advnntnge of the war situation to In augurate a reign of terror In tho far West. Their activities hnve pro gressed to n point whore tho locnl nnd stnte authorities aro unable to eopo with them, and a situation Is being fast crented which will require federal troops to protect life nnd property, Tho fncts hnve been laid before Secretary of War Baker. HALICZ TAKEN BY RUSSIANS Break Twenty-Mile Front In Carpa thians Several More Villages and 1,000 Prisoners Captured. London, July 12. Hnllcz, tho stra tegic key to Lemberg, cnpltnl of Gnll cla, lias been captured by tho Rus sians, suys a dispatch from Reuter'a Petrograd correspondent. Potrograd, July 12. General Kom Holt's operations In Galicia along a front of 20 miles have broken tho Auntro-Gormnn front between Hnllei and the Carpathians and already tho Russian cavalry has pressed forward for a tllstance of 10 miles. More than. 1,000 prisoners were taken. German Paper Refuses Offer. Amsterdam, July 14. Tho radical Woscr Zeltung, an oltl newspapor of Bremen, Germany, which, It wns re ported, was to he bought by the Krupp Interests, Is on the market. Tho owin era will nevor sell It to the Krupps. U, S. Names New Consul. Copenhagen, July 14. William II. Gale, former American consul general nt Munich, has arrived to take ehurgu of tho consulnto here. Etlward I). Wlnslow, the consul geuoral hero, ban been summoned to Washington,