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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 27, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. MINOR NOTES FROM ALL PARTS OF NEBRASKA Twenty-seven pastors iintl heads of thu nine branches of the Lutheran church of America olllclully purged the church of the Nebraska defense council's charges of disloyalty at a nieetlilg held at Omaha, when resolu tions were adopted iitllrinlng the loy alty of the church In America. The ministers represented the Lutherans of Nebraska directly and those of the entire country Indirectly. Judge Brown, at a hearing In Friend, held the mothers pension law passed by the 1015 legislature to be unconstitutional, upon a demurrer filed by Charles 1 Burth, county at torney. On account of the Impor tance of the decision, an appeal will bo taken to the supreme court. A. 15. Cole and A. V. Crammer are In the custody of authorities at Lin coln charged with the murder of Mrs. Lulu Voght, aged lady, whose body was found near St. Paul, July 5. Cole, It Is alleged, has confessed to the crime, declaring that Grnnitnor prom ised to pay him $500 for the npirder. Hamilton county enjoys the distinc tion of furnishing more men volun tarily to Uncle Sam's lighting forces than It was required to furnish under the selective draft law. The county's quota was fixed by the war depart ment at 145 and 151 men had volun teered before the drawing. Ten thousand members of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles, who are now In service, or will go Into service after the draft, will each be presented with a $1,000 life Insurance policy by the order. Eagle orders In Nebraska are waging a campaign to Increase the military fund of the order. Representatives of the Nebraska district of the United Danish Kvnn '.'gellcal Lutheran church at a meeting In Blulr passed resolution declaring the charges of the state council of do-P-fense against the Lutheran church to be "entirely unwarranted and unjust." June, the 13-month-old dnughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Parker, of Omaha, fell fifty feet from the window of her parents' npartment. but, ac cording to physicians, received no ap parent Injuries, which is considered a miracle. It is authoritatively stnted that wheat In Chase county is the best for seed purposes In the state. Farmers In the county are now In ,the midst of harvesting and the yield Is expected to be large. Objection to holding a Chautauqua nt Fremont during the tractor demon stration next month has been raised by the president of the National Pow er Farming Demonstration associa tion. An appropriation of $12,500 will be made to the city of Scottsbluff for a public library building, according to Information received by Beach Cole man, of that city, from the Carnegie corporation. Mrs. llermnn Velth of Fremont wns Instantly killed when she ran In front of a runaway team hitched to a heavy binder, the mnchlne passing com pletely over her body. A party of twenty-live Russian went west from Omaha, enroute to Russia, where the younger men will enter the war to fight against the Germans. A eommunltv drying plant, to be operated under the Dodge county branch of the Nebraska Defense league, has been put In operation nt Fremont. Alva Davles, one of the best known farmers In Polk county, and his 0 vear-old son. were drowned In Platte i-lvm nnnr TInvens. IS miles from Osceola. Butterfield company of Norfolk- mar keted two loads of cattle at the South nmiiim mnrket the other day that brought $1.1.85 per hundred pounds, a record price. Manuel Ilnmirz, Mexican, was In stantly killed during a tornado which visited North Platte. Roofs of build in cs were torn off, huge trees up rooted, windows and electric signs of business houses broken and frame buildings In various parts of town hlown down. The storm was the most destructive In the section for many yearn. Tom Broz, purchased a lot In 1 low ells, recently, paying for It $'W0 In cash. The money so spent had been earned by the boy by doing odd jobs ever since he was ten years of age, Methodists of Lexington took their basket dinners last Sunday and drovt bv auto to a large grove, six miles out In the country, where church and Sun iinv school was held In the open, fol lowed by n picnic. The procession of autos to the grove was six miles long. A new record price for a full load of cattle was paid on the South Omu liu market for twenty-live head ship ned from Ord, by Harvey Parks and Charles Burdlc. The cattle averaged 1,304 pounds and sold for $18.75 per hundredweight. The experiment of hnvlng the Oma ha mall curriers complete all do liveries even If It took them more than eight, hours a day did not prove a success, and the carriers are now bnck to their old eight-hour schedule, Mrs. Weaver Borden has taken charge of the Burchard Times, huvlng bought tho paper from F. A. Cox. who . . . . ...... X.i 1 1 sir ft 1 lias enlisted in me .M'ninaMi Guard. The Great Western Alfalfa Milling company, of Denver, plans to start work on Its $20,000 plant at Kearney at once. Reports from all cities In Nebraska I taking part In the Ucd Cross $100,000, 000 campaign, complied by the Red Cross war council, show the following subscriptions to the war fund up to July 7: Alliance. $8.:i50..'W ; Antelope, $4.5.-1.25; Beatrice, $40.1)00.00 ; Bridge port, $18,012.20; Broken Bow, $5,000 J County of Buffalo. $20,172.45; Cam bridge. $2,100.00; Central City. $, (100.00; Chndron, $5,Kt'UKJ; Crawford, $2,(M!I.15; Crelglilon. $'1.41)1.07; Fre mont. $27,000.00; Grand Island. $'50, 775.00; Hastings, S15.1HI2.IH); llllnh, $21,000.00; Imperial, $1)01.00; Kear ney. $25,000.(H); Lincoln. $1)0.000.00 ; Madison, $1,;4.00; McCook. $18,400; Nebraska City, $28,000; Nellgh. $20, 000; Norfolk, $15,000; North Platte, $7,000; Omaha, $251,252.40; Plutts mouth. $15,000; ScottsblulY. $12,000; Stanton, $000.00; Tekamab. $'MU00; Thedford. $00.00: York. $1,000.00. The grand total amounts to $710, 0:tl.20. Application of land owners and wa ter users under the thi Tristate canal In Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties to make the ditch a government pro ject with the government as trustee was granted by Secretary of the In terior Lune. The government reclama tion department hereafter will man age the canal, which Irrigates about 00,000 acres, 50,000 acres of which Is now under cultivation. The plan re duces Interest charges from 0 to 4 per cent, and provides that the govern ment pay oil the balance of the bonds. Personal property and real estate valuations In Douglas county were In- creased $10,72.1,085 by County Asses sor Fitzgerald and the board of equal ization this year, according to olllclal ('cures. There are 0.122 automobiles I.. T-v 1 1 .... Llt ItOlt I I ill uiHigiuH couniy. vauicti ai .?.).., I 000, and 0,'12S horses, valued at $0:!0, 5i0. according to tho assessors re turns. A young farmer of western Iowa was on the South Omaha market re cently with live fatted brood sows. which brought a total of $440. These sows had all raised a brood of pigs this spring. It was only n few years ago that a farmer thought he was getting u big price If he sold a fatted steer for $SS, the amount each sow brought. The Union Pacific and other west ern roads In Nebraska contemplate curtailing their pasenger trains where poslble to save fuel and cut down overhead expense, uccordlng to Gen eral Manager .Tetters of the Union aclflc, who just returned to Oniaha from n meeting of western railroad heads In Chicago. llastlngsltes by the hundreds at tended a public dance given on tho new asphalt, paving In the business section of the city, proceeds from which were donated to the Red Cross. Owing to the shortage of farm help n Gage county a number of women huve gone to work In the harvest fields. Rabbits, which have proved a vnlu able source of food In Europe during the present wnr, may well be raised more extensively In America by way of reducing the drnln on the ordinary neat supply, according to biologists of the United Stntes department of ag Iculture, Representative Sloan has mnde It possible for the Nebraska State Ills torlcal society to borrow from tho an thoritles at Washington, a large oil painting, of the tirst homestead In tho United States. It was In Gage conn ty and Daniel Freeman was the home stender. The house was built of logs, The federal land bank nt Omalm re- oniv.,1 ..hnnlf fnr sn nnn from Wllllnm J. Bryan for purchase of $5,000 worth of land bank bonds. Friend hns contributed $5.52.1 to tl Red Cross fund, which Is $4.50 f every man, woman and child In U town. Sewnrd county has organized n eomnnn.v of homo guards. Only men who are not subject to draft are en listed In the home guard. Indications at present are that tho second natlonnl swine show, which will be held In Omaha October .1 to 10, will excel the first show both In num- bor of animals shown and general high quality. An agricultural stud cuts' judging contest will be one o the features of the show, and tho "Evolution of the Hog',' will be an other. About 1.500 people attended a pa triotic demonstration given at Cort land in honor of thirteen young men of that vicinity who recently enlisted In Company F of the Fifth regiment. AH efforts to dispose of $40,000 of school bonds of the Aurora district having failed, the board of education has called a special election to vote on 5 per cent bonds. It Is said the governments offer of Liberty loan bonds caused tho 4 per cent school project to fall. B. E. Rldceley. a stock raiser at Plckrell, sold forty-one head of Poland China hogs. which netted him $2,201.54. Six of the hogs weighed 700 pounds each and sold for $013.20. over $100 ench. The government aid road from Fre- j mont to Yankton will go through Laurel by way of West Point. Wnyno and from there to Coleridge. Hurting- ton and Fordyce. mnklng about fifty miles In Cednr county. C, E. Miller or omana has mnde reservations through the Fremont Commercial club for three business men of Hnvnnn. Cuba, .who will at tend tho Fremont tractor meet nexi month. The Grlswold seed farm, near Lin- coin, wns sold recently for $.10,000 nt the rate of S225 tier ncre. 1 Prominent government olllclals 2 How American soldiers In France armor. 8 - Battery of 716 centimeter vice president who lead the republican NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK A v 9 n n 1 Mi!Annl A.Vllf HlliUI lld a Ulticll lYUllUllcll HI Illy Is Drafted, 1,374,000 Men Being Called. HALF THAT NUMBER NEEDED War Preparation Progresses Despite Many Rows and Schemes to Ham per Government Chancellor Mtchaells Sides With the Junkers Crown Prince Beaten at Verdun. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. America's war lottery, to determine the men who shall make up the Na tional army, was held In Washington on Friday, July 20. The whole pro ceeding, as devised by Provost Marshal General Crowder and his nlds, was cal culated to make the draft absolutely fair and to give the young millionaire and the young Inborer equal chances to serve' their country, provided they are physically and mentally lit. All the names of the nearly ten million registrants were drawn, tho element of chance determining the order In which they shall be called before the exam Inlng boards In the 4,557 examining districts. Each local board has been Informed of the number of men It must furnish to make up Its quota of the 087,000 men needed on the first call, and has been told to call 200 per cent of the quota for examination, to pro vide for exemptions, In the order de termined by the draft. Northern senators and representa tives have been making strong pro tests against the population estimates made by the census bureau for the pur pose of determining the quotas for the draft. The South, It Is asserted, has been unduly favored. Tho war depart- 'ent ll,ls admitted that the quotas for "rail were nxeu in msregaru oi provisions oi me uruii .aw. rrogrcss ana rcuwo in vvas.iiiriui.oii. An Immense work of preparation Ih being carried on at Washington by the scores of experts In business and tech nical lines who are aiding the govern ment and there Is no doubt that all will come out right eventually. Mean while there are many annoying dis putes and disagreements, perhaps un avoidable. The row between Chair man Deumau and General Goethals as to the building of a merchant marine reached the point where the Interven- tlon of President Wilson seemed nec essary. The manner In which con tracts are being let for the government through the operation of the advisory committees of the council of national defenso hnve been severely criticized by Senator Kenyan and others and be cause these committeemen often are Interested In great business concerns that are being called on to furnish sup plies to tho government, they are ac cused of seeking their own prmollt. In most cases such charges are mani festly unjust. While tho senators were carrying on their Interminable discus slon of 'the food bill, a violent attack was made on Mr. Hoover by Senator Reed, who said Hoover had been gam bling In food und clothing as chairman of the American commission for relief In Belgium. Tho swift denhijs of Hoover's associates and friends really were unnecessary, The food control bill, as finally ar ranged In the senate, contained the compromise amendments eliminating from the operation of the measure cot ton, steel, hides, lumber and all other articles except food, feed and fuel, and creating a board of food administra tion consisting of three men. The first of these amendments Is In ac cord with the wishes of the adminis tration, and the second Is not displeas ing to It, for Hoover will be made chairman of the board. He and his associates In the food conservation campaign are not depending too much on the actions of congress. The federal trado commission began Its Inquiry Into the costs of produc ing and maruetuig toon commodities. sinning wnn ice unicngo pacuing in I .1. ...... ri'l... t .. ..... . I .... I I. . .......... ,1 UUnil. A .IIYIJOllfjllliUU 19 IU OUilTHU at Washlnuton taklnir physical training will be equipped, with the British type French guns In the Champagne region. 4 Fung Kuc Chang, tlie cninose forces that suppressed the Manchu restoration. to steel, Iron, coal and oil costs, In ac cordance with the ''fair profits" order of President Wilson and may be com pleted In six months. Francis J. Honey is In charge of the legal end of It. Hampering" Our Government. A the United States swiftly ap proaches more active participation In the war, the German agents and spies and their friends In the country be conii' more bold and enterprising In their efforts to hamper the govern ment. These efforts range all the way from ridiculous stories of American soldiers d-ing like tiles from disease In Europe, designed to discourage en listing; plots to prevent the harvesting of i mps In the West by doctoring court plaster with tetanus bacilli; burning of elevators and warehouses and ex plosions In factories; killing of live stock : fomenting of strikes and riots, up through attempts to Involve tho country In international troubles with friendly nations, to deliberate blocking of much needed legislation by United State senators whose constituents number large numbers of German Americans. The hyphenated term Is used still because the people alluded to themselves seem unwilling to have It discarded. Their press and tho ac tions mid words of many of them nutku this clear. An instance of tho way In which legislation is delayed was supplied last week. The aviation bill appropriating $040,000,000. passed by the house and admittedly of prime Importance, caino up in the senate, the government and all Its expert advisers In the matter of aviation urging that It bo made law before the week closed. But Hard wick of Georgia and Owen of Okla homa proposed amendments that made certain a long debate, and La Folletto of Wisconsin and Gronna of North Da kota aided In the blocking process In order to make attacks on the draft clause. No one will accuse these men of being personally disloyal to their country, but the course of action fol lowed by them and others often Is as effectual as If they were. The professional pacifists and tho so cialists are singing smaller these days The former meet with little sympathy and support, and the Socialist party Is losing some of Its choicest members because of its pro-German attitude. More Trouble for Russia. Russia's progress toward victory and a stable government met with two set backs last week, though both It Is to lie hoped are only temporary. In tho effort to check the great drive of tho Slavs In Gallcla, the Teutons rushed up large re-enforcements drawn from the French and Italian fronts, and these forces compelled the Russians to evacuate the Important town of Kalusz, which had been the German nnny headquarters and tho capture of which by them had threatened Lent berg. The fighting In this region was fierce all tho week, and on tho whole the Russians did not have much the worst of It. It Is Interesting to learn that Brit ish armored motor detachments and Belglnn troops arc taking part In the Russian offensive In Gallcla, and are doing good work. At home tho provisional government was attacked by Petrograd rioters led by agitators of the Bolshlvlkl and Maximalist factions who demanded tho removal of the "capitalist" ministers. Must of the troops In the capital wero loyal and soon suppressed the new "revolution." though several persons were killed and many wounded. At the same time- three or four members nt' i he cabinet resigned and the pro taler, Prince Lvolt. nnnouneed that as soon as tho disorders are ended stops will be taken for the formation of a coalition cabinet. The councils of tho workmen and soldiers and of the peas ants denounced the riots as the acts of traitors. The wonder Is not that there should be such disorders In Russia, but that they should not ho more and greater. Michaells With the Junkers. Germany's new Imperial chancellor, Doctor Michaells, made on Thursday the addresH to the relchslag which had been awaited with Intense Interest. If the peace party In the empire had expected his support, It was dlsap pointed, for he plainly took the side of tho Junkers and declared his ad heslon to the submarine campaign as :i lawful mensure, Justifiably adopted, ,iiid adapted for shortening the war, The majority parties In the relchstag, on the other bund, decided to Introduce under the-dlrectlon of Walter Camp. of helmet and shrapnel-proof body their peace resolution, at the first op portunity, and It was assorted tho measnrl' would get .tho votes of 221 deputies. it Is hard to guess what will come out of Germany's mess of Internal trouble, for, over here at least, It Isn't known Just what was put Into It. Doctor .Michaells Is something of an unknown quantity, though there Is a strong suspicion that he will be found to bo In entire accord with Von llln denburg and Ludendorff and that those military leaders will continue to be tho real dictators of the empire's course so far as war and peace are concerned. The situation Is compli cated by the swift growth of the So cialists In numbers and Influence since the drafting of Harden Into the gov ernment service and the suppression of his paper, and by the opposition policy adopted by Herr Erzbergor, tho center leader, who however. Is not followed by many of his faction. Not to be out of fashion, Great Brit aln had a cabinet HhnRcup of Its own last week. Sir Edward Carson Joined tho war cabinet without portfolio and his place as first lord of the admiralty was taken by Sir Eric Campbell Geddes. Dr. Christopher Addison was put In charge of reconstruction, and his portfolio as minister of munitions was given to Winston Spencer Church 111. Edwin Montagu was made secre tary for India. Of theso appointments that of Montagu was the most nc ceptablo to the general public, and that of Churchill caused the most adverse criticism. John Dillon tried vainly to stir up a row In parliament because Foreign Minister Balfour will not dis miss Baron Hardlnge, under secretary. who was ono of those held responsible for the first Mesopotamia campaign. Crown Prince Back Where He Began All up and down tho west front there was violent fighting during the week. Trenches were taken and re taken but there was little real change of position except In the" Verdun re gion. There the crown prince mnde desperate attacks on the French that wero driven olt with great cost of life to the Germans, who finally fell back to substantially tho same lines they occupied before the drive on Verdun was begun more than a year ago. Renewed activity on tho Roumanian front Indicated that the Roumanian. army Is ready to resume the warfare. Greece, It was announced, Is prepar ing to put an army of considerable proportions In the field. Vonlzelos Is In full control there. The Scandinavian countries and Holland are making strenuous objec tion to tho American embargo, as was Inevitable, but It Isn't likely to do them any good. Our government has the facts and figures that Justify Its course and those Neutrals probably must ceaso to send supplies to Gor- mnny. The report of the British admiralty on submarine activities showed little change from that of the previous week, but the people of Englnnd do not seem satisfied with the way In which tho U-boat problem Is being handled. They hope for different re sults under Sir Eric Geddes, the new first lord of the admiralty. Several big liners arriving at American ports re ported having been attacked by sub marines, In some cases as much as a thousand miles from the Irish coast, Several American naval officers of high rank have been urging President Wilson to direct the United States navy to start a vigorous offensive against Germany by attacking her sub marine bases in every way possible. They admit It would bo a gamble as to result, but believe tho chanco Is worth taking. General Pershing's expeditionary force Is now comfortably established In Its Intensive training camp back of the lines In France, and every man Is working to the limit to get In shape for tho real conflict. On Thursday General Slbert Inspected the quarters and the men, and seemed In the main very well satisfied, Suffragists are rejoicing over the news from Washington. Sixteen of their militant sisters were given 00 days In the workhouse for picketing the White House grounds, but wero pardoned by President Wilson. Simul taneously came the report that Mr. Wilson Is seriously contemplating mak ing woman suffrage an administration war measure, which might mean that the Anthony amendment would ho forced through FOOD BILL ADOPTED SENATE, AFTER BITTER CON- TEST, CONCURS IN MEASURE. POWER IN HANDS OF THREE Hoover Not Given Complete Control Conferees From Both Branches to Revamp Bill. Washington. Tho administration food control bill, virtually rewritten ttcr tlvo weeks' bitter contest, wuh lussed by tho senate, 81 to 0. Tho measure as passed by thu senate provides for: A food administration board of three members, Instead of the one man board that Herbert C. Hoover was to constitute. One member of the board must be a practical farmer. Government control of coal from the mouth of the mine to the con sumer. Commandeering of all bonded liq uor, tho government to pay n "fair" price for It, und the prohibition of spirit distillation. Minimum price of $2 a bushel for highest grade wheat, until July 1, lllll), with prices of other grains In proportion. Appropriations of $150,000,000 $10,000,000 of It for government pur- chase and distribution of nitrate of soda to help stimulate crops. Enactment of the food bill Into law the most drastic measure ever adopted for a republic depends upon n dozen conferees of tho house and senate. Conferences between representa tives and senators began early this week. These conferences will shapo the eventual scope of the bill. Tho house must accept all senate amend ments or u compromise must be reached. A big part of tho fight will center around the liquor question. Tho house bill forbade use of food for ninnnfiio- tnre of al intoxicants. The senate bill permits mnnufneturo of wine and beer. Disposition of tho liquor question affects hundreds of millions of dol lars In revenue and holds up nclon on the wnr tnx hill. Those voting against tho bill were: France, Penrose, Sherman, Suther land; republicans ; Ilardwlck and Reed; Democrats 2. Total, 0. The house- bill appropriating $040,- 000.0(H) for aviation service, was pass ed by tile senate without nmendmcut or a record vote nnd with less than an hour'B discussion. Conscripts May Enlist. Washington. Those selected for service under tho draft will be per mitted to enlist In tile regular army or national guard at any tlmo prior to their call for examination before exemptions boards, Provost Marshal General Crowder announced. They will not bo allowed, however to Join the marine corps. The first men actu ally drafted probably will be detailed to the regular army In order to bring that branch up to Its full war strength of .100,000, If the .15.000 enlistments needed are not obtained before exami nations begin. The rest will bo put into the national guard. Kerensky to tho Front. Petrograd. Premier Kerensky Is again at tho front, having been called there .at tho Instance of tho central committee of soldiers' nnd workmen' delegates, In the hope, It Is said, of In stilling the lighting spirit Into tho Russians and to save tho Russian line In Gallcla, which, It Is reported, In crumbling by reason of the disaffec tion of some of tho troops and tho vigorous assaults of the Germans und Austrian. i At a meeting of delegates from regi ments at the front It was resolved thnt It had become Imperative to turn over all authority to M. Kerensky. Another Enemy for Germany. London. Slam has declnred that a state of war exists with Germany and Austria. Nine steamers, aggregating 10.000 tons, have been seized. The ob ject of Slam's declaration la to "up hold tho sanctity of International rights against nations showing con tempt for the principles of humanity and respect for small states." Slam, "tho land of tho frco," n king dom of southeastern Asia, has a pop ulation of about 8,000.000. May Succeed Zimmerman. Washington. Count von Rern Morff, formerly German ambassador at Washington, may become foreign secretary of ' Germany, succeeding Zimmerman. State department ad vices told of German newspapers ad vocating his nppolntment. Air Fleet Repulsed. London, Another . daylight raid, carried out over the east coast of England resulted In tho repulse of about twenty German airplanes nfter they had dropped a number of bombs over Felixstowe and Harwich, killing eleven persons and Injuring twenty six. An alarm was sounded In Lon don, but before the Germnns could reach any point nenr tho city they wero attacked heavily by defending; squadrons of aircraft, which caused Hiem to heat n hasty retreat.