The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, July 27, 1917, Image 7

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    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
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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
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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
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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.