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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1917)
THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. BRIEF NEWS OF NEBRASKA Lincoln, alter many yenra of stronu ous effort, will establish a public mar kot Cowles, a vlllngo of 200 population in Webster county, raised $2,500 as a. ,110(1 Cross fund. i Hogs sold on the South Omaha market last week for $19.25 tho high 'eBt price over paid there. t I A total enrollment of 140 is expect !ed at the boys' camp at the state fair idurlng tho week of September 2 to 7 ' Omaha is making prqparattons to tako caro of tho biggest crowd cveY In attendance at its Merchants Market week. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Atwator, rosl dents of Crete for oyer thirty years, celebrated their golden wedding last week. Seven thousand people attended the grocers picnic at' Capital Beach at Lincoln Wednesday. They ato a car .load of watermelons. Mayor Endelman of Wymore has placed a ban on card playing at that place, since several young men were convicted there of gambling. Tho bettor babies show at the state fair, September 3 to 7. will eclipse tho big shows of former years. Moro tan 1200 babies have been entered. William Heaso of Cuming county threshed 1,695 bushols of wheat from ;a twenty aero flold, a yield of over eighty-three bushels to the acre. Adams and Webster counties .are ulated over prospects for oil, and preparations are being mado to sink a test well at Rod Cloud at once. Elm Creek's first annual round-up under the auspices of the fire depart mont, drew tho largest attendance over seen In that part of the country The Nebraska state band will open the fair program on tho afternoon of Sunday, September 2, at 3 o'clock arid will give a second concert at 7:30 in tho evening. The Beatrice Cold Storage company is advertising for young women to take the place of young men who have "been called by Undo Sam to serve their country. Major L. B. Sturdovant, head of tho sanitary detachment of the Fifth rogl ment at Lincoln, has been appointed assistant chief surgeon at Camp Cody, Demlng, N. M. 4 aiayor Miller of Lincoln has re seived a letter frori the war depart mont. requesting that a school of tel sgraphy be established In the high school at that city. The store of E. v. Starlin at Fllloy, was broken Into bv tMvt-s Sunday night and sixty yards of silk goods, sevontcon pairs of shoes and other irtlclos were taken. The Lincoln Commercial club paid its last formal compliment to the Ne braska national guard with a lunch' ;on In honor of tho twenty-four officers who were In Lincoln. E. J. Halner of Lincoln, has sue seeded T. E. Williams as president o .ho First National bank at Aurora Mr. Williams has been connocted w-ith jhe bank for thirty years. "Nebraska's Greatest County Fair to bo held. In Deshler August 28, 29, 30 ind 31, .promises to be tho greatest In Its history. Ten new racing stalls have been built nnd an addition to the grandstand. ; As in former years the state fair management will again tender, free expert advice for frail, deformed and Jefectlvo children, and parents or guardians of such are requested to be :ome Intetrested in tho work. The 450 men stationed at tho fai grounds havo loft their quarters and moved to the Lincoln auditorium where they will In all probability re main until ordered from the state The approaching tlmo for tho No braswa state fair was given as the main reason for changing tho quar ters of tho troops. Columbus coal dealors are advising tholr patrons to lay In their supply of coal now. In view of tho threatened coal shortage. Dcalors point out that on account of labor trouble nnd tho like, tho coal mines aro not produc ing to capacity, and this together with tho increased demand all over the country Is responsible for the short ago. - One hundred tons a day was the average output of tho potash works iit Antloch for tho week ending Jul; 29. Lame noator dlrbctorios to be placed prominently In public places have been nronared by the Llnooln Com innrclal club to aid state fair visitors tho first wook In September In finding thoir, way anoui Lincoln unu in bcuuik tho most Interesting sights of tho caI tal city. Mrs. John W. Johnson Is a patriotic Hastings woman offering to do her bit for Undo Sam. Expert In telegraphy, shq offors to teach at her homo free of charge, young men desiring to enter the army as telegraphers. MORE NEBRASKANS ARE CALLED Will Train for Air Men and for Sec- qnd Officers Camp at Fort Snelllng. Namos of eighty students of tho first 'ort Snelllng olllcers' camp who have enlisted In tho officers' roBorvo corps of tho aviation section and of 155 who havo boon recommended for training at tho socond Snelllng camp, opening August 27, havo beon nunounccd. Tho following Nebraska men are named for aviation: Brcezo, Winfleld S., Lincoln. Boll, William II., York. Baughn, LoRoy F Lincoln. Burko, Paul A.,' Omaha. Clark, McKlnloy F., Lincoln. Carvoth. Walter W., Lincoln. Campboll, Ellmer B., Omaha. Caldwell, Victor B., Omrtba Gray, Ulyssos S., Lincoln. Kirkendall, Freeman B Omaha. Kelly, Harold C, Lincoln. Hubbol, Harry L Lincoln. Hccht, Kenneth G., Plalnview. Lesher, Carl B., Grand Island. Miller, Lcland V Omaha. Myers, Carl H., Harlan. Seizor, Milton R., Lincoln. Shillington, Waldo E Omaha. Williams, Paul K., Lincoln. Williams, Hugh V., Lincoln. Woavor, Edward M Columbus. The names of about one hundred and flfty-flvo students of tho first officers' training camp, who havo been recom mended for further training at the boc ond officers' training camp opening at Fort Snelllng, August 27, havo also been announced. Nebraska names follow: Ayors, Waltor C Humboldt Brown, N., Lincoln. Burke, Paul A., Omaha. Cook", Leroy, Hastings. Champe, John L Friend. Cull, William C, Oakland. Calcy, John L Sterling. Davis, Archlo H Lincoln. Dlnsmore, Eugeno E Lincoln. Gorgas, Charles A., Omaha. Golwlck, Arthur R., Ulysses. MacArthur, John, Omaha. McGulggan, Robert F., Omaha. MJckcl. Robbln S., Crete. Montgomery, Wayno A., Lincoln. Matthews, Robert J., Scottsbluff. . O'Brlan, John J., Liberty. .Oxley, Dolbort C, York. Petersen, -Carl H., Nollgh. Reynolds. Leonard W., Lincoln. Rnecke, Walter. R Central City. Stein, Riley, Hastings. Schavland, Thomas R., Lincoln. Stoinmeyer, Georgo W., Beatrice. Stuart, Hoadley IL, Omaha. Thurber, Allqyeno N Unl. Place. Wlnshlp, Fred C, Lincoln. Webster, Calvin J., Lincoln. Wakoly, Morton, Omaha. WANTS 553 MEN Regular Army Officers at Omaha Re cruitig for Nebraska Regiment. Omaha. This offlco in addition to recruiting for the regular and national army, has been directed to recruit for tho Nebraska roglments and smaller units. A total of 553 mon are needed at once to fill theso organizations. Tho war department is exceedingly anxious to hnve these units recruited to full war strength before tholr do parturo for tholr training camp. , Those desiring to Join those organi zations recruited from young men of Nebraska may present thomsolves at the nearest recruiting olllce, located as follows: Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island, Sidney, Alliance, Hast ings. The enlistment is for the war only Unmarried men between 18 and 40 aro eligible. Enlisted men in tho national guard aro eligible to take tho examination for a commission. .Men of registered ago who havo not beon called by tho local board aro eligible for enlistment, but cannot be enlisted after they havo beon notified by their local board to report for ox- mutilation. Guy Ruthbin, socretary and physl cal director of tho Beatrice Y. M. C A. and football coach at Beatrice high school for tho past six or seven years, has tendered his resignation, and will enter tho service of the department of athletics at the University of Jndi ana at Bloomlngton, whoro ho will be first assistant to Jumbo Stichin in coaching football and other athlotlcs E, F. Fassott, formerly editor of tho Rovlew-Horald at Arlington, and an old time Nebraska newspaper man, died at Colorado Springs last week, of a general breakdown. The . Seward Indepondont-Democrat, owned by Stato Auditor W. II. Smith, and edited by F. W. MIckel, has pub lished tho names of those subscribers who are said to have dlscontlnucd-tho paper on nccount of its zealous. pro American attitude. It Is stated that several of tho Lutheran church choirs havo with drawn from tho cantata to bo pro duced In Omaha this fall, on account of unwillingness to take part with Kountze Memorial, one of the churches intorosted. . Miss Mary Pascoe, n Fremont girl who formerly taught In tho high school, haB arrived at Fremont from Now York city for a visit with hor father beforo departing for Franco to become a dictitlo'n in an American hospital. Miss Pascoo has been con nected with the Edlaon company in New York nnd has beon giving lec tures on dietetics In various parts of the east. Mrs. S. P. Howland, for over forty six years a rosldent of Juniata, died at t,hat place recently. ' DEATH NEGROES WHO KILLED 17 WHITES AT HOUSTON, TEX., MAY FORFEIT LIVE8. CITY UNDER MARTIAL LAW Majority of Blacks Who Murdered Citizens Have Been Captured Troops Patrol Streets and Quiet Is Restored. Snn Antonio, Tex., Aug. 27. Gen. Jumes Parker, commander of the southern department, Issued orders for the return to tholr station ut Colum bus,' N. M on the border, of the bat tallon of the Twenty-fourth United States Infantry nt Houston and tho battalion nt Waco. The movement Is to start ns soon as transportation can be furnished and tho necessary ar rangements made. Houston has been transformed ns a result of n raid on Thursday night by u mob of negro sollders bent on slaugh ter of whites, Into an armed camp. A soldier or n deputy sheriff Is. on every street corner. The rioting has ceased. Tho sltuu; tton Is In hand. The county la under martial law, with all of the salopns closed and all citizens, with the ex ception of .authorized olllclals, dls-' urmed. The mob, composed of members of the various companies of tho Twenty fourth United States Infantry (negro), started on Its hunt for blood shortly after eight o'clock at night. 'Within a few hours 15 white men, one Mexican and one negro had been shot to death. AH were citizens, with the exception. of Cupt. J. W. Mattes, commanding olllcer of " Battery A of the Second Illinois Field Artillery, and the negro. The latest reports on the wounded fix the number nt 10. Approximately 38 of the 'mutinous members of the Twenty-fourth are still at large. As fast us the negroes were cap tured they were taken to the camp site of the Twenty-fourth and held un der heavy guard. They were stripped of all arms, even pocketknlves being taken away. , A general court-nmrtlnl, consisting of 13 olllcers, will be heldvns soon ns the evidence. In the rioting tcuu be got Into shape for presentation. The army regulations provide death for mutiny. It Is apparent that the .attack on tho town was premeditated. There was no Intoxication, and from nil signs It was a carefully thought-out plan. Following Is the casualty list, so far as can be ascertained: Cnpl. .7. W, Mattes, Battery A. Sec ond Illinois lleld artillery; Ira D. Rnlney, mounted police officer; Rufo Daniels, mounted police olllcer; middle-aged man mimed Smith, S. Sntton, E. J. Melnke, police olllcer ; Earl Fend ler, A. It. Carstens, Manuel Gnrredo, Fred E. Winkler, Bryant Watson, ne gro soldier, Company K, Twenty-fourth Infantry; M. D. Everton, member of a local artillery battery; E. M. Jones, II. Ji. Thompson, O. W. Wright. The rioting started about nine o'clock Thursday. During tho day the negro troops became angered against the city policemen of Houston, because of the reported shooting of a negro sergeant by a police olllcer. Stealing company ammunition, about 125 of the negroes seized their rifles nnd left the camp, starting toward the city, .shooting Indiscriminately. Warning Immediately was given nnd mounted police olllcers sought to halt the mob, surrendering their lives In vain efforts to drive the soldiers back. 11 KILLED IN RAID ON DOVER Ten German Airplanes Attack Kent After Dirigible Attempt on York shire Two Shot Down. - London, Aug. 24. Eleven persons were killed nnd thirteen Injured nt Dover on Wednesday In a raid by ten Oerman airplanes a few hours nfter an attempted raid by German airships off the Yorkshire coast on the North sen. Two of the enemy machines in Kent were brought down. None of them seemed to be able to penetrate Inland. The raiders also dropped bombs over Margate and Ramsgate after attacking Dover. LINER DEVONIAN IS SUNK Leyland Steamship of 10,435 Tons Tor pedoed by German Submarine Left U. 8. July 28. Boston, Aug. 25. The Leyland liner Devonian, which left nn Atlantic port 'in July 28, has been sunk presumably by a German submarine. Olllcers of the line confirmed the report that tho vessel was lost, but stated thnt they lirnl received no word as to the safety of the crew. The Devonian, a vessel of 10,435 tons gross, was built In Belfast In MM). y Allied Airmen Raid Metz. . Amsterdam, Aug. 27. A semi-official telegram from Berlin says that during an enemy air attack Tuesday night a girl was killed at Metz. No military damage was done at Eglshelm, Frei burg and Kchlettstudt. Chihuahua Passports Barred. Snn Francisco, Aug. 27. Orders to discontinue Issuance of passports to persons desiring to go to Chihuahua were received from tho department of state by Curl W. Callbreth of tho Unit ed Stutes district court. GERMAN OFFENSIVE NEAIJ RIGA 1 Germans open offensive between River An and Tlrul marshes In direc tion of Riga and force Russians to retreat. Farther to the north and went Russian cnvnlry outposts are forced back on town of Kemmern. 2 Teuton force? begin heavy bombardment of Russian forces In region of Dvlnsk, U. S. GUNNERS LOST AMERICANS BELIEVED ABOARD DESTROYED U-BOAT. Survivors of the Campana Reach Port on Warship and Tell of Battle. An Atlantic Port, Aug. 21. Five U. S. navy gunners as well as the Im prisoned captain of tho Standard Oil tanker Campnna may have died In the submnrlno U-2, which sank the vessel, according to Third Olllcer J. II. Bruce, who, with 40 members of the ship's crew and eight of tho gun crew, nr rlved hero on a French steamship. It had been fenred that the five naval gunners, captured when the Campana was sunk, would bo treated by the Ger mans us pirates (as threatened) nnd executed- with short shrift. However, nccordlng to tho story brought by the survivors, a French war vessel sent to the bottom n Ger man diver, which may hnve been the one that sank the Campana, In n brief time after It had put an end to the Campana, and at about the same spot, without tnklng anyone off. Tho Campnna, It seems, fought off the U-bont until Its ammunition was exhausted. One hundred nnd eighty shots were fired by tho tanker, against 100 by the diver, two of which hit. FRENCH GAIN AT VERDUN Capture Hill 304 and Other-Important Posts Big Victory for the Allies. Pnrls, Aug. 27. The French mndo nn attack on the left bank of the Meuse, between Avocourt wood and Dead Man's hill. The war olllce an nounced on Friday the capture of Hill 804, Camnrd wood nnd tho fortified works between Hnucourt wood and Bethlncourt. Prisoners wero taken In the course of tho action. Tho French gained-more than their objectives, ad vancing to nn nverago depth of two kilometers (one and one-fourth miles). Hill 304 Is one of the mist bitterly disputed positions of the war, in the struggle for which thousands of men hnve lost their lives. The French nre now masters of all tho important points on the Verduu front which they held before tho be ginning of the great German attack last year. Berlin, Aug. 27; Tho evacuation by the Germans of Hill 804, the famous stronghold on the Verdun front, Is an nounced by the war office. RICH TAXED 75 MILLION MORE Senate Adopts Amendments to the War Revenue Bill by Vote of , 35 to 33. Washington, Aug. 24. Seventy-live million dollars more tax was laid upon wealth. By n vote of 35 to 31 the sen ate on Wednesday adopted the Lenroot amendments' Imposing much higher taxes upon Individual Incomes than the senate finance committee planned. An hour earlier 74 senators without oppo sltlon hnd accepted the radical Gerry amendments. These taxed incomes of more than half u million dollars 35 per cent, more than three-quarters of a mil i lion 45 per cent and more than a mil Hon 50 per cent. The final addition of $75,000,000 to the 6'"'' revenue bill was a Combination of the Lenroot nnd Gerry amendments. Adele Pankhurst Is Jailed. London. Aug. 25. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph from Melbourne says Adele Pankhurst, daughter of tho English sulTragette leader, was sen toured to n mouth's Imprisonment for n demonstration she sturted outside parliament building. 17 Cleveland Slackers Seized. Cleveland, O., Aug. 27. Police and federal agents struck twice In quick succession In two slacker raids, Seven teen men were arrested us suspicious characters and will be turned over to federal authorities. Reserve Officers to Train Men. Washington. Auk. 27. Nnmes of the 405 reserve officers assigned as Instruc tors at the second series of officers tnilnlnir enmns. which hud their nre llmlnnry opening on Friday, were mado public by the war depurtmeut. CAN'T YIELD ALSACE GERMANY CONSIDERS POPE8 PEACE PROPOSALS. Declares Foes Must Speak First- Great Britain's Reply Is Handed Papal Secretary. Copenhagen, Aug. 23. At a meeting of. the mulu committee of the relchs tag Chancellor Mlchaells was expected to declare tho pope's peaco note In general accord with the Gormati gov ernment's pence proposal of December 12, 1010, and tho recent relchstng res olution on the same subject, and there fore, to be sympathetically received In Germany. Germany, however, cannot discuss details nnd In no circumstances can It enter Into u discussion of the status of Alsace-Lorraine as a part of the Ger man empire. The chancellor, nccord lng to this forecast, will say that ub Germany has earlier indicated Its de sire to make peace, tho first word must come from the other side. A meeting of the bundesrath's com mittee on foreign affairs had been called for Monday In Berlin under tho chairmanship of the Bavarian premier, Count Hertllng, to discus's the situa tion created by tho pope's note and to approve the lines of Chancellor Mlch aells' speech to the relchstng commit tee. Rome, Aug. 23. The reply of tho British government to the peace noto of Pope Benedict was handed to Car dinal Gasparrt, the papal secretary of state, by the British minister. Tho reply says tho pope's note will bo ex amined In a benevolent and serious spirit. SAVE DAIRY GOODS; HOOVER Food Director Says Waste In Milk ' and Butter Must Be Pre vented. Washington, Aug. 23. Warning that conservation of dairy products must bo not only a wnr measure but must bo carried on nfter the war was given on Tuesdny by tho food administration. "Tho world's dairy supplies aro de creasing rnpldjy," says the statement. "Even our own dairy supplies aro not keeping pace with our growth of popu lation. Yet today we must tfilp In creasing amounts of dairy products to our allies. "Tho people must realize the vital dependcuco of the well-being of their children and thus of the nation upon the encouragement and upbuilding of the Industry. We must save the wastes In milk and butter If we arc to provide milk supplies ut all, especially Includ ing tho children of the crowded dis tricts of tho cities." RIOTING NEGROES KILL 17 Resentment Against Presence of Blacks Breaks Out at Houston llllnolsans on Guard. Houston, Tex., Aug. 25. Seventeen white men, civilians, police officers nnd National Gunrdsulcn, were killed and more than a score of persons wounded In the outbreak of negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth United States In funtry on Thursday night. It k not known how many negroes aro dead. Capt. J. W. Mattes, Battery A, Sec ond Illinois Field artillery, was nmong . '. . . 1. I 1 1. 1. ...., 1110 (lean, ueiug Kiiieu wiiun nu men to remonstrate with tho negro soldiers who wore running rnmpunt. Streets near the negroes' camp wero turned Morally, Into a shambles. Ne groes armed with army rlllcs fired In discriminately Into crowds of white people, shot up tho white residents' houses and passed on to vent their hate on others. Crops Call German Girls. Berne, Aug. 25. Numerous German girls employed In Switzerland ns nurses received an official call to re turn homo for harvest work. Others now In Germany are prevented from returning for the sumo reason. To Fix Price of Sugar. Washington, Aug. 25. Investigation of sugar costs production as u basis for price fixing Is under way at tho food administration. IIopo of lower prices to- the American house wlfo is held out. a ML C UT HARRY A. GARFIELD, HEAD OF WILLIAMS COLLEGE, NAMED A8 ADMINISTRATOR. JOBBERS' PROFITS SLASHED Executive's New Proclamation on Fuel Expected to Knock Off $1 a Ton In Cost to the Consumer Rates Effective Sept 1. Washington,' Aug. 25. Prices of an thracite coal were fixed in a state ment Issued on Thursdny by President Wilson and Hurry A. Garfield, presi dent of Williams college, was named coal administrator. Tho nnthraclto prices, effective Sep tcmber 1, range from $4 to $5 per ton (2,240 pounds) f. o. b. mines. Jobbers are allowed to add a profit of not moro than 20 cents per ton for deliveries cnBt of Buffalo and of not moro'thnn 30 cents west of Buffalo. The Jobbers' profit on bituminous is limited to t5 cents per ton of 2,000 pounds, wherever delivered. The anthracite coal ilrlce scale be comes effective on September 1. Tho ultumlnous scale, announced on Tues day, goes Into effect at once, nccordlng to a telegram sent by Joseph Tumul ty, .sOcretnry to the president, to E. J. Wallace of the St. Louis Coal club. Limitation of Jobbers' profits Is ex pected to have a greater effect toward reducing the price of anthracite coal' to householders than tho fixing of tho prices at the mines. The following prices are fixed: White usli. Hod ash. Lykens. Vulcan 14.63 $4.76 J5.0C KKK 4.75 4.65 4.W Stovo 4.70 4.W 6.8C ChOBtnut 4.80 4.90 8.X Poa 4.00 4.10 4.31 DISASTER FOR RUSS FEARED Riga, Gateway to Petrograd, Rumored In Hands of Hlndenburg U. S. to Ald8lavs at Once. Wnshlngton, Aug. 25. Rlgn, the gateway to Petrograd, Is In peril from tho Germans, If It has not already fallen Into tho hands of Hludenburg's men. The rumor of tho fall of tho Bal tic seaport was current In Wnshlngton, all day Thursday. Our state depart ment denies that It tins received any confirmation 'of the story nnd the Russian embassy la as noncommittal, but there have been conferences nil day about some untoward happening In Russia, nnd the Indication of" Ger man aggression In the Riga section la generally' taken to bo the reason for them. Tho United States government has decided to meet every demand upon it by the Russlun government. A series of conferences participated In by mem bers of the president's cabinet and Russian Ambassador Bakhmetlcff re sulted In- a cablegram being sent to the Moscow conference thut "all is well." A huge loan and assurance of Imme dinto supplies to Russlu wero among the things agreed upon. SENDING MAIL TO SOLDIERS How Letters for the Boys In the Na tional Army Camps Should Be Addressed. Washington, Aug. 28. Before long several thousand young men wlIT be In the , various cuntonment camps o tho National army, and tholr rclatlvoi and other friends will wish to write to them. In order to expedite tho de livery of their mall and glvo the boys the best servlco possible, tho post office officials Instruct their correspondents, If they know In advance the company and regiment to which the soldier la assigned, to address mall nccordlng to this sample: PRIVATE JOHN, JONES, A Company, First Infantry. Camp Dodge, Iown. If the company and regiment are not known, tho mail should bo ad dressed thus: PRIVATE .JOHN' JONES, of Minnesota, Camp Dodge, Iowa. When all troops are organized tha mall for each man will be distributed direct to his company and regiment."' Until then It will be delivered through his state section. INDIANA MAN HEADS -G. A. R. Orlando A. Somers, Kokomo, Elected at Boston Encampment No Other Candidates. Boston, Aug. 25. Orlando A. So mers of Kokomo, Intl., was elected on Thursdny commander in chief of tho Grnml Army of tho Republic at tho closing session of the annual en campment. Mrs. Stotesbury Quits Navy League. Philadelphia, Aug. 27. Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury, wife of E. T. Stotes bury. the Philadelphia financier, an nounced that she hnd resigned as u di rector of tho Navy League. Sho re fused to explain her action. One Killed, Three Bhot In 8trlke Riot. San Francisco, Aug. 27. Three mea are In a hospital here with Injuries suffered when one was killed in a flpht between a car crew of tho United Rail roads, Involved in a strlko of platform mdn, and six passengers.