The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, October 05, 1917, Image 6

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THE SFMI-'-JEFKt V TRintlNP MOPTM PI ATTC MtrqpARA
LEADING BUSY LIFE
AT. FORT - DEMING
PRECAUTIONS TAKEN TO SAFE
GUARD MORALS AND PRO
VIDE ENTERTAINMENT
NEWS FROM JTATE CAPITAL
Items of Varied Interest Gathered
from Reliable Sources
at the State
House
Nebraska C.000 mlHtlnmcn of tho
Fourth, Fifth and Slth regiments aro
firmly established In tholr now quar
ters in tho Immcnso divisional train
ing camp, Camp Cody, at Doming,
N. M. Tho first of tho seven soctlons
of tho Fifth and Sixth roglmont trains,
the third section of tho Fifth regiment
train under tho command of Major
Clyde E. McCormick, of tho first bat
talion of tho Fifth rogimont, arrived
Sunday night. Tho other sections
roached tho camp during tho follow
ing day and night, and all had entered
their now quartors by Tuesday morn
ing. Camp Cody, 4,425 feet above the
lovel of tho sea, is situated In the
middle of tho Now Mexican plateau.
It Is almost ontlroly surroundod by
mountains, bluo and azuro In tho die
tanco and inviting exploration. Tho
nearest, however, Is twenty-four miles
away.
Tho water is of absolute- purity, am!
its underflow through tho valley is
401,700,739 gallons, according to fig
ures complied by J. L, Dickson, an en
gineer with Company 11 of tho Iowa
Engineers horo; enough to supply a
population 6f 10,000,000. According to
Major Charles II. Miller, constructing
quartermaster at Camp Cody, anyone
of tho three wells In tho camp will
furnish 1,080,000 gallons a day, or
twenty-flvo gallons for ovory man and
horse cacli day.
Vicksburg Funds Fall Short
Whon tho 1917 legislature appro
priated 20,000 to pay tho traveling
oxponsos of civil war votorans In
Nobraska to tho Vicksburg rounion
In October, it did not provido a suf
ficient sum.
Completo reports tabulated by
Colonel J. II. Prosson of tho gover
nor's office sccrotary of tho commis
sion, shows that 583 intond to mako
tho trip. Originally, 890 mon had
rogistorod for it, but whon it de
veloped that tho appropriation might
not bo sulllciont for mooting tho rail
road oxponses, a largo proportion
droppod out.
If tho 583 go, tho appropriation will
fall shprt of paying their railroad faro
by $3,345, requiring each man to dig
up $5.76.
U. 8. RIFLE RANGE AT ASHLAND
Practlco Grounds to Be Established
There at Once
A first class Nobraska rlflo rango
with abutments, firing linos nrd rifle
pits, tho property of tho United StatOo
government, will soon bo in roadlnoss
for government uso on tho old rango
near Ashland.
Ever since Major Ilolllngsworth has
been in tho olllco of adjutant genornl
ho has boon at work on preparing and
Bocurlng tho authorization of this
rango. Funds for tho purchaso.of tho
rango and tho trnnsfcr to tho govern
ment havo now been authorized nnd a
deed will bo filed making tho rango
government property to bo used by tho
government.
Tho war dopartmont has asked
Major Ilolllngsworth to mako an cstl
mato of tho cost of fitting tho rango
out for uso by troops. As soon as
this csllmnto is mado tho work will
In all probability start ana inside of
throo woeks a good rnngJ will bo In
readiness for uso. Tho ground to bo
used consiBts of a tract of over nlno
hundred ncres and is declared by mili
tary authorities to havo tho qualifica
tions of a good rango.
Tho rango is for the uso of tho gov
ernment but it 1b pnsslblo that stato
troops may uso tho grounds for a
rendezvous whon ordered to mobilize
for Borvlco.
In spito of tho drnins tho world war
Is making on enrollment of students,
nuthorlllcB of tho Hchool of agrlculturo
nro oxpocilng ah almost normal rogl
stratlon this year. Registration begins
October 12.
Tho company headed by Flro Com
mtsBloncr Hldgoll, which was granted
a right to Boloct Ilvo sections of Btnto
school land from a group of thirty
nlno designated tracts, for potash do
volopment, is preparing to turn back
to tho stato nil of tho lenses oxcopt
tho flvo which it choosos for dovolop
mont. Mr. Hldgoll has boon ln-Vnlon
lino getting tho slgnnturoB of tho other
members of tho company and will lllo
relinquishments with tho board short
iy. Tho company Is allowed but ilvo
land tractB under tho rule adopted by
tho board.
The Cornhueker Schedulo
Oct. 0 Nebraska Wosloyan unlvor-
Hitv at Lincoln.
Oct 13 Iowa university at Lincoln.
OcL 20 Notre Daino unlvorsity at
Lincoln,
Oct, 27 Michigan university at Ann
Arbor, Mich.
Nov. 3 Onon.
Nov. 10 Missouri unlvorsity nt Lin
coin-(homo coming).
Nov. 17 Kausaa unlvorsity at Law
ronce, Kas.
'.Nov. 29 Syracuso university at Lin
coin.
RECEPTION TO DRAFTED MEN
Departing Soldiers Welcomed by Vast
Lincoln Crowds.
Twolvo hundred sixty-two soldiers,
tho last of Nebraska's socond contin
gent, and a trainload from South Da
kota, wero banqueted and entertained
In Lincoln Sunday night and greeted
by thousonda of pooplo on the streets
who cheerod thorn as thoy marched
from tho Burlington station to a local
hotol, whore thoy wero fed. Throo
trains brought tho soldiors to Lin
coln, tho last arriving about 9 p. ni.
After boing fed at tho hotol nnd
entertained at tho city auditorium
with music and speaking, they
marched back to tho Durllngton sta
tion and boarded their trains for
Camp Funston. , As each contingent
arrived and departed, tho enthusiasm
grow nnd tho pooplo on tho streets
becamo more demonstrative.
Forty-flvo per cont of Nebraska's
now national army is now in camp, or
on its way to Camp Funston. The
last detachment loft Lincoln at 11:15
Sunday evening, aftor an ovation that
lasted for nearly ilvo hours.
Putting In Ensilage Cutters
Chnirman Honry Gerdos of tho
state board of control haH returned
from a visit to tho stato institute for
fceblo minded nt Beatrice. He super
intended tho installation of nn ens!
lago cutter nt that institution. Tho
board bought a cuttor for use at Beat
rice costing $2G0 and a larger one of
tho same typo for uso at tho soldiors'
homo at Grand Island nt a cost of
$290. For operating theso. machines a
traction engine is hired. Tho stato
has ensllngo cutters at tho Norfolk
hospital for insane and nt tho indus
trial school for boys that aro operat
ed by electric motors. Last year corn
at tho Beatrice Institution becamo too
hard for pllo storago because tho stato
could not got a cuttor from its neigh
bors whon It wanted one, so tho board
decided to buy one. On nccount of tiro
cxtrcmo high prico of forago nt this
time the storing of onsllago for feed
ing dairy herds at stato intsitutions
is deemed a paying invoHtmont.
Enough dairy cattlo to Bupply state in
stitutions will continue to bo kept.
Tho hard at tho Hastings' hospital
was reduced in number last spring.
Bank Deposits Increase
An incroaso of nonrly $74,000,000 In
stato banks in Nobraska is tho record
as disclosed by a quartorly utatomont
issued by Sccrotary J. J. Tooloy of tho
stato bunking board. Tho deposits of
901 stato banks on August 21, tho date
of tho roport, aggrogatod $224,890,
229, nn incroaso of $73,775,159 over tho
report of ono year ago, and an lncrcaso
of $10,580,023 ovor tho previous quar
terly roport. ' ;
Tho presont roport shows a total of
901 stato banks reporting, an incroaso
of slxty-Bovon bankB In one-year. Tho
present number of depositors is $480,
1G2, as compared with 422,124 ono
year ago and 472,970 thrco months
ngo. Tho presont nvorago resorvo on
hand in banks la 27 per cont as com
pared with 31 per cont ono year ago
and 35 per cont throo months ago.
Thoro Is no way of knowing how much
of tho money listed In banlA an do
posits is duplicated, but it is posoiblo
that much of tfio $11,000,000 duo to
national and state banks Is in roa'ity
a dupllcato deposit or is counted twtco
as a deposit.
Fallod on Physical Examination
Falluro of Captain GrlsBol to pass
tho physical examination provonts him
from acting ns commandant nt tho
unlvorsity iiils year, and has madq
nocossary tho apnolntmont of Captain
Ralph DIcklnBon, retired, to act in that
capacity. A telegram has boon re
ceived by Chancellor Avery from Ad
jutant General McCain announcing
tho detail of Captain Dickinson to tho
l'at,wCjyilaJii-DIcklnBon Is at pres
ent at Fort Monroo, Vn.. on quarter
master duty, bnt ho has boon ordered
to roport to Chancellor Avery at onco.
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State Pays Less for Flour
Flour for tho noxt quartor at flftoon
state Institutions has been purchased
by tho Btnto board of control from GO
cents to $1 a sack of ninety-six pounds
r.honpor than for tho past quarter,
Tho Norfolk hospital, which had boon
paying $5,90, has contracted with a
Norfolk firm for $4.90. At tho Lin
coin hospital for lnsnno and at tho
ponitontlary tho prico h&i. dropped
trom $5.90 to $5.20. Tno Hour is of
tho regular commercial grado.
Altho tho year is little moro than
started, thoro Is a stoady stream of
students leaving tho stato university
for military Borvico.
State's Permanent Road System
Nebraska's pornumont highway syB
torn, with n comploto chain of roads
traversing ovory county of tho state
and strotchlng for several thousand
mllos, has boon laid out by Stato En-
glnoor Gcorgo E. Johnson.
Those highways will bo dovolopod
with n fodoral good roads appropria
tlon of $1,6000,000 nnd a llko amount
from tho stato. Work toward n pop
manont system of highways In Nobras
ka Is to bo Btarted next spring, uc
cording to present plans, Mr. Johnson
declared.
T. V. Thomas, who has hold tho po
sition of secretary to tho Nobraska
food commission slnco last January,
has resigned and will become con
noctcd with tho United Agoncy, n con
corn which furnishes mercantile
ogonoy ratings to tho commercial pat
rons. Ho will bo In lta Chicago offices
for sovorul wookB, and may then be
transforrod to Dotrolt or some other
place. In leaving his position at tho
Btnto houso Mr. Thomas says ho was
dissatisfied with It becauso ho could
not find onaugh to do to occupy his
tlmo.
1 1'hotoirnitili of the giunt Caproul u.piune, n wimple or which bus been sent to the United States from Italy und
which carries 25 passengers. 2 President Irlgoyen of Argentina, who Is trying to arrange united action of
Latin-American nations against Germany, '.i 'jiie Chateau of Peronne, reduced to ruins by continuous bom
bnrdfnent by the Germans. 4 YV.A. Iiolninn, prime minister of New South Wales, photographed In New York
where he nttended n luncheon of tho Overseas club.
NEWS REVIEW
THE PAST WEEK
House Way Decide to Investigate
Bernstorff's Plot to Influ
ence Congress.
FIVE NAMED BY TOM HEFLIN
Bulgaria Ready to Quit War Ger
many's Conditional Offer to Evacu
ate Belgium Lansing's Expos
ures Well Timed Haig Makes
Further Advances In Flanders.
By EDWARD W. PACKARD.
The house of representatives may
determine to investigate Itself, or rath
er the action of certain of Its mem
bers, ns u result of the disclosure of
tho BcrnstorlT plot to Influence con
gress und keep tho country from en
tering the wur, by tho expenditure of
$50,000 through some organization.
Representative Tom llcflln of Alu-
bnma precipitated the inquiry by stat
ing In the houso that he knew of some
congressmen whoso actions were sus
picious. Called before the rules com
mittee, he named Senator La Fol-
ctte, Representative at Large W. K.
Mason of Illinois, Representatives
Fred A. Britten of Illinois, and Pat
rick D. Norton and John M. Raor of
North Dakota. Ho did not accuse
anyone of receiving German money,
but demanded that the activities of
these ilvo men be investigated.
Bulgaria Wants to Quit.
Bulgaria, having attained the ends
for which she entered the war the
recovery of Dobrudja, Macedonia, and
parts of Serbia that wero taken from
her In the Balkan wur Is ready to
quit fighting if permitted to retain her
conquests. So says Stephan Pan
urotoff, Bulgarian minister to tho
United States. Ills country, he adds,
has no interest In Germany's nnibl-
tiou to establish a Mittel Europa, and
would have preferred to enter the war
on tho sldo of tho allies, hnd their
promises been as unconditional as
those of the kaiser.
Austria-Hungary, according to ad
vices received in Washington, is rap-
Idly Hearing collapse, and the Ger
man war party realizes that peace, If
It s ttt bo of the German brand, must
bo procured within six months or be
fore America gets fully Into action.
There Is great distress throughout the
realm of Emperor Charles and his peo
ple would gladly stop lighting provid
ed they do not havo to yield too much
to Italy.
Germany Offers Belgian Bargain.
The replies of Germany and Austria
to the pope's peace proposals, fi.lod
with high Hounding phrnsos and hypo
crisy, were virtually Ignored by the al
lied governments and condemned ns
evasive and Insincere by tho press.
Therefore the kaiser came forward
with an addendum, verbnlly expressed
to the papal nuncio at Munich by For
eign Secretary Kuehlmnn, in which he
agreed to evacuate Belgium In order
to gain peace. But the offer was hedged
about by conditions that mado all the
non-Teutonic world laugh. He de
manded thnt Germany have the right
to develop her economic enterprises
freely In Belgium, especially in Ant
werp: thnt Belgium give a gunranty
that "any such jnenncc as that which
threatened Germany In 101-1 would In
future be excluded ;" that Belgium un
dectnke to maintain the administrative
separation of tho Flanders and Will
loon districts Introduced by Germnny,
and not enter into any commercial
treaties aimed nt Germany. In re
turn Germany offers graciously to con
tributo a share of tho compensation to
be paid to the little nation she has
ravished.
Tlu now German party organized
by Admiral von Tirpltz and others not
now in office got into action last week
with the slogan "Pence without indem
nity means Germnny's defeat." This
party serves to co-ordinate the activi
ties of the pan-German agencies and Is
getting large support. The social
democrats are gathering their strength
to combat It, and the result Is likely
to be n very pretty fight when the
relchstng reassembles.
Little News From Russia.
Little is heard and still less Is
known Just now about conditions In
Russia. Plots, countei plots and ac
cusations have not yet unseated Keren
sky, and he nnd the soldiers' and work
men's council may finally establish
complete control over the situation.
The troops In the field and In garrisons
have been murdering their olllcers by
the score, und one correspondent as
serts they havo no heart for the war
since tho czar was deposed a state
ment that only adds to the confusion
of the mental picture we over here
havo of the new republic. The armies,
however, slnco the Germans captured
Jacobstadt, have checked the advance
of tho enemy and even retook some
positions near Pskoff. Winter Is com
ing to -their aid and it Is considered
probable that the movement of the
Germans toward Petrogrnd Is about
ended for this year.
General Soukhomlinoff, former war
minister, first of the autocrats to bo
Judged by n Jury of tho new democ
racy, was convicted of high trensou on
Wednesday, and sentenced to Impris
onment at hard labor for life. Ills
young wife, whose extravagance drove
hlin nearly Insane, was acquitted.
Lansing's Useful Disclosures.
As a means of consolidating the
sentiment of the country and arousing
Its enthusiasm for a victorious war
the disclosures of German Intrigue
mado by Secretary Lansing are unex
celled. And they are ably seconded
by tho stirring speeches that Colonel
Roosevelt has been delivering. Mr.
Lansing times his exposes well and
makes them with a. calm finality that
Is most effective. Ills latest state
ment Is that ho has conclusive evi
dence that Count von Bernstorft, on or
beforo Januury 10 had received and
read the Zimmerman note to the Ger
man minister in Mexico City telling of
the Intention to begin unrestricted sub
marine, warfare on February 1, and
consequently was fully aware of his
government's plan when ho asked au
thority to expend $50,000 to Influence
congress and keep this country neu
tral. Colonel Roosevelt's patriotic ad
dresses were a distinct feature of tho
week. In Chicago and other middle
West cities he expressed forcibly tho
opinions he and most of the rest of
us hnvo of tho pacifists and obstruc
tlonlsts and other pro-Germans, and
ho gave special attention and some
choice language to the case of Robert
M. La Follette, the United States sena
tor with v honi Wisconsin Is aflllcted.
Tho doughty "T. R." Invaded the ene
my's country, delivering ono of his
most fiery speeches at Racine. At tho
Chlcngo meeting and elsewhere resolu
tlons were adopted calling for the ex
pulsion of La Follette from the sen
ate, but that so-called Imnornblo geiv
tleman, seemingly unmoved by the
storm of denunciation, was busy or
ganlzlng his followers In Wisconsin
for a fight based on what he thinks
nro his principles.
South America Is on Fire. .
Germany sought to pacify Argentina
by disapproving tho Ideas expressed
by Count von Luxburg, but tho South
American republic was by no means
satisfied and tho peoplo demanded that
war be declared. The chamber of
deputies concurred In tho resrtlution of
the seunte that relations with Ger
mnny bo severed, nnd It was up to
President Irlgoyen. Ho has been n
determined advocate of neutrality, but
it - seemed likely thnt ho would bo
forced to yield to the demand for war.
Beforo deciding the matter, he began
negotiations to securo united action by
nil tho Latin-American nations. Uru
guay and Paraguay were reported as
eager to break off relations with Ger
many, and Peru last weok presented
to the imperial government n demand
that satisfaction bo given within eight
dnys for the sinking of the Peruvian
bark Lorton In Spanish waters lust
February.
The people of Argentina have been
stirred to Incrensed indignation by
the serious strikes of railroad men
nnd other workers, which have been
accompanied by much violence nnd de
struction of property. These strikes
are admittedly fomented and financial
ly supported by Germans.
Haig Resumes His Offensive.
Having spent the first part of tho
week In consolidating his gains and
bentlng off the desperate counter-attacks
of the Germans, Field Marshal
Haig on Wednesday resumed his of
fensive In Flnnders in the Ypres re
gion. In a few hours his men hnd
occupied ground to a depth of moro
thnn 1,000 yards along most of the
front involved, and were In posses
sion of the Tower Hamlets ridge, were
beyond the bloody Polygon wood, nnd
hnd taken most of Zonncbcke, the vil
lage from which they were driven In
April, 1015. Tho Germans made tre
mendously strong counter-attacks dur
ing the afternoon and evening, but In
vain. The results of the offensive, at
the date of writing, are pronounced
most satisfactory.
Very heavy losses were incurred by
the crown prince In futile attacks on
the French along the Chcmln des
Dames and north of Verdun.
Four air rnlds In two days were
made on England by the Germans nnd
nbout a score of persons were killed.
Both airplanes nnd Zeppelins took part
In these raids and aerial torpedoes
were used. The chief result was a
renewed demand by tho British press
for reprisals. In several bombing ex
pedltlons the allied airmen did great
damage to German establishments In
Belgium. Monday night tho German
aviators clevorJy bombed a French
camp of German prisoners, killing two
and wounding 17. Thoy probably
thought it was a hospital.
Steel Prices Heavily Reduced.
By a voluntary agreement mnde by
steel producers with the war Indus
tries board nnd approved by the presi
dent, a scale of quotations wns estab
lished that reduces prices of steel by
about one-half. These, according to
Elbert II. Gary, are fair and reason
able, though far below the expectn
tlons of the manufacturers. The prl
orlty committee of tho war Industries
board issued an order that In all cases
preference In orders tor iron nnd steel
and their products bo given to con
corns turning out materials nctually
necessnry for the war's conduct. Man
ufacturers of articles classed as lux
urles are the first to feel the effects
of this order.
The federal labor trouble medintors
are a busy lot of men these days. No
sooner was tho big strike of Iron work
ers nt sail Francisco settled tium the
lake seamen voted to strike, and next
the switchmen of the Elgin, .Toilet &
Eastern suddenly quit, crippling the
mills of tho United States Steel cor
poration at South Chicago and Gary,
Also, machinists employed by the gov
ernment In navy yards and arsenals?
made new demnnds for more pay, and
tho bituminous coal operators and in In
ers could not agree on wages. It was
a relief to learn that the International
Brotherhood of Leather Workers de
termined to prevent nil strikes In Its
ranks during the war.
For Second Liberty Loan.
All preparations were completed last
week for the campaign to float tho sec
ond I rty loan. Tho bonds, which
will bear 4 per cent Interest, will be
ndvertlsed by pos 'is. by every post
mnstcr, railroad, express and telegrnph
manager, nnd every schoolteacher. A
letter will be sent to every farmer In
the country, nnd a special missive will
go to n selected list of u million
wealthy agriculturalists. Thoy will be
urged to Invest as much of the pro
ceeds of their harvest as possible In
tho Liberty bonds. Window enrds,
mailing stickers and automobile stick
ers will bo distributed by the mil
linns. The sennto passed the $S,000.0M),000
war deficiency hill, and the house and
senate conferees coinplet' I ihelr work
on tho great war tax bill.
M
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loses nmrr
SWEEPING CHANGES ARE MADE
AT CAMP CODY.
"Dandy Sixth" and Second Iowa No
Longer Regimental ' Units Fifth
Nebraska and First Iowa
Remain Intact.
Doming, N. M Oct. 2. The Second'
Iowa lnfnntry, Colonel Robert Bailey,,
and the Sixth . Nebraska infantry,
Colonel Phil Hall, disappeared as
regimental units in the reorganization,
of troops here in the Thirty-fourth
division, In order to group thcut
under the European formation, rec
ommended by Major General John J.
Pershing.
Iowa's cavalry Troop A gets a post
of honor at division headquarter.
Other Iowa horse troops are made
Into machine gun units. Tho Sixth
Nebraska is parcelled among the di
vision headquarters, train, military
police, engineers nnd motor truck
units. The Second Iowa has been di
vided into rapid flro bodies.
General II. T. Allen Is in command
of the Sixty-seventh brigade, consist
ing of beiulqunrters. 120th machine
gun battalion, 13.ld and l.'Mth Infan
try (First Iown and the Fifth Ne
braska). General F. E. Rnscho heads tho-Sixty-eighth
brigade, Including the
127th machine gun bnttallon, 185th .
nnd l.'JOth infantry (First nnd Second
Minnesota Infantry).
General George II. Harries has
been made commander of the Fifty
ninth depot brigade, an outfit of six:
battalions In training, Including tho
Flrst South Dakota cavalry", First
Minnesota artillery and tho Nebrnska
Field hospital compnny, nnd whlclt
will receive the recruits for filling air
tho units hero.
The Third Minnesota. Fourth Ne
braska nnd First Iown field artillery
go Into tho Fifty-ninth nrtlllcry bri
gade with three Second Town com
panies, forming tho 100th trench
mortar battery. All tho machine gun
companies here will be merged into
larger brigade and division batal
lons Town engineers nnd six compnnles
of the Sixth Nebrnska form the 100th
engineers; Nebrnska nnd Town signal"
companies, tho 100th signal battalion.
Town's ammunition train nnd Troop
D cavalry, mnko the 100th ammuni
tion train,, motor nnd horse sections.
Ambulnnce nnd field hospital units
from .all states will be grouped in
bnttnllons of the sanitary train.
Tho reorganization of the entire-Thirty-fourth
division leaves but one
Nebrnska regiment, the Fifth Infantry,
under Colonel IT. .T. Pnul. whole. It
la ono of the only two comploto In
fantry organisations remaining Intact.
The other Is Ihe First. Town Infantry
nnd the two ns tho 1.14th nnd Ifttd
lnfnntry regiments from the nnelii'w
about which n new Infantry brigade. t
the Sixty-seventh, under Brigadier
General A. IT. Allen of Town, will be
built.
These orders nre Interpreted nt
Cnmn Codr to mean thnt ns soon as
the reorganization can be effected the
troops will be ordered to embark for
Franco.
Cuts Coal Prices to 1915 Basis.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 2. Gov
ernment control over the coal Indus
try was made complete by nn order
of Fuel Administrator Garfield limit
ing tho profits of retail coal nnd coke
dealers throughout tho country to n.
basis which Is expected to bring nbout
an lmmedinte reduction In prices to
the consumer.
The order, effective October 1, di
rects thnt the retailers shall fix their
prices so as to limit their gross mar
gins over cost to the nvernge of such
gross ninrglns during the year 1015,
plus n mnximum of 30 per cent of the
1015 ninrgln, provided thnt In no case
Minll the average margin of the month
Df July this year be exceeded.
Names Week to Pledge Support.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 2. A re
newed nppenl to tho American peoplo
Vo -jnite In fond conservation was
nu j Sunday by Herbert C. Hoover,
the food administrator, In nn an
nouncement setting aside the week of
October 21 to 28 for completion of tho
cnmpnlgn to enroll the country's
housewives as volunteer members of
the food ndmlnlstrntlon.
Tho food administration plans n
house-to-house canvass of the coun
tries homes to accomplish the enroll
ment of householders.
Twenty-seven Killed In Wreck.
Tulsa, Okla., Oct. 2. Twenty-seven
persons were killed nnd fifty Injured,
half of them seriously in n hcad-col-Hslon
one mile southwest of Kelly
vllle, Frldny, when a St. Louis passen
ger train ran into nn ' empty troop
train. The crews of both engine
Jumped, saving their lives. Tho troop
train was running in two sections and
the first laid passed tho passenger
Just out of Kellyvllle. Engineers Rule,
not knowing there wns another sec
tion' behind took tho main track and
ho collision resulted.
GUARD
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