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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 5, 1917)
THE 8FMI.WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. Iie State News of the Week in Brief An Epitome of Alt the Big and Itv terestlng Events of the Past Paw Days In Nebraska. Tho 'Northwestern Railroad com pany has commenced employing wo men to do oiiitlon work nlong .the Nc brnskn lines and In positions thnt In tho past lmvo been lllled by men. At 4i number of the larger stations, such ns Fremont, Norfolk, Has. ngs and several others, when vacancies lmvo occurred In tho of lice force by reason of tho male employes having gono to wnr, women lmvo tnken the places. People of Sprlngvlew, Keyn Paha county, are somewhat worried owing to the fact that only eighty tons of coal, about a fourth of what will be needed to supply tho town over tho winter. Is on hund'and, prospects poor for getting more. Sprlngvlew Is forty miles from n railroad. O. II. Sheldon, one of tho wealthiest men In Columbus, has offered $10,000 'toward the building of n federated church building In the city. The nw church will be Congregational-Presbyterian, and will cost around $20,000, tho church people having agreed to ontrlbute $10,000 townrd the project. After laying unconscious for ten days at Fremont as tho result of being kicked by n horse, Herman Thlesscn, 10-year-old boy, has been sent to his home In Colon. Physi cians regard tho case as most remnrk flble. The boy has a chance to re cover, they say. Tho ladles of the Red Cross at Scottsbluff have arranged for the large assembly room In the First Na tional Rank building for n work room, where sewing and tho repairing of packages for tho soldier boys Is being carried on systematically. The thoughts of going to war against tho kaiser were too much for Paul Winkler, Cass county farmer, of Gorman parentage, ordered to report October 3 as a conscript. He took poison and died at his home near Orete. Wertz Brothcn, Deuel county, ex pects to 'harvest about fifteen bushels of beans to the acre from their Held of 000 acres. The beans were put In its an experiment on sod nnd the own cr expects to realize $100 per aero from tho crop. Draft demonstrations which occur red In Soottsbluff county just recently "vvero caused by n clerical error on tho part of a stenographer who listed ox omptod men In the wrong column, re cord'ng them as not discharged or ex mpted. At a recent meeting of the com mercial club at Allen It was decided to have a Chautauqua In the town next summer, and a contract has been signed for a five day engagement. Hog prices nre again mounting on tho South Omaha market. The h'gh ost price since Aucust 21 was reached last Thursdnv. when a batch of pork ers sold for $10.35 per cwt. Wymorc citizens have launched a movement to employ n city mannger. Continual losses by tho municipally owned water plant led to tho move ment. Several Improvements are to bo made In the Shnbort plrkle plnnt bv the ITaarinan Pickle Co. of Omaha, the firm which has taken over the fac tory. Potatoes are so plentiful In Adnms county that farmers are selling them In vngon load lots for 00 cents n hushel. Richardson county's home guard or ganization stnrted wJth a mombrditp of 100. Headquarters are to be at Falls City. Contract will soon bo let for Ra venna's new Cnrnetrle library. It Is lioped to have the building ready for occupancy by next spring. The Nuckolls county fair at Nelson was attended bv unusually big crowds. The exhlb'ts were large, es pecially In the automobile department. Ry a unanimous vote members of the Omaha city commission adopted n resolution for the establishment of n municipal cool vnrl In the cltv. Lutherans of Rpivdirt rooontlv ded icated their new $0,000 church build ing with Importing ceremony. With the exception of the Episcopal nnd Lutheran churches all Protestant churches In TTartlngton have .united. Cliappell citizens nre displeased over action of the Omaha appellate hoard In exempting two men of tho town from service, one of whom wns hung In efllgy. This wns followed by lltterlne the town with yellow hand hills calling Iho men slackers. Sergeant Stall of tho Lincoln nrnv recruiting office received word that 100 volunteers nro wanted-at onco for tho regiment of colored stevedores that tho notional army requires. These men will bo attached to the quarter master's corps. Two young married men, with fami lies, of Johnson county, pleaded guilty of stealing chickens before Judge "ta per In the district court at Teciimseh. nnd both wore sentenced to prison for a term of from one' to three years. Preparations nro being mado at Hastings for the semi-centennial meeting of tho Nebraska Baptist con vention, which Is to bo held there Oc tober 13 to 10, Inclusive. A movenu-nt la on foot at Scotts blurt which has all the earmarks of auccejiiH. to build a lurgo general hos pital in tho city. Soventocu young Ncbraskans will lmvo to face trial for being slackers ' as tho result of Indictments returned by the federal grand Jury at Omaha. Tho "slacker" cases nro: Frank Klrby, Lincoln county; F. Wllklns, Douglas county; Albert Smentowsky, Mntl county; Harry O. Carpenter, Cus ter county; Vlto A. Quogllato, Doug las; William Martin, Cheyenne; Fred Taylor, Sioux; 0. Rodrcguas, Ilalli Dementrlo Agllero, Hall; II. T. Reck or, Douglas; Valontine Rernnrd, Buf falo; L. S. Sewlers, Scottsbluff; Jess Adams, Buffalo; Clayton Olson, Da kota; John Henry, colored, Douglas; Grof Marelnc, Washington; Gcorgo Welsh, Hull. Citizens of Oerlng hnnged In effigy II. W. Horn, real estate dealer, nnd Raymond Neely, druggist, as tho re sult of tho First district exemption board overruling tho local board by releasing tho men from war' service. During tho demonstration yellow paint was smeared on their place of business nnd also on the front of the office of tho .Oerlng -Courier, edited by A. B. Wood, nephew of W. B. Sands, who was also exempted by tho appeal board. Citizens of Goring claim the men were given a fair hear ing by tho local board and were found eligible for service. Appenl board members nt Omaha say tho men nnd just grounds for exemntlon. County Attorney A. H. Tingle of Boyd county nnd J. N. Fuller, clerk of tho district court, were taken from their homes nt Butte nnd inarched by n crowd of citizens to the Butte opera houso and made to swear alleg iance to the United States and kiss tho American flag In tho presence of fw largo crowd gathered to bid the sec ond contingent of drafted men fare well. The two men, together with other pro-Gormnn suspects, were forced to participate in patriotic ex ercises. Resignations of Tingle nnd Fuller were demanded nnd tho men promised they would do so. Food Administrator Wattles says that a live stock administrator will soon bo appointed for Nebraska and thnt speculating In hogs nnd cattle at tho South Omnha market will bo stopped. It Is Intended, said Mr. Wattles, that all packers, live stock nnd conl dealers and those generally handling necessities of life nre to bo placed under license to break down speculation. Despite' the fact that President Wil son nnd other Washington officlnts have been bombarded with appeals to exempt farmers from military service until the crops have been harvested, word hns been received from the na tional capital that there will bo no class exemptions, nnd that farmers-' will get no more favors than men In other lines of Industry. Four bnbles in one day two Red Cross girls nnd two soldier boys was the record of a physician of Dunbnr, n hustling little .Nebraska town of 350. Friends wired the glad tidings to "Teddy" Roosevelt at Oyster Bay, and ns the American flag flies over the homes of these new arrivals, It Is cer tain he will be "delighted." M. A. Coykendall, government Immi gration agent at Omaha, has request ed the government to supply 10.000 men from nrmy cantonments to help harvest Nebraska's record-breaking corn crop. Ho declnres the task of furnishing men to gather this state's corn nnd potato crops Is hopeless. Word from Washington Is to the effect that Nebraska and other states where no coal Is mined, need have no fear of a fuel shortage this winter Coal will bo commandeered by the fuel administration nnd shipped to non coal producing states if the necessity nrlsos, It Is said. Nebraska soli proved Its value at the International Soil Products exhi bition at Peoria, 111. This state led all others In exhibits of agricultural products. Out of a possible l.fiOO points, Nebraska scored 1,230. Kansns was second. Arizona third and Min nesota fourth. Rev. William n. Murray, a preacher In the Pentecostal Church of tho Naz areno at Atlantn, In Tlarlnn county, hns been denied exemption from wnr service by the appeal board. Shnbort Is coming to the front ns a patriotic town the lntest move heln gthe organizing of a sewing so ciety by the ladles of tin Red Cross. An oil boom Is on In Banner coun ty. One firm has already leased over 50.000 acres of land to dlltl for the precious fluid and other companies arc nei'otlatlnc for lnrue tracts. Tho new United Brethren church, built nt n cost of $12,000 at Geneva, was dedicated just recently. Red Cross leaders of Columbus have lodged a protest with city offic ials against the proposal to uso city funds to equip the home guards. They say If the city has any money to spnro It should bo contributed to tho work of mercy. Nebraska alkali lakes stlli load In the production of American potash, and more wns produced In the United Stntes In the first six months of 1017 than there was In the entire yenr of 1010. according to reports to the United States geological survey. A campaign Is under way In Ne braska to raise this state's pro-rata share of the second Liberty loan, which Is about $27,000,000 of the $3. 000,000.000. A number of Beatrice capitalists lmvo leased it tract of land on t lie Fred Van Llow farm nfar Rnckford Gago county, where they oxpect to prospect for oil. The machine gun company of tho Seventh regiment will come to Buffalo county, the Kearney Commercial club having backed a four-day campaign, which obtained sixty-two enlistments, . W. IN. CHIEFS HELD WILLIAM D. HAYWOOD AND OTH ERS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO AS U. S. FOES. 168 NAMED IN INDICTMENTS Men In Many Cities Face Arrest for Advocating Sabotage Planned to Destroy Property While Na tion Was Busy With War. Chicago, Oct 1. Government agents raided tho headquarter? of the Industrial Workers of the World at 1001 West Madison street and arrested William D. Haywood and 35 oilier lead ers. All the men were taken to the fed eral building. The arrests followed the return of Indictments by the federal grand Jury before Judge Evan Evans, In which ICS persons were named. Among the leaders of the I. W. W. arrestod'ln the raid were: William D. Haywood, general secre tary and treasurer; Richard Brazier, Chicago, "Spokane and elsewhere," member of general executive hoard; George Andreychlne, Chicago, "Duluth nnd elsewhere," mannger publicity 'bu reau, Chicago; Ralph II. Chaplin, edi tor and manager Solidarity; Vladimir LosslelT, Chicago; Bert Lorton, Chi cago manager Recruiting Union; Charles Rothllsher, editor A Berguni kas, Chicago and Cleveland; Charles Plahn, Chicago and Detroit; Herbert Mahler, Seattle and Chicago. The evidence presented to the grand Jury revealed n far-reaching plot to obstruct the government In Its prose cution of the war. "The astonishing feature which stands out nt the conclusion of the In vestigation nnd which is well calcu lated to make patriotic persons shud der with alarm is found In the dis closure of tho number of men enjoying the protection of tho government who nre so far unmindful of social duties and obligations as to openly advocate the most vicious forms of sabotage, particularly In industries engaged in furnishing war munitions," says tho report of the grand jury. "The activities of these defendants have been directed against what they conceive or pretend to conceive, to be the misguided attitude of the world at large toward persons not possessed of property, the result being that this time of general stress nnd strain has been seized upon because, as they In sist, the opportunity was here and now presented to make effective these se cret und covert processes of destruc tion which they traitorously employed while pretending to work. "Boiled down and stated In a few words, the propaganda of those defend ants consists of these assertions: 'We are going to take possession of the in dustries of this country. 1. Becnuse we want them. 2. Because we need them. 3. Becnuso we aro in this crisis possessed of tho power to put It over. "In addition, there is running through all these endenvors n pro nounced opposition to the support of tho war in which this country Is en listed." MICHAELIS ASSAILS WILSON Chancellor Says Statement of War Alms Would Prejudice Questions at Peace Parley. Amsterdam, Oct. 1. Doctor Ml chaclls, the German Imperial chancel lor, In n speech to tho main committee of the rclclistng, said that Pope Bene dict's peace proposals were Inspired by moral seriousness, pure Justice nnd neutrality, which things were lacking in tho reply made by President Wil son to the pope, Justifying Germany's refusnl to state her war alms, Doctor Mlchaelis said such action would only havo n confus ing effect and would Injure German Interests. Were Germany to stnte her war alms, the chancellor nsscrted, It would prejudice the' complex questions to be discussed at the time of peace nego tiations. Tho chnncollor strongly attacked President Wilson's reply to the pope, which, he asserted, merely bound the German people together1 more firmly. 27 KILLED IN TRAIN CRASH Thlfty-Flvo Seriously Injured When Passenger and Empty Troop Train Meet Head-on in Oklahoma. Kellyvlllo, Okla., Oct. 1. Bodies of 17 negroes and seven white men nnd three Indlnns have been taken from tho wreckage of St. Louis & San Francisco train No. 7,, which collided hend-on with an empty troop train one mile southwest of here on Frldny. It is believed that several moro bodies still are In the debris. Three of the negroes were women. Thirty-five per sons were seriously hurt. Lloyd-George Asks Libel. London, Oct. 1. David Lloyd-George, the premier, Is commencing proceed ings for IlbeJ against newspapers which announced that on the occa sion of an air raid the premier left London for his Walton Heath home. Pershing Man Hit From Air. Washington. Oct. 1. The slight wounding of First Lieut. Ilnwurd F. Keating of Philadelphia, medical corps, during an air raid on the night of Sep tember 2-1, was reported to the war department by General Pershlnir. JAMES H. COLLINS. James II. Collins, for 15 years a widely known writer on business sub jects, has charge of the food admin istration's publicity handled through trade papers. He llnds that technlcnl news Is a big side of food conserva tion, and reaches many employers and business men through the trade papers. AIR RAIDS ON LONDON U. S. SOLDIERS IN CAPITAL DUR INQ AIRPLANE ATTACK. Fifteen Persons Are Slain and Seventy Others-Wounded During Two Raids. London, Sept. 27. Many American soldiers, on leave In London, had their first experience with German nlr raid ers Monday night. A large number were at various places of amusement nnd on the streets when tho warning signals were given. Fifteen persons were killed and sev enty Injured In tho nlr raid over Lon don on Monday night. The Zeppelins which crossed tho Yorkshire nnd Lincolnshire consts did not penetrate Inland, being driven off by gunfire. Threo women were In jured. Only two nlrplanes nt tho most pene trated the defenses of London, it Is re ported officially. The following official report was given out by Lord French, commander of the home defenses: "Airplane Rnld The latest reports concerning tho airplane raid show that the group of raiders which approached London was driven off by the fire of anti-aircraft guns. Only one, or, nt the most, two machines penetrated the de fenses. The casualties In all the raid ed districts reported by the police up to tho present nro: Killed, 15; In jured, 70. The material damage wbb not grent. "Airship Raid. Enemy airships crossed the Yorkshire and Lincoln shire coasts between midnight nnd 3 a. m. There is no evidence of their having penetrated to any distance In land. They were driven off by gunfire from vnrlous' defended localities which they attempted to approach. Bombs were dropped nt one coast town, threo women being slightly Injured. Llttlo damage wns caused." S0L0NS FIGHT IN THE HOUSE Rep. Heflln, Who Charged Bernstorff Plot, Pushed Down by Norton of North Dakota. Washington, Oct. 1. Tho houso im Journed without acting on the rules committee decision not to proposo nny resolution looking to Investigating charges that German money has been used to Influence members of congress. The row In the houso over Repre sentative Ileflln's charges culminated In a light between Heflln and Repre sentative Norton, his chief critic. Friends separated them. Tho two men grappled for a moment and then fell over, with Norton on top. The climax came at the end of n gusty session of tho house, which did not approve the action of tho rules committee In refusing to begin Inves tigation of Ileflln's charges that cer tain congressmen ncted suspiciously about the time Count von Bernstorff was asking his government to author ize the expenditure of $00,000 to In llucnco congress. Increase for Railroaders. St. Louis, Sept 20. Announcement was made that effective next Mondny, station agents, agent telegraph opera tors, telegraphors nnd other station employees of the St. Louts & San Fran elsco railroad, and yard clerks and clerks In the general offices who have not received an Increase since January 1 will be granted n wngo Increnso of 8 to 10 per cent. Enemies of War Blamed. Traverse City, Mich., Sept. 20. Tho splllwu"y at tho lower dam of the Koardman River Light and Power com pany's plant, near here, was dynamlt ed. It Is believed that enemies of tho government nro responsible. Connecticut Congressman Dies. Norwulk, Conn., Sept. 20. Ebonezcr J. Hill, representative In congress from the Fourth Connecticut district, died at his home, after an Illness of several weeks Induced by a heut stroke sus tained late In July, T. R. CULLED KAISER COLONEL ROOSEVELT FORCED ARBITRATION ON VENE ZUELA AFFAIR. THREATENED TO SEND DEWEY Former President Reveals Inside Story About Ultimatum Giving Ger man Fleet Threo Hours to Leave. Chicago, Sept. 20. Painting Ger many us tho arch foe of tho world, as a nation drunk with power and with the sword as Its' God, Col. Theodoro Roosevelt on Thursday told tho Inside story of the Venezuelan Incident, when, as president he gavo Germany three days In which to get Its warships out of Venezuelan waters or face a light with Dewey. Tho story was told on the spur of the moment at a luncheon glvon for the colonel nt tho Nuw Morrison hotel by tho local branch of the National Se curity league. Colonel Roosevelt said: "I let Hay write a reasonable num ber of notes. Note writing Is not n form of mental exercise that I am de voted to. Finally I told Hay that 1 would handle It myself. I told the Ger man ambassador to come In, and I said : " 'This Venezuelan business hns gono far enough. Wo don't want to let It como to u point where It will make trouble between our countries. You have your fleet down there, and wo must have an uuderstnudln that you cannot take possession of a single foot of Venczuhui territory.' "Ho said: 'We won't take per nent possession.' I said: 'Oh, no, of course not, but we nre not going to allow any temporary possession for ninety-nine years or so.' He said: 'But I cannot discuss that.' I said: 'I don't want you to discuss It. Just tell your government that in ten days they must arbltrato or I will send Dewey down with our fleet to see thnt you don't tuko a foot of Venezuelan soil.' "Ho said: 'But I cannot send such n message. You do not realize what it means.' I said: 'Oh, yes, I do. We're alone hero nnd I can say It. You aro afraid It may mean war.' Ho said: 'This Is nwful. It will, bo ter rible for your country,' and I said: 'Yes, but it will bo moro unpleasant for yours.' " Then Colonel Rooscovclt explained thnt ho had sent Dewey with his fleet to tho West Indies on n "friendly" cruise, and notified rim to bo ready to sail at an hour's notice. Tho Ameri can fleet wns then stronger than Ger many's. England was supposed to bo backing Germany up, but he paid no attention to England, becnuse ho was sure her heart was not In It. In u week tho German nmbassador called on Colonel Roosevelt and made no ref erence to tho ultimatum. The presi dent nsked whether tho message had been transmitted, The ambassador re plied that ho had not taken the presi dent seriously, nnd ho wns suro his country would not arbitrate. Colonel Roosevelt-continued: "I said there were three days of tho ten left, and that unless I got an an swer within forty-eight hours, Dewey would sail. In thirty-six hours tho nmbnssador called on me and notified me that his country wished mo to ur bltrnte between them and Venezuela." SENATE VOTES 8 BILLIONS Urgent Deficiency Measure Passed Without Roll Call Warning Made by Martin. Washington, Sept. 27. The senate on Tuesday passed tho $8,000,000,000 urgent deficiency bill without a roll call ns Senator Martin of Virginia, Democratic leader, uttered a warning lavish expenditure must cease. Tho bill totaled $7,001,025,220. Tho figures were slightly changed, for $1,-2-10,000 was taken out and $500,000 wns added. The houso granted the nrmy $3,500, 730,735, and the senate added $740, 247.301, making a total of $4,258,084, 128. The navy was given $573,010,023 by tho houso nnd the somite added $24, 010,500. n total of $507,000,123. Tho cash appropriations nro more than $5,000,000,000 and the nuthorlza tlon for contracts exceeds $2,385,458, 803. UNARMED U. S. SHIP SUNK Schooner Henry Llppltt Destroyed, but Crew Is Saved, Says Message to State Department. Washington, Sept. 29. Tho unarmed Amerlcnn schooner Henry Llppltt has been sunk, but her crow was saved, said a consular messago to the stnto department. Rail Strikers Going Back. Chlcngo, Oct. 1. Railroad unions whose men employed by the Elgin, Jollet & Eastern railway went on strlko whipped a number of their members Into lino und induced them to return to work. U. S. Warshap Runs Aground. Atlantic Port, Oct. 1. A United States battleship Is ashore on tho At Inutlc coast, according to an announce ment of naval authorities hero. Tho vessel Is said to bo In no lmmedtato fin nirer. JOHN Met. BOWMAN John McE. Bowman, working with the United States food administration as representative of the hotels, restau rants, dining cars, clubs and passen ger steamships of the country. Mr. Bowman Is president of the Hotels Blltuuro, Manhattan, Ansonla nnd Commodore (now building), nil In New York city, and president of tho Bow- mnn-IIcrr-Morgan Hotel? company. NEW BRITISH DRIVE HAIG'S TROOPS MAKE GAIN8 EAST OF YPRES. Important Posts and Powerful Works Captured During Sweep on Six-Mile Front. London, Sept. 28. In nn attack along a slx-mlles front on Tuesday the British troops captured an Important position around Tower Hamlets nnd strong Held works, nccordlng to the of- flclul report from Field Marshal Halg tonight. Powerful resistance was of fered by tho Germans throughout tho day, and they delivered many strong attacks. "But'," says tho British com mander, "our operations woro entirely successful." British Headquarters In Franco und Belgium, Sept. 28. Along the northern half of the battlo line to tho cast of Yprcs, where Field Marshal Halg re sumed tho offensive, tho British havo advanced (at numerous places for a dis tance from 1,000 to 1,200 yards. An early report, which was Bomewhut vague, Indicated that the British In fantry was fighting nlong a line only n few hundred yards west of Zonno bekc. Tho Germans aro resisting desper ately, nnd along n front of some thou sand yards astride tho Yprcs-Menln road n terrific struggle Is proceeding. Tho line of tho present bnttle Is be tween points to the enst of St. Julicu nnd southwest of Ghcluvelt. The Ger mans already have been pushed out of many Important positions. MAY SOLVE SHEEP PROBLEM People of Upper Michigan and Wis consin Interested In the "More Wool" Movement. Mnrquottc, Mich., Sept. 20. Tho "Moro Sheep, Moro Wool" movement begun In Chicago during tho Grent Lakes Wool convention September 11 nnd 12 will produce definite results nt Menominee, Mich., October 10, when Frank Hagenharth, president of tho National Wool Growers' association, Snlt Lako City, Utnh, will confer with Upper Mlchlgnn and Wisconsin people who nre vitally Interested In tho sheep problem. Mr. Hagenharth, during tho Great Lakes Wood convention In Chlcugo on September 11 nnd 12, snld that tho grazing question In the western stntes wns In a serious situation and that tho sheepmen would cither havo to go out of business or seek now fields. Tho law permitting persons to homestead on 0-10 acres has brought about tho acute situation. The sheep-grazing business hns been given a thorough test In the cutovcr lands of Wisconsin nnd tho Upper Peninsula of Michigan, nnd has been found very profitable. It has been dif ficult, however, to get tho lnrgcr graz ing people of tho West Interested In tho middle Western districts. Locnl people argue that the food products for sheep aro richer nnd moro profuse hero than In tho West, that freight rates aro much smaller owing to tho shorter hauls to Chicago mn fleets, that less feeding will be necessnry In tran sit and that there will be much less loss of weight because of the shorter haul. Pan-German Newspaper Suppressed. Copenhagen, Oct. 1. Under orders of tho authorities the pan-German newspaper Deutscho Zeltung of Ber lin has been suppressed and the so cialist Volkswacht of Dantzlg has been placed under censorship. . Police Chief Is Murdered. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 1. Pollco Commissioner Pnrsley wns shot to denth at the city hall. J. K. Yntes, a former policeman, barrlcnded him self in tho city hall, but was soon shot to death by officers.