Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMLWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEDRA8KA.
The State News of
the Week in Brief
.An Epltcm of All the Big and Irv
terestlno Events of the Pact Few
Days In Nebraska.
Nebraska's draft men nt Camp
Funston 083 In all who arc to
'help fill the National Guard units at
Doming nro from tho following coun
ties: Boyd, Cuming, Scottshluff,
Knor, Pierce, Stnnton, Sheridan,
'Cherry, Snunders, Hock, Antelope,
Sioux, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Wayne,
Thurston, Mndison, Burt nnd Doug
'las. Tho order means that National
Gunrd regiments will rench tho front
long before the national army.
Food Administrator Wattles will at
tend tho Nebrnskn Potato Growers as
sociation meeting at Alliance Novem
ber 1C nnd 10. The charge that Ne
braska Is the most wasteful stato In
tho union In handling potatoes, made
'by 15. P. Miller, federal potato ad
ministrator nt Washington, will bo
taken up. Besides this Mr. Wattles
will appoint a committee to go Into
the question of marketing potatoes.
Because he was exempted from mil
itary service by tho appelate board
after he had been qualified by the
local board, caused people of Wood
River to show resentment against
"Elvn MoKee, young business man,
and resulted In his place of business
receiving a coat of yellow paint
The report of tho mission board of
iho Baptist church at tho annual con
vention nt Hastings showed that the
year just closing has been the most
successful In the history of the Bnp
tlst'chureh. There was a net gain of
"25 per cent In membership.
Fuel Administrator Kennedy nt
Omaha Is receiving reports from
various parts of the state that coal
sbortaces exist. TTo Is arranging to
prnvlde relief In each case as so,pn as
possible.
Aurora srhools will be dismissed
for one week early In November to
permit teachers to attend the stato
meet'ng nt Omnhn and to allow larger
scholars to aid In the corn husking.
Nebraska grand lodge of. Odd Fel
lows nt the nnnual meeting In Lincoln
-voted to purchase $10 000 worth of
Liberty bonds. It was decided to
liold the 1018 encampment nt Lincoln.
1 1 . 1 t l . 11 i
lii'IMiriH liuvu roaciioii ijjiicmn nun
' Nebraska's bean crop will' fall far
short of expectations. Due. It Is said,
to the Imnortntlon of southern bean
seed unodnnt'i tn Nebraska soil.
Of the 20 000 Baptists In Nebraska,
more than 1.100 were In attendance at
the denominational stnto convention
at rrotInfr.
Acting upon the request of Herbert
Hoover the Paddock hotel nnd res
taurants of Beatrice will have a beef
less Tuesday and whcntless Wednes
day. Lincoln hns oversubscribed Its Lib
erty bond quota of R2.300 000. Sub
scription In the capital city are ex
pected to go well over the three mil
lion mark.
Omnhn hotels hereafter will abstain
from serving ments on Tuesdnys, and
pastry made of wheat flour on Wed
nedays. Troops from severnl nntlnnnl army
cantonments nre expected nt the Ash
land rifle rnniro to engage In prac
tice In tho nenr future. ,
Fir" drills nnd other appropriate
exercises, are to be observed In Ne
braska schools on Frldny, November 2,
Fire Prevention Day.
Omnlin grocers declare that a smrnr
short'Te exists In the c'ty nnd that it
Is likely housewives will have to find
0 substitute. .
The .;?"0 000 hospital of th mi
ver'tv of Nebra'-n mod ten) collec at.
Omaha was dedicated just recerttly
with a fittlntr ceremony.
Tn spite of th ''-v summer the nn.
tnto growers In Sheridan county nr
harvesting n nearly nnrmnl crop of
potatoes this fall.
Pr-ictlcnllv oil of the business men
of Barnestnn who suffere"d losses In
the recent fW. oxnopt to rebuild and
fe-oncatre In business.
Due to the Increased cost of living,
teachers In Aurora o"v snhnnio nn to
be clvcri a bonus of $5 per month.
Corn shneklncr Is gnlncr nn In many
parts of the stnte. So far the labor
supply Is equal to the demand.
W. D. Fisher, new secretnry of tho
' Alliance Commercial club, Is expect
ed to make things hum In the city.
One of his first acts was to suhmlt a
proposition to hulld 25 new cottages
to house tho growing population.
Plans for n new slx-stnry hotel nro
tdso under consideration.
A movement hns been stnrted
nronnd O'Neill to conserve the fuel
supply of the region by gathering
dead cotton-wood trees which mny bo
fonnd In nbundnncc In the com
munlty. '
Plnns for the new city hnll build
ing nt Scottshluff, bonds for which
were voted by tho people In August,
1h now In tho linnds of n local archi
tect. '
The Brnlnnrd school board hns de
cided to dlnnlsfl tho high school for n
throe weeks' vncntlnu, to allow tho
boys ta hmk corn nnd perform other
farm labor.
Nebrnskn outstripped Iown In army
recruiting for the first half of Octo
ber, according to figures made up. Ne
braska enlisted 220, while Iowa has
1M.
Food Administrator Wattles hua
Issued n statement calling attention
to tho recent proclamation of Presi
dent Wilson putting Into effect tho
federnl food control law and warns
corporations engaged In storing, im
porting, manufacturing und distribut
ing food products thnt nfter Novem
ber 1 they will be required to hnve
government license to do business. He
advises those affected by tho law to
secure their license at once from the
licensing division of tho federal food
administration at Wnshlngton.
John L. Kennedy of Omaha, attor
ney, has been nppolnted fuel adminis
trator of Nebrnskn. His duties will
be to select an advisory committee for
the state; appoint committees In
each county to Investigate and report
on, local condtllons; to nld In every
way possible to see thnt Nebraska has
an ndequnte supply of fuel and to see
thnt tho prices set by tho government
prevail.
Two Omaha women. Miss Llllle
Marks and Mrs. It. A. Tlhbets, had n
most miraculous escape from donHi
when nn automobile In which they
were riding plunged down n sixty foot
embankment nt Omaha. Both were
pinned In n ditch beneath the ma
chine, which ullirhted upside down,
nncross tho trench, thus saving them
from benlg crushed.
Mrs. 'Loiistf Mlddnugh, who has
served as rural mall carrier out of
Ames for the past 14 years, has re
signed. She wns one of tiio first wo
men cnrrlers In tho stnte; nmong tho
first to drvo an automobile on her
route nnd hns boon president of the
Dodge County Burnl Carriers' associa
tion for severnl years.
A representntlve from every chnpter
In the state Is expected to attend the
Nebraska Bed Cross conference nt
Omaha October SI and November 1.
Important questions pertaining to Red
Cross work nnd outline for future
work will bo discussed. This will bo
Nebraska's first Red Cross meeting.
A representative from Nebraska will
go to Wnshlncton with a deleintlon
from Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma,
Colorado and North and South Da
kotn to urge thnt the food odmlnlstrn
tor repeal at once the price fixed by
tho government for the 1017 wheat
crop.
Owing to the shortage of labor, It
Is estimated that the beet sugar cam
palgn In Nebraska will continue about
ono hundred days 'longer thnn usual.
Tho Scottshluff factory Is now turning
out 1.000 tons of sugar dally, and the
Goring factory, 1,200.
Six business estnbllshments and
one entire block of residences nt
Bnrnstnn were destroyed by fire, en
tailing a loss estimated at $75,000,
The origin of the fire Is believed to
hnve been Inoond'nry.
Tho Morrill high school football
team challenges to play nny high
school squad In the state. Morrill has
nlrendy beat Bayard, Alliance nnd
Scottshluff. Bayard fell before the
Morrill boys by a score of 120 to 0.
Grocers nnd druggists hnndllng
lemon extract and Jamaica ginger nre
bootleggers In Lnncnster county,
County Attorney Frank Peterson has
authorized Sheriff L. A. Simmons to
proceed against them ns such.
A petition Is being circulated In
Scottshluff county nsklng tho county
board to call n speclnl election to
vote on n proposition to. build n new
court house at Gerlng. to cost be
tween $100 000 nnd $150,000.
The program for the annual meet
lng of the Stnto Teachers' Assocln
tlon In Omaha, November 7 to 0 Is
virtually completed and fairly bristles
with names of nntlonnl educators.
"Pledge Cord Week" has been post
poned from the October 21 to 2S to
the week of October 2S to November
4. so as not to Interfere with the Inst
lnp of the Second Liberty loan drlv,
The city council of West Point hns
Joined with the county hoard In the
construction of n concrete road, twen
ty feet wide, from the city limits to
t'.e entrance of the Mount Hope com
cterv.
Nebraska's three prlnclpnl full
crops, corn, hay nnd potatoes, will be
worth $:i(!0..SJO 000. according to tho
Burlington railroad estlmntes.
A speclnl election will be held In
Omnhn November 20 for' the purpose
of votlne on n school bond proposl
tlon of S2.750 000.
Wh'lo baling ltnv on his fnrm nenr
Papllllnn Frank Kapeokv was struck
by lightning nnd Instantly killed.
Recent rains over the eastern half
of Nebraska will greatly benefit tho
winter whent crop, It Is said.
Fnlls City Is soon to hnve n cereal
mill. The Gehrlng brewery has been
converted Into n concern thnt will ho
known ns tho Western Cereal com
pnny, nnd It will he but n short time
before the mills nro In active opera
tlon. .
Nelrnskn fnrmers who pay six
cents n bushel for husking corn will
pay about the same rate ns Town
fnrmers. Tho following rnte hns been
agreed upon In Harrison county,
Iowa: For good corn, 5 cents; medium
corn, 0 cents; poor corn, 7 cents.
Tho Buffnlo county good ronds fair
held nt Kernny netted tho good roads
fund $7,000 to be used In Improve
ments. A stylo show, which will bo
made nn annual fenture, was held In
connection. with tho fair.
The Nebraska football team trim
ni be Ipwa stato aggregation at
Lincoln by a score of 47 to 0. It was
the first big game on the Cornhuskers'
schedule.
Tho Western Potnfth compnny hns
started work on their plant nt An
tloch. mnktng the fourth company to
build ut thnt nlace.
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PETROGRAD OFFICIALS NAME
CITY OF MOSCOW THE NEW
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
W0 GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
Berlin Announces Capture of 5,000
Prisoners on Moon IslandKaiser
Sends Powerful Fleet
Against Slavs.
Petrogrnd, Oct. 22. The government
has definitely determined .to move to
Moscow In (he very trur future.
The new offensive operations by the
Germans, resulting In the capture of
Oesel und Moon Islands, and the threat I
of uu Invasion of Esthonlu may be re
sponsible for tho decision to remove
the government to Moscow, the ancient
capital.
Berlin, Oct. 22. Two Russian Infan
try regiments totaling 5,000 men were (
captured on Moon Island In the Unit ,
of Riga, It was announced otllclally on '
Friday. The Island Is not completely 1
In possession of the Germans.
Petrogrnd, Oct. 22. Two German
torpedo-boats' were sunk In the mine
field In Moon sound. '
The Germans on Wednesday began
to hind troops on Dago Island, south
of the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
la the naval battle of Wednesday In
which the Russian battleship Sluvu
was sunk, two German trawlers were
sent to the bottom nnd hits were ob
tained by Russian battleshlpa on Gor
man drendnuughts. The statement
says that not less than ten enemy
drondnnughts of the newest Kaiser and
ICoonig types took part In the battle, i
CREWS OF U. S. SHIfS SAFE
Americans Report U-Boat Attack on ,
U. S. Vessels Reach Port on
French Liner.
An Atlantic Port, Oct. 22. Attncks
on three American sallingships by Ger
man submarines were reported by their
crews, who reached here on n French
liner. Captain' Mortensen of -the
three-masted American bark, Paolliia.
of 1,108 tons, said that his vessel was
fired on by a U-boat, but not hit. The
Germans then came alongside, looted
her and sank her with bombs, he said.
The captain and his crew were picked
up by a French destroyer.
Another crew, who said they were
from the American schooner Crockett
of Philadelphia, reported that three
mouths ago their shop was torpedoed
by a submarine near Brest, hut did
not sink. The Germans looted her
and then abandoned her, nnd Inter,
they said, she was towed Into Brest
nnd sold. She had a cargo of oil.
Also on the same liner was the crew
of the four-masted schooner Henry
LPpltt, 805 tons, of Philadelphia,
whose sinking had previously been re
ported. BULGARIA IN PEACE MOVE
Country's Agents Seek Entente Aid to
Safeguard Rights After End
of War.
Copenhngeh, Ocl 22. While Em
peroi4 Wllllnm nnd King Ferdinand of
Bulgaria have been exchanging assur
ances at Softn of the unshakable loy
alty of Bulgaria and Germany to each
other and of the permanent nature of
the alliance of the two countries, Bul
garian ngents abroad have been en
deavoring to get Into touch wlththo
entente powers on the subject of pence
and subsequent relations.
Their efforts are declared to be In
spired by apprehension that Germany
md Austria-Hungary, particularly
the latter, may not be overzeulous In
defending Bulgaria's Interest nt thp
peace conference, as well as by a de
sire on Bulgaria's part to escnpo
from revolving In an exclusively Ger
man orbit after the war.
FRENCH EXPERTS REACH U. S.
Sixty Officers to Assist In Training of
Field Artillery Units of the
National Army.
An Atlantic Port Oct. 22. A party
of H0 oificers and ItO noncominissl.-itu".!
olllcers of tho French field .artillery
who are to assist In the. training of
field urtlllcry units of the United
States National army arrived here
aboard a French steamship.
U. S. TO BE IN THE WAR ZONE
Germany Plans U-Doat Raids
Coa&ts of United States and
Canada.
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London, Oct. 18. According to news
from Berlin In an undated dispatch
received by the admiralty by wireless
press Germany Is expected shortly to
declare tho consts of the United
States, Canada and Cuba war zones.
Japs See German U-Boat Sunk.
A Pacific Port, Oct. 22. Olllcers of
n Japanese steamer that has arrived
here said they saw a British destroyer
sink n German submarine. The sub
marine had Just made nn utttuck on
unother Japanese freighter.
Triplets Born on Train.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 22. Mrs. J. C.
Atkinson of Seattle, Wash., became tho
mother of triplets uhoard a west-hound
Rock Island train. Two of tho chil
dren were born In Kansas und tho
.1 ird wus born la Colorado.
MOV
CAPITAL
B. E. UNDERWOOD
B. E. Underwood, president of Un
derwood & Underwood, New York, has
been commissioned n major In the sig
nal corps. U. S. It., to serve on tho
photographic war board In Washing
ton. Major Underwood's experience
In photography covers u period of over
35 years and embraces work In many
foreign countries. In culling him to
Washington nnd asking him to serve
on the photographic board, the admin
istration again shows Its policy of
placing men of large expert experience
In Important departments.
U. S. DESTROYER HIT
ONE SAILOR KILLED AND FIVE
OTHERS WOUNDED.
Damaged Warship Reaches Port. At
tacked While on Patrol Duty
In War Zone.
Washington, Oct. 10. An American
destroyer on patrol duty in tho war
zone was torpedoed on Tuesday. One
man was killed nnd llvo wounded; The
boat managed to make port In spite of
severe damage.
Vice Admiral Sims cabled, n brief re;
port of the IncIdeiU to tho nnvy depart
ment on Wednesday, lie gave no de
tails, but It Is assumed the U-boat
made Its escape after firing a torpedo.
A gunner's mate, Osmond Kelly In
gram, was the man killed, lie was
blown overboard by the explosion.
The casualties were otllclally an
nounced as follows,:
The Dead.
Osmond Kelly Ingram, gunners
mate, body not recovered. Kelly's
mother, Mrs. Betty - Ingram, lives at
Pratt City, Ala.
The Injured.
Herman II. Pankratz, gunner's mate,
St. Louis.
William E. Merrltt, seaman, New
York city.
Frank W. Kruse, fireman, Toledo.
Patrick Rutledge, oiler, New York
city.
William Selmer, fireman, Duudns,
Minn.
CAPTURE ISLAND FROM RUSS
Berlin Announces Victory on Moon
Isle Battleship Slava Destroyed
In Gulf of Riga.
Berlin, Oct. 20. The German forces
have captured Moon Island, arordlng
to tne omciai statement issued on
Thursday.
The Germans have taken 10,000 prls
oners' and 50 guns and much other ma
terial on Oesel Island, the wur olllco
reports. .
Tho Rusalnn naval forces In tho
Gulf of Riga have been trapped by
the Germans, according to the an
nouncement. Petrogrnd, Oct. 20. A haval battle
has occurred In the Gulf of Riga be
tween Russian nnd Gcrmnn battle,
ships. thoVyur office announces.
The Russian battleship Slava was
sunk as the result of being hit sev
ernl times beneath tho water ll.ie.
Nearly all the members of tho crew
were saved by Russian torpedo-boats.
Eat something else in
place of wheat. Eat more
corn.
U. 8. to Punish Loan Foes.
Washington, Oct. 20. Tho govern
ment set In motion the machinery to
apprehend ( and punish pro-German
workers wlio have stnrted nn organ
ized campaign lit more thnn a dozen
stntes to defeat the Liberty loan.
Mexicans Fire on U. S. Patrol,
Marfa, Tex., Oct. W. Mexlcuns fired
upon nn American army patrol ut San
Jose, sixty miles south of here, on tho
Rio Grande, . according to u report
brought hero from tho river. The flro
wns returned by the army patrol.
German Rebels Sent to Front.
Amsterdam, Oct. 20. German sail
ors who took part In tho recent mutiny
at Wllhelmsliuven liuve been sent to
the western front to fight In the
trenches, according to Information
frora n German source,
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ES
HOOVER DECLARES "CORNER
HAS BEEN TURNED IN HIGH
COST OF FOOD."
PUTS BLAME ON 'RETAILERS
Asserts Wholesale Prices Are Much'
Lower Now Than a Year Ago and
Urges Pressure on Dealers
and Farmers.
Washington, Oct. 20. Food Admin
istrator Hoover announced on Thurs
day "thut the corner has been turned
In high prices."
He hns gone ns far as ho can In
price reduction, lie says, und assails
the retailers for not doing their parL
The next congress will probably , bo
asked to give him power to force tho
retailers to abstain from profiteering.
Mr. Hoover says:
"Most of the essential commodities
should, one nfter unother, continue to
show reductions between now and tho
end of the year. The food adminis
trator has no control of either tho
grower or his organizations, nor of the
great majority of retailers.
"Tho distribution chain lying be
tween tho warehouse, wholesalers,
commission men and manufacturers of
prime commodities has required a
great deal of study and development
for Its ' proper regulation, nnd these
regulations nro coming Into force
now."
Mr. Hoover said ho had every hope
the retailers will co-operate, as tho
farmers and other food handlers nre
co-operuting, to feed tho nation and
the allies at reasonable prices. Every
body along tho lino down to the re-
tnller, he declared, already Is helping.
But retnll prices do not by any means
rolled the wholesale prices.
lie added:
"It Is necessary to secure n largo
production, to maintain fair and re
munerative prices to the producers.
While their expenses have Increased
during the past year, the prices de
manded for certain commodities nro
not warranted. Tito Intermediate han
dling trades are being placed under
regulation; they nre co-operating well
with the food administration, nnd tho
speculation and profiteering are now
generally a thing of the past.
"The retailers need the co-operation
of consumers In reducing deliveries,
und their success In nil measures Will
rest largely upon tho support they re
ceive from local authorities."
' Summarized, his review follows:
Flour. Tho current prices at which
Hour Is sold at the mill In Juto bags
vary with the locality and freight
charges on wheat, Toledo .showing tho
lowest prices nt $10 for first patent
nnd $0.70 for second patent; the high
est being Buffnlo, at $10.70 for
first patent and $10.70 for second
patent.- Tho uverago retail prlco on
first patents In 700 cities on October
13 wus $13.77, or from $1X0 to $2 per
barrel higher than is warranted by
the price being pnld to the millers.
Tho retnll prlco has not responded
to millers' reductions.
Beans. Tho benn hnrvest Is esti
mated by tho department of ngrlcul
ture nt approximately 7,000,000,000
bushels In excess of Inst year. Tho
growers' associations nro holding
beans at from 10 to 15 cents per
pound, ns against an average price last
year of eight cents. There has been
100 per cept Increase In the Mnnchu
rlnn bean crop nnd It Is now estimated
at 2,000.000 tons. Owing to shipping
shortage practically tho only outlet Is
to the United Stntes, und these beans
will flow Into tlio American market
from December much below tho prices
now being demanded.
Corn. The harvest this year Is 000,-
000,000 to 700,000,000 bushels over Inst
year, and will be generally available
about the end of November. The price
stands "at $1.00 In Chicago. New corn
Is quoted In Chicago at $1.1!! for Do
ceinbcr nnd Indicates u 40 per cent
drop In tho prlco of common!.
Potatoes. The Harvest is oil per
cent In excess of last year. The prlco
at the leading points varies from $1.50
to $2.80 per 100 pounds. It Is higher
than nt this period last year and Is
duo to n tendency on the part of tho
pr iducer to hold for higher prices, and
to the temporary Inability of the rail
roads to furnish enrs.
Sugar. Beet sugar prices aro being
controlled by tho manufacturers on a
basis (hot should reach the retailer
from 8 to 8& cents per pound. A tetn
pornry shortage In tho Northwestern
states gives no warrant for advances
by retailers to over 9 cents.
Beef. Beef already shows gome
tendency, toward reduction Ic wt.Oio
sititi priTe btri. thono have not been
so fur reflected by the retailer. Tho
price of beef at the packers door Is
14'zd cents per pound, as compared
with 10 cents In July. But the nver
ago retail price of round steak In 700
cities Is 111 cents per pound, against 27
cents In July.
Island 8wept by Storm.
Georgetown, Grand Cayman, British
West Indies, Oct. 22. The Island of
Grand Cayman wns visited by tho
most violent hurricane tn Its history,
Tho property less Is estimated at $300,
000. Two lives were lost.
Manila Bay Helmsman Dies.
Charleston, S. C, Oct. 22. Rudolph
G. Mehrtens, who wns ut tlio wheel of
tho (jrulscK Olymp'n during the Imttlu
of Manila bay In Mny, 1808, died sud
denly. Ho wns fifty-two years old and
was on tho retired list
PRIG
WHAT YOU CAN DO
On "Conservation Week"
OCT. 28 TO NOV. 4.
1. Go to church on "Conserva
tion Sunday," October 28,
. and hear what your minister
has to say about food con
servation 2. Find out why we must ent
corn and other things in
place of whent; why wo
must eat fish and cldckcn
. nnd other things In place of
beef," pork and mutton; uso
less sugar; uso less fats.
:i. Hat corn bread for dinner
every day for eight duys.
This will glvo you tho corn
bread habit.
1. Eat no beef, pork or mutton
on ."Mentless Tuesday," Oc
tobor 30. Chicken or fish nro
permitted.
C. Attend "Conservation" speak
ings on Wednesday, October
31.,
0. Study conservation window
dlsplnys and wntch for mer
.clinnts conservation sales
on "Merchants' Conservation
Day," Thursdify, Novem
ber 1.
7. Eat no beef, pork or mutton
on -"Mentless Frldny," No
vember 2. Fish and chicken
uro "permitted."
8. Sign your country's pledge
to save food to help win the
war.
0. Get others to sign tho pledge
card.
10. Hang the food administration
window membership curd In
your front window to help
got other peoplu Interested
" In food conservation.
COAL MINERS STRIKE
UNION LEADERS CALL ACTION OF
MEN "OPEN REBELLION."
Men Quit Work Because of Failure of
National Administrator to Order
Immediate Increase.
Chicago, Oct. 18. John E. Williams,
newly nppolnted federal coal adminis
trator for Illinois, on Tuesday sent n
report to Washington on tho Illinois
coal mine strike situation Indicating
that fully 75,000 tons a day of produc
tion hn'd been cut off, that there was
fear of tho trouble spreading und thut
immediate action was urgent.
Tho fuel administrator and tho
miners' union olllclals Joined In de
claring the situation to be one of open
rebellion, existing wngo agreements
being regarded as "scraps of paper."
Tho trouble was precipitated by tho
failure of National Administrator Gar-
Held to order Immediate Increases In
Illinois coal prices nnd of tho tnlno
operators in turn to put extra pny in
tho minors' envelopes.
St. Louis, Mo., Oct 18. Miners
struck on Tuesday at several mines
nenr Belleville, III., nt some of tho
mines of tho Southern Coal, Coke and
Mining compnny, nt two bonk Bros.'
mines at Colllnsvlllo nnd Maryvllle,
III., nnd nt the Lumnghl mines nt
Maryvllle. Altogether about twenty
mines In the Illinois field' nenr St
Louis were affected.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 18. Ten thou
sand miners In central Illinois are on
strike asking n 10 per cent lncreaso In
wages.
TEUTON SAILORS IN REVOLT
Treatment and Poor Food Cause
Mutiny at Pola Naval
Base.
Washington, Oct. 20. Ofilclnl dlplo-
mntlc dispatches received hero on
Thursday report mutinies In tho Aus
trian navy nnd clashes between Aus
trian sailors and crews of tho Ger
man submarine fleet hnscd ut Poln,
In .which officers on both s'des havo
been killed nnd which resulted In a
decision to change the bnso of the Ger
man flotilla.
Des'plte tho attempts of the Austrian
admiralty to suppress the news, it
reached here, coming b.v wny of
Berne.
The Austrian crows aro snld to havo
revolted under 111 trentment of officers
nnd bad food, while the clash with tho
German submarine crews wns caused
by the overhearing conduct of the lat
ter. Army Order Cites Lufbury.
Loudon, Oct 10. Lieut. Rnnul Luf
bury of Wnlllngford, Conn., member of
tho Frnnco-Amerlenn flying corps, who
has scored mnny victories nnd recent
ly wns cited" In French nrmy orders as
nn "Incomparable pilot," n sold by tho
Herald to havo brought down his thir
teenth enemy mnchlne.
Alleged Plot Frustrated.
New York, Oct. 22. An alleged plot
to damage or blow up a United States
converted transport ltero was frustrat
ed when tho police arrested a Scan
dinavian charged with attempting to
brtbo a ship mechanic.
.Another Strike Is Settled,
Portland, Ore., Oct. 22. Through
tho efforts of tho federnl wage adjust
ment nourd, In session hero four days,
tho strlko of 7,000 shipyard v "kers in
the Columbia river basin practically In
Bottled.