Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
The State News of
the Week in Brief
.An Epltom of All the Big and Irv
terestlna Events of the Past Few
Days In Nebraska.
Nebraskn'a draft men nt Camp
Funston 083 In all who are to
help fill the National Guard units nt
Doming arc from the following coun
ties: Boyd, Cuming, Scottsbluff,
Knox, Pierce, Stnnton, Sheridan,
'Cherry, Snundcrs, Hock, Antelope,
Sioux, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Wayne,
Thurston, Mndlson, Hurt nnd Doug
'las. The order means thnt National
Guard regiments will reach the front
long before the nntlonnl army.
Food Administrator Wattles will nt
'tend tho Nebraska Potato Growers as
sociation meeting nt Alliance Novem
ber 15 nnd 10. The charge that Ne
' bruskn Is the most wasteful state In
tho union In lmndllng potatoes, made
by 15. P. Miller, federal potato ad
ministrator nt Washington, will bo
taken up. P.esidos this Mr. Wattles
will appoint a committee to go into
'the question of marketing potatoes.
Because he was exempted from mil
itary service by the appelate board
after be hnd been qualified by the
local board, caused people of Wood
Rlror to show resentment ngainst
"Elvn MeKee. young business man,
and resulted In bis place of business
receiving a coat of yellow paint
The report of tho mission board of
the Baptist church nt tho annual con
vention nt Hustings showed that the
year Just closing has been the most
successful in the history of the Bap
list church. There wns 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
sbortacres exist. ITo Is arranging to
provide relief In each case as soon as
possible.
Aurora schools will be dismissed
-for one week early In November to
permit teachers to attend the stato
meet'ng nt Omaha nnd to allow larger
scholars to old In the corn husking.
Nebraska grand lodge of. Odd Fel
lows nt the annual meeting In Lincoln
-voted to purchase $10 000 worth of
"Liberty bonds. It wns decided to
bold the 101.S encampment nt Lincoln.
Reports hnvo reached Lincoln thnt
1 Nebraska's bean crop will fall far
short of expectations. Due, It is said,
to the importation of southern bean
seed unndnn-'"1 Nebraska soil.
Of the 20 0O0 Baptists In Nebraskn,
more than 1.100 were In attendance at
the denominntional state convention
at fTnstinfrs.
Acting upon the request of Herbert
Hoover the Paddock hotel and res
taurants of Beatrice will have a beef
less Tuesday and whentlcss Wednes
day. Lincoln has oversubscribed Its Llh
erty hond quota of R2.3G0 000. Sub
scription In the capital city are ex
pected to go well over the three mil
lion mnrk.
Omaha hotels hereafter will abstain
from sonint meats on Tuesdays, and
pastry made of wheat flour on Wed
nelnys. Troops from several national nrmy
cantonments nre expected at the Ash
land rifle roncre. to engage In prac
tice In the nenr future. ,
Fir"1 drills nnd other npproprlnte
exercises , are to be observed In Ne
braska schools on Friday, November 2,
Fire Prevention Day.
Omaha grocers declare thnt a sncrnr
shorMfe exists in the cHy nnd thnt It
Is likely housewives will hnvo to find
n H'lbst'tnte. .
The S?0O0 hospital of th Unl
verMv of NebraB'-n moriifil colln at
Omaha wns dedicated just recerttly
with n flttlncr commony.
Tn spite of th ''-v "summer tho nn.
tnto n-owers in Sheridan county ar
harvesting n nearly normnl crop of
potatoes this fall.
Pr'icticallv all of the business men
of Bnrnestnn who suffered losses In
the recent flr. evnoct to rebuild nnd
fe-oncnire in business.
Due tn thr Increased cost of living,
tencber! In Apron c'H' rbnnio "re 'o
' be clveri a bonus of $5 per month.
Corn shnoklntr is goinc on In many
parts of the stnte. So far the labor
supply Is eqnnl to the demand.
W. D. Fisher, new secrotnry of tho
' Alliance Commercial club, Is expect
ed to make things hum In the city.
One of bis first nets was to submit a
proposition to hulld 25 new cottnges
to bouse tho growing population.
Plans for n new six-story hotel nro
ulso under consideration.
A movement has been stnrted
around O'Neill to conserve the fuel
supply of the region by gntberlng
dead cotton-wood trees which mny bo
fonnd In nbundnnce In the com
munity. Plans for tho now city hnll build
ing nt Scottsbluff, bonds for which
were voted by the people In August,
fa now In the hnnds of a local archi
tect. '
The Bmlnnrel school bonrd has de
cided to dl'tnlas the high school for a
threw weeks' vacation, to nllow tho
boys ta husk corn nnd perform other
farm lnbor.
Nebraskn outstripped Iowa In army
recruiting for the first half of Octo
ber, according to figures mndo up. Ne
braska enlisted 228, while Iowa has
101.
Food Administrator Wattles bus
Issued a statement calling attention
to tho recent proclnmatlon of Presi
dent Wilson putting Into effect tho
federal food control law and wurns
corporations engnged In storing, im
porting, manufacturing und distribut
ing food products that after Novem
ber 1 they will be required to have
government license to do business. He
advises those affected by tho law to
secure their license at once from the
licensing division of the federal food
admlnlstrallon nt Wnshington.
John L. Kennedy of Omaha, attor
ney, has been nppolnted fuel adminis
trator of Nebraska. Ills duties will
be to select an advisory committee for
the state; appoint committees In
each county to Investigate and report
on local condtllons; to aid In every
way possible to see that Nebraska has
nn adequate supply of fuel nnd to see
thnt the prices set by tho government
prevail.
Two Omaha women, Miss Llllle
Marks and Mrs. R. A. TIbbets, had n
most miraculous escape from doaMi
when nn automobile In which they
were riding plunged down n sixty foot
embnnkment nt Omaha. Both were
pinned In n ditch benenth the ma
chine, which nlltrhted upside down,
uncross (ho trench, thus snvlng them
from benlg crushed.
Mrs. 'Louise MIddnugh, who has
served as rural mall carrier out of
Ames for the past 14 yenrs, has re
signed. She wns one of the first wo
men carriers In the stnte; nmong tho
first to rirjjvo nn nutomoblle on her
route nnd hns been president of the
Dodge County Rural Carriers' associa
tion for several years.
A representntlvc from every chapter
In the stnte Is expected to attend the
Nebraska Red Cross conference nt
Omaha October 31 nnd November 1.
Importnnt 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 Washington with a delegation
from Missouri. Knnsns, Oklahoma,
Colorado and North and South Da'
kota to urge that the food admlnlstrn
tor rqpenl at once the price fixed by
the government for tho 1017 wheat
crop.
Owing to tho shortage of lnbor, It
Is estimated that tho beet sugar cam
palgn In Nebraska will continue about
one hundred days 'longer than usual
The Scottsbluff factory Is now turning
out 1.000 tons of sugar dally, and tho
Goring factory, 1,200.
Six business estnbllshmcnts nnd
one entire block of residences at
Bnrnstnn were destroyed by fire, en
tailing n loss estlmntcd nt $75,000.
The origin of the fire Is believed to
have been Ineend'ory.
The Morrill high school football
team challenges to play any high
school squad In the stnte. Morrill has
already beat Baynrd, Alliance nnd
Baynrd,
Scottsbluff. Baynrd fell before the
Morrill boys by a score of 120 to 0.
Grocers and druggists handling
lemon extract and .Tnmnlcn 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
Scottsblttff county asking the county
board to cnll a special election to
vote on a proposition to. build a new
court house nt Goring, to cost be
tween $100 000 nnd .$150,000.
The progrnm for tho nnnual meet
ing of the Stnte Teachers' Associa
tion in Omnha, November 7 to 0, Is
virtually completed nnd fairly bristles
with nnmes of national educators.
"Pledge Card Week" hns been post
poned from the October 21 to 23 to
the week of October 28 to November
4, so as not to Interfere with the Inst
lap of the Second Liberty loan drlv
The city council of West Point has
Joined with the county board In the
construction of a concrete mart, twen
ty feet wide, from the city limits to
t'.e entrance of the Mount Hope com
cterv. Nebraska's three principal fall
crops, corn, liny and potatoes, will be
worth SWiO.SSO 000. according to the
Burlington rnllroad estimates.
A special election will be hold In
Omnha November 20 for 'the purpose
of voting on n school bond proposi
tion of S2.750 000.
Wh'le bnllng ltav On bis farm nenr
Papllllnn Frnnk Kapoekv was struck
by lightning and Instantly killed.
Recent rains over the enstern half
of Nobrnska will greatly benefit tho
winter wheat crop. It Is said.
Falls City Is soon to have n cereal
mill. Tho Gehrlng brewery has been
converted Into n concern thnt will bo
known ns tho Western Cerenl com
pnny, and It will be but n short time
before the mills nro In active opera
tion, .
Nerrnska fnrmerf- who pny six
cents bushel for husking corn will
pny about the samo rate as Iowa
farmers. Tho following rate has been
ngreed upon In Ilnrrlson county,
Iowa: For good corn, 5 cents; medium
corn, 0 cents; poor corn, 7 cents.
Tho Buffnlo county good rends fnlr
held at Kernay netted tho good roads
fund $7,000 to be used In Improve
ments. A stylo show, which will bo
made an nnnunl fenture, wan held In
connection. with tho fnlr.
The Nebraska football team trim
nd tbe Ipwn state aggregation nt
Lincoln by n score of 47 to 0. It was
the first big gamo on the Cornhuskcrs'
schedule.
Tho Western Potnsh company has
stnrted work on their plant at An
tloch, mnklng the fourth company to
build ut that nlace.
ME
PETROGRAD OFFICIAL3
NAME
NEW
CITY CF MOSCOW THE
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
TWO GERMAN SHIPS SUNK
Berlin Announces Capture of 5,000
Prisoners on Moon Island Kaiser
Sends Powerful Fleet
Against Slavs.
Petrograd, Oct. 22. The government
has definitely detornflnod ,to inovo to
Moscow In he very n- ar future.
The new offensive operations by the
Germuns, resulting In the capture of
Oesel and Moon islands, artd tho threat
of an Invasion of Esthonlu may be re
sponsible for tho decision to remove
the goveniuiit to Moscow, tho ancient
capital.
Berlin, Oct. 22. Two Russian Infan
try regiments totaling 5,000 men wro
captured on Moon Island In the Gult
of Riga, it was announced oillclally on
Frlduy. The Island Is not completely
In possession of the Germans.
Petrograd Oct 22. Two German
tornodo-hontrf wore sunk In the mine
Hold In Moon Round. '
The Germans on Wednesday began
to land troops on Dago Island, south
of the entrance of the Gulf of Finland.
In, hc navnl battle of Wednesday In
which the Russian battleship Slava
was sunk, two German trawlers were
sent to the bottom nnd bits were ob-
talned by Russian battleships on Ger-
man dreadnaughts. Tho statement
says that not less than ten enemy
ilreadnaughts of the newest Kuiser nnd
Koenlg types took purt In the battle.
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 salllngshlps by Ger
man submarines were reported by their
crews, who reached here on n French 1
liner. Captain' Mortensen of tjie
Hir,.p.m.mt..(i Amorlonn l.nrk. P.ioliiiu.
of 1.108 tons, said that his vessel was
fired on bv a U-boat, but not hit. The
Germans then enme alongside, looted
her and sank her with bombs, he said.
The captain and Ids crew were picked
up by a French destroyer.
Another crew, who said thev were
from the American schooner Crockett
nf Philadelphia, renorted that three
months ago their shop was torpedoed
by a subninrine near Brest, but did
not sink. The Germans looted her
and then abandoned her, nnd later,
they said, she was towed Into Brest
nnd sold. She had n cargo of oil.
Also on the same liner was the crew
of the four-masted schooner Henry
Ltpltt, 805 tons, of Philadelphia,
whose sinking hud previously been re
ported. ,
BULGARIA IN PEACE MOVE
Country's Agents Seek Entente Aid to
Safeguard Rights After End
of War.
Copenhagen, Oct. 22. While Em
peror William nnd King Ferdinand of
Bulgaria have been exchanging assur
ances nt Sofln of the unshakable loy
alty of Bulgurln und Germany to each
other and of the permanent nnture of
the alliance of the two countries, Bul
garian agents abroad have been en
deavoring to get Into touch wlth.the
entente powers on the subject of penco
nnd subsequent relations.
Their efforts nre 'declared to be In
spired by apprehension that Germany
pud Austria-Hungary, particularly
the latter, may not be overzoulnus In
defending Bulgaria's Interest at the
peace conference, us well as by a de
sire on Bulgaria's) part to escape
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 Atlnntle Port Oct. 22. A party
of 30 onkers and 30 noncommissl.'jiu:'.
officers of the French Held .artillery
who are to usslst In the. training of
field urtlHery units of the United
States National nrmy arrived here
nbonrd n French steamship.
U. S. TO BE IN THE WAR ZONE
Germany Plans U-Boat Raids
Coasts of United States and
Canada.
on
London, Oct. 18. According to news
from Berlin In nn undated dispatch
received by the admiralty by wireless
press Germnny 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. Officers of
a .Inpnncse steamer that has nrrlwd
here said they saw n British destroyer
sink n German submarine. The sub
marine had Just made nn ntttuck u
unother Japanese freighter.
Triplets Born on Tralni German Rebels Sent to Front.
Denver, Colo., Oct. 22. Mrs. .1. O.I Amsterdam. Oct. 20. German sail
Atkinson of Seattle, Wash., became the who rook part in tho recent mutiny
mother of triplets aboard a west-bound I t Wllhelmshnven huvo been sent to
Rock Island train. Two of the chll- western front to fight In tho
dren were born In Kansas und tho trenches, according to Information
,1 lrd was bom In Colorado. f"ra a German source.
B. E. UNDERWOOD
B. 13. Underwood, president of Un-
derwood & Underwood, New York, has
,t'en commissioned 11 major In the slg
corps. U. S. It., to serve on the
Photographic war hoard In Washing-
Major Underwood's experience
' photography covers a period of over
:'" Wars and embraces work In many
wvIku countries. In calling him to
"shlngton and asking him to serve
" Ho photogrnphtc board, the admin-
'stratlon again shows Its policy of
I''clng 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.
i
Washington, Oct. 10. An American
destroyer on patrol duty In the war
was tnrpcuucu on xuesoay. urn;
"" WUS killed nnd five WOUntleili Hie
,,0t ninnugcd to make port in spite of
severe damage.
Vlcc Admiral Sims cnblcd. a brief re:
1'"" or mo meinour 10 me navy weimi i
?nt on Wednesday. lie gave no Oo-
tails, tint It is assumed tne u-notu
us escape auer nring a rorpouu.
i A gunner's mate, Osmond Kelly In-
gram, wns me man Kiiieu. nu
blown overboard by the explosion,
The casualties were oillclally an
nounced as follows: ,
The Dead.
Osmond Kelly Ingram, gunner's
mate, body not recovered. Kelly's
mother, Mrs. Betty- Ingram, lives nt
Pratt City, Ala.
The Injured
Herman II. Pnnkrntz, gunner's mate,
St. Louis.
William E. Merrltt, seuman, New
York city.
Frank W. Kruse, flremnn, Toledo
Patrick Rutledge, oiler, Now York
city.
William Selmer, fireman, Dundns,
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, according
to the official statement Issued on
Thursday.
The Germans have taken 10,000 prls
oners and 50 guns and much other inn
terlnl on Oesel inland, the war olllco
reports. .
Tho Russian naval forces In tho
Gulf of Riga have been trapped by
the Germans, according to the an
nonnecment.
Petrograd, Oct. 20. A naval battle
has occurred In the Gulf of Illgti be
tween Russian and Gumma battle
ships, the war office announces.
Tl'o RiiBsInn battleship Slava wits
sunk as the result of being hit sev
eral times beneath tho water ll.ie.
Nearly all tho members of tho crew
were saved by Russian torpedo-boats.
Eat something else in
place of wheat. Eat more
corn.
U. S. to Punish Loan Foes.
Washington, Oct. 20. The govern
ment set In motion the machinery to
apprehend nnd punish pro-German
workers wlio have started an organ
ized campaign in more than a dozen
stntes to defeat the Liberty loan.
Mexicans Fire on U. 8. Patrol.
Mnrfu, Tex., Oct. W. Mexicans llred
upon an American army patrol at Sun
Jose, sixty miles south of here, on tho
Rio Grande, . according to a report
brought hero from tho river. The flro
wns returned by tho army patrol.
5
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 "that the corner lias been turned
In high prices."
He tins gone as far as he can In
price reduction, ho snys, and assulls
tho retailors for not doing their part.
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 after another, 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.
"The distribution chain lyng be
tween the warehouse, wholesalers,
commission men and manufacturers of
prlmo commodities has required a
great deal of study and development
for Its' proper regulation, and these
regulations are coming ' Into forco
now."
Mr. Hoover said ho had every hope
the retailers will co-operate, us thu
farmers and other food handlers arc
co-opornting, to feed the nation and
tho allies at reasonable prices. Every
body along tho line down to the re
tullcr, he declared, already Is helping.
But retail prices do not by any means
reflect the wholesalo prices.
Ho added :
"It Is necessary to secure a largo
production, to maintain fair and re
munerative prices to tho producers.
While their expenses have increased
during the past year, the prices de
manded for certain commodities nro
not warranted. The intermediate han
dling trades are being placed under
regulation; they aro co-operating well
with the food administration, and tho
speculation and profiteering aro now
generally a thing of the past.
"The retailors need the co-operation
of consumers In reducing deliveries,
nnd their success In all measures will
rest largely upon tho support they re
ceive from local authorities."
Summarized, his review follows:
Flour. The current prices at which
flour is sold nt the mill In Jute bags
vary with the locality and freight
charges on wheat, Toledo .showing tho
lowest prices nt $10 for first patent
and $0.70 for second patent; the high
est being Buffalo, at $10.70 for
first patent and $10.70 for second
pntent- The uverago retail price on
first patents In 700 cities on October
13 was $13.77, or from $1.50 to $2 per
burrel higher than is warranted by
tho price being paid to tho millers,
Tho retail prlco has not responded
to millers' reductions.
Beans. Tho benn harvest Is estl
muted by the department of ngrlcul
turo nt approximately 7,000,000,000
bushels In excess of last year. Tho
growers' . associations aro holding
benns at from 1I1V6 to 15 cents per
pound, ns ngnlnst nn average price last
year of eight cents. There has been
100 per cept Increusc In the Mnnchu
rliin benn crop nnd It Is now estimated
at 2,000.000 tons. Owing to shipping
shortage practically the only outlet Is
to the United States, and these beans
will flow Into tho American market
from December much below the prices
now being demanded.
Corn. The harvest this year Is 000,'
000,000 to 700,000,000 bushels over last
year, and will be generally available
about the end of November. The prlco
stands at $1.00 In Chicago. New corn
Is quoted In Chicago at $1.13 for De
cenibcr nnd Indicates a 40 per cent
drop In the prlco of comment.
Potatoes. The Harvest is w per
cent In excess of last. year. Tho prlco
at the leading points varies from $1.50
to $2.80 per 100 pounds. It Is higher
than at this period last year nnd Is
dnu to n tendency on the part of tho
pr dueor to hold for higher prices, und
to the temporary Inability of tho rail
roads to furnish cars.
Sugar. Beet sugar prices aro being
controlled by tho manufacturers on n
basis (but should reach the retailer
from 8 to 8' cents per pound. A tern
porary shortage In tho Northwestern
states gives no warrant for advances
by retailers to over 0 cents.
Beef. Beef already shows some'
tendency, toward reduction it wr.iu
Hithi pri-H!!, but those have not been
so fur reflected by tho retailer. ' Tho
price of beef at the packers' door Is
14 cents per pound, ns compared
with 10 .cents In July, But the nver
ugo retnil prlco of round steak In 700
cities Is 31 cents per pound, against 27
cents In July.
Island 8wept by Storm.
Georgetown, Grand Caymnn, British
West Indies, Oct. 22. The Island of
Grand Caymnn was visited by tjio
most violent hurricane In Its history.
Tho property less Is estimated at $300,
000. Two lives were lost.
Manila Bay Helmsman Dies.
Charleston, S. 0., Oct. 22. Rudolph
O. Mehrtens, who was ut tho wheel of
tho cruiser Olymp'a during the battle
of Manila buy lu May, 1808, died sud
denly. Ho was fifty-two yenrs old and
was on the retired list
PRIG
ptrCrtrtrMrtrCrCtirtrtrlrlrC
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 cat
corn nnd other things In
place of wheat; why wo
must eat fish and chicken
. and other things tn place of
beef, pork and mutton; uso
less sugar; uso less fats.
!1. Eat corn bread for dinner
every day for eight days.
This will give you tho corn
bread hnblt.
4. Eat no beef, pork or mutton
on ."Meatless Tuesday," 'Oc
tober 30. Chicken or llsh nro
permitted.
5. Attend "Consorvntlon" spenk
lugs on Wednosdny, October
31. s
0. Study conservation window
displays and wntch for mer
chants' conservation sales
on "Merchants' Conservation
Day," Thursdify, Novem
ber 1.
7. Eat no beef, pork or mutton
on "Meatless Friday," No
vember 2. Fish und chicken
uro "permitted."
8. Sign your country's pledge
to save food to help win the
wnr.
0. Get others to sign the pledge
card.
10. Hang the food administration
window membership card In
your front window to help
get other people 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
conl mine strike situation indicating
thnt fully 75,000 tons a day of produc
tion hud been cut oft, that there was
fear of tho troublu spreading and tuut
Immcdlato action was urgent.
Tho fuel administrator and tho
miners' union officials Joined in de
claring the situation to bo ono of open
rebellion, existing wngo agreements
being regarded as "scraps of pnper."
Tho troublo was precipitated by tho
failure of Nutlonnl Administrator Gar
field to order immediate increases In
Illinois coal prices und of tho mlno
operators In turn to put extra pay In
tho miners' envelopes.
St. Louis. Mo., Oct 18. Miners
struck on Tuesday at several mines
nenr Bellovllle, 111., nt some of tho
mines of tho Southern Coal, Coke and
Mining company, nt two bonk Bros.'
mines at Colltnsvlllo and Mnryvllle,
111., and nt tho Lumnghl mines ut
Mnryvllle. Altogether about twenty
mines In the Illinois field1 nenr St.
Louis were affected.
Springfield, 111., Oct. 18. Ten thou-t
sand miners In central Illinois nro on
strike asking a 10 per cent Increase tn
wages,
TEUTON SAILORS IN REVOLT
in
Treatment and Poor Food Cause
Mutiny at Pola Naval
Base.
Washington, Oct. 20. Ofilclnl diplo
matic dispatches received hero on
Thursday report mutinies In tho Aus
trian navy and clashes between Aus
trian sailors anil crews of tho Ger
man stibmnrlno fleet based at Poln,
In .which officers on both sides lmvo
been killed nnd which resulted In n
decision to change tho huso of tho Ger
man flotilla.
Despite tho attempts of tho Austrian
admiralty to suppress the news, It
reached here, coming by way of
Berne.
Tho Austrian crows nro said to havo
revolted under 111 trcntment of officers
nnd bad food, while tho clash with tho
German submarlno crews wob caused
by the ovcrbeurlng conduct of tho lat
ter. Army Order Cites Lufbury.
Loudon, Oct 10. Lieut. Raoul Luf
bury of Wnlllngford, Conn., member of
tho Frnnco-Amcrlcnn Hying corps, who
hns scored many victories nnd recent
ly wns cited" In French nrmy orders h
un "lncompurnblo pilot," said by tho
Herald to havo brought down his thir
teenth enemy machine.
Alleged Plot Frustrated.
New York, Oct. 22. An alleged plot
to dnmugo or blow up u United States
converted transport hero wns frustrat
ed when tho police arrested a Scan
dinavian charged with attempting to
brlbu a ship mechanic.
.Another Strike Is Settled,
Portland, Ore., Oct.' 22. Through
tho efforts of tho federal wage adjust
ment nortl, In session hero four days,
tli strlko of 7,000 shlpyurd liters lu
tho Columbia river basin practlcully is
Bottled.