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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1917)
THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS CURING THE PAST WEEK rief Outllno of Important EvtnU Throughout the State of Interest to tho General Reader. Judge Leslie, sitting la equity court ot Omalin, ended tho long-drawn out litigation arising out of Inbor troubles In Uio metropolis Inst spring by refusing to grant u permanent In junction against Omaha unions and business firms. He granted a perpet ual restraining order ngulnst tho Teamsters union and all conl and building tnntcrlal dealers, hut dis solved tho order ugnlnst all other unions and firms. The suit for a per manent Injunction was brought about by Attorney General Reed. In hand lng down the decision tho judge ruled that peaceful picketing Is not a vio lation of tho law. ( Admlttlug that he wns the author of n bluckhnnd letter written to Ed Sullivan, a farmer of near York, threatening his fnmlly with death un less he send him $100 by mall, W. E. .Palmer, alias G. W. Witter, wns bound ver to Uie federal grund Jury at Lin rain. Tho cluirgo against Palmer Is -chemo to defraud by sending the nno lymous bluckhnnd letter. Pnlmcr vorked on the Sullivan farm as a farm hand. Lincoln is on the itinerary of W. It. "Walton cereal and forage Insect In vestfgutor pf tho United States De partment of Agriculture, who left Washington recently, for an extended trip through (lie wheat-growing re gions of tho west nud middle west, -principally to visit stations engaged in co-opcratlvo work against the Hes sian fly. It Is confidently reported that Fort Itoblnson near Crawford Is to be used ns a signal corps training station, with some six hundred men and oillcers sta tioned there, and that arrivals of men and accourtemonts will begin In a few days. Rucne Bros, of Wlsuer, marketed a -carload of yearling steers and heifers on tho South Omaha market for 10.00 ii hundred pounds. This equals the highest price over paid for cattle at that market Each class of the Aurora high school purchased a SCO liberty bond In the name of tho school, and will leave these securities In the school as the classes graduate for the ben efit of succeeding scholars. Mrs. Addison 10. Sheldon, of Lincoln' was elected president of the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs nt tho annual meeting nt Omaha. Mrs. Shol don succeeds Mrs. J. N. Paul of St, Paul. Citizens of Eiracreek held what Is Relieved to be the first community 'Liberty Loan bond banquet In the United Stutes. Plutes were set for '300, and following tho repast $20,000 was subscribed. The first Nebraska, corn of this year's crop sold on tho Omaha Grain fixchnnge brought $1.92 a bushel. It is said that this was the highest price ever paid for new corn at Omaha, or elsewhere. . Tho Masonic lodgo at Clay Center invested $1,500 In liberty bonds. Tho lodgo nt Clay Center has less than 100 members and by the arrangement they invested substantially all their funds. Tho 5 and 10-cent cigars have reap peared on tho Fremont market. Fre mont dealers who raised the prices to 0 and 12 cento failed to stand pat on their pledge. A coinnuny headed by William Lu ben of Emmet, has announced that they ure ready to begin boring for pe troleum close to Bassett. O. L. McKlnstry, potato grower Uenr Mitchell, reports n yield of 440 bush eis to the acre on n twenty-five-ncro field ho hnd In this year. (Jus Ilcrmanson, who has two broth era In the German nnny, wns the first to subscribe to the Liberty Loan nt a meeting In Wakefield. Uov. Joseph II. Curry of Kansns City has been selected to take chorgo In the North Platto Presbyterian church. Tho McPherson county high school nt Tryon started last week after n . montim' delay In securing n tencher. McPherson county potato crop has been cut short about one-half by the recent cold wentlier. The Catholic church at Ansley, vnl tied at $5,009, was destroyed by fire. .Tohnnlo Cook of Beatrice and Ilugo Otoupnllk of Dnvld City were shining stars when the Nchrasita rootoau team connuered the strong Notre , Dame, Indlanu, team by a score of 1 to 0 at Lincoln. So far this year h nnpnluiskcc coal has not been crossed. Officials of the Nebraska Farmors' Congress are anxious that every far mer In this section nttenu tno nnnuni meeting at Omaha December 18 to 20. Questions of vttnl Importance ere to come up before tho convention The congregation of tho Christian hurch. In Hastings granted tho pas tor, tho Ilov. O. E. Lemmon, leave of hsencn for three months to ao x. m C. A. work nmong tho soldiers at De wing. nuscd on township assessors' figures emmtv Is third In tho smto in the number of automobiles Theso figures shows the county has 2.554 con, vnlued at $l,27o.(XH. Sweetwater, Buffalo county, suffered another disastrous fire when flumes wiped t several buJldlngB with their At tho apodal meeting of tho Ne braska Chiropractic association at Lincoln, tho organization offered the government tho scrvlco of a llcensod chiropractor to bo assigned to Camp Funston, Fort Itlley, Kans., for the benefit of soldiers who desire that kind of treatment nnd offered to de fray tho expenses of tho specialist. Tho offer was made direct to Secre tary of War Baker. The society nlso purchased $2,500 worth of Liberty bonds of tho second Issue. This same organization won a loving cup In tho first bond drive for Its splendid rec ord. Food Administrator Hoover, nt Washington sent word to Congress man ltenvls at Falls City that the government docs not Intend to fix tho price of live stock, as rumored throughout the cast. Mr. Itcavls com plained to the food administration that the fixing of prices would be n hardship on Nebraska farmers nnd the assurances ho received from Washington mnko It clear that tho government will make np move to Jeopardize production. "One of the mos: vital problems confronting tills nation -is that of sufficient sugar to meet the require ment of our people and of the allied nations lighting our common battles," says Food Administrator Hoover In n message to a. W. Wattles, Nebraska food controller nppcallng to farmers of this state to keep up a full acreago of sugar beets next yenr. Mr. noovcr not only urges a normal ncrengc, but an Increase wherever possible. The Southwest Nebraska Men's as sociation adopted n resolution at Arapahoe protesting against the dis missal of schools to enable high school pupils to aid In farm work. The resolution doc'ired that pnst ex periences show that where school Ins been suspended to permit scholars to assist the farmers only nbout, 40 per cent actually engaged In tho work. In order to protect their property ngninst nllcn enemies, citizens or Bnrnston hnve organized a protective nssoelatlon with fifty members. Two members of the orgnnlzntlon will gunrd the town each night. Recent fires supposedly by fire bugs" caused citizens to tnko such nctlon. The Lung Cnnning nnd Preserving compnny nt Beatrice hns Installed a sorrhum mill nt Its plnnt vhlch Is turning nut from 50 to 180 gallons of molasses dally. Because of the gov ernment's move to conserve sugnr roshlpnts nf Rentrleo pxnect to Iny In a snnlv of sorghum for the winter, "If ovcrv person In Nebraska doe without one slice nf white nrem n dnv there will be n saving or tkmhk' bushels of white flour In one yenr. Onrrton W. Wntfles. state food ndmln Istrntor. declared In nn nddre to the Nebraska Federation of Women's clubs nt Omnhn. Rudolnh Krnns. op trial nt. wither for killing his wife nnd two children. near Tobias. Inst February, wns found culltv of murder In the first degree. with punishment fixed nt life impris onment. This Is the first mnn evr convicted of murder in the first de cree In Snllne county. Ravpj-p frost In northwestern ino- brnskn destroyed unhnrvesteu pota toes to the extent of several hundred thousands of dollnrs. Some farmer will lose 00 acres, though most all hd finished hnrvestlng the crop. Potn toes froze In some cars on the track John Sohroeder, n .Hewitt fnrmer, wns fleeced out of SJO.OOO by two con fldenee men. Schroeder gnve n draft for $10 000 for a steel box supposed to contain $30 000 as his shnre-nf a lnokv stock speculation. Tho box con tained nothing of vnlue. Rnnge cnttle from western Nebrns kn are pouring Into the Omnhn mar ket In lnrgo numbers nnd It Is nssort ed that tho nnlmnls are In better flesh thnn usual, due to the excellent con dition of the range during the sum mer. Joe Steelier proved his superiority ns n wrestler over "Bill" Hnkufi In n bout nt Central City. Rterher rtnwnd his Omnhn opponent In two straight fnlls. the first In 23 minutes nnd tho second In 8 minutes. Seven buildings hnve been destroy ed bv fire nt .Tunlntn within the Inst three months. The latest blaze wiped out the Zeldcr drug store. Allen one mies are believed to bo at work Jn tho community. At n hog snlo held nt North Bend forty-two hend of hogs sold nt nn nv nrlrfi of S10. the totnl snles running close to $8,000. The Methodist church nt silver Creek did Its bit to help win the wnr by purchasing a $100 Liberty bond. Scores of cornhuskers nre pouring Into Dodge county, attracted by the renort that farmers are paying from 0 to 10 cents n bushel for having their corn gathered. Some are pay Intr 8 nnd a few 10 cents a bushel, but tho majority hold out for 0 cents, The week of November 11 to 10 nil Y. M. O. A. organizations in Nenrasua will make n drive for this state's share $250,000 of $35,000,000 to be raised over the country for use In nrmy camps In this country nnd on the battle fronts In Europe. Seventy-eight kegs of whisky nn entire carload under the guise of macaroni. waB seized by authorities In tho railroad yards at Omaha. It was consigned ns "macaroni" to two unidentified persons In Omnha. Don Lewis of York wns Instantly killed when, after his automobile had blown a tire, he lost control nnd tho mnchlno went Into a ditch near Lin coln. Twenty-five calves in tho vicinity of Beatrice have died with blackleg and an organized effort Is being mndo TAKE rlli.LMJM IT ALIENS NORTHERN WING OF CADORNA'S ARMY DEFEATED BY TEUTONS AND 18 RETIRING. FIGHT ON ITALIAN SOIL Rome Announces Evacuation of Bain- Blzza Plateau Pressure of the En- emy Forced Move Big Gains Wiped Out Berllii, Oct. 20. Tho Austro-Gor- mans In their offensive on the Isonzo front hnvo captured moro than 30.000 Italians, tho Gorman wnr oillco nn nounced on Friday. Moro thun 800 guns nlso wero taken. The statement says tho northern wing of the second Italian nrmy hns been defented nnd Is retiring. German divisions are advanc ing beyond Knrfrclt and Ronzlnnn. At mnny places the Germnns are now fighting on Italian territory, the an nouncement says. Rome, Oct. 20. Evacuation by Ital ian troops of Balnslzza plateau was ofilclally announced on Friday. The pressure of tho Austro-Gcrmnn drive In that sector forced the move. From Mount Maggiore west to Auz- za we have withdrawn our boundary, evacuating the Balnslzza plateau," tho statement said. " Balnslzza plateau was the main fruit of General Cndorna's great drive last August. His forces conquered the great mountain peaks forming the western boundnryf)f this high ground Monte Santo, Monte San Gubrlel and Kuk and then drove the Austrluns ahead of them across the comparatively level upper ground. It Is not clear from the official state ment whether all of the Balnslzza pla teau has been abandoned to the Aus- tro-German forces or just that portion around Auzza. ALLIES CONTINUE BIG DRIVE British Storm Positions Near Ypres French Wade Through Two Rivers and Seize Posts. London, Oct. 20. Operations with limited objectivso were undertaken by the British and French armies In Flan ders early In tie morning, nnd, not withstanding greut difficulties cuused by weather nnd bad ground, consider able progress wns mnde and vnlunblo positions taken on the greater part of (he front attacked, says tho British official communication Issued here on Friday. The communication snys that more than 800 prisoners were cap tured during the day's operations. Paris, Oct. 20. The French troops are continuing their successful drlvo on the Flanders front, according to tho war office statement Issued on Friday. Tho number of guns captured since the 23rd Inst, totals 100 and 200 more prisoners were taken during the morn ing. Tho vlllngo of Dralslbank, Pnpo goed wood and a number of fortified farms were captured by tho French In nn attack launched on tho Flnndern front. Hundreds of prisoners wero taken. Th,e French forced n crossing of two rivers, wnding through water up to their shoulders. BRAZIL FOR WAR WITH KAISER Chamber of Deputies Votes Hostilities With Germany President Sanc tions Proclamation. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 20. Tho chamber of deputies by an almost unanimous vote declared on Frldny that a state of war existed between German nnd Brazil. Tho vote was 149 to 1. President Brnz ut once sanctioned the proclamation. The tribunes of the chamber were filled to capacity. After a debate on the opportuneness of proclaiming mor ula law, the president of the diplo matic commission spoke In favor of a law worded as follows: "A state of war between Brazil and Germnny Is hereby acknowledged nnd proclaimed. The president of the re public Is nuthorlzed to udopt the meas ure enunclnted In his message of tho 25th of October, nnd to take nil steps tending to Insure nntlonnl defense am) public security." Know the Grim Truth. All the blood; nil the heroism; all the money, and all tho mu nitions In the world will not win this wnr unless our allies and tho people behind them nre fed. They will not bo fed and our sacrifice of blood nud money will be In vnin and a great cause will sustain a great Injury unless each one In his home each day stands guard over the nation's supply of wheat, meat, fata and sugar. Farmers Urge Suffrage, Prohibition. Springfield, Mo., Oct. 20. Tho farm- ers' nntlonnl congress closed a four day session here by passing resolutions urging national suffrage and prohibi tion and pledging support to tlje gov ernment In tho conduct of tho war. Nelson Back and Registers. Madison, Wis., Oct. 20. Byron Ncl- son, son of Congressman Nelson, vol untarily returning from Canada, regis tered under the draft luw nt once and then entered n plea of not guilty for alleged violation of that law. MME. JOSEPH SIMON Mine. Joseph Simon, wife of the French minister of finance, Is one of the most charming nnd Interesting of tho foreign women who hnvo accom pnnled their husbnnds to Wushlngtot when the latter wero chosen as mem bers of various missions. Mmo Simon has been entertained extensively. SUGAR PRICE IS CUT FOOD ADMINISTRATION OFFI CIALS MAKE ANNOUNCEMENT. Southern Planters Arrange to Release 200,000,000 Pounds to Northern Refineries. Washington, Oct. 20. Two hundred million pounds of Louisiana cane sug ar was contracted for hero by the American Sugnr Refining company, and w4U begin moving northward next week to relieve tho serious shortage of the Eastern stntes. If the Eastern consumer had been compelled to await the coming of this year's supply from Western beet and Cuban cane fields there would hnvo been no relief for existing near-famine conditions until late" lu Novem ber. For tho 200,000,000 pounds tho re- flnera paid -about $13,000,000. or ap proximately 0 cents a pound. After. adding tho cost of transportation and refining, it Is estimated that . they will be able to sell to tho wholesalers at steadily reducing prices, beginning at 8.30 cents Eastern seaboard and dronnlng to 7.25 by tho end of tho year. Tho latter figure is tho Hea- bonrd price previously fixed by agree ment for Cuban, Hnwnllnn and West ern beet sugar, nnd the price the food administration expects to maintain. GEN. PERSHING UNDER FIRE American Commander Goes as Far as The Second German Trench With French Officers. American Training Camp In France, Oct. 20. General Pershing accom panied ono of tho French generals ns far as the second German lino In tho French nttack on the Alsne front. He wns with Gen. Franchet d'Es- pcrcy, at first observing the nttack from a favorable post some distance In the rear of the French front line. Then General Pershing suggested go ing Into the French trenches. This they did, but General Pershing wus not sntlsfled nnd went on through the shell fire Into tho first line of tho captured German trenches and then Into tho second line. General Persh ing's Imperturbable attitude during this time is tho talk of the French nrmy. Several Amerlcnn Intelligence offi cers watched the successful attack mado by French troops on tho front northeast of Solssons. GERMANS RETREAT 15 MILES Teutons Fall Back 80 Fast That Rus sians Are Unable to Keep Up With Them. Pctrogrnd, Oct. 27. Tho German re trent on the northern end of tho front continues. Tho war office reports that tho Russian vungunrds lost touch In some sectors with the retiring Ger mnns, who destroyed nil bridges, roads nnd buildings. nie uusKinn simement issued on Thursday says that tho Germans who left their ndvunccd positions so far have retired about 15 miles In the Riga region near the Psknff highroad and In the sector of the Little Jncgel river. German attempts to make another landing on tho Werdcr peninsula, in the region of Tombu, were frustrated by Russian artillery fire, Tho evacuation by the civil populn tlon of the navnl base of Kronstndt has begun. German Women In Mines. Washington, Oct. 27. Tho extent to which women aro taking tho placo of men In the mines of Germany Is dis closed In a government report Just Is sued. During tho lust quarter of 1010 there were 37,503 women so employed. Fell 274 German Planes. London, Oct. 27. Two hundred and seventy-four German nlrplnnes were shot down by tho British In Septem ber, nccordlng to Gen, F. B. Mnurlce, director or operations, in tho same period tho British lost 40 machines. I PRESIDENT WILSON A8KS AMERI CANS TO EAT WI8ELY AS WAR MEASURE. APPEALS TO THE WOMEN Five Hundred Thousand Volunteers Canvass Nation's Housewives Food-Saving. Duty of Human ity and Honor to Men. Washington, Oct. 27. Tho food ad ministration announced that Its 500, 000 volunteer canvassers aro busy with tho campaign of food pledge week; which will end November 4. Tho canvassers report that they ex pect to get tho slguutures of 13,000,000 American housewives to tho food pledge. A million and n quarter wom en have already signed the card prom ising to conserve food. This leaves between seven and eight million ns yet unaccounted for. Sunday was marked by war-food conservation sermons In .churches all over the land. Tho food pledge Is not nn effort to get people to eat less. It asks them to substitute those foods ot which this country has an abundance, for those urgently needed by tho peoples of America's allies and their armies and ours. President Wilson, In a letter to tho food administrator, has said: "In no other way can Amcricnn women so greatly assist aB by enlist ing In the service of tho food adminis tration nnd cheerfully accepting Its direction and advice. By so doing they will lncrense tho Biirplus of food available for our own army and for our allies. To provide adequate supplies for tho coming yenr is absolutely vital to tho conduct of the wnr and without a very conscientious elimination of waste nnd very strict economy In our food consumption, we cannot hope to fulfill this primary duty. "I trust, therefore that tho women of tho country will not only respond to your nppenl and ncccpt tho pledgo you are proposing, but that all men en guged In tho distribution of foods will co-opernte with tho snino curnestness nnd in tho sumo spirit." U. S. SHIP FIGHTS U-BOAT Steamer Battles With Submarine Until American Destroyer Comes to the Rescue. A French Seaport, Oct. 27. Escap ing from n German submarine after n bitter light lasting nenrly four hours, with Bcvcn of her crew wounded, two of them seriously, nn American steam er of tho Luckenhach lino arrived hero from an American port. The timely In tervention of nn American torpedo- boat alone Baved the ship from being Bent to the bottom. Tho stubbornness of tho battle Is Indicated by tho fact that the submarine fired 234 shots at tho steamer, which responded with more them 200 shots. LOANS REACH BIG FIGURE American Government Extends Credits to Allied Powers Amounting to $2,82(7,400,000. Washington, Oct. 27. Amerlcnn loans to tho nllled governments hnvo closely npproached tho three-billion mnrk. Treasury figures showed thnt this government has extended to tho powers engaged In wnr on Germnny, credits nmounting to .aao.-ioo.ooo. Tho loans have been distributed as follows: Grent Britain, $1,875,000,000; France, $810,000,000; Itnly, $205,000, 000 ; Russln, $325,000,000; Belgium, $58,400,000, and Serbia, $3,000,000. TAKE SIX ESCAPED GERMANS Prisoners Who Fled From Fort Mc Pherson Are Captured by U. 8. Agents and Soldiers. Atlanta. Ga.. Oct. 20. Six of tho ten German prisoners wno escnpeu from tho nllen enemy detention camp nt Fort McPherson Tuesdny night wero enptured by agents of the department of Justice. Five wero taken at Sur rency, Gn., and the sixth, Johann Adelhnrt, a noncommissioned officer, was arrested here. FIRE RAZES POTASH PLANT Blaze of Mysterious Origin In Utah Causes $250,000 Loss Two Men Injured. Salt Lake City, Utah, Oct. 27. A flro of mysterious origin destroyed tho monster potash plant of tho Mineral Products corporation at Alunlte, flvo miles southwest of Marysvlllc, Utah, causing a loss estimated nt $250,000 nnd tho possible loss of one life. The flro orlglnnted in the conl drier and was preceded by an explosion. ' Royal Palm 8peclal In Crash, Mncon, Ga., Oct. 20. The, Knnsus City special and tho Royal Palm, on the Southern railway, collided head-on at Reeds station, 11 miles south of Ma con, A fireman wns killed nnd nn en gineer seriously Injured. Fined $50 for "Traitor" Aot. Chlcngo, Oct. 20. Louis Ilunsberg- er. 4317 Pralrlo avenue, n waiter, was fined $50 nnd costs for knocking n Lib erty loan subscription blank from tho hands of Hobart Stewart, a salesman, on nn elevated train. v MUS BOM WILLIAM J. CONNORS Wllllnm J. Conners of Buffalo, popu larly known ns "Flngy" Conners, prob ably will be put In charge of tho un loading of American transports and supply ships In France, supervising tho work of three, regiments of stevedores and longshoremen now being organ ized. Ho has offered his services nnd Is likely to be appointed n brigadier general. Mr. Conners has long been prominent In Great Lakes shipping cir cles. BIG FRENCH VICTORY PIERCE ENEMY'S POSITION TO DEPTH OF TWO MILE8. Capture 7,500 Germans and 25 Heavy Guns When Several Important Villages Were Taken. Paris, Oct. 25. In ono of tho Bwlft- cst and most dashing blows of tho wnr the French -troops smashed through the German Hues north of the Atsno to a depth of moro than two miles at one point, Inflicted heuvy losses on tho enemy and captured moro .thun 7,500 prisoners and 25 heavy guns nud field guns. Several Important villages also fell Into tho hands of the French, ac cording to tho war office announce ment. Tho French achieved ono of tho most Important victories of recent months' lighting when thoy swept for ward, capturing Allcmont, Vnudesson and Malmulson forts. With tho French Armies In tho Field, Oct. 25. Tho Lafayette cscn- drlllo of American flyers Is participat ing In an nttack on tho Alsno deliv ered In great forco by tho French. British Front In Franco and Bel- glum, Oct. 25. Tho new nllled lino established in Monday's limited at tack astride tho Xpres-Stndcn ralhvny is still Intact, with tho exception of tho loss on tho southern fringe of Houtholst wood of one fortified farm, from which tho British wero forced to fall back Monday evening, when the Germans delivered a heavy local counter-attack. It wns hard fighting at numerous points, nnd tho Germnns lost heavily, especially In tho region of Poelcapelle. Large numbers, of enemy dead wero reported this morning lying In front of tho British ndvanccd posts. Tho lighting wns especially severe near tho point of Junction of tho Brit ish and French forces. The German defenses on tho outskirts of tho wood were strong, and tho enemy fell back, bottling determinedly with, machine guns and rifles. 10 CONGRESSMEN IN LONDON - Party Will Visit House of Commons and Battlefields of France and Italy. London, Oct. 20. A party of ten Amerlcun congressmen has arrived In London. Tho members aro beginning an unofficial tour of tho war area to acquaint themselves with existing con ditions. They purpose to visit tho bat tlefields In Franco nnd some of them will go to Itnly. They will visit tho house of commons and Ambassador Pago will give n dinner In their honor. which former Premier Asquitn nnu other prominent persons will attend. The members of congress In tho party nre Pnrker of Now Jersey, Tay lor of Colorado, Johnson of Washing- ton, Goodwin of Arknnsas, Stevens of Nebraska, TImberlako of Colorado, Dill of Washington, nicks of New York, Miller of Washington, and Dolo of Vermont. 'o Cubans Buy Bonds. Havana. Oct. 20. Tho Bale of Lib- erty bonds hero has passed tho $1,000, 000 mark, tho nmount allotted to Cuba for disposal. Three Yearn for Sedition. Manknto. Minn., Oct. 29. A. L. Su- gnrman, St. Paul socialist, was found guilty by n Jury In tho federal court hero which tried him on an Indictment charging "sedltlouB remarks tending to cause treason." Princeton Erases Bernsionrs name. . mm . mm Princeton. N. J., Oct. 2U. in view ot tho revelations recently divulged by tho fitato department, uuruaiuiu a namo has been stricken from the rolls of Princeton university as a doctor of, lawn. eostoBtJL raised at S2U.uw. to stamp out the dlseass.