THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
1EBRASKA HAPPENINGS
DURING THE PAST WEEK
-Brief Outline of Important Events
Throughout the State of Interest
to the General Reader.
It. S. McMullcu of Lyonv pulled off
ono of the most novol hog marketing
deals over known In Lyons when ho
took his Ford truck nnd hnuled sixty
one head of hogs, weighing 10,000
pounds, frotn his farm, eight miles
northeast of town, making a round
trip every hour from 0 o'clock In tho
morning until 4 In tho afternoon.
Dun V. Stephens, Nebraska con
gressman, nnd Boss ITnintnond, editor
of tlio Fremont Tribune, were mem
hers of tho American congressional
party visiting tho battle fronts In
France The party Just completed a
thousand-mile lour of the British
front, following which they expressed
themselves as certain of an allied vic
tory. Under orders of the mayor the po
lice of Lincoln nro accosting every
man who does not appear to be busy
nnd unless assurance Is received that
tho persons addressed are employed,
they uro told to get out of town. The
number of unemployed In Lincoln at
present is said to be lower than ever
before.
Federal officers and city pollco
ibroko up Hie industrial workers of the
world convention at Omaha, and ar
rested sltxy-two men nnd ono woman.
Jl tmcklond of literature was seized.
Records of the convention proceed
ings, clrculnrs printed In many lan
guages and other papers were among
the literature taken.
Members of the Fremont home
guurd announced that they Intended
to visit nil Fremonters who are not
supporting the war In a whole-hearted
manner. Tho first home to be visited
was thnt of Henry Bremcrs, after
which the guard nailed nn American
Hag on his residence nnd warned him
not to rake It down.
Lcwcllen claims tho record of all
towns In the state In Its campaign for
T. M. C. A. war work. Out of a total
of $1,800 raised In Gnrden county
during one day, Lewcllcn, n town of
only 2f0 people, and Its Immediate vi
cinity, raised over $1,400.
Senator Hitchcock told a delega
tion of land owners at Scottsbluff
that ho Intends to mnke a special ef
fort to Induce the government to ex
ecute tho contract v'llch authorizes
the government to take over and op
eratc the trl-stato cannl.
Fred Brucr, who says he was a
sailor of the "Vaterland," Germany's
largest merchant ship interned In tho
United States, nnd five other Ger
mans, wore arrested at Lincoln by
federal authorities.
Secretary of Agriculture ITouston
at Washington hns ruled that federal
good roads funds for Nebraska can
not he used on the Lincoln Illghwy
where It runs on Union Pacific right-of-way.
Tho government hns been asked to
dredge the Missouri river at two
points between Oninha nnd Decatur
In order that an adequate channel for
navigation might be nssured at all
periods of tho navigation season.
Movement of potatoes from north
ern Nebraska continues nnd the re
mainder of the crop in the hands of
the farmers and In cellnrs is estimat
ed between 300 and '100 cars.
Parties who aro drilling for oil In
Banner county, north of Kimball,
nave renched a depth of 1,000 feet
and aro prepared to go 4,000 feet
sleeper.
At Brock In Nemaha county ten
women bought Liberty bonds aggre
gating $3,500' or one-sixth of the total
amount subscribed at Brock.
The Fremont city council voted to
hold a. special election for tho pur
poso of voting bonds for tho installa
tion of a Rowago disposal plant.
Members of the Methodist church
at Lexington raised n fund of over
$1,700, which Is to bo used ns an en
dowment for worn-out preachers.
Mayor V. L Farley, Aurora, re
signed, insists ho will not reconsider
his ncllons. It. It. Chapman will be
come clfy executive.
A movement Is on foot nt Lexing
ton for the purpose of organizing n
Community club.
Managers of the Nebraska Associa
tion of Stato Fairs will hold their an
nual session in Omaha Doc. 18-2Q.
By a vote of 090 for to 135 against,
Lincoln adopted a homo rulo charter
nt Itrt recent election.
As tho result of an hour's work nt
Oakland under somewhat discourag
ing circumstances, citizens raised $4
mora tbnn the whole quotn of the
town, $500, for tho $35,000,000 fund
being raised for the Young Men's
Christian association war work.
Keports for recruiting nil over tho
United States In the month of Sep
tember have Just come to the army
headquarters at Omaha. Great Jubi
lation Is the result, for the Omaha
district stood fourth In the United
States for that month.
Battery A of Omaha and Compnnlps
B of Nebraska City, C of Beatrice, D
of Auburn, 15 of North Platte, I of
Ord nnd K of Bluctilll uro under qtmr
untitle at Demlng, N. M., for
measles.
The American Beet Sugar company
at GratyJ Island will pay $8 a ton
for nil marketable beets next yenr,
which Is by far the highest price ever
paid for beets by the factory.
Flr of un unknown origin destroy
cd threo store buildings nnd n ware
house at Paulino, Adams county, en
tailing a loss of about $8,500.
Announcement has been made bj
Edward L. Burke, chnlrumn of the
Nebraska live stock committee, that
tho federal food administration will
not fix a minimum price on cattle and
sheep. He made public n statement
from Joseph P. Cotton, head of thtf
meat division of the food administra
tion, saying in part: "In regard to
hogs, where there Is an Immediate
need of stimulation of production, the
policy of the meat division has been
mado definite by relating the price of
hogs to tho price of corn. There l
nothing In tno present situation (bat
seems to make similar action neces
sary In tho case of sheep and cattle."
Complete organization of tho nine
ty-three counties of tho state, with a
federal food administrator In each
will be effected by Food Administra
tor Wattles soon. Each county ad
mlnlstrntor will bo held responsible
for his county nnd will be empowered
to effect n county organization, eithei
by precincts or towns, as he deems
advisable. Tho county ofllcinl will
have plnced upon htm, the charge of
seeing that the national regulations
nro carried out to the letter. i
The proprietor of a Falrbury bak
ery has conceived tho Idea that by
mixing one-eighth corn meal with
flour makes his brend fully as nour
ishing, thereby saving a great amount
of wheat ilour which can be shipped
to France. Tho trade apparently aro
using tho substitute generally without
complaint.
The Harvard chnptcr of the Amer
ican Bed Cross held an auction sale
of urtlcles donated to creato a fund
with which to purchnso materials to
bo worked up Into comforts for tho
boys In the trendies. The entire pro
ceeds of the sale totaled $745.32, with
only a nomlnnl expense.
Tho United States government asks
for an Increase in the supply of hogs
to feed the army. They have appor
tioned the Increase which each Rtate
should endeavor to produce and have
estimated that the state of Nebraska
should retain 10 per cent more brood
sows than were kept last year.
In compiling statistics showing the
building gains for the month of Octo
ber of cities In the United States, tho
Amerlcnn Contractor, published In
Chicago, ranked Lincoln as second.
Lincoln shows a gain of 517 per cent
for October this year over October,
1010.
With approximately 180,000 food
plcdgo cards turned In by the 03
counties of the state, Nebraska out
distanced Its quota of 175,000 set by
the government. It is expected when
final figures are In this state will
have 200,000 members of tho national
army of food savers.
Investigations have proven that salt
brine and not poison was responsible
for the death of 1C0 hogs on the Car
son brothers farm near iilm Creek
An autopsy proved that tho animals
had drank freely of tho brine and
their death is attributed to that
cause.
From a patch of three-quarters of
an ncre C. S. Ellis of Boca, Lancaster
county, lias threshed out thirty-four
bushels of beans. lie also secured a
fine crop from tho beans planted' In
the corn fields. So successful has ids
crop been that next year ho plans on
twenty acres.,
A number of business men of
Stella closed up their establishments
for a few days and helped harvest
the monster apple crop near Rhubert.
Shortage of labor prompted this ac
tion. Herman trebled Its "Y" war fund,
raising over $1,000, while its quota
was only $350. Unstinted devotion of
their time by business men there made
the campaign such a success.
Dowey Kern of Collins, In., now an
American soldier In France, reported
captured by Germans n few days ago,
Is safe, according to reports. Kern
enlisted nt Omaha.
Craig has answered every war cull
with an oversubscription, the latest
being the raising of a substantial
sum for Y. M. C. A. wnr work.
Forty-two registered hogs, of differ
ent breeds, sold for $2,400 nt a combi
nation sale near Beatrice. They av
eraged $58 n head.
One hundred and eighty-four men
have enlisted in tho new Lincoln
Homo Guards organized two weeks
ago.
Oter fifty corn buskers have been
put to work In Gago county through
the county agent's ofllce at Beatrice,
The M. 13. Smith shirt factory at
Beatrice has opened for business with
sixty machines.
The Senrle and Chapman lumber
yard, recently destroyed by lire nt
Bornston, Is being rebuilt.
At a sale near Stella a sow with a
litter of eleven pigs, sold for $01.
Tho Dodge County Council of Do
fense Is Investigating tho daubing
with yellow pnlnt of the store of C.
II. .Tones nt Uehllng. Tho act Is be
lieved to have been committed be
cnuso Mr. Jones' son was exempted
from draft service.
According to government crop estl
mntes for November, Nebraska's corn
crop is valued nt $300,000,000, com
pared with a valuation of $115,000,000
last year. The potato crop Is placed
at i:i,00(),00() bushels, over 5,000,000
bushels more than last year's crop.
Wiring to New Orleans to stop pay
ment on a sight draft for $2,401.10,
the Cushman Motor works of Lincoln
saved Itself from tho "clever Cuban,"
who Is alleged to have been operating
n money order swindle over tho
United Stntes.
Tho live stock quarantine for scab
bles in cattle, which has been In ef
fect In the northwestern part of tho
state, has been called off.
Citizens ot Dakota county have
perfected an organization for the
purpose of employing a woman coun
ty atent.
S
AST AREA 18 FLOODED TO HALT
TEUTON ADVANCE ON
VENICE.
JIG REGION UNDER WATER
clood Loosed at Point Where Enemy
Succeeded In Crossing the Piave
River 140,000 Fleo
From City.
Itnlinn Headquarters In Northern
(taly, Nov. 10. The tloodgates of the
IMuve and SJIe, or Old Pluvc, rivers
onvo been opened by Italian military
ngineers nnd the enemy Is now faced
'jy another Yser of Inundation.
The flood was loosed at the point
where the enemy succeeded In crossing
the Piave near Grlslcra (four miles
from the coast), and the whole region
where he gained lodgment Is now un-
lor water. The - Inundated territory
forms u huge trlnngie about twelve
miles on each side, with the apex at
Dona Dl Piave; The enemy had been
driven buck, hut still held on within
this trungle until the dykes from both
rivers released the wuter over the low
tying plain.
Tho chief menace nt that point was
that the enemy might be able to ap
proach Venice through the lagoon or
bombard the city from his position be
tween tho rivers. The inundation in
terposes a barrier of water twelvo
miles across and several feet deep.
Iteports which have reached head-
luarters from other points on the front
are also favorable.
Venice, Nov. 19. Venice is now al
most empty, the population having
been reduced from the usual 100,000
to 20,000.
The city may not bo defended In
case of an attack, In order to spare
the monuments and art rtensures.
The mayor of Venice, who Is a descen
dant of the doges and a chamberlain
to tho Queen of Itnly, announced that
he would remain at his post.
The outward appearance of tho city
Is very desolate, much like when the
Austrlans made their last descent up
on It, more than fifty years ago. All
the main hotels, cafes and factories
and the jewelry and glnss shops pat
ronized by tourists nro closed.
The city authorities are furnishing
trains and ships to take away any of
tho remaining population who wish
to go. Tho best known centers, such
ns the Blnlto bridge, St. Mark's square
and the square where tliogondolas nro
hired are now deserted except by a few
stragglers.
There are five shops open nnd they
are selling goods at any price to save
tlioin from passing Into tho hands of
the enemy.
All tho government offices hnve been
removed outside the city, but the gov
ernment prefect, Count Claln, remains
nt ids post.
Borne, Nov. 17. All nlong the moun
tain front from Asingo to the Piave
river the attacks of the Austro-Ger-ninn
forces seeking to crush in' tho
Italian line have been repulsed It was
announced ofllclnlly on Friday. All the
positions' attacked remained in tho
hands of the Italians.
Berlin, Nov. 19. The town of Cls
mon, on the northern Italian front, has
been captured, the war ofllce announ
ced on Friday. Near the Adriatic, on
the western bank of the Piave, Hun
garian troops advanced and captured
1,000. Italians.
U. S. ACTS TO CURB SPIES
Enemy Aliens Will Be Required to
Register President Will Issue
Proclamation on New Rules.
Washington, Nov. 19. Plans for fur
ther guarding the country's wnr ac
tivities against enemy aliens were ap
proved at the cabinet meeting held on
Friday.
President Wilson will Issue a proc
lamation embodying tho regulations
formulated by the department of Jus
tice. Kiioinv aliens may lie renulred to
register and the barred zones will bo
much extended.
Benewed warnings against spies
have been posted at all navy yards and
stations. Placards headed "Beware of
Spies," have been posted.
FOE OF U. S. KILLS THREE
Residents of Virginia, Minn., Slain
With Ax Slayer Warns Buyers
of Liberty Bonds.
Virginia, Minn., Nov. 10. Three per
sons, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Alur and a
hoarder, Peter Treplch, were killed on
Friday by an ax murderer. Their
bodies were found In their home hero
with a note of warning to all other
Austrian families In Virginia who
bought, Liberty bonds or subscribed to
the Beil Cross. The pollco believe that
robbery was the motive. Mrs. Alar
bad $2,000 In her home.
Wilson Aids Recreation Fund.
Washington, Nov. 10. President Wil
son sent his check for $100 to tho
Young Men's Christian association war
camp recreation fund, It was received
by tho local committee, which has
about $51,000 of Its $150,000 allotment.
Mrs. Wiley Goes to Jail.
Washington. Nov. 10. Mrs. Harvey
Wiley, wife of the pure food advocate,
will serve fifteen days In Jail for pick
eting the White House with suffrage
banners. Mrs. Wiley was sentenced
when she refused to puy a $25 line.
OPEN
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RAIL CRISIS ENDED
SEEMS CERTAIN THERE WILL BE
NO RAILWAY STRIKE.
President Authorized by the Brother
hoods to Offer Plan WhlchMen
Will Accept.
Washington, Nov. 10. That tlicro
will bo no railway strike or serious
differences between the railway em
ployees and tho railways appears cer
tain. President Wilson hns been au
thorized, In effect, by the representa
tives of the brotherhoods to offer 0
plan of settlement ns to wages, which
the brotherhoods will accept.
It is understood that tho president
will Insist that the men shall com
pose their dltllcultlcs through media
tion and that he Is Inclined to favor
the enactment of a law for compulsory
arbitration of railroad disputes during
the wnr period.
The attitude of the brotherhoods is
entirely satisfactory to the adminis
tration, although President Wilson had
hoped that the officials of the broth
erhoods would go as far as the rail
road presidents In agreeing to media
tion and arbitration.
SAYS FOE WILL RUE WAR
President Sends Telegram to Loyalty
Meetings "Time Has Come When
Home Must Be Protected."
Washington, Nov. 19. President
Wilson addressed a telegram of patri
otic felicitation to the citizens of the
six states embraced In the Northwest
loynlty meetings in St. Paul, saying tho
nation Is looking to the Northwest In
its great fight "to make the world sufe
for democracy."
President Wilson told them tho mas
ters of Germany will rue the day they
challenged the American republic, and
added :
"The time hns come when tho homo
must be protected and thnt faith nf
flrmed In deeds. Sacrifice and service
must come from every class, every pro
fession, every party, every race, ev
ery creed, every section.
"This Is not 11 bankers' war, nor n
farmers' wnr, or a manufacturers' war,
or 0 laboring mnn's war It Is a war
for every straight-out American, wheth
er our ling bo his by birth or by adop
tion." AMERICAN SHIP SUNK; 5 DIE
Five Members of Crew of Luckenbach
Steamer Killed Vessel Torpedoed
In Bay of Biscay.
An Atlnntlc Port. Nov. 15. News of
the destruction of n Gormnn subma
rine of the Amerlcnn steamer D. N,
Luckonbnch on December 27 wns
brought here hy 20 survivors of tho
crew. Five of the crew were killed.
Tho vessel was sunk In the Bny of
Biscay about 100 miles from the
French coast by an unseen torpedo,
whoso explosion killed the live men,
tho survivor said. ' They wero picked
up by a Danish ship two days after tho
sinking. G
John W. Foster Is Dead.
Washington, Nov. 10. John W. Fos
ter, former minister to Chlnn, secre
tary of stnte under President Harrison,
fntlier-ln-law of Secretary Lansing,
died here.
Norwegians Boycott Germany.
Chrlstlnnln. Nov. 10. Tho Tldens
Togh says the Norwegian Water asso
ciation has adopted a resolution pro
claiming a complete boycott of Ger
many, Gorman shipping, German trade
and German citizens In Norway.
Two Dead In Oil Explosion.
Tulsn, Okln., Nov. 10. Two em
ployees wero burned to dentil as a re
sult of an explosion and fire which de
stroyed the Standard Oil company's
plant at Norfolk, OUIa. Tho dead aro
W. Campbell and J, Byan,
IN THE WINDOW
TO END ALL STRIKES
BUILDING TRADES SECTION OF
A. F. OF L. ACTS.
Employees of Shipyards and Muni
tion Plants Ordered to Begin
Operations at Once.
Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 15. All strikes
affecting government work In Bhlp
ping, munitions and other wnr enter
prises have been called oft by tho
building trades section of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor, It was an
nounced by Secretary Morrison. A
conference of representatives of build
ing trades heads and government rep
resentatles will bo held In Washing
ton within a few days, to go over tho
situation. Pending tho result of this
meeting orders havo been sent to tho
presidents of locals to put their men
back to work.
TO REGISTER ALIEN ENEMIES
Drastic Action Planned by Govern-
ment Followino Fires In Munition
Plants and Grain Elevators.
Washington, Nov 15. President
Wilson Is expected to Issuo a procla
mation soon requiring every nllcn en
cmy within the United Stntes to regis
tor as n step toward ridding (lie coun
try of spies and sabotage.
Tho government hns virtually decid
ed that this procedure Is the only way
open for sifting from the million Ger
mans In tho United States tho fow
who are believed to bo causing fires
In munition plants, grain elevators
and warehouses and promoting propn
gundn injurious to America's prosccu
tlcn of tho war.
Attorney General Gregory took to
the cabinet meeting on Tuesday for
President Wilson's consideration n
draft of regulations under which tho
registration might bo carried out, fol
lowing tho program adopted by Eng
land nnd France for keeping a closo
watch over tho activities of enemy
subjects.
TAKE 63 I. W. W.'S IN RAID
U. 8. Agents Believe They Have Cap
tured Leaders of Organization
In Middle West.
Oinnlin, Neb., Nov, 15. Slxty-threo
Industrial Workers of the World were
arrested hero on Tuesday In a raid
conducted by federal agents. Tho men
wero attending a convention of the I
W. W. from Nebraska, Minnesota, the
Dnkotas and several other states,
When booked at the police station the
I. W. W. gave addresses from every
principal Western city and many East
cm cities.
"The literature Is tho same stuff that
was recently bnrred from tho malls,
said U. S. Marshal Flynn. "We think
tho delegates Intended taking It back
home with them. We bellevo wo havo
tho king pins of the order."
TWO SOLDIERS DIE IN CAVE-IN
Artillerymen Lose Lives While Work
Ing in Pit at camp Bowie, Tex.
Two Are Injured.
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 15, Two nr
tlllerymen were killed and two more
seriously Injured at Camp Bowlowhen
n pit In which they wero working caved
In.
American Wounded.
Paris, Nov. 17. J. C. MeDonnld of
tho American ambulance service, who
was wounded whllo near Verdun, has
Just been brought to Neullly, where
Is reported his Injuries are not serious,
Ho wns struck by n shell splinter.
Saves Coal by Sunday Work.
Copenhagen, Nov, 17. The Bavar
ian government, In order to save coal
has decided to transfer tho Sunday
holiday to another day of the week
Tho Catholic clergy havo proteited
nnd nre supported by Protestants.
N
FTram
ALL REGISTRANTS NOT IN SERV
ICE TO BE CLASSIFIED,
8AYS CROWDER.
RULES IN EFFECT NOV. 20
Class Two Will Be Summoned Into
Active Service Only After Class
One Is Entirely Ex
hausted. Washington, Nov. 17. All exemp
tions and dlschnrgcs In tho first draft
will be canceled by the new regulations
that take effect November 20.
Tho new regulations announced by
Provost Mnrshal General Crowdor call
for the classification of all registrants
not now In the service. Tho process
of selection and classification will be
gin on December 15.
Under the new Bystem only 10 forms
will be used by tho local boards. Most
of them nro postal card forms. Tho
old system used approximately 180
complicated forms.
In n preliminary statement Issued
here the provost marshal general Bays:
'Tho now regulations not only re
peal all preceding regulations, but
cancel all exemptions and discharges
which have been granted by local
boards under tho present system. This
will restore every man to his original
status, and the local boards will send
n questionnaire to every man who Is
not In the service.
"Under tho new regulations tho local
boards will send out 5 per cent of their
questionnaires each day for a period
covering 20 days. This method of dis
tribution will allow tho local boards,
with tho aid of their legal advisory
hoards and other volunteers, to In
struct, complete and file each day's
questionnaire without tho confusion
nnd congestion which would attend
the effort to require a larger number.
"The military needs of tho nation re
quire that there bo provided In every
community u list of names of men who
shall bo ready to be called Into servlco
nt nny time. Tho economic needs of
tho nation, while deferring to tho
paramount mllltnry necessity, require
that men whoso removal would Inter
fere with tho civic, fnmlly, Industrial
and agricultural Institutions of tho na
tion shall bo taken In tho order In
which they best can bo spared. For
this reason tho names of all men liable
to selection shall bo arranged In flvo
classes in the Inverse order ot their
importance to the economy Interests of
the nntlon, which Includo tho main
tenance of necessary Industry and ag-'
rlculturo nnd tho support of depend
ants. "The effect of classification In Class
1 Is to render every man so classified
presently liable to military servlco In
the order determined by tho national
drawing. Tho effect of classification
to Class 2 Is to grant a temporary dis
charge from draft, effective until Class
1 In the Jurisdiction of the same local
board Is exhausted. Tho effect of
classification in Class 3 Is to grant n
temporary discharge from draft, ef
fective until Clnsses 1 and 2 In the Jur
isdiction of tho same local, board are
exhausted; and slmllnrly Class 4 be
comes HnXo only when Clnsses 1, 2
nnd 3 nro exhausted. Tho effect of
closslllcatlon In Class R Is to grant ex
emption or dlschnrgo from draft The
term 'deferred classification as used
In these regulations Is equivalent tc
tho term 'temporary discharge "
LOWEST MARK FOR U-BOATS
Only One British Ship of moro Than
1,600 Tons Sunk During
tho Week.
London, Nov. 10. Only ono British
merchnnt vessel of more than 1,000
tons was sunk by mine or submnrlne
last week, according to tho weekly
statement of shipping losses Issued
hero on Wednesdny, This Is tho low
record since Germany began her sub
marine enmpalgn. Flvo vessels of less
than 1,000 tons and one fishing bont
were sunk during tho week.
FEAR AMERICAN SHIP LOST
Merchant Vessel Kansas City Not
Heard From Since Sept. 5, Sec
retary Daniels Says.
Washington, Nov. 10. Tho Kansas
City, an American merchant vessel,
has not been hoard from slnco Sep'om
her fi and Is believed to have fallen
prey to German submarines. This an
nouncement was made nn Friday by
Secretary of tho Navy Dnnlels. Ono
nnvnl man, J. II. A. Mulr, a first class
slghnl man, was aboard tho Kansas
City.
Congressmen Received by Polncare.
Paris, Nov. 15, The American con
gressional delegation which Is visit
ing France wns received by President
Polncnro In the palace of tho Rlysees.
Student Flyer Is Injured.
Mlnmi, Flo., Nov. 10. James P. For
mnn of Now York, a student nt tho
nnvo! air stntlon hero, was hurt In tho
fall of his seaplane. He lost control
when 500 feet In tho air and plunged
into Dtscayno bay. ,
Strike at Norfolk Ties Up Shipping,
Norfolk. Vn., Nov. 10. Striking
clerks and longshoremen of all the rail
way lines entering Norfolk, with tho
exception of tho Seabord Air Lino,
have practically tied up aUshlpplng at
this port