THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
NEWS OFJEBRASKA
Items of Interest Gathered
From Many Points
Home guards of Bancroft prevented
meeting of tin.- Non-partisan league,
scheduled to titku place In tho city.
S. It. McKelvle of Lincoln, promt
nent nowspuper iniin, haH filed for the
republican noinlnatlon for governor.
Antelope county bus nskod tbo Btnte
auditor for permission to Invest coun
ty funds In Liberty bonds.
Wbeat Is. looking woll In Richard
son county and seems to buvo passed
tbo winter In fine condition.
A loud of bogs donuted to tliu Red
Cross by farmers In tbo vicinity of
Anselmo sold on tho ' South Omnbu
mnrkot for $1,037.17.
Tbc sum of $15,000 bns been In
vested In tblrd Llborty lonn bonds
by officials and employes of tho stntf
lioiiHo ut Lincoln.
Trunk Kng of St. Edwnrd sold n
cnrloud of cattle nt tbo Soutb Omuhii
murkot ut 10 cents a pound, tbo
highest price paid this your.
Bonds to the nniount of $1,000,000
were voted by Omaha citizens for tbo
construction of u now Commercial
High school building.
County Clerk Scott has the data te
bow Unit Pawnee county bus 27,820
acres of wheat In fine Browing condi
tion. Edgar will havo n flap raising April
5, with the 335th regimental band
from Camp Funston, which Is, touring
tho state.
Rev. Oeorge Allenbnch, one of the
five pastors under lire nt Lincoln be
cuuso of their refusul to attend n pa
triotic rally, tendered his resignation
at a meeting of his congregation.
For tho third time Wlsner has gon'o
over the top for tho sale of Liberty
bonds. April 0, the day set for tho
big drive, carried Wlsner over tho top
by $30,000.
Fifteen thousand persons, forming
ft line throe miles long, marched In a
Liberty day parado nt Lincoln. It
was tho greatest demonstration over
witnessed In tho capital city.
Following n patriotic meeting nt
Decatur u, telegram was sent to Pres
ident Wilson, Informing him that tho
citizens of Decatur iwero with him In
his great task to tho end.
Mrs. Murgnrct Sorby, a Llthunlnn
woman employe at tho South Omaha
packing plant was severely beaten by
another woman employe for alleged
insult to tho American flag and dis
loyal utterances.
Many national guardsmen nro com
nbilntncr because they nro not being
sent abroad to tnko pnrt In tho great
l'lcardy battle nnd Nebrnskans at
Camp Cody nro umong tho complain
ants. , ,'
Stuto Food Administrator Wattles
made tho assertion ut Omnhn upon his
return from Washington that tho gov.
eminent will take stops Immediately
to requisition all wheat bolng held In
Nebraska.
Colfax county loads In Nebraska In
tho snlo of war savings certificates,
according to a report received by
Stato Director . AVnrd M. Burgess,
from tho Kansas City Federul Un
serve bunk. Colfax's quota was
$238,000. Cash sales up to April 1
were $334,145 limiting n per capita
sale of $28.08. Thayor county stands
second In tho list with a per cnpltu
of $20.21, Furnns with $25.41, Adams
$28.18, l'liitto $23.05, Johnson $22.04,
Grant $22.27 nnd Polk $21.81, stand
next In tho list In tho order named.
Major John M. Blrkncr of Lincoln,
n German born officer of the Nebras
ka National Guard and u member of
tho 127th Held nrttllory wns arrested
at Cnmp Cody, N. M churged with
violating tho csplpnugo uct. Affidavits
of four officers who accused Rlrkncr,
nllego that his pro-German sympa
thies we're expressed at frequent In
tervals, that ho displayed "elation
whon tho German urmy mndo success
ful drives and wns depressed when
tho allies won." Ho was discharged
from tho service April 4 ami recom
mended for Internment by the Wnr
department. The dismissed officer was
naturalized In Clay county, Nebraska,
In 1888, and during tho sume year en
tcred tho service of tho Nebraska
National Guard, Ho Is well known
throughout Nebraska and tho middle
west and Is said to havo had a largo
circle of friends,
According to available llgures the
Nebraska farmers' war council now
has a membership of over 50,000.
Service curds which wore sent runn
ers arc being received by tho state
headquarters at Omaha at tho aver
uge of 5,000 a day.
An Indictment charging George H.
Smldt, n wealthy Adams county farm,
or, with having snld ho was Instru
mental In forming an organization
among fnrmera to prevent crops from
bolng raised, was returned by u fed.
bral grand Jury at Lincoln.
0. Byrne, chairman of thu Stato
Liberty Loan committee, nt Omaha,
has offored $100 In cash prises to Nd
brnska school children writing tho
best 50-wonl essays explaining why
Third Liberty Bonds should bo pur
chased, Tho prizes are $50, $25, $13
und $10. Tho contest closes May 1.
Men 'actually engaged In raising
foodstuffs, whether farmer or hired
hand, has no chanco to get into tho
army under Instructions sent to
local draft boards In Nebraska by
Captain Walter L. Anderson of the
governor's office.
A movement Is under way In Rich
nrdson county for the purpose of or
ganizing a county 1. M. C. A.
Nebraska has given $85,512,403 to
tbo various war campaigns, has 443,
231 lied Cross members and has sent
a total of 10,012 men to the service.
(Buffalo county people nro elated
over the honor of being tbo first coun
ty in Nebraska to win an honor flog
In the third Liberty loan drive.
A number of county food adminis
trators In Nebraska havo pledged clt'
Izeu of their counties to use no more
wheat flour until the now wheat crop
Is harvested.
John Kllcur, pioneer settler of tho
North Item! vicinity, was found dend
In his yard following a fire In his
home. It is boliovcd the shock caused
his death.
A "Good Roads" fair held at Al
liance netted about $2,000, all ol
which will be used to better tho con
dition of main roads In Vox llutte
county.
Hecords In the office of the stnto
food administrator at Omnhn show
that only hnlf as much wheat flour
Is being used In Nebraska as was
used a year ago.
Chase and Thurston counties re
ported on April 11 that Liberty loan
bond sales had exceeded the allotment
for both counties. Application for
honor flags has been made,
The Stato bonk of Seneca, capital
$20,000, and tho Farmers Stato bank
of Ilalsoy, capital $10,000, Wero
grunted charters by tho state banking
board.
Condition of winter wheat In Ne
braska on April 1 was 75 per cent
of a normal crop, according to a re
port Issued by the department of ag
riculture at Washington.
Tho sum of $10,000 was raised for
tho Red Cross at an auction, sale at
Humboldt. An American flag was
sold several times nnd brought
$3,500.
H. T. mil, rural mall carrier of
Odell, sold $3,848.23 worth of thrift
stamps during tho first month of this
year, leading all other rural carriers
In the stnto for thnt month.
Lincoln has oversubscribed Its Lib
erty loan quota and tho committee has
raised voluntarily, Lancaster county's
nllotmcnt from $1,5-15,000 to $2,000,000,
the Capital City agreeing to raise
$1,400,000.
'A' proposition Is to be put beforo
members of tho Frembnt Methodist
church to soy whether a new $40,000
church shall be erected this year. Tho
sum of $81,000 hns already been
pledged for tho new edifice.
C. II. Potcr, a Lincoln street cat
motorman, alleged' to havo made dis
loyal remarks,- was taken from his
homo by fellow employes and forced
to give fifty snlutes to the American
flag and then kiss It.
Estimates place the number of
marchers In the Llborty day parado
at Omaha at approximately 75,000,
and fully that many inoro people
wero lined along the principal streets
of tho city viewing the procession.
Tho Mndlson county council of de-
fenso has posted placards all over the
county announcing Uiat It Is opposed
to (ho uso of tho German language
In business transaction or social
mcotlngs.
Nebrnskans will suffer a serious
shortngo of coal next winder unless
they begin to All their bins nt once
nnd continue accumulating their win
ter supply during the "uminer, Wash
lngton authorities say.
Tho first permit granted by the
state council of defense under tho
new sedition law of Nebraska for on
alien to preach and teach was Issued
to John 11. Rectus, bend, of the
parochial Hchool at Plekrell.
Manderson Lehr of Albion, son of
Mr. und Mrs. II. F. Lehr, who has
been doing great service with the
French aviation squadron In France,
has been ho.nored by promotion from
corporal to sergeant.
One thousand citizens of Scotts
bluff, nt a liberty loan meeting,
passed a resolution petitioning Presi
dent Wilson and congress to take Inn
mediate action to prohibit the maiiu
facturo and sale of It.toxleatlng
liquor.
More than 100 boys' and girls'
garden clubs will be organized In Ne
braska this year for the purposo of
helping win the war, according to 0.
W. Watson, leader of the Junior sec:
ttnn of the agricultural extension
service of tho Stato University.
A voluntnry agreement to pay,
through the federal food administra
tion of Nebraska, the sum of $000 to
bo given the Red Cross and the Red
Star by the Freanont Milling company
was the pennlty assessed for viola
tions of the rules and regulations gov
erning sales of wheat mill feeds.
Upon a request of Director Gen
eral McAdoo, tho Nebraska railway
commission has asked city authorities
of Omaha not to compel the Missouri
Paciile to build a viaduct over Leav
enworth Htreet, In thnt city, until
after the war.
Resolutions demanding that tho con.
J gregatlons of flvo German Lutheran
churches of Lincoln and vicinity so
euro as an ovtdenco of their loyulty
tho resignations of their pastors, who
refused to attend a patriotic meet
ing wero pusscd by over 200 citizens
nt a muss meeting In tho city.
Nebrnskans who havo done and tiro
doing their bit to help win the war
should compnre their efforts with
thoso of Davtd Thomas of York. Mr.
Thomas has given flvo sons nnd a
daughter Into tho service and another
son Is going as soon as he Is of age.
1 Market sqnnre and town hall of Ant.s, which city the Germans tried
Pershing Inspected a detachment of his stalwart troops in France. 3- Guy
In City Hall square, New York, at the opening of the campaign.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
Germans Divert Their Attack to
Flanders, Again Failing to .
Break Through.
BLOODY FIGHT AT GIVEN
Kaiser Seek to Annihilate British
Army Americana Now In Great
Battle Premier Lloyd George
Proposes Conscription for
Ireland.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
"They shall not pass."
Not glossing over the Increasing
seriousness of the German offensive
on tho west front, not making vain
boasts, but with unfaltering courage
and dogged determination, all the
allies, French, British. Americans and
Portuguese, In Franco and Belgium,
have adopted the Verdun slogan and
refuse to let tho Huns break through
their line. Weary and battered,
drenched with gns and explosive shell,
pushed back here and there by power
ful attacks of massed Infantry, greatly,
outnumbered all along the line, thoy
cling ns long as possible to every de
fensive position and exact a terrible
price for, every yard of terrain they
give up.
Falling to push his way through to
Amiens, the kaiser last week turned
his attention to Flanders, and after
threo days of intensive bombardment
attacked the British on a 2G mile front
of which Armcntleres was the center.
In tho three lays of fierce Infantry
fighting thnt followed tho Huns shoved
back tho British and Portuguese lino
some Ave miles bctweon Armentlores
und Glvcncliy, and three miles at the
north of the former city. On Thursday
the British retired from Armcntleres,
which Is of Ilttlo Importance as a strat
egic point and Is now but u heap of
ruins. They also had abandoned sev
eral villages but still dominated the
battlefield from Messlnes ridge on the
north und Glvenchy on the south. The
latter place was the scene of the blood
iest fighting, bolng taken and retaken
several times. The British wero out
numbered thero more than four to one,
but defended It splendidly and retain
ed possession of the town, which iHv
situated on high ground. The losses of
the Germans here ns well as elsewhere
were very heavy, and n considerable
number of them were captured.
Though the Immedlnto object of the
Germans in this sector apparently Is
to take Bcthune, an Important center
of British operations, and then by a
wheeling movement push on to the Eng
lish channel, their greater purpose, ac
cording to prisoners nnd captured doc
uments, Is nothing less than to annihi
late the British urmy. It Is expected
that the kaiser will direct his full
strength to the accomplishment of this
aim nnd thnt the battle In Flanders
will be considerably extended to the
north nnd continued with desperation.
s
On the southern front of the Ger
man salient the French, at the begin
ning of the week, withdrew to the west
bank of the Alyotto river In the Coucy
region, thereby rectifying their lines
and leaving to the Germans the marsh
es of the Olse. Slnco then the enemy
have been greatly hnrrassed by the;
French outposts nnd buvo been unable
to carry on any operations In the
swumpy ground. A little further to
tho west Chnuny has been the center
of furious struggles but up to the time
of writing tho French had repulsed
every attack, and were In possession
of the town and tho nearby cemetery.
For tho present, at least, Amiens
seems to be safe for, though the artil
lery activity In that sector hat been
continuous and violent, Infantry oper
ations almost ceased during the week.
As has been said, the allies do not
seek to minimize the menace In tho
successes tho nuns liuve gained, but
their commnnders aro ns confident ns
over that the kaiser cannot accomplish
his alms, and the men In the ranks
have no btber thought than victory.
The allies have ample supplies of guns
and ammunition, but whnt they must
have Is more men, and thnt quickly.
England Is sending troops across the
channel with speed not heretofore
equalled, and America's lighters nre
being hurried over as fast as possible
in response to the call. Secretary of
War Baker, who Is still In France, has
learned his lesson, nnd It Is understood
he Is urging the greatest expedition In
getting our army across.
Day by day the American troops are
being hurried up to the fighting front
and brignded with the British and
French, who greet their .arrival with
cheers. That they are now taking an
active part In the great battle is evi
denced by the lengthening cnsifalty
lists sent over by Generul Pershing.
In tholr own sector tho Americans
continue to do fine work. Oiv Wednes
day, Just northwest of Toul, they wero
subject to the strongest attack the Ger
mans had made In that region, after
three days heavy shelling, The Yan
kees not only broke up the advancing
ranks by their artillery fire, but
promptly emerged from their shelters
and chased the shattered Hun troops
from the field.
The German press hns ceased to
sneer nt American participation In the
wnrfare nnd admits that this country
will be a great factor In determining
the result nnd that It Is preparing for
a long conflict. The turn events have
taken and President Wilson's power
ful speech In Baltimore have convinced
the Germans that the result of the
war Is to be determined by force of
arms.
Count Czcrnln, Austro-Hungnrlan
foreign minister, finds his position
shaken since Premier Clcmencenu dis
proved his assertions concerning peace
talks, and the Czech opposition to him
la Increasing. In Germany there Is
growing dissatisfaction with Chancel
lor Von nertllng and Foreign Secre
tary Von Kuchlmann, and there Is n
movement to make Dr. Von Helfferlch
Imperial chancellor.
Germany's forces In Russia, after
capturing Kharkov, proceeded 130 miles
further to the northwest and occupied
Lgov. They then sent an ultimatum
demnndlng the surrender of Kursk,
capital of the government of that nnme,
but the local soviet decided to resist.
The Germnns also are continuing their
operations In Finland, In aid of the
government and the White guard, and
havo compelled Russia to remove or
disarm Russian warships in Finnish
waters.
The bolshevik! government of Russia
was concerned mostly last week with
the landing of Japanese troops in
Vladivostok. The press expressed the
fear that Uils was tho first step in the
occupation of Siberia, and the commis
sioners demnuded that the Japanese
depart, threatening otherwise to de
clare wnr. If the Japanese really are
on conquest bent, they would ask noth
ing better than that, but America and
Great Britain probably stand In the
way for they do not wish to hnve Rus
sia throw herself utterly Into the hands
of the Germans. Indeed, the foreign
consuls at Vladivostok promised the lo
cal authorities the troops would be
withdrawn soon.
Dehiyed dispatches from Harbin said
American muriues also had been land
ed at Vladivostok and were In control
of tho docks, while the Japanese were
gunrding the railway and ammunition
depots.
The diet of Bessarabia, tho Russian
province which borders Roumanla on
tho east, Is reported to have voted In
favor of union with Roumanla. Uk
raine lias signed an agreement to fur
nish to the central powers about 03,
000,000 pounds of foodstuffs and deliv
eries of grain already have begun.
George Creol, chairman of the com
mittee on public information, brought
a storm about hU head by saying, In
a public address, that he would thank
God to hlB dying day that the United
States was unprepared when it went to
wnr, because othorwlse it would have
been fatso to Its traditions and policy.
In both houses of congress he was de
nounced bitterly, the senate seemingly
overlooking tho fact thnt only a few
days previously It had voted to ranko
that state of unpreparcdness perman
ent by refusing to vote for universal
military service. Creel made hhc out
to tnke from the British. 2 General
Empey speaking for the Liberty loan
rageous statement when acting aa
spokesman of the administration at a
meeting of Liberty loan lecturers, and
his dismissal from government employ
wns demanded by the Indignant con
gressmen. On Wednesday the senate passed the
amendment to the espionage bill, mak
ing It the most drastic anti-sedition
mensure ever proposed In this country.
It Is designed to expedite punishment
for disloyal acts nnd utterances, but
wns changed to permit of Just critic
Ism with good motives. Fear of antag
onizing loyal citizens of German de
scent caused tho elimination of a clause
barring from the malls publications In
the German lungunge.
The senate had another exciting de
bute over the conference report on the
bill for punishing sabotage and wilful
destruction of wnr material. As re
ported, the measure provided that It
should not be construed as making It
unlawful for employees to 'agree to
gether to strike or refuse to work for
the purpose of securing better wages
or working conditions. Senator Un
derwood and others strongly criticised
any such government Indorsements of
strikes during wartime. Next day tho
senate rejected the conference report
by a vote of 34 to 25. At the same
time Samuel Gompers wns warning
congressmen not to commit tho "devil
try and folly" of pnsslng the proposed
law to prohibit strikes and lockouts.
Too many of the laboring men of the
country full to recognize the fact that
when they are working for the gov
ernment on war tasks they are doubly
working for themselves.
1 '
Premier Lloyd George again baa
staked the political existence of him
self nnd his cabinet on one measure,
the new man power bill which includes
the. conscription of all men between
the ages of 18 and 50 years, and which
furthermore extends conscription to
Ireland. The latter feature of course
put the Irish Nationalist members In
a rage at once and the premier waa
warned that any attempt to enforce the
draft In Ireland would result In dvll
war; that It would take an army to
raise n regiment. Ho stood firm, how
ever, declarlug the time had come when
Ireland must be treated like the rest
of Great Britain in the matter of mil
itary service, and that If the bill was
defeated his government would give
way to another. The measure passed
its preliminary readings by a large
majority, but the press and people of
England ure decidedly anxious about
Its success should it become law.
Submarine sinkings as reported by
the British admiralty showed a great
falling off In number, only six vessels
being listed as loot, but both here nnd
abroad there Is a feeling that this
presages a concerted movement of the
U-boat against the transports that are
now carrying American troops to
France In great numbers. However,
the convoy system has been so per
fected and so many warships aro avail
able for It that no grave apprehension
Is felt for the safety of those trans
ports. ta
The Dutch have quieted down con
cerning the seizure of their vessels by
Amerlcn and Great British, but Minis
ter Phillips has left Washington for
home, ostensibly on account of 111
health.
President Wilson last week com
mandeered the Clyde, Mallory, Mer
chants and Miners and Southern
steamship lines and turned them over
to Director General McAdoo. , This
added 03 coastwise vessels to the 48
already under government manage
ment. Three Russian ships in n Pa
cific port also Were taken over by the
shipping board.
)
General Allcnby's forces in Palestine
are still pushing forward north of
Jerusalem, despite stubborn resistance
by the Turks, who have been re-enforced
by German troops. In Berlin there
is n belief that tho Holy City will be
recaptured, but this Is based on false
Ideas of the British action in falling
back after cutting the railway at Es
Salt. ?
Tho Liberty Loan campaign was
most successful during the week. Iowa
lead the nation, subscribing Its quota
' within four days.
LEND YOUR MONEY
TO HELP WIN WAR
Help Properly Equip Your Own
Son and Other Soldier Boys
Over There.
DUTY OF ALL TO BOY BONDS
Liberty Loans to Undo Sam Is Best
Guarantee of Our Flnhtera Safe ,
Return Home Do Not
Hesitate.
(By ROLAND G. USHER of the Vig
ilantes'.) Put It to yourself straight now. You
know perfectly well thnt you would
feel ashamed to keep your boy out of
the ranks If he wanted to go. You
know perfectly well thnt you would
probably feel ashamed before your
neighbors If they know thnt tho boy
wns sticking nt home. But hnve you
ever asked yourself whether you felt
ashamed that you were keeping your
dollars tight In your Jenns Instead of
lending your dollars to tho war as
well as your boy? If you have not
got a boy you probably would feel,
that he ought to go If you had one.
You have got some dollars, why don't
you send them?
Think again; If you havo sent a boy
over there, don't you know for cer
tain whether thnt boy will come back,
God grant that he may. But he went.
Just the same, knowing fully Just as
you did that he might not como back.
You gavo the dearest thing you hud In
the world to the government freely, for
the cuuso of democracy. You wero
glad to do It; you felt fine about It.
Yon still feel that If you had It to do
over again you would not do anything
else. But I will wager anything you
like that you have a lot of money that
you can lend to the government with
out hurting yourself at all, and which,
you are hnnglng on to until It screams.
Think of it. Those dollars will be per
fectly sure to come back if you lend
them to the government Tho govern
ment guarantees that. Why should
you therefore be so afraid to loose
your clutch on theni. The great risk
you have already taken and did It be
cause it was a worthy and a noble
thing to do. The thing which is no
risk at nil nnd yet which is just as nec
essary to the war ns the other, you
hesitate about.
Dollars Will Come Back.
Let me suppose for a moment that
you have not yet sent your boy. I will
wager you havo a sneaking feeling
that he ought to go. He has too. In
this case, I won't have to make a wa
ger about it you have not sent your
dollars. If you hesitate to send the
boy because you are afraid he may
not come back, you have a perfectly ex
plulnuble reason, but you have not got
a good reason why you should not send
your dollars. They will como back,
you may be sure of It. Not only will
they come bnck, the government wilt
pay you Interest on them in the mean
time. You will lend the government
your cnpltnl and will get a return on
It. Far from losing anything, you
will make something. Why hesitate?
Look at It from another point of
view. If your boy has not gone, or If
you ,hnve no son, your neighbors who
have sons havo sent them. Those boy
are going Into danger. They are go
ing to need guns, food, artillery, ships,
and airplanes, not only to enable them
to do what they went over there to do
beat tho Germans out of sight but
to keep them safe. If they don't hav
those things they certainly won't come
back at all. You know'perfectly well,
however tight-fisted you may be, or
however mean you may think yourself
nnd you are not hnlf as mean as
that you would not hurt your neigh
bor's son Just because a few dollars
stood in the way. You would feel so
ashamed of yourself for the rest of
your llfo you would not be ablo to
shave In the morning. Your neighbors'
sons and your friends' sons that you
have known all your life need the
things your money can buy for them,
and It Is going to go mighty hnrd with
them If they don't get them.
Make Your Money Help.
Now put it to yourself straight. If
the thing was a little nearer to you
so that you really saw your neigh
bor's sou actually without food be
cause you had declined to give It to
him, you would not hesltnte for a mo
ment what to do. The difficulty Is
here, that the thing Is on so largo a
scale that you do not realize that your
failure to lend your money to tho gov
ernment Is going to result very prob
ably in depriving that particular boy
of things ho needs. You can say, If
you like, there are so many millions
of them thnt It will be some other fel
low's son that will go without. I liopo
you won't get much comfort out of
thnt, because it Is the same old thing.
You would not hurt him either If you
'saw him and knew ho wns In want;
but because you don't See him, because
he Is somewhere ln,Vrance, you for
get ubout him and don't stop to think
thnt he wants n thing you would i.nt
hesltnte to give hlrn If you know him.
Why hesitate, then, to lend your dol
lars to the government? They nre tho
only thing that can really do this busi
ness. They are the only thing that
can put tools Into the boys' hands over
there to kill the Germans with. Don't
hesitate any longer now;, get It
straight, and go down nnd buy a
bond nnd feel better about It for wo
rest of jour life.
