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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1918)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLAXXB nIEBAABKJL ARMORED TRAIN Heavily armored trnlriH me bring used In the big buttle now raging In the Sorame district. Heavy ilelij mid long-range guns nro mounted on these trains and have proved their worth in buttle. The picture shows u train In uctlon somewhere on the Homme. SPEND MILLIONS TO SPREAD LIE it- Germans Circulate "Whispering Propaganda," Including At . tacks on President. IS DIRECTED FROM SPAIN Mexico and South .America Flooded With Book Which Likens United States to Vampire Lies About Rainbow Division. Washington. The ' German propa ganda was never busier In the United States than nt tho present time. This fact has been established by ugents of tho government, and energetic meth ods to combat this sinister peril nro now being carried out. Not onjy Is tho propaganda, which Is oporatcd from headquarters In Spain, working day and night to cause trouble In this country, hut It Is also working Just us huril to discredit tho government of tho United States In Mexico and Cen tral and South America, where there has recently appeared for free distri bution n book entitled "El Vnrnplro del Contlncnto," tho vampire of tho conti nent referred to being this country. An official of tho federal govern ment, one of whoso duties brings him Into contact with German propagan da in nil parts of the world, sold tho Germans were spending hundreds of millions of dollars to spread discon tent, particularly among -tho unedu cated people In nil tho countries of tho allies, their activities Including among other schemes a concerted uud vicious attack, wherever posslblo, on Presi dent Wilson, Premier Lloyd Oeorgo nnd other high olllclnls of tho allied governments. Worked for Years on 8cheme. "Wo know that for years beforo the outbreak of war In 1014 the Gernmn government worked to perfect Its propaganda, arm. In Germnny they called Into tho scrvlco of tho state for this purpose tho great psychologists of tho country, tho big newspaper men, tho university professors, trade ex perts, nnd oven novelists and drama tists. Agents wero sent Into every country In tho world to study tho people, until tho government flics In Berlin contained complete data re garding tho peculiarities and suscepti bilities of nil pcoplo with whom Ger many had reuson to anticipates a clash. "U,p to n few monthB ago tho propa ganda concentrated against England In an effort to lsolnto that uutlon. Every ncutrnl country in tho world won Hood ed with folso Information regarding Englnnd nnd her purposes In tho war. "Now tho attack Is switching from England to tho United States. Every posslblo effort to poison tho minds of tho people In certain parts of the coun try Is being resorted to, tho effort be ing especially vicious In thoso parts of tho country where tho percentago of Illiteracy Is greatest, nnd among tho negroes. Tho special story which Is RAISE M0RE SHEEP Necessary for Sake of Economic Welfare and Independence. Steady Decline Is Shown In the In dustry In United States In Re cent Years. Washington. Tho sheep industry In tho United States must either adjust Itself to tho changed economic con ditions of this dny or continue tho decline which has been its portion In years past Such la tho conclusion reached In n report Issued by tho sheep und wool Industry by tho committee en statistics nnd standards of the Chnmbor of Commerce of tho United States. Tho principal remedies suggested In tbo report to urres't tho present steady decline In our production of sheep nrtt, first, tho uso for sheep ginning of llio agriculturally worthless und cheap IN SOMME DISTRICT being whispered over the country and wo uro the victims of what Is known ns tho 'whispering propaganda' Is that this Ih a war of tho wealthy classes, and that the president plunged tho country Into tho struggle to 'save tho millionaires' ns well as to safe guard America's huge loans and cred its to tho allied countries, "Wo hnve even established the, fact that tho propaganda has penetrated into tho mountain fastnesses of tho Carollnns nnd Georgia, where the mountaineers huvo been led to believe that another Civil war Is Imminent. t Lies About Rainbow Division. "Tho disaster story has also been worked to a finish In all parts of tho country. Tho Itnlnbow division has boon picked out us the victim of this phuso of the propaganda, because It represents all sections of the country, Italy Spending 5 War Expenses Increase Each Month and Prices of . Food Soar. PROFITEERS GO UNCHECKED Menace to Morale of Nation 8een If Speculators Arc Not Curbed Soon Revelations of Press Cause Sensation. Home. Tho war Is costing Italy $1-10,000,000 a month or, In round numbers, nbout $5,000,000 n dny. In estlmntlng tho cost of tho wnr tho ex penditure Incurred during tho ten months of Itnly's neutrality for war preparations ns well us tho monoy spent during tho 33 months of wnr up to tho end of lust Fcbruury uro tuken into account. Tho estimate Is only ap proximate, becauso besides tho monoy nctunlly spent for war expenditure puyments made by tho wnr office and tho admiralty for extraordinary ex penditure duo to the war nro Included In the calculation. On Jho other hand the Increased ex penditure and tho payments made by other government departments during tho period from August 1, 1014, to Fcb ruury 28, 1018. nre not taken Into nc count. Only tho expenditure gf tho three ministries of wnr, of tho nnvy and of muntlons Is added together in' order to afford an Indication of how much the wnr Is costing Italy. Cost of Warfaro Grows. Tho totul extending over u period of two years and nine months when di vided Into shorter periods reveals that war expenditure Is Increasing. Thus, while during tho first quarter of Italy's Intervention, from Juno to August, 1010, ?l)7,-i00,000 woro spent every month, during tho lnst quarter, from December, 1017, to February, 1018. tho cut-over timber lands of tho North, Northwest nnd South ; second, the more general and systematic raising of sheep on forms, where sheep rais ing has been hitherto neglected large ly becauso of frontier competition; and third, continued uso of tho great runges of tho West to their full capac ity. It can be done, It Is a question of cducntlon. In 1000 wo had In tho United States .80 sheep por canlta. In 1017, the fig uro dropped to .40 per capita. In 1800 wo produced 4.20 pounds of wool per capita. In 1017 only 2.72 pounds per capita, ; Wo Import now 60 per cent of our wool consumption. We ought to pro duco that at home; and wo cun If wo will. Sheep Increase rapidly from 50 to 100 per cent annually as compared with tho number of ewes. There Is every reason, In tho opin ion of tho committees, why, for tho suite of our economic welfare and In dependence, we should net on tho fnct that wo can wise enough sheep If wo will, and roup advautugo and profit lu so doing. nnd a diMiMttr uhirii overwhelmed ttm command would have Its effect In all puna of the nitloti, and not In some particular section. "This Is the source of nil those mys ferlous rumors to the offect thnt this or that regiment In the Rainbow dl vision has bocn annihilated. "South America at this moment Is swamped with a pamphlet entitled 'El Vnmplre del Contlnente,' which Is pen haps the most vicious attack on a nn- lion ever published, and the uutlon lu this Instanco Is the United States. "Some months ago there was sent t South America for circulation u llttli officially prepared document entitled 'Why America, Went to War.' Instead of making friends for us tho book lost them, and an Investigation was or dered. This Investigation led fo tho discovery that the Germans had got hold of the genuine documents, after which they proceeded to substitute an edition of their own. The spurious edition was the same ns tho Amerl can, with the exception thnt the Gcr mans Inserted a preface. "Tho prefnee was cleverly written und to the ordinary person read as If It had been prepared by our govern incut. Hut the statements In tho pref uce did not bear out the facts In the rest of the hook and so Instead of be Hevlng what wo said thousands of peo plo who rend the book camo to the conclusion that we were lying. Proper steps nro now being taken to counter act this work of tho enemy propu gundu. "In the South American countries the Germans hnve bought up numer ous newspapers, which they employ to spread their propaganda." FATHER OF VICTIM ON THE CYCLOPS ENLISTS Birmingham, Ala. "My nume Is J. P. Baggs. I am tho father' of II. T. Baggs, who was one of tho boys lost on the Cyclops. I want to do something for my country." Tho speaker, a heavy set man wearing spectacles, stood beforo ono of the draft board? as ho spoke. An Investi gation revealed that he was e skilled mechanic. lie was sen: to ono of the United States ship yards. Millions Daily nverngo monthly expenditure Increased to $282,000,000, and It Is therefore cal culated that at present the war li costing Itnly $10,000,000 a day. So fur no serious uttempt has been mudo to lmprovo tho food sltuutlon la Italy, which Is gradually getting worse, not so much on account of acute short age as to disorganized distribution and artificial Increnso of prices duo to tho speculations of middlemen und to ex tenslvo honrdlng. Sensntionnl revela tions nro being mndo In tho local press nbout tho profits of middlemen espe cially In respect to nnlmnl food. For Instnnce, It has been ascertained that tho lonib market hus been cornered by middlemen, who nro buying Iambs nt 12 cents n pound nnd selling them to retnllers at over $1.00, with tho re sult that the market prices of lamb huvo risen to almost $2 a pound. - Profiteers Unchecked. Strangely enouglf no uctlon has yet been taken ngnlnst tho denounced mid dlemen while hoarding Is being re pressed In n hulf-heurted way, desplto tho fact that all tho shops und restau rants raided afforded convincing proof thnt cheese, fats and foodstuffs of every description nro being hidden nnd sold nt foncy prices. A few arrests have been made, but tho measures no far adopted are Inadequate to lmprovo existing conditions. As the patience of citizens is well nigh exhausted, It Is feared that popu lar dlssntlsfnctlon and resentment will loud to disorders und thus weaken na tional resistance nt a time when tho situation Is apt to become serious ow ing to an Impending offensive on tho Itnllnn front. Radical and energetic measures nro therefore Imperative. Nine Pounds of Liberty. Chicago. Dr. and Mrs. Moore Thompson of this city claim the first Liberty child. She was born April 20. I.lhnrtv ilnv ii.i i,. .i i . .. ' erty. She weighed nine pounds, too. MEMORIAL TO CARRIE NATION Woman's Christian Temperance Union Will Erect Drlnklnn Fountain at Wichita. Wichita, Kan. Tho Knnsns Wom an's Christian Temperance union will erect n drinking fountain hero iiei:: the Union station as a memorial to tho lute Carrie Nation. Tho State asso ciation has voted $1,000 to bo devoted to that purpose. The city commissioners hnvo agreed to accept tho fountain In tho namo of the city, and to maintain tho water supply, It was In this city that Sirs. Nation begun her natlon-wldo cam paign of saloon smashing, many years ogo. German Books Destroyed. Shell Lake, Wis. Although tho school board refused to abolish tho teaching of German In tho High school, classes in that Btudy mny have to be abandoned temporarily nt least, us un known persons entered tho school' and destroyed nil tho Gemma text books In the building. DAIRY PRODUCTS IN DEMAND Essential to Well-Belna of Nation and Effort Should Be Made to Maintain Supply. (Prepared by the United States Depart tnent of Agriculture.) The shifting demands due to the wnr have culled for Important chnnges jn the dairy Industry. Dnlrylng Is one of tne inrgest of tho agricultural enter prises of this country nnd tho demands upon It will be In proportion to Its Im portnhce. Dnlry products are essen tlnl to the well-being of tho nntlon nnd every effort should be expended to mnlntnln tho supply of this country nnd so fnr as possible to meet the In creasing demands of the nlllcs. Some of the principal advantages of dairy ing are: 1. The sale of dairy products' fur nishes n steady Income throughout the year. The farmer who depends upon crop sides" for his Income usually makes the bulk of his sales during one or two months of the year, while dur ing tho rest of the year he has no cash These Dairy Cows Are Doing Their Part in Feeding the Nation. Income. Such a system requires long credits lu the community. 2. The mnrket for dalrv products fluctuates very little year by year ns compared with other farm products. a. Through the return of manure to the land the fertility and nhvslenl con- dltlon of the soil may he maintained ut u high level und crops Increased. Jiiven after mnny yenrs n properly maintained dairy farm has constantly Increasing crop yields Instead of de creasing ones. 4. In dnlrylng. Inbor may be utilized nt a moro uniform rate throughout the year, for example, may hnve to employ mucn additional labor nt harvest time. but so fur as the rtalry Is concerned the dairyman has about the same duties to perform every month of the venr. Thus less help Is required seasonally and permanent employees mnv ho kept. f. Through the dnlry cow mnnv im. salable roughages may he transformed into products from which cash muv h realized. Grass, hay. -oru-fodder and other roughage which may .not have n ready sale ure economically Utilized Gy tne uniry cow. Uind which Is not Kultnble for cultlvntlo'n can be utilized for pasturage, for dairy cows. DUTIES OF DAIRYMEN GIVEN Use Best Methods of Breeding and Management and Utilize All Prod ucts to Advantage. (Prepared by the United Stntes Depart ment or Agriculture.) The duties and responsibilities of dairymen nro especially Important In tne maintenance of the dairy Industry for the good of the nntlon. An op portunity Is presented to dairymen to serve humanity by the conservation of dnlrylng. Their nurt Is to use the host methods of breeding nnd manage ment, feed wisely and economically, and utilize nil products to tho best advantage. The fuller utilization of by-products for humnn food brings an added financial return flint will in much to' help maintain the Industry, we nre depending upon the Ingenuity nnd efficiency of the American people to piny u Inrge part In the winning of tho war, This same Ingenuity nnd ef ficiency must lie used in the productive Industries ns well as In destructive ones. If. after putting Into effect the best methods and practices for econ omy and efficiency, It still Is necessary to dispose or dairy cows, the dairymen should endenvor to sell them to other dairymen, bettor situated. In order thnt tne supply of milk mny not ho reduced. On tho small farm,- uud It Is from such farms thnt the hulk of our dairy products -come, piost of the work Is done by the farmer and his family. Would It not be pojslhl on mnny of these farm to keen ono or two or three more cows without grent Incon venience? This and .Increased effi ciency will meet tho situation. Wo Bhnll have milk for our babies; we shall maintain our Industry; we shall have dairy products for our nnnles, und. In nddttlop, shall bo able to share liberally with our friends ncross the sea. Proper Feeding for Calves. Calves should bo fed. on food that will develop a rtrong, vigorous consti tution nnd n large frame, with u healthy 'jippetltt tho milk veins and udder, manipulated, or rubbed to lu. creuso rapacity early In life and up to tho tlmo heifer drops her first enlf. Washington Residents Fleecing the Patriotic WASHINGTON. "Most persons uro greedy." Tho words were spoken by a Washington woman who had been observing with somo disgust the wuy many of her fellow Wnshlngtonluns wero exploiting tho wnr situation. "Somo - one rsum, uuvu uu mmi imuiit that they used to rent unfurnished for 545 n month. They hnvo furnished it simply nnd tastefully nnd they are now getting $150 n month. I call that per formance simple extortion." It Is, obviously, extortion. And it Is a typical cuse. Many of the suffer ers from tho extortion have come here out of patriotic motives und nre work ing for tho government either without pay or for very much less than they nro used to cettlnir. A mpntii came hero nnd offered his services to one of the most important of nil tho war hourds.v He was told that ho would be given n position If he would agree to take 40 per cent of his nverngo salnry for the lnst three years. He did ngreo and he went to work with a will und he wrote to his wife and children thut ho would send for them just us soon lis he could find tho right kind of house He flnully wns driven to thinking thnt it would bo hest for him to take na apartment that was iurnished. But ho couldn't find one. At this point he decided to go home. The government lost mi nhln wnrl ;ei- tlii-nnn-li nnf ,ilf ........ i- i.i. properly. Now It reullzes and it has provided nro properly housed. With Blood in His Eye THIS Is tho tnlo of some cops nnd n hound ; n tnxl ndventure, and tho district dog Pound. Tho cops nro nnw mini tho limiml la 1 11 1 f lonil .l,lln . 1 , - - raU MIIIIU U1IU UIA1 chauffeur Is some bucks uhead. Murphy, dog cop at the cnpltol crounds- WATCH ME 'GET A REGARD FER THIS ( n , , j, . . Ho asked for reward": the nnaww "phony" address. Exultant, tho victim dash for n near taxlcab. Tho address quiet reigned for an hour or so. .Utter Murphy, the doir and the tnvi - - - . alas and alack! that .tho address he'd ...v.v muvi - muuiu ncmi lu lilt! jlUUlUl. Murnhy was busted : ho h niln't n petit cn 41, ir -.it he sent. Calkins, amazed, heard the taximan blare that he was expected to pay Murphy's fare. At that there were signs of a violent fight, till the cupitol cop captain hove Into sight. So Calkins, bewildered, dug deep in his jeans and greased the chauffeur's palm with sundry odd beans. There endeth tho yarn of tho cops nnd the mutt, the taxi, the joke, In fact everything BUT The fuct that Con Cnlklnn i Wnltlnf ho was ordered to blow the most of iitJI. u tun iiuiu mo cuiHllin 10 DOOt. Girl War Workers Are THAT prewar girl who was "'fraid to alllonir the mlHSlflir. Olrln ecmeetnll nothing about going nbout alone Into nt cannot bo bothered with escorts. Thev " "9 found thnt the bugbear around the dark corner hasn't materialized. Especially Is this true of the croun that is working under the direction of Miss btelln Osbourne ut the District campaign headquarters of tho Red Cross. There are girls from several, gov ernment departments that have been doing clerical work for the lied Cross every night since early In April ex cept the night after the nnrndn when iney ail were pegged out with marching. They nre preparing for the hi drive thut is to take nlnce soon fnr th Bed Cross. Their services have been devoted they have put in ho counted in the 7 be found to bo quite an Item. They have a complete orcnnlzntlnn. in each government department to Under each of these girls is a corns reserves. As tho headquarters would not hold at ult-lit nt Urn library or con ,Tr . .............. iU1 uuuo oiuu in "Central" No Longer Is - WASHINGTON, tho most talkative bureaus of the various dopm-tninni IS ono of the first largo cities of the nation to StaluOT , : operators. Bv nn np,i,. io ... . i : l ... mi you TH'TiMfyAr VwUat 9 m&) nnd you pine for tho "score," central iZ Z l&UwllVt" baU P"rlC Tho White House and cupitol could bo ruging orronts f n . in your suburban homo might seek knowledge f the S on of th n' ,nd lug down the receiver, but central Is prohibited from uw Z,?i flre by tak War has trebled the telephono service In w2n ?. f 8 yoU; business, nnd no longer Is there (line ?tc bo waste fr n fr pure,y 'tliuato questions, say ofllcluls of the company,1 w o S l Um S "S WnccT t mn nnch ilnv la cn.-n,l t... . . 1111,1 umt "Oro tllUH an hour' on8wering unnecessary Questions. Another war move that saves time uA.;vuiiu uuicea, is uqw refused to evervhnilr m.- . T' -' i" mo even been extended to the street-ca - sysStl "vlng process has tWlHrtop ph,( by which the service Is expedited W h"VC lnStaI,ed Iomiy AiK Srcra. ' um'"h "-ulv UL m"' an agency to seo that the war worker Dog Cop Seeketh the Sly espied a big bulldog while making his rounds. He picked up the canine with grent expectation of fetching to owner with hopes of remuneration. The other policeman with hopes of some fuu, with much speed und action to phone booths did run, while Officer, Boyd said to Murphy, you see, "you call up und find 'who the owner might he." When Murphy called up, tho wires were "pulled," nnd Murphy, unknowing, was thoroughly "bulled." for instead of tho owner the officer spoke to the other poncemen, "in on" the joke. rv-nu -r i . tim ii,,n,in ,n,i i. .i he shouted nnd oft thev ii.i Pn. wWnt mn i,ot. ,m. m.i. i ..... L..vii, ..till -IXUiUllJ' UUWHHIUK sought he never, had found and the trt lrttrm. 1 ...l,s,. 1A .1 i his pay for n darned taxi-toot and theo Not Afraid of the Dark go home in the dark" Is very much . ,rii nuiftvia ill tviiMiiiiiirifin. Tninif night There's so much to do thnt girls i uuuuuiug xunus ior tlio nrZ, T ar nom b " " u, IUBU 1C wou, a niri ..., !,.. of six assistants V ,...e: "OD " IUI" 11,1 VB fill tlin vst1ri -j 11 ; : ,7.. ' lom J 15 me post ouice. Bureau of Information place In tho United Stntes if pros nr.. t . i , .. '- 11 nrcss iaauuu ui me company operating the capital tele phone system unnecessary nnd frivol mis questions will not bo unswered by central." If you forget to wind your watch t night und wake up early in tha inornlng oblivious of the time of day the ever-convenient "hello girl" will not he your savior. If you are held in your ofllco while the Yankees and tho Senntors UeCWon to ,,r,llbIt operators from in Wnshin-.-tn.. i , .