THE 8EMNWEEKIY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
4,000 FROM NEBRASKA
Governor Receives Order to Entrain
Men for Military Duty Demand
Largest Since War Started.
Governor Kovlllo has received or
ders from tho War Department nt
"Washington to mobollze 4,000 drafted
jaen from this state, Juno 21, for mil
itary service. This Is tho largest de
mand made on Nebraska since the be
ginning of tho war. In other calls
deductions for enlistments were made
which decreased tho number of men
taken for selective service Two thou
sand of the men will bo sent to Fort
IMley, Kan., and 2,000 to Camp Fun
Bton, Knn. Every county In tho stnto
Is affected by tho order.
Very few states In tho union arc In
the snmo dnss with Nebraska when
It comes to raising funds to carry on
tho various war activities that are so
essential to the government. Nebras
ka lends all other states In the sale,
both cash and otherwise, of war sav
ings certificates. It has more Ited
Cross members per population thnn
any other state and stands near the
top In the sale of Liberty bonds, Y.
M. O. A. and other work.
E, L. Rhoados, federal nnd state
farm labor specialist. Is of tho opinion
that Nebraska will need 10.000 addi
tional men to harvest Its wheat crop
this year. Plans have been mado to
bring men from tho west Into western
Nebraska, where tho labor situation
will bo most serious, on nccount of an
Immense wheat crop which seems
likely to be produced there. Kvery
town In tho Mate In to havo n froo
harvest bureau this year.
A total of $1.10,3.1.1 has been col
lected for war relief purposes In Saun
ders county since June 1, 1017. In
1010 Saunders county had a popula
tion of. 21,170, This would make ev
ry roan, woman and child In tho
eounty the contributor of more than
$0 for tho Work of mercy, which, It Is
Mid, is a record unexcelled by any
eounty In tho entire United States.
According to a report submitted nt
tho State Masonic convention nt
Omnhn, the order has a total of 20,585
members In Nebraska. Flvo lodges
were added during the past year,
making 270 In tho organization In this
Btato. There are about 2,000 names
on the roll of, honor, those In tho
service of their country,
Llctenant Grosvcnor P. Gather of
-Bladen, 84 years old, named among
tho killed In action In n recent ens
alty list, Is tho first Nebraska officer
to fall In battle on the western
front and was the first "Webster coun
ty man to go overseas,
When all reports are In it Is
expected that tho total subscriptions
In tho last Ited Cross drive In Ne
braska will morp than double the
state's allotment, and that every
county will show Its quota exceeded.
The first year of state prohibition
lias brought Into the public treasury
sf the different counties $84,150.00.
Liquor permits brought in $812., The
cost. of prosecutions for the entire
state amounted to $15,105.81.
Nebraska's quota of 027 men for
special service part of the 24,000 In
Provost Marshal Crowder'a recent
call, aro to train nt tho University of
Nebraska, at Lincoln.
Nine passenger trains have been
takes off tho Union Pacific In Ne
braska, through the order of Director
General McAdoo, curtailing scrvlco
during the war.
According to records In tho ofllco
ef Adjutant General Clapp, over
10,000 Nobraskans nro enrolled In tho
different home guard organizations In
the state,
Work is to start on the new Luth
eran hospital at Beatrice In n few
days. The structure Is to cost $125,
000. Contractors agree to hnve tho
hospital completed In eight months.
W. IT. Ilowman, Gage county, re
ports that during tho Inst few weeks
four seta of calves have arrived at
his place. All aro living and doing
well.
The democratic state committee
passed a resolution at a, meeting nt
Lincoln asking Governor Neville io
stand as n candidate for rc-oloctlon.
A modern country school building
to cost about $1,000 Is to bo erected
four miles northwest of Bancroft
More than 70,000 poople of Omaha
contributed to tho second Ited Cross
war fund.
People of Hurt county will have a
united celebration on tho Fourth of
July, which will be under control of
the five guard companies In tho var
ious towns.
Omuha doubled Its flour milling ca
pacity, when, tho now plunt of the
Omaha Flour Mills company, with an
output of 2,500 bu'rrclrt ft day, begun
operation.
More thun 2,000 soldiers who havo
been underdoing Intensive training ut
Fort Crook, near Omaha, hnvo been
ordered to Camp Fuupton, Knn.
Tho war has cut public bond issues
squarely In two In tho Inst six
months, according to State Auditor
W. IT. Smith, who registers all such
Issues. The aggregnto amounts wcro
f2.37fl.818 for tho first six months, in
150 Issues, compared with -$1,472,105,
In elghty-ntno Issues, for tho six
months ending Juno 1. '
Addison Walt of Lincoln, f6rmer
sccrotary of state, hus been appoint
ed adjutant of tho soldiers' home at
Grand Tslnnd In place of J, Maxwell,
resigned, by tho state board of control,
Saunders county 1 making a rct
ord In tho use of flour substitutes
For the month ending May 15, 78,174
pounds of substitutes were bought
against 034148 pounds of flour In the
county. Tho population of tho coun
ty Is 22,000, giving an average wheat
flour consumption of less than three
pounds for tho month.
Untitling a newspaper and holding
down the Job as stnto printing com
missioner Is too much for J. F. Web
ster, publisher of the St Paul Phono
graph. Mr. Webster hns tendered his
resignation to Governor Novllle ns
state printer, nnd will retire, from
ofllco Just as soon ns his successor Is
appointed.
While excavating for tho founda
tion of n vault for tho Stockman
State bank at Coznd, nn nil stratum
of black sand was discovered similar
to that found In tho vicinity , of tho
city some tlmo ago. Citizens of tho
town re wildly excited over tho
strike. The oil was struck olght foot
below the surface.
Tho executive commlttco of tho
state council of dofonso Issued u
statement falling upon the Nonparti
san league in Nebraska to quit busi
ness until after tho war. Tho state
ment dented a charge by Pierce
county farmers Hint the council has
called Nebraska farmers disloyal.
The kaiser's U-boats, operating off
tJio eastern shores of the United
Stages, proved n great help to tho
Omaha nnvy recruiting station. On
Tuesday of last week the single day
enlistment record for the station was
smashed to smithereens when a total
of 104 men enlisted.
Because of tho success of Governor
Neville's auction sale for the two
pounds of White- houso wool, which
brought $5,000 for the Red Cross, It
Is now proposed to feed oho or more
sheep on tho stnto house lawn In Lin
coln nnd sell the fleece for tho same
purpose.
Bloomfleld experienced tho worst
flood In the history of the town Inst
wcok. Tho whole lower portion of
tho city wns under water for some
time, and residents were driven from
their homes, Several thousand dol
lars damage was caused by tho flood.
Wheat flour stocks nro being re
duced to tho minimum In Nebraska,
according to reports received from
county food administrators by Stato
Food Administrator Wattles at
Omaha, nnd substitutes nro fast re
placing the old standby.
A record for patriotism has been
displayed by tho Nolan family of
North Platte, who havo six stars on
their sorvico flag. The enlisted boys
nro the sons of the late Mr. und Mrs.
Joseph Nolun.
Two loads of cattlo shipped from
tho Graham estate, near Crcston, to
tho South Omaha market last week,
put u new top price on that market,
They averaged around 1,500 pounds
and brought $17.70 per hundred,
at the round house In Fremont.
A total of 0,410 men who became
of ago since last June, registered In
Nebraska June 5 for military service,
according to a completed tabulation
made at tho governor's ofllco from nil
reports from the draft boards In the
state.
Burt county has put into effect a
card system for the purchasing of
flour and sugar. Tho new plan, It Is
thought, will better regulate tho dis
tributing of theso products. So far as
Is known, Burt Is the first county In
the state to adopt such n system.
The executive committee of the Ne
braska Non-Purtlsan lenguo at a
mooting nt Lincoln, voted not to enter
tho primaries In August, but lntlmnt
cd that an active part would be taken
In tho November election.
Flag poles and (lags must bo sta
tioned at every school house In Ne
braska, according to a ruling of tho
attorney general's otllcc at Lincoln In,
response to nn Inquiry by, the countM
attorney5 at Dakota City.
Eighteen Gcrmnn-Ilusslnns of Lin
coln hnve dccldod to return to Russia
via Japan In protest against stnto und
local councils of dofonso In bnrrlng
German languago from tho churches.
Knglno Inspector Leonard Erlckson
was killed nnd Fireman Byrnes ser
iously Injured by tho explosion of tho
boiler of a Northwestern locomotive
Under the direction of County Di
rector, W. II. Thompson, seven thrift
clubs hnvo been organized In tho
public schools of Pawnee City,
Two boys, Clayton Larson and Cnrf
Mortcnson of near Cnrdovn, met n
tragic death by being drowned In tho
Blue river west of Beaver Crossing.
Tho report that Nebraska is to
hnvo no Pennsylvania authrnclto coal
this year bus beon continued ofllc
Inlty lu a communication from Wash
ington, received by Fuel Administra
tor Kennedy. Nebraska must depend
upon Us conl supply this winter from
mines located In Colorado, Wyoming,
IoWn, Missouri, Kansas nnd Arkansas.
Several committees aro busy In
Omuha on arrangements for the Ne
braska State Press Association con
vention, which will bo hold lu tho
city Juno 20-22.
(Business was suspended in Clay
Center an entire day recently und cit
izens of tho town went Into tho sur
rounding territory to usslst farmers
In restoring buildings and fences and
In guthcrlng up tho debris scattered
throughout tho udjolnlng fields by a
tornado.
A Nonpartisan leaguo represent
tivo who had boon soliciting member
ship In snld organization, around Im
perial, was ordorcd by tho County
Council of Dcfenso to Immediately
leave tho town and country. Ho com
piled with the order.
1- American infantrymen In Franco entraining to take their places t the lighting front. 2 Survivors of
tho schooner Edwnrd II. Cole, one of the victims of the submarine thut raided American waters. 3 Airplane
photograph of a French hospital on tho Alsne near Solssons, showing Its Red Crosses Clearly on the roofs and
the ground.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK
German Submarine Raid in Our
Waters Fails to Terrorize
American Nation.
WAR SPIRIT IS STIMULATED
Splendid Work of Yankee Troops In
Halting Hun Drive at the Marne
Enemy's Losses are Appalflng
Renewal of Offensive Is
Expected.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Germany's utter Inability to under
stand the spirit of tho nations that
opposo her was never better shown
thnn In the raids made on American
shipping In American waters by sub
marines. Their purpose could only bo
to terrorize the United States and thus
check the flow of men nnd munitions
to France. Their result, if Germany
but know It, could only be to Inspire
the nation -to continue tho sending of
Its annlcs across with uninterrupted
speed and In every other way to do
What Ib necessary to win the war. The
net loss to America is tho sinking of a
dozen sailing vessels and two or three
steamships; the net gain is a renewed
determination to whip the Hun, and a
large Increase in tho number of enlist
ments for the navy.
Germany attempted to terrorize Eng
land by Zeppelin raids on London, and
the Englishmen merely turned out
their lights nnd rushed by thousands
to tho recruiting 'offices. She tried to
terrorlzo Franco by bombarding Paris
with the "miracle gun," and the
Frenchmen gritted their teeth and
swore to fight to the finish. Now she
has tried to Intimidate the Americans,
and again she has failed miserably. In
truth, the German policy of frightful
,ness hns been a failure everywhere
dnd from the beginning. Even muti
lated nnd ravished Belgium still stands
unafraid and stendfust to the cause
of decency und righteousness.
I
The appearance of tho submarine or
submarines their number- Is not
known off the New Jersey coast nat
urally revived the talk of the existence
of U-boat bases on tho Mexican const.
This Is officially discredited by our
navy department, though there Is little
doubt that Carrunza and his crew
would so assist Germany if they
could, Their behavior and known pre
dilections aro not such as to delude
anyone into belief In their neutrality.
However, there was evidence that tho
raiding submurlneH had come direct
from Germany, and us they have been
out sonio time, they probably will soon
return.
New York city Indulged Itself In n
small scare over tho chunce that It
might bo bombed by an airplane cur
ried by tho U-boats. There was little
dnugcr of this, for a planu would take
up too much space on the submarine,
and moreover after' a raid would be
compelled to return to the vessel, thus
revealing its location to the naval craft
that havo been swarming the Atlantic
const wutcrs looking for It, The sub
marine is driven by Diesel engines that
give It n wide radius, and carries guns
with which It might shell coast cities.
Probably there will he more of these
raids In the near future, but they must
bo accepted as Incidents of the great
war In which wo nro engaged really
small Incidents that can hnve no In
fluence on the outcome of the struggle.
Somo of them are likely to bo directed
tignlnst our Jroop transports, but this
need cnuso little alarm because of the
perfection of tho convoy system. To
guard tho coast ngnlnst attacks Secre
tary Baker has nslced congress for
10,000,000 for establishing balloon nnd
sonplano stations, thirteen on tho At
lantic nnd three on the gulf.
tei
Over In France tho kaiser's third
pretentious drive of the yenr came to
'a hult, at least for tho tlmo being, at
tho Marne, tho Ourcq valley and the
,Olso. Early In tho week several at
tempts to cross tho Mnrno wero re
pulsed with severe losses. In theso no
tions American machine gunners sup
ported b'y French infantry took n prom
inent part and won the warm praise
of the French nnd British by their gal
lnntry nnd valor ns well as by their ex
cellent mnrksmanshlp. The Americans
were culled on to hold a bridge head
nenr Chateau Thierry Immediately on
their nrrlval after thirty hours on the
road in motortrucks. They took up
their positions quickly and slaughtered
the Huns who tried to cross. Under
cover of this Arc Yankee engineers
successfully dynamited the bridges,
and tho machine gunners have since
held the south bank and repulsed all
attempts of tho Germans to buUd new
bridges. It is reported the Americans
killed about 1,000 Germans at the
bridge head, having themselves only
one man killed and a few wounded.
In the Neullly wood, northwest of
Chateau Thierry, the American Infan
try had their chance, and three times
they drove back desperate attacks of
the Huns, their rifle fire being deadly.
On the third nssnult they met the Ger
raatis In the open and put them to
rout with the bayonet.
In what may be called their own
sector, in tho Lunevlllo region, tho
Americans carried out some highly
successful operations.
The allies frankly admit that they
aro counting on the United States
troops to save tho day, and the tests
to which tho Yankees have been sub
mitted show the trust of the British
and French is not misplaced.
Falling to make further progress
southward, the Germans turned the
main force of their attacks on the
western front of their salient, .between
the Alsne and the Marne. Here they
found any. advance still more difficult,
and Indeed at mnny points they wero
driven back some distance by the im
petuous nttacks of General Foch's
troops. In that region the dense for
ests of Villlers-Cotterets nnd Neullly
offer the best of defensive positions for
the allies,' enabling them to move and
concentrate their forces unseen by the
enemy aviators. The allied artillery,
too, has been brought up with remark
able speed and Is pouring a devastat
ing fire into the Germnrts from .well
selected positions day and night. Along
tho line from the Marne northeastward
to Reims the aided line was holding
strongly, nnd the ancient cathedral city
was stilt, rather unexpectedly, In the
possession of the British.
The Germans made no' claims to defi
nite advances during tho week, and
their losses wero growing so appalling
that government officials In Berlin felt
It necessary to speak of them apolo
getically, asking the people to consider
the magnitude of the operations and
of.the stake.
Toward the end of the week there
were signs that Yon Hlndenburg was
preparing for a rencwnl of the drlvo
ou another part of the lino, possibly
In tho Amiens sector, but tho allied
military authorities expressed satisfac
tion with the situation and confidence
In their ability to meet any new at
tacks. te
The 'German press was almost fl
unit Inst week In Its calls for a peace
offensive, but the papers and tho fac
tions they represent were as far apart
as ever on the question of what Ger
many should state as her peace alms.
The radical press still Insists on the
no annexation nnd no Indemnity pro--gram,
while the organs of the pan
German pnrty blntqntly Insist that the
central powers are now In a position
to make demands nnd to enforce them,
nnd that though Germany entered the
war In 1014 with no predatory pur
poses, It is now entitled to tnke whut
It desires to mako up fqr Its losses
and to Insure its future safety.
K
There Is no longer any pretensions
on Germany's part of treating the
Russian provinces ns any other thnn
conquered territory, tho treaty of
Brest-Lltovsk being now Ignored. Nei
ther Is there any evidence thnt Ger
many Is gettlng'nny benefit from those
lands, for tho food question Is still
driving tho civilian population to dis
traction; and In Austria-Hungary the
situation Is fat- worse.
Greater Russia is actually Btarvlng,
for the soviet government can pro
cure no more food from tho Ukraine,
and In the Kuban and Don regions
there aro counter-revolutionary bands
that keep things In a turmoil. Tho
counter-revolution plot, the govern
ment says, spreads throughout tho
country and in consequence Moscow
hits, beon declared. In a stnto of siege.
It Is reported tho American 'govern
ment Is contemplating tho extending
of assistance to Iliissln in the way of
assembling food supplies ' In SIberIn
nnd distributing them in Europenn
Russia.
In equally parlous state is Turkey,
where famine is widespread nnd many
of the poorest people aro subsisting on
chestnuts and pumpkin seeds. In
soind districts the troops hnvo de
stroyed tho crops though they them
selves arc on mighty short rations.
Only the officers are well fed. With
these food conditions, the steady ad
vance of the British In Palestine nnd
Mesopotamia and the growing strength
of the Arab forces, there are evidences
of the approaching break up of the
Turkish empire. It has got nothing
yet for all Its efforts except certain oil
districts ceded by Russia under com
pulsion, and the posseseslon of these
Is threatened by the northward move
ments of the British expeditions.
1SB
The Italians kept on hitting hard at
tho Austro-Hungarlan forces along the
Piave line, and they heard undisturbed
of the massing of thirty enemy di
visions at three points on that front
for a resumption of tho drive toward
tho plains. Tho Italian army is now
in better condition than ever before
and, with the help of tho Americans,
British nnd French, can bo relied on
to stop the expected, offensive.
I
The supreme wnr conference of the
allies at Versailles expressed its com
plete confidence In the ultimate defeat
of the central powers and declared tho
allied people are "resolute not to sac
rifice a single one of the free nations
of the world to the despotism of Ber
lin." The premiers of Great Britain,
Franco nnd Italy agreed on the crea
tion of a united Independent Polish
state with free access to the sea as one
of tho conditions of a Just pence, and
adhered to the declaration of Secre
tary Lansing expressing sympathy with
Uie national aspirations of the Czechs
and Jugo-SIavs. This means, if it
means anything, that Emperor Charles
has lost his Inst chance to retain his
empire entire by breaking away from
Germany, It foretells the dismember
ment of Austria-Hungary when peace
la roude, if not at nn earlier date.
In tho United States the U-boat raid
served to Impress the people with the
pressing need of the conservation of
wheat and sugar, especially. Tho
former must be sent across the ocean
in increasing quantities as our forces
there grow rapidly greater; and sugar
cannot be bought from Cuba because
we must use all available shipping for
the transportation of troops nnd mu
nitions to Europe.
The fuel administration devoted its
energies last week to urging the people
to order their next winter's supplies
of conl at once. There has been wide
spread complaint that the retailers
canot till orders, but Doctor Garfield
says that orders now, whether or not
they are tilled soon, will do much to
stimulate production. There Is plenty
of conl if only It cap be got out of
the ground nnd If the railroad admin
istration will find some way of sup
plying enough cars. The shortago of
cars really lu nt the bottom of the
whole troublo and will be to blame if
the predicted coal famine materializes
next winter.
The senate's nttcmpt to stop the
j manufacture of beer nnd wine by
! means of an amendment to the emer
gency agricultural bill was blocked by
the administration last week. Food Ad
ministrator Hoover opposed It because
he believed It would put the nation on
a "whisky, brandy nnd gin" basis with
attendant evils far outweighing tho
small food savings thnt would result.
President Wilson lind told Senntor
Sheppard ho would not forbid the use
of foodstuffs In beer and wine unless
Mr. Hoover regarded such n step nec
cssaryl Tho sennto thereforo receded
from Its position.
fca
Tho week saw the registering of
about u million young Americans who
have becomo twenty-ono years of age
since last spring; nnd this registra
tion probably will bo repeated about
once in three months. Provost Mar
shal General prowder sent to tho gov
ernors of all the states except Arizona
orders for the mobilization of 200,000
more registrants between Juno 24 nnd
23, and 40,000 negroes were called
froni twenty states.
BIB CASUALTY LIST
IROVL OF HONOR FOR JUNE S
CONTAINED 198 NAMES.
LARGEST SO FUR REPORTED:
Many Iowa Boys Among tho Fatali
ties. Cropo In Hawkeyo State
Damaged by High Water.
Washington June 11. The ttfiiiF
casualty list of last Saturday .contain
ed 10S names, the largest number thus
far reported by General Pershing in a.
tfnglo day.
Tho list was divided as follows:
Killed in action, 83; died of wounds,.
"0; died of disease, 11; died of nlr
piano accident, 1 died of accident
und other causes, 4; wounded severe
ly, 40; wounded (degreo undeter
mined), 74; missing in action, 20.
. That tho Iown boys wero well up In.
tho front of the fighting is nppurcUt
from tho fact that 5.1 were wounded.
.While the report does not Indlcato
tnat any of the Iowans were killed-in
nctlon, the nnlno of Anton Bcrnntz of
Deborah appears among those who
dled of wounds.
Casualties, among the American ex
peditionary forces thus far reported
by General Pershing, Including those
of Saturday, total 7,315, the war de
partment announced In ranking publlc
tho first of regular weekly summaries
of casualties. Deaths In action and
from wounds, disease, accident end
all other causes number 2,027, whllo
4,040 men havo been wounded and?
v?-12 are missing in action, including
men held prisoners in Germany.
German Power Diminished.
, Pnrls, Juno 11. The official an
nouncement made Saturday that
another phase of the German offen
sive was opened between Mont
dldler and Noyon, was Interpre
ted by the public as having n hopeful
uspect. The point was made thnt' the
latcst nttnek Is on a front of only
15 to 18 ndles, compnred with a front
of 50 miles for the first offensive this
year, on March 21, nnd of 25 miles
for the attack along the Alsne on
May 27. This Is regarded ns an In
dication of diminution of power of
the attacking mnsses. r
The attack, It Is added, has been" no
surprise, us, It was made Just whefe
anticipated' nnd where, therefore,
preparations had been made to resist
it to the best advantage.
Crops Damaged Severely.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 11. Re
ports from the districts flooded by wa
ters from the Iowa river Indicate that
the water Is going down and that the
dnmagc done will reach $2,000,000
with 3,000 acres swept clear of grow
ing crops. A large per cent of this--land
was planted In corn. Prepara
tions already are making to piant
buckwheat as soon ns the soli Is in
.proper condition.
The greatest damage was done In.
the vicinity of Tama, Chelsea, Belle
Plalne, Marengo, Amnna nnd on down,
to Iown City.
U. S. Steamer Torpedoed.
Washington, D. C, June 11. The
American steamer Plnar del Rio has
been sunk by a German submarine
seventy miles off the const of Mary
land. One of her boatsi with the cap
tain and seventeen members of the
crew, Is missing; nnother, with six
teen men, hus Innded on the Virginia
const. Hope Is held thnt the missing
boat has been picked up by some
passing vessel or will turn. up at some?
polnj along the const.
' Discover New Star.
Baker, Ore.. June 11. A new star
In the constellation nqullla was dis
covered by Dr. George H. Peters and
Prof. W. M. Conrad of the U. S. na
val observ.-itory party, here to study
the eclipse. It was discovered whllo
the scientists wero developing photo
graphic plates of tho eclplse, each
seeing It at. the snmo moment be
tween Altnlr and Vega.
Yank Wins French War Cross.
With the French Armies on the
Marne, .Tune' 11. Lieutenant Walter
Flannory of Pittsburg, who swam
across the Marne, nnd rescued
French soldier, hns received the
French wnr cross, with pnlms, signi
fying the citation was made by the
French nrmy.
2,000,000 Have Tuberculosis.
. Boston, June 11. Two million poo
ple In tho United States are suffering
from tuberculosis, according to statis
tics rend at the annual meeting of the
Nntlonnl Tuberculosis association nt
this place.
U. S. Refuses ta Release Arch Spy.
Washington. D. 0 Juno 11. Tho
Stnto department hns refused Ger
many's demand for tho release of
Captain Franz Rlntelen, nrch spy, In
exchange for Siegfried Paul London,
n citizen of the United States under
arrest In Germany as n spy, 'Ger
many proposed tho oxchnngo of Lon
don and Rlntelen nnd threatened re
prisals ir the United Stntos refused to
mnke the exchange. Tho State de
partment wnrnod Gormnny to consid
er r'ormnti subject In this country-l-efoiv
iiinVIng reprisals.