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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1918)
THE SSMi-WEKKLV TWtBUHE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. SCHOOL FUND ALLOTED Semi Annual Apportionment Mora Than ' Half Million Dollars 7,054 Districts Affected. Tho largest semi-annual apportion ment for distribution among thu 7,051 school districts of Nebraska which tho statu superintendent's office hits cent out for tuuny yours Is announced irom that office. Thcro will bo $550,-250.7-1 for distribution and 389,370 children of school ago will participate, making $1.05 por pupil, or un average of $10.42 for each district. Following Is tho soml-nnnfiul appor tionment for July, 11)18, by counties: Adams t.ttl Johnson ..... 4,902 Antelopa ' 7.616 ""ne'r ..t 4.1ZS Banner .... Ulaliiq ..... mm Kalth 1,377 '"J Kimball 1,74 J1!; Knox M32 haticaalar ...28,764 Lincoln M7 Boono Box IJutlo lloyd 71 r rnwn ........ J.t t .... 1.222 nuitaio i-oup ........ i. Burt S'fZ! Mel'ltorson ... MSG Butler 7.171 jUbiIUoii .S2 Cum J.JJJ Merrick 4,47 Cfdnr t.Jl Morrill 3.810 Guano MM Nanco 4,481 Churry 7.13S jjemahn 6,141 Cheyenne 349 tfuolcoll 6.22J Clay 0.&E9 otoo 6.636 Colfax 6.699 Vnwnee 4.6 JB Cuming 0.191 rerklne Z.36 Cunur 14,001 iMirtlpa ,.4,310 Dakota 3,076 Plercu 6.588 Bawe 4,376 rittttu 9.017 Bnwson CS6S i0lk 4.966 Beuel 1.376 tp,l Willow ., K,3S3 Dixon 6,082 ltklinnUon .. 1,266 Boclico 9,463 Hook 2,367 BoukIas 49,101 galino 6.027 Dundy 2,772 flnruy 3.8JB rillmor ..... 0.467 Sauriilera 9.615 Franklin 5,144 Seotlebiuft ... X.9I3 Frontier 4,966 Reward ...... 7,266 Fui-n M Hherldnn 4,428 11,896 Sherman 4,866 rden 2,622 flloux 3,276 Onrflnltl 2,088 fitnnton ..... 3,943 Oonper 3,022 Thnyvr 0,701 Grant 669 Thomaa 800 Oreeler '4.K8: Timninn x.or.9 Ua" 8,139 Valley 4,808 Hamilton 6,343 Wnehlnnton .. 6,631 Harlan 4,769 WaVlio 6,113 Jly ........ 2,101 Wobnter 6,666 Hitchcock .... 3,194 Wheeler 1,671 "olt i... 9,687 York 7.C60 Howard 6,719 Total $660,266 Small grain In Nebraska was ser iously diimaged by extreme heat, and lack of hioisture, soys tho July crop ' roport Issued by tho Stato Hoard of Agriculture' and United States Bureau, vi .;rop ustinintcs. condition of spring wheat was given at 58 per cent, forecasting e production of 4,kdo,000 bushels, us compared to 0,000,000 bushels f,or 1017. Condition of winter wheat wns plnced at 05 per cent and tho production nt 40,310,000 bushels, 20,573,000 bushels under tho 3012-1010 average. Corn production was estimated this year nt 215,345,000 bushels, compared to 210,480,000 bush els last year. Thcro I? only one pennant race, and that must, bo fought out on. tho west ern front In Europe, was tho con sensus of opinion of tho president and owners of tho clubs of tho "West ern baseball leaguo nt n mooting at umuha. Tho magnates voted to tils hand tho organization until tho end of tho war, und tho leaguo olllclally died July 8. "Nebruskn fit Work," thq motion picture 111m of stato activities now being llnlshed by tho stato publicity pureuu, will bo ready nbout August 1C, and civic bodies will bo given tho flrst opportunity to book them. Tlie government has given permis sion to the North American Hotel company to Issue additional securities, and to ilnlsh hotel buildings now near lug completion at Grand Islnnd, Kear noy, ScottsblufC nnd Ogulnllu. ' 1 N, O. Allen, superintendent of tho Burlington with olllces in Omaha, has been appointed by Governor Neville a Member of thu Nebraska Stato Council of Defense to succeed George Brophy, retired, Forty-four members of tho St. Paul homo guards company, In co-operation with tho agricultural agent went out after supper ono evening last week and shocked wheat for three furmors. Threshing oiitllt owners or lnffnlo county will receive I) cents n bushel for threshing wheat and ryo. Six cents will bo paid for threshing outs. Sovoral school districts In tho vi cinity of Virginia, Gago county, have voted $50,000 honds for tho erection of a consolidated school building. Material Is now being received for the now consolidated school building near HolmesvlJlo, Gago county, which 1b to cost $40,000. Omaha maintained Its position ns tho second leading llvo stock inurket of tho world for tho flrst six months of UUs year. Dodgo county melon growers say that tho prospects for a bumper crop were novel bettpr nt this season of tho year. The stato of Nebraska has stocked up on coal enough fer the winter to provide heat for tho state capltol and tho governor's mansion at Lincoln. The stuto litis laid in about 150 tons of coal, lining the bins to capuclty and has tho rest which is needed alreudy purchased. According to railroad crop reports corn In Nebraska Is in excellent con dition. Winter wheat was dumaged to some extent by the hot weather In June, but tho damage was not so greut as estimated at that time, A million and a half Freuchmen have tiled In tho war, u million huvo been disabled, a million women have been made widows, und two million children uro fatherless, Mnduino 12. Guerln of "Lyons, Franco, told mem. bers of a war savings society nt Lin coln. According to u statement of State Fuel Administrator Kennedy tho Is suance of fuel curds by the govern ment will have llttlo effect on people of Nebraska, because consumers of uns stato Huvo heeded tho order to lay In their next season's supply. Tho Nobraskn Nonpartisan lougue suit In tho Lancaster county district court to enjoin tho Stuto Council of Dolonso from Interfering wltli Its meeting In this stato cuino to a sud deu termination when the Icaguo agreed to withdraw nil Uteruturo from the state branded as disloayl by thu council withdrawal of all paid organ izers from outside the state, and tho removal of Stato Organizer O. S. Evans, who was sent into Nebraska from South Dakota, and tho conduct ing of the uffalrs of tho lenguo by local men. The council took the vloW that if Nebraska- farmers themselves wanted to orgunlzo the league they were free, to do so, "The result is a comploto vindication of tho council's protest against the circulation of cer tain literature and tho employment In Nebraska of pnfd and Imported organ izers," said one member of the stato council. Forty-ono of tho oa counties of tho stato have reported their valua tion to Secretary Bernecker of the state hoard of assessment, showing an Increase over last year's assessed val uation of $15,000,000. Tho forty-ono counties represent two-llfths of tho material wealth of tho state and n proportionate Increase In the remain ing fifty-two counties which are yet (o report will bring the entire gain up to $.10,000,000, representing one-llfth of the actual value. This would bring tho aggregate assessed vuluatlon of Nebraska to $501,000,000, nn compared with $520,000,000 n year ago, Flvo hundred farmers, representing M.wo members of tho Nonpartisan league, unanimously adopted resolu- Hons at tho ilrst stuto convention held by tho organization nt Lincoln, plcdg- lug their united support to the -gov ernment in tho prosecution of tho war. They also adopted resolutions denouncing profiteers, declared In fa vor of conscription of wealth, public ownership and stato dovelopraent of Nebraska water power resources. . Omaha has adopted ti sugar card rationing system, und nil householders of tho city uro compelled to buy their sugar supply for tho next thrco months by card. The movement has tho approval of Washington food au thorities nnd tho general belief In tho metropolis is that It will spread over the stato and nation. Nebraska stands third among all states of tho union In production of iw i n I'rou,,(:uon f , S ' 0,O?1 n?d J 5ZZ, b00 1 f 1,0 dr or ugricuituro Just issued, cattle and oats in tho pnrtmcnt OwJng to tho failure of Nebraska's wheat crop last year it makes n poor showing In that respect Tho Otoo County Council of De fense went on record nt i meeting nt JNenrnskn City as being fbpposed to tho uso of any language other than tho American In all schools of the country, over tho telephone, in public or pri vate places or trains, or any other method of communication, Sixteen residents of Holt countv. hnvo boon pcnullzed by J. M. Hunter of O'Neill, county fcdornl food admin istrator for Holt county, for lnfrac tions, of tho food rules. Pcnnltles in each enso took tho form of "volun tary" donations to tho Bed Cross funds. C. E. Wrny, la harge of war sav ings headquarters at Omaha, renorts tho Intest tabulation of societies formed In Nebraska In the drlvo Which ended Juno 28 to bo 8,272, with twenty-live counties still to mnko re turns. Tho state's quota was 4,820. The Northwostem railroad has ask ed tho stato rallwny commission to ox- tena tho tlmo for constructlnc u now depot at Irwin until December 1, 1010, Instead of tho same tlnto this year. its reason is n shortngo of materials and labor. In a campaign to rid Omahn of nn alleged "arson trust," State piro Com- missionor v. s. Itldgell has warned risk companies not to accept Insur- ance policies on flvo business proper ties. Final figures how that In tho lnst Bed Cross drlvo Nebraska donnlml $2,800,000. For the whole United Slates tho Bed Cross war fund now stands ?170,038,000. Owing to tho high price of soralmm farmers In Gage county hnvo planted about five times more cane soed this yenr than last, In order to conserve tho use of sugar. uuwaru Galldwuy, n farmer and hi,r L t "I.., 1 - - ' - wj UMU VJU ICI a yield of from 32 to 35 bushels to tno acre. , The Genou Bed Cross chapter has mado. a wonderful m'ord. It was or ganized Juuuury 1 last, covering a ter ritory with u population or 8,ooo, since which time It hus oragnlzed a membership of 1,000. donated the flrst load of hogs, raised $10,000 and made uud shipped a total of 10,041 articles In six months. A large number of war savings so cieties have been organized In Cumlug county, all school districts doing their share towards making this movement a success. J Information which Governor Js'evlllo is seoKing in connection with tho Btuto soldier voting law has brought to light that eight Nebrasku families have furnished thlrty-ono sons for uncle Sam's army aad uavy. Also the fact that quite a number of families have two und throe sous In the service, Fremont will have no race meet this year for tho flrst time In 20 yeurs, ow ing to tho war nnd lack of Interest on tho part of thpso who usually support tho game. Fremont Is tho oldest race town In tho state, from the standpoint of continuous sessions. or nZl rm .. t, c .YT ..nuiuu oiiuui, one oi NEWS THE PAST WEEK TWO ew Prn-Allv ReDUblics Arp ' 7 . .f ' V n.7U",1CS Mre csiuunsnea in iMonnern Part of Russia. PROBLEM OF AID UNSOLVED Von Hintze, Pan-German, to Succeed Von Kuehlmann Italians and French Conducting Successful Often- slve Against the Austrian In South ern Albania. By EDWARD W. PICKARD . "What shall wo do to help Itussia?' Was still tho lending question for the Governments of tho allied nations last weck Developments, though they ,rr ,n th0 mn,n fnvora,,,w t0 ' lied cause, had not creutlv ninrifin,! tin. situation. It seems apparent that Ger- many, too, Is in doubt us to what course to pursue In tho nenr East. Iler policy of terrorism nnd grab-nll has not boon working out well oud has caused bitter complaint even in the reiclistng. ., The people of tho Murmnn coast. uetween Finland and the White sea, wiiero there are largo allied military stores under guard of British and American forces, have created the White sea republic, and lu the rest of Arctic Russia, from the White sea to Slborla, the republic of Wologila- czne lias been established. Both of these new ntntea are anti-Gorman and pro-ally and their people prohilao to form active forces against the Teu tons If given nld, In western Siberia the bolshevlkl have been defeated again nnd are reported to have evac uated Irkutsk, and a provisional gov ernment for Siberia has been set up in isovonicolucvsk. This government has Inlil nut ,m,..... ii... IV ,ii . i V,? . , ..uuva. the liberation of Siberia from the bol- shovlkl; tho avoidance, If possible, of foreign Intervention; universal suf frage, distribution of tho land among tne landless antr other economic re forms. It Intends to summon a con stituent assembly and to restore law and order. All this Is being done un der tho protection of the2 army of Czecho-Slovaks that has continued Its victorious campaign ilgnfnst the bol- siiavlkl uud tho German and Austrian war prisoners who are aiding them. Thus there appears to be forming mo osiniiiisiu'd authority thut has been considered requisite for tho ex tending of aid to the UuskIiihh, at least in Siberia. But President Wilson would not consent to the dispatch of an armed forco that would mean the weakening of the western front in En- rope, and doubtless tho other allied leaders agreed with him. Further more, Mr. Wilson especially is averse to departing from thu policy of no. Interference In the Internal affairs of ;a rnendly nation. This does not menu !? w'U ahandon theptau" to send to Siberia supplies from Amer ica and a commission to extend help oi an inuusmai ana economic nature. .Moreover, the (echo-Slovaks there are doing so valuable n work that the entente powers Intend to give them such moral and material support us they may need, provided they stund by their pledge to refrain fronrassum- ing permanent control over the coun try through which they ure passing. ti a military rorco Is sent Into Si beria It probablj will be largely mmle up or Japanese and Chinese. Through German sources cornea the assertion that the soviet ovsrmnent or itussia bus declared It will ally Itself with Germany If nn Anglo-Jap- uneso expedition intervenes In Siberia. No doubt Lenlne would commit him self to such a course, but It Is a ques tion whether he would be sustained by any greut numbers of Russians. Ni Germany's penetration of western itussia and Finland line; been accom panied by such brutalities thut the minority socialists lu tho relchstag have been attacking tho government's policy strongly. Their lender. Hugo Hutise, asserts that since the Germans eutered Finland 73,000 workmen hnvo REVIEW OF W """"" ' " 'w way 10 unsr ine American commanucrs recently promoted by President Wilson. neon arrested and r""iy of them, In fludln? CO socialist members of parlia ment, executed. Because of tho.num erous executions there, he said, the (own of Svenborg has been renamed Golgothn. Finlnnd Is on the point of starvation, despite its German friends, and General Mnnnerhclm, commander of tho Finnish nrmy, asked Mr. Mor ris, American minister to Sweden, what chance there was for Finlnnd to get food from tho United States. Mr, Morris told him plainly it was Very slim so long as Germany held the country under her control. Ostensibly as a measure to save food, the Finnish government has ordered the expulsion or all Jews. When the news came of the assas sination of Count von MIrbach. Ger man ambassador to Russia, In Mos cow, at the Instl-ration o a group of social revolutionists, there were many predictions that the knlser would get revenge by sending a great army to occupy the chief Busslan cities, and indeed It was semi-olllcial- Jy stated In Berlin that such would be his course. But after breakfn off Poatlc relations the chief Hm, ap nnrentiv tiimmi.f i,tt. ...... mild statement was issued hoping "that the Hussion government and neo- pie will succeed In nipping the prs cnt revolutionary "neltnilnn In tlif oiutionnry "acltatlon In tho bud." It is not easy to see how Ger many would gain much b.v further grabbing in distracted nnd starving nussia. lea The pan-German party triumphed over Its opponents and- forced tho resignation of Forelcn Minister vnn Kuehlmann because of his "peace lm- possioio ty force" speech, and then proceeded to pick Admiral von Hintze, mo merest nnd most disreputable of Teuton dlplomnts. ns his sueppssnr. Great excitement in the relchstag re sulted nnd the socialists agreed not to vote the war credit, which could not be passed without their nld, until Che new minister had announced his pol icies. Von Hintze is a swashbuckling militarist and the creature of Admiral von Tlrpltz. As, minister to Chlnn he '"" disgraced Himself, nnd as minister to Moxlco hi. rioiii,i Jl " . row between Huerta nnd Cnrranza In order to embroil the Tlnitn,! st.i. Tho French press accents the siIpi tlon of Von Hintze as evidence that the militarists In Germany are strong er than tho diplomats and uro iiotnr. mined upon n war to the ilnlsh. They believe ho will do the pan-Germans much more harm than good. Mllltary operations of prime Ininor- tnnco Inst week were confined to Al bania, a field of whli-li mil heard for n long time. There (he Italians and French got very busy and, with the aid of British navnl-forces In the Adriatic, started an offensive that met with considerable success und Is still progressing As this Is writ ten, within a few days the nllli-il forces had advanced more than twenty-five miles on a battle- front slxlv miles long, had captured Fieri, an Im portant town eight miles from the Adriatic, and had practically sur rounded Bernt, the chief city of south ern Albania. They also had occupied mountain positions of great .strategic value. Before the week closed the Austrians had evacuated Bernt. This Albanian offensive was counted on to nave great political effect, es pcclully In Austrla-Hungarv and unions uiu moan nations or the Bal kans. Already It hud caused evident unenslness among the forces of the central powers thnt faco the uIUcr from the Adriatic to Suionlkl. In MaiedonJii they made several costly and vain attacks on thr allies. The npparent objective of the allies lu Al bania Is the Shkumbl valley and the old Roman road, the Via Egnatla, leading to the Vnrdar valley and open ing the way to a movement toward the east that-would outflank the enemy north of Mouasttr, If the Austrians are decisively ih. feated in this region the knlser mav forco them to accept Von Below as their generalissimo, despite their pro- tcsiH. me enorts to Gcrmnnlzo tho Austrian general hendquarters have stirred up tne already angry people of the dual kingdom. Another row there has been caused by more or less open assertions thnt Empress Zlta ruined the offensive on Italy by pre venting the use of gas and otherwise hampering the commanders. A big 5?U.h comrades. 2-Cossnck cavalry smeriu to flgjit the bolshevlkl. 3 seitntmi resulted, nnd extremists In Vienna are asserting that both tho emperor and tho empress should be literally sequestered nnd mado to take orders from Berlin, nungnry, too, is iiinous at Austria because tho Hun garian regiments were forced to bear the hrnnf nf tlm t. I In some ensns m " UliULli ill II ll v III1II out. r !"-". iycu fa- There were no mulor oneratlons nn the Italian front last week, but the iinunns unceasingly harassed the enemy by raids nnd sorties nnd In the mountain region Improved their own positions considerably. The American aviators on that front kept up their excellent work. On the western front there was an ominous silence on the part of the nuns. The usual 40 davs nportort hv them to organize a new drive had ......j "(mcu, OUL SIHl iney Ultl nOtV uimiueu start. However, abnormnl ncttvlrv wns Fw. switchboards will need only one. observed behind their lines, especially in the regions where the Americans are stationed. On Teusday tho French unuertooic tne Urst considerable in- fnntry operation In many days and, witn tho nld of tanks, ndvnnced more than n mile on n front of two nnd a half miles northwest of Complcgne. Prisoners and gun? were captured and positions occupied that serve to nro- tect the Important railway junction nt Estrees-St. Denis. General Pctaln also took Important ground east of the lletz forest on tho Marnc front, There were many raids by nil tho allied forces during the week, and some ar tillery activity beyond the ordinary In tne urmsn sectors. SB- Such splendid work: is being done by the air forces of the allies on the west front that military observers now as sert the superiority In the air now un- questionnbly rests with them. Tho British flyers have engaged In it num- ner of extraordinary exploits, and the French and Americans are keeping up uieir enu or it most satisfactorily. On vtcanoiuny a squadron of American scout planes flew back of the Germun lines in the Chateau Thierry region ror oo miles, obtaining valuable In formation nnd all returning safely, Colonel Roosevelt was elated by the news that his youngest son, Lieut guenlln Roosevelt, had downed his first Hun plnne. Bombing raids on Germnn cities by .tho nllled airmen are increasing in frequency nnd effective ness. ta in preparation for the next big drive Von Hlndenburg called for a million more men, to be tnken from the fac tories, their places being fllled by prls oners and forelguors, nnd, contrary to agreements, by exchanged prisoners of war. Recruits of sixteen, seventeen and eighteen years ure being called, and everything Indicates that tho su preme command Is straining every nerve to end tho wnr this year. To encourage the troops there has been u systematic campaign to mislead them as to America's 'participation In the war. Tho people now refuse to believe we are taklug an active part lu the conflict or thut there are more thau u few thousands of ur men In France. let There have been mnuy stories of the decllulug morale of the German troops, due partly to the prevalence of Spanish Influenza, but It would be foolish to grow optimistic over these reports. The enemy Is still strong and can produce an amazing number of men, und confidence in our victory must be haspd on our growing strength rather than on his growing weakness. The stream of Americans across the Atlantic continues, although it mny he they uro not being sent so rapidly Just now us In recent months. The wnr department recently decided thut all men of the new drafts should be given six months' training on this side. H The senate gave tt big boost to the plan for a hone-dry America by voting In favor of the prohibition rider lo the agricultural extension bill. It went on record flrst by re versing the ruling of the chair, thnt the amendment Is general legislation and thereforo bnrred from un appro priation measure. The wets admitted their defeat since tho move for war prohibition originated In the lower house, and relied on the president to veto the bill on the ground that tho workers In vital war Industries tOumtd not be deprived of alcoholic bevoruges. U.S. TO SEIZE WIRES PRESIDENT IS 'EMPOWERED TC TAKE OVER SYSTEMS. " -QUICK ACTION ANTICIPATE!: Telegraph, Telephone, Radio and Can bio Lines Affected Government Ownership Predicted. Washington, D. C, July 10.---Pdwoc to tuko over the nntiou's telegraph. telephone, radio and cablo lines now rests In tho hands of President Wll Son. Both houses of congress huvfc massed the resolution authorizluc tlU jprcsldent to assume control of com munlcntion lines whenever he deem lit necessary. ' t Congressional lender predicted th president would lose no time in tnlo lug over tho lines millions of mllet jof wire, thousands of men nnd mil iions or uoilnrs Invested. Postmaster General Burleson. It whoso hands control may bo placet! wouiu Keep tho present wlro onrnnl zations more or less Intact, develop. mg an operating organization siml lar to that now running tho railroad under federal control. If I am called upon to select a mot to direct this work," said Burleson I ' I .1-111 .a nn. 1 ... u JUUU ivno SM- everyone a sotinrn tlonl wiiJ. bro will jbo no favoritism. I1T. .... ii uio president turns this work ,over to mo, I will bo the last man to pinna out against any censorship. ,J' uo not propose to interfere in an way, with the conduct of this or nn. ouier ornncn or the business to the detriment of those Involved." Competing telephone systems Ir nearly 1,000 cities and towns will ho merged ny President Wilson, leaden weru uuormcd. This will result In economy, administration lenders ri liusincss houses vhlch have onerarei -"-eiepnone combination nlso wilt ltluuso mimy men and, women for ncccssfirJr war work. One wire gang- " ocl4U wnero two served before, DuPHcatIon of solicitors, branch ex- wmscs ana central offices will be? eliminated eventually. competing companies flrst villi hi. ordered to Interchange service. Then. government experts will rcnrrnmrR equipment until the country's wliole- telophono system Is run as a slncli. unit. The proposed merger, officials snv. will help solve tho question of new equipment The merger of the two telecranh companies' will follow tho telephone consolidation, although nothing has been definitely decided. Friends of government owncrshtn say the lines never will co back into private hands. "Unscrambllnc" nf- tne ,lne? nfter tho war will be lmpos sibje. they hold, If present plnns nre carrled out. 24 Nations In Economic League, ' Loudon, July 10. An economic as sociation of twenty-four nations com prising the entente nllies already Is ln existence, according to LordIl6b ert Cecil, British undersecretary for foreign affairs and minister of block ade, In a statement regarding the world's trade after the wnr:Whothor- Germuny eventually shall befadmlttctL to tins economic association, lie said. would bo determined by the test es tablished by President Wilson. The president said December 4 thai if the German people should, after the- war, 'continue to be obliged to live under ambitious snd Intriguing mas ters Interested to disturb the nonce- of the world." it might be impossible toailiult them to the partnership of the nations or to free Intercourse. Germany Is the onv obstacle to this economic association, snld Lord Rob ertthe Germany described by Presi dent Wilson, Building Owners Blamed for Disaster-. bioux City, In., July 10. Tho Slour Clty public safety department of tho city council and the owners of the Oscar Ruff building were held nri- marlly responsible by u coroner's Jury here for the collapse of the Ruff struc ture June 29, when 89 persons lo3t their lives. Tho verdict sa.vs fnllurn of the walls of the building caused tne conupse. Both of the F. X. BnhnL & Sou and Ruff Drug company con tributed to the cause of the accident, the Jury said. Tobacco Ratlonlnn Possible. Washington, July 10. Government control of the tohucco Industry mny result from the heavy requirements of the ulllos and tho American military forces abroad. Rationing of the Amerlcnn population Is believed to bo a possibility. Failed to Buckle On Belt. Washington, D. O., July 10. Fulluro. to bucklo his safety belt and the i'po cullar quick snap" of his scout nlanp- "when It was nosed ovor for tt glldo apparently caused the death of Major John Purroy Mltchel, says the official report on tho occldont at Ucrnstet Flold, La., received n few tiny ago at tno wnr department. Tho Investigating board found thut Major Mitchel's death "occurrul in line of duty, nnd not because f his own misconduct." Major Mitt m-i was formerly jt.ayor of New I'orU
