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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1918)
THE 8EMUWEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. FAIR BOARD COMPLAINS Vigorously Objects to High Freight Charges Imposed On Exhibitors of Live Stock 'By Agents. Action Is being taken by Nebraska statu fall1 officials to lmvc tlio federal rullroad administration call off some of its agents who uro going around und harrusslng live stock exhibitor ot fairs nnd exhibitions by Imposing upon them u higher freight charge. Governor Novllle hits promised to aid in the matter. Tho statu railway commission will use Its Influence and Nebraska senntnrs and congressmen will bo appealed to. The national food administration Ih expected to co operate. The Nebraska hoard litis been Informed that a large number of the live Htoek exhibitors are find ing the freight charges so heavy that they cannot afford to show. The urgent necessity of coal con servation Is further Impressed upon people of Nebraska by the order of State Fuel Administrator Kennedy making Monday and Tuesday nights dark In Nebraska. Tho order, which went Into efTect, last Monday, pro vides that all advertising and display llghls of every description hit cut off on these two nights. On all nights tho amount of public lighting shall he only that absolutely necessary for safety's sake. Members of (he Nebraska legisla ture will bo allowed to draw mileage to and from Lincoln for the special session hold last March, but State Auditor Smith, In conformity with an opinion from the state legal depart ment, will refuse to pay their salaries, amounting to $100 apiece, at the rate of $10 a day for ten days, . Two pounds of sugar a person monthly Instead of three pounds Is the new sugar ruling, Nebraska's sugar allotment for August has been placed jit 4,108.000 pounds by the national food administration, as compared with the fi.OOO.OOO pounds allotment for July. That 25,000 Ncbraskans are now In military servlco In France or other foreign countries Is Indicated from announcement by Secrotary of State Charles W. Pool that soldiers' ballots would bo sent to approximately 8,000 men In tlio servlco In this country. It. 15. Howell of Omaha, candidate for the republican nomination for gov ernor at tho forthcoming primaries, Jms received orders to report for uc tlvo service In tho navy August 15. Mr. Howell holds n commission In tho navy and Iiuk been on reserve. Clinton .T. Campbell of Lincoln, who Is ii candidate on . the democratic ticket for attorney general, has been appointed attorney to represent tho custodian of alien enemy properly In Nebraska and adjoining territory lu certain cases. South Omaha markets have sold $fH)8,i:i3.U worth of hogs for lied Cross organizations In Nebraska and western Iowa. These bogs have been donated by patriotic farmers. Auditor Smith's Juno report shows the state spent $1 ,0-15,211 for the sec ond quarter just closing, as compared with $1,809,508 for tho first three months of the year. Former State Organiser O. S. Evans of tho Nebraska non-partlsnn league has left tho state, It was an nounced at league headquarters nt Lincoln. Dodge county farmers nro. being urged to begin a campaign for the eradication of woods. The defense council will participate In tho move ment. Falls City's now hotel will be a five-story structure Instead of four ns originally planned, by the com pany who will construct the building. The State Council of Defense has called upon Nebraska farmers to plant three-quarters of a million acres more wheat than tho state raised this year. Figures compiled in the United States marshal's office at Omaha show that enemy alien registration In Nebraska totals over 7,000, llev. Joseph ,T. Dixon, rectqr of the Episcopal church nt Callaway, has re signed his parish and volunteered as n private In tho army. Stockmen on the Qinaha market predict that hogs will sell for $20 a hundred by Sept. 1. Top prices last week reached $18.85. Douglas county has 2,000 Individual knitters and 200 lied Cross auxiliaries to date. According to official 'figures Nebras ka will have 10,500 men In the mil itary service when the August draft contingent roaches camp. The follow ing are figures In detail: Total na tional guards enlisted, (1.000. Total volunteers enlisted, 10,500. Total men drafted, 20.000. Men In navy, 1,000. Members of the Hutlor County Med ical association voted to expell any member of the association who failed to offer his services to the country and refused to nccept u commission In tho medical reserve If offered. John Keiieut, n farmer living near Schuyler, shot and killed his young wife, took his two children to a neigh bor's home, then returned to where Ids wifo's body lay, and killed him self, Jealousy Is given as the cause of tho tragedy. Kustls Is becoming a cream center, Moro than $10,000 was paid to far mers In the district during the month of June for cream shipped from the Kustls' station. Omaha's fall market week will open "September oth and continue until the 14th. LIST OF CANDIATES. Sccretury of State l'ool bus pre pared a list of all sanatoria!, congres sional and sUito candidates of all par ties whose tilings have been completed and who will have the right to appear on the ballot at tho primaries August 20. Homo filings had not been completed when this list was Issued. Additional time was given the de linquents. Following Is the list: IJiitlrd Minim Kennlor Democrat -Willis K. lined, John II. Morohcad. Kd Ifnr Howard. WUllum !. Prleo, Rich, nrd 1j. MtCRlfo, Hurry H. Uilgun. Re publican Charles H. Hlonn. Hons U llnmtnond. Ooorge V. Norrln, William Mitogen, Dave Mercer. (lovrrnur Datnocritl Charles W Hryun, Keith Neville. Itepubllcun Huniuol It. McKelvIo, Walter Johnson. IC. Ii. Howell. I.lrnlriifiiil fluirriHir Domocrnt Curl H. Slutt. Wllllurn IJ. Ilanninjc Republican P. A. Harrows, C. 8. Pagp, iHldor y.tuRlor. Mrereliiry of .Slnli Democrat lltll'h Ij. Cooper, A. T. UntHWood, W D. Holmal. F. I'. Hhlelds, K A. Walrath, Republican Will H. Jay, D. M. Amu berry. Auditor of Publli! Account Demo crat -Krod C. Ayrns, Kueno P. Mum ford, Charlefl Q. DeKmnce. flepUliH omi II. M. Union, aooro W. JInrch Nlnf TrPiimirer - - Democrat Henry C. Honre, .1. S. Canndy. Itopubllcftn IX 11. CropHey. Attorney tirncrnl Dfiaor-nU -Dexter T. Hm-rett , Clinton J. Onmpboll. deortto W. flertro. Republlcnn William I Dowlpifr. Clarence A. Davis. fiiiiiiiilxiiloiipr of I'ulilli- Lands and IIIiIk. Democrat -O. U Bbumway. Itepnlilluun Dan Hwuimon, Kdward IJ. Cowlos 1 In Unity Com mlMNloiirr Democrat Hoy M. Ilnrrop. Kdward C. Simmons, II. C. Knyurt. He-publlcan II. O. Tuy lon, Harry I Cook. CoiiKrcNH firm niNlrlct Democrat Hnnford P. Crrnap. Frank A. Peterson. Hejmhlleoti -O. P. Hnavls. Second Dinirlcl Democrat C'hnrlos O. I.oheck. Hepnhllcsn N. I'. Dmlgo, Alliert W. Jorforls. Third IllHrlcl--Domocrat--Dan V. .Stephens, Hopiibllcnn It. 15. lii-ans. Koiirtli IllNlrlel Democrat TIioh. M. C HlrmlnKliain. It. O. Kretslnner. Wil liam H. Kmltli. Itcpitlillcan Chnrlra II. Dennoy, M. O. McLaughlin, Adam McMullen, John H. Killed). Klflli l)l-.lrl.l Democrat Ashton C. ShallcnhorKor. Republican- -William K. Andrews, James H. ailham. Sixth IllMirlct Democrat ClmrlOB W. Heal, Charles W. Pool. Hepuhllcan SI. P. Klnkald. Klllntrs on the prohibition ticket are: Oovernor, J. D. OraveH; lieutenant gov ernor. David It. Ollhort; secretary of state. (JeorKo C. Kltcb: atute auditor, If. Floyd Mllos; attomoy general. Hen ry C. Hlttenblnder; Innil commissioner, James H. Priest; Fourth district, Thom hh M r. HlrinlnKham. Nobriiskii editors have goon ren soiis to bo proud of the record estab lished by newspapers of this state in advertising the third Liberty loan. Of llclal figures show that newspapers In this state led those of all other states in the 10th Reserve district In' publish ing Items about flic third loan; that Nebraska led In editorial matter about the loan and In space devoted to car toons. Nebraska was third In nmount of display advertising used, which shows that tho newspaper men of Ne braska devoted more free, space to boosting the lonn in proportion to the advertising recolved than any other state. ' Considerable wrangling has been going on lately lu state political cir cles over the disappearance of some 000 army rifles from tho state house at Lincoln somo years ago, part of which were said to bo In the bands of n Gorman society at Falls City. Re ports havo It that the rllles, about 24 In number, were turned over to tho society in 101-1, It Is said that all the guns In tho hands of the organization have now been returned to tlio Falls City homo gunrds. Tho balance were distributed to high schools over the state. Nelson Rrothers, Stromsburg stock raisers, have produced n Ilolsteiu cow that has smashed all Nebraska rec ords for butter production. During tho past year she has produced l,05;i.-l pounds of butter, or 2-1,741.5 pounds of milk. This Is at an average of 3Q.04 pounds of butter per week. At Creston, la., a large sign hoard tells the names of all the Union coun ty men and hoys In the army and navy. It Is kept from day to day. IMans are on foot to have such a board built at Omaha to carry (he name of every Douglas county man In tho service. Secretary of State Pool has moiled primary election ballots to Nebraska men In Undo Sam's service who aro In the United States or Its continental waters. They must bo voted and sent back to the state by midnight of Au gust 20 In order to he counted. Approximately 4,400 white men and something more than 200 colored men from Nebraska are to be called to the colors during August, according to word reaching Adjutant General An dorson at Lincoln. Members of the Lutheran church at Hooper"hnd tho Gorman letters over 1 10 front door of the church removed and replaced them with English, John Tropp of Madison county smashed all high price records for fat steers on the South Omaha mar ket when he sold four loads for $18.40 a hundred. Corporal J. l. Finch ot Ilradshaw, and Private T. Rrnndstettor of How ells, have been killed In action lu France, according to a recent ens unity list, F. W; Ashton of Grand Island has been appointed to succeed Richard L. Metcalfe on the Nebraska stuto coun cil of defense. The state board of agriculture has approved pluns for beautifying the entrance to the state fair grounds nt Lincoln. The work will cost $15,000. Figures Issued recently by the De partment of Agriculture at Washing ton show thut Nebraska stood third In 1017 In the production of beef cat tle, and fourth In production of hogs, corn and oats. A line $00,000 consolidated school building Is to be erected near Holms vllle. Five automobile carryalls have been purchased to carry the children to and from school. 1 View of Solssons, at the northern end of the allied offensive in the Alsnc-Mame region. 2 Depth bombs on tile Harvard, formerly a yacht, now nn American patrol boat In European waters. 3 Victor VUndermerck, an American soldier who killed a German with the butt of his rifle In battle 1 n France. iWOF THE GREAT WAR General Foch Is Squeezing the Crown Prince's Army Out of Soissons-Reims Salient. HUNS IN PERILOUS POSITION American Troops Are Highly Praised for Their Fine Work British In Flanders Take Metcrcn Silly Exploit of U-Boat Off Cape Cod. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. "We've got 'cm on tho run" was the Joyful cry of America as the. news came In of the victorious progress of tho allied troops In the Solssons-Reims salient. In it measure this was true, for the Germans were being gradually squeezed out of tho salient, and there was every reason for elation over the splendid fighting of the allies. Rut to hall the success as a great decisive victory was premature nnd foolish. Such running as the Huns did was done only nt the start of Focb's offen sive, when they were taken by sur prise. Their commanders quickly re gained some mensnro of control, and thereafter the enforced retreat was conducted skilfully and slowly, every hit of ground being bitterly contested In order thnt ns tunny guns and ns much supplies ns possible might be snved. Renllzlng thnt his entire army south of tho Alsno was In grave dan ger, the crown prlncO sent In more and more of his reserves until 40 divisions were engaged, and desperate efforts were made to stabilize their lines of defense. However, nothing was al lowed to stop the steady forward movement of tho nllles on three fronts of the salient, nnd the path of re treat was narrowed day by day. All of the territory yet held by the enemy was brought under tho fire of tho heavy guns, nnd the airmen in great numbers How over the region tiny nnd flight, working havoc with their bombs and machine guns. -J At the beginning of the week there were highly successful operations on the west front of the salient, in both of which the Americans played an' Im portant part. At the tip of the Ger man advance Chateau Thierry was taken by storm and a large section north and east of U was cleared of Huns. Here thousands of Germans were killed, other thousands captured, nnd great numbers of cannon and quantities of supplies were taken. From this point northward to Sols sons the Franco-Americans swept east ward until Neullly St. Front was tak en, Oulchy threatened, SoIsons Itself brought under gunfire and the very Im portant railroad from there to Chateau Thierry crossed nt so many places that It could no longer he used by the en emy. This drive, to be wholly suc cessful, had to be cnrrled to Fere-en-Tnrdenols, through whleluran the only remaining railway which the Huns could rely upon to get their war sup plies out of the. way of Focb's pincers, and before the week closed the French and Ynnkees were moving steadily to ward that town from the west and south. It must not be supposed that their progress was easy. The Ger mans enunter-nttneked repeatedly and fought brave and stubborn renr-gyard bnttles. The village of Epleds. for In stance, after being taken at the point of the bayonet by the Americans, wns recaptured by the Huns, and ngaln won by tho Yankees, who then ad vanced their linos far beyond It. Some of the fiercest fighting took place along the Marne east of rhateau Thierry. At first the Germans retreat ed across the river so hastily that the movement amounted almost to a rout. From the heights of Jaulgoime, Rarzy and Pnssy, tho America guns poured n deadly hnll upon the tleelng foe, many of whom, throwing nway their rifles, sought to tiwlm the river, and were drowned. When Foch was secretly preparing f orhls jrent strategic attack he called NEWS REV E n strong forco of English nnd Scots troops down from the north, and they quietly slipped around south of the Marne toward Reims. At the up pointed time these seasoned lighters hit the German lines southwest of the cathedral city a mighty blow, lu the succeeding dnys, acting as the east arm of the pincers, they pushed for wnrd Into the salient from the Moun tnln of Reims tpwnrd Vlllo-en-Tnrde-nols and Flsmes. Their progress was slower than that of tho Franco-Americans on the west, for tho country In which they were fighting was much moro dlfllcult. East of Reims the French and Italian held their own and even mndo some advance, UioukIi the plan did not call for a drive by them. rss When Focb's offensive was a week old It appeared probnblo that Luden dorfC would nttempt to make nt least a temporary stand on tho half-circle running from Solssons through the outskirts of Oulchy, below Fere-en-Tnrdenols and ncross toward the Mountain of Reims. Competent ob servers believed his troops were too disorganized to hold this lino for long, nnd that' he would be forced to fall back to the Veslo river, which runs nl most due west from Reims, joining the Alsno near Solssons. The mnln efforts of General von Roebm, the Immediate commander of the Germans In the snllcnt, were di rected to keeping open the roads of retreat. He was given the assistance not only of most of the crown prince's reserves, but also of nine divisions from the nrmy of Crown Prince Ru precht of Ravaria. Already be was having great difficulty In feeding the men he had there, and the additions did little but stiffen his resistance and mid to his commissary troubles. At the time of writing, the full scope of General Focb's plnns Is not re vealed. He has the Initiative, and mny elect to continue the offensive with nil his strength in the effort to drive the nuns beyond tho Alsne and ns much farther ns they can be forced; or he mny find It prudent to hold them at the Vesle and await the arrival of more Americans. It Is a noteworthy fact that' 70 per cent of the allied troops engaged In the present buttle are French. A considerable portion of the remainder are Rrltlsh and Ital ians. If so miicji can be done with so comparatively small a force of Ameri cans taking part, nsk observers, what will happen to the Huns when a mil lion Americans are In the fighting line and another million at least walling their turn for action? Xnd this state of alTalrs will be reached by October, It Is predicted. fca Paris and London are loud lu their praise of the qtiollty nnd behavior of the, Americans In the Alsne-Mnme bat tle, and the newspapers there relate many Instances of their bravery, cool ness and determination. They are ad mittedly as flue troops as ever were seen, and even the least experienced of them have no Idea of anything but winning every fight they go Into. Their marksmanship, both with the rifle and with larger weapons, Is re markable; their doggedness Is tem pered with nn unquenchable humor, nnd their stamina Is such that at times bodies of them fought for many hours without food or drink, declining to hnlt their advance to let the commis sary catch up with them. These splendid troops, with their gallant and competent ofllcers. have done their full part In stopping the German offensive and converting It Into nn allied offen sive, and If they are now called on to stop nnd await the arrival of more of their countrymen, America should rest satisfied, patient and proud. The American casualty lists will be longer and longer each day for a time, but the bereuved ones mny well take ex ample by the proud, unweeplng grief with which Colonel Roosevelt received the news of the death of his gallant sou, Quentln, Jn Flanders the Rrltlsh carried out an Important operation that resulted In the capture of Metcrcn. They have been devoting themselves to preparing for the new offensive which, according to the logic' of tho sltuntlon, Luden dorff must undertake and which, ac cording to military experts, probably will be directed agulnst some part of the line held by the Rrltlsh. Such uu offensive would be lnrgely to Influence public opinion In Germany nlid direct ut'tentlon nway from the crown prince's disastrous nttempt on the Marne. General Foch has not had to call Into acfion the bulk of his reserves. In the midst of tho biggest battle lie found time to order n swift nnd fierce attack by the French nlong the Avre, In the Montdidlcr sector. The posi tions nlmed at were feebly held by tired troops thnt did not expect nn attack, and the objectives wore gained within a few hmirs, large numbers of prisoners being taken. Rome received the Information from some source thnt, the ustrlnns were preparing a triple offensive against Italy. This, nccordlng to the story, Is to consist of a great land attack on the Plnve river line, n naval attack on Italy's Adriatic coast and an extensive counter-nttack In Albania. The Ital ian commanders hnve no doubt of their ability to repulse any or nil of these attacks. In Albnnla their forces, with the French, have kept moving for ward and re now In very strong po sitions. The thrent of a serious naval operation by Austria seems most fool ish of all. Pa President "Wilson completed his pro nouncement of plnns for the participa tion of the United States In the Rus-' slan expedition nnd wns awnltlng only the reply of .Tapan to tho American proposals, it had been thought Japan had agreed .to these, but dispatches from Tokyo told of an exciting contro versy over them, two influential groups strongly opposing Intervention. Mos cow advices said general mobilization of the Russian nrmy meaning the bolshcvlkl had begun, but this did not worry the allied statesmen. The plans of the Rrltlsh, Americans and French for the protection of the Mur mnn region ngalnst the Germnns and Finns are believed to be all settled. The people will be fed nnd their In ternal affairs will not be Interfered with by the expedition thnt will be sent. General Horvatb, provisional ruler of Siberia, Is co-operating with the Czecbo-Slovaks, and matters look more promising In that country. Conditions In the Ukraine grow more unsettled dally, andnow the Germans and Austrlnns nro cnllcd on to fnce a great uprising In Roumanla, where the people are disgusted with the pence with the central powers and with tho treatment they are receiving. Proba bly half n million Teutonic troops lire tied up In those two countries, which helps some. (53 The Atlantic seaboard was nmazed rather than alarmed by the sudden ap pearance of a lnrge German submarine close to Cape Cod. The vessel at tacked a tug and sank the three stone inijen barges It was towing, using up two torpedoes and a lot of ammunition In this footless operation. Other U boats bagged bigger game when they snnlc the Rrltlsh transport. .Insticla, .I2.2:i4 gross tons, oft the Irish const. The transport, which was westward bound after carrying 10,000 American soldiers to Europe, wns attacked by a fleet of six or eight snbmnrlnes and fought them for ten hours. Of her crew of some 000 only ten were killed. fsa . So foolish as scarcely to merit men tion Is the latest list of Gornym pence terms, which It Is said will be offered through Spain. They disown nny de sire for annexutlons or Indemnities on the west front, but would leave Rel gluin, the Rnlkans and the self-deter-mlnntion of peoples for the peace con ference to settle; the pence treaties with Roumnula and Russia not to be questioned, nnd all Germany's colonies to be restored. Also the sens are to he free and Gibraltar anil the Suez canal defenses dismantled. -!sa The Rrltlsh government Is having "trouble with the pacifists, who have permeated all the war materia! fac tories, and last week caused strikes of thousands of munition workers. The cabinet decided, It wns reported, that If tho strike continued the strikers of military age would be drafted Inwa-ll ntely Into the army. Ha Finally authentic word of the death of tho formor cznr came out of Rus sia. He' was ordered shot by a local bolshevik ofllclal because of counter revolutionary plots, und his son Is snlil to have died of exposure a few 'days luter. SUPPLY BASE FALLS FERE-EN-TAR DENOIS CAPTURED BY FRENCH AND YANKS. OTHER IMPORTANT POINTS FALL Third of German Troops on West Front Engaged in Alsne-Marne Battle. Resistance Broken. Rails, July K0. French and Ameri can trooirs have entered Fere-en-Tnr denols, the. Gerniun supply base, which. lies In the middle line of the Alsne Marno sector. An ofllclal announce ment of the war otlice states that tho Milages of Authenuy and Ollzy-ct-Ylolnine, on tho east flank, lying to the southwest of Rhelins, have been occupied. The retreat of 'the crown prince's forces along the whole Marnu front has reached a more precipitate phase. In some places the Germans huvo fall en back for a distance of several miles. French und American troops ure harrying the retiring forces In the center, while French and British troops are hummcriug at both Hunks. Tho retreat of the enemy has by no means become a rout, und so long as the picked troops around Solssons and Rlieims arc able to keep well open the mouth of the bag through which the Germans are falling back, It Is ex-, pocted that the greater portion of tlio armies of tho crown prince will be successful In reaching the line where It Is Intended for them to turn and mukc a stand. A total of llfty-two German divi sions have been Identified In the Alsne Muine lighting. This represents ap proximately one-quarter of the total number of German troops on the western front Foe's Resistance Shattered. Washington, July SO. Resistance o the enemy between the Marne nnd th Ourcq has been broken down and tho American troops with those of the al lies nre In pursuit, General Pershing reported to the Wnr department. Members of the senate military com mittee learned from General March that the July movement of troops to France probably would reach a total of 1500,000, making a new record. Suninmrlzlng what has already been accomplished In the hard driven coun ter attnek on the AIsne-Mnrne salient. General March pointed out that the German lines on July .28 were eleven miles farther away from Paris than they were when the assault wan launched. Mooncy Granted Reprieve. Los Angeles, Oil., July' HO. Thomas J. Mooney, In "death row" at San Quentln prison under sentencu to be hanged for murder In connection with a bomb explosion during a prepared ness parade In San Francisco In 1010, will not be executed August 23 next, us decreed by court. Governor Stephens, In whose hands the fate of Mooney has rested since the state su premo court for the second time de nied his motion for u new trial, an nounced he would grant a reprieve which would act as a stay of execution until December 13, 191S. Tho gover nor .said it would require all of his time between now nnd December 13 to exnmlne the mnss of court records and briefs In the case. Five Killed in Auto Smash. Waterloo, In., July 30. Five per sons were killed and another wns In jured Sunday, when an automobile wns struck by an inti-rurbaii car on the Waterloo, Cedar Falls & North ern road at a crossing four miles south of here. The Interurhnu car pushed the wrecked automobile more than 200 feet along tho track before the motormnn could bring Ids car to a slop. Occupants of tho automobile were not thrown out, but were ground to death. Tin- bodies were badly mangled. , Released From Pledge. Washington, D. O, July 30. Re lease of hotels, restaurants, clubs nod dining car services throughout the country August 1 from the volitntary pledge to use no wheat until after me present harvest, wns announced In a cablegram received from Food Admin istrator Hoover, now lu Knglanil. Public eating places, the food admin istrator said, will continue to comply with baking regulations und to serve "Victory" bread. Gives Baseball More Time. "Washington. 1). C. July 30 Secre tary Raker late Friday exempted baseball players of draft age from "the work or fight" order until until September 1. Application of tho ma jor leagues for e.tcns!on of the sen son until October lfi was denied. To Call Over 350,000 In August. Washington, D. ('.. July 30. Draft boards have been instructed by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder to re fuse the release of registrants la Class 1 for enlistment In tho navy, ma rine corps' or the emergency fleet, uu til It has been determined that then will be a sulllclent number of such registrants physically qunlllled f r military service to fill all Augu-' calls. State ofllcials have been not'fltd that i hi- August requisitions will In approximately tliot-e of July v hen !:07'"V is.': nts win f ailed
