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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1918)
THE 8EMI.WEBKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. A PERPLEXING PROBLEM Americanizing Foreign-Born People of Nebraska of Great Importance; Governor Names Committee. Governor Neville lias appointed n committee of nlno prominent Ncbrus knim to aid tlio National and State Council of Defense In dealing with tlio problem of Americanizing people of this stato of foreign birth nnd their children. "Tlio ' most Important and porplexlng problem demanding solu tlon In Nebraska at this time," said tho governor In making tho appoint ment, "Is that of Americanizing a con siderable number of our peoplo of for eign birth. It Is of even greater Im portance, If possible, that wo Insure tho thorough Americanizing of the children of such parentage. The prob lem Is a complex and a delicate one," ho continued, "duo to the sensitive ness of our people of foreign birth and for the further reason that many of them have arrived at an age that makes It dinieult, If not Impossible, for them to adopt our language and our customs." Following Is the personnel of the committee: Rev. John Wil liams, Omaha ; Kay Nye,' Fremont ; Charles F. Gustafson, Mead; John 13. Miller, Lincoln; F. W. C. Jesse, Bownrd ; W. V. Allen, Madison ; Father Theobnld Kahuna ja, Omaha; Chris Grunther, Columbus; Edward A. Cou fnl, David City. An urgent appeal to redouble effort to relievo the coal car shortage was received from tho national fuel ad ministration at Washington by tho Btate fuel administrator at Omaha. The state administration wns asked to take steps to have cars unloaded promptly so that they can be started back to tho mines. Serious dlfllcultles in the delivery of an adequate supply of coal threaten unless this Is done, It la reported. Dodgo county's Hoard of Super visors has followed tho example of Madison county In rescinding Its for mer action, which allowed tho banks to deduct their Liberty bonds anil real cstato mortgages from capital stock assessments. Tho county assessor lius boen directed to put tho several as sessments back whero they were bo foro tho deductions wcro made. The big German flag which formerly decorated Gcrmanla hall at Stanton, and which was confiscated by tho Stanton county council of defense and sent to United States Marshal Flynu fit Omaha for safekeeping Is to be sent to tho department of justice at "Washington. "Closed Forever" Is the sign on tho door of Gcrmnnla linll at Stanton, Ten thousand dollars In prizes Is to bo awarded by tho National War Gar den commission for tho best canned vegetables grown In homo gardens. Tho contest Is open to every city, town and rural community In tho country. Particulars can bo obtained by writing to tho National War Gar den commission, Washington, D. C. A campaign Is now on In Nebraska to secure 700 girls to enroll In tho United Stutes student nurso reserve. Ilecrultlng stations nro In every town In tho stato, nnd Miss Mary Cogll, chairman of tho nurses' training de partment of tho Nebraska woman's committee urged all who can to offer their services. Tho Jny Burns Baking company at Omaha, ono of tho largest baking con cerns In Nebraska, has boon forbidden by the stnto food commission to bak.o anything but bread nnd rolls because excess flour was used In pastries. Tho State Board of Equalization de cided at a meeting in Lincoln on a threo-mlll tax levy for this year. Lust year tlio levy was 3.08 mills and tho year heforo 3.04 mills. Good rains and greatly moderated temperature over Nebraska during the past week have done much to rhvo tho stnto'n corn crop, according to rail road crop experts. It Is regarded ns practically certain t Lincoln thnt n pormnncnt training camp for soldiers In tho national army will bo established at the Uni versity of Nebraska, The Fremont chautauqua has netted so far about $300 less than tho guar nntoo nnd the underwriters, who are Fremont business men, will make up the deficit. Tho building occupied by the Grand Island Independent at tho Hall county metropolis wns daubed with yellow paint tho other evening In full view of pnsscrsby, A company to manufacture potato flour has been formed with hendquur tors at Gordon, articles of Incorpora tion having been tiled with Secretary of Stato Pool. Tho articles' show tho capital stock of the compuny to bo $200,000. The baluuce In tho stato treasury at tho close of business July 31, was soniowhat smaller than the previous month, tho figures prepared by the stato treasurer showing $2,000,470,113 as against $2,032,878.55 tho month be fore Retailers selling sugar to consumers living In other counties than that in which tho retailers' business Is locat ed must conform to the rules and rcg ulatlons In effect lu the county In which tho consumer lives, according to a ruling of the state food adminis trator for Nebraska. The office of State Auditor Smith at Lincoln drew 4,707 warrants during July, amounting to $1,007,212.03, mak ing a total Issue of $4,202,304.30 for the seven months of tho year ua against $3,205,50058 for the samu per loil of 1010. Lancaster county has adopted a 1 sugar curd system. The cards aro ar ranged so that It will bo Impossible for householders to got more than two pounds per person per mouth. This ruling has been evaded and so much trouble has been experienced with It thnt tho sugar cards had to be adopted us a last resort. Deuel county has hod six inches of rain during the past month and pre dictions arc being mado that tho county will have tho largest crop in Its history this year. Threshing of wheat bus commenced and tho yield per aero In some fields Is as high as forty bushels. Tho war department's call for 130. 207 men for military service Issued August 8 will take 1,500 white Ne braska registrants nnd 170 colored. The men will entrain bofore the last of tho month, white registrants going to Camp Funston and tho colored men to Camp Pike. Tho national food administration has asked the stato office at Omaha to Miirucst to tho farmers of Nebraska tho Importance of marketing their wheat at the earliest possible date. I The word comes from Washington, not as a demand, but merely as a sugges tion. Rentals of state school land have Increased $05,80-1 In the last eighteen months, which Is $17,501 more than they grew In the previous ten years, according to Land Commissioner Shinnwuy. Income from sales and rentals go Into the permanent stato school fund. Despite tho fact that the Nebraska potato ucreago this year Is 15 per cent below that of 1017, present Indi cations are that thd crop will equal that of last your. Prospects are bright for an enormous yield In the western . purl of the state. The second nnniial convention of tho Nebraska, Potato Growers' asso ciation will be held at Scottsbluff No vember 13 to 10. At that time full plans will bo made to handle the big spud crop raised in the western part of the state. The war has created o great do mand for straw. Thousands of tons are being shipped from this stato to army cantonments. The demand Is so great that It will well pay furmers to bnlc their straw and load It, ou cars for shipment. Tho Interstate Commerce commis sion has ordered the railroads of Ne braska to Increase the minimum on carload lots ' on Hour from 28,000 pounds to 40,000 pounds between points In Nebraska to meet the Inter stato rato. A moonshine still discovered by stnto ofllclals near Broken Bow has been ordered destroyed. The man charged with operating the still plead ed guilty and was fined $100. . Whisky was being made out of corn at tho still. All four of the sons of Ashley Londrosh of Winnebago are In the service, according to n letter received by Governor Keith Neville In connec tion with the record which ho Is com piling of Nebraska boys In the service. Stato Auditor Smith has rejected for registration $18,000 of bonds is sued by tho Uushncll school district lu Kimball county for the reason that tho bonds exceed tho legal limit nl lowed by law. Tho University of Nebraska will fur nish exhibits nnd Judges for county fairs this fall nt Deshler, Genevo, Nel son, Clay Center, Osceola, Grand Island, Broken Bow, St. Paul and York. Preparations nro'golng forward rap Idly for tho coming Nebraska stato fair nt Lincoln, Sept. 2 to 0. Indica tions nro that It will bo ono of tho greatest exhibitions In the state's his tory. Nearly n million head more of cnt tle, hogs nnd sheep reached the South Omaha market during the past month than during July of Inst year. Tho special call for 145 Nobrosku i hoys for training ut the Utah Agrleul i turnl college for war sorvlco was i ovor-volunteered 100 per cent. From January 1, 1018, to August 1, 1018, 705 automobiles have been stolen at Omnha, compared with 427 during tho same porlod last year. Thousands of buffalo, cntilsh, carp nnd bullheads were killed in lakes In . the vicinity of Fremont during tho re cent hot spell. Crop experts qf this stnto estimate that tho recent drouth nnd excessive heat will reduco Nebraska's corn crop about 25 per cent. Farmers lu Holt county expect the lurgest corn crop this year In tho his tory of the county. All heat records were broken In Ne braska August 4 nnd 5. Fremont was the hottest place In tho stato on tho 4th, the thermometer registering 115; Falrhury had 113 nnd Omaha 110. Many other points In tho state had record temperatures. Three Nebraska soldiers, Vern Kin uman and Boy V, Klniinmn, brothers of Wnlthtll, and Leo McGroth of St. Paul, were killed when tho automobile lu which they were riding wns struck by u Southern Pacific cxprous train near Doming, N. M. Tho special train which will carry Nebraskaus to the uationnl encamp meat of tho G. A. B. nt Portland, will leave Lincoln on tho Burlington, Au gust 10, at 10:85 a. m und reaches Portland August 18. Ono und u half times the regular one-way faro Is tho special round-trip rato which tho federal railroad ad ministration bus mudo for the Ne braska stato fair at Lincoln Sept. 2 to a Tho Nebraska Federation of Woui' en's Clubs will hold their annual con ventlon at Fulrbury, Octobor 15 to 18, 1 American, English, Canadian, New Zealand and South American aviators examining a map prior to a flight over the German lines In France. 2 Hun prisoners being mnde useful In carrying wounded British soldiers nbourd a hospital ship. 3 Steamer Qulsconck. first vessel built nt Hog Island yard, being launched, the president being present nnd Mrs. Wilson christening the ship. NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR British and French Begin New Offensive Between Albert and Montdidier. HAIG DIRECTS THE DRIVE Allies Forco Crossing of the Vesle Rlv- er In Face of Strong Resistance Plans for Siberian Expedition March States American Army Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Having thoroughly whipped tho armies of tho German crown prince and driven them back beyond tho Veslo river, Foch, now n marshal' of France, turned his attention In tho middle of tho week to the forces un der the Bnvarlan crown prince, Rup- prccht. At dawn on Thursday tho Brit ish Fourth army and the French First nrmy, under command of Field Mar shal Halg, began an offensive on a wldo front In the region east nnd south east of Amiens. Tho front under at tack was about twenty-eight miles In length, from Albert south to the vicin ity of Montdidier. Within 24 hours tho allied forces had penetrated tho enemy lines to points from six to soven miles beyond thcstnrt. had taken more than 10,000 prisoners and great quantities of material and many guns, nnd had occupied numerous towns. Their own losses were remark ably light. Tanks led tho infantry In tho attack and did wonderfully good work. Complete success In this offensive would result In obliterating the Ger man salient In tho Montdidier region and would Imperil the entire Hun line from Reims to Ypres. Tho Germans neem to have anticipated this move ment by the allies and some days prev iously withdrew their fofces there and In other sectors to stronger positions. Progress by the allies here carries them Into the PIcnrdy country which was ravaged by tho Germans In their retreat of March, 1017, and again de vastated by them when they drove for ward this year. m The defented but not disorganized Huns between Solssons nnd Rejms, ns wns predicted, gathered their strength for a pause In 'their retrent between tho Vesle and the Alsne. Their guns wero brought Into play from the plat eau In that region which commands the Veslo valley. The Germans, In deed, made strenuous attempts to pre vent the French nnd Americans from crossing tho Vesle. especially In the vicinity of Flsmcs, but numerous rein, tfvely small units forced the crossings and held onto their new positions de spite furious counter-attacks. These operations wero mostly between Brnlsno and Flsmes, Up to the close of tho week Marshal Foch had not tried to send nny very Inrge forces across the river, probably waiting un til Ills nrtlllery could drive the Huns from the nearer hills to the north. Tho Germnus were using only medium caliber guns, which was taken to mean that their heavier artillery was being placed north of the Alsne to defend that line; v'or there seemed little doubt that they would be forced that far north before very long. Their position south of the Alsne fans said to be real ly untenable though seemingly strong. At tho west end of tho lino the French and Americans were stendtly pushing east along the Alsne, and nt tho east end Immediately north of Reims the French mnde considerable advance be. tween tho railways running to Lnon nnd Bethel. The city of Flsmes, which was so gallantly taken by tho Americans, was as gallantly held against nil attacks though the Germans deluged It with explosive and gas shells. The machine gun and rifle tiro of the Yankees was so accurate as to arouse the ndinlni tlon 'of their allies. ta Activity Increased during the week In tho Lys salient which the Germans mndo toward Bcthunc and Hazebrouck. On the southern side of this bulge the British moved forward between the Lnwe and the Clarence. In other sec tors of the northern line also the Brit ish attacked successfully. These oi eratlons probably were all related though their full significance wns not known here. At least, It was clear that Foch had no Intention of allow ing the nuns to have any rest, now thnt he has them on the defensive, to Authorities admit that tho kaiser's strength Is still prodigious nnd that he hns large reserves, but all unite In as serting that bo hns passed beyond the high point of power and efficiency and can never rcgnin numerical supremacy, nor can ho ever again have the oppor tunity to nchleve a victory that was his two months ago. Those of his peo ple who know the truth now admit that his ultimate defeat Is n certainty. Tho more fearless papers of Germany nnd Austria do not hesitate to say this plainly. The military nnd pan-German leaders are held responsible, anil as their only hope lies In administering to tho allies tho crushing blow so long promised by them. It Is rensonnble to expect another great Hun offensive be fore long. Thnt is, If Marshal Foch gives them n chnnce, which doesn't seem to be n part of his present plans. Pa Arrangements for the American-Japanese expedition to Siberia have been going forward rapldjy and the Czecho slovak forces over there will soon have the active support of a small but competent body of allied troops. It Is announced that two regiments now In the Philippines will form part of the Amprlcon contingent, and that It will be commanded by MaJ. Gen. William S. Graves until recently assistant chief of staff of the army. Later It will be determined whether he will com mand the entire expedition. At Vladi vostok the Americans will be Joined by an equal number of Japanese nnd prob ably they will first drive from tho Amur branch of the trans-Siberian railway the bolshcvlkl and the Teuton wnr prisoners who were nrmed to nld Uiein. Eastern Siberia would then be In the control of the allies and loyal Russians. British forces were landed nt Vladivostok Inst week, for what pur pose was not stated. Ha Jnpan has given evidence of eager ness to do more In Siberia than merely nld tho Czechs, If she has the excuse, and It Is reported that Lenlne now plans to declare war on the Japanese. being Instigated by Germany. The suc cesses of the Czechs have had great ef fect In Austria, and reports from that country tell oT the desertion of about a million soldiers of the Austro-Hun-gnrlan army. Eighty thousand of these deserters are living In Vienna and the government fears to take any step against them. SB Conditions In northern Russia are very encouraging. The allies have been driving the bnlshevlkl south from Archangel, and a new government has been established In that city embracing half a dozen districts. Volunteer de tachments of White guurds are as sisting tho allies. M. I. Tcrestchenko. minister of foreign affairs In Keren sky's cabinet, has been assassinated In Poltava. Ua Seemingly not yet quite satisfied that Zeppelins as raiders are a failure, tho Germans sent a fleet of live of these monsters ncrosa to raid England last week. Their coming was signaled and they wero nttacked by the British air defense before they could reach the coast. One of thorn was shot down In flames over the sea, Its communder, tlio noted Captain Strasser, and all tho crew perishing. The other airships fled. Tho submarine pirates continued their depredations In the western At lantic, torpedoing n number of mer chant ships and fishing boats and sink ing tho Diamond Shoals lightship, off Capo Hatteras. This last-mentioned exploit mny bo part of a set plnn of destroying Important navigation sig nals In order to hamper shipping. Tho doings of tho U-bonts, however, no longer cause the allies extreme anx iety, for It Is evident they nre on the decline. Addressing the house of commons, Premier Lloyd Georgo said 150 submnrlnes had been sunk by the British navy, nnd the British admir alty, announces tho output of merchant ships by tho nllics and neutral nations for the three months ending Juno 30 exceeded the losses from nil causes by 290,090 gross tons. The American yards nro now turning out vessels with extraordinary rapidity. Tho launch ing of the first one from the great gov ernment ynrd at Hog lslnnd was at tended by President nnd Mrs. Wilson. te Our wnr department's nrmy program was partly revealed to the senate com mittee on military affairs by General March, chief of staff, when he ap peared before It to urge all possible haste in passing the bill extending the draft age limits to eighteen nnd forty flvo yenrs. Concisely stated, the pro gram Is as follows: Ninety-eight divisions 8.020,000 men to make up troops obtained un der existing law. Eighty divisions 3,200;000 men to bo sent to France. Eighteen divisions 720,000 men to be held In reserve in tho United Stntes while additional recruits nre being trained. An nrmy when completed of 5,000, 000 men, minimum strength. Troop movement to Franco at the rate of 250,000 men n month until cold weuther sets in, mennlng over 1,000,000 more men abroad before the first of tho ycar.- An expeditionary force of almost 2, 500,000 men in France by Jnnuary 1. General March told the committee the United Stntes can end the war by getting 4,000,000 trained troops, fully equipped, Into France, and he lntlmnt ed thnt Marshal Foch Is only await ing the arrival of the Americans in full strength to hurl the entire united military strength of the allies at the Huns on tho western front. This tre mendous blow, he Intimated, wns due to fall next spring. The chief of staff said he did not believe It would be necessary to send the clghteen-yenr-old class to the firing line, but that the government wants these young men trained and in readiness. He said It would bo satisfactory If the bill were passed Immediately after congress re sumes tho transaction of business on August 20. Some of the senators be lieved quicker action would be ndvls- able. Chairman Dent of the house mil itary affairs committee, clinging to tho anil m ante-war Ideas that always lur e .miniated bis actions, shows no desire to have the bill considered by his committee In time for early pas sage. It was stated that the sensible members of the committee, hended by Representative Knhn, probably would have to take charge of the measure. Why tho small-minded Dent is not ousted from his chnlrmnnshlp of this most Important committee remains one of tho mysteries. Other men connect ed with the administration and the government, who were pacifists and small nrmy and navy advocates, have seen the error of their ways long since nnd aro doing everything In their power to help win the war, but no such light Illuminates the dense mind of Dent. )B The house ways and menns commit tee is still busy with the next revenue measure. Secretary of the Treasury MeAdoo has Informed Chnlrman Kltch In that he Is strongly In favor of a flat war prollts tax of 80 per cent, which he believes would render unnecessary any Increase In the existing excess profits tax rate, and would nlso bo found the only way to reach real war profiteering. The committee has agreed upon a section that would call on the president to pay n tax of '4.- 000 as his part of the country's flnun chil wnr burden and under which tho Supreme court Justices, all federal Judges and nil stato officers would be taxed. "Thero Is a great sentiment nil over the country," said Mr. Kltchln, "that no one should be exempted from taxation." In which Mr. Kltchln speaks the exact truth. The federal trade commission hns recommended that tho government take control of nil the prlnclpnl stock yards, cold-storage plants nnd ware houses nnd of refrigerator and cattle cars, lu order to destroy tjie monopoly which It declnrcs Is exercised by Swift & Co., Armour & Co., Morris fc Co., Wll son & Co., Inc., nnd the Cuduhy Pack ing company. Tho commission ac cuses these concerns of Illegally nnd oppressively controlling nnd mnnlpu Intlng the meat nnd other food supplies of the tuition, and of profiteering. TIE TO HIT Mi U. S. MUST PUT FORTH GREAT EST EFFORT,, SAYS MARCH. PIGARDY BATTLE CONTINUES French Capture Montldler, Thousands-- of Prisoners and Hundreds of Big Guns Taken By the Allies. Wnshlngtfon, D. C, Aug. 12. "Thlsi the tlmo for the createst efforts: ts keep tho enemy running." General March, chief of stuff, thus- Bummnrlzed nt a conferenco with nowspnper men Saturday tho situa tion In France. Standing beforo tha great military mnps nt tho war de partment thnt show Just where tlio German Is being beaten bnck, ho pointed out that tho creat battle front was rapidly being straightened out from Rhclms to tho sea. They hnvo not yet." ho said, "trot- ton back to the original Hlndenburg llno whero tho German began his' ad vances this year. Wo still have some territory to gnln, so when statements ppcar to lndlcnte the war Is over at this point discourage It. "This Is tho time for the urentest effort; keep the enemy running. Thnt is tlio reason the United Stntes Is be ing called upon for Increased man power, thnt Is tha reason we want the ngo limits for the draft both lowered nnd raised to get more men. "It Is no time to talk nbout the wnr being over. It Is the tlmo to hit hard. Tho great advantage of the whole thing hns been the change of tho al lies from the defensive to tho of fensive, which Is n creat military ns. set. Wo have the enemy guessing now Instead of guessing ourselves." Allies Capture 36,000 Prisoners. London, August 13. German pris oners tnken by British, French nnd Americans In the new PIcnrdv drive, which opened suddenly late Instwwk, totalled more than 30,000 up to Sun day night, nnd 500 guns were cap tured. The total enemy casualties nro estimated nt from 50,000 to 00. 000. while the allied casualties are helleved to have been not more than 0,000 to 7,500. Hundreds of vlllnges have been reconquered by the allies. Montdidier, nt the tip of the Ger man snllent In PIcnrdy, wns taken by the French first nrmy August 10. Tn the three dnys of engagements that culmlnnred In tho taking of the city, the French took 8,000 prisoners. Their captures nlso included 200 guns and nn enormous amount of mnterlnl. The allied forces nre continuing their victorious ndvnnce all along the line, pushing In tho general direction of the upper reaches of the Solfcme. The smoke of largo fires continues to be seen far behind tiro enemy's lines nnd the movement of long trans port columns eastward Is considered evidence thnt It Is the Intention of tha enemy ultimately to retreat to new lines of defense. Week's Casualties 4,916. Washington, D. C, Aug. 13. Cas ualties In tho army and mnrlne corp overseas during the past week aggre gated 4,010 and the total since Amer ican troops landed In France to 20,112. Most of tho casualties for the week represented losses In tho fighting on tho Marne-AIsne front. In tho 20,112 casualties, total deaths, including 291 lost nt sen, men killed In action, dead of wounds, dis ease, accidents and other causes, numbered 7,710 soldiers, 0,883; ma rines, 833. The wounOed nggegateil 10,874 soldiers, 0,048; marines, 1,820.. nnd the missing, including prisoners. 1,522 soldiers, 1,431 ; mnrlnes, ninety one. Sub Sinks Harmless Vessels. Nuntucket, Mass., Aug. 13. Nine fishing schooners were sunk off George's Bnnk Sunday by n German submarine, a naval scout boat, which put In here, reported. The scout boat picked up word of the raid from the auxiliary flshlinr schooner Helen Murley, which had rescued four survivors and was tak ing them to port. J George's Banks are sixty miles off lliis Island. Badge for War Workers. Washington, D. C, Aug. 13. Amer ican war workers after September 1 will wear disc shaped, badges slightly larger than a quarter, with a red. white and blue ennmeled bar attach ed. The Department of Labor an nounced that the design for the war industries budgo had been completed by Joo Davidson of New York and that the first of the medals wonld he ready for award on time. French Territory Regained. With tho American Army on the 'Vesle, Aug. 13. In their offeiuslvo since July 18 the allies have regf.ined approximately 1,500 square kilo meters.. More than 200 villages atid towns, Including Solssons, Chateau Thierry and Flsmes, nro again In the hands of the allies. Tho front has been shortened by forty-three kilo meters (nbout thlrty-threo miles). Ac c rt''n tn' 'iifopnntloii In possession of French and Americans, th Uer-'nn- ill!' nj. the retreat used four more 0 V p 'ban 'ii'inplat!
