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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH rtATTK. NEBRASKA. 3 CZECHS DEFEAT THE B0LSHEV1KI Take Town of Berchnieudinsck and Win Victory Over Enemy. ALLIES RETIRE ON USSURI Entente Forces Outnumbered by "Reds" in Battle North of Vladl vostok Jap Troops Aid In Retirement Xondon, Aug. 20. Lord Robert Ce a, British undersecretary for foreign juffalrs, announced thut reports had been received in London Unit the Bzccho-Slovnk forces in Transbaikalia had captured the town of Berchnou Oinsck, south of Lake Baikal, and had jathlcvcd a decided victory against the jbolshevik forces. Tokyo, Aug. 20. Japanese troops jure advancing beyond Ntkolsk, the i'jrnr olllce nnnouueid. The Jnpancse jofliclnl statement also said that Lieu .sraani uenenu utnni, commander oi Ihc nllled forces In eastern Siberia, will jiiinand also the Czecho-Slovnk droops 'operating there and the nntl- ?tolshevik forces in the mncitlme prov nces of Siberia. Nikolsk Is an important railroad Sanction CO miles north of Vladivo stok. London, Aug. 20. Allied troops on She Ussurl river from north of Vladivo stok, outnumbered by the enemy, have bern forced to withdraw after heavy fighting, says a dispatch to the Dally Mail from Harbltu British and French troops were en pged in the battle, but the brunt of She fighting fell on the Cossack and jOeccho-Slovnk troops. Japanese milts Sided hi the retirement. Bolshevik monitors operating on Lake Ilnngka are harassing the allied left and have detalnell additional 'ttecch forces. Commands are being given the bolshevlkl In German. , The Ussuri river forms the eastern j!oun(lnry of Manchuria. ' Busslan Bed gunrds, after the cap ture of Simbirsk, on the Volga, accord ing to a Moscow dispatch to tlio Unra Jburg Nnchrlchten, publicly hanged in (iho market place 300 Czecho-Slovuk prisoners. The hangings, it Is declared, were a reprisal for "atrocities" com mitted In the town during Its occupa tion by the Czechs. General Petapoff, commander in -thief of the Red guard army in the Murmansk region, Is a prisoner in the Jmnds of tho allies, says a Petrograd dispatch to tho Weser Zcltung of iBremen. Ho was caught by peasants while attempting to ilee southward and handed over to the British. THREE U. S. SHIPS SUNK American Vessels Destroyed In For eign Waters by German - Submarines. Washington, Aug. 20. Sinking of three American vessels in foreign wa fers by German submarines was an nounced by the navy department. The steamship Lake Edon, an army char tered cargo transport, was sunk Au gust 21; the U. S. S. West Bridge, 8. S00 tons, August 10, nnd the U. S. S. Cubore, 7,300 tons, August 15. Six teen of the crew of the Lake Edon are missing, 30 having been accounted for. (Three men were reported lost In tho pinking of the West Bridge. There .-was no loss of life among the crew of the- Cubore. Tho West Bridge and Cuboro were homeward bound. RAID FIVE GERMAN CITIES 'British Flyers Attack Frankfort, Co logne and Other Centers Good Results .Observed. London, Aug. 20. Five Important towns in Germany nnd live hostile air dromes were heavily bombarded by British aerial squadrons on tho night td August 21-22, according to an olll 'dal statement issued by the British air ministry. Military objectives nt STnnkfort and Cologne, the statement .adds, were heavily attacked nnd good results were observed. REP. H. A. COOPER INJURED Congressman From Wisconsin Hurt In Accident While on way to na gerton to Make Speech. Jinesville, Wis., Aug. 20. Congress man Henry Allen Cooper suffered a severe sprain of his neck when thrown rom a taxi, as lie was driving to Ktlgerton to deliver a speech on Fri day, lie was removed to the Mercy hospital and taken to his home In Ra cine late in the afternoon. Uruguay Minister Sees Lansing. Washington, Aug. 20. Formal calls were exchanged between Dr. Ualtasar Brum, foreign minister of Uruguay, who arrived nrlved here Thursday ut the liend of a special mission as tho guest trf the nation, and Secretary Lansing. Argentina Seizes Meat Buenos Aires, Aug. 20. The munic ipal authorities of Buenos Aires have taken over tho supervision of the salo of meat to the public. Tills step was rdered by President Irlgoycn In an effort to combat high prices. ON HIS RUSS RIOTERS SLAIN SCORES OF PERSONS KILLED IN PETROGRAD STREETS. Marchers Cry "Down With the Ger mans!" Martial Law Is Proclaimed. London, Aug. 22. Hundreds of per sons were killed nnd wounded In a ver ltnblo battle between Lettish guards and rioters during disorders in Petro grad, according to an Amsterdam dis patch to tho Exchange Telegraph com- pnny. The dispatch, which quotes Petro grad advices by way of Berlin, says that after the city had been without food for two days a procession of work men marched through tho streets shout ing, "Down with the Germans I Down with tho Kremlin I" Tho bnttlo between the rioters and the Lettish guards occurred before tho Smolny Institute. Martial law was proclaimed In Petrograd the same eve ning. Japanese troops have landed at Nlk olalevsk to protect allied citizens there, according to an offlchil dispatch re ceived from Tien Tsln. REVENUE BILL IS READY House Ways and Means Committee Decides on Compromise of Mc Adoo and Kltchln Plans. Washington, Aug. 23. Tho drafting of the $8,000,000,000 revenue bill was practically completed on Wednesdny when tho house ways and means com mittee tentatively adopted a schedulo of excess profits taxes which Is a com promise between the Kltchln nnd Mc Adoo taxation plans. Tho committee adopted tho McAdoo suggestion of an 80 per cent war profits tax, with a flat 10 per cent exemption. Tho war profits tax probably will bo levied on profits In excess of the average for the three years of 1011-12-13. Tho excess profits schedulo adopted allows a single deduction of 8 per cent. On profits of 8 to 15 per cent a tax of 35 per cent will bo levied and on profits of from 15 to 20 per cent tho tax will be GO per cent On profits above 20 per cent tho tax will be 70 per ceHt. , Tho war profits and excess profits taxes were mado alternative, with power given to tho treasury to levy whichever in nny given case will bring tho larger returns. Tho schedulo Is only tentative, but it Is expected that It will he approved and Incorporated Into tho bill which will be reported out. CHICAGO POLICE CHIEF DIES Herman F. Schuettler Succumbs at Hospital After a Long Illness. Chicago, Aug. 21. Herman F. Schuettler, Chicago's chief of police, died Thursday night at Alexlan Broth ers' hospital after a prolonged Illness, during which he rallied and relapsed many times. Chief Schuettler had been ill for a number of months and was on extended leave of absence. lie re turned to Chicago two months ngo from Florida, where he had been In a vnln attempt to regain health. Chief Schuettler, Chicago's most famous po liceman, was born July 14, 1601. Asks $2,500,000,000 Credit. Paris. Aug. 20. Louis Kootz, mln Ister of finance, submitted a proposal for n mllltnrv credit amountlnir to S2.. 500,000,000 at a cabinet meeting. This Is to meet the expenditures or th fourth quarter of 1018. Ship Workers Ask $1 Hour. Washington, Aug. 20. Skilled work ers In the shipbuilding Industry of tho country have presented "friendly de mands" to the labor adjustment board of the shipping board for Increase In wages to $1 an hour. UPPERS U. S. STEAMER SUNK MONTANAN TORPEDOED BY U BOAT; 5 OF CREW KILLED. Steam Trawler Seized by Huno and Used as Raider Off Ameri can Coast. Washington, Aug. 23. The Ameri can steamer Montanan of 0,050 tons gross, was torpedoed and sunk In for eign waters August 10 with the prob able loss of three members of tho civilian crew and two members of the naval armed guard, tho navy depart ment announced on Wednesday. Eighty-one survivors were landed. Tho Montannn was in tho service of the quartermaster's department of the nrmy nnd was used as a supply ship. "The nnvy department is informed mcnt follows: "Tho navy department Is Informed that tho steamship Montannn wns tor pedoed and sunk In foreign wnters on August 10. Eighty-one survivors were landed. Five men aro reported miss ing three members of the civilian crow nnd two of the nnval armed guard David W. Johnson, coxswain, nnd Chester C. ElUridge, seamnn. Tho names of tho throe civilians wcro not given In the dispatch received. "The Montanan was an American cargo ship of (5,500 gross tons." A Canadian Atlantic Port, Aug. 23. Tho stenm trawler Triumph, fitted with two guns nnd wireless and manned by 10 Germans from the U-bont which captured It Tuesday, Is raining the llshing banks off the Novn Scotia coast. AIRSHIP REPORT IMPERSONAL Officials Accused by Senate Body of Delay In Equipping the United States Army. Washington, Aug. 24. The long awaited report of the sennte military subcommittee invcstlimtlnir nlmrnft production wns submitted on Thursdny witn a scathing nrralgnment of dolnys In the early days of the war, a review of Improved conditions nnd recom mendations for tho crentlon of a new separate department of nvlatlon with a cabinet officer nt its head. Disclaiming wholesale condemnation of tho nlrcraft program, tho subcom mittee praised much that has been ac complished and predicted: "Wo aro approaching n period when qunntlty production of planes soon mny be hoped for." Tho report Is Im personal and says all questions of dis honesty or olllclal corruption are left to tho department of Justice Inquiry, conducted by Charles E. Hughes. Tho original $010,000,000 appropri ated by congress for aviation In July, 1017, says the report, has been ex hausted and "practically wasted" with $884,000,000 more found necessary. FRANCE BOOSTS ATHLETICS French Order Baseball for Soldiers Johnny Evers to Instruct Them. Paris, Aug. 22. The French war ministry has ordered baseball Included as a part of tho general army training believing athletics a great aid to tln average soldier and baseball particu larly helpful In hand-grenade practice. France to England, Thirty Minutes. London, Aug. 20. A largo British i ulrphine carrying nine passengers has ' mnde tho trip from Franco to England, j Tho Journey from nn airdrome In Franco to one In England occupied half an hour. i Senate Aircraft Quiz Off, Wushlngton, Aug. 20. No further Investigation of the airplane situation Is to he made by tho senate nt this flme, Chairman Fletcher of the mili tary subcommittee nnnounced on Friday. 80LSHEVIKI AT WAR WITH U. S. Vice Consul Lowers Flag Over Consulate at Pe trograd. MORE U. S. TROOPS LANDED Thlrty-Flrst Regiment of Regular Arrives at Vladivostok Two Ally Councils Created for Russia. Washington, Aug. 21. Because the bolshevik government declared a stnte of war exists between Hussla and tho United States. Vice Consul Imbiio has lowered tho United States flag over the consulate ut Petrograd, closed the con sulate and placed the -affairs of the United States In charge of tho Nor wegian government. Americans In Pe trograd, of whom there are approxi mately 20, have been warned to leave the country by tho vice consul. Their houses wcro searched, ono of them is under arrest and one Is hiding. The Thirty-first regiment of regulars has arrived at Vladivostok from Ma nila. Secretary Baker announced. To co-ordinate tip efforts of tho al lies and the United States In Russia an ofllclal dispatch from Fiance says It has been decided to create two In ternational councils, one at Archangel, Including the entente ambassadors un der the presidency of Ambassador Francis of tho United States, the oth er at Vladivostok, to ho composed of five high officials. On the Vladivostok council Great Britain will be repre sented by Sir Chaiies.Ellot, France by Eugene Rcgnnult. former ambassador tn Jnpnn, and Japan by M. Matsudlra. It was said at the state department that an American representative had not been mimed. GREAT BATTLE FOR CHICAGO Air, Sea and Land Defenses Will Be Portrayed at the War Exposition. Chlcngo, Aug. 22. What would hap pen If Chicago were to be simultane ously attacked from air, sea and on land will bo vividly portrayed at tho United -States government wnr expo sition In Grnnt vjnrk September 2 to 15. Alrcndy en routo via tho air is a lleet of ten American and threo Brft- Ish battle planes, which are making n tour of the mlddlo Western states and will terminate their flight at Chi cago for tho exposition. According to plans just set afoot a largo dirigible balloon will fly to Chi cago from an Eastern city with crew and nrmamcnt. Plans previously announced cover a battery of Americans 75 s with real shells and artillerymen to handle them. TWO "SUBS" SUNK OFF U. S. One Rammed by American Ship, Other Hit by Tanker Twenty-Sixth Shot Goes Home. Wnshlncton. Anc. 22. Tho nnvy do pnrtment nnnounced that the captain of an American stennier had reported that his vessel rammed and probably sank n suhmnrlno about !) :30 p. m. on Saturday, August 17, near Winter Quarter Shonl off tho northern vir elnln const. The captain stated the sub marine was struck on Its port bow, bringing It alongside. The stennier is i now In nort with u badly damaged i bow. Tho captain thinks ho sank tho , submnrlne. ! An Atlantic Port. Aug. 22. A 400 foot enemy submarine wns sunk off the Atlantic coast by tho gun crew of a British tanker, according to nn om cer of tho tanker. Tho tanker's twen ty-slxth shot endpd the battle. MINNESOTA GALE KILLS 34 One Hundred Hurt and 20 Missing When Tornado Wipes Out Busi ness Section of Tyler. Tyler. Minn.. Aug. 24. Thirty-four dead, 20 missing and 100 Injured is tho toll here of a tornado which swept this town and southeastern Minnesota Wednesdny. Tho tornado tore through ! the heart of the town, sparing one 1 bulldlnc. n moving picture theater, in which 200 persons wero sheltered. Elchteen persons wore In n restaurant when the walls collapsed. Sixteen were killed and the other two were seriously Injured. In addition to tho business places. 40 residences, the hos pltal, electric light plant and other buildings were destroyed. Destruction of the electric light Plant and the city water works, with the first hhncks of the Miirm. plunged the city In dark ness. Army Officer Ends Life. Portsmouth. X. H.. Aug. 24. Col George T. Ilittersnn. U. S. A., coin tmmdlng officer of the Portsmouth hnrhor military pot. committed sul ride hero bv shooting. A nervous breakdown caused his act. Miners to Ask Increase. (('.... 1. 1,.,, ,r. A,i "I I'riiHlilpnt , lliMIIUHl,'l, ..,. ' ' " HnyoH of tho United Mine Workers, ' ami two representatives from ench ! ..iininH itufst mrif twHulmuirtnrfl in ! formulate demands, It Is understood, i ior a uui wngi; inert-urn:. NEWS OF NEBRASKA Items oi Interest Gathered From Many Points During tho months of July nnd Au gust n total of 11,234,010 poifhds of sugar was used In this stato for all purposes. One hundred and fifty acres of al falfa land near Arnold sold recently for $125 por .acre. A record price for Custer county land. Gerlng's new $75,000 high school building will bo practically completed when school starts, and is to bo ono of tlio finest structures of tho kind in western Nebraska, Antloi.ii, Nebraska's fastest growing city, Is to have a Community club. The building will have all tho con veniences that go to mako up a mod ern community meeting place. Bralmird experienced ouo of tho most destructive fires in Its history Just recently, live frame buildings being consumed. The excellent water works system only provented a much greater loss. Producers are to keep producing, rnlroads are to bo operated and dt pendents are to be cared for, accord ing to new instructions to draft boards over the state In regard to th-t classification of registrants for war service. As an outcomes of tho conviction of 100 I. W. W. leaders at Chlcngo, 21 members of tho ordor now confined In the Douglas county Jail will faco tho grand Jury at Omaha on charges of Inning attempted to Interfere with tho nation's war program. Owing to tho fact that referendum petitions Involving tho measure tem porarily suspended It, Nebraska wom en wero unnhlo to vote at the recent primaries. Women of the state will not bo able to take advantage of tin; partial suffrage law enacted by the 1017 legislature until tho case Is set tled In the courts. Attention of all persons who send mnll to tho hoys in Franco Is called to the fact that letters should not bo addressed with the abbreviation A. E. F., as It ta apt to becomo confused with tho Australian Expeditionary Force. Tho word "American" must be spelled out In full in writing Am- erlcnn Expeditionary Forces, If delays are to ho avoided. Cost of supplies nt factories nnd from Jobbers, shortngo of help nnd small profits have put eighty grocers out of business nt Omnha during tho past three months. According to J. J, Cameron, secretary of tho Grocers' and JJutchors' association of the city, mnny moro nre expecting to quit bus iness. That, prosperity prevails among far mers of western Nebraska Is attested by a letter received by Mayor Smlili of Omaha from K. L. Pierce of Hem mlngford in which nn offer Is made In behalf of citizens of tho community to send a carload of potatoes to the metropolis for distribution among the poor, Tho letter states that, "as wo have no poor of our own, wo wish to send a carload of spuds to Omaha for your needy poor," Over fiO.OOO moro men will register under tho now man power net in Ne braska than registered under tho so lectlve draft law passed at the out break of tho war, which fixed tho draft ages from 21 to 31. The new man power law provides for" tho regis tratlon of all men from 18 to 43 yenrs of ago. Estimates lndlcnto that approximately 177,000 Nebraska men will register under tho now act. Orders received at the Nebraska headquarters of tho co-operating pub lie employment bureau at Omaha stato that Nebraska within the next few weeks or a month must furnish 8,180 men for essential war work In the ship yards, railroads, munition factories and other war activities. Tho order Is presumed to refer to the Nebraska quo ta of tho 1,000,000 moro men for wnr industries which the government wants nt once. State Director Kleffner says it is possible that the bureau will have to step into tho mercantile establish ments throughout the state and take men considered engaged In non-essen tlal employment nnd send them on to the government work. "It Is likely that wo will get authority to draft theso men for the war Industries through the lncrenso in the draft," he said. A large service board at Odell Gage county, contains tho names of fifty men of tho vicinity who have Joined Undo Sam's fighting forces Tho board, which Is used instead of n llag. was dedicated Just the other day. The new community house being built at Seottsbluff for the benefit of employees of the sugar factory and their families, will have every mod ern convenience. It will he completed In time for the opening of the cam palgn in October. Nebraska's gain In county agents during tin past year surpasses all other agricultural states In tho union Figures show that SO of tho state's 03 counties have county agricultural agents, and 40 of the 03 have women agents to work with tho farm women of the counties. Work Is progressing satisfactorily on Banner county's oil well, and drillers aro much encouraged by piercing a limestone formation. No oil bus been struck yet, however, but It Is believed the precious fluid will be found. f A thlrty-flvo ncro farm near Dun bar, Otoe county, was sold the othr day for 9300 por ncrt. Sugar cards nrc now being used ta Washington county nnd every person Is limited to two pounds n month. Tho corn crop In Washington, un ly lms been severely damaged by tlio, hoi, dry weather of tho past few weeks. Boot sugar factories 6f western Ne braska aro expected to begin their fall campaign this your about October first. Jefferson county's whent crop this year averaged 21.5 bushels to tho aero, measuring up to tlio ten-year av erage. Both houses of congress have pass ed n bill appropriating $40,000 for tho Greeks who suffered In tho South Omnha riots in 1009. The Peru Normal has been recog nised by the Wnr department as a jchool In which a student nrmy train ing corps will bo Incorporated. Tho prlco of alfalfa hay at tho South Omahn stock yards lias ad vanced to $40 a ton, or two cents n pound. Prairie hay Is soiling nt $35 a ton. .Out of 12.3S5 soldiers entitled to vote In the, recent Nebraska primary and to whom ballots wcro sent, but 1,031 returned the votes to the stnto election commission. ' Memorial services were held nt Plattsmnuth for Edwnrd C. Ripple, the first soldier from the city to bo killed with tho oversens nrmy. lie wns kill ed, In notion July 28. It Is estimated that approximately 2,000 Nebraska youths who have be come 21 years of ago since Juno 5 eglstered last Saturday for military service. Dr. L. B. Pllshury, superintendent of the stnto hospital for insane nt Lincoln, has tendered his resignation to tho hoard of control and will ac cept work tn tho nrmy mcdlcnl corps. Goriunntown, a vlllngo of 275 per sons. In Seward county, Is raising pe titions to change Its nnmo to Gnlliind, In honor of Private Ray Galland, tho first citizen there to dlo In service abroad. In the opinion of Lnnd Commission er Shuniwny tho proposed tax on transportation of potash Jn the rcve nuo bill now hoforo congress is n blow to the potash Industry of west ern Nebraska. Tho government has selected tho Crelgltton university nt Omnha for mlJItnry educational training. Five hundred studonts nt tho collego will nke the course, which will be under the direct supervision of nrmy officers. Tho food administration has ruled that ungraded potatoes will not be al lowed on Nebraska markets. Potntoos must bo graded boforo shipment In 'No. 1 nnd No. 2 qualities. "Field run" potatoes will no longer bo allowed. Grover Cleveland Aloxandor of St. Pnul, pnjmlor pitcher oC tho National baseball league, has arrived safely overseas, according to reports. Ho was a draftco and trained nt Camp Funston with other Nebraska boys. Unprecedented demand for safety razor blades for use In nrmy camps and oversens hns created a shortage 1 in lids commodity to such nn extent that dealers over tho stato say It is almost Impossible to keep a supply on hnnd. Nebraska farmers so far have re sponded to tho limit to every request of Uncle Snm, and they wlil not re fuse his latest request, which calls upon them to sow 3,702,000 acres of Nebraska land in winter wheat this fall. A Indies mllltnry company hns been organized, at Norfplk, with 30 mem bers. The' girls nrc to wear togula- tlon uniforms nnd nro to undergo reg ular Infantry drills. Tho compnny plnns to learn how to shoot rifles nnd bo ready for op emergency. Lieutenant Manderson Lehr of Al bion, probably tho state's only repre sentative In tho famous French flying corps, "tho Lnfayctto Escadrllle, Is re ported to have mot death In Franco July 15. Tho dead aviator was a nephew of tho lato General Mander son. Ills father Is county clork of Boono county. x Captnln C. E. Adams of Omnhu, 71, elected head of tho Grand Army of tho Republic at Portland, Ore., Is ono of the best known business men In Nebraska, having been In business In this stute for forty years. For years he was In tho hanking business nt Su perior. Ho served during the civil wnr with a regiment of artillery from Wisconsin. Bentrlco Council No 70, United Commercial Travelers, has received a beautiful silk flag for winning the stato membership contest. In winning tho llag Beatrice council Increased Its membership over 25 per cent. Colum bus was second with 10 per cent. Nervousness caused by overwork Is believed to havo caused Colonel G. T. Patterson of North Platte to take his own life, lie committed sulcldo nt Portsmouth, N, II., where ho was com innndlng olllccr of that mllltnry post. Ho wns well known In this state. A delegation of South Omaha stock men wero In Washington recently urg- ' lug Director General McAdoo to Inter vene In behalf of aiding tho shipment of thousands of cattle from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and other southern states to the long grass country in Nebraska. It Is believed the request will be granted. A total of 40,000 of Nebraska's young men nro now In Untie Sam's servlco, or one for every thlrty-ono of the state's population. No stato In tho union has mnde a better showing; It Is hell '