THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH rtATTK. NEBRASKA.
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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.
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, 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 '
