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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1918)
THH 8EMIAVEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NKBRA8KA. 1 CLEAR CUNARD LINE SENATE VOTE8 UNANIMOU8LY FOR THE DILL Time Is Comlno When Germany Mutt Pay for the Greatest of Mod ern Crimes NOW IN JOINT CONFERENCE Work or Fight Clause Written In By the Senate Is Approved By 40 to 29 Now York. Tho Cunard steamship company cannot bo hold liable for loss of llfo and property In tho torpedoing of tho Lusltanla by a German nubma- rlno, according to a decision handed down In tho admiralty branch of tho United States district court by Judgo Julius Mayer. "Tho cause of tho sinking of the Lu sltanla waa tho Illegal acb of tho im- porial German governmont, acting through Jtfl Instrument, tho submarlno commander," declared Judgo Mayer, who held tho fault thereof must be Washington. Tho man-powor bill bringing within tho army draft all mon from eighteen to forty-five years old laid upon thoso who aro responsible has passed tho senato with a modified for tho sinking of tho vessel in tho lc work-or-flght clauso. All efforts to gal as well as moral sense." In dlsmtss- chango tho ago limits or to direct sop- ing suits against tho Cunard line, ag rate classification of youths under grcgarlng nearly $4,000,000, brought by twenty-one failed and tho measure now relatives of persons who drowned on goes to tho conforonco between tho tho Lusltanla on May 7, 1915, Judge houso and sonato with no difference for Mayer assorted that "it Is not to be serious controversy except tho work- doubted that tho United States oi or-flght provision. Tho senato was America and her allies will woll re recorded unanimously for tho bill, member tho rights of thoso affected Sonator Goro, who cast tho only nega- by tho sinking of tho Lusltanla; and tlvo voto on tho roll call, withdrew it when tho time Bhall come will sco tc and was excused from voting. Thoro it that reparation Bhall bo mado foi wero Bovcnty-flvo alllrmativo votes. ono of tho most IndefcnBlblo acts ol Tho work-or-flght amendment writ- modern times." ton uy tho sonato military commltteo juuv0 Mayor dismissed tho claim WttB approved by a VOtO Of 40 to 29 thai Min fiiinnnl linn WAR ncirllccnt with an nmondinont providing that it witn tno conclusion that tho captain shall not apply to strikers who return nn,i members of the crew took ovory HAVE MOTOR CORPS AIR-CRAFT FAILURLo WAR DEPARTMENT CREATES A8 SEPARATE UNIT IT. More Than Three Thousand . Pilots Are Waltlny for Machines aine. Washington. America's aircraft program callB for 350 complete squad rons of planes, and the man part of TO SPEED TROOP MOVEMENT the PrEram already Is ahead of sched ule wun d.uuu pnois iraineu. inis in formation. Kiven hv Malar Konlv. Includes All Equipment of the Varloua Lhlef of tho division of military aero- Corps Except Tanks and Cat- I untitles, and many other facts hitherto erplllar Tractors hed secret, were disclosed when the ncunic military cuiuuiuim uiuuu (juuiil- testlmony taken behind closed doors NEWS OF NEBRASKA Hems of Interest Gathered From Many Points During the monthB of July and Au gust a total of 11,234,040 pounds of sugar was used in this state for all purposes. Both houses of congress havo passed nation's war program u mil uppruprjuiuiB iw.uuu lor WO 1 H. !, hair,- Cost of supplies at factories jaid from Jobbers, shortage of help and small profits havo put eighty grocers out of business at Omaha during Uio past three months. According to J. J. Cameron, secretary of the Grocers' and Butchers' association of tho city, many more aro expecting to quit business. As an outcome of tho conviction of 100 I. W. W. 'eaders at Chicago, 21 members of thi order now confined la tho Douglas county Jail will faco tho grand Jury at Omaha on charges of having attempted to lntorforo with the 1 . ........ -mt.. .tni. i 1 n A n Washlnirton. In-nrenaratlon for tho during rnrce monthB of Investigating LmninVp, nf tho aucar factory and noro rapid movement of troops and by tho aviation sub committee. Gen- Ono hundred and fifty acres of al- theIr families, will havo ovory modern. lupplies of tho American expedition- urui commuiuo mere iuim uuur irnuiu boih rcconciy- convenience. It will bo completed- iry forccfl, tho war department has are uuw inincen American airptano ior aizu per acre, a recora prico mado a Bweoplng change In organlza- squaarons oi H6 macnines now in tion by creating a motor transport Franco, whereas there should bo 175 corps, taking over complete control squaarons. of all motor vehicles in tho army, from William C. Potter, assistant director bicycles to motor trucks. This service of airplane production, said General which has herotoforo been a part of Pershing had called for 25,000 planes tho quartermaster corps, has grown by July 1, 1919, and had been told It to such proportions that it has boon was hoped fro dolivor 18,000 to 20,000. 'found necessary to establish it an a This mould meet replacement demands scparatd corps and its further rapid of squadrons In the Hold. expansion is pianneu. General Kcnly and other olilccrs in Tho French and British armies long fact all of tho witnesses apparently ago adopted tho plan of putting their gavo their statements with what Sen cntiro motor cquipmont under a singlo ator Reed characterized at ono stagn head and oxporienco in handling forces as "brutal frankness," all being oxam for Custer county land. Tho Peru Normal has been recog- mzou Dy we war uepartment as a school In which a student army train ing corps will bo incorporated. Tho price of alfalfa hay at tho South Omaha stock yards has ad- vanceu to ?4U a ion, or two cents a pound. Pralrlo bay is selling at $35 a ton. Nebraska's gam in county agents during the past year surpasses all other agricultural states in tho union. Figures show that 80 of the state's 93 counties havo county agricultural in Franco has demonstrated tho nccos- Jned secretly and apparently without agents, and 40 of tho 93 havo women Blty of similar action on tho part of considering tho possibility of tho pub- tho United Statos. All cquipmont and Hcity now given. Personal criticisms personnel in tho various corps, with wero voiced with freedom. to work and submit their demands to precaution Justified by the then known tho oxcbptlon of tanks and caterpillar General Kcnly and other officers iuu wur moor ooaru. i no iosi camo fnct3( t,0th beforo and after tho ves on a motion by Sonator McKollar of BOj wa8 torpedoed. agents to work with tho farm women of tho counties. Tho York County Commercial club In time for tho oponing or tno cam paign in October. Producers aro to keep producing railroads aro to bo operated and de pendents aro to bo cared for, accord ing to now Instructions to draft boards over tho Btato in regard to the classification of registrants for wr service. Work is progressing satisfactorily ... 1 1 it on Banner couniy b ou wuu, mi drillers nre much encouraged or nlorcinc a limestone formation. No oil has been struck yet, however, but it is believed the precious fluid will be found. John L. Kennedy, stato fuel admin istrator for Nebraska, Bays pooplo of this state need havo no fear ot belnc nut on a fuel ration. A recent Denver Tcnncsnoo to striko out tho clause after tho modification proposed by 8cnator Cummins of Iowa, had been adoptod 78 to 0. VlgorouB Bupport for tho "work-or- Judgo Mayer declared that proof brought out in this Investigation, which covered a year, 1b conclusive that tho Lusltanla was not and novel had bcon armed and that on tho voy- SSiS, on which she was on. did not carry Polndoxtor of Washington, who said, "so-callod labor loaders" opposing tho explosives. Ho held that tho emer gency cquipmont measured fully up to tractors, is transferred to tho now confirmed reDorts that General Porsh. corps, wincn is Doing organizou ay ing stopped manufacture of Spad ma- oionoi uunries u. uraice. ivunuiaiiy chinos last vear and recently hail his command will consist of approx- criticised several of tho DoHavIland's imatoly MOO olilccrs and 200,000 men. models forwarded, Among tho many advantages sought by tho creation of tho motor transport Expect Invasion of Rhine corps is mo inoro poneci Bianuarui- London. Tho German population zauun oi equipment, roBiiiuiig in along tho Rhino expect an allied in- greater omcioncy or amors anu parts, vasion. in tho onlnion of a Dutch wo- is making an effort to have a section report stating that such measuroa may of tho Lincoln highway pass through bo resorted to, have no foundation, he tho county and tho city of York, if a said. change- is mado in tho routo of the A lnPlje service board at OdalL thoroughfaro west of Omaha. A reso- rjnIffi mtintv. contains tho names ot lution has been sont to tho highway flfty mon ot mo vicinity who hat association at Detroit, Mich. hnlnml TJnclo Sam's fighting forces- Word has reached tho Nebraska The board, which is used instead ot headquarters of tho Y. W. C. A. at a flag, was dedicated Just tho other Omaha that tho big war fund drive, day. ifl.ifttl i, f , ,, I ., . . I lyJllijr uiiuijjuiuub uiumbu.uu iu,,j u. w I I VUOIUJ1, 111 IUU UJJllllUU UL U UUICU Wth .nZLn P . ?. rnaratlmo requlromonts and declared The problems in supplying parts and man who has Just roturncd to Amstor- nntnimi C Z 1 , , . iat whilo thoro was consldorablo con- Pi"10," Bt. ' mi4ortty .5 w?r.1f,ng fusion on tho liner after sho was tor- mon do not sook any special prlvilego or exemption under tho draft law and rsont tho activity of union leaders. making repairs will bo greatly sim plified. Another Mexican Outbreak Nogalos. Ono American officer foil fighting in tho streots, ono civilian wan killed, another offlcor seriously wound- ea ana botweon ton and twonty Amori pedoed, tho officers and tho greater part of tho crow "acted with that mat ter ot fact courago and fidelity to duty which is traditional with tho men of tho BOO." dam from a small villago near Bonn on the Rhine. In a statement sho said: "Tho Impression gathered from what Push Battleship Program i saw and heard in Gormany was ono Washington.- With its destroyer of real despair. Tho German retiro- program progressing favorably tho ment In the west is making tho worst navy department is concentrating its possible Impression. Tho idea that Cut Auto Production Washington. Manufacturers ot paB. L8 i?"d Ur,n ? Bk,r.m,BhJhavo agreed with tho war industries November 11 to 19, will bo for the Y. W. C. A., the War Camp Com munity Service and tho American Li brary Association. The united bodies plan to raise $133,500,000 in all states. A delegation of South Omaha stock mon wore in Washington recently urg ing Director General McAdoo to inter vene in behalf of aiding tho shipment of thousands ot cattlo from Toxas, Nebraska farmers so far have re sponded to the limit to ovory requert ot Uncle Sam and thoy will not re fuso his latest request, which calls upon them to sow 3,762,000 acres ea Nebraska land 4n winter whoat this fall. Tho government has selected ti Crelghton university at Omana tor intiifnrv pciiicntional training, kit Oklahoma, Kansas and other southern nundrod students at tho college wilt states to the long grass country In tako tho course, which will bq under Nebraska. It is believed tho request , nimnt. nnnnrvUlnn nf armv officers. i - Tho food administration has ruled will bo granted Owing to tho fact that referendum petitions involving the measure, tern porarlly suspended it, Nebraska worn en were unablo to voto at tho recent efforts on the three-year battleship German soil is to remain inviolate has program, calling for sixteen capital disappeared completely. Many fam ships to combat Germany's submarine Hies are preparing to leave for central warfare. Material Is being fabricated Germany. The ravages of allied air- frit- thn aYilna Qllna nrsi Itrfctnr I rm ft nrn RlmnlV tnrr1l Wlinn vmi wnicn iook pjaco nlong International boar(1 to jlnjlt prodUctIon during tho constructed at tho Philadelphia and read 'There was some material dam- iivonuo hotweon American troopB and laf)t olx months of 1018 to 25 per cent Now York ntvy yards to permit bat- age,' it means that whole .streets wero Mexicans in Nogalos, Sonora. Approx- oI tho tota! production In 1917. To tloship construction. Provisions havo torn up, with a heavy casualty list to "natoiy iiltoon Amorlcans wore wound- permit this production tho board gavo boon mado to begin construction ot completo tho picture." Tho Germans ea including Lieut. Col. Frederick II. ,. .in . , un nnntni at.inn n, n...i xrn..trn nm fnwifvinn- nitina v. ,. ... , , - UUIIUU IUUL 11 Will UAIUI1U JJIU1U1U1111U1 J-nj,"'" DUllo Ul wilwiu, "'H'""' - " ' wv.no uiuiib ,i ,,. . i., ...111 " . J ": nJ0 Wm" Bh thr0Ueh ,th0 treatment for obtaining of material News, Now York Shipbuilding company Meuso river in Belgium. Tho Germans J'J1" "Ltn Ti potatoes will no longer -f.,,bUiuConi,nH0ln.c?mandon necessary to "match up" tho stock on and tho Foro River yards. Realization aro digging extensive trenches bo- nb al to !.I ! " Brainard experienced S;B-?rn ok1,edI,ln,,nct,,0n'T.Th0 Ply ot Bteol on hand after completing S wm .J?1 n0d,d0 U0Ut.' tho permitted construction, according S ol -La UB Wttfl BQty wounl- to tho terms ot tho agreement, will bo ni nn a.?.vwrt to turn over Uio surplus to , w. uu.uiuHu oprniKB, . nhor nlants. Thn nirroomnnt means tho cutting of nutomobllo production during tho last half of tho present year at IcaBt GO per cent that tho dolay in battleship building tween DInant and Glvot. Glvet Is program threatens tho rolatWo posl- ninety miles directly east ot Bau- tlon ot tho United States in naval paumc. strength ot nations has not been jr., and Llout S. Lockwood. Nocalos Tho fighting followed offortB of a Mox lean custom official to smugglo a countrymau Into tho United Statos. an American sentry attempted to BtoD him. Two Moxlcann flrod at thn nnn. No Concessions to Spain London. Gorman nowspapors say forced suddonly on tho navy depart-. ment. It has boon known from tho first that tho British, German, French and Japanoso navios havo boon In. creasing their number of capital ships, whilo tho United States has marked time. Iry across tho street, striking him in L, on" w , , nWBnaPrB, tho rlnht arm. Ti,n iir . t ,i tho situation botweon Spain and Ger by American nmrnu n... many Is critical, but that Qormany can tans had n.niinrt fmn, n..i... t...n.i. niako no concessions with rogard to tags and started shooting across tho .?"a? Si uno rrom linlilml 1itill,iln ...t ...n v.uu imuuowuu, "" uubi --" wuiiuiut,!! uiiu lvuiin, mo uring uocanio gonoral. Railroads Show a Deficit Washington. Owing largely to big back payments of wago increases the railroadB undor federal control in Juno reached an aggregate deficit of $58,. 1 9G9.000 in railway operating income as compared with positive earnings of $98,909,000 in Juno, 1917. This reduced tho total operating incomo for tho six months of government oporation nlng ot a conflict which may nffect tho position of both Mexico and Argontlna. "Tho complaints ot Spain mean an admission In favor of tho ontento pow ers," sayB this nowspapor, "and Spain's Flour Restrictions Relaxed Washington. Unlvorsal war bread jor all nationB arrayed a,galnst tho con- tnr'oat mcana a Btop away from tho irai powors, la provided for in now ,. nnrr.nv ,inoi n H,n Qn.n. roguiations announced by Food Ad- iHh pooplo. Tho Spanish note must bo placed on fcaturos that tend to devel- H.uu.t.uiu. x ouvor unuor wnicn wnoat considered by tho Qorman pooplo as op bettor citizens uuui iu.ii.suuM n i unucu mates an unfriendly act.'-' Tho Lokal Anzoi "u;u,7uu unu u ni8 Evon uroaa Bor Bays that Spain must acknowledge kuw..Uft . low wueui man uioy uavo Uio conditions which compelled Gor u hidku un oariy uays or tno war. muny to resort to submarlno warfare. uu ruBuiuwuuB aro onoctivo tioptcra ber 1. WhoatlosB days and whoatloss meals will bo discontinued then. All broad mado after Soptombor 1 for tho Miles will bo mado ot mixed flour coa State Fnlr Will Bo Patriotic Lincoln. Tho Soml-Contonnlal Stato Fair. September 1 to G. has based Its ending with Juno to 5173,194,000 as program upon a dosiro to bo ot serv- compared with $458,203,000 in tho cor- lco to tho Kovornmont. It will preach rcsponumg period or last year. and teach incrensed- food production Thoso figures compiled by tho In and conservation of available stores an torstato commerce commission show Jt novor has beforo. It will also show that tho government has lost about that ungraded potatoes will not be al lowed on Nebraska markets. Potatoes must bo graded beforo shipment la No. 1 and No. 2 qualities. "Field mar be allowed. nnn nf IfrA ... ... ,.i nriLiiuiiu i.Auuin.uwi.u w. J8.,aW. ?.nacl0 DZ !" most destructive fires in its histr rZInr,. Just recently, five frame buildings ti tled in tho courts. H . . nniint wafr- I 1 II IT CUllDUlUUUi X A-lJ uams-i4uu Captain C. E. Adams of Omaha, 71, wnrk SVBtem only prevented a mack. .. i . , 1 . rt . . . I ' .I. . i 1. 1. . .1 . i i - i 1 1 - v mo itujiuuiic ui x-uruuuu, uru,, is uuu of tho best known business mon in Nebraska, having beon in business In this stato for forty years. For years ho was in tho banking business at Su perior. Ho served during the civil war with a regiment ot artillery from Wisconsin Attention or all persons who send mall to tho boys in Franco is called to tho fact that letters should not ho addressed with tho abbreviation A. B F as it is apt to become confused with tho Australian Expeditionary Forco. W. E. Gowen ot North Loup wm Internally injured and his son Geors suffered a broken collar bono and frac tured ribs when a Santa Fo train. Btruck their automobile near Castle Rock, Colo. Gormantown, a villago ot 275 per sons In Soward county, is raisins pe titions to change Its name to Gallantf. in honor of Prlvato Ray Galland, the. first citizen there to die In servw abroad. Rov. John J. Jennette, for twenty-Ex Tho word "American" must years chaplain at St. Josoph'B hospital. H novor naB ueioro, it win aiso snow mui kuvuihiuuui " uuuui ,,, f . - . ,. . Q nmilm is dead Ho was a pioneer a largo exhibit prepared by tho gov- $290,000 ,000 in operation of .d. pd ff ?riS iifi iiuS oTSie cr n.nmnnt " nliu (l.r. nnnn n I flllrlncT fllO first BIV TTintlttlH tlllH Vnr. I Li.pv.liHUUttl J '"'""l 1L 1 .... . . , 1 I """""" lu t" v'u i".i" -- - -- tn i. of the state anu enaurea mauy Not Enemies of Russia a bettor understanding ot now tho war Is being fought. Stress Is being Urges Men to Unite Now York. S. J. Kononknmp, presl dont of tho commercial tolographors' union, In an address beforo sovoral hundred tolcgraph and tolophono opcr mi, wf Im t,. ,....ia. rw are 10 uo nvoiuuu. MAnM n...ni KrnA.inno na 1 nvnr hi) (Mil mnrn mfn will rfiiriHtftr I ported by about three-fourths of tho under tho new man power act In No- In tho opinion ot Land Commissioner nk i ttioonnn. hritnlm thnii rnefHtfirfiil nnilnr thft so- SllUmway tho proposed tax On trE3- 000. Without this added expeuso tho loctlvo draft law passed at tho out- portation of potash in tho revenue btu ,i i t.. r,o.i break of tho war. whicn. llxed tho now ueioro congrosa 10 u uiu $74 084 000 draft ages from 21 to 31. Tho new potash industry ot western Nebraska, man power jaw proviues ior me regis-1 Gage county is entirely ireo iron. tration of all mon from 18 to 45 bonded indebtedness, having but re- years of ago. Estimates indicate that I cently closed all outstanding chums Distilling Plant Burned Owensboro, Ky. Firo at tho plant approximatoly 177,000 Nebraska men against tho courthouse and Jail, wlfh mont issued by tho allied governments I . 1. .. .. I . T I .. .1. lalnlng 80 por cont whoat and 20 nor , , ,h V f u .'lu", .r""1!- ...I"6 Lenino and Trotsky that Great BrR- lf . UUU illU V l,U MiUIVO Ambassador Pa0e Resigns ,iiMnrv ..ctinn. H,n .n.Mmt n.i. Washington. Waltor Illnos I'oko ot I do.d. wuu nlmed nt thn nxiuil.tlnn r.f thn Qardon City, N, Y ambassador ot tho Onrmann from ltimHlrm tnn-ltorv nmi United States to Groat Britain, bo- tho suppression by forco of armB of thq snuoo oi in noaun, nns suuraittod his Brost-Litovsk treaty. roBiicnaiion 10 rreaiaont Wilson who pas accopiou it. Tho fact that tho res- Col. George Hnrvey Indicted ,..v.u.. u uuvuihvu uucaino Wl PnRf,. C.rA. Gnnrirn Ilnrvnv mil. Archangel. An otllclal announce- ator8 nb Arlington hall, urged 'all to of tho Grocn River Distilling company Lvll, r0Blster undor the now act unito in a strong organization so that hro destroyed tho ontlro plant, 43,000 tho possible return of tho telegraph and tolonhono wires to nrlvntn control - I. . t ,.Ann,stnn .1 at tho end of tho war may not find the aiono was vo,uuu Ul - ,u'uuu UI,U barrels of whisky and ontailed a loss well in excess of $3,000,000. The wills- advance regulations covering the rog' Istratlon which will tako nlaco when known unofficially after tho news that U.'..TM,: .5" .. o man-powor bill with Its now ago v uu uuuii vuuuuiuu uuu cuihu in a named as ono of tho defnndnntx In nn I " -""-"-," """" ptxvuvuit fttvtkt muuuuiii aUlUUDOaUUI I InillnlinAnt Try nrlmlnn 1 1 1 nl nawnn.1 Pare i has boon tho ropresontutlvo of Dy the grand Jury of Socorro county. iaa uniiuu oittlOO ni UIO court or HI. Tho indictment wnn hnfln.l nn n lrN,r which was published in tho August number ot tho magazine- and which, it in alleged, Incorrectly ropresuntod conditions In New Moxlco. tho loss to tho United States govern ment In taxes 1b approximatoly 6,750, 000. Tho blazo started in a pilo ot trash alongside tho distillery. Tho firo was spectacular in tho extreme tho flamos mounting hundreds of foot in thn nir. Kvorv few minutes a blaz Washington-Copies ot unofficial lnB barrei of wh,8ky driven upward ""J UeTnoor" Ivanco rcKUliitlons covorlm: tho roc- k thi. n.nin.inn nf ii.nv i1n-rnia wm.i.) 'our neeu poor. riso to a great height and then fall. employes "holploss to protect the rights which thoy havo acquired and tho rlghtB which thoy still oxpoct to acquire." Prepare for Registration That prosperity prevails among far mers of western Nebraska Is attested by a lotter received by Mayor Smith ot Omaha from K. L. Pierco ot Hem- a $970 balance in the latter lund Antloch, Nebraska's fastest growtnir city, 1b to havo a Community clou. Tho building will havo all the con veniences that go to mako up a iad- mlngford in which an offer is mado In orn community meeting place. behalf ot citizens of the community to Bend a carload of potatoes to the metropolis for distribution among tho poor. Tho letter states that, "as wo havo no poor ot our own, wo wish to send a carload ot spuds to Omaha tor fames since April 21, 1913. Boforo bis appolntmont ho was editor ot tho World's Work local draft officials by tho provost marshal general. Noarly thirty print ed pagos Incorporate the details ot the process by which 13,000,000 mon will bo enrolled. In tho main tho regula- lions are similar to provlous rules. Hearing on Revenue Dill Washington. Hearing on tho now war rovomio bill 1b arranged for. All Bombs Fall Upon Karlsruhe A m at nwl n m A rnlnirvnm fKnm If hhI,. Industries will bo askod to appoint rhuo to Ul0 Frankfllrt ZoltunR 8ay8 that ton British airmen bombed Knrls- Most of tho bombs foil In tho opon country resulting In considerable damage to prlvato dwellings In ono representative spokesmen to avoid duplication ot ovidonco prosontod, but ruulJ ny ouu ucHinng 10 uo on nana win bo invited to attend. Conclusion ot tho sonato committee hearings with Ing a wook is hoped for, but it nocos sary thoy will bo prolonged to ten flays placo. Nino persons woro killed and six Injured. Flvo of tho attacking air planes, according to tho telegram, woro destroyed. Knights of Columbus Emblem New York. Thousands of porsons gathered at Conoy Island for tho open ing ot tho weok festival arranged by tho Knights ot Columbus for tho bone- (It ot their war camp activities fund sheered whon Prosldont Wilson from bis desk nt tho Whlto Houbo touched i button which Illuminated tho Island. K servica Hug which was unfurled ihowed that 128,967 Knights had Join td tho colors. Veteran of 74 Wins Race Portland. Colonel J. L. Smith ot Detroit, Mich., seventy-four years old votoran, hero for tho oncampmont ot tho Grand Army of tho Ropubllc, ran flvo miles In thirty-six minutes and four seconds, defeating two veterans who ran a rohiy of a quarter of a mllo each against him, and also distancing several boy scouts who took up tho raco where Colonel Smith's maturo competitors loft off. Killed By An Explosion Buenos Aires. Tho American steamer Grays Harbor, 659 tons, has bcon destroyed as tho rosuit or a holler oxnloslon. Two of tho crow were killed; tho othors woro saved. Ordors received at tho Nebraska headquarters of tho co-operating pub lic employment bureau at Omaha state that Nebraska within the next tow weeks or a month must furnish 8,180 mon for essontial war work In tho ship yards, railroads, munition factories and other war activities. Tho order is prosumed to refor to the Nobraska quota ot tho 1,000,000 more mon tor war industries which tho government wants at once. Stato Director Klcffuor says it is posslblo that the bureau will havo to stop into tho mercantllo estab lishments throughout the stato and tako men considered engaged In non- Goring's now $75,000 high sefcaol building will be practically completed, when school starts, anil Is to be ono of tho finest structures ot the kind fa western Nebraska. Omaha is in lino for one ot the chain. ot trans-continental aviation landiat fields to be established by tbo govesn- mont, is tho opinion or Omaha Aero club officers. It Is estimated that approximately 2,000. Nebraska youthB who have fee- como 21 years of ago slnco June; K roglstorcd last Saturday for military service. A municipal lco plant is a rexIUy In Omaha. Tho product will retail fur thirty cents a hundrod, against fitty cents charged by tho independent com pany. A prospective customer dropped a cigarette stub into a gasoline leak at Turns Dawn Plea of I. W. W. Chicago. Fodoral Judgo Laodls Dragging Jews Into Prison Amsterdam. Jews for Bomo time A Chain of Landing Fields Washlngton.i A chain ot landing Explosion on a Transport Now York. Seven mon wero killed essential employment and send them a Pllgor garago, causing a firo whlcla on to the government work. "It la dostroyod tho building and contents likely that wo will get authority to In an automobllo accident near Al- draft thoso mon for tho war Industries blon, Doll Roberts, age 19, was kltlefi through the increase in tho draft," and John Kautaraan and Laverne Cly- ho said. ton wero seriously Injured. Tho stock movement from the sand Percy Vlnnlng of Beatrlco has re hills, tho short grass country and the cently bcon wounded for tho second: mountain range country northwest, is tlmo while fighting In France. Ho wai now on and the Burlington railroad Is first wounded last March. overruled a motion for an arrest ot paat havo bcon rounded up in various nolt,a for tbo accommodation ot air and a number injured uy mi nursling tnxed tQ hnndlo tho moVomeht. ColumbuB now has a new firo st parts ot Hungary. StrootB aro barrl- PtB 1b being stoaOlly built across tho of a steam pipe on un American Tuoro Beoms to Do no great scarcity tlon with two paid firemen on duty cadod and Jowb aro dragged to prison, continent. In a tow statos thoy al- transport lying at a qock noro. iour- Qt carfJ or motiv0 power, but tho busl. day and night. Two auto trucks art Thoso measuros especially woro dl- ready await tho flyors at intervals of toon coal passors In tho auxiliary coal n088 j B0 heavy that tho capacity ot part of tho equipment. roctod against tho Jows In Gollcla from 100 mlloH. When comnietmi Oman room wore so badly scalded that whon ho railroad 1b taxed. Tho company has in tho vicinity ot Table Rock fuu whom largo sums ot monoy were takon well.mnrkml. Bnfn inndincn win i.n t rAucuors mado their way to tho room beon doing Improvement work on Its farms, totaling 480 acres, won re- lin n rn1nl inY nffrY whlMl tlmo I . ... I a I .ll4-. H.I mnviw mnn V,ntn. 1 41.. 1.1 n nnnwninii tt . . . . . .... i w Hrwva ' xia iwuj nuiu i nit iMmia 1 1 ui wn no i nttirn nA a i iUaii iimin i nnn 'inn imfiBTinn. nnn i vvvnniiiiir iiihli icl. uiiu iuuuj uictt iiuvu i f t 1 1 1 1 v huili iui uii nhhtuhiuu IMIal TIItnanBifftSMHAwn nnn. C I . - MM WalUfcO Ainu HUiUI lUllnO III U in II1I1T IV UIU UMIVll w w i J - --r - I " - .. '..!" . 0"":.,oou'u e8corta to tho frontier. Premier transcontinental Mocornotlvo on.Tlnnra Lf the lamest and most popular ot boon shipped there, who work a few $58,000. mil lur muru Liiuii u wuuk. worn urni... u ti.mni..i ,n 1. . i . u . w. - - i . . . . i . .. . . . ill ----- "i"i jupiujf mu moiia. Dr hnrhora am in mnrlnnrH nnRi,i- hn nnrmnn Hnors beforo It was taken days and tnon leave. inuBu men uuu jenerson couniy s wiioni crup in Judgraout lu tho caso of 100 I. W. W. leaders recently convicted ot conspl racy to lntorforo with tho govern stent's conduct of tho war and xoHorv d his decision on a motion for a now trial, Tho priaonors, who havo ti Jail for moro than a wook, hrnueht lutn dm rnnr rnnin iiniuiriirrrt,i Dr naruors aro io marinorB. uusidos tho uormnn liners ooioru ii wu utKon oujn uuu iuu .. juucnun wu . .,..u..v x..r ..... ta Sli 11 ior Satl and frimd! Ur do,c4,orl1nK th, ho haa s,von oil and gaa tho majority ot tho Holds over by tho government, has beon In to tho burden ot transportation and year averaged 21.5 bushels to tb Df iKdetondant. ? ! ,mpo8,t,on1 "f " 8,lec,a, "lit supply to tho pilots shelter and the harbor for some time undergoing, also fail to assist It in getting needed acre, measuring up tho ton-year avr ondant8' moBtly woruon' woro tax on Gallc lan Jowb and tholr oxpul- limited machine shon facliltlos. ,.nnlr8. : work done. aw. repairs. admitted. I slon from tho country. ....