THE BGMLWFFKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PUATTE. NEBRASKA.
ULGAR1A A
AN ARMISTICE
French Chief Refuses Request as
British Capture Strum
nitza. RUSE SUSPECTED BY ALIUS
Premier Sends Envoys to Discuss Peace
Terms, but Entente Armies Con
tinue Drive 10,000 Prison
era Taken.
London, Sept- SO. The British forces
lon tlie Macedonian front lutvo cap
'turcd the Bulgarian city of Struuiultzn.
' Announcement of the capture was
ofliclally made here.
The text of the statement reads:
"t "British troops, preceded by yco
imnnry, entered Strunmltzn while An-,glo-Greck
troops stormed the heights
,of the Beluschnltzu mountains north
jot Lake Dolran. Tho British have
Jlakon mure than 30 guns and much am
munition." foreign Secretnry Balfour and An
drew Bonar Law, tho chancellor of the
exchequer, have gone for a conference
with Premier Lloyd George regarding
'Bulgaria's quest for an armistice.
Washington, Sept. 30. Military men
here say the capture of thu Bulgarian
city of Strumnitzu by allied forces on
the Macedonian front breaks the
strongest Unit lu thu Bulgarian defense-
and leaves no serious obstacle to
the allied mutch Into the country.
Paris, Sept. 30. Gen. Francis Do Es
pcrey, commanding tho allied armies
in Macedonia, has telegraphed the
French government that n high Bulgar
ian ollicer has presented himself In bc
hnlf of General Torodow, commanding
the Bulgarian army, asking suspension
of arms for 48 hours to penult the ar
rival of two authorized delegates from
Iho Bulgarian government.
The minister of llnaucc, Llaptcheff,
and General Loukoff, commanding tl.e
Bulgarian second army, arc on their
way to the French headquarters with
the assent of King Ferdinand to ar
range the conditions of tho armistice
and eventually the terms of peace.
The French commander reports that
the Bulgarian request reached him
through an intermediary, the general
commanding tho British army In tho
oust, forming a part of tho allied com
mand. General D'Esper;oy's reply
therefore asked tho Bulgarian dele
gates to present themselves to the Brit
ish lines.
General D'Esperey says that as the
Bulgarian request might be a military
ruse to allow the regrouping of forces
and the arrival of rc-enforcements, ho
raado n reply declining to grant an
armistice but promising to receive
duly qualified government delegates.
Tho allied troops In Macedonia havo
captured more than 10,000 prisoners,
says a statement from the French war
office. More than 1200 guns also hnve
hecn taken.
The text of the French commander's
reply to a letter brought by the Bul
garian officer read :
"My response, that I send through
the Bulgarian officer bearing the letter
In question, cannot be, by reason of
the military situation, other than the
following:
"I can accord neither an armistice
nor a suspension of hostilities tending
to Interrupt the operations In course.
On tho other hand, I will receive witii
all tho courtesy the delegates, duly
qualified, of the royal Bulgarian gov
ernment, to which your excellency al
ludes In the letter. These delegates
to present themselves lu tho British
lines, accompanied by a parllatuen
talrc. "FRANCLIET D'ESPEREY."
Tho hope that there will be no ques
tion of peace with the central powers
until they have been brought to ndmlt
their guilt was expressed by Nikola
Pachltch, tho Serbian premier. Ho
voiced this hope after having pointed
out that the allied successes on all tho
"battlefields had opened up a prospect
of the end of a struggle that had been
Imposed upon tho world by the Ger
manic powers.
Premier Pachltch said ho was glad
l hat the great allied powers had pro
claimed their sympathies with the lib
eration of tho Czecho-Slovaks and the
Poles.
London, Sept. 2S. Premier Mallnoff
of Bulgaria has made au offer of an
armistice to tho allies, according to a
Berlin messnge transmitted by the Ex
change Telegraph correspondent at Co
penhagen. The message stales that
tho premier's offer was made without
the support of other members of the
-ablnet or of King Ferdinand.
According to statements from Sofia
ay way of Jassy, It is added, n counter
movement against 'the action of tho
premier has already been set on foot.
(This would seem to indicate that a
revolution Is In progross lu Bulgaria.)
Russ Plan Efficient Army.
Vladivostok, Sept. 30. If given tho
mpport of three divisions of allied
:roop"s, General Galda, commander of
:he Caecho-Slovak forces, said he
ould hold tho bolshevik nnnles on np
jroxlmntcly the present line.
Weapons Made by Million.
Washington, Sopt. '30. According to
Announcement made by ordnance de
partment 140,322 machine guns, 2,437.
207 rifles and 221,801 pistols have been
produced since thu entrance of the
United States Into tho war.
(YTADOO OPENS DRIVE
$0,000,000,000
IS SIZE OF THE NEW
LOAN.
Secretary Says We Can't Lick Kaiser
Unless We Back Up Pershing
and Our Boys.
Now York, Sept. 2G. Six billion dol
lars Is the minimum amount which Un
people of the United States nre asked
to subscribe for the fourth Liberty
loan, according to an announcement by
William G. McAdoo, secretary of tho
treasury, In an- address here on Tues
day night outlining the government's
plan for the campaign, which starts
next Saturday.
Tho loan, which will bear 4 per
cent interest, will run for 20 years, ma
turing October 15, 193S, unless tho gov
ernment should exercise Its reserved
right to redeem the bonds on or after
October 15. 1033.
Asserting that, without tho vast
sum "wo cannot lick tho kaiser," Mr.
McAdoo made a special appeal for the
subscriptions of corporations and
wealthy Individuals, as returns from'
the third Liberty loan Indicated that
wealthy corporations and persons of
lnrge means had not responded "com
mensurntely with their abilities to
help."
Ho pointed out that of the 18,000,000
Americans who subscribed for tho last
loan, only 22,500 Including corpora'
tlons, bought bonds In excess of $10,
000,
"It would bo preposterous," he said,
"to say that there are only 22,500 men,
women and corporations In America
able to lend more than $10,000 each to
their government In Liberty bonds."
Applauded by a crowd which filled
Carnegie hall, Mr. McAdoo said, In
part:
"No man can shirk his duty without
Incurring tho Just reprehension of pub
lie opinion. The acid test will be ap
plied and the shirker, whether from
military service or in tho field of lnbor
or In tho ranks of tho wenlthy, will be
unable to withstand the finger of scorn
which will be unerringly pointed at
him."
U. S. FLYER SINKS U-BOAT
Ensign J. F. Carson Engages In Fierce
Battle With "Sub" Uses Ma
chine Gun and Bombs.
London, Sept. 27. Tho first case In
which It Is known that a submarine
fought hack when nttnoked by a sea
plane resulted In tho probable destruc
tion of tho submersible by an Amerl
can aviator, Reserve Ensign J. F. Car
son, It was announced by the admiral
ty. With shrapnel from the elevated
forward gun of the submarine burst-:
lug around his seaplane, Ensign Car
son maneuvered until hu was able to
pour machine gun fire Into tho crew
felling two of them and driving the
others Inside. The submarine sub
merged, anil as it was diving two
bombs wero dropped on It. Within a
few minutes I lie bow of the U-boat ap
peared on the surface and remained
visible about four minutes. Moro
bombs were dropped on It and It is be
lieved tho undersea craft wns either
badly damaged "or destroyed. Ensign
Carson's machine, with two others,
was on patrol when tho submarine was
Righted on tho surface.
Oversubscribe Securities.
Washington, Sept. 28. Tho sixth hi
weekly Issue of certificate of Indebt
edness In untlolpntlou of the fourth
Liberty loans was oversubscribed by
$25,210,000, making total subscriptions
$025,210,000.
Huns Fire on Deserters.
London, Sept. 28. German troops
arc continually firing on Bulgarians
who desert from tho buttle line, It was
ofliclally announced by tho Serbian
war office In the.communlquo received
here.
WILSON IS ASSAILED
IIUN CHANCELLOR SCORES U. S.
FOR "WAR FURY."
sys Allies Scorn Peace and Claims
Germany Will Discuss Views
of President.
London, Sept. 27. Tho addresses
which were delivered by Count von
Ilertllng, the Imperial chancellor, and
the others of the Germnn chiefs In the
main 'committee of tho reichstag on
Tuesday are shown by further details,
given In dispatches by way of Amster
dam, to- have been put forward with
two purposes further baltinc of the
peace trap for the allies and enmou
Hugo to deceive the German people re
garding tho war situation.
Tho address of the chancellor wns
largely a bitter attack on President
Wilson, whom lie called the "head of
the American Imperialists." He said
thnt Germany had mudo repeated of
fers of peace, but that the allies had
refused to consider them, and that
Germany would not submit to "the en
emy's war of conquest and destruc
tion."
"The wildest war fury Is nt present
raging In tho United States," said tho
chancellor. "Tho people are intoxi
cated with tho Idea that America must
bring tho blessings of modern liberal
kultur (?) to the cnslnved people of
central Europe, while at tho same ttmo
they are rejoicing at the many mil
lions of dollars which tho .war arma
ments are causing to How Into the
pockets of tho business men."
IOWA REGIMENT HARD HIT
163th Infantry Loses 1,400 Men
Eight Days' Fighting on Lor
raine Front.
in
Dos Moines, la., Sept. 28. During
the eight days' fighting ending August
3, the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth
infantry, Iowa's unit In the Rainbow
division, "lost 1,400 officers and men,
or about 00 per cent or tno cnectlvc
comimiant strengtn," according to uoi.
t i t ij. 1 1 .. . 1 rm. i.. i
yj. . neuiieu, us uuiiiiiimmui. una hi-
formation is contained In n letter to
I-afayclto loung, sr. '.i.lio regiment
went Into rest camp August 3 and at
the time the Totter was written, Au
gust 22, Colonel Bennett expected the
regiment to "rest and train about three
or four weeks longer." Fighting In the
Baccarat sector of, tho Lorraine front,
the iowans participated In n 12-mlle
advance, tho colonel declared, and "as
usual, the regiment behaved splendid
ly." "Numberless Instances of per
sonnl braver" could be stated, In
added. BRITISH WIN TWO TURK PORTS
Gen. Allenby's Cavalry Occupies Haifa
and Acre Prisoners Total More
Than 25,000.
London, Sept. 20. British cavaln
pushing up tho Mediterranean coast f
Palestine, have occupied Haifa ami
Acre, it is ofliclally announced. Al
lied troops have readied Es-Sult, 1"'
miles northwest of Amman. The total
number of Turks taken prisoner will
exceed Inrgely the 25,000 already r
ported. General Allenby's romurkabl'
success in Palestine was achieved
ugnlnst a total enemy strength of 100,
000 Turks, according to unollielul tli
patches reaching London.
Alleged Hun Spy Arrested,
Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 80. Alleged by
federal agents to he tho directing head
of Gemuin espionage and propaganda
work In western Pennsylvania, Charles
F. Banning, reputed millionaire, was
arrested nt the Duquesno club-
American Gets Eighth Plane.
With tho American Army In I'ntnct ,
Sept. 30. Eddie Rlckenbnckor shot
down his eighth enemy plane north of
Verdun. Rlckenbncker's propeller was
riddled with bullets and ho was barely
able to land safely in a field.
INFLUENZA STOPS
NEW DRAFT CALL
Orders for Entrapment of Reg
istrants Between October 7
and 1 1 Canceled.
6,139 MEW CASES IN CAMPS
Massachusetts Reports 60,000 Cases of
Spanish Influenza Health Com
missioner Appeals to U. S.
Officials for Aid.
Washington, Sept. 2S. Because of
epidemics of Spanish Influenza In
army camps. Provost Marshal General
Oimvder on ..Thursday canceled calls
foi life entrnlnment between October
7 ! ml n or 112,000 draft registrants.
I firing tho 21 hours ending at noon
Thursday, 0,130 new cases of Inllu
on a in nnny camps hud been reported
to the otllce of the surgeon general of
th" army. One hundred and seventy
di.ulis. resulting chiefly from pneu
monia following Inlluonxa, and 723 new
ca.-os of pneumonia also were re
ported. Boston, Soph 28. There are fully
50.000 cases of Influenza In Massachu
setts. In tho Judgment of Bernard W.
Carey, epidemiologist for tho state de
partment of health.
The number of new cases during the
21 hour period ending at noon Thurs
day. Mr. Carey said, was 2,143.
DiJiths reported for tho same period
were 70. These figures, however, did
not Include this city, where 50 deaths
from Influenza wero reported.
The alarming reports from many
sections of tho state caused State
Health Commissioner lingerie R. Kol
ley to appeal to federal authorities for
assistance.
All theaters, moving picture shows,
dance halls, "and other unnecessary
places of public assembly, ' In this city
were ordered closed from midnight
Thursday until October 0.
New York. Sept. 28. The spread of
Spanish Influenza In this city shows
no signs of abating. Tho health de
partment received reports of 174 new
cases during the last 24 hours.
Rome, Sept. 2S. Prof. Cltiuri, direc
tor of tho military hospital at Cutronc,
announced that he had discovered and
isolated the bacillus of Spanish Influ
enza. The disease, which was brought
In by repatriated prisoners, Is raging
throughout the country.
BANKERS PLEDGE ALL TO WIN
Convention Is Swept by Patriotic Dem
onstration Messages Exchanged
With President Wilson.
Chicago, Sept. 28. Pledges of tho
nation's Inst dollar and Its last drop
of blood to winning the war wero mado
by the bunkers of America In a great
patriotic demonstration nt tho Audi
torlum theater when the- climax of
the forty-fourth annual convention of
the American Bankers' association was
reached In a session that ran riot with
thrills.
Dlcnlty and conservatism wero for
gotten on tho part of quiet, reserved
men, as the session was made electric
with the spirit of tho war,
Telegrams of felicitation, good will
nnd loyally were exchanged between
President Wilson and the convention
Governor Lowden. Introduced and
cheered as "Illinois' war governor,
, nmd(J ll(1dress and roused tho dele
,,alos to tlll highest pitch of enthu
H,nsm fm. tho unnnl cause, and Pros-
, a , t Charles A. Hinsch of tho nsso
. .
(.lllInll ..,, ii, ..imtial address, a
sncot.j, of at;alcatlon of the whole re-
, Mm.PPS ,. f. iimii,s 0r America to the
war and the unlimited services of the
bankers of America.
REDS END REIGN OF TERROR?
Premier Lenlne Requests Return to
Orderly Methods of Government
Thousands Slaughtered.
Amsterdam. Sent. 28. The Russian
bolshevik government has Issued u do
cree rescinding its reign of terror, ac
cording to the Mir of Moscow. Tin
uuesllon was discussed at a meeting
of the central committee of the sovl
et. the newsnnner says, and when Pre
ruler Lenlne expressed an earnest de
sire to return lo orderly methods of
government a majority of those pros
out supported him.
Washington, Sept". 28. Details o
Russian atrocities dcherlblng scones
of horror almost beyond belief wero
received by the stale department.
The massacre of thousands lu Pe
trogrnd and Moscow by the bolshevik
mobs was reported to the dopartmen
from tho most authoritative sources,
Prisons are tracked so full that tho
unfortunate victims of bolshevik wrath
aro left without care to starve.
Prussian War Chief Quits.
London, Sept. 30. Lieutenant Gen
oral Stein, tho Prussian war minister,
Is reported to have resigned, accord
hit to ndvlco to the Exchange Tele
graph company on Friday from Copcn
hagen.
Nov Turkey Wants to Quit.
Paris, Sept. 30. Rumors aro again
spreading that Turkey will seek a sep
arate peace, says a dispatch from Lau
satine, Switzerland. The public Is ngl
tated following the disaster lu Pales
tine and the retreat In tho Balkuna.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA
Items of Interest Gathered
from Many Points
Clticcnn of Thurston county raised
$1,000 for tho Belgian children rotlef
fund In less than two days.
November 13 to 10 are tho dates set
for the, Nebraska Potato Growers as
sociation convention nt Scottsbluff.
Plans are already In progress nt
Omaha for the State Touchers' asso
ciation convention, November 7 nnd 8.
An effort Is being mado to have the
University Students' Army Training
Camp nt Lincoln named Oatnp Persh
ing. Three. Nebraska boys died of Span
ish Influenza during the past week at
tho naval training station nt Great
Lakes, lllluols.
Fire believed to he of Incandlnry
origin damaged the Holland lumber
ards at Lincoln to tho extant pf
$20,000.
Douglas county's new service ling,
which was unfurled at Omaha Just the
other day, cotrttiiitH 13,070 blue nnd
'0 gold stars. '
About 150 Liberty loan workers met
nt Geneva nnd perfected arrange
ments for raising the district's quota
n one day, October 11.
movement 1b under way among
merchants of South Omaha to ralso n
fund to care for all wounded soldiers
who return to the city from the war.
Eight cents n bushel and board
where elevator Is used, and 0 cents
a bushel and board where corn must
be scooped from the ground is the
maximum price to bo paid for corn
husking in Cedar county this fall.
The complete classified record for
tho big manpower registration In Ne
braska shows that 11,310 youths of
tho age of IS wero enrolled more than
uny yearly class up to the ago of 45.
Plans nre under way In Kcnraoy
county to make a service flag contain
ing a star for each man of the county
In tho service, and n banner showing
n picture of each soldier or snllor and
tho branch In which he Is serving.
State Food Administrator Wattles-
at Omaha, has been ndvlscd thnt tho
government has placed n ban on pow
dered sugar. Tho Idea Is along tho
lino of sugar conservation and retail
ers are prohibited from selling tho
powdered article to householders.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the potash reduction plant of the Na
tional Potash company at Antloch.
The plant comprised two complete
units erected nt n cost of $300,000. The
brilldlng with the exception of tho
brick walls Is a total loss.
Stalo Publicity Director Maupln
says that the $5,000,000 of Nebraska
capital Invested In potash develop
ment In tho western part of tho state
this yenr will produce $20,000,000
worth of potash 00 per cent of the
output In tho United States.
Fire bugs aro believed to havo been
responsible for a fire which destroyed
the Kearney canning factory. The fac
tory and contents valued at $70,000,
were a total loss. Three hundred
thousand cans of corn and tomatoes
wero destroyed, 07 per cent of which
was government property.
Increasing land values accounts for
the big boost In valuation In Nebraska,
nccordlng to figures given by the slate
board of equalization. Although
nearly 400.000 acres of land has boon
added to tho assessment roles, the
land vnluutlons have Increased over
$14,000,000.
Thousands of Nebraska lads be
tween 15 years, 7 months and 18
years of age will register on Novem
her 1 , when the United States Boys'
Working Reserve throughout the on
the country will be enrolled. The
registration In Nebraska will be In
charge of Leonard W. Trester, federal
director for tho state.
Cancellation of tho October draft
call by Iho War department because
of the Spanish Influenza prevailing at
the camps, will release nearly 0.000
Nebraska registrants from Immediate
service. Nebraska's quoin In tho Oc
tober call was 5,015 men, ami tlry
were under orders lo entrain between
October 7 to 11 for Camps Funston
Dodge. Pike nnd Cody. Men who were
summoned to make up this slate's con
tlngent arc now privileged to apply
for Induction Into any branch of thu
service which Is open.
Nebraska's hay yield, it Is estl
muted, will bo nearly five times great
er than that of last yenr. The yield
Is estimated at 44,000,000 tons.
Slate Food Administrator Wattles
is having 3,000.000 home cards print
ed for distribution throughout Ne
braska, carrying a message of rigid
economy In the line of foods without
strict restrictions. A card will be
placed In every home, ho says, so that
Nehraskans may have constant re
minders of the suggestions ol tno rood
administration.
Chas. O. Pollard lufk biased thu
Chadron Chronicle for one year. Mr
Pollard Is h Chadron man and an old
baud In the game.
A movement Is under way to fortn
a consolidated school district In tho
Tlclnlty of Buslmell and to const met
a new $40,000 building.
Oiuuhii raised more money per cap
ita for tho Belgian babies last Satur
day than any city in the United
States. Over $15,000 was contributed
by people of the Nebraska metropolis,
The amount raised lu New York City
vie sv.ooo.
Omnhn bnrbors luvo decided to
raise tho price of shaves to 86 coats
nnd haircuts to 50 cents.
An effort is being mado to secure
n largo number of Indians to help har
vest Box Butto county's mammoth
potato crop.
Tho Kansas City federal rosorvo
district, of which Nebraskn is n part,
is called upon to ralso $200,000,000 lu
tho Fourth Liberty loan drive.
Nebraska's allotment for tho Fourth
Liberty loan has been placed at $70,
373,550. Nearly one-third of which
must ho subscribed lu Douglas county.
Plans wero perfected by tho Ne
braska Women's Christina Temper
mice union at its annual convention
at Fremont to raise $20,000 r war
work.
Analysis of tho casualty lists of tho
American army for the first eighteen,
days of September shows thnt the
names of 140 Nebraska boys appeared
on the honor roll during that period.
School children of Nebraska will tie
called upon to assist In the survey of
cattle and hogs in this state, which
will bo made Oct. 15 under tho direc
tion of the state food administration.
The Liberty Lonn Committee of
Nemaha county has adopted the as
sessincnt method of obtaining sub
scrlptlous from residents during the
progress of the Fourth Llbetty loan
drive.
Nebraska politicians by tho score
are sallying back and forth over tin
state now-a-da,VB, telling the people
why they must all be elected la No
vember If thu war Is to be won. The
state house nt Lincoln is almoHt de
serted. Fred Cleveland of Nebraskn City,
federal food ndjnlnlstrntor for Otuo
county, told State Food Administrator
Wattles at Omaha that the people of
Otoe county have learned the lesson
of obedience to food regulations and
ules and there nre few violations In
his district.
A member of tho state railway com
mission will go to Washington next
week to attend an express rate hear
ing before tho Interstate commerce,
commission in which' n further In
crease In chnrges Is asked by Director
General McAdoo.
The resignation of Maude M. Wil
son us state homo demonstration lend
er and the nppolntment of Emma
Reed Davlsson ns her successor, has
Just been ofliclally announced by Chas.
E. Gunnels, director of the university
of Nebraska college of ngrlculturo ex
tension service.
Nebraska's total registration on-
September 12, under tho provisions of
the now manpower law, was 153,157.
Included In this total nre approxi
mately 1,200 names of men between
the nges of 21 and 31. An Investiga
tion in under way to determine why In
inch Instance these men havo not reg
istered before.
Disking the ground will kill tho
wheat-head army worm which hun
done considerable damngo to spring
wheat and oats in tho shock In Kim
ball, Cheyenne and Deuel countlos,
says the stato entomologist. Tho
worms enter tho ground to winter, ho
snys, and disking will so disturb them
that, many will die.
Tho Nebraska supremo court has Get
October 11, ns tho date for hearing
tho celebrated potaslr- test suit, in
which T. L. Brlggs of Antloch seeks
to enjoin tho Board of Educational
Lands and Funds from executing n
mineral lease on n section of school
land In Sheridan county to anyono
else than himself.
Figures compiled by tho federal
food administration for Ncbrnskw,
show that In September, with tin al
lotment of 4,158,000 pounds of sugar,
NebraRka used 4,113,480 pounds, n sav
ing or 44,520 pounds. These figures
tire exclusive of sugar used for can
ning purposes. Nebraska housewives
used 2,010,100 pounds for canning
fruits and vegetables, an Increase of'
1,337,480 pounds over tho month of
August. (
Judge Welsh of the district court
at Wayne ruled that teachers' conven
tions nt Alliance "tuny not use the
name, funds or membership privileges
of the Nebraska State Teachers' as
sociation" In sustaining the Injunc
thin against tho officers of the asso
ciation. Supt. .7. A. True of McCook,
only witness for the prosecution, em
phuslzod the fuel that tho constitution
required at association meetings the
membership as a whole. Desplto the
Judge's decision the meetings nt
Alliance nnd Ilnsllngs will bo held In
accordance with present plnnR with
the evident result, of a divided rather
than n united association In Nebraska
All records for sheep receipts wero
broken at tho South Omaha stock
market hst Monday, when a total of
07,00 head were received.
Auburn police authorities placed
the proprietors of tho local moving
picture show under arrest for oper
ating on Sunday. An effort will bo
mado "to enforce the stnte's "blue
laws."
Nebraska's methods of publicity for
conserving fuel is to bo adopted by
several states. Oklahoma has alreiuly
decided to uso this stnte'H plans.
According to estimates made by thu
agricultural department nt Washing
ton, Nebraska's corn crop from Au
gust 1 to September 1 dropped from
200,000,000 bushels to Just under 150.
000,000 bushels.
Tho cornerstone of the new Evan
gelical Lutheran hospital nt Falls
City was laid with fitting ceremony.
Tho structure will cost $50,000 when
completed.
After an existence of less than ona
year, the Ravenna Herald suspended
publication. Tho News now has a
clear Held.