THE SEMNWEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. AUSTRIA'S NEW PEACE FEELER Party of Hungarians Arrive in Vienna to Aid the Movement. ASKS HOLLAND TO MEDIATE Vienna Correspondent of the Berlin Tageblatt Says The Hague Al ready Has Sent Out Invlta tlons to the Conference. Amsterdam, Oct. 7. Austrln-llun- Cry 1ms requested Ilollmid to Invito the belligerents to take part In peace negotiations, says the Vienna corre spondent of the Vienna Tngeblatt. The correspondent adds that Holland las sent out the Invitations. A deh'Katton of Hungarian states men, headed by Premier Wekerle, has arrived nt Vienna m connection with a new peace move, according to the Cologne Gazette. The members of the Wekerle pnrty ,wcrc Count Stephen Tlszu and Count Julius Andrnssy, former premiers of .Hungary, nnd Count Albert Apponyl, llio Hungarian minister of Instruction. The German newspapers are devot ing much attention to the political af fairs of Austria and Hungary and say that the formation of n coalition cab- Snot in each country Is contemplated. According to the Weser Zoltung of Bremen, the Austrian ministers have i ticcomo pnnlc-stricken, and are ready to make concessions to the Separatist 3artles. This newspaper says that Huron Von Ilussarek, the Austrian premier, intends to form a coalition ministry and carry out reforms in the direction of federalization whero ho believes federalization will result In Austria Hungary quitting the war and term inating the alliance with Germany, nd lend, In effect, to the dissolution of the dual mannrchy. Telegrams from Vienna report that a great sensation was caused by the speech of the Czech deputy, Stanek, who expounded In the relchstng the Czecho-Slovak program and violently tttacked Germany and Uungnry. The speech created a wild uproar among the Gormhn deputies, who ac cused Stanek of treachery and shame less disloyalty, and the president called tbp offending deputy to order. Paris, Oct. 5. A delegate from the German minority Socialist party, repre senting the central association of Gor man syndicates, an organization sim ilar to the French General Confedera tion of Labor, has arrived in Geneva, according to tho Journal Do Geneve, and is said to bo the bearer of docu ments stating that the German mi nority Socialist party is In favor of the restitution of Alsace-Lorraine to France providing a plebiscite Is first held. 4vS CHIIBREN PIE :j H'tfsJ'l AN J MOTHERS '; J . WARSHIP IS TORPEDOED Tampa, Former Coast Guard Cutter, Sunk in,Bristol Chan nel, September 26. 118 MEN REPORTED MISSING en Officers and 102 Enlisted Men, In Addition to One British Officer and Five Civilian Employ ees, Lost. BEAT SUFFRAGE BILL LACKS TWO VOTES OF TWO THIRDS MAJORITY NEEDED. MANY KILLED IN EXPLOSIONS Shell-Loading Plant Near Perth Am boy, N. J., Wrecked by Series of Great Blasts. Perth Ambny, N. J., Oct. 7. A dozen explosions shnttered tho T. A. Gil lespie shell-loading plant at Morgan, N. J., near here. Two thousand per sons, many of them women, woro at work when tho blast, followed by fire, started. Two ambulance loads of Injured have arrived here nnd tho victims tak en to tho city hospital. They brought with them reports that more than 100 workmen are believed to hnve been killed In tho explosion, ns tho full night shift was at work at the time. U. S. SHIP IS SUNK IN CRASH Forty-One Rescued When Herman Fracch Goes Down in Seven Minutes. Washington, Oct. 7. Sinking of the American steamer Ilermnn Frnsch as a result of collision with the American utenmcr George O. Ilenry, was an nounced by the navy department. Tho Frnsch sank In seven minutes. Forty one survivors have been nccounted for. The collision occurred a few miles out. President Wilson's Appeal in Behalf of Resolution Made No Change in Voting. AVnshtugton, Oct. 3. By a vote of 53 to 31, the senate fulled to give the two-thirds majority necessary to adopt the resolution passed by the house submitting to the states the Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment to tho federal Constitution. President Wilson's appeal in behalf of tho resolution apparently made no change in tho voting, the opposition obtaining every vote It claimed. The majority lacked two votes of the necessary two-llilnls unci me mange recorded for Senator .lones made It three. The vote was ns follows: Democrats, For Ashursl, Chambor- luln, Culberson, Gerry, Gore, Hender son, Johnson (S. D.), Kendrick, Kirby, Lewis. McKellnr, Martin (Ky.), Myers, Nugent. Owen, Phclan, Plttman, Hans dell, Robinson, Shnfroth, Sheppard, Smith (Ariz,). Thomas? Thompson, Vnrdamnn, Walsh 120. Republicans, For Cahler, Colt, Cum mlns, Curtis, Fernnld, Fraucc, Goff, Gronna, Jones (Wash.), Kellogg, Ken yon, LaFollette, Lcnroot, MeCumbcr, McNary, Nelson, New, Norrls, Pago, Polndexter, Smith (Mich.), Smoot, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend, War ren, Watson 27. For 53. Democrats, Against Bankhead, Ben- et, Fletcher, Gulon, Hardwlck, Hitch cock, Jones (N. M.), Martin (Va.) Overman, Pomerene, Reed, Suulsbury Shields, Simmons, Smith (Gn.), Smith (Md.), Smith (S. C), Trammel!, Under wood, Williams, Wolcott 21. Republicans. Against Balrd, Bran degee, Dllingham, Drew, Hale. Dodge, McLean, Penrose, Wndsworth, Weeks 10. Against 31. ' The following senators were paired : Beckham of Kentucky, (Dem.) against, with llollls of New Hampshire and Frclinghuysen of New Jersey, (Reps.) ; Borah of Idaho. (Rep.) against, with Fall of New Mexico and Harding of Ohio (Reps.) ; Knox of Pennsylvania, (Rep.) aguinst, with Johnson of California and Sherman of Illinois, (Reps.) ; Swnnson, Virginia, (Dem.) against, with Wllitey of Mis souri and King of Utah (Doms.). ANCIENT CITY TAKEN BRITISH FORCE TURKS TO SUR- RENDER DAMASCUS. Town Called Key"to Syria and All of Palestine Known In Days of Abraham. London Oct. !. Damascus, the capi tal of Syria, was occupied by General Allenby's forces Tuesday morning, ac cording to an olllclal statement Issued by the British war otllce. Damascus Is considered the key to Syria and Palestine. Prol. Ulcnura Gotthell of Columbia university, for merly a member of the school of arch aeology at Jerusalem, In a recent lnter iew said: "The key to Syria and Pal estine Is the city of Damascus. He who possesses It holds-the 'open se same' to the country to the south, the west and the north. From Damascus the British and their allies can push on to Aleppo, and when orieo at Alep po the allied lleet will be able to seize Alexundrettn, tho most northern point of the Syrian coast." The capture of Damascus marks an aclvanco of 130 miles by General Allen by's forces since September 20, the day he launched his victorious nttuck north of Jerusalem. In that time the British have captured more than 50,000 prison ers, destroyed at least throe Turkish armies and driven tho enemy from Pal estine and a great part of Syria. Damascus, with a population vari ously estimated at from lfiO.OOO to 350, 000, Is considered the oldest city In the world. 'It is in the Lebanon region of Syria, 53 miles southeast of Beirut. Tho founding of the city Is attributed by Josephus to Uz, the son of Aram. Washington, Oct. 5. Ten olllcers nl 102 enlisted men, In addition to iii- British olllcer uiii live civilian em- .vees, were lost when tho U. S. S. rmipn, formerly a coast guard cutter, ii!h torpedoed In the Bristol channel, M the night of September 2(1, tho navy '' pnrtnu'itt announced. Reports to tho navy department fall ' state that a submnrlne was sighted, ut said thatntl'tho evidence Indicated 'hat the vessel was the victim of a -ul.innrlno. She was escorting n con and for some reason had run nliead of the other vessels. At S:-15 an explosion was heard, and i search by the other vessels it'vcnled wreckage from the Tampa, with one of l or lifeboats. The bodies of two men ii. naval uniforms, but unidentified nv.to found floating In tho wreckage. The Tnmpa was commanded by n t. C. Satterlee of the coast guard Apparently there were no eyewlt n -ssi's to the disaster. The first knowl i .ige of the attack was when an ex I lotion was heard on other vessels of the- convoy. RETREAT, H . JUST GOT HERE WILSON OPENS DRAFT President Draws Number 322 in Registration Lottery at Washington. p DADDY'S Mill) ONLY FIRST 100 NUMBERS MADE PUBLIC BY WIRE 'Col. Joe," Say All Who Read Chicago Commander's Reply to French Order. Chicago, Oct. 5. "Huh, that's Col onel Joe!" That is invariably tho comment of a Ohlengoan who has read one of tho re cent batch of letters dipt. Myron E. Adams of the Fort Sheridan associa tion received from France. The letter In from First Lieut. William P. MoFnr land, U. S. A. air service. He wrote, Ir part: Practically Impossible to Forward tho Full Result of the Drawing Ar rangements Made for District Boards Announce This Later. Tho iyesidcnt In person opened tho ceremony of drawing numbers for tho 13,000,000 men registered In tho now draft. The capsule he drew contained the number 322. Amid ceremonies profoundly Im pressive and of transcendent historical slgulllcance, Gen. Peyton O, March, chief of staff of tho army, received In porson this vast force of ns yet ununl formed reserves, on behalf of the mil itary branch of tho governmcint. 4,000,000 In Arms by July. And from this reservoir of man pow er tho largest body of citizen soldiers ever offered by the peoplo of any im tlon to their government General March Is to recruit tho army of 4,000, 000 men which ho has promised to have overseas by July 1 next to back up General Pershing on tho bnttlcflclds of Europe. Every man In tho registration Is af fected, as from those who are not called for actlvo military duty tho country's war managers propose to mobilize a great Industrial army of war workers to make certain of a con stantly flowing stream of men anil mu nitions to the Held of battle. The roll call, which Is to assign to each of the 13.000,000 men a military number determining tho order In which ho Is to bo culled, wns begun by Presldont Wilson himself, nnd not fin ished until Into In tho afternoon next day. As tho tally sheets were filled they were rushed over to the government printing olllco for tho olllclal master tlst, which, when completed, woro sent by General Crowder to all district ooards throughout tho country, which, in turn were to make them public through the newspnpors. In that way tho country at largo was Informed of tho order of nil tho numbers within n tew days. Wilson Is Applauded. There was a hearty round of np- MAKE-BELIEVE ELEPHANT. "In n big city apartment house," commenced Daddy, "lived n llttlo girl named Lucy. Ilor hnlr was always curly nnd her eyes were very blue. Her curls, I forgot to toll you, were gold en curls, and her hair was tied ut tho top of her head with a big hnlr-rlbbon. Ono dny tho rlbboif would bo bluo and another day It would bo plnlr, some times It would ho white, and yet again It would ho yellow. "Lucy had many toys to piny with, eho hud mnny friends nlso. She played nnd she worked nnd sho nto and she slept llko many other girls and boys do, nnd as many grown-ups do, too. "Sho loved to dance ns much us any thing nnd every week sho wont to a dancing class whero sho made beau tiful little curtsies and danced with the other children. "But It Is not of tho dancing class, nor of her play that I nni going to tell you about. It Is of a dream which Lucy hnd ono night. "Now, ns I said before, Lucy lived In n big city apartment house. "Down In tho mnln hallway, on a stand, there wns an olcplmnt. Not a real elephant, for of course a real ele phant could hardly find room on n hall way stand, to say tho very least. "No, the elephant was a ninke-be-llevo elephant. lie wns smnll but ho had a trunk and big onrs and ho wns supposed to look just llko an elephant, which ho did except In his size. "Ho was made out of n sort of stone and ho wns exactly tho samo color as u real, live elephant. "Now often when Lucy would como In from dancing class, or from play, or from school, sho would wonder what It would bo llko to bo a stono elephant, and she used to feel very sorry for tho elephant, always standing In tho hall. "I know,' she would say, 'that the elephant Isn't A real, live one, but just tho snme, It does seem funny to bo al ways in tho same place, day after day. "Not long after ono of these times when Lucy said this as she wns going The vnlor of tho Chteacro troons Is i tun.- nf llio Amev Kvorv new nr- plause as tho president, blindfolded rival from their sector has more won- with a piece of cloth taken from tho Oerful stories of them. Long live tho colonel who snld, when told to retrent: 'Retreat, h ! I Just got here.' Sounds like Chi, doesn't It?" TO ATTACK CONSTANTINOPLE TO BUILD 454 MORE SHIPS General D'Esperey Says "Vanquished Turk Will Be Thrown Back Into Asia." Salontki, Oct. 7. "We will soon di rect our blow at Constantinople, and the vanquished Turk will bo thrown once and for all Into Asln," declnred Gen. Frnnchot D'Esperey, tho allied commander In chief on the Mneedonlnn front, replying to a demonstration. Granville Stuart Is Dead. Missoula, Mont., Oct. 7. Granville Stuart, pioneer and one of tho best known figures In the history of Mon tana, died here. Ho was an author and historian nnd wns United States minister to Paraguay and Uruguay. Belgian Gets Thlrty.Third Hun. Havre, Oct. 7. In aerial lighting on the Flnnders front British aviators de stroyed four German machines. Lieu tenunt Coppens of the Belgian army set a German hnlloon on fire, bringing Ills victories to 33. Hurley Gives Plans to House Commit tee in Asking for $484,000,000 for Fiscal Year. Washington, Oct. 4.- ConM ruction of 451 vessels of 1.S0O.0O0 deadweight tons is tho additional program of the shipping board disclosed to the house appropriations committee by Chair man Hurley In explaining his request for additional authorization of $848,- 000,000 for the present fiscal year. RED CROSS LISTS NURSES Graduates and Others Needed by Ar my, Navy and Local Hospitals to Care for "Flu" Patients. Washington, Oct. 5. Every gVadunte nurse, every puptt, practical uiu, midwife and hospital attendant who can possibly do nursing or assist la a sick room, Is being listed this week by the American Red Cross at the request of Secretary of War Baker and Sur geon General Gorgas. This applies not only to continental United States, hut to all tho territories and Insular pos sessions, und to American Red Cross chapters In China, Japan and nil purts of the world. The army anil navy arc In gnat need of more nurses, and tho govern ment wants to know just what mate rial it has, and how many nurses amy be withdrawn without putting civilian welfare into too great peril. The need of delinlte knowledge Is emphasized by the epidemic of Spanish Influenza which Is sweeping over tho ooimtrv and causing a greater 4e- nuinil than eer for nurses. BAVARIANS NOW WANT PEACE Officer Says His Country Has Done Enough for King of Prussia. Washington, Oct. 5. A dispatch from Switzerland says the Germans hnve withdrawn troops posted along tho Swiss frontier and replaced them. Thev were from the Bavarian land- strum, whose laxity has permitted hundreds of deserters to reach tho Swiss outposts. A Bavarian olllcer Is d ns declaring tho Germnn morale Is very low, and that his coun try has done cpilto enough lighting for tho king of Prussia. LANDIS' SON IS DECORATED Withdraws Crozler's Name. Washington, Oct. 3. President Wil son notified the senate that he had withdrawn the nomination for reap pointment as chief of ordnance of MaJ. Gen. William Crozier. This nom Inatlon was submitted to the senuto on December .last, but the senate failed to act upon It. Crowder Calls 29,999 Students. Washington. Oct. 7. Provost Mar slial General Crowder called forO.fn-O grammar school graduates from 42 states and tho District of Columbia, to entrain October 15 for technical schools. Of theso-OSO will be negroes. Munition Maker Is Held. Kuoxvlllo. Tenn., Oct. 5. W. J. Oli ver, manufacturer, and ten olllcers and employees of the W. J. Oliver Manu facturing company were arrested on charges of conspiracy, In the manufac ture of defective shells. ALLEGED SPY IS SENTENCED covering of ono of the chairs used at tho signing of the Declaration of Independence, approached tho tnblo on which rested tho famous glnsB bowl used upon tho first drawing. Provost Marshal Gem Crowder guid ed his hnnd as ho reached down into the bowl to pick ono of tho 17,000 blue capsules containing tho numbers. There wns Increased hnndclnppinK when it wbb announcod that tho first number of tho drawing was 322, for tho number which tho president drew hns n registrant representing It In every ono of tho 4,557 local boards in the country. Every man whoso serial number corresponds to It may there fore consider 'that tho command to "march" or "work" cotnes from tho commander In chief himself. Vlco Presldont Marshall, similarly blindfolded, picked out the second number. It Droved to bo a high num ber 7,277 which will bo order No. 2 for nil boards having registrants nnar- Imr thnt number. Tho average number "It Is Nice to Be a Stone Elephant." to bed nt night she said to her moth er: 'Aren't you glad you're not n stono elephant?' For sho was nlmost asleep then sho hud had h very busy day and sho was thinking In her half asleep and half uwuko thoughts of the elephant In tho downstairs hull. "Of courso her mother snld sho was very glad Rho wasn't n stono elephant, nnd sho could see, too, that Lucy waa very, very sleepy. "Not mnny moments passed and her Famous Federal Judge Receives Meo sago of Honor Paid Reed, Now an Ace. from 2.800 to 3.000, Tim number which President Wll Bf.ti drew has a registrant represent imr it In nrnctlcally every district In Chicago, Oct. 5. Federal Judgo (h. TTn0,i states. Other numbers fol- Kencsuw Mountnlti Lanciis is sinning , with reflected glory, ins son, i.tcur, Reed Landis, has been decorated by the British with the distinguished fly- Inr, cross. Judge Landis received n en- hlecrnm to that effect, unrner us patches from England told Lieutenant No. s. Landis has been clteii ror bravery anu distinguished service, but made no mention of the decoration. of registrants to a board ranges only "Klit was put out and sho was fast " I bulnnn In I wit linil A 4Vin mntMnnfa No. No. No. No. No. No. No. William M. Hlcks Given 20 Years In Prison and Fined $10,000 for Vio lation of Espionage Act. Enid. OUhi., mi. .". WllUnin M.dl- son Hlcks, convicted In fedornl iis- trlc-t court a few days ago of violation of the; espionage act was sonteiieed to twenty cnrs' Imprisonment mid to pay a line of $10,000. . Yanks Buy Bonds in France. New York, (Jet. 3. Tho 400 otln-eH of thu Soclolo Genomic throughout Franco will, with tho consont of tho war department, rec eive loan subscrip tions from members of the Amei:un expeditionary forces. U. S. Makes Record Unloading Ships. Paris, Oct. 3. On ono day during last weok Americans discharged 3fl, ill" tons of cargo from ship at all tho ports In Franco. During niiothci Iuy tlu-y discharged 11,438 tons nt ono I hi i ticiilnr port. GOMPERS VISITS YANK FRONT Labor Leader Leave6 for Italy After Seeing Pershing Men Sees Belgian King. Havas. Oct. 5. Samuel Gompers, resident of tho American Federation of Labor, visited tho American front lr France. After his visit he left for Italy. Mr. Gompers wns received by King Albert, lie visited tho Belgian front I'nrliiL' the day and expressed his ad miration of tho splendid morale and irdnr of the Belgian troops lighting there. l 322 2 7.277 3 6.70S 4 5 lG.ira C S.3W 7 D.3C0 ,. l.li'JI .. 7,12:1 .. 2.781 .. 0,763' .. e,w, . .10.090 .12,3fiS' No. 9 No. 10 No. 11 No. 12 No. 13 No. H No. IB No. lfi No. 17 l.f.23! No. 18 7,&U No. 19 No. 20 No. 21 No. 22 Vi). 23 No. 2 No. 25 No. 26 No. 27 No. 28.. .... 6,300 .... .... 0.540 .... 3,W)S .... 1.240 ....10,816! .... 1,907 ... .12.C21 .... 6.E9H C.9II No. 29 3,0731 No. 30 13,72Si Names New Chancellor. Amsterdam. Oct. 5. Prince Muxl- mlllun of Baden has been named Oer- n an Imperial chancellor, according to tho 'eltung Am. Mlttng of iieriin. No. 31.... No. 32 No. 33 No. 34 No. 3fi No. 3 No. 37 No. as No. S!) Mo. 40 No. 41 Mo. 42 NO. 43 No. 14 No. 4R No. 46 No. 47 No. 4? No. 49. 20 .. 4,287 ..12,833 .. C23 .. 72 ..11,338 No. CI No. G2 No. 53 No. G4 No. Mi Mo r.n No! 57 10.491 No. ns ii.ikj No. r.9 H.043 No. GO im No. CI 8.C37 No. 02 i.KJi No. 63 7,834 No. 64 4.723 No. 65 10,656 No. 66 No. 67 3.5OT No. 61 ,348 No. C9 7.234 No. 70 4 No. 71 No. 72 no. 73 No. 7 No. 75 No. 76 No. 77 No. 78 No. 79.... No No .... 1.255 N. ....14,122 fto ....11.101 .j .... 2.132 s-0 ....10.762 u .... 3.2S5 .... 739 No. ....16.657 No. 80 81 82 83 84 85 Rfi S7 8.S 89. V.'. 90 91 ...12.842 ... 4,482 ... 9.022 ... 1,961 ... 4,888 ...16,009 ...12.930 ... 134 ...14,319 8,317 395 6,240 .11,253 nr,7 12,613 3,531 14,261 .13,764 .. 4,9UNo. 92 13.481 .. 8.772INO. 03 8,055 .. 7.03llNo. 94 6.777 .. r.35No. 95 7.952 .. 8,C91lNo. 96 11.191 ..11,060!NO. 97 16.760 .. 8,W)SNo. AS 13.353 !19No 99 Ji'.lH No. 60 16,518'No 100. .11,232 Condemned Soldier Saved. Wnslilncton, Oct. 7. Death sentence Imposed by a military court-martial went by and then a few more, and soon Lucy heard n Uny scpieak. "'What Is that?' sho asked. Tho squeaky sound enmo nearer and nearer nnd In 11 second, on tho end of tho bed, what should Lucy seo but tho elephant I " 'I know,' tho elephant begnn, with out oven waiting for Lucy to nmko n curtsy ns sho might hnvo dono If he hnd only given her time, 'that you hnva often wondered about mo.' " 'I have,' said Lucy, 'It Is true.' "'But,' snld tho elephant, 'you mustn't, for I nm vcity happy. The reason I am happy Is because I haven't the brains or tho feelings to bo un happy because I am nlwnys In one place. " 'If I wero n real elephant I would wnjit to go out In the sunshine, 1 would want to cat, I would oven want to piny baseball; perhaps I would march In parades. But I'm not a real elephant I'm only a make-bellcvo one, nnd I haven't nny feeling nt all no, not a scrap of feeling. '"And I hnven't nny brains. I couldn't even smile nt you If you wero awake. It's the old Dream King who Is helping mo to smile now.' "And Lucy noticed thnt tho elephant was smiling, such a funny, droll, stone elephant smile. " 'No, Lucy,' the elephant continued, you need never feel sorry for mo be cause I am always In ono place. 1 am like 11 tnblo or n chair or a bed except I urn mndo In tho shape of un animal, and so you feel I should be dif ferent from u pleco of furniture, or nn ornament for decoration. " 'It is nice to be a stono elephant If ono has always been one,' It said, Army of Students In Line. Moro than 150,000 men wore nthled to America's IIl'IiIIiil' strength when ution Sander Maid, a recruit, for ro- mpmiw.rR of die students' armv train- fiisal to obey orders or nis supinor ln f,nrusl were formiillv mustered In 'and I snnnnso It Is nice to he 11 llttlo olllcer, has been commuted to hard la- t no cojCKes throughout tho country, girl If ono has nlways been one,' nnd Tho Impressive ceremony nrrnnged for tho occasion was set for eleven o'clock October 1. A message from President Wilson was read on every campus. GolloL'lans In tho training corns draw garinn army In Macedonia. Bodies of 1)l0 Imy of nnuy privates, and are earnest? slain civilians woro round in ine siuok- j,oused, clothed, and fed by tho gov- Mamma No, denr. Ing ruins at many places by tho ad- ,,rnment. There is no tuition foe. Each Llttlo RuthWell, I don't SCO how van ' Ing u'lb??. student Is allowed only three subjects. bo can cry for fun. bor for U0 years. Fleeing Bulgars Use Torch. fsnlonlkl, Oct. 7. Burning villages marked the trait of tho retreating Bui lt waved Its trunk and wns gone." Crying for Fun. Llttlo Ruth (at tho tUater) Mam ma, Is that man on the stngo crying In