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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 1918)
k THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. HEFlfM RXrHii, NEBRASKA. REOPEN SERUM PLANT University Board of Reacts Propose to Follow Goveror's Recommen datlon Funds Available. With tho Slli.OOO tlint wns to ldivi I been used for tlio erection of ih nol-. mnl pathology building tit tlio Main-, farm that project hnVlng been 0lsiu proved by the state committee. m uuih war construction It Is now proposed by tlio University Hoard oft Itegcnts to reopen and rim Ihe hog r1iorn sorum plant until the next hjlsluture meets nud provides for It VorinituMit oper ation. .Thebonrd jvtipoiKM to take this action upon (ho request of Gov eronr Neville that the plunt be re opened. The uinouiil available will not Ik enough to keep the plant goln a groat length of lime, but It In believ ed to be sufficient to meet the present emergency caused by the shortage In the serum market. The legislature will be nuked to appropriate IfSO.OOO to $100,000 m that serum enn be mado nnd sold hi n miieh larger scale than fonnerly when the state farm plant was In operation. The old equipment Is Htlll on hand, and while It Ik some what out tir date. It will serve the pur pose. According to Provost Marshal An derson of Nebraska this state's next draft caTl will be for 7,(KX) men. Ho Bays the cull will exhaust clnss 1 men of the first, second and third regis trations up to the manpower registra tion of Sept. VI, 1018, In most'of the lwmrdn. Tt will leave the slate clour for the registration of September li? to begin tlio next call. The Nebraska Telephone company Iiiih petitioned the state railway com mission for n 110 per cent Increase In oil telephone rates In their territory, whk'h Includes all territory In Ne braska north of the Platte river, ex cepting a few local companies. The proposed Increase, If grunted, will apply to both local and toll charges. If plans of the University of Nebras ka Hxtenslon Service do not go wrong every county In the state will hnvo a Forghum mill next year. The industry has been revived In several counties' this year ami In all cases the demand for the product Is far In excess of the supply, Frank W. .Tudson, state director of Nebraska Ited Cross, has been chos en to head the Christmas member ship drive of tlio central division, which embraces the states of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowu and Ne braska. At Camp Dodge, la., nnd Camp Funston, Kan., where most of the Ne braska boys nro stationed, the "llu" nppenrs to bu gaining on the health authorities, according to late reports. Secretary of the Interior Lane has made known that us soon as the Sims water power bill Is passed by congress u wnter power survey of the Platte river In Nebraska will bo made. Hecuuso of the prevalence of Span ish llu the Nebraska federation of Women's clubs hns cnlled off for this your Its convention which wns sched uled for Falrbury this week. Tho grand lodge session of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, scheduled for Lincoln this week, has been postponed one month because of the "llu" epidemic. , Following u monster Liberty l.an paradu at North Platte, announce ment wns made thut tho city's ullot nient of the fourth loan had been oversubscribed. Principals of county schools throughout tho state are acting on their own inltlutlvo in closing schools becauso of thu Spanish Influenza. Fire destroyed tho HIchardHon county bank building and the Kramer building at Falls City, entailing a loss of approximately $120,000. No one may visit state Institutions during tho opldemlc of Spanish in lluenxu, tho state board of control bus ruled. IIousowIvoh of Fremont forced down the price of butter 4 cents by refusing to pay (31 eunts n pound for tlio product. wime excavating for a cesspool at Jliverton. Franklin county, workmen struck n vein of till. Tlio oil is said to be of good quality Hex llutte county's potato crop tills year is estimated at about ".'0,000 bushels, or uu average of about 100 bushels to the acre. Figures compiled by the State Pub llclty Ilureau show that Nebraska will raise enough sugar beets this year to produce 120.000.000 pounds of sugar. The sugar campaign has been start t In factories of western Nebraska nnd, owing to the splendid beet crop. u proimniy will continue for about four mouths. The Custer County Conned of I)e fenso has been petlllonud by the Far mers' Oralrt and Llvo Stock associa tion for permission to construct u ten thousand bushel elevator at Comstoek Several casus of sickness havo de veloped In ami near Udgur recently which wore thought to bo Spanish In fluenza, hut Invoutlgatlon proved thut the cases were smallpox. Tho Houston of tho grnnd lodge of the. Degree of Honor, scheduled to meet ut Hastings lust week, bus been postponed Indellnltely on account of the epidemic of Spanish lulluonzn. A. II. llacklmuH, for tho pat llftoon years odltor of tho PJorco Loader, has retired from the nowspapor gyme. lie buB disposed of tho paper to W. II. Hrown,- u well known newspaper man. Word lus touched 8(n ja)Wy Commission nt Lli'i,, ,lmt mrfl tt,ii 1,200 carloads 4i nn ,H)tot0(.s re stored in we NVbmskn nnd cun not be Dlufi Ul0 imrket tor i k of shlpp! ft,c111tlo. ittillrrmtf offic ials, wy, .Ajlom ho matter bus been tuk & WJ by the nillWNy commis-lon 'XtAf.ro tliKt tlio trouble Is duo more ifsvk of niollvo power tliiin tho Mhorlnwo of curs. The.v my there ;ir plenty of curs In oaMern Nebraska. but no engines to move them. Jus' now Ihe government Is giving priority to slilpniciits of oil from Wyoming, which Is badly needed for war pur poses. AImhiI 100 carloads of oil move through Nebraska each day. Spanish lullucnzu 1ms made lis ap pearance In many counties in Ne braska slid drastic measures have al rendy been taken in scores of Htlos nnd towjm to halt the spread of ihe lllu.,Lu. UM.lt.. Hi., alliliilfn.i I.. L, ' 'll ' T.i nu. . niiv u,t nji,flt."ll ill ifiui- parts of Ihe state Ik serious, health au tlmrltles say there Is nt) cause for alarm. In n furlhur effort to curb the spread of the epidemic, Surgeon-Gen eral lilue of the public health service at Washington suggeMted to all state health of fleers that schools and places of amusement ho closed and public meetings be discontinued In all plpccs where the malady becomes prevalent. All chapters of the American Hed Cross hnvo been notified to co-operate with state ami local health authorities and to freely, use ils accumulated hos pital supplies to fight the epidemic. Nebraska men of .the first draft par ticipated in the famous St. Mlhlcl drive by which (feneral Pershing put himself In a position to strike ut Metz, biggest Cerfnan munition center and one of the most strongly fortified cities In the. world, General Alnrch, chief of stuff, mude known at Wash ington Just the other day. He said the Klghty-iiluth division, Camp Fun- sfon men, were In tho front line of the famous drive. Word has reached Food Adminis trator Wattles at Omaha tlmt heavy shipments or military supplies to the American forces in Franco Is respon sible for tho curtailment of wheat movement.' Farmers ure advised not to sell their wheat nt less than gov- eminent price because or lids contin gency. Letters and telegrams are pouring Into Washington by the thousnnds, ac cording to reports, demanding that congress and the United States stand firmly for unconditional surrender of the German mlllturlsLs, untl many of them are from Nebraskans to repre sentatives from this state. On account of shortage of the hay crop In Fillmore county, a supply has been secured by County Agent Thom as, from Lexington. Tho shipment will consist of thirteen carloads, and will be taken by various farnirs, ac cording to tho order given the county u gen r. Fremont is wrestling with a short- ngo of nurses us the result of the In fluenza outbreak. About J5 nurses from Fremont have entered the Red Cross or other wnr service within tho lust fow months nnd physicians u unable, to get nurses to handle cases. The potash case, which is of so much Interest to Nebraska ; which has been the cause of holding up lenses mude by the state board, and which was to have come up In tho supreme court last week ut Lincoln, has been IMJStponed until tho next sitting. Grulu men over tho state estimate that tho recent ruins will bo worth nllllons of dollars to Nebraska far mers. Tho cround. thev snv. lins been put III excellent condition for plow ing and that tho moisture .will sprout winter wheat nlrendy sown. felTerson county oversubscribed ltd quota for tho Fourth Liberty Loan bonds on the first day by nprpoxl mutely Sfl.OOO. The quoin wus S42S.O0O. Live stock breeders of Clay county have formed an orcanlzatlon which will havo for its purpose the better ing of purebred stock In tho county. Since the nuw potash plant began operation at Antloch n total of about TOO tons of potash n day Is being pro duced in Nobruskn. On account of the scarcity of help, sugar factories In the western part of the stuto ure using n good many wom en this year. Potter, with u quotu of S20.000 in the Fourth Liberty Loan went over the top .in a single day's campaign. Cheyenne county oversubscribed Its Liberty Loan quota In less than two days. A ;i20-ucre farm near Cedur Bluffs old the other day for $200 per acre. After a campaign of ono and u hulf days, Hurt county went "over the top" In the Fourth Liberty loan drive. Tho county's quota Is $07.),000. Prospecting for oil In the vicinity of Potu-r Is to begin about Nov. 1. At litust one well will bo drilled by the ciiuipany backing the project. Much uKltulloit Ik manifest In Sher idan county over the question of coun ty division. Petitions nro being circu lated for u ote on the proposition. Seottsbluir litis Issued u call for 100 men to work In tho nugnr Industry. Fuctorlos ure paying !17 cents tin hour nnd giving eighty-four hours u u eok. Plans are nlnmdy under way for re constructing tho National Potash com pony plant, which wan dontroyed by lire at Antloch, with u lowi of about $200,000. Nebniskn'H football team wont down to defeat before the Iowa eleven nt Lincoln by n score of 12 to 0. It, was tho llrst game of tho Cornhuskor toam j bus lost to Iowa, clnco iSVJf. i i m .. wwi 'Hprnift M"-i-ti .. XHWKr 1Vlow dlstnnce. 2- In tlx- ruins of Lens Jus1 Marshal Foch and Kin. back tho Huns, fl- -General Bertheloi SHEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR Germany's Tricky Peace Move Is Balked by President Wilson's Diplomacy. ARMIES OPPOSE ARMISTICE Cambrai Captured and Huns' Defen sive Line Smashed, Compelling Gen eral Retreat Yanks Success ful in Champagne Beirut Occupied by the French. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Prince Max or Baden, the new im perial chancellor of Germany, re questing President Wilson to arrnnge lor "an armistice and u subsequent dis cussion of pence terms, and stating that Germany accepted the president's 14 points as n bnsis for the negotlu tions, evoked three sepurnto and dis tinct replies. President Wilson nn swered thut ho could not suggest an armistice while Uie Germnn :i miles were outside the' bpundnrles of Ger many, und then asked whether the Germnn government accepted the terms laid down by him and whether Its object In entering discussions was only to agree upon the practical de tnlls of their application; furthermore, he wanted to know whether the chan cellor .wus speaking merely for the constituted authorities of the empire who have so fur couducted the war. Tlio people of all tho allied nations, soldiers und civilians alike, answered Prince Mux with a tremendous shout of "Unconditional surrender." Marshal Foch responded with one of tho most powerful attacks of the al lied armies, capturing the Important city of Cumbrul, smashing a 20-mIle-wlde breach through the Ilindenbnrg line, nnd forcing back the German armies nil along the line from Verdun to the sea. a Nearly all authorities agree that the chancellor's propositi was Insincere; that the request for an armistice was made merely to give the military com mand a chance to reorganize the shat tered armies, and that Prince Max knew the suggestion for a peace con lerence, as lie made It, would be re jected, giving him the opportunity to say to the people of Germany: "I have offered to end the war on the enemy's own terms und he refuses. The Ger man nation now must unitedly tight on." At first there was some disappoint ment because President Wilson did not reject Ihe German proposal swift ly and bluntly, but a little considera tion bus convinced almost everyone that he evaded a trap and by his di rect questions put the German dip lomats fn u position of the utmost 1 1 111 culty. At the same time he left the door open for ultimate negotiations, i fter Germany has accepted ids, 14 points and given full guarantees. As lor the armistice, lie did not agree to that even were the German armies to bo withdrawn from all occupied terri tories, recognizing the fact that the declaring of uw armistice Is up to Ihe military commanders. The presi dent's note was fully approved, prob-t-bly In advance, by the allied govern ments, und wns given the highest praise by the press In Fuglnnd and Franco as well as 'America. r Any agreed ccmmhIIoii of lighting at this time, short of the abject surren der of the central powers, would bit terly disappoint Ihe soldiers of the allied armies nnd the people who are hacking them up. Koch's forces have the Germans on the run, und If they are permitted to follow up the Huns on their retreat to the Mouse they will destroy u lurge part of their effective ness and capture probably half of their material. On the other hand an armis tice would permit thu Huns to retire within their borders with their armies Intact and prepared to maneuver effec tively behind their shortened nnd pow erfully fortified lines. AnluiMted lu ll spirit, not of vluillctlvonoMM, lint of retributive Justice, tho mun of tho al Sort nrmle fvel that no peace should fern Mimiji r. after the British recovered II : a large shell Is seen exploding in ttie lbert arranging for the opening of the drive In which the Uelginns drove commander of the French forces operating north of Helms. t. granted Gennnny until her cities, l.cr towns nnd Iter people have suf f red some of the liorrors of war Hint bcr brutal soldiers have inflicted on Belgium, northern France nnd Serbia. 'Ihe absolute unrepentnnce of the liuns for their outrages Is shown by their nctlon in looting and wnntonly il' stroylng the towns In France from which they are being driven nnd in their practice of currying away with them thousands of the helpless Inhab itants who are forced to work for them like staves. The formal warning of France that there would he retribu tion for these shameful deeds lins been disregarded, und If adequate punish ment Is not Inflicted there will be a general feeling that Justice hns mis carried. President Wilson and Ills confiden tial advisers, It Is said, still believe the German people will rise in revo lution and oust the Ilohenzollern crew, und his inquiry us to whom Prince Max represents Is significant in that connection. The chancellor, in his speech to the reichstag, undertook rather feebly to demonstrate that re rent political changes actually had. put the people In power und that he was their representative. But all that was looked on as bunk. The diplomatic sltuntlon resolved It self down to this: The German gov ernment must either ndmli defent und surrender on nllled terms, or It must confess thnt the chancellor was not acting in good faith. Thnt Is the hole In which President Wilson has placed Prince Mnx nnd his associates. Jta The greatest blow delivered by .the allied nrmles lust week was between Cnmhral nnd St. Quentln. There Field Marshal Haig's tireless forces, re-enforced by American divisions, tore a 20-mile gnp through the strongest of Hlndenburg's boasted defenses, cap turing dozens of villages and many thousands of prisoners nnd on Wednes day occupied the long and des perately defended city of Cambrnl. The Huns, In full flight, blew up most of Cambrnl and burned Bohnln, Mnr ctz and many another beautiful town, but the allies did not even stop to ex tinguish the (tames. The enemy ap parently wns attempting to reconsti tute his lines hack or the Selle river from Le Cnteiiu to Solesnies. so Haig's troops, led by the cavalry, pushed rapidly forward nnd the big guns followed so fnst that they kept tho Huns always under fire. Only the Germnn machine gunners put up a cred itable defense, the riflemen who could be overtaken generally surrendering Willingly. Prisoners said the German plnn was to retreat to the Valenciennes line and then to the Mouse, and It was evident the retirement of (he German armies -'mm Franco wns well under way. They will fight nil the way back to (heir borders, of course, but the country Is open anil the tanks and cav alry of the allies will have daily In creasing opportunity to do I heir part. The Germans still have the strength to maintain a fairly orderly retreat, i nnd If the war is ended by u military decision. It 1s admitted the Huns may lie able to postpone thai Inevitable event for ninny months. When they do reach the Mouse they ,wlll be be hind powerful defenses,, but the nn ture of those defenses Is known to the allied commanders, and so far as (he fortifications there are concerned, the immense sum Just asked of congress for American artillery may be taken to Indicate the tremendous concentra tion of gunfire thut will he ucl to butler riieiu to pieces. ! While their comrades were helping the British In the great drive In the Ciiiuhrnl region, the American First army was exceedingly busy west of t lie Mouse. For many days the dough boys buttled their way through the Ar gonne forest, nnd nt the northern end of It they went up ugulnst tt concen tration of Huns guthered for the de fense of the Krlenihiltle line. Pausing to permit their artillery to pour n rain of shells on the German positions for 19 hours, the Yanks ndvnneed to the attack Wednesday, nnd by u bril liant nnd swift advance broke through the enemy line. To the right of them other troops forced their way through tho Cunel wood, and this made pos sible Hie storming of the Mnmel trench of the Krlenihllde position. The en gineers were advancing right along with the Infantry, clearing tho way (lirough the entanglements.. Important height south of tho Marcq were cap tured, and the Yankees Joined hands with tho French nt Ltuieon. Knst of the Mouse nlso the Americans were going forward, and, ut the time of writing, these movements, us well us those all nlong tho line, were still pro gressing. These operations in France were steadily crushing the great Germnn salient whoso apex was near Lnon, und the French were maintaining a continuous pressure on both sides of that city. They also were compelling the further retirement of the Huns who still remained south of the Alsne between Neufchntel and Vouzleres. The American air service on the front of the First nrmy clearly dem onstrated Its superiority during tho week. Huge aggregations of bombing plnnes continually flew over the en emy front lines, communications, back metis and troop concentrations, doing Incalculable damage, while the pur suit planes kept the nlr clear of nun machines. The Serbinn nrmy kept up the unre mitting pursuit of the Austrlnns In Ferbln us tho Bulgnrinns withdrew from thnt country, or surrendered, ac cording to their agreement. Before the end of the week the Serbs were quite close to Nlsh nnd moving ahead steadily. To their west, In Albania, the allied troops made considerable progress. The Itullnns took Elbassan after crushing determined resistance by the Austrlnns, nnd then continued their advance northward. tsa The occupation of Beirut by French marines only nccentuntcd tho troubles of Turkey. The cabinet resigned, af ter n peace note wns said to have been started on Its wny to President Wil son, nnd Tewfik Pasha, It was report ed, would ho the new grand vizier, nip sympathies are rather with the allies, and there Is little doubt tho sultan himself would bo mighty glnd to get out of tho war on the best terms ob tainable. London wns convinced Tur key had notified Germany it Intended to make pence nnd thnt the kaiser fried to stnve this off by the proposal of tho chancellor. Tat Austria-Hungary was. In a condition almost of panic nnd wns nervously awaiting tho outcome of Prince Max's effort. Heports from Vienna said the ministerial council had decided to in troduce national autonomy "in order to make President Wilson's stipulation m: accomplished fact." Among tho people of the empire the movement to proclaim the separation of Hungary and Austria was making great head way. Meanwhile the Bohemian lead ers were conferring and preparing to declare the Independence of their ci. tint ry and Its separation from Austria-Hungary, and, knowing the dan gers of such action, made their wills and settled their personal affairs. J-3, Boris, who lias sucivcdcd to th throne or Bulgaria on the abdication ot his father, Ferdinand, adheres to the terms or the surrender nmdc by Ms iti'inles und lias ordered Germany and Austria to quit his enntry with in a month. Already tfie rail connec tion between Vienna And Constantino ple seems to bo effectually broken. rse Three more, 'victories" by the mur derous German U-boats are to be re corded. The Irish mall bout Lolustcr. the .lapanese liner Hlrano nnd the American cargo steamship Tieomlorogn were torpedoed. The total loss of life was estlmnted nt more than 000. In the case of tho Tlconderoga about 230 were killed, most of them by shrapnel fire nfter the bnnt hud ceased to resist. T One painful result of the German pence offensive was the decided slow ing up of the campaign for tho fourth Liberty loan. Presumably because many . short-sighted people thought peace was at hand ;unl the money would not be needed, subscriptions to the $0,000,000,000 loan were distress ingly slow In coming in. All the agen cies engnged In the campaign re doubled their efforts and the American public was loudly warned thnt the Hun pence talk must lie disregarded und the money must bo raised. Uncle Sam needs those six billions and be will get them, and he will need and will get much more. In all prolwibiltty. before pence Is declared and the arm ies ure disbanded. If the people re fue to lend the government nl! ihe money It needs, nt u good rate of in terest, It has other ways of fettlng funds, nnd It will adopt them. TOWNS FIRE SWEPT GREAT TIMBER FIRES IN NORTH KILL HUNDREDS. THOUSANDS IDE HOMELESS Cloquet and Nine Other Minnesota. Cities In Ruins. Earthquake Shakes Porto Rico. DulNth, Minn., Oct. 15. With prob ably 800 persoiiH dead, thousands homelnsH und without clothing, und with property damage mounting far Into millions of dollars, whole sections of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota timber land are smouldering, fire stricken ureas, with only tho charred ruins of abandoned, depopulated towns lo accentuate the general deso lation. The bodies of 1SM1 victims lie in Dti lutii morgues. Hundreds more, along tho roads leading (o Duluth and Su perior, lny where they fell when over taken by the fire. Twelve thousand homeless and pen niless refugees nil In need more or less, of medical attention are quarter ed In hospitals, churches, schools, prl vato homes, nnd In the armory here, while, doctors and nurses sent from surrounding communities nttend them, and nearly every able-bodied man In the city hns been conscripted to fight the flames which now are reported to be dying away. Reports thai the holocaust resulted from the work of enemy agents havo been circulated. Definite confirmation Is not yet available but it hns been learned that incendiaries were driven away from a local ship yard when tho fires In Duluth nnd Superior were burning at their height. Until a careful census of tho burned urea is taken no accurate estimate can ho made cither of the loss of life or extent of property damage. The fires in Duluth and Superior, It is said, destroyed property valued at more than $1,000,000. Physicians feared an Increase in tho Influenza epidemic as the result of ex posure nnd privation. Quake Rocks Porto Rico. San Juan, P. I Oct. 15. At lenst one hundred and fifty persons lost their lives In the enrthqunko, which rocked Porto Itlco Friday. Almost every town In the islands reports dam aged property and scattering fntall tles. Iteports from the Interior are coming in slowly, because of broken, communications. The German Reply to Wilson. Washington, D. C, Oct. 15. Ger many, reply to President Wilson's In quiry declares Germnny ls ready to accept President Wilson's peace terras,, evacuate tho Invaded territory, us n prerequisite to an armistice and that the bid for pence represents the Ger mnn people us well as tho government. Although on Its face tlio text of tho German note seems to be a complete acceptance of President Wilson's terms llie people of the United States and the allied countries should ba cautioned against accepting It as such n compliance of the president's de mands as will mean Immediate cessa tion of hostilities. The text of the Germnn note fol lows : "In reply to the question of the president of the United States or America tlio German government here by declares: "The German government has ac cepted tho tenvs-iald down by Pros! dent Wilson in his address of .Tunimry S. nnd in his subsequent addresses on. Ihe foundation of a permanent pence of Justice. Consequently, its object in entering into discussions would ho only to iitrref upon practical details of' tho application of these terms. The Gorman government believes that the governments of the powers associated with the government of tire United State also take the position taken bv President Wilson In his address. The German government, in neenrdnnce with the Austin-Hungarian govern ment, for tiie purpose of brjnginr about an armistice, declares Itself ready to cottmly with tho propositions of the president in regard to ovooun llon. "The German government suggests that tho president may occasion the meeting of n mixed commission for making tlio necessary orrantrementu concerning the evacuation. Tho pres. nt German government which ho undertaken the roponslhilKv for this step towards pence, has been formod by conferences and in agreement with the groat mnjnrltv of the relehstng. 1 he chfMii-Kiliu-, npporfiri In nil o his actions by the will of this ma jority, kpenks in tiie name of tho Gee nmi.ig.;v..rnInent and of the German. Thousands Are Released. With the Anglo-American Foreos Iwist of Cnmhral. Oct. in.- Nearly in. 000 French civilians havo boon Hborat- Ing British and Amerfcans. Four thou nnd oivlllans wore found In Holism alone They were In a pitiful condl lion, having been without food for three days when rescued. Two thm'. rod five hundred civilian, reset, 7t Caudry rushed from the town as n, British stormed toward i wa j! of an their belongings.