Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA,
EPIDEMIC GROWS;
MORTALITY HIGH
cath Rate in the U. S. Increas
ing
Because of
Influenza.
the
CENSUS BUREAU FIGURES
Washington Official Data Show an
Increase of From Two to Seven
Times as a Result of
the Contagion.
Washington, Oct 10. The highest
ar.rtnllty rates since the beginning of
:thc Spanish Inliuenzu epidemic were
'xcarlied during the past week in prnc
tltnliy nil the larger centers of popu
lation. Figures made public by the United
States census bureau covering the
principal cities of tho country, show
llwt the normal deuth rate 1ms In
ereased from two to seven times as n
direct result of the contagion, which
otill is spreading rapidly in clvlllun
communities.
Fall lUver, Mass., shows the highest
advuncc, Jumping to 100.4 from an av
erage rate of 13.7. These flirures rep-
merit an annual rate per 1,000 popula
tion.
Tlie rate for Phllodelphln computed
a tho same basis, was 07.2, compnred
with m normal rate of 11.3. The third
Jhlghest rate was attained nt Lowell,
Mass., reaching S9.8. as compared with
an average of 17.0. Huston, where up
to the past week the mortality has
'.been creator limn In nnv other city
n tho country, has dropped to fourth
j.lace, with a rate of S7.3, against an
average rate of 15.2. The rate of the
national capital lias climbed to 80. i
irom 15.5.
The normal rates of New Tork and
Tcicaeo hnvn nnnrlv Irehlnd durinc the
fjildcmlc. New York's rate is given as
Rftl, as against an average of 11.0.
while Chicago lias risen from 13.2 to
KJ.V.
JOHN A. STERLING IS KILLED
Congressman From Bloomington, III.,
OIe3 In an Automobile Accident
Others Injured.
Chicago, Oct. 10. Congressman
Jolm A. Sterling of Bloomington was
Sdllcd and bis law partner, V. W.
Whltmore, and the hitter's wife, were
Injured in an automobile accident
uouth of Pontine. Mr. Whltmore was
badly hurt, but his wife escaped with
a few bruises. Miss Anna Lange, also
vf Bloomington, tho fourth occupant
of the car, was painfully hurt.
According to Information received
2y Col. Frank L. Smith, chairman of
the Republican state central commit
tee, the automobile overturned in mak
ing a turn near the poor farm. The
injured persons and Congressman
Sterling's body were taken to Ton
tine.
TOWNS SAVED FROM FIRES
Flames Sweeping Forests of Mlnne
sota Reported Checked Many
Still Burning.
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 10. Federal
Ihiin, Aitkin, Crosby and Ironton, on
the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste.
Marie railroad, are reported safe from
flres which came near to thoso towns
Fifty tires are reported scattered
through St. Louis county.
All business Is suspended In Iron
ton and Crosby. At McGratli the flres
aie under control. Fires around Me
Wregor and nortli of Aitkin, near Pal-
Isnde and Libby are still burning.
LIFT BAN ON SHIPPING NEWS
Pacific Ocean Movements May Be Pub
llshed, With Exception of
War Vessels.
Washington, Oct. 10. The censor
ship ban upon Information of shipping
movements on tho Pacillc coast was
Jilted. Except In the case of war ves
sets, transports and munitions car
jiors, tho navy withdraws Its request
that newspapers refrain from publish
lag the movement of ships In and out
ff Pacific ports.
12,966,594 IN NEW DRAFT
dumber Registered September 12 Ex-
ceeds the Estimate of General
Crowder by 187,830.
Washington, Oct. 18. Final returns
tfrom nil states show that 12,000,501
wen registered for military servlco
September 12. This was 187.8:50 In
excess of tho estimate of 12,778,753
.aade by experts In tho olllco of Con
trol Crowder, based on projections
:from census figures.
"Flu" on Wane In Camns.
Washington, Oct. 21. A nation-wide
unrvev df conditions Indicates that the
Spanish Influenza tins not yet run Its
course In civilian communities. The
statistics for tho army camps, howevor,
continue to show a gradual falling off.
Allies Occuoy Kadish.
Arehnnirel. Northern Ktironcan Rus
sia, Oct. 21. Allied forces have occu
pied the town of Kadish,. In tho prov
'tnce of Vologda, and have advanced
Ifor n distance of five miles to the south
fit that place Rlnng the rallwuy.
MISS MAUD WOODWORTH
Miss Maud Woodworth, daughter of
the late Col. Frank Woodworth, U. S.
A., Is now living at Grove Lodge,
Rracknell, England. She has been
associated with the Duchesse de Von
dome in Belgian refugee work and
Hngle hut arrangements, together with
numerous other war activities.
HUGE SUM FOR ARMY
FORCE OF 5,000,000 MEN TO COST
$36,000,000,000.
Largest Deficiency Appropriation Bill
Ever Presented to United
States Congress.
Washington, Oct. IS.- Immediate
consideration was given by the house
to the military deficiency bill carry
ing $0,345,755,000, reported by the ap
propriations committee, to provide for
the enlarged war program during tho
coming nine months. The measure
provides $0,152,002,000 for the army,
$107,217,000 for the navy and $70,000,
000 for family allowances of soldiers
and sailors.
An army of ubout 5,000,000 men. SO
divisions in France and 18 In training
at homo by .July 1 next, Is what tho
new program calls for. To prepare
and maintain It the amount now pro
posed brings the total appropriations
and authorizations for the year up to
$30,000,000,000.
Ceuseless prosecution of the war Is
the underlying thought back of tho
bill, said Chairman Sherley in submit
ting his report.
More than half of the total amount
of appropriations and authorizations
carried In the bill Is for the ordnance
department to permit the ordnance
needs until December 31, 1010, to bo
planned by tho war department.
General Horney, head of the ord
nance bureau, told the committee that
the new program calls for 14,000 new
guns for the Increased artillery. Tho
Neville Island ordnance plant near
Pittsburgh for constructing 11, 10 nnd
18-Inch guns will bo Increased, he said,
so that It will provide for the entlro
coast artillery needs, as also a part
of the navy's demands. The output of
ammunition at the plant will begin In
December next year, with the first gun
being finished early In 1020.
10,000 LENS HOUSES RAZED
Huns Leave Not One Home Standing
in Mining Town City Com
pletely Razed.
Paris, Oct. 17. It will be from
eighteen months to two years before It
will become possible to take out any
coal from the mines in the Lens re
gion, which the Germans damaged to
the best of their ability before they
retired from tho city, an Inspection of
the mining properties has revealed. It
Is estlmntcd thnt it will tnke live years
to restore the normal production of
the pits.
The Inspection was made by the
committee on mines of the chnmber
of deputies.
Of tho 10,000 bouses In Lens the
visitors found not one left standing,
the town having been completely
it zed.
MORE QUESTIONNAIRES SOON
Youths of 18 and Men From 37 to 46
to Get Their Papers Influenza
Interferes.
Washington, Oct. 17. Classification
by load boards of men of the new
draft registration hns been so rapid
thnt questionnaires soon will be sent
to youths of eighteen and men between
thirty-seven and forty-live years of
age.
Influenza epidemic conditions are
such, In the opinion of the general
Man", as to continue the indefinite sus
pension of the October draft calls, but
It Is intimated that the next call will
be of unusually large proportions.
All Brewing Must Cease.
Washington, Oct. 21. Not even
"Kreuzen" or new beer, for "toning
up" old beer can be brewed after De
cember 1 under a ruling announced by
Food Administrator Hoover and Fuel
Administrator Garfield.
Indiana Over Top.
Indlnnnpolls, Oct. 21. Indiana has
oversubscribed Its quota In the fourth
Liberty loan, It was announced here.
Tho quota of $103,750,000, has been
exceeded by $150,000, with several mil
lions more expected.
HUN SOCIALISTS
RIOT, IS REPORT
Police Charge German Disturb
ers With Sabers, Says Cologne
Volks Zeitung.
MARSEILLAISE SUNG BY MOB
Open Mutinies Reported in the Hun
Armlca as Civilians Jeer Kaiser
and Hlndenburg War Min
isters Hold Long Sessions.
London. Ort. 21. The P.rltlsh for
eign ollU'e announced olllclnlly there
wni no truth In the rumor that his
mnJOKtj's government had been In
touch with Austrian statesmen in
Switzerland or elsewhere.
A 1 lavas Agency dispatch from
Basel S.wltzerlaud, says there were
government conferences In I'.erllu that
lasted all day. Thv war ministry held
a live-hour session In which the liilll
tary chiefs participated.
A demonstration by German inde
pendent Socialists In Fitter den Lin
den, Rerlln, Is reported by the Cologne
Volks Zeitung. The crowd sang the
"Marseillaise." .
The police, adds the newspaper, pre
vented the demonstrators from reach
ing the Imperial palace. There was a
clash, in which some of the crowd were
slightly injured by the police sabers.
Dispatches from Zurich say oillclal
statements Issued by the entente war
offices no longer are published In Ger
mnny. Rumors reaching Zurich are to the
effect that there have been outbreaks
among the soldiers at the front.
Abusive placards concerning the em
peror, the crown prince, Field Marshal
von nindeiiburg and General Ludon
dorff have been posted In various rail
road stations In Germany.
Amsterdam. Oct. 21. The German
"war cabinet" Is In continuous session
In Herlln. receiving hourly reports
from Gentian headquarters In the Held,
according to advices from the German
capital.
The German answer to President
Wilson Is not yet completed, the dis
patches stale. Admiral von Scheer,
commander of the German high seas
tleethas arrived In Herlln mid Is con
ferring with the military and political
leaders.
Thursday night's report of I lie recall
by wireless of all U-boats remains un
confirmed olllclnlly. Advices are to the
effect that since the German armistice
offer no U-boats have been sent out.
Latest word regarding the relchstag
Is that the next, session will not be
held until Tuesday. This Indicates to
some observers here that the German
nnswer will not be dispatched until
next week, since the relchstag Is gen
erally expected to be called upon to
approve that answer, In order to show
the world It comes from the German
people's representatives.
TO FEED RESCUED BELGIANS
Hoover Arranges for 20,000,000 Emer
gency Rations for the Civilian
Population.
Washington. Oct. 21. Arrangements
have been made by the Belgian relief
commission with the Rrltlsh quarter
master general for 20,000,000 emergen
cy rations to be furnished Immediate
ly to the rescued civilian population
In Belgium. Herbert Hoover, chair
man of tho commission, announced
that the rations would come from the
stores of the Hrltlsh army In Belgium
and would be paid for by the relief
commission.
WILSON GETS CZECHS' EDICT
Declaration of Independence of Slo
vaks' Council Received by the
President.
Washington, Oct. 21. The declara
tion of Independence adopted by Hie
Czech-Slovaks' natlonnl council was
presented to President Wilson. The
Czecho-Slovnks by their declaration
sever all ties connecting fheni with
Austria-Hungary. Professor Masaaryk,
president of the Czooho-Slovak na
tional council signed the declaration
as the president of the new provisional
government.
TURKS OFFER NO OPPOSITION
Moslems In Syria Are Not Fighting
British English 100 Miles
South of Aleppo.
London, Oct. 21. -In Syrin'the Turks
are not offering any opposition to tho
Hrltlsh advancing toward Aleppo. It
Is reported that a force of 12.000 Turk
ish soldiers I being concentrated at
Aleppo under Gen. Llnian von Sunders.
Hrltlsh forces already are north of
Ilomn. 100 miles south of Aleppo.
Clock Goes Back October 27.
Washington, del. 21. --No further
effort will lie made by eojigrpw to con
tinue the existing daylight saving law
r.nd the hands of the clocks will be
turned back an hour on October 27, ns
originally planned.
Former Senator Kearns Dies.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Oct, M. For
mer United States Senator Thomiis
Id tints, mining magnate and railway
builder, died at his homo hero follow
ing a stroke of apoplevy suffered sev
en,! days ago.
MAJ. CHAS. M. WHITTLESEY
MaJ. t harlcs M Whittlesey, former
ly a Now "Uirk lawyer, commanded the
"lost battalion" of Americans which
for live days was surrounded by Gor
iiihiis In the Argonne forest but re
fused to surrender. When tho men
were rescued most of them were ut
terly exhausted.
KEY MEN ARE NEEDED
PERSHING CALLS FOR 750 BONUS
TELEGRAPHERS.
Opportunity for Early Overseas Serv
ice for Operators Between
18 and 55.
Washington. Oct. IS. The signal
corps needs 750 bonus telegraphers for
service in France. Men skilled In
telegraphy, between the ages of
eighteen and llfty-llve, Inclusive, the
vnr department announced, should ap
ply at once for details to tho chief
signal otllcer of the army, ' Washing
ten, D. C.
Itcquisltlons have been received
from General Pershing for this num
ber of bonus Morse telegraph opera
tors, to ho sent to France between now
and June .'10, 1010. One hundred and
I'fty qualified men are to be sent
ihrnnd immediately, and the balance
will go overseas at the rate of about
SO a month.
"Men between the ages mentioned,"
says an oillclal statement, "who are
qualified, are needed badly at the)
front, and unusual opportunities are
offered them for early service. Honus
telegraph operators, who enter the
service will not be kept In training
camps for Instruction except for a
time sufficient to outfit thein with tho
ueeessnry clothing and equipment.
"Qualified bonus telegraphers who
have physical disqualifications for ac
tive service will be accepted for this
duty overseas. The signal corps states
specifically that the physical standard
will be lowered In cases of men having
tho necessary technical qualifications,
so that practically anyone who Is
physically able to do his work will be
accepted."
23,456,021 IN U. S. ARMY
Questionnaires Soon to Be Sent Eight
een and Thirty-Seven to
Forty-Six Classes.
Washington, Oct. 17. America's reg
istered man power, the war depart
ment announced, Is 2.1,450,021.
Of these 12,000,504 between tho
ages of eighteen and twenty and thirty
two and forty-five registered on
September 12. Of this number 852,1.11
were registered In Illinois. Illinois to
tal registrations those of Juno 5,
1017; June 5. 11)18; August 24, 1018,
and September 12. 101S nggregato
1,551,700.
Provost Marshal General Crowder
said that receipt of belated news
from Texas permitted a total on tho
last registration to be struck.
GRIP GERM TOO SMALL TO SEE
Paris Physicians Declare It Is Not
Visible Even With Microscope
"Bug" Is Identified.
Paris. Oct. 17.-Dr. Charles Nlcollo
and his colleague. Doctor Levallly, who
Isolated the microbe causing Spanish
influenza at the Pasteur institute
nl Tunis, of which Doctor Nle-
olle Is director, announce that the
germ Is loo small to be visible with
the microscope. It hns been clearlv
identified, however, because by Its uso
the malady has been reproduced In a
monkey and a man.
ALLIES IN TOWN OF KADISH
Occupy Vologda City and Advance
Five Miles to the South Along
Railway.
Archangel. Northern Hiiropeiin Bus
slu. Oct. 21. Allied forces have occu
pied the town of Kadish, In the pou
ltice of Vologda, and have advanced
for u distance of live miles to the south
o. that place along the rallwuy.
Munitions Blast In Lyons.
Lyons. Oct. 10. FIro followed by
an explosion in a munition factory
cnuseu important iiiuicriui damage.
Another and more violent explosion
occurred at midnight when the maga
zines blow up.
Bordeaux Votes Statue to U, S,
Bordeaux, Oct. 10. The municipal
council has voted a subscription of
20,000 toward a fund being raised to
erect a memorial in honor of America
nt the mouth of the Garonne river
lure.
WOMEN CANNOT VOTE
Decision of Lincoln Judge Puts Stop
to Operation of Law Antls'
Petition Not Granted.
Nehrnska women will not voto nt
tho election November 5, according to
tho opinion handed down by District
Judge L. A. Flnnsburg at Lincoln.
Neither will the anti-suffrage refer
endum be submitted to n vote of the
people at the sumo election. Judge
Flaiisbnrg hold that evidence submit
ted by anli-suffraglsts Indicated that
the referendum petition did not con
tain a sufliclent number of valid sig
natures and that therefore it should
be withheld from the ballot until the
case was finally decided. The Judge's
decision leaves the limited suffrage
law'suspended and invalid. The hear
ing of the case will continue until all
the evidence of both sides lias boon
presented. Then, If the petition Is
declared tnuilld. women will vote; If
it Is hold valid the question will he
submitted to the people nt the general
election in November, 1020.
State Publicity Director Mauplti
has taken exceptions to Secretary of
the Interior Lane's statement that
potash production in this country
would eventually reach 100,000 tons
annually. Why, he says. Nebraska
alone has 'produced 100.000 tons nl
ready this year, with three months
to go
While the federal government Is
trying to obtain nurses from Nobraskn
to care for Influenza victims tit sol
diers' training camps, the need for
nurses in Nebraska Is such that little
or no response can be given to the
government's appeal, health officials
say.
More tli'in 100 Nebraska civil war
veterans, whoso monger allotments
have been hit by tho high cost of liv
ing, have applied for admission to the
statu soldiers' home at Mllftu-d and
Grand Island. Both homes nre pretty
well filled and each hns n walling list.
Cattle receipts at the South Omaha
market during September were 8,010
cars, compared with 0.8S5 for tho
same month hist year. Hog receipts
showed an Increase of nearly 800 cur.
over September, 1017, tho total being
2,0 IS cars.
Box Butte county's home guards,
fully equipped, Journeyed from Al
liance to a number of towns In tho
county recently nnd were received
with great cnlhustusin. Other such
Jaunts are being planned.
That Nebraska boys are In the
thick or the fray "over there" Is
proven by the fact that the govern
ment's casualty list Issued on Oct. 12
contained the names of sixteen sol
diers from this state.
Fifty boys and girls of Butler coun
ty who raised pigs during tho pnst
Bummer are to have their stock op ex
hibition at David City next week.
Prizes for the best stock are to be
awarded.
Fdwurd Kern of Slnnton won first
prize In the age boar class nnd ago
sow class and senior and grand cham
pion In the Duroe boar class at the
National Swine Show nt Cedar Hup
ids. la.
Six sous In Uncle Sam's service,
nnil the seventh and youpgest son
preparing to enter the navy next
spring. Is the record held by John W.
Konnebeok, Columbus lumber dealer.
FIro of unknown origin destroyed
The Nye-Schnelder-Fowler elevator at
Fremont, r.long with much of Its con
tents, Including 10,000 bushels of
grain. The loss Is placed at $25,000.
Tho epidemic of Spanish Inliuenzu
has reached such proportions In Ne
braska that state health authorities
called on the government to send n
corps of doctors to Knox county.
The Equity Stnto Hank nt I3Isle,
Tekiiiiuih State Bank at Tekaumh,
and tho Madison Slate Hank of Mailt
son have been granted charters by
the Stare Banking Board.
The "Flu" has hit tho South Omaha
packing houses a hard blow, somo
plums reporting 20 to .10 per cent of
their working force laid up with the
malady.
The Nobraskn hog census, under
taken by the school children of the
flute, bus been temporarily halted by
the "flu."
Alliance expects to entertain several
hundred teachers at the convention to
be hehl there November ,7th to Olh.
The Lewisfon consolidated school
which opened early last month Is
proving exceedingly popular. Over 100
pupils are now attending the school.
Two largo automobile vans are used
to bring the children to and from
school.
Lincoln was visited by a third
serious fire In the last month when
the plant of the Standard planing
mills, covering a block of ground
north of the state university was en
tirely gut ted by llnmes.' The loss Is
phiced at 2$5,000.
Nebraska Methodist churchoH have
Appointed twotity executive secre
taries to, lako charge of tho centenary
fund, to be raised within the next live
years.
Ilartlngton citizens aro delighted
over i ho prospect of having a full 21
hour electric light and powor servlco
find a complete up-to-date street light
ing system In the Immediate future.
At a mass meeting at Children plans
were discussed looking toward the
construction of n reservoir on Chad
rou creek to relieve the serious water
siitiM Ion. which confronts the city.
Delegates representing every farm
organization in Nebraska, nt n confer
ence nt Lincoln Inst xvek, adopted
resolutions petitioning tho federal
food administration to stabilize the
price of hogs In accordance with tho
promises of n yenr ngo nnd to pass
measures which will freo tho grain
tnnrkcts from sudden nnd unwar
ranted declines. In a lengthy re
port submitted nt tho meeting it
wns shown thnt in spite of u shortngn
In tho 1018 crop, corn dropped
cunts per bushel In prlco on tho
Omaha market In twenty-one day.
On September 8 it sold for $1.8.1,
while on October 11 it was $1.30, thor
report states.
Tho State Council of Defense hni
again called upon people of Nebraska
to rid the state of tho common bar
bery bush, which harbors rnst and
causes Its spread to wheat nnd other
cereals. To emphnslzo thnt tho coun
cil is in earnest this time, It states
that "sununnry nctlon" will follow on
tho hoels of all cases of refusal to
comply with the order.
Tho Boys' and Girls' Victory cam
palgn throughout tho entire conn
try will feature tho United War
Work drive November 31 to is Much
hoy and girl between 12 nnd 21 U
asked to earn and give $5. The money
donated must ho earned. Nebraska's
quota will bo $SO,000 and 10,000 boys
and girls.
County Food Administrator Bliss of
Buffalo county suggests Hint it tho
names of people having for sale per
ishable food products were published
It might attract the attention of thoso
desiring to purchase such products
and induce direct dealing between
producer and consumer.
Plans for a series of "win the' war
for permanent peace" conventions to
lie held Ibis fall and winter In every
state In the union were announced
recently ut New York by the League
to Knforco Peace. Tentative nrrnngo
monts call for a convention In this
state next month.
Another Nebraska boy has received
recognition for bravery "over there."
Tho French government decorated
Hurl Loaning of Schuyler for perform
Ing daring feats under heavy enemy
lire, according to word reaching his
parents at Schuyler.
A total of 1,537 University of Ne
braska students have entered Undo
'inn's service, which places our stute
educational institution fourth In tho
list of state colleges of the country in
percentage of students In the service.
The laying of sidewalks henceforth
Is to be passed upon by county and
stnto committees on non-war construc
tion. This means that all sidewalk
construction, except small repairs,
must have the approval of such bodies
before it can proceed.
The slato council of defense sent n
message to President Wilson suggest
ing "no armistice with, tho German
government wiillo tho German nrmles
arc lu the field," and urging uncondi
tional surrender ns the only basis for
peace negotiations.
The Spanish lnfluoti7.ii has reached
epidemic proportions In Nebraska.
Up to the end of last week more
than 15,000 cases hud been reported
to the state board of health at Lin
coin. The situation at Omaha, Liu
coin.
Dodgo county's now court house,
erected ut a cost of $225,000, was ded
icated last Saturday. The building
was erected to take tho place of tho
ono destroyed by llro throe years ago
next December.
Berlin precinct, Otoo county, with
a quota of $72,315, was one f the
first communities In the Kansas Oltj
district to exceed Its quota mid win
an honor ling In (be Fourth Liberty
Loan drive.
Oinnlui peoplo are not fond of bor.se
meat. Fred Nelson, of Grand Island,
who opened a murket for the sale of
horse meat in tho metropolis last
spring, lias closed tho shop for hick
of business.
Because of tho influenza epidemic
the state convention of the Nebraska
Bunkers' association, scheduled for
Omaha this week, has been postponed.
The meeting may be held next month.
Tho Box Butte County Council of
I'efeuse has approved the application
of tins Community club for permission
to erect from ten to twenty now
homes In Alliance.
Improvements arc being made at
tho electric light plant at O'Neill,
which will glvo tho town a twenty
four hour light In power service.
Nebraska newspapers an well ns
newspapers throughout the entire
United Slates unanimously approved
President Wilson's note to Germany
refusing to deal with tho autocratic
war lords of that country and declin
ing to tall; peace until Germany
ceases to play the part of a barbarian
A man was haled Into court nnd
fined $5 and costs at Alliance tho
other day for speeding In n tractor
down the main street. It was alleged
he was traveling at a speed of 18
miles an hour.
The apple crop In Dodge and sur
rounding counties Is reported almost
u complete failure, only n few orch
ards producing anything like a nor
mal crop.
Efforts to have tho S. A. T. O. at
the University ut Lincoln designated
as Camp Pershing, fulled because of n
regulation of tho war department for
unit designations for all of thoso
camps In American colleges.
A contract bus been let by tho
Beatrlco Corn Meals Mills company
for tho erection of a fireproof plant
In Beatrice to cost about $10,000.