Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
WAVE OF ANARCHY
SWEEPSUKRAINIA
Peasant Army, Under Petlura,
Drives General Skoropatlski
From Kiev.
BATTLE FLEET
HOMEJROM WAR
Heavy Snow Almost Hides Dread
naughts as They Enter New
York Harbor.
MRS. M. W. IRELAND
i
(Sppclal Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.)
NATION'S PASTURAGE A BILLION-DOLLAR CROP
CROWDS CHEER 25,000 TARS
REFUGEES TELL OF CRUELTY
MAGAL LAES LIMA
Helping the Meat and Milk Supply
Bolshcvikl Beat Landlords and Man-1
agers and Turn Them Out In the
Cold Naked Women Being
lll-Trcatcd.
Wnrsuw, Due. 30. Forces command
ed by I'ctluru, tho Ukrainian lender,
drove General Skoropudskl from Kiev
on Sunday, December 15. I'ctluru
himself entered the city lum Thursday.
Prlnco Radzlwlll, u wealthy Polish
.landowner, escaped and has reached
here with other refugees, which In
cludo 400 Russian otllcers driven out
of the district of Duhno by peasants.
I'rlnco Rndztwlll said upou his arrival
here:
"Kiev Ih calm again. Tho shops nrc
open and It Is Htlll occupied by 10,000
German troops under General Klrbanh.
Tho horrors of anarchy In that country,
especially In tho Volhynln district, can
not bo realized. I huvo seen how
landlords and their managers have
been cruelly assaulted and beaten by
peasants and turned out naked In the
bitter cold.
"They have begun to Ill-treat wom
an, which Is something new to bolshe
Vlsm. Tor lustrincc, If they cannot (lnd
'the husband or fnther they wish to ur
rest they tako tho wife, mother or
laughter.
"I escaped dressed as n rallrond em
ployee, on a train carrying a number
of German soldiers, n few women nnd
Home civilian passengers. At every
station It was u tight to get by. Tho
peasants arc- robbing nnd disarming
Gorman soldiers everywhere, being In
furiated because of German thefts of
grain nnd food. It Is estimated that
possibly 100,000 Germans aro still left
In Ukraine, but only thoso In Kiev are
'armed, I bellevo they will eventual
ly make their escape. Throughout all
of tho Ukraine, which Is Inhabited by
110,000,000 people, conditions must bo
regarded as being absolutely chaotic."
Odessa Is reported to bo again In
ibolshovlst hands, after tho defeat of
Polish troops near that city.
Paris, Doc. 30. Tho announcement
by Foreign Minister I'lchon that tho
10,000 Bluejackets Parade on Fifth
Avenue and Broadway Warships
Reviewed by Secretary
Daniels.
Now York. Dec. 27 The great
United States battle float which was
on war duty in the North sea was re
viewed here by the Secretary of the
Navy, .Tosephus Daniels.
Ten of Undo Sam's finest battle
ships, which have been keeping vigil
In tho U-boat Infested wntcrs off the
Kuropenn coast, make up the armada
In u swirling snowstorm the Amerl
can fleet coming home from the war
passed through the narrows shortly
after 0:30 n. m. Tho Gloucester, a
low-flying airplane nnd two destroyers
preceded tho big dreadnnughts. Tho
snowstorm created a condition of "low
visibility," shrouding all but tho near
est battle craft from tho watchers who
thronged the shoro on both sides of the
narrows,
All tho way Into the harbor, tts tho
warships moved through tho snow, thoy
presented n winter spectacle, rather
than one with a touch of warmth nnd
sunshine, which the mild nnd fair
weather of tho last few days .had led
Washington, Dec. 28. Legislation to the witnessing throngs to hope for. Un-
mako effective tho wheat price guar- deterred, tho many thousand persons
nnty for tho 1010 crop and at tho samo who hud assembled on the shores from
time to safeguard tho government Sandy Hook to Battery park and tho
agulnst losses was recommended to lower Hudson river faced tho cold and
congress by tho department of agri
culture and tho food administration.
A memorandum sent to Representa
tive Lever, chairman of the house ag
ricultural committee, made the follow
ing recommendations:
Aiugni i-aes Umu, a noted scnoiur
of Portugal, has been arrested In con
nection with the murder of President
Pnes. Lima Is but one of several men
prominent In the political llfo of tho
country who were arrested for tho
murder.
GUARD WHEAT PRICE
8EEK
LEGISLATION IN ClD
GUARANTY PLAN.
A new photograph of Mrs. M. V. lrc
Innd, wife of the United States sur
geon general. Mrs. Ireland Is head of
the medical corps section of the army
emergency committee
REVENUE BILL PASSED Cattle Eatlna From Nature's Table They Appreciate Good Grazing.
OF
MEASURE DESIGNED TO RAISE
$6,000,000,000 IN 1919.
Department of Agriculture and Food
Administration Send Memoran
dum to House.
tho snowfall, determined to pay a trib
ute of cheers and wnvlng flags and
handkerchiefs to tho 25,000 naval he
roes as they passed by on tho mighty
ships.
As the flotilla steamed ranjcstlcnl-
Flrst Extension by congress beyond ly up the ba; It was reviewed by Sec-
Juno 1, 1020, of tho date for the gov
ernment purchase of the 1010 crop.
Second Continuance of tho food ad
ministration s grain corporation or
creation of a new agency to buy, storo
nnd sell 1010 wheat that may bo of
fered to tho government; nnd
Third Possible leglslntlvo provi
sions to protaect tho government
against wheat or flour brought In from
othor countries during the period of
retnry Josephus Daniels and other
notables aboard tho presidential yacht
Mayflower, anchored off tho Statuo of
Liberty.
In nil, there were 21 dreadnnughts
In line, not to spenk of tho cruisers,
gunboats, destroyers, torpedo-boats
and submarines that have been assem
bled hero to take part lu tho great
naval spectacle.
Tho 81, '100 ton dreadnought Arlzonn,
.'entente policy was not to undcrtnko effectiveness of tho guaranteed price Cnpt. John II. Dnyton commanding,
Immediate military Intervention In
i Russia has called forth protests from
lth Paris newspapers,
; "Ax a result the Little Russian army
(formed at Uskov to tight the bolshc-
ivlltl has dissolved and tho bolshevik!
'in agreement with tho Germans, hnvo
'occupied and pillaged Narva and Dor
ipat. According to tho latest bolshevik
'Htatomcnt they nrc within slxty-tlvo
miles of Itevnl, which tho Esthonlnns
plan to defend. Why has not tho Brit
,IhU fleet off Itoval made effcctlvo an
.'interallied program In the Baltic?
Warsaw, Doc. 30. Russian olllcors
who hnvo escaped from bolshevik Rus
Hla to Warsaw, In discussing the pos
tdblllty of an allied military movement
against the bolshevik, pointed out to
tho correspondents that the bolshevtkl
iwould bo unable to resist u trained
army. Tho bolshevik forces, they de
clared, would flee before armored mo
to rears and tanks.
and also to protect buyers of such lead the overseas fleet Into tho harbor
wheat as long as tho wheat Is In this and fired the 10 gun suluto to tho sec-
country and not consumed.
Tho memorial was complied with
tho approval of 'President Wilson and
Secretary Houston In submitting It
said: "Tho government has made a
guaranty, and It goes without saying
that It must bo mudo effective."
Regarding extension of the dato of
government purchase the memoran
dum said: "It will be Impossible to
carry out the guaranty as It Is Intend
ed by Juno 1, 1020, nnd If producers EUROPE WANTS SUB CHASERS
cannot sell their wheat to the united
retury of tho nnvy.
Tho three flagships were In tho cen'
tor of the column, being preceded by
tho Arlzonn, Oklahoma and Nevada
and followed In tho order nmed by
tho Texas, Arknnsns, Wyoming and
Florida.
Tho 10,000 sailors of the ovorsens
ships marched In tho pnrade In tho
afternoon.
States before that dato and aro left
with wheat on hand It will bo felt
that tho obligation of tho United
States has not been carried out In
good faith."
Several Countries Anxious to Pur
chase U. S. Craft Some May Be
Sold, Says Daniels.
Washington, Dec. 28. Several Euro-
Exports of 1018 wheat Is estimated onn nnlin(Hu i,V( ovnrnssn.i n wish
at about H10.000 bushels, a larger tig- tl,irp,,o Rn.n of thn 110-foot
uro than can bo expected for the 1010 Ainertcnn submarine chasers now In
crop, ijoiauao in auipimmu, irom win- Bu rope(m wntors. Secretary Daniels
ada, Australia, India and Argentina. tho b t ,., scnt to vft.
WILL SINK RED FLAG SHIPS T,, , .cr)f , :or ort, lt rlous ports In order that they might bo
i.umitui uiu, imam !. iu i-uiupuiiuuu in8pected and, while the navy depart
wiin imu irom oiner countries ni n ,nnf ,no nf nnrHmii.iriv nnvlnna to
British Will Destroy German Warships
In Control of Bolshcvikl To
Executo Crews.
Amsterdam, Dec. 28. The British
(idmlralty Is prepared to tako drastic
measures against tho propagation of
'bolshovlsm In thut part of the German
fleet remaining In German hands, ac
cording to a Berlin dispatch. Tho
sinking of vessels displaying tho red
flag and the execution of crews Infect
td with bolshovlsm arc threatened, lt
price considerably lower than the guar
anteed price, which probably would re
sult In similar reductions at home.
sell them, it would be willing to dls-
poso of qulto a number.
RUSSIANS BEAT THE REDS
TO GUARD WAR PRISONERS
Washington Receives Official Report
of the Defeat of Bolshevik Army
Foe Retroats Northward.
Washlncton. Doc. 25. Defeat of
tho bolshevik army on tho Ekntorln-
I Allied Troops Occupy Mannheim
Order of Foch Captives Are
Murdered.
by
Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 28. A
battalion of Infantry, according to tho
Bndlscho Landcszeltung, has occupied
t
h declared. Tho text of tho order at- bur8 trout U a decisive battle by an Mannhelm by onler of Marshal Foch
rlbuted to tho British admiralty
toads: "Vessels under tho red Hag
will bo sunk without warning. Vessels
Without ofllcers will be dealt with In
(iccordanco with the lnws of war. If n
ilnglo man Is caught propagatlug bol
shevik Idous the entente crews of the
ressolH in quesuou wm no snot.
army of loyal Russians was reported
In an ofllclal dispatch to tho Russian
embassy from tho Omsk government.
The message said that the disorgan
ized bolshevlkl were retreating north
ward toward Perm nnd that this was
tho first Independent nctlon of moment
against tho bolshevlkl and part of a
campaign that was expected to unlto
some of the loyal districts of Russia
and Siberia. Much war equipment
und booty were captured.
' Gotham "Flu" Epidemic Wanes.
Now York, Doc. 28. Two hundred
wild fifty new cases of lnlluenzn aro
H..nM.1.1 jlflllv 1,1 MAI!' Vflfl .If.
cording to an annoiincemciit mudo at U.S. DESTROYERS START HOME
tho health commissioner s omco norc.
fl'he health authorities declare the
tualary has passed tho epidemic stago
nnd tho number of cases Is declining.
Michigan 2-Cent Fare Law Upheld.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 110. The
Michigan 2-ccnt faro law wus held
valid ty Judgo O W. Sessions In the out of the harbor Thursday unrld the
In order to wntch tho prison camp nenr
there, where 10,000 prisoners from tho
allied nations nwalt liberation. Tho pa
per adds that this step was taken he-
cnuso of tho bad treatment of the pris
oners, several of whom were mur-dored.
.
PERSHING THANKS Y. M. C. A.
Ten War Craft Leave Queenstown
Harbor for America Given
Notsy Sendoff.
Queenstown, Dec. 30. Ten Ameri
can tiesiroyers, nymg tneir long
"homeward bound" pennants, steamed
United States district court here.
roar of whistles from shipping.
Commander of U. S. Army Praises
Organization for Its Work Dur
ing tho War.
Paris, Dec. 28. "Tho American ex
peditionary forces are deeply grateful
for tho enormous contribution of tho
Y. M. C. A. to their moral nnd physical
welfare," General Pershing states m
a telegram mudo public by Carter Y.
Head, Paris representative of tho or
ganization. "All ranks Join mo In send
ing heartiest Christmas greetings and
wishes for n happy New lear."
Amendments Adopted by Senate Make
Washington Dry and Provide
Bonus for Fighters.
Washington, Dec. 20. Without even
a roll call tho senate Monday night
passed the war revenue bill, the larg
est tax measure In the history of the
world, designed to raise 0,000,000,000
In 1010 nnd $4,000,000,000 In 1020.
Amendment adopted Included one
by Senntor Shcppard of Texas making
tho Reed low, prohibiting shipment of
Intoxicating liquor Into "dry" terri
tory, applicable to the District of Co
lumbia and nnother by Senator Tram
mell of Florida providing for a bonus
of one month's pay to all officers and
enlisted men honorably discharged
from the nation's fighting forces after
November 11.
The revenue bill, Having already
passed tho house, uow goes to conference.
It Is not likely tho bill will become a
law much before February 1, leaders
predicted.
As tho bill nnsfiod tho houso last
September, It was framed to rafeo $8,-
000.000,000 on the theory that tho war
expenses for tho fiscal year ending
Juno 30, 1010, would bo $24,000,000.-
000. The signing of the armlstlco was
followed by a reduction of tho $24,000,-
000,000 estimate to $18,000,000,000 and
a consequent reduction of tho bill to
$0,000,000,000. Democratic senators,
voting solidly, put Into the bill a pro
vision fixing tho taxes for 1020, at
rates expected to yield $4,000,000,000.
Tho main sources of revenue, under
tho provisions of tho pending bill, aro
Incomes nnd war profits. These will
furnish approximately $4,000,000,000.
Tho remainder of tho $0,000,000,000
will come from the levies upon alco
holic beverages and miscellaneous
taxes.
By a vote of 38 to 32 It was decided
to restore tho tax on luxuries and
semi-luxuries costing more than a cer
tain fixed price.
An amendment proposed by Senntor
Thomas of Colorado levying a 100 per
cent tax upon all campaign contribu
tions In excess of $300 was adopted
by a vote of 34 to 28. Tho amend
ment Is designed to weaken tho Influ
ence of "big business" In politics, ac
cording to its nuthor.
By a vote of 33 to 28, tho senate
adopted an nmendment by Senator
Johnson of South Dakota striking out
tho proposed 5 per cent tnx on auto
mobllo trucks, wagons, trallors and
tractors. Tho tax on automobiles and
motorcycles stands. The Johnson
amendment, It was explained, was
framed In tho Interest largely of tho
farmers.
Bono dry prohibition for tho Dls
trlct of Columbia was adopted by a
vote of 42 to 18.
Taxes on tho Incomes of married
men with no dopendont children under
tho senate rovenuo bill would bq:
Tnnnmn. 1918 tax. 1919 tax.
J3.000 u o
4,uou l-u ou
r nnn 180 160
8.000 2B0- 170
g.OOO C30 370
in 000 830 G90
16,000 1,070 1,230
20.000 1,630 1,990
' . . AAA A A -
6U.UUU ii.vvv ,
PASTURAGE IS A
VALUABLE ASSET
This Fact Is Indicated by Recent
Investigation by Bureau of
Crop Estimates.
SIZE OF HAY CROP SURPRISE
rado, 0.2 months ; for Improved pasture
In California, and Improved and wild
pnsture In Louisiana, 0.1 months ; and
for nil kinds of ihisture In Rhodo
Island nnd wild pasture In Arizona, 9
months. On the other hand, even In
northern New England states und in
New Ybrk, the mountains of Pennsyl
vania, In Minnesota and North Dakota,
nnd for woodland pasture In Wyoming
and Utah the pasturing season lasts
hardly less than six months.
German Envoy Ousted From Turkoy.
London, Dec. 80. "Under pressuro
from the entente," says n German
wireless dlsriatch received, tho Ger-
num ambassador to Turkey and his
staff have left Constantinople. They
ui o expected to reach Genoa sooji.
Kaiser Reported 8taln.
Paris, Dec. 30. Rumors that the
former emperor of Germany has been
assassinated becamo current In Paris,
notably In tho chamber of deputies.
There la not tho slightest continuation
of the report up to tho present.
Eleven Transports on Way Home.
Washington, Dec. 28. Departure
from France of 11 transports, Includ
ing the Mnuretanln with more than
3,000 men from tho Three Hundred
nnd Forty-seventh Infantry of tho
Klghty-seventh division.
Berlin Needs Allies' Troops,
London, Dec. 30. "Wo shan't have
neace until Kngllsh and American
(loops conlo to keep order," Is n state
Austria Royalty in Peril.
Berne, Dec. 30. Most of tho mem
bers of tho former Austrlun royal
house' who have remained In Austria
went attributed to olio of the riotous aro reported to have sought safety In
Gorman sailors lu Berlin by the cor- uout
rr-mowlont of tho Dallv Kxpress. of fear
8axonla Brings 1,400 Sick.
Now York, Dec. 28. Following the
homecoming battle fleet Into port hero
cumo tho British liner Suvonla from
Liverpool with 1,400 sick and wound
ral legations In Vienna because Ld ofnc0P8 nn,i mcn, moatly surc, ,
ar of rough treatment.
MONEY FOR U. S. FORCES
Senate Provides Month's Pay for Dis
charged Soldiers and Sailors
in Amendment.
Washington, Dec. 25. The senate
adopted an amendment to the revenue
bill, providing for a nonus or ono
month's pay to all oiucors ana enlist
cd men honorably uiscnnrgea irom
tho army, navy and marine corps
after November 11.
Guards Organize in Munich.
Munich, Bavaria, Dec. 30. In nntlcl
nation of troublo nt somo of the vnrl
ouh political meetings the government
has organized strong guards to main
tain order at any tlmo tho Spartacus
clement becomo disorderly.
One Hundred Acres Carry an Aver
age of 29 Cattle, Ranging From 52
In Indiana to 8 In Arizona
Iowa Is Second.
Public surprise Is often manifested
nt the size and value of the hay crop,
nnd now lt probably Is tho turn of the
farmer himself to be surprised nt the
Information that the annual value of
the pasturage of this country Is over
$1,000,000,000. At any rate, this is
Indicated by n recent Investigation by
the bureau of crop estimates of the
United States department- of agricul
ture. The farm value of tho hay crop
itself did not reach this figure until
1010.
Pasturage value has never been as
certained by the census and never In
cluded In totals of farm-produced
wealth, but pasture area wus reported
on tho agriculture schedule of the cen
sus of 1010, and was tabulated by the
ofllce of form management of the de
partment of agriculture In 1018. To
this Information has recently been
added nn estimate of the cattle-carrying
capacity of this area made by the
bureau of crop estimates.
Per 100 acres of all kinds of pas
tures, the carrying capacity Is 20.4
cattle In the average for the United
Stutes. Tho leudlng state Is Indiana
with 52 cattle, the second Is Iowa with
Gl cattle, Tennessee Is third with 50
cnttle, Illinois fourth with 48 cattle,
Wisconsin fifth with 47 cattle, Louis
iana sixth with 45 cattle, and then fol
low four states In each of which 100
acres of all kinds ofpasturcs, on tho
average, can carry 40 cattle Minne
sota, Missouri, Nebrnskn and Idaho.
At the other extreme, only 8 cattle
can be carried. on tho average 100
acres of pastures in Arizona, 0 cattlp
lu Nevada, 10 cattle In New Mexico,
11 cattle In Wyoming, 12 cattle In New
Hampshire, 13 cattle in Montana and
Colorado and 14 cattle In Oregon.
Improved Pasture Best Kind.
In the United Stntes Improved .pas
ture can carry about twice as many
cnttle as woodland nnd other pastures,
the average for the improved being
45.0 cattle, for woodland pasture 25.4
cattle, and for other pasture 23.1 cat
tle. The highest figure for Improved
pasture In any state 1 70 cattle per
100 acres In New Mexico, after which
follow Indiana with 05 cattle, Tennes
see with 62 cattle, und Illinois, Wiscon
sin, Iowa, Louisiana and Idaho, each
with CO cattle.
The wild pasture of Arizona can
:nrry but 0 cattle per 100 acres, or 1
anlmnl to 17 acres, and thnt of Wyo
mlng, Nevuda, Montana, New Mexico,
Colorado and Oregon enn carry but 7
to 10 cattle on 100 acres,
Thnt tho aggregate yearly valuo of
the pasturage of the United Stntes
Bhould bo $1,000,000,000 and mOro need
not bo entirely unexpected when it Is
known that lt Is utilized for more than
half n year. Improved pasture has an
average of G.0 months, woodland pas
turo 7.7 months, other pasture 7.7
months, and tho average of all kinds
Is 7.4 months.
Periods When Pastures Are Utilized.
For nearly n whole year, or 11.5
months, tho wild lunds of Montunn aro
pastured, and this Is not equaled even
by Florida, Louisiana, Texus, New Mex
ico and Arizona for any kind of pas
ture. Florida's period for woodland is
10.8 months, and Now Mexico's period
for Improved pnsture Is tho snmc. The
period for woodlnnd pasture in Texas
S COMMUNITY BREEDING I
Ten yenrs ago a farmer in JJ
northern Wisconsin began to
breed Guernseys In n Holsteln k
district. Ho now has a fine herd v
and wonders why buyers never
come his way. The reason is
that when buyers want Guern
seys they naturally go to a
Guernsey district. As a rule the
breeders of purebred cattle already-
have learned the lesson.
The principle Is as true ofc grades
as of registered stock, but many
owners of grade cattle seem to
have overlooked it." Co-operative
bull associations encourage tho
J? keeping of only one breed on tho
farms of its members and the es-
V tnbllshment of that breed in tho
5 community. A reputation is thus
X established for a community
3 which attracts buyers and which
J Is rarely possible where breeders
work Individually in marketing
$j their stock.
Sewage Disposal.
Most of the diseases which may be
cnrrled by milk are due to contamina
tion of thnt product by human agency.
Typhoid, dysentery, scarlet fever, diph
theria nnd septic sore throat are of
human origin. Typhoid and dysentery
nre spread originally by contamination
by human excreta, tho others are
spread orlglnnlly by discharges from
the nasal nnd throat passages, conse
quently when these dlsenses nre con
veyed through milk, it simply means
that tho milk has had added to lt the
excreta or discharges from the body of
a person sick with ono of 'these dis
eases or a carrier of ono qf them. As
n go-between, the houso fly, which
hatches in filth nnd feeds on'the food
we eat, Is a most dangerous insect
enemy. Tho washing of excreta into
water supplies, through the soil or on
account of poor well curbing or other
surface conditions, is nn important
means of spreading such diseases- as
typhoid fever and dysentery. The han
dling of milk by unclean persons is also
a source of danger. The remedy for
these conditions Is the proper disposal
of human excreta so that there can bo
no danger of such contamination
through the agency of files, water sup
ply, or human beings.
Proper sewage disposal on dairy
farms Is a protection not only to thq
consumer of milk but is of special im
portance in stopping tho spread of epi
demic disease In the dairyman's own
family. A typhoid cuse in a family will
spread to other members of the samo
family unless great care Is taken in
properly disposing of the excreta from
tho patient.
Tho importance of proper eewago
disposal, especially on dairy farms, la
being strongly emphasized by the
United States department of agricul
ture and the United States public
health uervlce.
Restricts Salmon FUhlng
... . . . T ,. - QA C .. I . ..
lng privileges In Alaskan rivers TO una 'r Improved pasture In Arizona
r,wfrinin.i hv SoornfArv Ro,i. is 0.8 months; for wild pasture in
runt i' j i--v -
field to conserve the salmon (Supply in
the lutltudo east of Capt Speucer, In
southeastern Alaska.
Texas, 9.0 months ; for woodlnnd pas
turo In Louisiana and Arizona, 0.5
months : In New Mexico, 0.4 months
for wild pasturo in Florldu and Colo
They Please the Palate.
Hero is what a traveler familiar with
guinea-pig incut has written :
"Cnvles are excellent ns entrees in
various stews with mushrooms, with
brown onions, with green peas, a In
soublse, and especially In curry. A
practical cook will have no difficulty
in varying tho preparation, nnd I will
undertake to sny that it will be found
difficult to innko them other thnn 'very
good meats.' "
Becauso of tho whiteness of Its skin '
tho emcoth-haired white (albino)
gulncn pig Is best adapted for tho ta
ble. Tho males become somewhat
strong flavored with age. but females
are said to be finely flavored for
a much longer time. They are prob
ably at their best when n year old.