The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, January 17, 1919, Image 6
THE SEMhWESKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. FROM ALL SECTIONS OF THIS MAJESTIC STATE Reports of Interesting Happenings Throughout Nebraska Condensed to a Few Lines (or Quick Peri'sal. Tn miU n total of Ui'.O'T nutnmnbll: licensee were Issued In Nebraska. Dur ing tho year Just passed the tiumhor totnllcil over 175,000. Bnsed tn popu lation, this Ik one automobile to every 0. 7 persons In the state. Douglas county has the largest number, 1 1.JWh, 1. nncnster coining next with 0,051. Custer county stnnds third with -IJill), while Hooker has the leant nuniher. 1-15. llurnl twill -carriers In the southern part of the stnte are having their troubles because of the rough, frozen roads. Automobile cannot be used and owners of good horse will not let them out on the horrible rendu, conse quently the delivery of mull is n tough problem. In n letter to Nebraska counlry conn dls of defense the state council thanks the' vnrlous bodies for their work during the war and reiterates the necessity of the prohibition of the teaching of foreign languages In pub lic and private schools of Nebraska. The first step In connecting Nehrns ka cities with the- Wyoming oil fields lay plpo line Is to be made next spring, when work will begin on the laying of n crude oil main from the l.nneo Creek field In "Wyoming to the potash plants near Allianco. Of the 27.!I0."i exemption claims filed with tlie South l'latte draft appeal board, 8.71-1 claimants were held for service. Deferred classification was allowed 30,000 farmers. Of -1.087 de pendency claims, the board allowed 2,20(1 appeals. A movement Is on foot at Oumlm to organize an Aero club for Nebraska. Jt is estimated that over -100 men In this stnte have had nvlation expe rience. The club would be patterned after aero clubs In the oust. Alliance delegates to the annual State Firemen's convention at Fremont January 21, 22 and 211, will be accom panied by the Alllnnce fire depart ment band. Allianco business men linvo raised .$1,000 to send thu band to Fremont. Hundreds of cottontails and Jack rabbits avoio killed, but not) a wolf was flighted In the big hunt staged In Saunders county by more than 200 men and boys. Fanners say that wolves nre numerous In the county. Ity a vote of two to one citizens of Sidney at a special election, favored bonding tho city for tho purpose oC raising money to buy and erect a wu ter works system and electric lighting and power plant. Mrs. E. Angolleo Scully bus filed n deed nt Beatrice, transferring 2l,i00 acres of Cage county land to her son, Frederick Scully. This Is part of the lnnd, tenantH of which arc iVotcstln;; against Increased rentals. A (uadruplo funeral took place at Bnndolph when three members of the Tatgo family of Norfolk and u cousin, who lived at Hnndolph, were burled there. Influenza caused tho death of tho four youitg people. Lamb feeders of Nebraska will gather nt the University Farm, at Lin coin, .Tanuary II, for their annual meeting and to hear tho results of lamb feeding experiments of the state experiment station. Merchants throughout the northern part of Nebraska are unanimous in tho declaration that 1018 was ti record breaker In every line, despite the six 'weeks' slump dun to tin; "llu" epi demic. The Dodge county Medical society passed a resolution nt Fremont declar ing It was tho .sense of the society that the state-wide quarantine for In 'fluenxa was absolutely worthless. New express rates, considerably higher than former charges, went-lnto effect In Nebraska tho tlrst of tho year, In splto of the opposition of tho fctato railway commission. Stuto Food Administrator Wattles was presented with a silver platter by the county food administrator in appreciation of his work. The pre Hentntion wan made ut Oniuha. Hoy' and girls' clubs In Nebriinkn, under the supervision of the extension bcrvlee of the University of Nebraska College of Acrlculturc Imw n total enrollment of 28.JW1. Wnunctn has one of the youngest, If not the youngest, bank cashier (u Nebraska. He Is Wayne McCalloni, Id years old, who was recently elected assistant cashier of the People's bunk t Wnuneta. Improvement mado by (ho Bur lington during HUH Include the build ing of a second track from Crawford to Itutlnnd, cost $1-17,000; change In line and new bridge over the Platte at Phillips, cost .'$271,000, and now terminal facilities nt Bridgeport, on tailing nn expenditure) of StV.MXX). The Omahn real estate board has Inbtructed its executive secretary to nsk Secretary of tho Interior Lano to send government. ongluuer.s to survey the possibilities of water power devel opinent In Nebraska. Ninety-three per cent of the school children of Nebraska arc junior mem bers of the It oil Cross, a roeord In tho United States, uccordlng to Leon ard Trcstor. director of Junior Bed Cross activities. On July 1, 1018, there wore 1.15,1102 Junior lied Cross member. Following the land drive there were 211 701 members At the close of u mnss .meeting ot Oft citizens at Crelghton, called for the purpose- of discussing the foreign languago question the following res olution was unanimously adopted by standing vote: "Hcsolved. That this mass meeting of citizens shall go on record as being opposed to any use of tho German language being taught. preached or spoken In any school, church or nt any public gathering la this vicinity." C. M. Smith of Kddyvlllo, who ad mitted robbing a U. P. baggage car of which ho was In charge, was sen tenced to from one to seven years In the state penitentiary by the district court nt North Platte. When tho theft was llrst discovered. .Smith claimed he had been struck with an lion bar and robbed. Later ho con foHed to the crime. Lhe tock receipt nt the Soutii Omaha market during 1018 show a de cided Increase over the previous -eur. Cattle receipts for the past year wen 1.085,8.55 bend, an Increase of ID per cent over 1017. I log) receipts were :i, i:M.fi:!.i head, a 2.'1 per cent increase. f-heep receipts Increased 10 per cent, the total being :5,-IOs,021. Tho sum of ?I0,2-M was raised In 120 northern Nebraska towns for the relief of llelglan babies. The sum was raised through the sale of "for get-me-not," souvenir (lowers of the Belgian queen. This (lower was sold for not less than 10 cents and many people paid as high as $50 for one of them. Omaha's new wheel Jnx law, which went Into effect the llrst of the year, and which levies a tax ranging from S2 to $7 on nil automobiles, trucks and liorse-drawn vehicles. Is expected to bring $."0,000 11 year Into the city treas ury. A ni'tlon-wldc cnmpnlgn to enroll tho children tinder tho banner of health will be launched by the Nation al 'fuhorehlosls association, beginning February 1 and extending to May 24. Thousands of Nebraska children will be enrolled. As a special courtesy to th men of DcWItt and vicinity who have served with the colors, Hev. C. E. Itrown, rec tor of tho Episcopal church, has of fered his services free to nny of theso who desire to be married. cllvo campaigning has been start ed by the representatives of Hustings college for raising $200,000 among tho presbyteries of Nebraska (for the ben efit of the college In that city. During the last three months of 101S Omaha had 1,591 deaths com pared with f8'2 In the corresponding months In J0I7. The Increase was duo to the Influenza epidemic. An agreement has been made where by the Nebraska Ons and Electric company of Beatrice Is to furnish Wy tnore with current for the next llvo years. Stella's board of health has lifted the ban on public gatherings, and church services are again being held for the llrst time since Thanksgiving. During 1018 the peoplo of Omaha donated .$1,22S,207 to war activities outside of Ited Cross memberships and Invested !?2:t,012.Ur In war securities. Costs for the upkeep of county roads and tho building of new brldgei throughout Douglns county amounted to ?221. 758.1 !l for the year 191S. Tee cutting began throughout Ne braska last week. Some parts of the stato report Ice sixteen Inches thick and a good harvest Is anticipated. The executive committee of the Ne braska Slate Press association has called the annual meeting for Febru ary 20. 21 and 22 In Lincoln. It. 11. Mann, widely known through out western' Nebraska as "Daddy Mann," was Instantly killed by a Bur- lington train at Hrldgeport. For the llrst time In the history of Fremont schools classes were held on New Year's day. when the city sehoo's took no vacation. Over fvlOOAOO pounds of flour was shipped to the American army and the allied nations from Bent rice during the war. Oinutin had 071 deaths from Influ enza between October 5. when the epi demic began, and 'December :tl. T.H.S. The Nebraska conference of Social Workers will meet In annual conven tion In Lincoln February 2, it and -I. only nine new residences wore built in Fremont during the past year. ms against llfty-fonr In 1017. Commissioners of Madison county have organized a health board to com bat the influenr.n epidemic. Buffalo county sent approximately 000 men to war, nearly 100 of whom volunteered their services. After sevcrnl weeks of restriction tho llu "lid ' has been lifted In Tecum eh. The churehe now hold regular services and school sedulous are being held as usual. The IMS business of the Omnh federal laud hunk will show an in crease of $25,000,000, the host record of any laud bank In the country, Frank G. Odell. secretary of the hank, says. Heads aro In unusually rocky condi tion In many parts of Nebraska, as a result of the freeze after the recent rain. Traveling via automobile Is being abandoned. Tho Nebraska headquarters for the campaign January 12 to 10 for relief for starving Armenians. Syrians nud others In the near east, at Omaha, re ceived n tolegram staling thai 2.000 people In IJrumlu are absolutely desti tute. Ten thousand Kurds nre stnrv lug nt Sojbblak, and 110,000 are desti tute nt Tabriz. Starvation Is lucreas lug dally. jj ' ' 1 Lieut. Cen. Sir H. Halting and his aide of the Hrltlsh armistice commission nt Spn, acknowledging the sn lute of a German soldier on guard duty. 2 Czecho slovak soldiers going over the top In a raid on bolshevik trenches in Siberia. 3 Vincent Astor, who Is to command a yeoman guard that will form part of the guard at the Palace of Versailles during the peace conference. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTJVENTS oles Fighting the Germans on the West and the Advancing Bolsheviki on East. CALL ON ALLIES FOR HELP Lenlne's Forces Meet Disastrous De feat at Perm, but Capture Ufa President Wilson Visits Rome Secretary Daniels' Pro gram for the Greatest Navy. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. So far as lighting Is concerned, thu absorbing news Is coming from Poland Just now. The Poles, having enthusi astically welcomed the head of their new republic, Ignace Jan Paderewski, the famous musician, nre following his lend against. the Germans on the one side and the Husslun bolsheviki on the other. They are determined to udd to their state the province of Posen, Dan zig nud other parts of Prussia, and the government at Berlin is equally deter mined that they shall not lay hands on German territory. Tho result Is 11 series of conflicts, with varying re sults. As this Is written n report comes thnt a Polish army of 30,000 men Is marching on Berlin and that Gustnv Noske, member of the Ebert cabinet In charge of military affairs, has or dered the Fifth German division to ad vance to meet the Poles. The Poles entered Frankfort 011 the Oder, DO miles east of Berlin, and also Heuthen In Prusslnn Silesia, and Bromberg, In the province of Posen. In the city of Posen the Polos occupied the fortress, disarming 20,000 German soldiers, and the fighting there has been almost continuous. Many Jews arc said to have been slain. The German authorities admit the Polish question Is serious and that It j will be difficult tq prevent tho estab lishment of a free Polnnd. The Poles ' are masters of most of the towns and have cut all means of communication, j It Is on their eastern borders that tin Poles are having the worst time. There they are contending not only against tho bolshevik armies In their sweep ' through Lithuania, but also against the Ukrainians, who are disputing with the. Poles the possession of the south ern part of Lithuania. General I'll- , sudtky commands a rather small nrm of loyal Poles, and General Huller. who commanded the Poles In France, has landed at Danzig with a body of troops ; but they nre a long way apart, ( with hostile armies between them. There Is considerable demand that the allies extend quick and strong aid to the Poles, since the establishment of Poland ns n buffer state not only would keep Gennauy from grabbing the Bui tic provinces and eventunlly control ling Hussln, but also would deprive the Germans of most of tho conl deposit-, on which they rely. The holshcvlst menace and the Industrial disorder In Poland mnk It impossible for tin Poles to await the settlement of their problin by the pence congress, say their lenders. Most of their factories were destroyed by the Germans and the thousands of Poles now sent back by Germany are clmuoring for food and employment and In some place, nre taking the law Into their own hands and plundering their former em ployers. Lately the bolsheviki hnve both lost nnd won in eastern Hussia. Their chief loss wns at Penn, in the Urals, which was captured by General Galdu nt the head of Czecho-Slovnk and SI berlnn forces. The bolshevik Third army was virtually destroyed and Nik olal Leal no, the bolshevik premier, who wns directing oponitlons from an nrmored train, narrowly escaped cap ture. Gnldn completely surprised the bolsheviki nnd captured Hl.OOO men .1,000 railway cars. 120 Hold guns, l.OOo machine guns and much other equip ment. Ten regiments woro annihilated nnd the remainder of the enemy driven niross the Kama rlcr. The bolsheviki claimed the capture, on Tuesday, of the city of Ufa. capital of the nonbolshovlk government in the region west of tho Ural mountains, nnd also of the town of Sterlltamak, south of LTa. ' In Lithuania the advance of the bol shevlst forces was so threatening that the bourgeois government was moved from Vllna to Kovno, and In Esthonlu and Livonia the Lenlne troops were moving forward against Heval nnd Hlga, occupying Honiershof on the Dvlna. Swedish volunteer troops have gone to the aid of the Esthonlans. At the time of writing this, news comes that the Germans have evacuat ed Hlga and thit the British have land ed troops, under all arms, at that port nnd also nt Llbau and Wlndau, the chief ports of Courlnnd on the Baltic The allied forces In the Archnngel region aro still awaiting an announce ment of policy by their governments, but they aro not inactive, having re cently defeated tho enemy along tho Onega river and greatly Improved their positions. ' Michigan and Wisconsin troops played a notable part In these operations, which were carried out In zero temperature nnd deep snow. yoi I.iebknecht bus not yet succeeded in overthrowing the Ebert government in Berlin, but the Independent soclnllst members of the government have been ousted, nnd It is now reported that Ebert and Scheldcmunn nre In secret agreement with the lenders of the bour geois party to combat the extremists, who Include the Independents, the Spartacldes and the sailors. The bour geois leaders, It Is said, aro convinced thnt civil wnr ennnot be averted. The Spartacus group, assembled In congress, howled down a proposition made by LIcbknecht that they take part In tho election of members of the new national assembly. Led by Hosn Luxembourg, they declared the meet ing of the assembly must be prevented at nil costs. Kudck, bend of the bol shevlst mission to Germany, tells the Spartacldes he would welcome an en tente occupation of Germany, because the Invaders would become Infected with bolshevism and spread its doc tries to the west. Kurt Eisner, pre mier of the "republic-" of Bavaria, is said to be siding with the Independent socialists against Ebert, and Ulnden burg Is ho discouraged by the disorder In Berlin that he has said ho would support tlie occtipntion of the city by the British. - Ha Hetumlng from England to Paris early In the week, President Wilson loft for Italy Wednesday evening When he arrived in Home he was we! coined by the king and queen and n host of other notables, and the Homnn population gave him so enthusiastic a reception that It was evident they had made up their minds to outdo the Lon doners and Parisians. The streets and buildings were lavishly decorated and the freedom of the Eternal City was bestowed on the American president. Banquets, otllclal rails and conferen ces took up most of his time in Home. While he wns In Italy, It Is understood, President Wilson studied carefully the conflicting claims of Italy nnd the Jugo Slnvs for possession of the lands along the east eoast of the Adriatic. - hen on the same day President Wilson In Manchester declared ugulnst the old "balance of power" methods and In favor of the league of nations und Premier Clemenceau told the French that he still stood for a bulance of power, the croakers at once discov ered that there was to n great dlfll culty In bringing about a recouelllatloii between the lew of the two lenders. There really did wecm to be a chance for trouble there; but Colonel House called on M. Clemencoati and on Now Year's day he told Mr. Wilson all about It. The result, according to hints thrown out by some of the American delegates, was that the president was nssured there was nothing In Clemen conu's attitude that would Justify un apprehension of nny marked differ eiicos between the entente powers nnd the United States. Colonel House nlso saw Mr. Balfour and found that they were In full agreement. It Is statwl that Clemenceau meant that he stands for it dominating league of nations rofldy to use force to malntulu peace, President Wilson, It wns announced, would be back In Paris by the begin ning of the week, and M. Cleinenccau wns expected back from a brief vaca tion at the same time. Mr. Lloyd George arrived In the French capital Saturday. Conferences among tlie representatives of the allies were to begin at once. It seems probable that the number of delegates to the pence conference will bo enlarged so thnt experts in certnln lines may sit at the board when the things they know most about nre bclnf: discussed. Grent Brit ain's delegates include Lloyd George. Balfour and Bonar Law, and suuong tho ndvlsers on specinl matters are such men ns Viscount llardlnge. Sir William G. Tyrrell, Sir Louis Mallet Sir Esme Howard, Sir Halph Paget. Sir Eyre Crowe and Lord Hobert Cecil an Imposing list of truly big men thoroughly trained In diplomacy nnd statecraft. The numerous and complicated questions thnt the peaco conference must take up and settle have given rise to the suggestion thnt the congress should be a continuing body so that fu ture developments might bo taken In to consideration and matters decided that nre now too hazy for clear vision. If this plan were adopted, the forma tion of the league of nations might not be so pressing a question ns It is now considered by President Wilson and many others who support his views. Pa General sntlsfuctlon is expressed with the desire of the depnrtment of Justice to hnve deported most of the enemy aliens now Interned for their pernicious activities. Tlie.se men nnd women a few of the gentler sex are Included were either German spies nnd agents, tnklng their chances as such, or else traitors to the country that had given them sheltor. In either case they nre not wanted in America nnd should be sent back to the lnnd they came from or thnt they served. There are n lot of others who might well be deported, but we nre too mild mannered n people for our own good In such matters. mi Secretary Daniels tells the congres sional committee that his determina tion to hnve n great navy is based on the argument that If the league of na tions Is formed the United Stales will be shirking its share of the policing of tlie world If Its navy is not ns big as Great Britain's; and that If tho league Is not established and n curtailment of armament is not agreed upon, we must have "Incomparably the greatest navy In the world" to defend tlie Mon roe doctrine and protect the weak na tions. His program, according to his own admission. Is Intended as un argu ment by which President Wilson can bring the Other nations to accept the proposed reduction of aruiament. The secretary SiO'-s the president backs up his policy If competitive building is to continue. .Mr. Daniels' new three-year building program calls for the appro priation of 5000,000,000 to provide for ir(5 additional naval ships, Including ton drendnaughts nnd slv buttle crnls erx. - fes Two severe uttucks on the adminis tration were made In the senate last week. First Senator Cliamberlnln. chairman of the committee on military affairs, nssnlled the "dilatory" policy followed In demobilization, asserting that the administration Is us unpre pared for disbanding the army ns it was for the wnr itself. He warned bin party thnt It would be held responsible politically by the returning soldlere If It failed to adopt nn adequate pro gram for taking care of them. The other attack wns made by a Hepuhllc an. Senator Weeks of Massachusetts who bitterly criticized the war depart ment for delays and errors In compll Ing casualties among the expeditionary forces and for failure to co-operate with the Bed Cross In the matter ot forwarding letters from wounded sol diers to their relatives in this counlrj In ninny Instances, Mr. Weeks suhl parents were Incorrectly Informed thai their sous had been killed, Also so oral hundred American soldiers report ed as missing by tho war department had been located In French howpllnh by tho Hed Cross and letters wHtlei by them had not been lorwnrdod be cause of an order by the ileparlinein The senate commerce committee h, extended lt- InvoHtlKMlInn of the lt Island shipyard to a Kciicrul 1 i 1 1 Into the ioliiKS f th hippim l 'M ROOSEVELT IS FORMER PRESIDENT 8UCCUMB8 AT OYSTER BAY HOME. PASSED AWAY VERY SUDDENLY Blood Clot On Heart Said to Have Brought On Death Was 61 Year6 of Age. Oyster Bay, N. Y .Tan.) 7. Colonel Theodore Itnnctelt died at his home, Sagnnioro Hill, Monday morning. A clot of blood on the heart caused death. It was stated at the house.-Tho colonel went to bed Sunday night feeling well. Ills end was peaceful. Several members of the family were ' Colonel Theodore Roosevelt. at the bedside. Hoosevelf returned home Christinas day from Hoosevell hospital, Now York, where he had been ill for some time with sciatica. The house at Sagnnioro Hill wa1 closed and nobody allowed to enter the grounds after the colonel died. Farmer Slays Entire Family. Onnwa, lit., Jan. 0. Denied thu love of 11 woman, William Barnes, 11 farmer, known throughout this neigh borhood ns tho "one-armed crack shot," Friday night shot and killed five persons two women, two children and n man. Then ho sat in a chair, took off his left shoe and stocking, placed Nn toe on the trigger of his .sliotgr.it and blew oft the top of his bend. Ono of his victims was Mrs. Alice Jones, 21, recently divorced, whose love he wanted. The other victims were: Wilbur Johnson, 55', Mrs. Jones' fnthor. Mrs. Johnson, IS. Their son, Hex Johnson, 12. Mrs. Jones' son, Held, 2. In September Barnes and Mrs. Jones ran away together. Two weeks ago the young woman returned to her parents' home. She told friends then she bad found she did not love Barnes. Barnes returned Friday morning. He was sullen to persons he met in Decatur, Neb. He bought a shotgun and shells there, and snld he was going hunting, lie used tjte gun to wipe out the Johnson family and kill himself. Tho tragedy occurred on HolmerV Island, comprising about 1,000 ncres, on tlie Nebraska side of the river, hut still a purl ol I own. Johnson was a well-to-do farmer. An Investigation, which was started Monday, is expected 10 solve tho mys tery of several deaths during the past IS months In tho vicinity of Onnwa. Monona county. Authorities of Mononu county havr recalled, since the tragedy at tin Johnson home. Hint Burnes' wife and daughter died under singular clrcuni stnuccs In their home about n your ajjo. At the time of Mrs. Burnes death speculation was; rlfo amoiii: neighbors, many of whom openly ex pressed the opinion tho woman met with foul play. Tho man's 17-year-old daughter, who kept house for her fit l her for a short whllo following hor uinlher' denth, ended her own life, supposedly, by drinking poison. Barnes in known to hnvo been n desperate character, nnd thcro nro many In this community who believe 1 1 1 in directly rotqioitslblp for tliodcflths of his wife nud daughter. Wldle House Open to Visitors, Washlniilon. D. C Jan. 7. After bolllK chined to tho public for ncill'ly two years becaiu-e of the war, the White limine was reopi ned to visitors a few day nun. Youth Draws Huge Snlnry. DbIioII, Mich., Jan. 7. The newly minimi picNldciii of iho Ford Motor company, IJdsel Ford, wn of Henry Ford, l drawing oil of I ho blggm. milni-lm In tl Minify $lo0,000 a -1-. hHIioiiIi hi only ; j em ,,i, DEAD 1 l