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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. ASKS TIME TO LIEUT. DANIFL C. ROPER, JR. DANIELS IS FIRM FOR BIG NAVY CAPT. TEH-YUEN-LU WHAT CAN iST RAIL PLAN McAdoo Urges Extension of Fed eral Control Through Peace Period. Says United States Must Provide Proper Share of World Police. SEES LOWER FREIGHT RATES NO DESIGNS ON NATIONS am Loss In Operating Roads Is $130,000, 000 High Rates Throughout Year Would Have Left Surplus of $100,000,000. Washington, Jnn. 0. Accomplish ments of riillronds under federal con trol In the last twelve months mid ar guinenit) for u five-year continuance of government operation to provide a fair test of unllled direction were recited by Director General McAdoo, testifying before the senate Interstate commerce committee, which took up considera tion of his recoiumeudntlon for exten sion of control until 1021. . After citing reforms effected under unified control the director general said : "I believe that under the handicaps of wur conditions a sulllcient showing has been made to Indicate that all the reforms I have .mentioned are desirable ns permanent pence measures. Yet it Is clear thnt the general public bus not had an opportunity to appreciate this nnd to weigh the real value of what has been accomplished. In view of the far-reaching Importance of any solu tion of the rnllroad question which may be adopted the public Is entitled to have, before tho present federal control shall be terminated, a reasonably fair test under peace conditions of the ad vantage to be derived from these re forms. "Operations under peace conditions with a tenure so short us the twenty one months cannot possibly constitute a fair test." Reasons for this, be explained, would be the inevitable disturbance to em ployees' morale, the dllllculty of carry ing out an extensive program of Im provements and of forcing on railroad companies necessary expenditures. Another reason for a longer test pe riod, said the director general, Is the advisability of having adequate Infor mation on valuation of railroad prop erty, now being gathered by the Inter state commerce commission to guide congress In legislation providing a permanent solution of the railroad problem. Mr. McAdoo estimated the govern ment's loss In operating railroads this year at $130,000,000. This represents the difference between the amount guaranteed to the roads as rental and the sums credited to tho government in railroad Income. If the higher rates hud been In effect tho entire year he .estimated the government would have made a surplus of $100,000,000 and in 1010. with existing wages, operating costs and trulllc volume remaining substantially the same ns In last year, the government should make a sur plus of $100,000,000. "Since the object of the government should be at all times to operate te railroads not for profit, but at cost," he added, "nnd to render at the same time the best possible service, I con lldently believe that it will be possible during tho yenr 1010, or certainly at the end of the year 1010, to effect n considerable reduction In rates unless the trulllc of 1910 should bo much less than It was In the year 101S." Wage advances to railroad employees last year added between $000,000,000 and $700,000,000 to tho pay rolls. Many economies brought about un der unified management, Mr. McAdoo said, will not be reflected until this year. The retiring director general told the senators how tho government, tak ing over tho railroad the first of last year at u time when they were threat ened with physical and financial break down, had righted conditions gradual ly, moved 0,400,000 troops, hauled great quantities of food at n critical time In February when the very suc cess of the war depended on the food situation, nnd had hauled 37.0S3.000 more tons of bituminous coal during tho ten months ending October 31, than In the same period of the year before. FORD EARNS 200 PER CENT Big Dividend Is Declared by Direc tors of Auto Company, It Is Announced. Detroit. Mich.. Jnn. 4. A 200 per cent dividend wns declared by the di rectors of tho Ford Motor company nt their annual meeting December 31. It was announced here. The dividend, which represents a disbursement of $4,000,000 among seven shareholders, is payable 100 per cent January 1 nnd 100 per cent February 1. Plan Elght-Hour Day for World. Paris. Jan. 0. Premier Cleniencenu told a delegation from tho general la bor confederation that tho plan to mnke an International labor law guar anteeing nn eight-hour day was. viewed favorably by the French government. Move to Free Objectors. London, Jan. 0. A petition signed by a number of prominent Kngllshmen has been presented to Premier Lloyd George asking for tho release of con scientious objectors. It says that the signers are united In the opinion. Lieut. Daniel C. Itopcr, Jr., son of the commissioner of Internal revenue, after having been through many of the hottest battles In the war was wounded In the Argonne forest on Oc tober 0. While he was In the hospital he suffered also from an nttack of In fluenza. Lieutenant Roper Is one of three brothers in the service of Uncle Sam. He wns lilt In three places by pieces of a high explosive shell while loading his platoon into action. U. S. TROOPS RESCUED NAVY MEN SAVE 2,500 SOLDIERS FROM TRANSPORT. Fighters Removed From the Northern Pacific, Which Went Ashore Off Fire Island During Gale. Fire Island, N. ., Jan. 0. All the 2r00 soldiers on tho stranded army transport Nortjiern Pacific were safe ashore or aboard naval vessels nt tho close of the second day of one of the most remarkable marine rescues In the history of the Atlantic coast. When darkness began to fall, en forcing suspension of trans-shipment operations, steam, motor and our-pro-polled craft of the navy and coast guard had taken off the liner 2,500 troops In addition to Red Cross nurses carried ashore In surf boats and the breeches buoy. The rescue of the soldiers and nurses was completed without on acci dent, except for the capsizing of n life boat, and without the loss of a single life. From early morning until dusk the rescue cruft light-draft submarine chasers, power launches and whale boats, manned by fearless navy men piled between the stranded troop ship nnd the flotilla of cruisers, de stroyers nnd tugs anchored Just out side the treacherous sand bars. The chasers, coming in almost to the breakers, nosed against tho steel sides of the liner and took off 150 men at a time. The launches carried ten to thirty nt a trip and the whale boats and surf boats a lesser number. YANKS WIN 13 RUSS TOWNS Wisconsin and Michigan Troops Plod Through Deep Snow and Sur prise Bolshevik Army. Archangel, Jan. 4. In nn advance on the Onega river, tho Ono Hundred nnd Thirty-ninth Amerlcnn regiment, fighting with a Polish army, took 12 villages In sharp fighting. Five hundred Wisconsin nnd Michi gan men struggling gamely through the heavy snow, carrying rllles, ammu nition, mnchine guns nnd extra rations, did the Job of flanking tho bolsbevlkl nnd surprising them much the same as their pals did 75 miles to the west. Archangel, Jnn. 3. American troops recaptured the village of Kadlsh on the middle sector of tho northern Rus slan front nnd pushed forward their lines n distance of two miles south of tho village In the direction of Vologda. 270 BRITISH SAILORS LOST Steam Yacht With Men on Holiday Leave Strikes Rocks Off Scotland Coast. London, Jan. 3. Two hundred nnd seventy sailors were drowned ns tho result of the loss of tho British steam yacht Iolalro off Stornoway, Scotland. The yacht had 300 sailors on board. They were on New Year's holiday leave. The vessel struck on tho dangerous rocks known as "tho beasts of helm," near Stornoway harbor, and only about 80 of them woro saved. Many of these wero terribly injured In their efforts to reach the shore. Former KaUer Very III, Report. Amsterdam, Jan. 4. William Motion zollern, the former emperor of Ger many, is very ill, according to reports from Amnrongeii. Ho cannot leavo his room, It is said, and Is suffering from a severe cold. Fear Tanker Is Lost. San Francisco, Jan. 4. Serious con cern for the snfety of tho Standard Oil compnny's tankor George W. Loom Is which left hero December 10 for Coos 'Bay Ore., wns expressed hero by shipping men. Secretary Discloses Strength of World's Navies, Showing America Second With 3D Battleships Heading a Fleet of 1,217 Ships. Washington. Jnn. t. Secretary of tne Anvy Daniels before the house naval committee, declared the United States, having pledged Its support to small nations, should build a navy sec ond to none In the world If an Interna tional tribunal with power to enforce its rulings failed to become a reality. "A large navy Is not needed because t the United States has designs upon "uiur nations territory, secretary Daniels said, "because this country has no such designs. But, since wo have pledged our support to small no tions unable to protect themselves, we must bo strong enough to mnko our pledges good." Mr. Daniels sold tho wnr had brought out clearly two points: 1. Thnt national differences and greed for power are unsnfo nnd must bo eliminated. 2. That an International tribunal with power to enforce its rul ings Is essential. Representative Kelly of Michigan asked tho secretary when he first came to tho conclusion that America should huvo a navy second to nono In the world. "I enmo to that conclusion when the wnr broke out," was the reply. "Un til that time I believed thnt the work ing people who suffer most from wars, and bankers and business men who pny for wars, should be considered be fore the militarists. But when I real ized thnt the militarists of another na tion might plunge tho world Into wnr nt their will, I realized that I was wrong. Unless we have a navy which can lick any other navy In the world, wo may ns well have none." Tho secretary submitted to tho com mittee a report showing tho prescnf comparative strengths of the largo nav ies of the world. Grent Britain has In operation or building 01 battleships, 13 battle cruisers, 31 heavy cruisers, 111 light cruisers, 210 patrol and gun boats, 400 destroyers, 210 submarines, 08 torpedo boats, 32 flotilla leaders, 220 airships and S07 miscellaneous ships. Franco has 20 battleships, 21 cruis ers, 8 light cruisers, 02 destroyers. 121 torpedo boats, 70 submarines, 80 nlrshlps and 183 other craft. Italy hns 18 battleships, 7 cruisers, 10 light cruisers, 5 monitors, 15 flotilla leaders, 54 destroyers, 83 torpedo boats, 85 submarines, 30 airships and 442 miscellaneous vessels. Russia beforo quitting the war had 18 battleships, 4 light cruisers, 12 heavy and 0 light cruisers, 128 destroy ers, 54 submarines, 13 torpedo boats. 14 airships nnd 00 miscellaneous ves sels. Tho United Stntcs, with the second Inrgest navy In the world, has built or projected 30 battleships, 0 battle cruisers, 8 armored cruisers, 40 light cruisers, 312 destroyers, 181 subma rines, 15 const torpedo vessels, 17 tor pedo boats and 5G0 other vessels. Before the nrmlstlco was signed Ger many had 47 battleships, 0 battle cruisers, 51 other cruisers. 223 destroy ers, 175 torpedo boats, 213 submarines and 50-1 miscellaneous vessels. M0N0NGAHELA OUT OF BANKS Four Hundred Dwellings and Business Houses Under Water at Browns ville, Pa. Brownsville, Pa.. Jan. 4. With 400 dwellings nnd business houses partly submerged and the greater part of the business section under water, this city is experiencing the worst Hood since 1007. The Monongnhola river ronched a stage 41 feet, nine feet above the Hood stage, and is rlslni' rapidly. Hundreds of persons, who fled to second floors of their homes when the water began to rise, were rescued in boats. U. S. GETS FOUR .iUN U-BOATS First Allotment Is Made France Gets 15, Italy Ten and Japan. Seven. London, Jan. 3. German submarines which have been surrendered ore be ing divided among tho allies, according to the Mall. Tho newspaper says thnt 15 go to France, 10 to Italy, 7 to Japan and I to tho United States. The U-boats turned over to tho United States are said lo ho now on their way across the Atlantic. The newspaper does not specify the manner In which the rest of tho 127 surrendered sub marines are to bo allotted. Hindenburg and Groener Deposed. London, Jan. (J. Field Marshal Y'n Hindenburg anil General Grnenor. I u dendorff's successor, are reported i be deposed, according to a Zurich dis patch. Both are said to have declined to recognize the Berlin soviet. Allow Rhineland Elections. Paris, Jan. . Marshal Foeh, . . cording to tho Matin, has given per mission for the Germans In tho copied Rhine provinces to participle In the German elections. He also ,iit allow freedom of tho press ('apt. ToliYucn-Lu, the first naval nttache ever sent to the Chinese lega tion In Washington, has arrived. Ho and his assistants have been formally presented to Secretary Daniels and to olllclais In the state department. RED ARMY WIPED OUT CZECHOSLOVAKS CAPTURE 31,000 BOLSHEVIK TROOPS. Premier Lenine Has Narrow Escape From Being Taken by General Gnlda's Forces. Stockholm. Jan. 4. A British naval squadron In a sea tight In tho Baltic sea has captured Nikolai Lenlne's minister of the navy, Faskolnluov. Vladivostok, Jan. 4. In capturing Perm. In the Ural mountains, General Guldu, at tho head of Czecho-Slovak and Siberian forces, virtually destroy ed tho bolshevik Third army, from 1 which Nikolai Lenine, the bolshevik 'premier, was directing operations In tho region of Perm. Lenine himself eseaped, but several members of his , party were taken prisoners, j The exploit of General Galda In cap ' tuting Perm pnrallels bis success In the campaign of Inst summer. Ills su ' peiiors opposed his plan of nttack ' against Perm, and ho enrried out tho I operation at the risk of removal from ! his command. The bulk of his force wns mnde up of Siberian troops. In addition to tho 31,000 prisoners re ported, General Galda captured 5,000 rr.llwny cars, 120 Held guns, 1,000 mn chine guns, 30 automobiles, an entire wagon transport, several armored trains and several thousand horses. His movement was n complete sur prise to the bolsbevlkl, os proved by the fact that he captured several prom inent soviet leaders at tho headquar ters of the Third bolshevik army. Ten bolshevik regiments nro declared to have been annihilated and tho rest of tho enemy army was driven across the Knrma river. Troops of General Semenoff, the nn-tl-bolshevlk leader -In the Chltn district, have occupied Verkhnl Udlnsk, on tho Siberian railway east of Lake Baikal. Two hundred thousand Russinn sol diers released from German prisons are expected to past through Omsk wlthffi a fortnight. The Russians are destitute and In a serious condition from exposure and lack of food. SUNSET DIVISION SENT HOME Included in Units Assigned by General Pershinp for Early Convoy to the United States. Washington, Jan. 4. Practically tho entire Forty-first division (Sunset) was Included In a list of units an nounced by the wnr department as as signed for early convoy from France. The list shows the headquarters and headquarters troops of the Forty-first, the One Hundred nnd Sixty-first regi ment complete, the One Hundred and Sixty-third complete. One Hundred and Sixty-fourth complete, and Ono Hundred and Sixty-second, less Sec ond battalion. In all, more than 500 olllcers and 10.000 men of the Sunset division, comprising troops from Wash ington. Oregon, Montana. Idaho and Wyoming were ordered home. Other units of tlie division are the One Hn i dred and Highly-first and One Hun dred and nighty-second Infantry brig ade headquarters; One Hundred and Forty-sixth. One Hundred and Forty- Seventh ami One Hundred and Forty- ! eighth machine gun battalions; One; Hundred and Sixteenth ammunition train, One Hundred and Sixtenlh sup ply train, One Hundred and Sixteenth Sanitary train and One Hundred and Sixty-fourth ambulance train. White House Open Again. Washington, Jan. 4. After being closed to the public for nearly two years because of the war, Hip White House wus reopened to visitors lo nllow war workers and soldiers a chance to see tho historic mansion. Rear Admiral Zane Dies. Washington. Jan. 0. Rear Admiral A. V. -one. U. S. N.. retired, died at his resilience In this city. Admiral .ano had been recalled to active duty and served In the reserve corps dur ing the porlod of the war. U. S. Salute for Joan of Arc. Washington, Jan. (I. A naval salute will be llred from the guns of a war ship in New York harbor on January (I in honor of the five hundred and sev enth am . ersiiry of Hit birth of Jonn of An All of us who are members of the tied Cross will have n comfortable sense of having helped nlong In the many constructive activities that are .-Mignglng that great organization now. Measured by wartime achievements the work- of relieving suffering and ills, tress In the future will be better done by the Red Cross than by any other means, for that Is the business of the organization. It has a comprehensive outlook and knows what Is needed and Its methods have been tried by experi ence. ' At the request of the American Red Cross a toy manufacturing plant near Lyons Is now turning out furniture for refugees. British armies hnve driven the Turks out of the Holy Innd. Tho American Red Cross is helping to drive distress out of the same territory. On nn overage of 18,000 queries are handled every week by tho bureau of communications of tho Red Cross. This bureau keeps soldiers In the field In touch with their families. Tho Ideal waiter hns been found. An American Red Cross canteen worker declares that he has personally met and fed 50,000 American soldiers In tho last four months. The repatrles are once more arriving at livlan les Bains. About 80,000 hnve come Into this little frontier town in the past two months, It Is estimated by the American Red Cross. Salvalore Flllppo of Krle, Pa., an American soldier boy who was almost blinded by a shrapnel wound, Is going to make a will leaving all his money to the American Red Cross. He con veyed this Infortunium to Henry P. Davison, chairman of the wnr council of tho American Red Cross, on the oc casion or n recent visit by Mr. Davison to .a local hospital where wounded Americans nro being cared for. Mr. pavlson talked with scores of patients nnd asked them If there was anything his organization could do to make them more comfortable. He was deeply touched with the line spirit shown by the American boys and particularly with Fillppo's generous regard for his soldier companions. "If 1 leave my money to the Ameri can Red Cross," said Flllppo, "I know, that It will bo used to help those who need It most. If I lenve It to any other I cannot tell what will bo done with t. I am In comfortable circumstances and so are my people. I hove tried to refuse tho many comforts provided by TWO HIGH-NECKED BLOUSES 'lie' high m-cked hhnise in establish Ing itself iih a rival of the blouse ullli open llirciiit for immediate and sprlifg tlme wear. Its chances for an equal popularity are good until the hottest midsummer weather makes the filmi est of collars a burden. Business girls will extend the glad hand of welcome ,--accompanied by an open purse to these returning wanderers from the sles of banished things. They are so neat looking, so capable of doing what is required of them. What Is required if the business woman's blouse Is to he .loth practical and dainty. Illgh-nei'ked models are developed in georgette crepe ns well as In other wash silks and sheer cottons. Ono of llioe In the accompanying picture Is mnde of this beautiful material. It has plaited frills edged with a narrow border of black crepe and fastens up tlie front with pearl buttons sewed on through eyes with black silk thread. There are groups of pin tucks nt each side of tlie front and three groups down the hack. Tho turned-back col lar and cuffs are becoming finishing touches completed with a small cravat tie of black grosgraln ribbon. Tlie other waist, of white voile, em Sloys wide plaits at each side. Inxtend the Red Cross because I felt some o tho other boys might need them more.' Tho FIcbler Central In Paris is n conlldentlnl exchange founded by the Amerlcnn Red Cross, to coordinate nl lied charity work and prevent duplica tion of effort. Its stenographers an swer on an average of 1,700 Inquiries a tlay. There arc more than 14,000 families on Its Index catalogue. F.nch family Is Indexed by both name and residence. Thirty-nine different agen cies hnve registered their cases with the Fielder Central. Twelve wooden barracks recently built at Leyselo by the American Red Cross were tised within a short period of tlmo ns a refugeo shelter, n chil dren's colony nnd a maternity hospital. Joining Yarn. Much trouli'e lias been cnused in knitting by improperly Joining the yarn. The following Is a new and good way to splice It: Knit to within font or five Inches of the end of the yarn. Thread the end of tho now ball Into n darning needle. With the left hand hold the end of the yarn that remains on tho work, and darn the new yarn Into it for three or four Inches. Slip off the darning needle, draw the ynrn back until the end Is hidden, and knit as before, being careful not to pull tho ends apart. The Joining can hard ly bo found. It's Just a Fad. Recent Paris fashion bulletins chron icle the arrival of frocks showing a "kite" or "bag" silhouette. A few exaggerated examples pre displayed to prove that they really exist. Tho woman to whom keeping up with the stylo means much need not worry, however, when she views her purchnsf of a now frock, as both" the kite nnd tho bag models are merely overgrown members of the Well-known peg toe silhouette family. New Vcsteea. Now vestees of trlcoletto silk or wool Jersey nro very smart. They are to bu worn with long sashes draped well nt one hip and banging with long fringed ends. Naturally they are expensive, but they can be made at home, since it Is possible to buy the materials by tho yard, and thus made the cost Is much reduced. This woven-knltted stuff lasts a lifetime nnd comes In lovely colors. ut lie Us. and has the becoming shoul iler yoke that continues populnr. Round pearl buttons fasten tho plain cuffs nnd the front of tlie blouse. But the collar departs from the plain ways of tho cuffs and follows the frilly fash ions. It Is a hemstitched turnover of lino plaits. Attention Is centered ou It by a narrow velvet tie. It Is a good idea to leave sotno things to the Imagination and among them are a good many throats. It will have to lie conceded that the high-necked waist covers up a multitude of defects and Is especially kind to older women, for It Is In the throat that ago Is first apparent. Darts. Darts are not an unknown feature of tho frock of thu moment. How ever, darts nowadays are not used to emphasize the plnched-ln waist, but rather to shape the fabric nt the shoulders and bust. They are oulte obvious, and are outlined with em brolderj and pointed with embrold , ered dart heads at the cud.
