The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, January 17, 1919, Image 7

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    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.