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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. SPIES OF GERMANY BOTHERED YANKEES COURTED BY GREEK KING. MUCH NECKWEAR GOOD ROADS Enemy Learned Valuable Secrets No Matter How Carefully Guarded. CENTER ON AMERICANS iGerrmna Sent Smoothest Secret Ser vice Men to Camp on Trail of 1 Americans as Soon an They Landed. Purls. American uewupcper corre spondents iihronil nrt now pfrrinltted in relate some of the (roubles (lie Amurtcnns experienced with the great (Jernuin svy system. No nriny hi Hie world wnr IhmI ii ihnrdor fight against the smooth-work-f n jr. far-reaching Teuton espionage sys tem t lut ri did Ociiernl Pershing's war riors. The Germans concentrated n In rue number of spins against the Americans Immediately uftr the first Yankee 'ontliiK'iitK hunted In France mid kept augmenting their numbers. The Ainerk'iin iinny wits made the oh Jeet of the Hpy offensive because the Oerinuns recognized tlmt. If the war eonllniied until the "iiniiner of 1018 and then Inpped over Into 1011) It was the American tinny Unit would llgurc 'largely In Milled operations. They wanted to find out wlmt kind of tin ninny Pershing had, what the morale of the Individual soldiers was, what the staffs were. planning nnd what disposi tion was being made of American troops behind the western battle front. Hard to Keep Secrets. In spite of all precautions and In spite of contre-esplnnngc forces, Our mini agents undoubtedly collected a large nmoutit of valuable Information behind the American lines to supple ment other odds and ends they had picked up from American prisoners, from the reports of their laud and air observera and from other sources. Olllccrs tried hard to keep the Hoche from learning that one Anwrlenii unit bad been removed from the line and mipplemented by another. That was Information that the Ocrmnn Intelli gence olllccrs wanted for their "order of battle" maps, by which they kept track of the exact disposition of all enemy troops In the line and reserve. Elsie Janis Adopts Boy Who Fought In War New York. Klsle Janls signed papers which mnke her the fos ter mother of Michael Cnrdl, fourteen, an Italian orphan vet eran of the war, who landed here as a stowaway on the transport Madonna from Marseilles six weeks ago. Miss Janls put up a bond of $5,000 to Insure that Mi chael will not be a public charge and the lad Is now at her home In Tarrytown. FINNISH LEGION FIGHTING BOLSHEVIKI V - V':';' ';; ' v '' Part of the Finnish legion opera 1 1 ug ngnnisi the lnilsti IM in North Itus fla are here shown at a halt during a march across a frozen lake. IS A Boy Leads Orchestra at the Age ol 13 Child Who Astonishes Europe Born In Maine of Italian Parents. Rome. Willy Ferrero. aged thirteen, who leads 100-plece orchestras In selections from Wagner, licet hovon, Itosslnl, Orelg and others Is an Amer ican and was born In Portland, Maine. Tin; child has attracted the attention of Kurope since he was four years oh!, b,ut It was only recently that his Amer ican birth was wealed by Ids parents, who are Italian. Tho father told the Associated Press correspondent that Willy carried an American passport, but that his name thereon wuh William Ferrero, a name he bad chosen for him while he had MUSICAL PR One night elements of the Sevcnty seventh ilKlslou, from New York city slipped quietly Into line In (he Ilacca rat sector, relieving other units of the Forty-second division, which untrained for the west to help repel Illndenbtirg's last groat offensive'. There was every need for secrecy. Itut when men of tin- Seventy-seven Ih peered across "no man's laud" at daybreak they saw holst.ed from the Oeruiau trenches this sign, printed in Kngllsh : "Oood-by, Forty-second division ' Welcome. Seventy-seventh "' There were other Instances of the same kind; but the tlilntc was not all one-sided. Often the Americans knew that Heinle was slipping In a new out lit, the number of the on t lit and Just what kind of stuff Its men were made of. and i hey made Important use of that Information. Much Trouble In Alsace. American troops that saw service In the mountainous AKucc country had the greatest dllllcullles with the spy evil. Hehlnd the Franco-American lines were a large number of people who were Oerman-born amj who re tained their sympathies for the kaiser. The country offered unusually good op portunities for spies because of Its hilly, wooded nature. On several nlghK when American troops were en tering the trenches to relieve other nulls, rockets and colored lights shot up from hills behind the American front. The Oennan artillery promptly responded to this Up by pounding the American communication trenches, knowing that they would be crowded with men passing forward. The hills and woods afforded stich excellent hid ing places that It was next to linpis- Yanks Are Clearing Mine Field 200 Miles Long and 45 Miles Wide. MAKE NORTH SEA SAFE AG AIM Task Almost as Dangerous and, From Viewpoint of Shipping, as Impor tant as Hunting Subma rines, London. F.ighty United States navy mine sweepers are busy In the North sea at a Job almost as dangerous and. from the viewpoint of shipping, quite as Important, as bunting submarines. They are clearing away the largest mine barrage In the world. This bar rage, nearly St) per cent American made and American-laid mines, Is about 200 miles long and I." miles wide. It closes the North sea from Scotland to Norway. The task has already resulted In 0DICT worked In Maine when the child was born. The father said that at the age of two the lad was brought to Italy, whith er his parents were returning to take, up their residence in their old home In the Folles llergere, in Paris. A year later he appeared In the CoManxa tho titer, Home, where for the Hist time be led an orchestra of 100 pieces. The pro gram was composed of Wagnerian, necthuven nnd other heavy selections. The child took his orchestra before F.mporor Nicholas In 101.1 and conduct ed two conceits for the monarch. In tho same year his orchestra was tilling an engagement In London, and he was commanded to appear before Queen Alexandria nf Knglnnd at Marlborough house, lie appeared before Pope Hen edict XV. In MHO. In April, 1016, just before Italy's dec laration of war, Willy was presented 1 IL'ltli ilia rvsil1 truwtfil ttt tint 1nltntt till n " till1 ftriu UIVMMI fj V 11III1M - iNAVAL BOATS DO DANGEROUS WORK 1 Miss Josephine Marie Kelly of Chi cago, who Is now in Athens an a mem ber of the American Hcd Cross. Is re ceiving marked attention from Klcg Alexander of Oreece, whom she met last January at a tea given In the hot'ie of Orcek friends. King Aloxnn del. according to the story, made n attempt to conceal his admiration foi the attractive American girl. Since their llrst meeting they have, accord lug to report, been seen together ut a number of functions attended by both. Will the king marry the American girl? That Is the big question per plexing Athens society. slide to attempt to trap the men who had touched olT the lights. The sltua tlon in Alsace was all the more did1 cult because the French government desired to avoid offending the Alsatian villagers by making arrests. a casualty toll of four vessels dam aged, one olllcer killed and others wounded. The l S. S. Bobolink, the first victim, had her stern blown in by an exploding mine. Lieutenant Bruce was killed. Several other olll ccrs and men, knocked overboard, wer rescued. The r. S. S. Patnxent wns badly damaged about the stern and the U. S. S. Hall slightly damaged. All were of about 1,000 tons. The fourth was a smaller boat. Thus far the Meet has covered an area containing '1,000 mines. Of these 15 per cent have been accounted for. Where the remaining OTi iter cent are nobody knows. Captain Sexton esti mated the mine hunt would keep the sweepers busy until October or No vember. It Involves a personnel of about 2.600. When the word was first tnoi'thed around through the ranks that Ameri can gobs were going to pick up the mines ilioy helped to lay a short time before, the general opinion was that It would be one of the most thrilling Jobs .et. And no one has been disap pointed. Kquippcd with maps show ing approximately where every '.line was dropped, the llotllla started out in twos, each pair dragging a cable be tween them. Mines Sown in Strings. The mines, tin; map said, were sewn In strings. All the sweepers bad to do was to straddle the line, pass from one end to the other, and the entile, between theni. would do the rest. Of course, the particular mine in question wouldn't be the only one to go olT. The concussion would alwavs set I off others Immediately adjoining, and I llf.ll,. I. Ill ullll .1,1. ...... ...It.. I .1 i i.irimi,. -Mill .iiiii-i .- .I11JIJIIIIIIK Ult'Sf, These two exigencies were provided for on the map under the titles "one 1 of extreme danger." "zone of possiide I "lunger," and beyond that "zone of surety" In addition, there would he a few other mines free-lancing arouail in all three zones. The llrst few days were rather dis astrous. Captain Sexton and his staff In Loudon began to dread npculni: the i morning's dispatches. Gradually with laiiiicc resourcefulness, the Ainerlenas seemed to be getting on top of the Job. until now Captain Sexton Is con. Ildent they are going to dean up the assignment with minimum losses. tstcr of education after he had nude a successful appearance In Urn Angus teuin. where he had conducted an or chestra and chorus aggregating "i n i All the players In the orchestra are men of long experience. SHOOTS PIGEON. PAYS $47.50 St. Louis Man Loses In Court After Argument With Bird's Owner. St. Louls.-Shootlng a single pip.un mis cost iMiitip llnnitntq of Hcllcuii, a total of $17.60. The pigeon ate some of Ilointaei'. Kiiruen seen ami vegetable. Int.. i killed it. Then Hommel got into MII argument witn Anton Sehllnger. own, of the bird. He brought a charge of threatening in mil MKlllUM .-MUlllUgcr. .Illsfi( Lautz ruled against Hommel tn .in.. of the four cases and the plaintiff was compelled to pay the costs, $j.20. men hcnungcr sued Hommel for dis turbing the peace and Judge Lnutz as sessed a line or $r mid costs. DAMAGE DONE TO HIGHWAYS Publh Roads Bureau Experimenting With Matter of Impact on Various Surfaces. A EjCv acricn nf experiments, which may have a far-reaching effect upon transportation on the highways and the regulation thereof, bus been un dertaken by the bureau of public roads, department of ngrlculture. The work, which Is being done by the division of road materials, test and research, Is designed to demon strate the damage done to highways by different forms of transportation units traveling under varying condi tions. It Is thought that the Infor mation so obtained will perhaps servo us a basis for scientific regulation of tralllc on different types of pavements, Incidentally Indicating the types and designs of road which will best serve the needs of tralllc. It is also suggested that from this Knowledge fair consideration will be assured In legislative charges against Cost Road in Maine Built Under Gov ernment Supervision. tralllc, since an accurato measure of Impnct damage therefrom will be pos sible. The experiments will cover a wide range, taking Into account four fnc tors those of speed, height of fall, type of tire used and the weight of ho transportation unit. Under the last heading it will be necessary for the bureau to consider distribution of weight above nnd un der springs and on back and front axles, a quantity wlllch Is decidedly variable on different makes of motor and horse-drawn vehicles. The bureau has called upon the natlonnl automo bile chamber of commerce to usslst In the collection of this data, much of which has not been generally tubu lated, and u questionnaire has been sent to all motor truck manufacturers of America on this subject. Immedi ate attention to this hus been request ed in order to facilitate the: experi ments. In the initial stages of '.he work the pack has been measured by the per manent deformation of oue-half by one-half Inch copper cylinders placed under u steel plunger subjected to the Impact of tralllc. A varying height of fnll Is urrlved nt by different take-offs for the machine. First experiments Indicated a wide rango In the force of Impact as between units with solid tires and pneumatics. Working from these first steps the bureau ofllclals plan to perfect a ma chine which will take Into account the factors mentioned and which will en able them to provide a constant suc cession of Impacts on selected slabs or paving compositions. This will en uble the experiments to proceed much more rapidly than would be possible under actual rwtd conditions. Tests will be made on horse-drawn as well as motor-driven vehicles. Tu addition to the nbove experi ments another series Is planned to de termine the wehrlng qunlltles of differ cut types of road surfaces when sub jected to very heavy truffle. SAVE TRANSPORTATION COSTS Eight Cents Per Ton-Mlle Can Bo Ef fected When Road Is Lifted to Durable Class. The report of the Joint congressional committee which Investigated highway economics In 101-1 shows that a saving of eight cents per ton-mile can bo ef fected In transportation costs when n road Is lifted from the dirt to the du rable class. This does not take Into uccount Increased real estate valua tions or social ndvnntugcs from the !m provement. Good Roads Approved. Tho secretary of agriculture, up to May 1, hud approved 1,057 project statements for federal aid roads, In volving Hie Improvement of 10,580 miles of hlghwuys at an estimated coat of $02,033,000. Much for Trunk Highways. It Is proposed that Uncle Bam upend $100,000,000 for trunk highways, now that tho season approaches when a man will have no further reason to travel principally with u suttcime. i SSMr Mi k Women seem to have become much addicted to wearing neckpieces of many kinds. A little Journey through shops and departments that carry neckwear reveals such a world of It and such a variety of It that there must be a great demand for all kinds of neckwear. Muuv of the pieces are Intended to replace summer furs. These include scarfs made of plushes, ostrich boas, ostrich capes and capes of marabout feathers or marabout' tin- Ished with ostrich fringe. This os trich fringe, which appears like mara bout in black, white and natural color, Is used In borders ami bands In scarfs of gold and silver tissue. Some of the new plushes used for scarfs do not attempt a close Imita tion of fur but suggest the most pop lar summer furs, as ermine and broad tail and moleskin. Besides these there are some handsome satin scarfs and capes trimmed with narrow bands of real fur, shown with hats to match ll''t the smart affair thai Is shown at the rtglit of the two figures nbove. Ulch silk tassels and silk embroidered motifs put this in a class with the handsomest furs. Hotli ostrich and marabout make 'ALL DAY' DRESSES One-piece dresses, to be worn In place of suits In and out of doors, re ceived a great boost during the war. When tailors became scarce and the work of making street clothes went Into the bunds of dressmakers in Paris, the one-piece "all-day" dress began to replace suits. With the approval of Paris upon It. this style of. street dress made great headway in America and appears to have established Itself. The all-day dress, us it Is called, ap pears, together with new suits, in the early showings of fall styles, some times having much the appearance of a suit and sometimes wholly different from one. These two types are shown together In the picture above. Those dresses are iiuidV up in the same quiet colors and of the same ma terials as suits, although colors cover a wider range than are usually pre sented In salts, and there Is more lati tude In the mutter of decorations. The dress at the left of the picture simulates a suit so closely that it Is misleading. It will Interest the girl who must soon be outfitted for col lege, because It Is a youthful model that will see her through the fall with out a wrap anil prove comfortable In cold weather with the aid of a coat. beautiful capes in the style of that shown at the right of the picture. Nearly all of these are In the natural taupe color of the feathers, but in os trich capes and boas there is often a mixture of white nnd natural Hues. Huffs made of iiiaHncs In very full plaits and ruffs made of loops of wide satin ribbon are among old acquaint ances that find themselves returned to favor, now that everything In neckwear proves to be of Interest. They are not at all dlfllcult to make, the plaits or loops are simply stitched on to a band that lies about the neck, and they fas ten with ties of narrow satin ribbon. Small chokers and other small neck pieces in furs appear to nave displaced larger neckpieces and capes for sum mer wear and narrow scarfs of satin, finished at the ends with fringe, prove themselves a chic novelty on women who know how to wear them well. A Bodice of Ribbon. The bodice made entirely of ribbon a feature of midsummer dance frocks combined with skirts of either net. both silk nnd cotton ; organdie, voile, lace and georgette. It has the appearance of a suit with skirt and short box coat belted In. Hut the coat turns out to be only a bodice, wlih fronts lengthened below the nar row licit and disappearing al the ships under a seam in the skirt. It has a iit In vest, prettily embroidered, and a few very large bone buttons emphasize Its novel features. They lire set nlong the side seams In which the Ja'ket fronts lose themselves mid on the odd lapels Into which the collar lengthens. Wool velour Is an Ideal material for a dress of this kind. ."he girl who aspires to look tall and slender should consider the long Hues nnd simple composition of the dress at the right. The picture portrays it with so much lidellty that there Is nothing that needs to be said about It. An un derskirt of silk, with border of cloth, has the effect of a separate skirt, but the all-day dress Is, above all things, convenient to put on, and this skirt Is merely the lower part of a foundation i that supports the dress. Any of the familiar and reliable wool suitings will j serve to make these dresses.
