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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1919)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA HAPPENINGS CONDENSED TO A FEW LINES The Apportionment of school funds to tlio different counties of the statu 1ms been completed nt tlic office of State Superintendent Cleininons nnd shows tlmt 1182,00 1 school children will receive n totnl of $ft71,153, or nhotit $1.11) per pupil. This will glvo Douglas county $ril,S(V.ll; Lancaster, $27,405; Ouster, $i:i,00 J.0:i ; Iluffnlo, $10,4G8.H7; Gage, $i;!,20l.i$t ; Knox, $10,1-15.71 ; Platte, $10,525.77. All oth or counties receive less thnn $10,000, Hooker receiving the least, $050. During a conference at thu state houso at Lincoln between Governor McKelvIo and J. It. Johnson, head of thu non-partisan league In Nebraska, In reference to the recent description of n league meeting at Ilea trice, the governor Is said to have promised to use all power at his coinmandTo pun sh persons who break up public meetings nnd officers who refuse to arrest disturbers. ' Prosecutions are expected to result from a riot at Kenosaw, which was precipitated by accusations made against some hoys by members of the Hoys Amusement Co., which was clos ing a several days' engagement In the lown. None of the disturbers, who nre said to have pelted the performers with eggs and handled some of them pretty rough, are residents of tho city. Women of Nebraska cannot votu nt (he primary elections to choose can didates for thu constitutional conven tion, according to Attorney General Davis. He announced this ruljng In a letter to the new president of the Ne braska Womnn Suffrage association, Mrs. O. II Dietrich of Hastings. Stntu Law Enforcement Agent Hy ers claims he has evidence to show that tho Indian reservation ncross tho South Dakota line from western Ne braska Is used as a "fence" for auto mobiles stolen from Omnhn, Sioux City, Lincoln and other Nebraska cities. Stalo Superintendent Clcmmons hns called a conference "i representatives for tho purpose u? redisricting the Btnte for consolidation, district organ ization to bo held In Lincoln. Under tho law passed by the legislature, each county Is entitled to two delegates. Several head df cattle have already died In lloyd county from anthrax and the disease has appeared among herds In both Cedar and Knox counties, ac cording to reports reaching tho stalo veterinarian's office at Lincoln. Applications of fifty telephone com panies In Nebraska for permission to Increase rates are now before the state railway commission. The commission has heard a number of these cases nnd has them under advisement. Nebrasknns of Bohemian descent have begun n campaign to get food, medicine, money nnd clothing to help tho suffering people of tho newly formed republic of Gzecho-Slovukla. Several buildings were wrecked, n number of head of cattlo killed nnd other minor damage dono by a cyclone that swept over an era of six miles, northwest of Grand Island. Mountain Giant, a boar which cost tho owner $5,000 last spring, was killed In a fight with another boar at tho farm of Meyer Bros. & Parkert, near Hooper. Tho State Hoard of Educational Funtls has awarded one potash and mineral lease In Cheyenne county, four In Garden, three In Sheridan and 11 In Sioux. Virtually every section of Nebraska received good rains during the past week. Schuyler had a near-cloud hurst, five Inches of rain falling In a single day. Work Is progressing rapidly on the now Cornhusker highway between Wahoo and Fremont. Tho covering of iho routo with gravel has already begun. Tho Beatrice Canning company will not put up any sweet corn this year because of tho poor crop In tho dis trict Grasshoppers are doing considerable damage to corn Holds along side of alfalfa and small grain stubble In Nuckolls county. Work on an annex to tho Meadow Grove high school, which will bo used for a gymnnslum, has been started. A post of tho American Legion, a world war veterans' organization, has been perfected at Morrill. Preliminary work for tho laying of forty blocks of puvlng nt Wnhoo Is virtually completed. Tho Pilgrim Congregational church of Cortland Is erecting a now $30,000 church edifice. An effort Is being mado to enlarge the facilities of tho Auburn municipal light plant so It can furnish commer cial light nnd power. U, G. Powell, who hns been rate II... . . i ... .. -J-.. 1 1 ... . . . . i . . expert for tho slato rallwny coinmls- alon since Its organization twelvo years ago, hns handed In his resigna tion to take effect September 1. C. A. Fulmer, state director of fed eral vocational aid, was elected presi dent of this Nebraska conference of tho Epworth league nt tlte stnto conven tion nt Lincoln. Based on August 1 conditions tho Stuto Board of Agriculture estimates Mint Nebraska's 1010 corn production will total 17-l,S!10,000 bushels. Last year's crop totalled 12:i,0S0,000 bush els. Tho State Board of Agriculture es timated that tho total production of winter wheat in Nebraska this year u.t -10,000,000 hushols, as compared to .'13,470,000 In 1018; spring wheat, 7,- 240,000 as against 0,fl0.000 bushels last year, and all wheat, 50,210,000 bushels ns compared with 43,141,000 , Suit for $110,800 has been started In the district court nt Fremont ' ngalnst the city of Scrlbner and Oscar Illeyhl and Henry Kathman, Scrlbner soft drink merchants, by Mrs. Bnrbrn .Tanosovsky for the death of her hus band. The) plaintiff alleges that Ben jamin .Tnnesovsky, father and husband, was killed In an automobile nccldent three weeks ago, while In a state of drunkenness, caused from drinking cider at die Bleyhl and Itathman cs- I tabllshmont. Scrlbner officials are al- , leged to have been Informed that tho two defendants were selling Intoxicat ing llipior. An attempt to hold a non-partisan league meeting at Beatrice resulted In the formation of n mob estimated at JtOO, which broke up tho gathering, mobbed nnd slugged several persons, whs a league official, nnd threatened, It Is said, to throw all the leaguers Into the Blue river. The excitement lasted several hours and caused tho leaguers to make a hasty exit from tho city. Whether $2.20 Is a fair price for wheat, or Just whnt the price should bo, with the growers getting a fair profit, will he determined by at least three county bureaus next year. Gage, Seward and Polk counties have obtain ed cost of production blanks from tho University Department of Itural Eco nomics and nt least twenty-five farm ers In each county will keep records. Juvenile pig raisers of Nuckolls county to the number; of thirty-ono Journeyed to Lincoln in nutontobllcs and spent a day In sight-seeing. They were guests of Governor McKelvIo for several hours and paid a lengthy visit to tho state farm. The excur sionists, all boys, are members of tho county pig club. Free rnngc on tho cut-over lands of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and a surplus of fall and winter range In Texas and New Mexico have do creased tho demand for Nebraska aid In caring for stock of drouth states, according to Information reaching tho agricultural collcgo at Lincoln. Five hundred Nebrnskans nre ex pected to Journey to Columbus, Ohio, aboard the Sons of Veterans special, which leaves Lincoln Sept. 7, to attend the G. A. It. encampment. Tho 1-cent per mile railroad fare, and the pros pects of a big encampment seem to bo tho attraction. Geo. Williams of Fairmont, legisla tor, has been made chief of the bureau of markets under tho new state de partment of agriculture, created by tho "codu bill." This office, Governor McKelvIo claims, has the authority to check profiteering. The Board of Begents of tho Uni versity of Nebraska announced tho election of Fred W. Luohrlng, Prince ton man, as director of the combined departments of athletics and physical education nt an annual salary of 1,1100. State Fire Inspector Meeker visited Beatrice and condemned twelve of tho business blocks. Of 100 buildings In spected he found 00 per cent in bail shape. Eighty sisters of tho Franciscan or der, who havo been attending the nor mnl training course nt tho St. Fran cis' academy, nt Columbus, received certificates. A flvo-day coursing meet Is to bo held nt Bcatrlco beginning October 14. Greyhounds from 15 states, In cluding famous entries from San Fran cisco, will be In the races, It is said. Secretary Webber of the State Hor tlcultural society, estlmntes this year's apple crop in Nebraska will bo about tho same ns last year, 215,000 barrels. Beports reaching tho secrotnry of state at Lincoln Indicate that about 250 candidates filed for tho nomina tion to tho constitutional convention. Frank Gcssel, 28, chnmplon swim mer of Lincoln county, was drowned In n bathing pool at North Platte. Ho was seized with cramps. A movement Is on foot to chango tho Seward-Aurorn-York nutomobllo highway so that It will pass through Bradshaw and Hampton. No primary will be held for candl dates for the constitutional conven tlon In Plntto county, as only four men filed petitions. , Tho Hoard of Education of Bluo Springs has adopted plans and sped ilcatlons for a now school building to cost $11,000. All sheep receipts for a single day at the South Omaha market were broken last Wednesday when 53,000 head were unloaded. York county has decided to employ n county engineer. Tho new olllclnl will commence work Sept. 1 at a sal ary of $11,000 annually. Wymoro will hold a special election In the near future to votu on a prop osltlon to Issue bonds for n sowago system. Kearney city school teachers have been given n Hat Incrcasu In pay amounting to fifteen dollars for grades nnd ten dollars for high teach- ors monthly, I -iri..rt I . Flro, believed to havo started from a candle in a Catholic church during services, vlrtuully wiped out tho en tiro business section of tho vlllngo ol Davy, 12 miles north of Lincoln. The church, two general stores, drug store, postotllco and telephone huildln were completely destroyed. Tho loss Is placed at $100,000. Statu Engineer Johnson now has tho approval of tho federal govern ment of n lease agreed upotr by county officers and the Union Pacific railway regarding the uko of railroad right of way as a wlto for a portion of tho Liu coin hlghwny In Nebraska. The stalo board of control has or dored tho discontinuance of tho broom factory nt tho state penitentiary at Lincoln, following n protest from twonty-two broom manufacturers tlmt tho stnto was doing the work for lesa than half what It would cost by free 1 U. S. S. Mississippi, one of the Pacific licet, passing through the Galllard cut of the Panama canal. 2 Actresses In New Xork who took part In the strike of the Actors' Equity association. 3 Nelson Morris, one of tho "big five" packers whom the government charges with profiteering and violation of the food laws. NEWS REVIEW OF EVENTS All Government Forces Concen trating on Fight Against High Cost of Living. FOODS IN STORAGE SEIZED Test Case Against Alleged Sugar Hoarders Labor Situation Is Lit tle Improved Kolchak's Siberi an Armies In Flight Rou manians In Hungary Defy Allied Com mission. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Spurred oh by tho welcome, If long- delayed action of the chief executive, nil available forces of the federal gov ernment are devoting themselves to tho task of reducing tho cost of liv ing, nnd they are receiving the en thusiastic co-operation of stnto and municipal bodies nnd officials all over tho country.. Attorney General Palmer sent out instructions nnd authority to confiscate nt onco hoarded food stocks, and largo quantities of foodstuffs In warehouses were seized in Chattanooga, Tampa, Jacksonville, Fin.; Fort Sam Houston, Tex., nnd other plnces. In every case, according to Mr. Pnlmer's Instructions, the names of tho hoarders and the amounts of food seized were made pub lic, for It was thought the publicity would result In the Immediate release of excessive amounts of foodstuffs that have been withheld from con sumption. Tho nttoiney general cen tered his attention especially on Chi cago, not only because It Is tho great est food storago center of the world, but becnuse he had learned the spec ulators there had been particularly and perniciously nctlve. The Chicago packers, naturally, are tho chief tar gets, because they are alleged to bo In control of the cold-storage business, not only there but all over the coun try. This they deny. Senntor MeKol lar has Introduced a bill for federal regulation of cold-storage plants and in supporting it ho told of the vast amounts of poultry, eggs and butter In storago and of the apparent exorbi tant profits made on those commodi ties by some middlemen. Louis Swift says ho has been and Is In favor of regulation of storage methods: -nnd President Horn of the American Be- frlgeratlng association asserts his or ganization would not object to reason able regulatory measures, but that most of the suggested plans are too drastic. Tho government's fight ngalnst the sugar hoarders also centered in Chi cago, and tlte first test ease Is that against the officials of the Central f3u gar company who were arrested n week or more ngo. Henry II. Itulapp, head of the sugar distribution com mittee of tho food administration, said the situation was serious, as runners nnd dealers were clamoring la vain for sugar. The railway shopmen's strike entered Into this, as 20.000.000 pounds of sugar was delayed In Cali fornia by lack of cars. Mr. Holapp said that in a few days the arrival of cane sugar from New Orleans and beet sugar from the West would timid the market. Theentlro food crusade had its ef fect on retail prices, in somo Instances only slight and In others, notably po tatoes, very marked. The federal agents Intend to go after the retail grocers and butchers for profiteering, as well as after the bigger ganu, and bofore long the suffering consumer may get relief that will actually affect his bank roll. In Boston a grand Jury Investigation elicited the rather surprising liu'onim tlon that the American people dmnnd shoos of high grade and high price and scorn the cheaper iitdos, of whlih the manufacturers say they have largo stocks. In a way this Is borne out by the statement of a Burlln paper that American shoe dealers are making strenuous efforts to find a suitable CURRENT market for their goods In Germany. The witnesses in Boston said their margin of profit was no larger than when shoes were selling at much lower prices, and that a decline might be expected, perhaps a yenr hence. The British, too, arc nttncklng tho cost of living problem with vigor. The house of commons had before It a bill to ourb profiteering, and after a hard fight the measure was amended so as to empower the bonrd of trade, after an investigation, to fix wholesale and relnll prices. Sir Auckland Gcddes, minister of national service, said this would operate in cases where com munities were likely to be bled by any combination, national or international, for the purpose of raising prices; and Andrew Bonnr Law mado It clear that the government had no Intention of es tablishing a general system of price- fixing throughout the country. Belgium Is suffering, like most of the rest of tho world, nnd the lubor party there has suggested to the prime min ister a series of measures to nrrest the increasing prices of necessnrles, to en courage the home growing of food and to insure tho equal distribution of im ports. The party wants the govern ment to fix tho prices of foodstuffs and to control the prices of con nnd cloth ing. Paris was the scene of some lively scrapping Inst week between the food vendors In the markets and tho price vigilance committees and would-be purchasers. Tho committees endeav ored to prevent foodstuffs bought by tho hotels and other large consumers from leaving tho markets, asserting that the willingness of those buyers to pay any prices, however high, re sulted in the raising of nil prices. Dur ing tho fighting many stalls and shops were looted. The labor situation In the United States did not show marked Improve ment. In spite of all efforts to make them return to work, the striking rail way shopmen in many localities were obdurate, and the officers of their In ternational union were compelled to thrcnten them with expulsion from tho union If they did not resume their la bors. Then delegates representing 500,000 shopmen met In Chicago und voted to go back to work. Before August 25 a general strike ol steel workers throughout the coun try may be declared. The men have been taking a vote on the question in all the plants. They demand $1 nn hour, a 44-hour week and better work ing conditions. Such a strike will af fect more than a million men. As congress has not yet acted on the Plumb plan, the railway brother hoods are waiting. Meanwhile tho Plumb plan Is getting some very hard knocks from Industrial and rallwny experts, some of whom assert It would Incrense the cost of living. Churles Plez says the Plumb bill Is about ns bnd as It could be made, adding: "As n shipper and citizen. I should like to be told what advantage or profit the public will get outside of the privilege of paying the yearly deficit." Mr. Plumb told the house committee on In terstate commerce that ho either had or could procure evidence proving that a .systematized plundering of nil the railroads has been conducted under the direction of tho Morgan and Rock efeller banking interests. More Interesting than important was Iho strike of the members of (hp Actors' Equity association, which, starting In New York, spread to Chi cago. A number of theaters in Jioth cities were forced to close their doors. The actors demanded recognition of their association nnd vnrlous reforms In the conditions of working. The dis pute was carried Into court by Injunc tion proceedings. A sltimtlon arose nt tlte Chicago stockyards which may tench union la borers a lesson In the matter of ob serving their contracts. Federal Judge Alschulor, mediator, ruled that the enrilnyees who quit work during tho recent race riots had violated their pledge not to strike for ono year and thus had lost their seniority rights. Union officials objected violently to this, but It seemed likely must of tho packing house workers would abide by Judge Alschuler's rulings, for the present at least. In New York 1,200 Interior decorat ors quit work; and representatives of 21 international building trades unions began planning 1 for a national strike because of a dispute there between two unions of plasterers. Considerable uneasiness, not to ray anxiety, was caused in tho cnpltnls of the.allled nations by the news, that tho Kolchnk government of western Siberia was "on the run" If not qulto collapsed. The bolshevik armies gained repeated victories over Kol chak's forces, and at last reports the latter were hastily moving eastward, The admiral's plight was laid to short age of guns and ammunition, nnd largo supplies of both were dispatched to him from the Urllted States by way of the Paclflc ocean. Whether they would rencli him In time to save his troops from disaster was uncertain. Better hews came from both north and south Bussln. On the Dvina a force of British and Russians de stroyed six battalions of bolshevlkl, taking 1,000 prisoners nnd many guns nnd ndvnncing Its front 12 miles. In Volhynln the Ukrainians havo taken tho railway center of Lutsk nnd the fortress of Dubno, nnd the bolshevik! also abandoned tho important city of Vinnitza In the Ukraine. General Den Ikino's armies were making , stead5 progress toward Odessa and at the nonnwest corner or tne nines; sen they were only 50 miles from a junc tion with the Beuninnlnn forces. The Roumanians who occupied Budapest were a stubborn lot and flatly refused to take orders from the allied commission there and get out agnln, declaring they would remain until n stnble government was estab lished. The peace council nt Paris was a bit flabbergasted and feared that if Boumanla were permitted to defy its' orders, Germnny nnd other enemy countries might be encournged to do likewise. The Roumnnlans threatened tlint If they were forced to withdraw they would strip Hungary of everything portnble, and Indeed they are said to be doing thnt now. Their representatives In Budapest said the only policy for nungury was union with Rouniunin under a. Roumnnlnn king. Antonesco, tho Rouiniinlnn mln Ister to Paris, says Boumanla does not favor the Installation of Archduke .To soph In 'power, considering him rone' tlonary. The situation was strained but the peace council was hopeful of nr. amicable settlement. According to nn edict of the peace conference, Austria Is to be known as tho Republic of Austrin. tho word "German" being eliminated. There is u movement In Vlennn to re-establish tlte monnrchy, but the entire armed forces of the country, there nnd In other cities, nre demnndlng that the republican form of government be re tained. After long delay, the Rritlsh gov ernment has found n man to represent It In Wnshlngton, but only temporar ily. Viscount Grey hns agreed to fill the post of ambassador until a perma nent appointment hns been made, early next year. Great responsibility at taches to the position Just now, for financial and treaty relations between tho two countries must be readjusted. The London press predicts that he will have somo difficulties, and the Dully News says his path will not be smoothed by the British government's "sustained refusal to make any ap proach to a solution of tho Irish prob lem." Presumably Viscount Grey will come over soon and will be In Washington when the prince of Wales visits our national rapltal. That young man lauded In Newfoundland and Is now making a triumphal tour of Canada. The death of Andrew Carnegie re moved ono of the few survivors of nn Industrial age that has passed when men of vision made Incredibly large fortunes In ways that wore not consid ered reprehensible. Ills avowed de sire to die a poor man was not real ized, for though he gave away more than $r0,000.000, It is believed he left an estate worth nearly $500,000,000. Henry Ford's libel suit against the Chicago Tribune resulted In a verdict for tho plaintiff, who was awarded nomlnnl damages 0 cents. The trlnl of tho case had lasted ninny weeks, nf fording pecuniary profit to a few per sons and amusement to still fewer. YANK PLIERS HEU AMERICAN AVIATORS CAPTURED BY VILLA BANDITS. OUTLAWS DEMAND BIG RANSOM Men Had Been Missing Since August 10. Threatened With Death If Military Efforts Made. Marfa, Tox. Word has finally been received from Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Herald G. Peterson, Ameri can army aviators, who have boon missing across the Mexican border since August 10. Letters direct from tho missing ilyors stated that they were being held by Vllllsta Mexican bandits for $15,000 ransom nnd were threatened with death unless It was paid. Another message received about the same time from a former Villa fol lower, now n member of tho bandit bnnd, stated that the American aviators would bo killed if any evi dence of mllltnry movements to search for them were seen on tho American side of the border. Tho demand for tho ransom was at once reported to Major General Dick man, tominnndcr of tho southern de- partment It was stated the messnges from the aviators were sent to their relatives at Strathmore nnd Berkeley Cnl., and Hutchinson, Minn., us soon as received nt Marfa. The text of their messages was not given out, but it was understood the aviators request ed their relatives to urge the payment of the ransom. ' Aviators Peterson and Davis are a part of the personnel of the Fort Bliss aviation corps, but were on detached duty with the Big Bend district mili tary headquarters here at the time they disappeared. They left Marfa tho morning of Aug. 10 for the usual patrol of the border, planning to fol low the north bnnk of the Rio Grundo to the end of the district. It is believed they confused the Conchos river, which flows into tho Rlo Grnndo nenr Presidio, Tex., with the Rio Grande, and followed the course of this river Into the Interior of Mexico. Presidio do Pllnres, where the avl ntors were reported to have boon cap tured Is forty miles southwest of Marfa, on the Rio Grande. This Is in tlte most rugged pnrt of tho Big Bend district, where the Rio Grande runs through a canyon for a part of the way. Many killings, raids and cattle thefts have occurred In the district nround Presidio de Pllnres. nnd Ameri can cavalry troops havo crossed tt number of times near there in follow ing hot trnlls of bandits who haV'e stolen cattlo on the American side. Farmers Issue Warning. Washington, D. C. Representatives of farmers' organizations who testified before the house nnd senate agricul ture committees during tho pnst week warned that unless present disturbed conditions resulting from profiteering "in goods nnd wngos" and strikes were settled soon the country would face a far worse situation from the high cost of living next yenr thnn nt preent. Farmers, they said, were preparing now for next year's crops and under present conditions they could not esti mate what the probable market would be. Fear was expressed that there would be decreased production, both on this account and on account of President Wilson's statement In his message vetoing the repeal of the day light saving law, placing Industrial production ahead of farm output. It was ulso stated by the fanner dele gates that next year's supply will be "nmtorlullyr educed" unless congress repeals wartime control of food. Treaty Must Stand As It Is. Wnshlngton, D. C All efforts by democratic senators to gree with re publicans on a program of reserva tions to the peace treaty have been nbnndoned ns the result of 'word from President Wilson. Tho president, in a talk with Sen ntor Hitchcock, sennte administration leader, strongly discouraged even dis cussion of reservations by democrats. He made It plain to Hitchcock that, in. his opinion, tho day for discussing res ervations Is a long way off. What democrats must concentrate their ef forts on, In tho president's opinion, Hitchcock said, is defeat of all pro posals to amend the treaty. Texas Democrats 'Split. Fort Worth, Tex. Two factions of Texas democrats, dissatisfied with the present party organization, met here and determined upon separate lines of endeavor. Treaty Ratified in Full. London. King George has given his assent to the bill adopted by Parlia ment ratifying the German peace treaty. The act thus becomes law. Britain to Suppress Sinn Felners. London. Tlte government announces, thnt owing to Increase In crime lit County Clare, Ireland, it has been de cided to suppress all Sinn Foln nnd kindred organizations In that county. Broke Faith With Government. Winnipeg, Man. Right nlleg'd strike loader have been refuged free dom on ball, 'justice CniiU)ro,ii charg ed tltoy had broken faith with the gov ernment when previously reloaM o:t ball. bushclr. In 1018. labor.
