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THE NORTH PLATTE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE. IS NEBRASKA POLITIGANS MEET iO KILLED IK FIGHT Hold Conclaves At Omaha and Lin coin and Adopt Plans for Campaign Harmony the Watchword. DEPOSED PRESIDENT OF MEXI.CO , KILLED BY TRAITOR. DEADLY BATTLE FOUGHT ,IM VIRGINIA TOWN. 4 FOLLOWERS. DEFEND ACTION Attack Made While Party Slept Fought Against Great Odds To Punish Assassin. El Pnso, Tex. Vonustlnnn Cnrrnnza, president of Mexico find lieml of tho tlio seventy-second government that country Iiiih hail since 1821, was nsuns (diluted May 21 by Col. Itudolfo Iler rero mill Ills soldolrs at Tlaxcaltonngo, Puobla, according to messages received here from (Jen. Alvaro Obregon, at Mexico City. Reports given out by the revolution' Ists bald Carranza was assassinated by bia own men, Ilerrero was describ ed as an ox-federal olllt'i'r. Ho wan onco an olllcer In tlio Mexican army under President Diaz, who was forcod to lluo Mexico in 11)11. , Carranza was made a prisoner ami cowardly nssasslnnted by Horroro and his men, violating the hospitality that bad been offered to blm by Ilerrero, according ton message from bis chief followers to Gen. Pablo Gonzales, quoted In Ids message to revolutionary agents here. " How Carranza Died. Villa Juarez, State of Puebla.Col. .Itudolfo Ilerrero Joined the column at Pntla, professing loyo.ty, according to a message sent from here to General Obregon by one of Carranzn's ofllccrs. Arriving at Tlaxealantongo, Ilerrero offered hospitality, to Carranza, plac ing s6ntlncls who knew the terrain. At 4 o'clock In the morning Jils men, abus ing the confidence Imposed In them, Btirrounded the shelter where Carranza was sleeping, firing tli61r rllles furious ly Into the hut. Everyono offered re sistance, nlthough with the natural demoralization caused by the unex pected attack. "General Francisco Morgula fought vallahtly In the obscurity (semi-dark-ness), repulsing the traitors, who sur prised the defenders when they wero leaving their shelters to attack the enemy. "The unexpectedness of the attack enables us to clear our military honor. The defense was general to such ail cxt6nt that the attackers wero forced to take sixty prisoners, nmong them Mario Mendez, Paulino Pontes, Oil Gnrlas, General Hcljodoro Perez, Colonel Oho Goihez, General Vlllelo and Carranza's military aide. "Our conscience Is clear. Our grel for the death of the president Is Incon solable. We arc satisfied tlmt we die! not, abandon him for one moment." Order to Arrest Herrera. Mexico City. Orders have been Is sued for tho arrest of- Ilerrero, whe will be brought to the capital and tried by mllltnry court for' the murder of s Carranza. Belief was express ed Ilerrera's motive was to get tho large amount of money that Car ranza Is supposed to hove with him. Mexico City Is under commission rule, Obregon handling tho military and Gonzales the civilian movement, un til congress appoints a provisional president. The Hags on the Amorlcan embassy and nil other ombnssles and legations wero placed at half mast when tho news of the assassination of President Carranza arrived. MANUFACTURERS IN LINE. Agree to Follow Retailers In Effort to Reduce Prices. Now York. For tho first tlmo since tho war, Amorlcan .manufacturers, cnughHn tho epidemic of retail price slashing, which Is spreading from coast to coast, havo announced their determination- to begin an Immediate , reduction In prices. It Is expected that within n month from 10 to 25 per cent will be chopped off tho manufac turers quotations on nil commodities. Tho National Association of Manu facturers promised to "mako all ren tenable efforts to reduco prices" at tho meeting In the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. One group favored Immediate de crease "of from 15 to 25 por cont." TJio limit of decrease, however, was struck from tho resolution. Car Plunges Into Flood. Auburn, Neb. Five-year-old Lloyd Harmon Is dead and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Burch Harmon, are In a pre carious condition after a narrow is. cape from drowning. The Harmons wero driving to Auburn from tholr farm near hero whon tho accident which cost the life of their son oc curred. Torrential wators In a lateral drain ' Iiik ditch which emntloH Into the N jiiaha rlvor had swent awav tho rend bridge. In tho darkness tho Harmon car plunged over tho embankment, hurling tho oceunants into the rnshlni? water. After having been carried !100 yards down tho stream, Mr, Harmon succeeuou in rescuing his wife. Pass Cold Storage Measure. "Washington, D. C. Tho cold storage bill requiring that tho dato of entry of goods Into cold stornge bu. marked on them when they are offered for salo and limiting tho period of such storage was passed by the scimto without dl vision and with llttlo debate. Tho measure limits tho total storage period to 12 months, A maximum of $1,000 fine nnd one year's Imprison ment on conviction Qf violation of the act Is provided and tho suip of 5200,000 Appropriated for Ms administration. Nebraska politicians formulated their platforms for tho coming cam paign during the past week, the re publicans holding their convention at Lincoln nnd the democrats at Onmh.i Both conventions wero harmonious nf fall's, due to a great ot?nr, to the niimbor of women delegates In nttcid mice. Platforms adopted by unan imous consent by tho two parties, sum marized, contain tho following princi ples: Republicans. Indorsed Fordney adjustment com pensation bill for ex-sorvleo men. Declared the covennnt of the league of nntlons aceeptablo only with tho Lodge reservations. Indorsed Knox peace resolution. Favored strict enforcement of stnto and national prohibition amendments. Pledged support to equal suffrage amendment. , Indorsed civil administrative code. Commended Govornor McKolvlu and other stato olllclals. Favored amendments to the primary law. Democrats. Indorsed lcaguo of nations without reservations. Favored equal suffrage amendment to Nebraska constitution. Favored eight-hour day and rlyht ol collective bargaining. Condemned mutllution of state pri mary law. Favored establishment of commis sion to study child welfare. Deplored wholesale. Issuance of par dons, paroles and furloughs. Approved principle of co-operation between producer nnd consumer. Opposed government Interference Id time of pence with freedom of spe-jch, press nnd assembly. Indorsed cnndldacy of John n. More- head for governor. , Censured extravagance of Governot McKelvIo In the code system. Indorsed wnrfaro o'hjjn-olltecrlng. Approved following measures passed during democratic administration: Re duction of tariff, federal reserve bank act, farm loan bill, good ronds meas ure, cstnbllshmont of federal trade commission and tho Philippine bill. GIRL PROVES HEROINE. Telephone Operator's Quick Wit Re sults In Capture of Bank Robbers. Howe, Neb, The three unmasked bandits who held up tho Bank ot Howo last Friday afternoon, and loqked two of the Institution's ofllclnls In the vnult and secured cash and Liberty Bomb) critlAated nt between $7,000 nnd $10,000, "were quickly ap prehended because of tho qfilclc wll oV Miss Emma Relmers, telepbon op erator nt the Howe exchange. The exchange Is just across the street from the bank, and when Miss Itelmers saw tho men enter tho bank and draw tho shades, her suspicions were aroused by this action, and she tried to call tho bank. When she received no answer, sho called various citizens, who hurried to tho bank Just as tho bnndlts left, nnd fired a volley of shots at the robbers. Later, officials at Atchison, Kan., were' notified of tho robbery, and a posso of tlvo deputy sheriffs and four police officers took tho trail lifter the bandits had crossed the Missouri river hrldgo at Atchison, Thoy detoured and met tho bandits seven miles south- asf of Atchison on tho Missouri side of tho river. A gun battle ensued In which two of tho robbers weremor tally wounded, tho third escaped and two officers wero wounded, ono se verely. The loot wns recovered. ' Tornado In Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Tornadoes In southeastern Minnesota destroyed towns and caused' the Jonth of tho 11-week-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Godfrey Swansea ot ltod Wing. Eight persons wero reported Injured. Tho storm struck iiunr Northfiohl splintering Into live violent gusts, each leaving destruction In Its wako, Castle Hock anil Priili'ovlllo are re ported to have been badly damaged. Storm Plays Havoc In Nebraska. Lincoln, Nob. Violent wind, rain and Uallstornis prevailed In . southeast and northeast Nebraska last Saturday. At Pender, In the northeast part of tho state, the wind, reached almost tho pro poVtlons of n tornado, trees and barns being blown down. There were no re ports of casualties. Around Madison and Norfolk thorb was severe hail storm, accompanied by a high wind. The storm was of considerable oxtont around Norfolk mid growing wheat has been damaged. ' Vermontfor-Leonard Wood. Montpoller, Vt, Returns from Ver mont's presidential preferoneo primary gave Major General Leonard Wood approximately 70 per cont of the re publican vote. 3,350 Cars Grain Spoiling. Austin, Tox. A shortage of a,.15G cars to move grain said to bo spoiling at points In tho Panhandle duo to lack of storage, was reported to the Inter state coinmoreo commission by the Texas railroad commission. Floods Delay legislative Session, -Pierre, S. D. Tho oxtra session, ot tho South Dakota, legislature, which was to havo convened May 17, hits. been postponed. Rnllway traffic condi tions, due to llooils, nro tho cause. Tho cession will bo holfi sonjo tnno m June, 1 Secretary of War Baker speaking at tho dedication of tho Arlington memorial to the dead of nil our wars. 2 Captured Germnn guns at Newark for distribution among the states. 3 Lelpslc supreme court, where German war crlmlnnls will be tried. MEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS General Brusiloff Reported to Have Assumed Control Over Soviet Russia. PERSIANS TURNING BOLSHEVIK Banks Curtailing Credits, Forcing Low er Prices for Merchandise Sliding Wage Scale Suggested for Rail, way Labor Political De " velopments In Both Parties. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Something of importance has been happening In Russlu. Tho dispatches of tho week made this fairly certain, but they did not reveal the exact na turo of tho event. A good guess Is that General Brusiloff, former com mander In chief of the czar's nrmies, has effected a military coup and has nssumcd tho full control of tho soviet republic formerly exercised by the ci vilian commissaries. Humors of this lmvo been current for a week. A change of policy If not of nuthorlty, is Indicated by the fact that a Moscow correspondent has been permitted, for the first time, to send a. story ot tho hopeless collnpse of transportation In soviet Russln and a prediction of the downfall of bolshevlsm next winter If not before. On the other hnnd, authentic dls pntches show the Russlnn Reds nro by no means whipped yet, and that the spread of their doctrines In other' loads has not been checked. East of Kiev tho Poles and Ukrainians havo been held, mid between Borlsoff and the Dvlna riser they wero driven back by a strong counter offensive lnunched by Brusiloff. In the Crimen General Wrangol has formed n Tiew government with which the bolshevlkl wero expect ed to open peaco negotiations at once, tho remnants of Denlklne's army being assured of safety.' ' Unconvinced by tho Impending fate of soviet Itussla, or ignorant of It, tho Persians seem to bo turning more nnd moro to bolshevlsm, with tho active co operation of tho Russians. Tho French foreign ofilco on Wednesday received word that, tho Persian gendarmerie, which was organized by Morgnn Sinis ter somo yenrs ago, had turned bolshe vik nnd that the young shah bad lied southward from his capital. At Enzell, a Persian port on the Caspian sea, tho Iteds landed from thirteen ships rind the British were forced to evacuate tho city. Though tho Japanese In Si beria are now having things all their own way, tho mlkndo's government Is worried, for bolshovlsm Is spreading among tho Japanese troops In tlmt country nnd Is Infecting the people nt home also. In the Caucasian region conditions nro confused and disheartening. Tho Georgians nnd Azerbaijans nro fighting fiercely; Just why Is uncortnln. Tho Turkish nationalists, who are said to be plotting with the lenders of bolshe vlsm through secret meetings In Ber lin and Rome, are still going strong nnd aro supposed to be promoting an other uprising of nationalists In Egypt. Tho determination of tho French government to brenk up tho General Federation of Labor Is explained f,ully by dlsclosuro of evldonco found by tlio police. This shows that If tho May 1 revolutionary strikes had succeeded, all was prepared for tho Institution of soviet rule In Frnnce. Soviets had been established In seven prlnclpnl cit ies and tho lenders are well supplied with filnds. The federation has now rofused to bo identified with' tho ex tremists nnd hns called off all tho strikes. Something Is happening In America, too, and we nil know what It Is, but wo aro uncertain as ,to Just what Is caus ing It nnd how fnr It will go. It looks as If tho reduction of tho cost of living really hnd begun with n genornl cut In prices by many merchants all over the country. So fnr the reductions apply mainly to clothing and shoes. En thusiastic consumers nre trying to per Buade tholusolvos that the movement downward Is to bo gciieral and exten sive, but the cnutlous ones ore Inclined to accept the statements of certain re tailors to tlio effect that there can be no general break yet In prices and thnt the cost of living must remain nt about its present altitude until nil of us, lnborer, producer, merchnnt nnd consumer, learn n lesson In practical unselfishness. Present reductions apparently nro duo to efforts to liquidate stocks be cnusO of the slackening o demand nnd the policy of the bonks in calling loans and tightening up on credits. The bnnkers nre advised In their course by the federal reserve board. Their ac tion will not seriously nffect thoso who produce or market necessities, but Is directed especially at those who sup ply luxuries and tlmso who nre hold ing goods for higher prices. Thp liqui dation of bank loans will amount to not less than 10 per cent within four months, nnd It Is expected It will com pel profiteers to unload their hoarded stocks at greJtly reduced prices. The rnllway labor board Is working hard on some plan by which tho rail laborers may be granted all or, a large part of their demand for Increased wages thnt will amount to a billion dollars. Neither tho railway mali ngers nor anyone else denies thnt the men deserve moro pny, and In nny caso it Is evident they must bo given It If rnll transportation In America Is to bo maintained. Almost nny of tho railway employees can get much more money In other pursuits. At present the board Is considering the adoption of n sliding wnge scale based on the cost of living Index number. Whether brgnnlzed lnbor would accept a reduction of wnges In tho future If living costs went down Is a question. So far, its policy has been to hold on to all It gets. Some time this matter will be brought to tho test. Tho slid ing scale Is being tried out on the Eng lish railways and some of the unions nro not satisfied with It. Meanwhile tho Interstate commerce commission hns a, hard job relieving tho congestion of traffic and nvertlng a threatened coal famine In the Chl cngo region. This was accomplished to .a considerable extent by sending thousands of empty enrs from the East, and by means of temporary embargoes. The cor movement not only relieved tho conl situation, but nlso helped tho shipment of other commodities. The Virginia stato Democratic con vention hns furnished what may be accepted as In 'substance the declarh tlon concerning the pence treaty which President Wilson will ask tho nntlonal convention In San Francisco to ndopt. Tho plank was formulnted by Senator Cartec Glas9, was submitted by him to Mr. Wilson and received the lntter's Indorsement. It reads thus: ''The Democratic party of Virginia favors a League of Nations as the sur est, If not the only, practicable means of .nnlntnlnlng tho permanent peace of tho world and ternilnntlng the In sufferable burden of great military and naval establishments. It wns to form this that Amerlcn broke nway from traditional Isolation nnd spent her blood nnd treasure to crush a colossal scheme of conquest. "Wo felleltnte tho president nnd his nssoclntes on the exceptional nchlevo ment nt Pnrls Involved In the adoption ot n league and treaty so near akin to Amerlcnn Ideals nnd so Intimately related to the aspirations of civilized people, everywhere. "Wo condemn the Republican senate for Its refusal to ratify tho treaty merely because It was tho product of Democratic stntesmnnshlp, Interposing pnrtlsnn envy and porsonnl hatred In the wny of tho peaco and revived pros perity of tho world. "Wo advocate prompt ratification of the treaty without reservations which would Impair Its essential Integrity. Only by doing this may wo retrlevo the reputation of this nntlon nmong tho powers of tho earth and recover tho moral leadership which Wilson won nnd which with nniazlng lndlffer enco paltering Republican politicians nt Washington sacrificed." Tho Virginia delegates aro pledged to support Glass for the nomination. Democrats of Michigan, Indlnnn nnd South Cnrollnn Indorsed President Wilson nnd his policies nnd selected unlnstructed delegations. In Georgia the Democratic conven tion, In the control of the forces led by Hoke Smith and Tom Wntson, adopt ed resolutions expressing "unalterablo opposition" to the league covennnt as brought back from Paris by- the presi dent ; demanding free speech, free nnd unhampered press, local self-government nnd tho repeal of all espionage, sedition and conscription lnws passed In tlio war period. Tho convention nlso went on record as opposed to compulsory military training; record ed opposition to tho third term iden, and instructed its delegates to San Francisco to voto as n unit to support no candidate not In nccord with the principles adopted by tho convention. Attorney General Palmer and his forces made n brave fight but wero outnumbered, 140 to 230. Nebraska's convention declared for Hitchcock for president nnd warmly indorsed the peace treaty and lenguo covennnt as Mr. Wilson brought them from Frnnce. There Is n recrudescence of the talk of nominating McAdoo nt Son Fran cisco, notwithstanding his disclaimers of personal interest In the contest. Ac cording to ono story, ho is tho candi date of a number of very wenlthy men, led by Barney Baruch. On tho Republican side General Wood won nnother victory during the week, this time In Vermont. He wns given the state's preferential vote bj a large plurality over Johnson, noover, Lowden nnd Coolldge." In Pennsyl vnnln, where the old guard is well en-. trenched, the prlmnrles were held, and tho delegntes to the Chicago conven tion, it Is expected, will be for Gov ernor Sproul. Their second 4 choice will probably be n matter of expedi ency. Tlio Republican ndylsory commute on platform has completed Its wort and will submit n unnnlmous report tc the convention committee on resolu tions. Though it omits nny mention of tho pence treaty, Mexican nffalif and prohibition, It covers nbout everj other possible subject as will be seer in this list of the mntters trented: High cost of living; conservation-, civil service, nnd retirement; insulni, possessions; soclnl problems; review of Democratic administration and war time legislntlon; taxation; postal re form; Immigration; railroads; agricul tural policies; national economy re trenchment nnd budget; mllltnry nnc naval' affairs; tariff; lntOmntlona' trade currency and banking; merchnn' marine; regulutlon of industry nn commerce; lnw nnd order; 'pension) and wnr risk Insurance; Industrial ro latlons nnd problems of labor ant cnpltnl, and limitations of federal and stnto control nnd tegulatlon. By ndvlce of the party leaders, the three big subjects first mentioned nn loft for the convention to deal with at It sees fit. At Inst reports Carranza was still In flight In the state of Puebla, nlmosl alone, probably heading for the vir tually Impregnable fastnesses of ,tli Zacapoaxtla mountains. -The tern pornry government of tlio republic If functioning quietly nnd It hns beer practically agreed that General Gon zales shall be nnmed provlslonnl presi dent by congress. The department ot stnte it Washington hns been urged to bo cnutlous In recognizing or sup porting any nctlon thnt hnd part In tho overthrow of Cnrrnnza. The warning came from representntlves of indus trial groups having Interests In Mexico nnd from former Anibnssador Henry Lnno AVIIson nnd former Charge Nel son O'Shnughnessy. They want defi nite assurances as to the at.tltudo ot tho ifow reglmo toward foreigners. A groat raco Is on nmong tho na tions for tho control of tho world's oil supplies. Great Britain is off In the lead. The Amerlcnn sennte asked President Wilson as to tho chances ol Americans acquiring oil producing lnnds abroad and his reply outlines tho British policies as follows: "1. Deferring foreign natlonnls from owning or operating pll producing properties In the British lslos, colonies or protectorates. "2. Direct participation In the own ership and control of petroleum pro ducing companies. ":. Arranging to prevent British oil companies from selling their proper- tics to foreign owned or controlled compnnles. "4. Orders in council that prohibit transfers of shares In British oil com ponies toiothcr than,BritIsh nationals." EVICTION GIVEN AS1AUSE Company Detectives Sent to Oust Families Mayor Fr3t to Fall When Resistance Shown. Mateawan, W. Va. Tqn nlon, In cluding Mayor Cabell Tcstcrman of Mateawan were killed and three badly Injured- In n bnttlejiero between the police and citizens on one .side nnd private detectives on the other. Besides the mayor the dead Include five private detectives and four min ers. Police sriy tho trouble arose when n party of private detectives arrived here from Williamson to evict, from company's houses the families of miners who hud been dismissed fr6m. the company's employ. Eight families, the pollco declnre,. had been turned out when Mnyqr Tes-i terninn approached Albert Felts, tile leader of the detectives, and wanted to know by what authority their ac tion wns taken nnd by whnt nuthorlty they hnd arrested ono of tlio minors. . While they were talking, according to tho police, Felts shot the mayprr firing from his cont pocket. Almost Instantly Felts was killed himself, the police say, by "Sid" Iladlleld, chief of police of Mateawan. Immediately the shooting became general, numbers of persons joining in tho fray. , Most of the men were employed by tho Stone Mountnln Coal Co., whose mines form tho prlnclpnl Industry of the community. Several weeks ago It became known that efforts were being made to unionize tho mines nnd two of them were closed. Lnter, tho minors declnre, some of their numbers were dismissed nnd private detectives were sent here to dispossess those who lived In company houses. Feeling had been running high. TAKES DRASTIC ACTION. Commerce Commission Makes Move to- Relieve Freight Congestion. AVnslilnctnn. Ti. C. Tn Its first tren- eral order directed at the freight jam, the lntcrstnte commerce, commission Instructed nil railroads to forward traffic without regard to previous rout ing nnd nt tho same time, abrogatedj all railroad rules governing car service.. It means the restoration of freight traf fic such as prevailed under the rail road administration. Tho commission agreed that an emergency exists on the lines of nil railroads, suspendetl regulntlons with respect to enr eorvlce, nnd directed ; most nvnllnble to exped.to Its move ment to nny destinntlon. Detailed or dors were Issued to all principal roads east and west concerning dally de livery of cars for tho purpose of ex pediting delivery of 20,000 box enrs to the lines west of Chicngo and 30,000 open cars 10 easier" rouus wuiuu av days. Appeals to Press, Washington, D. C. The treasury de partment has appealed to thA press of the United States to aid hi Improv ing the Liberty Bond sltuntlol by car rying in their columns n statement as to tlio Intrinsic value of tlii bonds nnd their present prlcos. Referring to the slump In tmrket quotations for Liberty bonds, thdstnte ment said "the price has been brought, down because so many people nl of- feringto sell their bonds." The ttons u:y advised holding onto bonds. May Simplify Watters. Washlncton. D. C The death of k President Carrnnze., which wns ropoU;. ed to the State department from tte' American embassy In Mexico City, wii simplify tUo problem of this govonl inent. It wns believed In many quart ters, regarding the recognition of new! governments in Mexico., Renresentntlves of tho revolution ists have been prompt to deny thnt they were responsible for the killing of t,'ie former president Villa Still On War Path. Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Via Juarez, Mexico, Because of Francisco Villa's pretensions to remnln a politic al and military factor In Chihuahua there Is little likelihood that an agree ment will be reached between Villa nnd the revolution against Cnrrnnza, it became known here, following n con ference between Gen. P.Ellns Calles, supreme field commnndor, nnd Alfdnzq Gomez, Villa's personal envoy. Reward for Villa. El Tiiso, Texas. A reward ot 100,000 pesos for the death or cap ture of Francisco Villa has been of fered by tho government of the state of Chihuahua. This announccmont wns made here by Provisional Gov ernor Tomns Gameros, who added that 2,000 troops left Chlhunhua under or ders to hunt down tho bandit chief tain. Cuts Off Funds for Europe. Washington, D. 0. President Wll son and his cabinet have decided that the nllles nnd Germnny must work out their ov(n financial recovery, unnldod fnrther by the United States. This decision is understood to have been precipitated by an agreement be tween tho British and French pre miers which, In effect, would saddle the United States with the under writing of tho German Indemnity, snld to have been tentatively sot by tho allies ut $30,000,000,000.