Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN, Publisher.
O'NEILL. _NEBRASKA
Yellowstone National perk l* pow
fig in importance as a propagating
nd distributing center foe certain
inds of wild animals. During Febru
ary last 55 elk, 18 of which were bull*,
■were shipped to points In four statee—
Idaho, Illinois, Texas and Minnesota.
The Yellowstone contains more wild
animals in a state of nature than any
Other preserve in the world It Is the
policy of the department of the In
terior to part with superfluous elk,
tnale buffalo, beaver and l>ear to fed
eral, state, county and municipal
authorities for exhibition and propa
gation, where law* exist which will
properly protect them.
The longest and shortest day of tha
rear varies. In 1918 the longest day
Was June 19, 16 hours and 18 minutes
from sunrise to sunset. In 1917 from
June 16 to June 22, Inclusive, each day
Was IS hours and 17 minutes long. In
1918, December 19, 21, 23 and 25. win
each be eight hourp and four minute*
from sunrise to sunset, whHe the Inter
vening days, Deoember 20, 22 and 24
Will each be one minute longer. In 191T
»nly December 21 and 23 were the
shortest days, containing eight
hour* and four minutes.
In moving some quilts In the summer
sottage of Fred Hayden, of Northwest
Abbot, Me., five little sqeirrels were
•pilled on the floor, one of them being
killed. The mother squirrel was quick
ly on the scene, taking one at a time
tuid hastening upstairs with It. The
fourth one she dropped at the foot of
the stairs and rushed back with frantlo
^40, thoroughly looking over the coa
ts of the room for the fifth oae. Wits
even climbed to the waists of the men
^id smelled the'Ir hands In her search
r her lost baby.
A man giving the name rtf J. B
Murphy walked into the office of th«
Canadian recruiting mission In Boston
and asked If there was room in th«
•rmy for a brigadier general. Th«
officers assured him there was, and
Murphy told them be was a Canadian,
St yearn old, who had served in Mexlcfl
JUider General Orozco with the rank ol
Brigadier general. After a physics*
•lamination he was rejected on account
web toes. Murphy said he would
gMo Canada and try recruiting office*
An average of 1,0*0 packets of mall
Bra now being carried regularly every
Say between Vienna and Kiev by air
plane. The distance between the two
cities is 7$0 miles and the claim is made
that this la the longest regular air ex
press mall route now being operaV-d I t
any part of the world. The trip taket
from 10 to 12 house, compared to 40
hours by train. It is made in fpur
Stages, the Intermediate stops be*ug
Cracow, Lemberg and Proskurow,
At a Douglas county, Kansas, Red
Cross sale, Governor Capper tried Ills
Band at auctioneering by putting up
Bis old gray hat for the good of the
teuM. It brought $44. He still wears
lb hawever, just as he has for the last
tores years He has never been able to
B»4 u felt hat that suited him quite
Bo wgtl as that which the atatehouse
grow* calls his old gray bonnet, so he
•ought it back from the man who bid it
to. _____
Recent experience has tended to show!
that carrier pigeons and other birds of
passage are guided by magnetic cur
Psnta. M. A. Thauz4es, a French etu
«eot of pigeons, has noted that on two
•OMSlons whan pigeon flights were un
satisfactory magnetic storms were oc
curlng. and the flights of these birds
BB*e heen becoming often uncertain
ana erratic since wireless telegraphy
came into extensive use.
The American eagle is .brieklng at
Camp Custer. Western friends of the
Three Hundred Tenth engineers se
lected a full grown baldheaded Arneri
can eagl* as mascot for the fighters and
the bird was received, not a bit dis
turbed fl-ora Its long crated Journey
rrom thfe Rookie*. Thi hoadquartoni
company of thin regiment is taking
care of the bird.
The "last will" of Alexander Seikir'-,
the original of Robinson Crusoe, wa*
•old at auction in London for $309. Th*
will begins: "Being now bound out on
• voyage to r«a. and calling to mind
the peril and dungers of rhe seas and
ether uncwtalnltles of this transitory
Ufa—
A Japanese substitute for coffee is
•aid to be almost equal iij every re
•pect to natural Bazlllan coffee. As
the result of chemical analysis by ex
perts it is said that the ^>ods are nior*
Wholesome than the natural bean, while
retaining all \ta flavor and quality
■* °®""a,» letter carrier with a rec
•rd of 28 years of s«rvloe in Soenw
•nerda was recently sentenced to sere<
.three montlis In prison for "stenlln**
*8 coffee beany which had fallen fru »
• parcel post package in th.» postoffioi
•ays the Beilin Tageblatt.
The first museum was pact of tli«
Stlace of Alexandria, where learn. I i
en were maintained at the publ.J i
cost. Just as eminent publ'c servant!
were In the Frytaneum at Athens 1 5
foundation is attributed to Ptolemt
Philadelphus About 28U B. C.
A "wet moon” is when one horn 6!
the crescent of the new moon is much
lower than the other, like a bowl turm-f
*»P on edge and unable to held water
The wet moon Is a popular, l.ut falb.
clous, sign of coming wet weather.
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The Greek government has require,!
wireless equipment on all passenger
vessels of JOB or more tons dejd weight
capacity and on all cargo vessels r*
1.080 or more tons.
An alarm clock has been harness J
tv a Nek' York Inventor by a gbi
(turner so that a pot of coffee U boiled
At a predetermined time and then lti,
owner Is awakened.
Made of a single piece of wire 4
bookholder haa been invent'd 0.1
•lands upen a reader's lap or ch . i
and leans against a table, leaving i J
user's hands free.
A collection consisting of the aut. 4
graphs of Lord Nelson and the captainl
who fought with him in the battle , t
Trafalgar was recently sold at auctiw
for ((60.__
*fLlberty steaks” have supplanted
hamburgers in restaurants in Peoria,
111. Patrons objected to the (German
inference in the old name and susses..
«d the more patriotic cognomen. Pro
prietors readily adopted it.
Because of the close proxjniit, cl
large deposits of high grade iron ••
the Span's!* city" of Bilbao is via. ., I
to be tho wealthiest city of its ai*« •
(Europe.
Iams expensive than a l<ns for 11 1
purpose is a recently invoiced , 'c .
holding a concave mirror for magic ’»
rilHiiiiiitfM
NEBRASKA DEMOCRATS'
ENDORSE PROHIBITION
Stormy Convention at Lincoln
Forced Also to Give Suf
frage a Boost.
Hastings, Neb., Aug. 2.—One of (he
Wormiest conventions the democrat*
of Nebraska have had in years was
the contention yesterday. The steam
roller was used with a seeming delight
by Chairman Donahoe. At no stage did
he give the Bryan followers a single
morsel of comfort to roll under their
tongue. With a bare majority of the
convention behind him. he ruled with
a hand as drastic and unrelenting as
any crowned head of the central
empires.
Fighting every inch of the way, the
Bryan warriors found that there was
to be no mercy shown them in a single
instance. Not even the courtesy of a
single Bryan supporter appeared upon
the resolution committee. This was
the healing salve he dished up to the
convention, when once power had been
given him by a vote of the convention.
, The fireworks started fallowing the
action of the convention in making
the temporary organization perma- !
nent. Upon motion of Dr. P. D. Hall,
that the chairman appoint a resolu
tion committee of five, W. H. Thomp
son moved a substitute resolution call
ing for the convention to select a reso
lution committee of seven. Amid one of
the most tumultous roll calls ever wit
nessed, occasioned by the chair’s seem
ing ignerance of parliamentary usage,
the convention rejected the substitute
resolution by a vote of 603 to *97.
The chairman then announced the
following as his selection for the com
mittee Dr. P. L. Hall, E. J. CnmpbeU,
Webb Rice, Ed Caufal, George Mar
shall and William Morrill. After hours
spent in deliberative effort the resolu
tion oommlttee reported at midnight a
resolution dumfounding the conven
tion. It oarrled no endorsement for
Benator Hitchcock or Governor Neville,
and In the closing plank pledged the
party for equal suffrage, the adoption
of the fedwal prohibitory amendment
and againet profiteering.
The threat of I. J. Dunn, of Omaha,
to offer a substitute motion on the
floor of the oonventlon attacking
Hitchcook forced the Hltchcock-Mul
len resolution committee to carry out
every demand of the Bryan wing.
REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR
OF NATIONAL PROHIBITION
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 2.—Ths republi
can state convention here yesterday
was a get-together affair and speech
feast, prominent men of the state and
nation being present to laud republi
can principles and ideals.
The platform which endorsed na
tional prohibition and woman's suf
frage was adopted without a dissenting
voice being heart!.
Senator George W. Norris addressed
the convention. He explained his po
sition and what he had done to push
war legislation. He declared that no
more grain should be wasted in the
manufacture of Intoxicating liquor be
cause It is needed for feeding the al
lies during the war. He advocated that
the necessities of llfq qhould, as far
as possible, be free from taxation but
huge incomes apd swoKsn war profits
should bear the burden TO a great de
gree. He said that it Is the d«ty of
republicans everywhere to see tngfW
erything possible Is done to secure
victory for America and its allies.
Speaklhg of President Wilson, Senator
Norris said: "We must follow where he
leads and give him united support." He
emphasised the right of constructive
criticism In a free republic like the
United States and he thought It a duty
of every citizen to offer helpful crit
icism. He pointed out that this Is the
first great war of history when the
producer at home is as Important as
the soldier In the trench.
Will H. Hays, of Indiana, national
chairman of the republican party, was
enthusastlcally received. He said the
party stands for three things:
First, to use every possible means
to win the war.
Second, for a peace with victory and
sever peace by a compromise or bar
gaining of principles which would
violate American rights, interests and
honor, and make our sacrifice a sacri
lege to be made again by our grand
children.
Third, for a sane preparation now for
the solution of the problems im
measurable in their complexity and
magnitude which will come after the
war. We are as unprepared for peace
4R we- were for war, he said. Every
country except America is preparing
for peace. We are slipping along now
under democratic administration with
cut any adequate thought of tomorrow,
lust as we did before we entered the
war, he asserted.
THE PROHIB CONVENTION.
Lincoln, Neb.. Aug. 2. — The state
convention of the prohibition party was
amothered by the greater republican
ctute convention. In a email room at
one of the hr.tele the cold water dev
iates gather, d to build a platform and
‘ransRct other business In order to keep
'he party organisation from dismem
berment. Virgil (3. Hlnshnw, national
'hairman of the organization, a former
Nebraskan and a graduate of the mate
jniverslty, was one of the distinguished
visitors, it was stated that no ticket
s-ould be placed in the held. J. A.
Murray, state chairman, said that
after a platform bad been adopted and
the appointment of a central commit
tee to serve for two years the conven
tion would adjourn.
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ANTI-SUFFRAGE WORKER
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY
Falls City. Neb., Aug. 2. -J. F. Nor
ton. of Omaha, sent out by the state
tnti-suffrage association last year tc
obtain signatures to a referendum pe
tition. and who was here in June, has
been arrested on charges of forgery
and falsa representation in connection
with securing of signatures to the pe
tition.
Nortons arrest followed a hearing
held here recently at which 132 per
tone whose signatures appeared on
‘lie petition were examined by attor
neys representing both the state .and
•he anti-suffrage association, and 9S
denied having signed the petition and
ci others claimed their sicnaturen were
bbtaiqgd by mlgrepresefUAttoa. - Nor
ton s case is to he tried In Decem
ber.
NORFOLK—Assistant Game and Fish
Warden Koester and his band of as
sistants went from Norfolk to Battle
breek Monday to work in the cleaning up
coarse fish. From the latter place
they will proceed to Neltgh with the same
work. They expect to return to Norfolk
In about ten days. About a ton of fish
have been obtained from the slough
uear Norfolk during tliCr work here.
Cryolit—a source of aluminum, used,
also in making s.'da and glass—is near
ly wholly Jmponca from lvigtut. a»
Eskimo hamlet ott the southern coas
ot Greenland. '
LIQUOR BATTLE IN
STATE CONVENTION
Democrats of Nebraska Expect
ed to Go to the Mat at
Hastings Next Tuesday.
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—One question
that promises to bother the democratic
state convention, which meets at Hast
ings next Tuesday, will be what to do
with the troublesome question of en
dorsing ratification by the state legis
lature of the national prohibitory
amendment. Republican leaders are
agreed that the republican state con
vention will give such endorsement
without any dispute.
In the democratic convention the
“drys", led by the Bryans, will Insist
that ordinary political common sense
dictates that the endorsement be giv
en. They say that is the only way to
cure the damage done by the refusal
Of the governor and the democratic
state senate to consider ratification at
the special session last spring, and that
It would be suicide to go before the
voters, who adopted prohibition by
000 and who would double that major
ity if It were again submitted, with a
record of having refused to endorse
ratification.
The convention, however, Is likely
to either dodge an endorsement or re
fuse one. Most of tiie democratalc,
"wet" leaders are irreconcilable. They
say that this state never voted liqucn
out of the homes but only voted tc
close the saloons, and that it nevei
would have voted “yes” on a born
“dry" proposition. As national prohi
bition means a bone “dry" state tor ah
time, they are inclined to oppose rati
fication endorsement. Besides to en
dorse it would place Neville in a most
embarrassing position, they say.
NEBRASKA MEN TO
GO INTO TRAINING
Lincoln, Neb., July 29.—Provos,
Marshal Anderson has announced he
allotment of the 427 Nebraska men whc
are to train at the state university
board, and sent word to each of th«
county boards as to what shall be done
In the matter. The men are to reach
Lincoln on August 16, when the first
camp ends. In addition to the 427 Ne
braskans there will be 600 from Colora
do at the second camp. Local boardt
have been enlisting volunteers for the
past week, and several have their quote
already made op. If there are nol
enough volunteers resort will be had tc
the classifications, save that no one en
gaged in the production, threshing oi
marketing of crops shall be Included.
Under this call Boyd county will
send none; Burt, none; Cedar, none;
Colfax, none; Cuming, five; Dakota,
■lx; Dixon, five; Holt, seven; Dodge
Is; Knox, three; Madison, eight;
Nance, one; Pierce, seven; Stanton
five; Thurston, none; Wayne, four;
Washington, tw6.
LEGISLATORS MAY GO
INTO COURT FOR MONEY
Lincoln. Neb., July 29.—The appro
priation bill passed by the special leg
islative session granting $12,800 In pay
for members for per diem attendance
became a law Friday and the monev
Is now available for the use of thi,
members—If they can get It. 'AudlfOr
Smith has paid all Incidental expenses
and labor bills, but he say* that pc,
warrants will be drawn on this appro
priation until a court orders It. The
governor did not Include appropriation
bills Id bja call, and the auditor thinks
this bars their payment. He submitted
the question to the attorney general's
office, and the deputy there bas given
an opinion that he is very doubtful of
the legality, and suggests that some
member of the legislature take it into
court.
Before the legislature adjourned a
committee from each house was named
to look after the litigation that it was
then certain would follow the attempt
to appropriate money, and It Is pre
sumed this committee will get busv. An
spproprlatlon of $3,100 to pay the rail
road fare of ■ the members became
available on April 9. The auditor took
the same ground with reaped to these
moneys, and no legislator has sought
thi courts to make him let loose of it.
PASTOR CELEBRATES
HIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY
West Point, Neb., July 29.—Rov. A.
R. E. Oelschlaeger, pastor of the St.
Paul's Lutheran church at West Point,
oelebrated the 25th year of his pastor
ate this week. The Jubilee services
were largely attended and hundreds of
persons of all denominations testified
to the esteem In which the pastor is
held. His administration here has been
very successful, a large and wealthy
congregation belonging to the parish.
WEST POINT—The work of classifying
the 133 June, 1918, registrants of Cuming
county has commenced. Thirty-three of
these boys are now permanently classified
In Class 1. Nine have been placed In de
ferred classes for various good reasons.
Four of the registrants failed to pass the
medical examination. The remainder of
the men o>'aimed exemption, mostly on
agricultural grounds, and fheir claims arc
being passed upon by the district board.
WEST POINT—Mrs. W. H. Delninger
has been appointed secretary of the local
chapter of the Red Cross, taking the place
formerly held by J. A. Stahl, editor of the
Democrat, who has filled the position
ever since the organisation of the chap
ter, but whose luck of help In business
and 111 health In his family forced bis
resignation.
LINCOLN—Fred W. Ashton, of Grand
Island, has been appointed to the state"
council of defense by Governor Neville
to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna
tion of R. L. Metcalfe, who is now a
democratic candidate for United States
senator.
I
WAYNE—Sheriff George T. Porter, of
Wayne, Is seeking Swan Nelson, who dis
appeared from here on July 20. Nelson
carries a registration card.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
WORTHING-/ farmers' elevator com
pany has been organized here with a cap
ital of $25,000. They have purchased the
elevator owned by the South Dakota
wrain company and will be ready for busi
ness as Soon as a manager can be secured
to take charge of the business.
CANTON—Fanners report that grass
hoppers have cut off considerable of the
oats. These pests have wasted more than
the amount equivalent to the st erf sown
per acre. They are Just the ordinary
green grasshoppers and not the 17-year
variety. No damage has been done lo the
wheat. The yield of oats ts much bettet
than was anticipated.
CANTON The Noil*.-'artisans have pt!
ip a county legislative ticket, nominating
*■ Thompt. of hMou township, for sen
or and A. .1. Oroenvold and Zachary
Strom for representatives. I -oca! men-,
here cay tiiat from 61) to 8S per cent of tn<
farmert of this county buiong lo the Non
liui :m«n ^enguo.
FEDERAL COURTS IN
NEBRASKA ARE BUSY
All Records For Number of
Cases Prosecuted Are Brok
en In Last Year.
Lincoln, Neb., .July 31.—The annual
report of Federal District Attorney Al
len to the department of Justice shows
that for the period of 12 months end
ing June 30 all former records for the
number of criminal case* bandied and
convictions have been shattered. The
report Indicates that in the Nebraska
district 25$ cases have been disposed
of during the year and there have been
250 convictions and only two acquittals.
Seventeen of the cases related to In
ternal revenue, 17 to offenses against
the postal laws, 12 to white slave cases,
nine espionage cases and 190 miscella
neous offenses of different kinds, in
cluding violations of the draft age, the
Reed amendment relative to the trans
portation at intoxicating liquor, food
and drug act, interstate commerce arid
banking laws. The criminal 'side of
'the federal docket b&s been exceeding
ly heavy since the outbreak of the war,
Nearly $6,000 in fines were collected.
TICKETS ARE MADE
UP IN CUMING COUNTY
West Point, Neb., July 31.—The Cum
ing county tickets at the primary of
July 20, wHl read as follows:
For State Senator—Curatng, Wayne
and Pierce counties, Charles Graff,
democrat.
For State Representative—Twenty
first district, Cuming county, Con Mc
Carthy and James O. Beacom, demo
crat; L. Lauritsen, republican; Twen
ty-seaond district, Cumlag and Stanton
oouuttes, Henry Behrens, republican.
For County Clerk—Rudolph Rrazda,
democrat.
For County Treasurer — Henry
Schwlnck, democrat; William Nuve
mann, republican.
For Sheriff—Arthur C. Saxton, dem
ocrat; William Wagner, William Dill,
William Clausen, republican.
For County Attorney—A. M. Emley,
democrat; James C. Elliott, republican.
For County Surveyor—J. L. Fergu
son, democrat.
For County Supervisors—First dis
trict, J. W. Horby, democrat; Third
district, Andrew R. Peterson, democrat,
L. C. Thiempko, democrat; Fifth dis
trict, Soren Jensen, republican; Sev
enth district, Chas. H. Sass, republican.
For County Judge—Louis Dewald,
nonpartisan.
For County Superintendent—Emma
R. Miller, nonpartisan.
DENY THE BRYANS
INFLUENCED HOWELL
XJnooln, Neb., July 31.—The senSa
tionq) atory that the Bryans had used
their ftoliUcai Influence at Washington
to get R.J&. Howell, republican candi
date for governor, out of the race, is
still credited in spite of the fact that
C. W. Bryaa and Howell himself have
poured ice water over it The story
followed the announcement at the close
of a speech by Howell at Lincoln that
he had been summoned to Washington
to enter the naval service. After en
tering a most vigorous denial, C. W.
Bryan said: "I feel sure that Mr. How
ell, for whom I have the highest re
gard as a man and as an advocate of
progressive legislation for the masses,
will denounce as false the Insinuation
that I was connected In any way with
the call to the service of the navy and
that he will denounce the reflection or.
the Integrity and official honesty qf
Secretary Daniels.” Mr. Howell in ft
gubllshed statement exonerated Mr
ryan.
WAYNE NORMAL 8CHOOL
CLOSES SUMMER TERM
Wayne, Neb.. July 31.—W’ayne Nor
mal has Just closed a very success
ful summer season. The attendance
was large despite the. scarcity of
young men. The normal Is planning a
considerable Increase In Its extension
work for next year. Many neighboring
towns are interested in the project.
The teachers of the normal will visit
many points on Saturday of each yreek
during the school year.
RANDOLPH PEOPLE ARE
RESTRAINED BY COURT
Madison, Neb.. July 31.—Judge
Allen, of the district court granted a
temporary restraining order against
Luella Randolph and J. M. Randolph
from conducting a similar alleged
house of prostitution'In Norfolk; also
against Frances West and Frank West
fromfrom conducting a similar alleged
resort. Hearing will be had before the
court Monday to show cause why the
temporary Injunction should not be is*
sued.
NEBRASKA REPUBLICANS
TO HEAR WILL H. HAYS
Liqcoln, Neb., July 81.—The big at
traction at the republican state con
vention whtch meets In Lincoln Tues
day is Will H. Hays, of Indiana, na
tional chairman. Mr. Hays will address
the convention. During his stay a short
reception will be given him by the Lin
coln Indiana aociety at the Lindell
hotel. Robert W. DeVoe. candidate for
attorney ge.neral two years ago, will be
the temporary chairman.
WEST POINT—F. r>, Sharar, former
mayor of West point has left the city to
tajke up ..the positlop of manager of the
Farmers' ITnlon at Sioux City. He was
for many years tn the employ of the Nyo
Schneider company here, later becoming
connected with the Farmers* Co-Opera
tive company.
WEST POINT—The republicans of
Cuming county have completed their or
ganisation und have chosen committee
men and officers as follows; Chairman.
E. F. Krause; vice chairmen, W. T. Fried,
Beemer; F. C. Evans. Wines, and A. F.
Daniels, Bancroft; secretary-treasurer, H.
H. Graunke.
WEST POINT—The local chautauqua
association has elected the following offi
cers. President, Dr. O. J. Ttghe; treasur
er, E. M. Von Kergern, and secretary,
Bouts Goldsmith.
WEST POINT—John Helm, of Blaine
township, will market 140,000 pounds of
pork this year. He has the largest herd
of hogs' In the county, his spring pigs
numbering 447.
FIND EMPLACEMENTS FOR
BIG GERMANJ5UPER CANNON
Paris, July 29.— French and Ameri
can troops have discovered a second
ittvplaet meat for n German super
cannon at Nanteuil, Notredamc, ac
cording to tha 1!cra'd. The emplace
ment was meters deep a:.1 14 meters
square. The first emplacement dis
covered was at Brecey. a little rr.or»
than three miles south of the^seemd.
Admit Failure of Paris Drive;
Germans Promised New Victory
Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.—The
German general staff has officially
admitted that “the drive upon Paris is
a failure,” but has promised the peo
ple back home "a decisive blow will
be delivered immediately against tho
Anglo-French front.”
In the communique entitled "the sit
uation on the Marne,” which appeared
yesterday in nearly every German pa
per, no mention was made of Ameri
can participation in the defeat.
“The communique,” French cables
stated, "attempts to make the German
public, profoundly deceived, accept the
total failure of the ambitious program
which was destined to develop into the
Invasion of Paris and the ultimate
crushing of forces of the entente.
"Hinaenburg's defense renews ‘a
promise oi a decisive blow against the
Anglo-French front,’ but states: ‘The
physiognomy which-the struggle pre
sents -on the front between Soissons
»nd Rhelms and in the Champagne in 1
consequence of the German attack and
the Anglo-French counter attack have
led to the necessity of postponing for
some time the decisive blow.' "
With this end in view, said Ilin
denburg’s communique, “a new basis
for subsequent operations, proceedings
for displacements and strategical re
grouping” had to be created.
While waiting until these prepara
tions for future operations become
completed, the confession says, the
Germans have been forced “to retire
to the northers direction of the Marne
front.”
“A retreat of about a dozen kilo
meters or more would be sufficient,”
the communique said, adding: “it is not
thought necessary today that Hinden
burg will find himself under obliga
tions to withdraw his front as far
back as the Vesle.”
The German “interior front" is im
plored not to renounce “its confidence
in Hlndenburg on account of the with
drawal."
GERMAN COMMANDER
IN UKRAINE IS KILLED
Amsterdam, Aug. 1.—Field Marshal
ton Eichhorn, the German commander
in the Ukraine, and his adjutant, Cap
tain von Dressier, were killed by a
. bomb in Kiev Tuesday, says an of
ficial announcement received here
from the Ukrainian capital.
The bomb was thrown at the men
while they were driving to their head
quarters from the Casino.
The bonfb was thrown from a cab
which drove close io their carriage a3
they were approaching the field mar
shal's residence.
The assassin and the oab driver have
been arres'cd.
It has been established, the telegram
declares, that the crime originated
with the social revolutionists tn Mos
cow.
The assassin of Field Marshal von
Eichhorn was a lad of 23. He declared
at the Inquiry held after the crime,
the advices state, that he came from
the province of Ryazan, adjacent to
Moscow, on orders from a communist
committee to kill the field marshal. He
reached Kiev yesterday.
Gen. Hermann von Eichhorn, the Gor
man mfiltary dictator of Ukraine, had a
brilliant career in the armies of the Ger
man emperor.
He played an Important role tn the de
velopment of the Gorman military ma
chine.
When the great war broke out he was
assigned to the Russian front, where he
took part in several campaigns. He was
in command of the German army which
captured the Russian stronghold of Kovno
in August, 1815. He continued to direct
operations in southern Poland until Rus
si&’s collapse.
In April he was sent to Ukraine to su
pervise the establishment of a government
for the new republic. Upon his arrival he
placed the whole republic under German
martial law and arrested members of the
ministry who. he said, were conspiring
against the central powers.
The Ukrainian rada demanded his re
call, but he was retained in Ukraine as
virtual dictator.
He brought about the overthrow of the
Ukrainian government In May and suc
ceeded in placing in authority General
Skeropadskt who had since been operat
ing under orders from General Von Eich
horn.
General Von Eichhorn put into effect
the confiscation of all stores of food held
in the Ukraine. Ruthless measures were
adopted against peasants who opposed the
confiscation.
Late In May he sent an urgent appeal
to Berlin asking that troops be sent to
meet the menace of an insurrection ia
Ukraine.
It was later announced that' a large
number of-1 troops were held subject to
hts call. Then General Von Eichhorn
asked that engineers, firemen and labor
ers be sent to him so that the railroads
could be kept running.
General Von Elchbom was born on Feb
ruary 13, 1848. at Breslau. He entered the
army in 1866.
UKRAINE IN TURMOIL.
Amsterdam, Aug. 1.—Political storm
clouds are gathering around the
Ukrainian government, according to a
dispatch from Hamburg to the Nieuwe
Rotterdam’s correspondent today. The
message said that wholesale arrests had
been made, one of those seized being
Gyzicki, first state secretary in the
Hetman government.
ONES.DAKOTAN AND
ONE IOWAN KILLED
One Lincoln, Neb., Soldier Is
Reported to Be Missing
In Action.
Washington, I>. C., Aug. 1.—The
army casualty list today shows:
Killed In action, 30: died of wounds,
40; died of disease, 6; died of airplane
accident, 1; died of accident and other
causes, 5; wounded severely. 67;
wounded, degree undetermined, 15:
wounded in action, 21. Total, 194.
The list contained the names of
Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota
men. as follows:
Killed in Action—Richard W. Moody.
Newark. S. 1)., and Obed H. Folgero,
Slater. Ia.
Severely Wounded — Maurice J.
Hoyle, Ksthervllle, la., and Benjamin
H. Konfield, Murray, la.
The Marine List.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.—The
marine corps casualty list today
shows:
Killed In action, 4; died of wounds
received in action, 2; wounded in ac
tion (severely), 12. Total, 18.
The list'contained the names of no
Iowa, Nebraska or South Dakota men.
BOARD WILL NOT FIX
MINIMUM WAGE SCALE
Washington, D. C., July 81.—A mini
mum wage scale will not be applied st
this time to industries, the national war
labor board decided today. 'Instead, the
determination of a fair llvityt wage will
be decided in each case on the basis of
the facts at hand.
The chairmen of (he board have
asked capita! and labor to compose
their differences on the principles and
policies adopted by the board on
April 8.
There is an opening in one side of r
Michigan inventor's milk bottle through
which cream can be drawn without
disturbing the rest of the milk.
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Bolshevist Rule Rapidly Crum
bling and Appeal 1$ Issued
By Opponents For
Assistance.
ALLIED ENVOYS DEPART
Social Revolutionaries Taking
Initiative Against Faction
That Has Brought Ruin
Upon Russia.
London, Aug. 1.—Information reach
ing Stockholm, says the correspondent
of the Times there, shows that the bol
shevist regime has come to the end
of its tether and that the Russian
masses—workmen and peasants—ar»
about to rise in arms against bolehe
vist tyranny.
Official representatives of the social
revolutionary and social democratic
parties in Russia have arrived In
Stockholm, says the correspondent, and
have issned an appeal to the socialists
of Europe calling upon them to form
an International oommlsalon to visit
Russia and ascertain whether the
Russian socialists are not right In de
claring that the bolshevlsts have
brought widespread evils on Russia,
destroyed Industry, caused universal
starvation, despotically oppressed the
people and are now concerned only In
retaining power at all costs.
The representatives are:
Russanoff, for the social revolution
ists, and Axelrod, for the social demo
crats.
ALLY DIPLOMATS FLEE.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.—All the
allied diplomats at Vologda have ap
parently left that city, according to
roundabout advices to the state de
partment today. These said that ths
diplomats, who Included the American
ambassador, Francis, on July 23, had
been given the alternative of going to
Moscow or heading north to the Mur
mansk coast. The Russian wireless
press said that the allied consuls would'
remain at Moscow.
PLAN JOINT ACTION.
Paris. Aug. 1.—General army staffs
at Toklo and Peking are preparing
plans for joint action under- the agree
; ment between China and Japan for
[ action in Siberia. The Chinese am
! bassador to France declares that China
I has no intention to encroach upon the
j internal affairs of Siberia or Russia.
RUMANIA TO OBTAIN
ALL OF BESSARABIA
Agreement Beached With Uk
raine For Cession of
Rich Territory.
Copenhagen, Aug. 1.—Ukrnlnia hag
agreed to cede Bessarabia to Rumania,
in return for commercial concessions,
according to Berlin dispatches today.
Bessarabia is bordered partly by
Rumania and the Blade sea. contains
IS.000 square miles and In 1S#7 bad a
population of 1,933.436.
GENERAL HARBORD TO
HEAD SUPPLY SERVICE
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in France,
! July "0.—Mai. Gen. J. G. Harbord, for
: mer chiel of staff to General Pershing,
I has been appointed head of the suppiy
service of the American expeditionary
forces. He succeeds MaJ. Gen. Francis
J. Kwnan. who will undertake other
tmpQrtapt work in Europe.
Major General Harbord commanded
the brigade of marines in the fighting
about Chateau-Thterry, previous U
the present battle. He was promoted
major general on June 2S.
NAVAL BASE HOSPITAL
IS SET UP IN ENGLAND
Washington, D. C., Aug. 1.—Offi
cer:-, men trnl equipment of a navy
! I,use hospital, under command of Med
fical Director Charles M. Devulin. V g
IN., recruited chiefly In Ix>s Angeles,"
' have arrived in England, Secretary of
i tlie Navy Daniels announced todav.
I This hospital, which has a personnel
and equipment sufficient for Ron beds,
| was organized by Dr. Ray Smith, of
f Dog Auacles.