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C&3&TSW - ' "i fi- RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF : Tilt.. cr WARSHIP BLOWN UP 773 MEN KILLED WHEN DLA8T DE8TROYS BRITISH DREAD- NAUGHT VANGUARD. - CAUSE OF DISASTER UNKNOWN Admiralty Declares Internal Explosion Occurred While Craft Was at An. chor Only Ninety-Five of Crew Escaped Death. London, July 10. The British battle ship Vnncunrd wns blown up and Hunk 'on July 0, Bnys nn olllclnl statement Is iBued ou Friday by tho British ndmlr nlty. An Internal explosion whllo the ship wnB nt nnchor caused tho disaster. Only three men of thoso on board sur vived and one of them has since Hied. Twenty-four oftlcers and 71 men, how ever, were not on board nt tho time of tho explosion. Tho official statement reads: "II. M. S. Vanguard, Capt. James D. Dick, b'ew up while at nnchor on tho night of July 0 as the result of an In 'tcrnal explosion. "Tho ship sank Immediately and there were only three survivors among those nbonrd ship at tho tlmo of tho 'disaster ono ofllccr and two men. The fllccr has since died. There were, how over, 24 officers and 71 men not on board at tho time, thus bringing the total number of survivors to 07. "A full Inquiry has been ordered." Tho Vanguard displaced 10,250 tons nnd her complement beforo tho war wns 870 men. Tho Vanguard belonged to the St. Vincent class of dreadnoughts nnd was launched In March, 1000. Tho Vanguard was 530 feet long with benni of 84 feet and n draft of 27 feet. Her armament consisted of ten twelve-inch guns, eighteen four-Inch and four three-pounders in addition to threo torpedo tubes. SAYS GERMANS WANT PEACE Independent Leader of Hungary As serts Liberties Must Be Granted ; In Every Country. Amsterdam, July 10. Count Mlchuel Kurloyl, leader of tho Hungarian In dependent party, speaking In the houso of deputies, Buys a telegram from Budapest, declared : "The centrul point of tho present crlRls Is the question of peace. Every jno in Germany wunts peaco, but it Is not enough to desire It, tho nation must negotlato for It. Count Czernln (Austro-Hungnrlan) foreign minister, has not confined himself to mere words, but has openly declared that wo are ready for peaco without an nexations. Ono of tho prerequisite conditions of peace. Is the democrati zation of every country." In n continuation of the debate Baron Julius Beck said : There is no war policy today, but only a peace policy. Tho peaco must bo honorable, guaranteeing Hungary's frontiers and her political Independ ence." Count Morltx Esterhnzy, the pre mier, replying to Baron Beck, said the new Hungarian government stands for tho continuance of tho alliance be tween the dual monarchy nnd Ger many, ns did tho government which it uccccded. "We nro waging this war as a de fensive war. Our peaco aim is not conquest. Wo do not lenve our ene mies in doubt about this. On the con trary, wo testified clearly before tho whole world our readiness for peace." 30 HURT IN I. W. W. FIGHT German Agents Blamed for Clash With Aliens at Lead Mine; U. 8. Orders Teuton Members Interned. Flat River, Mo., July 10. Thirty or forty men were reported Injured, sev eral probably fatally, In rioting on Friday night between Americans and foreigners employed In tho lead mines here. Several hundred shots were ex changed, windows nnd doors of shaft houses were broken and the homos of tho foreigners wero stoned by n mob of about a thousand Americans which moved Bwlftly from shaft houso to shaft houso In an effort to drlvo all foreigners out of tho city. Fivo lead mines nro said to bo In danger. These nro properties of tho Doo Run Lead company, tho St. Jo seph Lead company, Fcderul Lead company, St. Louis Smelting & Refin ing company nud tho Dcs Logo Con solidated Lead company. Seattle, Wash., July 14. Tho United States has decided to tako out of tho I. W. W. organization thnt port of it (which is German or dominated by Ger man Influence, United States District Attorney Cloy Allen announced. Tho men will bo interned. Troop Movement Success. American Hendquorters In Frnnco, July 10. Not n slnglo accident has yet marked the transportation of tho United Stntes troops from their tern- Sornry camp to tho permanent base bo ind tho front. Appeals to Striking Slavs. Washington, July 10. A patriotic appeal to striking Slavs in tho Arizona mining regions to return to work wns jpent by telegraph by tho Serbian min ister, Lloubomlr Mlchnllovltch to Bls bee, Ariz. I ISN'T IT A MrwmL 7 RUSSIANS GO FORWARD 8LAV8, UNDER GENERAL KORNI LOFF, ADVANCE ON LEMBERQ. Petrograd Says Pursuit of the Enemy In Gallcla Continues Take Many Prisoners. Petrograd, July 13. Tho Russians havo reached tho Poslccz-Lesluvka-Kosmacz line. In tho fighting between Sunday and Tuesday In tho dlrectloh of Dollnn, tho llusslans took more than 10,000 prisoners and 80 guns. According to n telegram received from the general stuff tho pursuit of tho cnumy in Gnllcln continues. Tho capture of Unllcz, strategic key to Lcmberg, is confirmed. Tho llusslans also advanced west ward to the left bank of tho Lomnlca river nnd pressed forward on tho Bogorodchan-Zolotvln front. On tho southern sldo tho Russians nro now less than 00 miles from the coveted capital of Gallcla. On the east ern sldo the Russians are less than 40 miles away. Tho German and Austro-Hungarian soldiers arc making despcrato resis tance to check advance of the Rus sians, especially in the district lying between Hallcz and Brezezany, but havo been unable to stem tho tide. Cossacks nro playing an Important part in the Russian advnnco and cav alry is being used to a large extent In tho pursuit of tho Austro-German armies. OUST I. W. W.'S FROM ARIZONA Armed Citizens of Blsbee Deport More Than 1,900 Agitators Governor Calls for U. 8. Troops. Blsbeo, Ariz., July 14. More than 1,000 alleged Industrial Workers of tho World, deported from Blsbee In 24 cattle cars on Thursday. Their an nounced destination Is Columbus, N. M. Tho men were driven from the city by deputy sheriffs and about 2,000 armed men, members of an organiza tion known ns tho "Citizens' Protective league." Phoenix, Ariz., July 14. Governor Cumpbell wired to General Parker at Fort Sam Houston Informing him of tho situation nt Blsbeo and requesting that United States troops be sent there at once. U. S. SHIP SUNK OFF FRANCE Steamer Kansan, Valued at $3,000,000, Destroyed by Submarine Four of Crew Lost. Washington, July 13. State depart ment dispatches announcing tho de struction of tho Kansan by a German submarine, said that four members of tho crow wero missing, Hut nil tho armed vessel guard was sfe. All of thoso on board wero reported landed excopt tho following four members of tho crow, who nro considered lost: First Asslstnnt Engineer J. H. Mur phy, American; 1 Agulrre, English; A. P. Kun of Honolulu nnd 0. Ilanan of Singapore. Pugh Receiver Is Asked. Chlcngo, July 10. A petition for n receiver for the Pugh Stores compnny. capitalized at $20,000,000, and operat ing 39 stores In six states, was filed In tho superior court by Arthur B. Whltnah nnd R. T. Whltnnh. Chicago Policeman Killed. Chicago, July 10. Policeman Peter Bulsln wan klllH when six bandits robbed nn auto bearing funds of tho Chicago City Bank nnd Trust com pany. Thoy seized a bag of nickels. Buslln left scvon children. PEACH? CHICAGO HERALD. FIGHT TO THE FINISH KAISER'8 PLAN 18 TO BATTLE UN. TIL VICTORY. Declares "We Will Win If We Hold Out" No Peace Without Territory. Berne, Switzerland, July 12. Ac cording to Berlin newspapers, tho Ger man chancellor, Doctor von Bethrannn Hollwcg, said to members of tho rclch stag: "I repeat that the formula of peaco without annexation Is unacceptable to us. We cannot declare our terms of peuce. Wo must fight nnd con quer." The chancellor made a strong at tack on Mathlas Erzbcrgcr, leader of the Catholic center, who assailed the pan-Germans In his address before tho main committee last week and advo cated peace without annexations or in demnities. Doctor von Bethmnnn-Hollweg said Ilerr Erzbergcr's nttltudo was unpa triotic. According to the summary of tho chancellor's speech beforo tho main committee, published In the Lokal An zlegcr of Berlin, he said: "Wo must continue the war with our whole energies. I do not deny that we have great difficulties to overcome, but so havo our enemies. We shall see whether their difficulties or ours aro greater. "I am suro we can win If we hold out. "Nothing wns further from my Inten tion thnn to cllug to my post, but now it Is a question of protecting tho fa therland from Injury, nnd for this rea son I consider It necessary to retain my post." It Is reported In Amsterdam, says the correspondent of tho Exchange Telegraph company, that tho resigna tion of Dr. Karl Helfferlch, the Ger man vice chancellor and sccretnry of the interior, nnd Dr. Alfred Zlmmer mnnn, tho Germnn secretary of for eign affairs, havo been decided upon by Emperor William. BRITISH LINE IS SMASHED Germans Advance 600 Yards In Nleu. port 8ector Terrific Bombard ment Levels Dunes Defenses. Berlin, July 13. Moro than 1,250 prisoners. Including 27 officers, havo been taken by the Germnn marino corps In the Ysor district of Belgium, army headquarters announced. Tho official report says that the British were driven back over tho Yser nnd that their losses were very high. Paris, July 13. Tho Germnns mado nn attack In the Woevro north of Flirey. Latins Postpone Conference. Buenos Aires, July 13. Tho con gress of neutral South American na tions to formulate n common policy In respect to problems arising from tho war has been postponed Indefinitely, Brazil to Patrol Coast. Rio Janeiro, July 10. An ngrcemem hns been reached under which tho Bra zilian licet will nssumo tho responsi bility for patrolling the entire Brazilian const line from tho Guiana border to the southern boundary of Brazil. New Iowa Militia Unit. Des Moines, In., July 10. Orgnnlzii tlon of nn ammunition train cnmpnny, consisting of 18 officers nnd OSl men. as on additional unit of the federalized Town Natlonnl Guard was ordered oi Friday by Got, W. L. Harding. I 111 THE WAD President Wilson Appeals to Bus iness Interests of Country. JUST PRICES IS HIS DEMAND Business Should Not Take Toll Off Men In Trenches, Says the Chief Executive Ship Owners Are Condemned. Washington. President Wilson ap pealed to the country's business in terests Wednesday to put aside every selfish consideration nnd to give their aid to tho nation as freely as those who go to offer their lives on the bat tlefield. In u statement addressed to the coal operators nnd manufacturers he gave nssuranco that Just prices will be paid by tho government and tho public dur ing the war, but warned that no at tempt to extort unusual profits will be tolcrntcd. "Your patriotism," sold tho presi dent's nppcnl, "Is of the same self denying stuff ns the patriotism of the men dead nnd maimed on the fields of France, or It Is no patriotism nt nil. Let us never speak, then, of profits and patriotism In tho snmo sentence. "I shall expect every mnn who Is not a slacker to be nt my sldo throughout this great enterprise. In It no mnn can win honor who thinks of himself." Condemns Ship Owners. Tho president .declared there must be but one price for tho government nnd for tho public. He expressed con fidence thnt business generally would be fourid loyal to the last degree, nnd that the problem of wartime prices, which ho declared will "mean victory or defeat," will be solved rightly through patriotic co-operation. In unmensured terms, however, Mr. Wilson condemned tho ship owners of the country for maintaining a schedule of ocean freight rates which hns placed "almost Insuperable obstnclcs in tho path of the government. President's Call. Tho president's statement follows: "The government Is about to attempt to determine the prices nt which It will ask you henceforth to furnish yn rlous supplies which are necessnry for the prosecution of the wnr, and vnrl ous materials which will bo needed In tho industries by which tho war must be sustnlncd. We shnll. of course, try tc determine. them Justly nnd to the best ndvnntago of the nntlon ns n whole; but Justice Is easier to speak of than to arrive nt, and there are some 'considerations which I hope we shnll keep steadily In mind whllo this particular problem of Justice Is being worked out. Promises Just Price. "Therefore I take the liberty of stating very candidly my own view of the situation nnd of the principles which should guide both tho govern ment and tho mine owners and man ufacturers of the country in this dif ficult mnttcr. "A Just price must, of course, be paid for everything tho government buys. By a Just price I mean a price which will sustain the Industries con cerned in n high state of efficiency, provide a living for thoso who con duct them, enable them to pay good wages, and make posslblo the ex pansions of their enterprises which wtll from lime to tlmo becomo neces sary as the stupendous undertakings f this great war develop. Must Face the Facts. "Wo could not wisely or reasonably do less thnn pay such prices. They are necessary for tho maintenance and development of Industry, nnd the maintenance and development of in dustry aro necessary for the great task we have in hand. "But I trust thnt wo shall not sur round tho matter with a mist of sen timent. Facts aro our masters now. We ought not to put tho acceptance of such prices on tho ground of patri otism." "Patriotism has nothing to do with profits In a case like this. Patriotism and profits ought never In the present circumstances be mentioned together. "It Is perfectly proper to discuss profits as a matter of business, with a lew to maintaining tho integrity of capital and tho efficiency of labor in these tragical months, when tho lib erty of free men everywhere and of Industry itself trembles in tho bal ance; but it would be absurd to dis cuss them as a motivo for helping to servo and save our country. "Patriotism leaves profits out of tho question. In tlieso days of our su premo trial, when wo are sending hun dreds of thousands of our young men across the sens to servo a great cause, no truo man who stays behind to work for them and Bustaln them by his labor will ask himself what ho is personally going to mako out of that labor. "No truo patriot will permit himself to tako toll of their heroism In money or Bcek to grow rich by tho shedding of their blood. Ho will glvo as freely and with ns unstinted self-sacrifice ns thoy. When they aro giving their lives, will he not at least glvo his woney? Assails "Bribery." "I hear It Insisted that moro than r Just price, moro than n prlco thnt will sustain our industries, must bo paid; that It is necessary to pay very liberal and unusual profits in order to 'stimulate' production; that nothing hut pecuniar? rewards will do re FORGE HNS wards paid in money, not In tho mere liberation of tho world. "I tako It for granted that thoso who arguo thus do not stop to think whnt that means. "Do they mean that you must bo paid, must bo bribed, to mako your contribution, n contribution thnt costs you neither a drop of blood nor n tear, when the whole world Is in travail and men everywhere depend upon nnd call to you to bring them out of bondage and mnkc the world n fit place to live In again, amidst pence and Justice? Appeals to Honor. "Do they mean thnt you will exact n price, drive n bargain, with tho men who nro enduring the ngony of this wnr on tho bnttlcfields, In the trenches, nmldst tho lurking dangers of tho sen, or with tho bereaved women nnd piti ful children, before you will come for ward to do your duty and give some part of your life, In easy, penceful fashion, for tho things we are fight ing for, the things wo have pledged our fortunes, our lives, our sacred hon or to vindicate and defend liberty and Justice nnd fair dealing nnd the pence of nntlons? "Of course you will not. It Is In conceivable. Your patriotism is of the same self-denying stuff ns tho pa triotism of the men (lend or mnlmod on the fields of France, or else It Is not patriotism at nil. Full Dollar's Worth. "Let us never spenk, then, of profits nnd of pntrlotlsm In the snmo sen tence, but fnce facts and meet them. Let us do sound business, but not In tho midst of n mist. "Many n grievous burden of taxa tion will be Inld on this nntlon, In this generation nnd In the next, to pay for this war; let us see to It that for every dollar that Is taken from the people's pockets It shnll be posslblo to obtain n dollar's worth of the sound stuff they need. "Let mo turn for n moment to tho ship owners of tho United States nnd tho other ocean carriers whoso ex ample they havo followed, nnd ask them If they realize what obstacles, what almost insuperable obstnclcs, they have been putting In tho way of tho successful prosecution of this war by tho ocean freight rates they have been exacting. Making War a Failure. "They are doing everything thnv high freight charges can do to mnkc the war a fallire, to make it Impos sible. $ "I do not say that they realize this or Intend It. Tho thing hns happened naturally enough because tho commer cial processes which wo arc content to see operate In ordinary times have without sufficient thought been con tinued Into n period where they have no proper plnce. "I nm not questioning motives. 1 nm merely stntlng a fact, nnd stating It In order that attention may bo fixed upon It. "The fact Is that those who have fixed war freight rates havo taken the most effective means In their power to defeat tho nrmlcs engaged against Ger many. When they realize this we mny, I take It for granted, count upon them to reconsider tho whole matter. It Is high time. Their extra hazards, are covered by war risk Insurance. Warning Is Sounded. "I know, nnd you know, whnt re sponse to tills great challenge of duty nnd of opportunity the nntlon will ex-pect-of you; nnd I know whnt re sponso you will mnke. "Those who do not respond, who do not respond in the spirit of those who have gone to give their lives for us on bloody fields far nwny, may safely bo left to bo dealt with by opinion nnd the law for tho law must, of course, command those things. "I am dealing with the matter thus publicly nnd frankly, not because I have any doubt or fear as to the result but only in order thnt in nil our thinking nnd in nil our dealings with ono an other wo may movo in a perfectly clear air of mutual understanding. Must Have Same Prices. "And there Is something more thai we must add to our thinking. The public is now as much a part of the government ns are the army and navy themselves; tho whole people in all their activities are now mobilized and In service for tho accomplishment of tho nntlon's task in this wnr; it Is in such "circumstances impossible Just ly to distinguish between industrial purchases mndo by the government nnd industrial purchases mado by tho managers of Industries, nnd It Is Just ns much our duty to sustain the Indus trials of tho country with all tho In dustries that contrlbuto to Its llfo as it is to sustain our forces In tho field nnd on tho Ben. Think Not of 8elf. "We must make prices to tho pub lic the same as tho prices to tho gov ernment. Prices mean tho Barao thing everywhere now. They mean tho effl si rs-s" . tlon, whether it is tho government thnt pays them or not. They mean victory or defeat. They mean that America will win her placo once for nil among tho foremost freo nations of tho world or thnt she will sink to defeat nnd be come n second-rnto power alike In thought and In nctlon. This Is n day of her reckoning and every mnn among us must personally face that reckoning along with her. "Tho case needs no nrgulng. I ns sumo that I nm only expressing your own thoughts whnt must bo In tho mind of every truo man when ho faces tho tragedy and tho solemn gl6ry of tho present wnr, for tho emancipation of mankind. "I summon you to n grcnt duty, a great privilege, a shining dignity nnd distinction. I shall expect every man who is not a Blacker to bo at my side Uiroughout this great enterprise. In it no man can win honor who thinks ol himself." 16 NEBRASKA BOY8 GO INTO CAMP AT STATE FAIR GROUNDS DRAFT QUOTA FOR NEBRASKA State's Allotment for the Call to Be 8,185 Men President to Stand By Original Food Con trol BUI Western Newspaper Union News Service. Lincoln, Neb. After receiving mob ilization orders from Secretary of War Bnkor Saturday night, fivo com panies of tho Nebraska national guard, with about two hundred men reporting, mobilized nt the Btate fair grounds Sunday. Tho companies mo bilizing were the Hold hospital com pany, headquarters company of tho Fifth, sanitary detachment of tho Fifth, supply company of tho Fifth, and Company A of tho Fifth. About half of tho enlisted men of tho com panies had reported Sunday, tho men were coming in from parts of near by counties at all times. The mobilization was carried on with very llttlo confusion. Mon came into the grounds In civilian attire, disappeared Into the barracks, locat ed In the old dairy building, and. emerged full fledged soldiers. To a casual observer it would have seem ed that the camp had been estab lished for weeks, so quietly wns tho mobilization carried on. In the even ing the men of Company A did picket duty at the entrances to the camp. Company A will bo on guard during the entire twelve days the camp will be in Lincoln. For Original Food Control Bill Washington. President Wilson has como to the support of the adminis tration food control bill as originally submitted to congress. In response to a request from senate leaders for assistance in solving the difficulties standing in tho way of action there, the President sent to Democratic Lender Martin a personal letter rec ommending the general purposes or the original bill for government oon "trol of foods, feeds and fuels only. He wrote that he believed unncces tuiy tho extension of government control ns proposed In amendments, attached In congress to steel, cop per, cotton, wool, lcnther and other products. The substitute bill drawn by Sena tor Goro was opposed by tho presi dent ns an emasculation of tho ad ministration legislation. He wrote thnt he considered prompt final dis position of the legislation Imperative, THE DRAFT QUOTA State's Allotment for for all Purposes, to Be 8,185 Men Washington. Formal announcement has been mado by tho war depart ment that 687,000 men will bo se lected from those registered on June G for the first national war nrmy and to fill vacancies In tho national guard and the regular nrmy. The quota of men which western states will bo required to furnish follow: Arizona 3,472; Arkansas 1 0,267 California 23.0CO Colorado 4,753 Idaho 2,287 Illinois 51,653- Iowa 12,749 Kansas 6,439 Minnesota 17,854 Montana 7.872: Nebraska 8.J85- Nevada LOGL Now Mexico 2.2112 N. Dakota 6,606 Oklahoma 15,564. Oregon tW S. Dakota B.WM Texas 30.G4&- Utah 2.370 Washington 7,296- Wyoming 810' Alaska .' 96- Hawaii (none). Contrary to expectations the gov ernment has allowed credit for the total strength of tho national c'laiu. Including nil thoso men who wero in the service period to April 1 and who have beeri retained. Threaten to Go on War Path Ely, Nov. Ill-feeling in tho tribo ot Indians on tho Deep Creek, Utah, res ervation sinco two of their tribo were arrested for failure to register for tho -& jffLEsjrjs: they left tho reservation, stolo horses and threatened settlors 'along Snako creok. Settlors in tho northern por tion of tho Snake valley loft tholr homos and fled to Baker. Thoy say tho Indians threatened to go on the war path if tho two braves wero not released at once. This was done, but tho Indians remained in nn ugly mood. Wheat Prices In Other Lands Washington. Wheat prlcos abroad, Where tho govqrnmonts havo control of food supplies, nro shown to be much lower than In tho United States by a report mado to tho food admini stration by tho alllod whoat commis sion. Whllo wheat is selling well above $2 in this country, tho govorn mont prices in othor countries, accord ing to tho allied commission, aro as follows: United Kingdom nnd Franco, $1.80; Germany, $1.80; Belgium, $1.60; Australia, $1.14; India, $1.35; Italy, $1.60 to $1.94. S