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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
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GERMANS HAVE CAPTURED
THE G1TY OF LIEGE
Belgian Staff Officers and Gunners Watch
Entrance From Charred Forest De
stroyed in Fighting.
CALLS THE CENSORSHIP ONE-SIDED
German-American Commerce of New York Protests to
President Wilson British Fleet Repulses Blow
of Submarines American Government in
Communication With All Its European
Embassies and Legations.
parts of tho continent
For many days the slato depart
ment had been unable to communicate
with Ambassador Gerard at Berlin,
but communication was established
through Copenhagen. Mr. Uryan at
once telegraphed Inquiring about
Archer M. Huntington, president of
tho American Geographical society,
and other Americans reported arrest
ed ns spies.
Oiriclal dispatches revealed that
many Americans had been arrested or
temporarily detained in Gormany
merely on suspicion, and that at tho
first outbreak of hostilities and dur
ing tho mobilization period persons
who talked English were under espion
age, Ono dispatch said that many
Americans wero thought to be acting
suspiciously because thoy displayed
cameras and were taking pictures.
Brussels The Germans have enter-J Calls Censorship One-Sided,
cd the city Liege und have occupied Washington, D. C President Wil
tho town. i ' I son has received from the German-
The occupation was carried out do-. American Chamber of Commerce of
corously, General von ICtnmlch, com- vw York tho following protest ngaliiBt
mander of tho Gorman army on Nous, nnvai censorship of German wireless
having been warned from Berlin ' utations, whllo English nnd French
Attack on British Fleet.
London. Tho admiralty has an
nounced that ono of tho cruiser
squadrons of tho main, licet was at
tacked by Gcrmnn submarinas. Nono
of tho British ships was damaged. Ono
Gorman submarine was eunk. No de
tails were given ns to the place at
which the light occurrod.
Tho submarliio sunk by the British
fleet was the U-15, which was built
In 1012 and displaced 300 tons. It car
ried a crew of twelve men.
against allowing his men to commit
excesses.
Tho troops, headed by regiments of
cavalry, approached tho town along
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE
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cables are freo and uncensorcd:
"The cable to Germany has been
cut and tho wireless stations at Say-
vlllo, I,. I., and Tuckorton, N. J., aro
under control of consors.
"On tho other hand, French nnd
English cables aro In operation and
not under consorshlp. To tho best of
our bellef and Information, Instruc
tions and news of movements of Gor
man ships aro cabled from here to
Er.g'nnd and Franco and then wire
lessed to English, French nnd Rus
sian men of wnr.
"At tho same tlmo these cables nre
freely used to dlsseniinato in tho
United States, and from hero to other
parts of tho world, false reports and
exaggerations which influonce pub
lic opinion against Germany and tend
to humiliate her In tho cyo3 of the
world. Germany Is defenseless, as
sho Is practically Incommunicado.
"Aro not these facts infringements
on tho neutrality declared by tho
United Stntes, and should not these
cables also bo put under strict censorship?"
Auctrlans Capture City.
St. Petersburg The town of Andre
Jew, KiiBsian Poland, and tho customs
station at Radzlvolov in tho province
of Volhynln, near the Austrian
frontier, have been occupied by tho
Austriuns. A detachment of Austrian
troops was repulsed from tho village
of Lcsenlvolf.
Acordlng to news reaching hero tho
German warships Gocbcn nnd Breslau
have passed Greece, apparently going
toward tho Dardanelles.
Rich Britons Try to Corner Food.
London. Waller Ruuciman, secre
tary of agriculture, introduced a bill
into tho Houso of Commons giving tho
British government power to seise all
tho food stuffs. The bill passed
through all Its stages.
Mr. Uunciman said his reason for
Introducing tho bill was what lie
termed tho "greed of wealthy people,
who with a long lino of automobiles
had disgraced themselves by corner
ing the large stocks of provisions and
causing great suffering among the
poorer classes."
Italy to Remain Neutral.
Home, via Paris. Tho German gov
eminent is using its utmost efforts to
bring about a chango In Italy's atti-
SLAVS RETURNING TO FIGHT FOR SERV8A
tho majn eastern roads through
masses of charred timber marking tho
site of ,a destroyed forost, and passed
between Forte do Chaudfontalno and
Do VIgno, where tho Belgian staff of
llcors and nblo gunners assembled to
watch tho strango procession of Ger
mans who rodot hrough tho principal
streets, and tho general summoned
tho burgoniaator to tho town hall.
Somo prominent citizens wore cr
rested and confined in the old cltndol
In tho center of tho city for a short
time, ns hostagem.
Ocnoral von Emmlch know tho clta
del was under flro of tho forts and
thUB guaranteed tho safoty of his own
gunr.oru who wore placed thoro with
field Krupps to overawe tho inhabit
tints. They also placed flold nrtillory
and machlno guns in Bomo public
squares, whero tho troops out Touched
thoniBolves. v
Soon after tiio ocupatlon guns and
Infantry regiments covered tho roads
to tho westward.
Tho troops wore billeted In schools
nnd other public buildings, but not In
private houaos. Tho Gorman soldiers,
moreover, wore ordered to pay for all
purchases.
In thoso shops which remained open
thero could bo soon tho spectacle of
soldiers tendering marks for francB
and mookly ncoptlng chango.
Inhabitants Remain In Hiding.
Most of tho Inhabitants romnlned
in cellars and other sholtorB during
tho entry of tho onemy, but camo out
very soon aftor In Increasing numbers
on finding that General von Emmlch
had prevented a wholosalo pillage,
Tho civil guard, which fought nobly
In tho dofonso of tho town, obeyod
tho burgomaster's proclamation order
ing them to surrender their arms.
General von Emmlch's first uct was
to issuo a proclamation Baying that
civilians had firud on lite troops, and
threatened to doBtroy tho town with
his nrtillory If this woro ropoated.
Tho town prosonted n picture In
which war and peaco wero strangely
menueu, uavairy remounts wero
tothered in clrclos In somo of the
Bquares. The Placo Lambert waB filled
with camp kltchons und army cooks
wero stirring boiling soup for tho
famished soldiers, whllo tho children
of tho town looked on in wondormont.
Piles of bodies waiting for Identifica
tion lay under apruads in tho laco
Marcho.
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Wife of the President Is Laid to
Rest at Rome, Ga.
SERVICES IN WHITE HOUSE
Funeral Services Conducted by Rev.
Sylvester Beach Are Attended by
Cabinet and Congressional Com
mittees Sketch of Her Life.
Washington, Aug. 11. Mrs. Wood
row Wilson, wlfo of tho president of
tho United States, wob laid to rest this
afternoon in beautiful Myrtle 41111 cem
etery at Itomo, Ga., tho town in which
much of her girlhood wns spent nnd
whero her father and mother aro
buried.
Tho special train from Washington
bearing tho family, intimate friends,
members of tho president's cabinet
and committees from tho houso nnd
senate, reached Itomo about two
about two o'clock nnd tho casket was
taken at onco to tho cemetery. Tho
brief services at the grave were at
tended by nearly tho entire population
of Itome, for very many of tho citizens
had known and loved Mrs. Wilson In
nor young days.
Tho train departed for Washington
ooon after tho conclusion of tho serv
ices. Funeral Services In White House.
Tho funeral services for Mrs. Wil
son were held at two o'clock Monday
afternoon nt tho White House, In the
historic east room whero only a fow
months ago she witnessed tho wed
ding of her daughter Jesslo and Fran-
German Diplomat Calls It Skirmish.
Hanlol von Halmhauson, counselor
nnd chnrgo of tho Gorman ombaasy,
has told Secretary Bryan that ho
had boon cut off from nil communica
tion with his povemmoBt for nearly
n weok nnd that all eoffrts to com
municate with Rurlln Jmd been
bnflled. His government has not
acknowledged receipt of tho United
StnteB mediation proposal, ho said.
"All newH of this war Is coming
from London and Paris and Brussels,
?o It Is likely to bo highly nntl-Goi-
uinn. Bald tho couiiBolor. "I do not
regard tho fighting at Liego as any
thing moro than ii skirmish, prepara
tory to tho actual lighting which will
tako placo later. It certainly can
not bo looked upon as a German re
pulse. "We have absolutely no dlspatchos
confirming tho reports of theso en
gagements. I bollovo the American
pooplo would bo glad to hour tho Ger
man sldo of tho wnr."
Communication Rrnewed.
Washington.--Secretary Bryan has
announced that tho American govern
ment now v was In comunlcatlon with
all its European embassies and lega
tions, and that overy orfoita was be
ing made to care for Americans In all
tudo In tho present European situa
tion. Direct apeals havo even been
mado to King Victor Emmanuel, but
In vain. It Is asserted that Italy,
having declared its neutrality, Intends
to maintain It,
Italy's position as a member of tho
triple allianco, und thereforo an ally
of Gormany under certain condition's,
bus been discussed In ovory phiso,
and tho geuoral concensus of opinion
acomB to bo that the Italian people
would never permit an act of hostility
agaliiBt Franco and Great Brltniu.
Becausu Italy Ms neutral all manl-
fo3tut!onB for or against tho belliger
ents aro being rcgorously repressed.
Yet ovorywhero spontaneous out
bursts of enthusiasm for Franco havo
occurred. In Homo there havo been
frequent cries of "Long 11 vo Franco!
1ong llvo our Latin brothers!" and
tho "MnrBolllalBe" Is being sung in
tho streets.
Tho French embassy hero and tho
French consulato In other cities of
Italy aro dally receiving offers from
uion who wish to Join tho French
forces.
Tho American legation at Copon
hagon is sv.umpod by hundreds of
Americans arriving from Germany,
loavlng tholr baggago in thoir haste
to get away from tho war zono.
To Arrange Transfer of City. '
Mexico City. MInlBtor of War Ve
lasco has lasuod a proclamation, say
ing that tho fodoral urmy will evacu
ute tho capital ns soon as guarantees
for tho fodornlBand inhabitants of
tho city nro given, by aonernl Carran
zu. Tho fodoral troops will then re
tire to somo ndarby point to uwalt tho
orders of the now government.
Felipe Contreras, a ((elogato from
the lujadqtiartorB of Gonoral Zapata,
Iiub arranged an armistice between
Zapata nnd resident Carbnjal, In the
meantime tho government will be un
der tho protection of tho 11,000 gen
darmes now stationed here.
Americans Safe In Denmark.
Coponlngon, Denmark Both tho
Amrloan lejcutlou and consulato gen
eral aro open day and night.
Tho Esbjorg-Hurwlck lino of steam
ers has rosumed operation, thereby nr.
fording n moans of dopaituro for Am
ericans. Tho British goTornmont will
convoy tho boutB ucrosB tho North
Sea.
Among tho prominent Americans
who ' havo registered with tho Amer
ican legation and consulnto general
tiro Isaac Oliver Uphnm of San Fran
cisco, who is completing u trip around
tho world.
Enthusiasm In Dublin,
Dublin. Thero was a groat do
mouEtiation hero over tho British
regiments which aro entrained for
active service. Uosorvlsts who wero
Btartlng for England woro oscortod to
tho station by nationalists volunteer
with bands of music
Mrs. Wcodrow Wilson.
els B. Sayro. Rev. Sylvester Beach,
who married both Mrs. Sayro and Mrs.
McAdoo, ofilciated, being assisted by
Bev. James M. Taylor, pastor of tho
Central Presbyterian church of Wash
ington. Though tho services woro private,
tho members of thocablnet and com
mittees from thd senate and houso at
tended, and a number of intimate
friends of tho Wilson family also wero
present.
Banked about the casket wero nu
merous beautiful floral tributes, sent
not only by ofllclnls and wealthy per
sons, but by tho poor and humble, who
loved and revered the president's wife.
Throughout Washington as through
out tho nation, all flags wore nt half
mast and tho general mounting was
evidently deep and sincere.
Death of Mrs. Wilson.
Mrs. Wils'-n died at tho Whlto
Houso at tho o'clock Thursday aftor
noon. Death camo nfter a bravo strug
glo of months against Bright's dis
ease with complications.
Tho prosldent was almoBt unnerved
by tho shock, and his grief was heart
rending. Ho boro up well under the
strain, however, and devoted himself
to his daughters.
Tho end camo when Mrs. Wilson
was unconscious. Her Illness took a
turnod for tho worse shortly before
ono o'clock In tho afternoon, and from
then or sho grow graduully weaker.
Four Kneel at Bedoldu.
Kneeling at tho bedsido at tho end
woro tho president nnd their three
daughters, Dr. Cnry T. GrayBon, U. S
N., and n nurse woro in tho room and
Juat outsldo a door woro Secretary
McAdoo and Francl3 B. Sayre, Mr.
Wilson's son-in-law, and Mr. Tumulty,
his eccrotary.
Both houses of congress adjourned
whon Mrs. Wilson's death was an
nounced und for a briof tlmo the
whools practically stopped, whllo
ovory ono paid respect to tho loss of
tho prosldent.
Precldent ta Told.
Ho took tho prostdout Into the red
room of tho Whlto House, and thero,
In n brokon voico, icld him tho truth.
Sir. Wllson'n faco blanched, but ho
boro the shock well. Ho was Informed
tho end was only a question of hours.
Mr. Wilson then took his daugh
ters, Mrs. W. G. McAdoo, Mrs. Sayro,
and Miss Margaret Wilson aside and
told them of their mother's condition.,
Until then they had thought theroj
was a chnnco for her recovery.
From that Ume on tho president and!
hio daughters remained constantly at)
Mrs. Wilson's bedside. Tho presU
dent held his wifo's hand and tho
throe daughters wero grouped near,
by. Until sho became unconscious'
Mrs. Wilson frequently nodded to one
or tho other and smiled cheerfully.
During tho day Mrs. Wilson spoko to
Doctor Groyson about tho president,
whoso health sho thought moro about
than sho did of her own.
Voices Old Devotion.
"Promlso me," sho whispered, faint
ly, "that if I go you will tako caro of
my husband."
It was tho same touch of devo
tion which sho had so many times re
peated her constant anxiety having
been that tho president might not
woro about her or bo disturbed in his
official tasks.
By one o'clock Mrs. Wilson began
to sink rapidly. Sho could still rec
ognlzo thoso about her, however, and
looked cheerfully toward them with
tho same sweet smile that will linger
long In the memory of tho many who
knew her. It was a characteristic ex
pression of sweetness which officials
and their families, as well as people
In tho slums whom she had befriend
ed and learned to love.
At two o'clock Mrs. Wilson waa
still coiibcIous, but her strength had
almost departed, and a few minutes
later she sank Into the sleep of uncon
sciousness from which she never
woke.
Did Not Speak Again.
For three hours, the president and
his three duughters gazed longingly
Into her eye3 in tho hope that sho
might speak to them again, but she
could not. Tho but. was casting its
long shadows from the Potomac to
tho south grounds coloring the foun
tains, gardens and elms.
There was a hushed stillness In
tho upper apartments. All eyes were
truned toward tho southwest corner
of Uio house.
Just at the hour of five death came.
Tho president und his daughters wero
in tears. Secretary Tumulty walked
slowly to tho executive &:uces, his
head bowed. Quietly he announced to
tho correspondents that tho end had
come.
Members of tho cabinet, justices of
tho Suproino court, members of the,
diplomatic corps, telephoned tholr con
dolences nndscnt cards. From many
humble homes camo flowers, as Mrs.
Wilson had made many friends In tho
slums and city generally, in her en
deavor to help tho friendless and poverty-stricken.
Was a Southerner by Birth.
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was born In
Savannah, Ga., the daughter of Rev.
Samuel Edward and Mrs. Margaret
Jano Axson. Her maiden name was
Ellen Louise Axson. She was educated
by her parents and was graduated
from Shorter college in Borne, Ga. Her
father was the pastor of tho Presby
terian church in Rome.
Early in life bIio had given promis
ing indications of artistic ability, and
sho went to New York city nnd studied
at the Art Students' league, where her
work attracted attention and admira
tion. In 1885 Thomas Woodrow Wilson,
thon a young lawyer, and long a
friend of the Axsons, went to Now
York and took Miss Axson back South
with him. They wero married In tho
parsonage of tho Independent Presby
terian church at Savannah, wheref
Mrs. Wilson was born.
Mrs. Wilson waB never socially in
clined. Tho Wilsons always havo lived
simply, without flourish. Mrs. Wilson
insisted, after sho becamo tho first
lady in the land, that It was possible
for her to dress In keeping with tho
high position which she held on $1,000
a year. Sho always designed her own
drosses and those of hor threo daugh
ters. Kept Up Her Painting.
During all of her married lifo Mrs
Wilson found time to continue at her
painting. She deslgnod tho famous gar
dens which surrounded the president s
residence at Princeton and furnished
plans for the houso Itself. But mostly
sho painted landscapes.
Sho had n studio fitted up In tho
attlo of tho Whlto Houso and often
worked thero. Two of Mrs. Wilson's
recent paintings, "An Old Wagon
Road" and "Near Princeton, N. J.,"
wero hung in the Vandorbllt gallery
during the last academy exhibit and
rocolved pralso from the country's
leading art critics. Iter canvasses aro
in tho Art Institute, Chicago, In Now
York, Philadelphia and Indianapolis.
But whllo alwnys attracted toward
art. philanthropy was her hobby -
Shortly aftor going to Washington
Mrs. Wilson began a study of condl
tlons in tho poorer districts. Slum
ming parties wero conducted nnd It
was not long before a chango for the
bettor becamo evident.
Mrs. Wilson wns a moiaber of many
clubs and societies but always denied
she was a "clubwoman." In nil civic
movements sho took an nctlvo part,
being president of tho soman's de
partment of tho Natlonnl Civic asso
ciation. Roared in n religious atmosphero,
Mrs. Wilson was always intensely re
ligious. Perhaps tho most striking example
of Mrs. Wilson's simplicity and dls
llko for society nnd social functions
was tho nbandonlng of tho Inaugural
ball and other semi-public affairs which
had boon considered part of tho oblI
gatlons of a president's wife.
RAIL RATES LOWER
CTATE COMMISSION REDUCES
ALL CLASS RATES.
DECREASE OF 19 PER CENT
People Will Fay $611,000 Annually
of Freight Traffic With In the
State.
Lincoln. After seven years of in
vestigation, research, conferences and
litigation the state railway commis
sion haB announced its now class
freight rato schedule. The new sched
ule reduces tho claBS rates on intra
state traffic nineteen por cent. A
careful compilation prepared by Rnto
Expert Powell, shows that tho re
duction on Intrastate traffic will ag
gregate $G11,000 annually. There will
uIeo bo a substantial reduction In the
lntorstato rates, the amount of which
it Is impossible to etlmate, but it is
probable that tho total reduction will
approximate $750,000 annually.
Tho new schedule Is a distance
tariff. The jobbing towns of tho state
arc placed upon an equalized busls, tho
purpose of the commission being to
preserve present commercial condi
tions so far as It is possible to do
so without continuing present Inequa
lity or nbuses. Tho rates apply to that
part of the traffic which moves under
tho classification and cover about tern
thousand items, including all merch
andlce, groceries, agricultural Imple
ments and many manufactured pro
ducts'. Tho tonnngo affected Is about
fifteen per cent of the total Intrastate
traffic, but tho earnings from thlB.
class amount to about thirty per cent
of the whole.
Cabinet Making At Penitentiary.
Warden Fenton of t'.io state peni
tentiary Is proud of tho "Inside
cabinet makers. Ho is- arranging:
through tho state board of control to
furnish the carpenter shop with turn
ing lathes band saws, corner finishers,
and other tools of tho cabinet maker's
art. Though tho warden .ia3 no In
tention of flooding the market with
prison made furniture ho thinks that
tho past performance of his cabinet
making brigade justifies tho purchase
of moro tools. It Is expected that fur
niture for state institutions at Mil
ford, Geneva and other places will be
made at the prison and that a con
siderable saving to the state will re
sult Tho prison shop Is expected to
turn out a quantity of new furniture
for tho state orthopedic hospital at
Lincoln. With inadequate faculties;
and cramped quarters tho cabinet
making squad of the prison, under
command of Convict Snow Ins suc
ceeded In turning out new tables anil
attached chairs for the new dining
room which aro models of tho furni
turo making art. Tho oak tops are
Gtained and varnished carefully and
nil parts of tho tables are carefully
made. Live Stock Breeders Issue Directory.
Members of tho executive commit
tee of tho Improved Live Stock Breed
ers' association have decided to issue,
a directory this fall which will give
an abundance of informaton of im
portance to tho industry of this state.
The action was taken at a meeting
called by J. A. Otis, a well known
stock man.
"It Is probablo that wo cannot get
nt the work until after the state fair,'
said Mr. Otis, "but It will bo under
taken with vim after that time. Af
fairs so far as our organization ia
concerned aro flourishing and wo be
lieve that from all angles tho outlook
for the future of puro bred stock:
activity was never better."
Arc Against Removal.
Count of tho university alumni
votes on the location of tho Otato Uni
versity havo been completed. The re
sult was as fojlows:
For removal, 1,242; for extension on.
present campus, 1,384. Of tho total
of 4,000 ballots sent out, 2.G48 wero
returned. Analyzed vote was as fol
lows: For removal, 5G5 living outside
state, 144 In Lincoln, 171 in Omaha,
and 3G2 In Nebraska outside of Lin
coln and Omaha.
Against removal, 513 living outside,
state, 375 in Lincoln, 47 in Omaha
and 440 In the state outside Lincoln,
nnd Omaha.
Wants Other States To Join.
Development of tho newly acquired
ritlo range at Ashland to a point
whero it will be used by North and
South Dakota, Wyoming and other
nearby states Is tho goal aimed at by
General P. L. Hall, jr., and his mili
tary aides. Affairs are being shaped
toward that end at the present time.
It Is believed that noxt year national
guard organizations of more than one
slBter stato will bo hero In force to
camp on the range.
Talked to the Convicts.
Mrs. "Maud Balllngton Booth, wtfe
of tho organizer of the Volunteers of
America nnd herself noted as tho
nctlvo powor that brought 70,000 pris
oners under tho banner of prison re
form league, spoko before the 350 in
mates of tho Nebraska prison recent
ly. It was not a speech, neither was
it a sermon. It waB a direct motherly
talk to "my boys." The proceeds from
her lectures aro given to the upbuild
ing of tho reform leaguo of which sho
ts a leader.