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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1912)
FIERCE FIGHTING IN SACRED CITY OF TIBET MEK!EK WkM 20 Pretty Rooms in this FREE BOOK q0 ' o "teci7?R OTJ OfflllB Jb. HI rirt'i'T wE MP'nTfl IMS IL i II! f I - HAZAC& 01 LHASA, the snored city of Tibet, has been the scene of bloody conflicts between the Chinese and the Tibetans of Into, several thousands of tho city's Inhabitants having been slain. The Chinese had posscsslpn and pil laged and burned at will, but tho Tlbetanu In large numbers surrounded tho city and fought to regain it WOES OF Grievances of British Tars Weak ening the Navy. Condition of Men on Lower Decks of More Importance Than Building New Ships Reforms Are Demanded. London. First Lord of tho Admir alty Winston Churchill is never long out of hot water. This time ho has roused tho indignation of tho radical extremists of bis own party because tho reduction on the naval estimates for the current year did not go far enough in tho direction of retrench ment to pleaso them. Whereas tho "Little Engenders." as they are called, hoped that a sav ing., of at, leapt 45,000,000 would bo effected. Churchill only found it pos sible to reduce tho naval estimates by Just ovor $1,600,000. But If ho haa not pleased some of his own parlia mentary supporters, Winston Churchill has been subjected to little but friend ly criticism by tho opposition, who are bent on accelerating tho building program rather than retarding it. While there has been tho usual amount of talk about new ships and armaments, not much attention has been paid to tho factor without which England's vaunted nnvy Is useless tho man behind the gunv, From time to time It has been whispered that thero la considerable unrest In tho lower deck rating, where, says Lionel Yexloy, ono of tho service critics, many grievances exist, w"hich, unless rectified, will one day shock John Bull out of his complacency. As the Jacklos aro forbidden by their terms of service to form a trado union, tho general public knows little about their wrongs, and half an hour's talk with somo of the men at a naval station Is required to show that it is high tlmo some reforms wero Intro duced on tho lower deck. Huntsman Brings Rare Birds Will Donate to Zoological Gardens the Game He Bagged From Long Hunting Expedition in Africa. Cleveland. O. Bronzed by tropic suns, Kenyon V. Painter, prominent Cleveland club man, has Just returned from a .world tour. Coincident with his urrival in Cleveland a truck load of boxes and cageB wore unloaded at his estato on Shaker Heights. Tho boxes contained live Bpeclmen3 of the rarest tropical birds, tho finest collection ever brought to the United States most of tho birds being the first of their kind to reach this coun try. Accompanied by his wife, Painter searched tho Orient for months. Ills own efforts brought him scores of specimens, and others he obtained rom natives who brought them down to the coast from rcglonH whore white men nro almost unknown, Singapore supplied many of tho specimens. Painter's collection arrived In Cleve land In good condition. Many of the birds will bo forwarded to tho Na tional Zoological gardens In Washing ton, to which Painter has becA a fre quent contributor. Birds of all sizes and colors flit about tho cagoB In Painter's aviary. Pigeons from Burma, as largo as chickens, that lay eggs of proportion ate size, aro in a cago beside ono con taining mites of birds from Ceylon, -which look more like Insects. Long-legged birds with short bills contrast grotesquely with short-legged birds with long bills, and all In form Til? JSMAI JWUZ&-HrJLAx SAILORS - All the trouble has arisen through tho conversion of the warship from a stately sailing vessel into a floating gunnery platform. Much of tho work and discipline necessary to the early form of fighting ship has been retain ed on the latest types, where cleanli ness is still the fetich. Most of the unrest is undoubtedly duo to tho way punishment is meted out for minor of fenses entirely void of criminality. All the disciplinary regulations, Lionel Yexloy points out, were framed "when tho seaman's main duty was to pull on ropeB and to punish him If he did not get from one to another quick enough, but you cannot drive men to shoot straight with modorn ordinance. "Tho state employs the sailor dur ing the day at work which calls for tho full use of cultivated intelligence, and then it will take him and stand Yarn Made German Magazine Says "Stinger" Is Boiled Into Flax and Used as Cot ton Substitute. Breslau. The much abused stinging nettlo has, It seems, a commercial value. A German magazine says a process has been discovered by which the nettle can be made to yield n sup ply of smooth, (bleached, splnnnable yard at a prlco considerably less than that of raw cotton. Tho nettles aro harvested twice a year, and when dry they loso tho pow er to sting and can bo handled like flax to remove the leaves and twigs. Tho naked stems aro then boiled In diluted soda lye In open kettles for half an hour or so, until tho fiber be gins to loosen, when it Is separated by a revolving brush mnchlne. The proc ess of refinement is completed by re peated boilings, nnd by thorough wash ings, also under pressure. Tho product now consists of perfect ly clean "degummed" lustrous libers - and coloring look like comic opera members of tho bird kingdom. Tho composite sound of bird voices from tho collection resembles a Chinese funeral march. Only one note of discords enters into Painter's satisfaction over his trip. After a long search of Borneo, Suma tra and Java he got thrco specimens of the Malay water deer, one of the rarest of animals. At San Francisco government officials would not allow them to be landed because of a pro hibitory regulation. The deer nre only ten Inches high, but were classified as deer neverthe less. Tho New York zoological gar dens and tho San Francisco zoo are now engaged in a competitive effort to cause the government to relent and allow them to take tho animals. Phone Sets Robber Flying Yeggman Runs From House as If Ho Had Been Shot Down From a Gun. Yoi-lc, Pn. A telephono In the home of Dr. W. A. Yeagy of Dlllsburg made an excellent burglar alarm. Robert Bally, living not far away, detected a man in tho act of crawling through a window Into tho homo of tho physician. Not caring to risk an encounter with the would-bo thief, ho went to his telephono and called up tho physician. Looking cut again he Baw the burg him In a dark corner for two hours each night because he did not have his cap on straight or dared to wear a waist belt to keep his trousers up," Another of the seaman's grievances relates to tho decreased chance of promotion owing to tho increase in the number of stokers In tho person nel. The leading seaman complains that he has less chance than over of becoming a potty officer. Increased pay is also another demand of tho lower deck. An experienced ablo sea man, If married. Is expected to sup port a home on Just under $3 a week; less the cost of his uniform. It is not suggested by any one that the English Jackles aro on tho brink of mutiny, but It Is known in tho (best Informed circles that a largo propor tion of them aro discontented, and as tho first line of defense is not tho ships, but tho men. pressure is being brought to bear on tho admiralty to hold an Impartial inquiry into tho facts of the case. From Nettles - of a yellowish tint. Proper bleaching methods change this color to dazzling white, at tho samo time heightening tho natural luster. Tho nettle fiber is now ready to be treated like other textile threads that Is to suy, it can bo combed, carded and spun. When all is dono tho fin ished yarn Is as soft and Bmooth as flax, with only a slight "woodlness" remaining. If thero Is anything In this process tho nettlo will certainly cease to be a despised weed. Boy Has 24 Fingers. Bilbao, Spain. A woman called al the hospital here, bringing her son, who has enormous hands and twelve fingers on each. Tho most curious part of tho case Is that all her sons possess similar hands. Ono has twen-ty-ono fingers, another twenty-three nnd he other five children twenty four fingers each. All aro living and enjoying good health. Many doctors are studying theso cases. TRAIN ESCAPED BIG SLIDE Engineer of Passenger Saw a Moun tain Slide In Washington Just In Time, Ellensburg, Wash. Barely flvo min utes before tho Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound "Olympian" train from Chicago was due to pass tho point an avalanche swept down the mountain between Lacenla and Rockdale, bury ing the tracks, destroying a bridge and damming a creek. The engineer of the train saw the obstruction and brought his train to a standstill. Land Office 100 Years Old. Washington Coinmlsslcner of tho General Land Ofllco Fred Dennet Is planning a celebration of tho 100th anniversary of the establishment of tho ofllco. The first commissioner was appointed May 7, 1812. lar make his exit as though fired from a gun. Tlie telephone bell had done the work. Nothing was missing, ex cept a few dollars from a drawer of the Hldoboard. Equitable Loos Small. Albany, N. Y. Examiners of the state Insurance department report that aside from tho loss of records, tho pecuniary loss from tho iliu which de stroyed tho Equltnblo Life Insuranco society's homo ofllco Inst January wan insignificant. Finds $5,000 in a 0IAM0N03 lyl ARE rWRTrl p'ir n lkT CHICAGO. David J. Winder, who keeps a cobbler shop nenr Uie cor ner of Evnnston nvonuo nnd Irving Park boulevard, found a handful of di amonds, valued nt $0,000, In tho too of nn old shoo brought to him to re pair, and for returning tho Jewels to tho owner was offered a reward of ono dollar, which he rofused. When the story of tho lost diamonds nnd tho roward threatened to bucomo public, Mrs. Robert W. Dunn, ownor of the gems, disappeared. It was said at her homo, 40G5 Sheridan road, that alio had loft tho city. Winder and his wlfo wero both btiBjf In their Bhop when inquiries wero tuado there. "Oh, yo3," said Winder, banging a wooden peg Into tho solo of n shoe and shifting to one side n fow nioro pegs ho hold between his' teeth. "I found tho diamonds. It was tho big gost find I ever mndo. There's hard ly a week goeB by, though, but 1 find money and other valuables in shoos. "Mrs. Dunn font her old shoes over hero by u girl. Thero were flvo of them In a rickety pasteboard box. My wlfo received them, mnrked them, tossed them over in a corner and gavo tho girl a check with a number on it. "Well, UB I commenced to straighten things up for the night my oyo caught tho sparklo of something on the floor. Automobile Chases SAN FRANCISCO. It Ib scarcely be coming in an automobile to pitch its ownor into tho branches of a tree and then get on its hind wheels and threaten to dovour him if ho dares to come down. A Texas steer or an African lion, or an ornng outang might bo expectod to do n stunt of that kind, but not n refined motor car. And yot that is ex actly tho experience that Louis Deg enor, a coffee importer, had with his car tho other evening. Ho painted a word picture of the affair In Police Judgo Sullivan's court, whoro ho was on trial for speeding. Degenor hnd Just purchased tho car. Ho was beginning to master tho driv ing of it, ns he thought. Ho Invited n friend for n trip. Everything went smoothly until they startod for homo about dark. But they no sooner got Into Golden Qato park than tho troublo began. "There seemed nothing to do," Bald Degener to tho court, "but lot that ma chlno tnko Its courBo. When I tried to hold it down it ncted Uko it was go ing to blow up. We wero going llko WMVWMMVMMIMMMVtfMMMVWVWMWWVVVWWWtf How a Couple Was BOSTON. Mozes PImontcl, cigar maker of Boston, and Mario Jo hanna Llcsmnnn or Amsterdnm, Hol land, havo been married without either lenving homo. The queen of Holland consented to their marriage by proxy. Though marriage by proxy is not allowed In tho United States, so many legal stops have been taken to bring about this union that thero seems no doubt tho immigration people will recognize It when tho bride arrives In Amorlca. When Mozes Plmentel strolled Inlo the ofllco of Chnrles C. Dascy, acting counsul of Holland, nnd said he wished to bo married by proxy, Mr. Dasey did not believe It could bo dono. However, on the Insistence of tho Hol WVWWWWiWAA Bible Prompts a INDIANAPOLIS. A Hoosler. who has "seen the light of Christianity," has been Impelled thereby to wrlto to fleorge W. Miles, commissioner of flHherles nnd game, "poaching" on himself for hunting on a gamo pro serve. He has confined his operations to tho pursuit of the Ignominious iab bit, however, nnd has not assaulted tho gamo birds placed In tho preserves by tho state. Therefore, ho sought clemency for his "crime" and it has beeif meted out to him by tho com missioner on the ground of lack of In tent. Tho letter, in part, follow: "As I nm lirtng to all tho light I have on tho word of (Sod (tho BlbUt), I feel I ought" to tell you of my hunting on one or two of the game preserves, which I was only after a rabbit. Tho wint,er of 1910 I was hunting on tho reserve south of Washington, betweon the 12. & 1. railroad nnd tho gravel pike road running from Petersburg, Shoe; Offered $1.00 I thought It was a plcco of glasq at first, but then I saw somo moro spark ling points. I got on my knees nnd picked them up. My wlfo didn't aco mo and I didn't Bay anything to nor bocaiiBo I know aho would got excited, "In a moment I found a llttlo cham ois bag. I know what had happened somebody had boon hiding JowoIb In nn old Bhoo. Who it was I didn't know. But I did know thnt It wouldn't bo long before I found out. "When I had tho diamonds nil picked up thero was n handful of them. Any ono of thorn would havo bought my store. I decided not to tell a soul for fonr tho story might spread and somebody break In and murder my wlfo and me. "About two days afterward n girl enmo in almost crying. Sho throw her chock down on tho counter. "'My Bhoes! Whoro nro my bIiqos? Quick I Hurry!' I looked up and smiled when my wlfo gnvo her tho Bhoes and looked puzzled at tho cus tomer's agitation. "'Tho dlamondsl Thoy nro gonol Pleaso give them back to me!" shrieked tho girl. "Sho becarao frantic when my wlfo told her sho know nothing about any diamonds. Then I stopped up nnd told her tho diamonds wero safe. Later I took thom to Mrs. Dunn my self. "Ycstordny a neighbor brought mo $1 ns a roward for tho return of tho $5,000 worth of diamonds. That wrs about tho funniest thing I over heard of, I laughed and laughed nnd when I won ablo to stop laughing I waved my hands at him and told him to hurry back to Mrs. Dunn with tho V Driver Up a Tree YFR PlrfCHEP FER SPEEDIir . tho wind when suddonly something happened." Just what happoned was explained by Mounted Policeman Haloy, who had been pursuing Dogoncr's car for a half mllo. Whon Haloy got to tho scene ho fpund tho car standing on its hind legs and pointing straight up on tho Bldo of a plno troo. Tho englnoi wero still humming away. Degenor'B friend was sprawled out on tho road, but Degenor was not In sight. "Whoro's tho follow that was driv ing?" asked Haloy. "Blest if I know," said tho friend. "Hero I nm, up here," said a volco from tho branches. It proved to bo Degoner. Ho had been tossed into tho branches six foot overhead and thero romalnod a pris oner until rescued by tho ofllcor. Married by Proxy lander ho sent a statement of tho sit uation to tho consul general nt New York. Tho ceremony of acquiring a brldo without being present at tho ceremony ns gono through, with Plmentel Is as follows: First, a special petition to tho queen explaining tho nocosslty for tho proxy marriage. This has been dono nnd consont obtained. Noxt, n power of attorney giving Ilnrtog Plmentol, his brother, tho right to act for him was prepared. Then a declaration to wod vaa sworn to by Plmentel boforo a notary. According to the 'Dutch custom, tho notary's seal wao then certified to by tho secretary of tho stato of Massachu setts, and Consul Dasey certified to tho authenticity of tho seal of Mas sachusetts. Thoso documents wore mailed to Amsterdam. Whon Brothor Hnrtog received thom ho went boforo tho regbtry official in Holland, with tho bride on his arm, nnd mado all the answers required In tho marriage ceremony. Poacher to Confess Plko county, to Washington, Daviess county. I tell you this so you can know tho reserve. "Tho reason I wrlto this is becauBo I believe the Ird God intends for us to do everything honestly boforo God nnd mnn. Mr. Miles answered: "Inasmuch as I am convinced that you never had any wrongful Intent, it 1b very easy for mo' to forgive you for nny possible Infraction of tho law you may havo mndoi In hunting within a game preserve." Tho wrljer neglectod to toll tho commissioner whether ho got the rabbit. jm 3jutsp'Sapflt A 33Wn4BA don't you want to see them? 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