THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA.
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AVAR NEWS.
The Roumanian army is bolng mo
bilized and students from the univer
sities aro being ordered homo, accord
ing to a Paris dispatch.
France's foreign commerce dlmln-i
ished in value 2,000,000,000 francs in
ten months of 1914, compared with
the total of a similar period In 1913,
according to figures compiled by the
customs administration.
The German minister of war, Lieu
tenant General Erich von Falkenhayn,
has resigned, and has been replaced by
Major General von Hohenhorn. Tho
former war minister has been ma'do a
general and retains his position ns
chief of staff.
Messages from Berlin declare that
the airships which raided England tho
aight of January 19, were Zeppelins
f tho latest type. They wont forth
from a secrt base on tho German
frontier, carrying a full complement
of men, heavy guns and ammunition.
Qeports are that some of the Bel
gian municipalities have proposed to
impose a special tax oh well-to-do Bel
gians, who refuse to return to Iheir
country. Tho German authorities,
thinking favorable of tho idea, propose
to make the tax effectlvo for all of
Belgium.
Pope Benedict, in an allocution at a
consistory expressed sorrow that there
was nothing to presage an early end
of the war. Ho had done everything
to terminate tho struggle that the 11m
itaetlons of his apostolic office per
mitted, ho said. Tho pontiff declared
the holy seo must remain perfectly
Impartial in the controversy.
"I riot only hope but I know that wo
shall be able to fight through this im
mense struggle. In the domain of
financial and economic affairs we are
equal to every demand, however long
the war may last," is aif utterance at
tributed to Rudolph Havensteln, prosl
dent of the German Relchsbank, one
of tho foremost financial authorities
in Germany.
An air raid on tho British isles,
with towns in the county of Norfolk
as Its objective, and the royal resi
denco at Sandringham as its especial
aiark, is the latest enterprise under
taken by tho Germans. Bomb3 were
dropped near Sandringham palace.
Other bombs fell on Yarmouth, King's
Lynn, Cromer Shoringham and Bees
ton. Reports are that several per
sons were killed and a considerable
amount of material damage was dono.
OENERAL.
Fivo men were killed and eight ser
iously injured on board the armored
cruiser San Diego, when a boiler tube
"blew out after a stamlng trial of four
liours had been completed.
A constitutional amendment grant
ing tho ballot to women waB intro
duced in both houses of the Missouri
legislature. If the amendment passes
Doth houses of the legislature, it will
"be submitted to a popular referendum
in November, 1916.
Members of the lower house of tho
lllonols general assembly went on rec
ord as favoring tho passage Just aB
eoon as the speakership deadlock is
dissolved and tho legislature organ
ized, of an appropriation to reimburse
live stock owners who have suffered
losses through tho slaughter of cattle
infected with the foot and mouth dis
ease. .
Thousand's or ChlcagoanB are suf
fering with compound hypermetropics
astigmatism complicated with ble
pharitis marginals, says Alderman
Nanco of tho council transportation
committee. The ailment Ib caused by
dirty windows In tho street cars. Its
symptoms are tired oyea due to tho
strain of peering through the dark
ened glass.
Twenty-live deputies guarding tho
X,lebeg Chemical plant at Roosevelt,
N. J., were arrested, charged with
murder. Tho action grqw from a re
cent riot in which nlnoteen strikers
were shot. Two of tho strikers died.
Although Colonel James Jackson is
moro than CO years old, Govornor
Wlthycombo of Oregon is averse to
his retirement as inspector general of
tho Oregon National Guard. At tho
Governor's request, Colonel Jackson
withdrew tho resignation ho recently
filed.
While employes of a St. Joseph
XMo.) mill woro waiting in lino for
their weekly wages, a youth entered
tho otllco, pointed a rovolver at tho
young woman cashier, and escaped
with more than $1,000.
Josoph May and William Brown
wcro convicted of coloring oleomar
garlno without paying tho rcqulrod
foderal tax in tho United StateB dis
trict court ut St- Louis.
Largo engines and slack business
havo combined to Increase unem
ployment among englncnicn, said G.
N. Degulro nt tho western railroad
wage arbitration hearing at Chicago.
Degulro declared tho railroads kept
a blacklist.
Representatives of tho fnllwny com
missions of Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
Oklahoma and Louisiana, In a confor
onco in Kansas City, ngreed to light
tho lncrcaso In rates asked for by rail
roads west or tho Mississippi beforo
tho interstate commerce commission,
Francis II. Griffon, an attorney, and
his wife, Clara II. Griffin, pleaded
guilty at Now York to indictments
charging them with using the malls to
defraud tholr acquaintances of high
social standing out of sums aggregat.
ing $300,000.
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John W. Allbright, who, according
to private detectives, has In tho last
flfteon years obtained moro than
$250,000 through forged motgago
swindles, is under arrest at Wau
kesha, Wis, and, tho detectives say,
has made a confession.
Mcdill McCormick of Chicago, who
as a progressive member of the Illi
nois legislature recently cast his lot
with tho republicans, announced that
ho had resigned two months ngo as
tho Illinois membor -of tho national
progressive committee.
A shipment consisting of 1,000 jacks,
purchased by the British government,
is being assembled at New Orleans.
Tho animals will bo sent to India for
breeding purposes, tho British govern
ment intending to raiso mules on a
largo scale for both the British and
Indian armies.
Russian Consul Dogoravlensky, at
Seattle, announced that tho Russian
government had awarded a contract
for 15,000 railroad cars to a Seattle
firm. The consul said this order was
only tho beginning of commercial re
lations betweon the Russian govern
ment and the Pacific northwest
Tho $100,000,000 gold pool organ
ized in New York to meet American
obligations abroad shortly after tho
outbreak of tho European war, will be
abandoned, because bankers bellovo
tho necessity for It has passed. Bank
ers back of tho pool havo communi
cated their decision to the federal re
servo board.
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Moses Freedman, former superin
tendent of the Carlisle Indian school
at Sunbury, Pa., and C. J. Nort, for
mer chief clerk, wero Indicted by a
federal grand Jury on charges of em
bezzling money belonging to the stu
dents and of burning receipts for
students' money given them by tho
financial clerk of the institution.
WASHINGTON.
Interstate commerce committee fa
vorably reported tho Cummins bill to
extend present federal boiler inspec
tion to all parts of locomotive tenders.
After two days of debate on tho
general state of the national defenses,
tho house of representatives passed
without a roll call the army appropria
tion bill carrying $101,000,000.
The navy department will adver-'
tiso soon for bids for construction of
a Zeppelin model airship and for a
number of new-type aeroplanes, all to
bo constructed in the United States.
Mouse committee hearings woro
concluded on tho McKellar bill to es
tablish a federal system of supervi
sion of cold storago warehouses and
limiting the time food products may
be kept in cold Btorage. It is gener
ally admitted, however, that the house
will not consider the measure at this
session.
Democrats of tho senate banking
committoo set to work in earnest to
perfect a bill for establishment of a
rural credit system. Senator Hollls,
chairman of tho subcommittee, which,
with house members, drafted a meas
ure last summer, said the committee
probably would bo ready to report a
bill within two weeks.
Fivo times ns much wheat and six
limes as much corn wero exported
from tho United States in December,
1914, as in the samo month In 1913;
flour exports Increased more than 68
per cent for tho samo period; fresh
beef Incrased more than twelvo-fold,
and gonerally tho exports of "breadt
stuffs," which Includes practically all
tho staple grains, Increased live
times. These figures woro disclosed
In a statment from tho department of
commerce.
Abolition of tho naval "plucking"
board Is proposed In tho Witherspoon
bill, favorably reported to tho Iioubo
by tho naval affairs committee.
House democrats who will bo mem
bers of tho next congress will caucus
on February 4 to agree upon tho re
organization of tho houso. It Is vir
tually conceded that Speaker Clark
will be chosen to succeed himself;
that Representative Claude Kitchen of
North Carolina will take tho place of
-Representative Underwood as floor
leader.
NOTED
JURIST
DEAD
CHIEF JUSTICE HOLLENBECK EX
PIRE3 AT LINCOLN.
WAS SIGK FOR SEVERAL YEARS
Since Election Last Fall Unable to Sit
In But Two Cases; Was 68
Years Old.
Lincoln. Judge Conrad Ilollenbcck
of Fremont, elected last fall to bo
chief Justice of tho supremo court of
Nebraska, died at his apartments in
tho Llndell hotel nt Lincoln after an
Illness of two years with Brlght's
disease. SInco his election lust foil
Judge Hollenback has been able to Bit
In but two cases beforo that court be
cause of his failing health. Ho took
tho oath of otllco as chief Justice
January 7. Judge Hollonbock, who
wont tp Frcmount, Neb., In 1877, and
livod there until ho moved to Lincoln
following his election to the supremo
bench, had been Judge of tho Sixth
Judicial district for sixteen years. In
1890 ho was elected county attorney
of Dodge county, and in 1896 was a
delegate to the national democratic
convention In Chicago. Politically,
Judge Hollonbeck was a democrat
practically all his llfo. In 1901 ho
was a candidate for supreme Judge
on tho fusion ticket, but was defeated
with tho remainder of tho ticket
Judge Hollenbeck was born in He
bron, Potter county, Pennsylvania,
November 19, 1847. Ho was educated
in the public schools of that county
and in 1869 was graduated from
Mansfield, Pa,, college. Ho studied
taw in an office in Coudersport, Pa
and was admitted to tho bar In 1871.
Ho practiced law there until 1877,
when he came to Nebraska. He
served in tho legislature of Pennsyl
vania in 1874-76.
Proposes Pipe Line.
'Senator Bedford of Douglas sees
"billions of wealth" for the people of
Nebraska in a pipe lino for oil, run
ning from Casper, Wyo., to Omaha. In
a resolution introduced in tho senate
tho DouglaB county solon proposes
that tho governor of Nebraska co
operate with tho governor of Wyo
ming in calling a Joint convention,
composed of delegates from tho twoj
states for the purposo or considering
ways and means. Tho proposed plpel
lino would be built by the people of
tho two Btatcs and operated at cost
for their benefit. It would bo two
feet in diameter and would carry 10,
000,000 gallons of oil each day.
Regulate Practice of Nursing.
New rules and regulations govern
ing the practice of nursing aro pro
scribed in a bill introduced in tho sen
ate by Wilson of Dodge. Tho measuro
gives control of tho situation into the
hands of a board consisting of the gov
ornor, attorney genoral and tho state
superintendent, and gives thom power
which tho author of tho measure bo
Moves will tend to put nursing on a
hlghor piano in this state.
To Abolish Precinct Assessor.
Abolishment of tho precinct asses
sor and substitution of tho township
board plan of assessment of personal
and real property is proposed '.n a bill
Introduced In tho house Jointly by
Fuller, Moysonburg, Nichols, Liggett
and Taylor.
House Has Eighteen Employes.
Tho first detailed report to tho
houso made by tho commlttco on em
ployes, shows that thero aro eighteen
employes on tho payroll, including tho
chief clerk, scrgeant-at-arms and chap
lain. House Committees Reserve Rooms,
Ten rooms at tho atato capltol havo
been reserved by lower houso commit
tees for meeting places. Meetings
will bo hold between tho houra of 2
and G overy weekday afternoon, savo
Saturday.
Want Value Shown.
By Introducing n bill providing
'or tho taxation of all fran
chises at tholr actual valuo, Senator
Qulnby of Douglas has laid tho foun
dation for what probably will bo ono
of tho hardest fights of tho session.
DR. KIGIN RESIGNS HIS PUCE
State Veterinarian Finally Yields to
the Fight Made Upon Him
In the State.
Tho squabblo which has boon on for
n tliuo In tho ranks of tho veterinar
ians, stookmon, live stock sanitary
board nnd similar boards enmo to n
crisis whon Stato Veterinarian Klgln
h'nnded in his resignation to tho Live
stock SanltoTy board. Tho resigna
tion wns promptly accoptcd and tho
namo of J. S. Anderson of Seward, a
well known voterlunrian, was recom
mendod by tho board to tho governor
for nppolntmont. Tho oxocutivo has
not yot Blgnltled whether tho change
will bo satisfactory or not, but It is
presumed that thoro will bo no objec
tion. About 190 items involving claims
against tho stato havo been turned
over by tho auditor's oftlco to Chair
man Fries of tho houso committoo on
claims and deficiencies for action by
tho legislature. These will bo tabu
lated, after which tho committoo will
go over them nnd decldo which havo
enough apparent merit to bo incor
porated in tho genoral bill for clalmB
and deficiencies, Prnctlcnlly one-halt
of all tho claims on file, are by nows
papors for printing tho constitutional
amendments voted on last November.
Tho total of theso claims will be In
tho neighborhood of $17,000.
Alma H. Weed, serving a llfo term
in tho penitentiary for porticipatlng
in tho murder or Charles Sellars, tho
Cherry county rancher, proved up on
a homestead In Cherry county during
tho past year, according to tho
records of tho stato auditor's office
Weed has boon in tho ponltcntlnry for
tho past three years, over stneo his
sentence, tho prison ofneinis flay, but
under a special ruling of tho depart
ment did not forfeit his homestead
rights.
Tho Board of Control says a surplus
of dairy cattle in tho herd at tho Nor
folk insane asylum will bo parcoled
out to Uio Boys' Industrial homo at
Kearney and to tho Soldiers' and Sai
lors' homo at Burkett Henry Gordos
and Judgo Kennedy of tho Board of
Control went to Norfolk to attend to
tho matter.
Among the items Included in a de
ficiency claim filed with Auditor
Howard by Adjutant General Hall Is
a debt of $1,161.50 owing tho Pull
man Palaco company for tho transpor
tation of troops to Uio construction
camp at Polo Mountain, Wyo., in
1912.
Steps wero taken toward securing
a larger appropriation from tho legis
lature for educational work along dai
rying lines at the opening session of
tho thirtieth annual meeting of tho Ne
braska dairymen's association at tho
stato farm.
Establishment of a stato athletic
commission of three members, with a
$1,500 a year secretary, to control
boxing in Nebraska and permit
matches of not moro than ten rounds,
Is tho object of a bill introduced in
tho house:
Abolition of tho state normal board
and the placing of the normal schools
under direction of tho university re
gents 1b tho object of a bill introduced
by Representatives Liggett, Vnn Dou
sen, Bates and Trumblo.
Tho house haB passed tho first two
bills of the session. On sots asido
$84,000 for Uio salaries of the mombers
of boUi houses nnd tho other $20,000
for the general exponses of scnato and
houso, $10,000 each.
Extension of tho commission form
of government to all towns ovor 2,000
peoplo is advocated in a bill by Sen
ator E. D. Mallory. Only citlea of
5,000 or moro aro now eligible.
'Over $60,000 has "boon paid into tho
state school fund during the last two
years by tho hunters and flshormen
of Nebraska, according to tho bien
nial report of Gamo Warden Ruton
beck. Right of tho council to decldo what
kind of pavement shall bo laid in any
district will bo taken away if a bill
Introduced by Representative Burgess
is mado a law.
An effort will bo mado at this ses
sion to secure $10,000 for Mrs, Ed Da
vis, whose husband was killed during
tho convict outbreak at tho peniten
tiary. Rcpresontatlvo La Bounty of Fron
tier county in ono bill would permit
county treasurers to servo moro than
two terms consecutively.
Tho Stato Railway commission has
granted tho Burlington road auUiorlty
to reduce its rate on vinegar from
Falls City to Hastings and Grand Is
land to 19 cents a hundredweight In
carloads with a minimum weight of
30,000 pounds. Following the notifica
tion of tho commission by tho Nebras
ka Tolophono company of tho latter's
purchase of tho exchange at Broken
Bow and tho toll lines to Mernn, tho
commission haB approved tho rate
schodules which aro not to bo
changed. Tho purchase was mado of
tho Central Telephono company.
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rHE latest fad which haB solzod
upon tho fominino fancy and is
about to run its courso Is tho wearing
of a full, straight-hanging veil. It 1b
usually of not borderod with narrow
ribbon, but, before long, veils of chan
tllly and othor laces may outnumbor
thoso of figured not In splto of tho
popularity of figured laco in tho smallor
face voils tho fact romalns that thoy
nro less becoming than plain or dotted
nets.
Tho smartest of tho now voils aro
shaped to flare nnd ripplo about tho
bottom, after tho mannor of tho now
skirts. Thoso in taupe color, twlno
color and black hold first placo and
Jook especially well with tho now domi-
Hats for Southern Journeyings
Vxfa f Jb? JfsJ "ft dBsBBHh. h A 5 &
IF theBO fortunato ones who escapo
wintor by journoying South aro wor
ried by misgivings nB to what they
shall wear, thoy may sot tholr minds
at rest. Gowns for southern tourists,
as enchanting as thoso in seasons
past, and millinery as oxquislto as has
over boon worn, are all at hand.
Whether or not thoy aro inspirations
from creators of styles in Paris or in
America is not tho important mattor.
They aro hero and thoy aro lovely,
and thoso who wear them or thoso
who go to seo thom aro not to bo dis
appointed. In bats for southorn wear tho Pana
ma is playing tho loading role. Thero
aro many shapes to cliooso from in
this beautiful wcavo. Among thom
moderately largo hatB on the sailor
ordor, with either straight or rolling
brims, and others that droop back and
front contrlvo to be becoming to al
most ovory wearer.
Many peoplo muBt confine tholr trav
eling to America this year, and a great
er throng than ever will see and bo
scon In tho fashion parado grounds of
tho South. What is worn thoro will bo
worn later in tho North. Styles that
survive and for which a demnnd is
created will become our fashions for
tho summer season. It Is pleasant to
contemplate, thoreforo, tho survival of
such attractivo hoadwear as tho two
hats shown hero.
A dreBBy panamn, in shepherdess
style, is edged with a narrow border
of laco and trimmed with a band and
hanging loops and ends of volvot rib
bon. A flowor motif with follago Is
applied flat to crown nnd brim with
out any attempt nt regularity. This Is
a wondorfully chic and elegant hat.
Tho second hat has been christened
with several namos, each with refer
ence to tho straw of which It Is mado.
Ono honrs It called "tho lemon straw,"
"tho barnyard" and "tho rustic." This
last best expresses it It is woven of
largo lustrous straws and shown in
scriuon hatB which nro early in tho
field as harbingers of tho coming of
spring.
A now design in voils of figured not
istshown in tho picture, having pendant
forn leaves nB a pattern on a net
ground. It is Interesting as a novelty,
but tho moro irregular iloral doslgns
aro moro attractivo.
An illustration of tho two most popu
lnr nots is given nloo, showing one
with a square nnd ono with a hexag
onal mesh. Veils of thlB kind nro
bordorod with volvot dots, somo of
thom squaro and others round, and in
sizo varying from a sixteenth to a half
inch in diameter.
many colors. It looks best In tb
straight-brimmed shapes, of which an
example is given hero.
PolnsottlaB, simulated in ribbon, oi
othor flowers posed flat against the
crown, mako a most effective trim
ming against oo brilliant a background.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Bits About Blouses.
It is fashion's decreo that fussy
blouses havo had tholr day for a
tlmo nt least and so wo must give our
attention to much slmplor designs.
Thoy nro extromoly smart and very
becoming to most women.
This season wo havo- a number of
now blouso materials, most Important
among which aro tho pussy willow
silks and a lovely now chiffon crepe,
known aB georgotto crepe.
Unllko chiffon, tho georgette crepe
needs no net foundation, for, while it
is quito thin, it is more opaquo and
washes beautifully.
Tho puBay willow silks come in a
heavier quality than crepe do chine,
and aro a sort of cross between that
and mossallno, with a fine subdued lus
ter to them.
' Either of tho two fabrics Just men
tioned will work up nicely in a blouso
in white, palest pink or yellow, mauvo,
navy, pea greon or rust color. Theso
aro tho smartest blouso colorings just
now,
Velvet for Dusting.
A piece of volvot is a fine clcanor
for tho brass and for polishing silver
waro it is better than chamois. It
quickly romovoB tho dust -from wood
work, and if used to rub tho ntovo aft
or it has been blacked It will produco
n high pollBh. There Is nothing bet
tor to dust a felt liat, and silk dressos
and other Bilk articles should alwayB
bo flUBted with It, for It cleans per
fectly without cutting or otberwlBQ
Injuring tho silk.