THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
WELLAND CANAL OBJECT OF ALLEGED PLOTTERS
I Fairy Lightness in Party Frocks
DR. BAXTER, SUPERINTENDENT
OF HASTINGS HOME, RESIGNS.
ILL HEALTH GIVEN AS CAUSE
Action Came While Probe of Manage
mcnt Was Under Way. Resig
nation Will Be Accepted. '
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Party frocks for tlio young maid
uld not symbolize more clearly
uth and gayety and'lrreaponsiblllty
eat and most vapory of materials
avo divided honors with laces in
lOlnt nf fnvnr fni mtiklnp tlmni And
everywhere silver and gold-thread
laces lend sparkle to the general radi
ance of whlto and light colors In the
sheerest materials.
One of the prettiest is made of
white net and venico lace. A lino
quality of voile might bo used instead
of tho net, with good effect. Two-inch
tucks, with spaces ofequal width be
tween, aro hemstitched in the mate
rial, covering all the surface. Tho
skirt is short and round, and tho bod
ice is cut In tho surplice fashion, with
tho tucks in both running, around tho
figure There la a crushed girdle of
soft wide satin ribbon about the
waist. Very short sleeves, that hardly
amount to more- than a cap over tho
arms, arc finished with a frill of laco
which extends only half way round
them.
Over this dress iu long straight
hanging and Eleovol'ess coat is worn,
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Some Pretty
There is actually no part of the ap
parel of women, from head to feet, in
which ribbons aro not playing a promi
nent rolo this season. The patron
saint of weaving, or tho goddess of the
looms, appears to have turned espo
cial attention to tho fostering of thla
particular article of adornment. Tho
result Is that tho beauty of ribbons
has compelled attention and Inspired
their universal tuse. They crown tho
head and clothe tho foot and touch up
nil tho belongings of womankind.
Just a few of tho pretty things that
havo kept tho ribbon business brisk
aro shown in tho picturo given abovo.
Thoso lncludo a pair-of boudoir slip
pers with heels, and a pair without
them, a pair of galtora with small
pendant sachet bag, and arlbbon bag.
The last is suited to many purposes,
but la found chlofly usofuVfor carry
lng tho necessary accessories to eve
ning parties. There. Is an Immense
variety in ribbon' bags? Including those
naflo'for shopping and thoso for hold
ing gloves, handkerch'jojl slippers,
-v toilet articles, etc ietftes these
there aro workbaga llhYfittlngs re
quired for mending or sowing. Uut
they are; irlvplous-looklng affairs, so
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niado of Venetian lace. Hows of satin
ribbon with floating ends are caught
to the coat at tho shoulders. They
aro of narrow ribbon, matching tho
glrdlo In color. Mack velvet ribbon
may bo used for them and for tho
glrdlo if a touch of dignity Is needed
to adapt this gown to an older wearer.
In tho party gown pictured above,
silver-thread laco edges tho underskirt
of thin crepe or satin. A wide over
dress of chiffon is edgeil with a satin
covered cord at tho bottom. Chiffon
roses decorate tho bodice and aro re
peated In a wreath In the hair. This
is one of thoso very dainty frocks
whoso usefulness begins and ends
with evening dress. Tho gown previ
ously described may bo worn both
for afternoon and evening.
In January tho now "lingerio"
gowns will appear for tho use of thoso
who journey South. They are In tho
making and awaited with tho keenest
interest, for they are the most adapt
able and refined of dainty things. Hut
they will not displace tho party frocks
of tullo and laco, given over to airl
noss and sparkle which nmko a graco
of being gay.
Ribbon Things
guy and pretty that It Is hard to be
lieve their Intention to be usoful la
serious.
Ready-made soles are bought for
making the ribbon slippers, and they
aro covered on tho Inside with plain
satin ribbon. Flowered nnd brocaded
patterns lined with tho plain sateen
ribbon aro used for tho upper part.
This Is cut In tho proper shape and
sowed by hand to tho soles. A very
narrow ribbon quilling usually linlshes
the edges of these gayly attractive
slippers.
Tho gaiters, aro inado by shirring
narrow satin ribbon (usuully in two
colors) over Hat clastic. Howb and
rosettes finish them, and tho addition
of tiny sachets Is a now touch.
Colorod applique trimming, such as
was used a number oyears ago, has
boon seen ijmon one recently created
gown. It Is doubtful, howover, If It
will succeed in establishing Itself la
this season of comparative severity,
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Lincoln, Dr. M. V. Uaxtcr, super
intendent of the state hospital for the
Insane at Hastings, has tendered hl3
resignation, to take effect February 1,
giving as his reason 111 hcaltl
Dr. Baxter's resignation came in
tho midst of an investigation by tho
board of control of his management
of the institution.
Commissioner Holeonib said Dr.
Baxter had voluntarily assumed all
responsibility for anything that might
bo wrong at tho Institution. His ex
planation, J ml go Holcomb said, was
that ho did not look over tho supplies
very closely, but took the sample sent
him and accepted it as Indicative of
tho rest of tho goods.
"As an example of conditions there,
plxty suits of clothing from an order
of 100 wero delivered and only ono
was up to grade nnd that was sent In
as a sample," Judge Holcomb said.
Doctor Haxter told mombovs of tho
board he nnd his wlfo wero both sick
and wero planning to spend some
time in the south as soon as ho Is re
lieved of his duties.
The board will accept tho resigna
tion and gave out that tho discrepan
cies at the institution will all bo
made good by companies having tho
contracts.
The board's check on supplies
bought for tho institution has been
completed with satisfaction to tho
members nnd affairs at tho Institution
aro In good shape.
Hy the board of control member?,
Dr. Haxter Is regarded In many ways
as one of the best Institution heads
the stato has ever had In hospital for
insane work.
Money for Schools.
Ahalf a million dollars will be
included in the distribution of
stale school funds in January, under
tho new law of tho 1U15 legislature,
according to tho estimate of Stato
Treasurer Hall. Tho last winter dis
tribution under the old law, In No
vember, 1911, amounted to only
$333,000.
, Of the January distribution one
fourth will be divided equally among
the school districts of tho state and
the remaining three-fourths will bo
apportioned on tho basis of school
population to all the districts. Small
districts will receive a greater sharo
than formerly and larger ones will
havo tholr amounts materially cut
down.
Thoro Is $325,000 in tho temporary
Bchool fund now, which estlmatse In
dicate will bo Increased to more than
$450,000 nnd likely $500,000 by tho
time the distribution Is made.
Wants to Give Up Land.
Land Commissioner Fred Beckmann
thinks ho has discovered a cariosity.
It Is a man who has lived on a piece
of Nebraska land seventeen years and
now doeB not want it any more. Tho
man is Hernard Koch of Fordyce, in
Cedar county, and tho land is a quar
ter section upon which ho has been
paying a rental of $1.75 per aero per
year. Tho lease runs out January 1
and Koch says he wants to give it up,
but ho nttaches' a couple of Btrings to
tho proposition, ono of them that tho
stato should pay him $3.74 for im
provements he has placed on tho land
and tho other Is that ho bo permitted
to purchase tho land at not moro
than $30 per aero. Mr. Heckmann has
Informed Mr. Koch that tho state doos
not buy improvements placed on leas
ed land and that In case of salo tho
price must bo llxed by appraisement
Value of Tobacco In State.
According to reports filed In tho
state department of labor by manufac
turers of cigars and those engaged In
tho preparation of tobacco for tho
market, for the year 1014, thero was
a capital of $321,13G.78 invested. Em
ployment was furnished to 426, of
which 169 were females. Tho total
paid In wages for tho year was $247,
C05.09; total value of stock used was
$359,GC9.9I. Tlio total valuo of pro
duction was $746,818.89. Tor cent of
Bales In Nebraska Averago
wages per week, $13.79.
Tubercular Hogs Found.
Fifty per cent of tho hops on Joo
Roth's farm wost of Milford have
been found afflicted with tuberculosis,
following an Inspection by a Btnto
veterinarian. Of his twcnty-islx shorts
horn cattle, eight tested tubercular.
Files for Legislature.
Tho first legislative filing to reach
tho secretary of state's odico camo In
from Scott'B Bluff county.
What Counties Pay.
Seventy-eight counties reporting to
Secretary Hernecker of tho Stato
Board of Assessment show that money
raised by taxation for all purposes,
which Includes state, city, school and
nil taxes needed to run all departments
of stato and municipal government,
amount to $20,083,501. This amount
nearly equals tho total amount ralsod
by tho entire counties of tho stato last
year, which was $20,105,457. Whllo tho
stato tax is ono mill lowor than laBt
year, county and municipal taxes aro
higher.
Fcdoral authorities in tho East hollovo the alleged plot of Haul Koonlg, head of tho dotcctivo bureau of tho Hamburg-American
line, to blow up tho Wollnnd canal Is only nn Incident in a vast conspiracy. Tho Ulustrnttou shows a
part of tho canal, which connects Lako Ontario with Lake Erie. At tho right Is Kocnlg nnd at tho left R. E. Loyon
decker, an art dealer, under arrest as one of the alleged conspirators.
INTERIOR.
Interior view of Turkish formications on tho Galllpoli peninsula, with a
llrst-llno tronches.
SHARPSHOOTERS IN WHITE AND ON
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Tho mountain lighting In which tho Germans aro engaged has niado It necessary to draw on thoso German
noldicrB who aro Biiowshoo adopts. The photograph shows n patrol of theso men, garbod in whlto uniforms to nmko
them almost Invisible ngaliiGt the whlto background and equipped with tholr Hiiowahoes, taking a bead on tho enemy
in tho Vosges mountains.
KING OF ITALY WATCHING HIS SOLDIERS
A striking photograph taken on tho heights o Cndoro whllo tho king of
Italy, accompanied by his minister of war und the commander in chief of tho
Italian armies, was watching the movements of tho fighting forces. King
Victor Emmanuol has his eycu llxed to tho great Held glasses.
OF TURKISH FORT ON
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body of troops about to movo to tho
SN0WSH0ES
GIVEN TO HER DESCENDANT
A beautiful Btatuotto of PocahoutuB,
Indian maid famed In history und an
cestor of Prealdent Wilson's bride, wna
presented to tho Whlto Houso couplo
by tho Pocahontas Memorial associa
tion, an organization mado up of
Washington women. It Is In bronzo
and Is a replica of tho Btatuo that will
be erected at Jamestown, Va. Th
Btatuotto Is 18 inchea high and tlio
sculptor, William Ordway Partridge ot
Now York.
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