THE 8EMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA
MUST ALTER POLICY
WHERE THE IRISH REBELS FOUGHT DESPERATELY
Attractive Versions of Summer Styles
ENGLAND AND FRANCE CALLED
TO TIME FOR MAIL SEIZURE.
PRACTICE ILLEGAL. SAYS I). S.
Allied Nations Informed That Neutral
Malls Shall Have Full Rlo.hU
of the High Seas.
Two very practical two-ploco suits
are pictured, In which a little velvet
Is used as a garniture on poplin ntul
on taffeta. Poplin Is presented thfs
season In about the same plain colors
that have proved so popular in taffeta.
It has almost tho same advantages
for summer wear, with its lustrous
surface, light weight and durability.
Hut it is a supple material and Its
lack of the crlspncss of taffeta has
given it second plnco.
In tho poplin suit shown hero the
skirt is plain, finished with a hand
sewed hem. All edges of tho coat
are bordered with velvet. Bias strips
of velvet ribbon may be used for thcf.j
borders. There Is a chic rolling col
lar of velvet and tho cuffs are deep
and flaring.
In the taffeta suit also the skirt is
plain, the maker having centered at
Summer Coat for
A vory simple and very pretty taf
feta coat for tho miss of 10 years or
.so Ib as good a cholco of finery aa can
bo mado in outfitting her for summer.
Kven the smallest of little ladies goes
In silk attire us soon as she ran walk
without likelihood of falling.
For tho average purso tho little
girl's ready-mads silk coat Is apt to
be rather extravagant In price. This
is a matter of the work Involved and
not because of the cost of tho silk.
To make tho best coats Involves some
hand sewing. Even when economy
must be carefully considered the silk
,-oat costs llttl" uough to bo within
easy reach if It ran be made at homo.
No one with a fair knowledge of
plain sowing need hesitate to attempt
n coat like the model shown In tho
picture. All the standard pattern com
panies supply patterns similar to It.
It Is a plain, straight-hanging garment,
cut with a little flare and tinlshcd
with two threolnch rullles. It hats
plain full sleovos, with their lower
tention on the handsome little coat.
It is made with a pointed pcplum bor
dered with velvet, and has an open
throat and rovers. The standing col
lar at tho back is made of velvet.
Hound buttons, covered with tho
silk, aro featured in the trimming,
and pretty, old-fashioned shollwork
trimming mado of tho talTota borders
tho glrdlo. Thero are deep cuffs,
opened at one side and adorned with
the covered buttons.
The moderate flare of tho skirt is
managed in thu cutting. It is plain
across thu front, and at tho back three
rows of shirring give It the required
fullness, with a short yoke adjusted at
the wnlstllno. It is a trlflo longer
than '.iootop length. All tho gray
shades, with blue, green, taupe, and
black, are effectlvo In either of tho
silks pictured.
the Small Girl
part sot into a cap at the upper arm.
Poplins, faille silk and soft satins are
used as well as taffeta for silk coats,
but taffeta has tho preference. Light
colors llko rose, sage green and to
bacco brown and many bright shndes
of blue aro liked for them, and occa
sionally ono sees black, aa In tho
model pictured hero.
'Hits little coat reaches almost to
the bottom of the child's dress. Tho
two ruflles are hemmed over small
cords and tho second one Is put on
with a heading. Tho coat fastens at
the front with four Hat pearl buttons.
A wide cape collar of lace-trlmrncd
organdie and ruffs to match are im
portant elements of style In this
model.
Taffeta Frocks.
Pretty now taffeta flocks aio em
broldered by hand.
Washington, D. C The United
States, donouncing Interference with
neutral malls, has notified Great Brit
ain and France that It can no longer
tolerato the wrongs which American
citizens havo suffered and continue
to suffer through tho "lawlcs prao
flee" those governments have Indulg
ed In, and that only n radical, change
In policy, restoring tho United States
to Its full rights as a neutral power,
will bo satisfactory.
This notification Is given In tho
latest American communication to
the two governments, the text of
which has been made public by the
state department.
The time Jr. which tho chango
must be effected is not spooined, but
the United States oxpects prompt
action.
"Onerous and vexatious" abuses
which have boon perpetrated by tho
British and French governments In
seizing and censoring neutral malls
aro recited In tho communication and
answers are made to th legal argu
ments contained In tho reply of tho
entente governments to tho first
American note on tho subject.
It Is vigorouo'y set forth that not
only hnvo American commercial in
terests been Injured, but that the
rights of property havo been violated
and the rules of International law and
custom palpably disregarded.
Notice Is served that the United
States will soon press claims against
the British and French governments
for the losses which already have
been sustained.
Nebraska Postmaster Ousted,
Washington..!. G. Porter, postmas
ter at Bridgeport, Neb., has been tired
by Postmaster General Burleson for
Inquiring why Mr. Burleson recom
mended an Increase in the salary of
First Assistant Postmaster General
Uoper nn,4 the three other assistant
postmasters genera).
Postmaster General Burleson has
declined to keep him because he says
Porter is "temperamentally 'unfitted"
for tho office-nnd "grossly disloyal to
tho department."
For several' months Porter tried to
ret. an Increase In the number of
Ho-ks in his office. The department
here tt"ned him down. On May 2 ho
wrote Mr, Roper, tho first assistant:
"I see the postmaster general has
requested more assist nuts. What for?
Mr clerk works ton and n half hours,
how loner does yours work? I work
twelve hours: how lonnr do von work'
If your heart Is sound you can grant
the Increasp. If the shock will' place
you in danger I should hate to havo
vnu take such a step on my account.
Please tilt to nbont $210."
On receipt oft Ms lotler the depart
ment suggested that Mr. Porter rr
rlgn. Patrons of the Bridgeport of
fice, it is said, regarded Mr. Porter as
an efficient postmaster.
Bandit Leader Killed.
Field Headquarters, Near Nam!
putpa Via Radio to Columbus, N.
M. Candolarlo Cervantes, tho VII
UbUi leader, was kl'led Jy Ameri
can troops south of Cruceo last Fri
day. Cervantes' end enmn after ho
hnd made a Durprlse attack cou'i of
Crur.es on a detnehmont of cnplneors
repairing thp motor truck road. Ho
was beaten back and pursued Into
the hills by the enclnrors, who had
been reinforced by a detachment of
the Seventoer'h Infantry.
One olher Mexican, Jose Bcncome,
and one of tho Americans wcro
killed. Two Americans were wounded.
Shoots Down FoUlccr.
Paris. Lioulonant William Thaw
Gf the Frnnco-Ancrlcan aviation
corps, shot down n Fokker neroplano
In Hip region of Verdun recently. In
tho combat In which ho brought down
the German machine. LlouUmant
Thaw was slightly wounded In tho
left arm by a hullet. Lieutenant Thaw
has been decorated twlco and' twice
cited In tho orders of the day for dnr
Ing exploits in the air.
Von Kluck Ready For Service.
Berlin Field Mnrshnl Alexander
Von Kluck, 70 years old, has regained
his health, and he has again offered
his services to tho Gorman govern
ment. 'Chokes Girl to D-ath.
Aurora. III. - Owondolln. n Ll-yar-old
daughter of Mrs. Anna Collhv.
was found dead in her homo hero a'ld
Jack Armstrong, m years old. tho po
lice any, has confessed that, he
choked her o death through Jealousy.
Ho said he intrjifTed to kill hlmcc'.f.
Hens For Prohibition.
Slnux Fnlls, So. Halt -Women pro
hibition workers nf this state re
cently engaged In an "egg sale," nil
funds to be tmed to further prohibi
tion In South Dakota.
Ruins along Kdcn quay. Dublin, looking from tho O'Connetl statue. This
rebels and was taken only after a blttor light. At tho right Is tho (lag of tho
soldier.
WHY PEOPLE ALONG THE BORDER
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This photograph ot armed Mexicans with their fiag, bo Ing drilled by u
American border town and is evidence that thero was roason for tho fear ot
Mexico, and Arizona.
OLDFIELD TO RETIRE
Barney Oldilcld, dean of all racing
drivers, Is to retire this year aftor ono
final and spectacular effort to show
his contempt for tho laws of time and
space. Tho feat, that Barney will at
tempt will concern tho offer of David
V. Bold, president of the Chicago
speedway, of $1,000 to tho driver who
will break tho world's two mllo spood-
way record and nn additional offer ot
$1,600 if tho now mark established Is
hotter than two miles per minute, or
120 miles por hour, Oldfield somo
time ago announced that ho would
leave tho racing gamo for less oxclt
Ing business life, and that ho wanted
to drive his last race on the Chicago
speedway In the second international
auto Derby, which Is to bo held there
Juno 10. Soon aftor that he will ut-
tempt to win thnt 2,G00.
Whirlpool Bath.
In this page not long ago tho fact
was mentioned that a wonderful whirl
pool bath was bolng uhciI in Paris to
euro tho wounded. This hath has now
been Installed In London. Thero are
two forms an arm and a leg form
Tho construction In exceedingly slm
pie. Tho water cntors tho bath from
two nozzles placed in such a manner
'hat a rapid circulation Is secured ho
low .the surface. The limb Is Im
tnorsed at a low tcmporaturo, and the
tompornturo of the water Is Increased
gradually until a point Is reached be
yond which discomfort, supervenes.
This bnth Is but ono factor in a com
prohenslvo vntem of troatmont tho
objects of which are to hnaton the re
turn of the wounded to their units at
tho front, to reduce expense to the
state by reducing tho disability on
tailed by wounds, and to reduce Im
palrroent ot elvll Industry aftor tho
I war by numbers of seriously and por
maiently crippled men, London Tit-
Bits.
FIGHTING A FIRE IN SALONIKI
Hie Saionikl fire department fighting thu flumes that broko out in build-
Ingo wrecked by Gorman air raiders
killed by tho raldorn boforo tho
CRAWLING UP
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While the British soldiers woi-u suppressing tha Irish revolt in Dublin ,
they woro constantly fired on by sulpurH conceaU-A in tho buildings. Tho ,
photograph shows two "Tommies" cruwllng up on one of thoso strongholds. j
was ono of tho strongholds ot tho Irish
revolutionists In possession ot ti British
ARE UNEASY
Mexican army olllcor, wub tukon In an
an uprising ot Moxlcans in Toxas, Now
at Salonlkl. A nuuibor ot poraoiia woro
anti-aircraft guns compolled thorn to rotlro.
ON IRISH SNIPERS
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