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THE SEMLWEEKLV TRIBUNE NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. AGAIN VETOES DAYLIGHT ACT President Says the Law Is Aid to Increase of Industrial Production. TELLS OF PRESSING NEED Second Time Chief Executive Has Ve. toed the Measure by Which Clocks Are Set Forward In March, Back In October. Washington, Aug. 18. President Wllsgn vetoed the 1)111 repealing the daylight' saving law. The president feald he did so with "tho utmost reluc tanco" becnuso he realized "the very considerable nnd In some respects very serious Inconveniences to which the daylight suvlng law subjects tho farmers of the country." This is the second timo the president :hns vetoed repeal of the law by which the clocks arc set forward un hour on the last Sunday In March nud turned back nn hour the Inst Sunday In Octo 'ber. Tho president's message vetoing the bill Is as follows: "I return this bill, II. It. 3854, 'An 4ict for tho repeal of tho daylight sav ing law,' without my slgnnturc,"but do so with the utmost reluctance. I rc:i llzo the very couslderablo and In some respects very serious Inconven iences to which the daylight saving law subjects tho farmers of the coun try, to whom wo owe tho greatest con sideration, and who have distinguished themselves during these recent years of war nnd want by patriotic endenv ors worthy of nil praise. "But I have been obliged to bnlnnce one set of disadvantages against nu other and to venture n Judgment as fo which were the more serious for the country. Tho Immediate and pressing need of the country Is production, In creased and increasing production, in all lines of Industry. The. disorganiza tion and dislocation caused by the war Jinvo told nowhere so heavily as nt the Industrial centers in manufacture and In the mnny Industries to which the country and the whole world must look to supply needs which can not bo Ignored or postponed. "It Is to these that tho duyllghfsav lng law Is of most service. It minis ters to economy nnd to efficiency. And the Interest of the farmer Is not In all respects separated from these Inter ests. He needs what the factories produce along with the rest of the world. He Is profited by tho prosper ity which their success brings about. His own life and methods are. more euslly adjusted, I venture to think, thnn those of the manufacturer and the merchant. "These nro considerations which hnvo led me to withhold my slgnnture from this repeal. I hope that they are considerations which will appeal to the thoughtful judgment of tho house nnd In the long run to the thoughtful judgment of the farmers of tho coun try, who have nlwnys shown an admir able public spirit." LUXEMBURG HAS H. C. L RIOT Thousands Storm Parliament Build ings; Troops Are Called to Clear Streets. Luxemburg, Aug. 18. Parliament jbulldlngs were stoned by a crowd of 7,000 worklngmen during n demonstra tion caused by the fnct that the amount voted by the chnmber of dep uties to meet the high cost, of living was deemed Insufficient. Some of the manlfcstants succeeded In entering tho chamber, but were driven out when fired on by gendarmes. BIG RAID MADE AT ST. LOUIS Twenty Million Pounds of Meats and Other Food Supplies Seized by United States. St. Louis, Aug. 18. Twenty million pounds of meats wore reported seized when federal authorities raided the Booth Cold Storage company her-. Large stocks of eggs, cheese nnd other foodstuffs were also said to hnvo been located. Officials had not yet learned who owned the stocks. FOOD RIOTERS ARE FIRED ON Serious Disturbances Occur at Katto vltz, Silesia Market Dealers and Shops Plundered. Berlin, Aug. 18. Serious riots oc curred nt ICnttovltz, Silesia, nnd many persons were wounded when troops tired on a crowd of demonstrnnts against the high price of food. Mar ket dealers were mauled, shops were plundered and windows smashed. Artist Christy Weds Again. New York, Aug. 18. Howard Chan- dler Christy, nrtlst, nnd Mrs. Nancy j Mny Palmer, a young widow, formerly of Poughkeepsle, who for eight years hud been his favorite model, were mar ried In the Broadway tabernacle here. No U. S. Food Ships at i'etrograd. Stockholgi, Aug. 18. Tho American legation denied today that two Ameri can ships had nrrlved nt Petrograd with foodstuffs for tho soviet govern ment, as was reported August 0 by wireless. MRS. THOMAS H, CARTER Mrs. Thomas H .Carter, widow of former United States Senator Cnrtor of Mnntnnn, has nttnlned noto ns an unusual figure In politics. Sho Is a member of tho Republican women's national executive committee, and has been especially nctlvo In Washington nnd Moutnnn politics. Sho Is plan ning classes of women for the study jof citizenship, Its obligations and re j sponslbllltles, and has already begun some of this work In Washington. SUGAR PRICE 1 1 CENTS ATTORNEY GENERAL PALMER SETS FIGURE FOR RETAILER. If Grocer Charges More Ho la Prof! teering, District Attorney Told After Clothing, Etc. Washington, Aug. 15. Through li cense regulations nnd tho power of tho food administration to procure the , cancellation of licenses, the depart ment of justice hopes to reach some cases of profiteering In sugar that would bo more difficult to reach through enforcement of the criminal i provisions of tho food control net. I This position of tho department wns ' made plain in u circular sent to dis trict attorneys cnlllng nttentlon to tho fact that food administration officials hud taken the position that sugnr should not retail for more than 11 cents a pound and that "where It Is retailing for moro It indicates that ' either the wholesaler or retailer Is making nn unreasonable profit." Mr. Palmer conferred with Clnrenco Wilson, food administrator for the District of Columbia, about efforts to reduce prices In Wushlngtou. He al so had a conference with F. C. Hen derschoot, secretnry of the New York fair price committee. Mr. Palmer appeared before the sen ate ngrlculturo committee and explain ed amendments to the food control net extending antlprofitecrlng sections to , clothing and other necessities and pro ! vldlng penalties for violations of tho law. When the committee met, senators expressed divided opinions as to tho necessity for the legislation. STRIKERS PROTECT FACTORY Offer Watchmen to Keep Fire Insur ance in Force on the Empty Buildings. Peoria, III., Aug. 10. The departure I Thursday of all tho Imported strlke i breakers from the Keystone wire mills left the buildings empty. Tho strikers proffered services of 25 of their number as watchmen, Inside nnd outside of the mills, to keep In i force the fire Insurance, "both to pro ' tcct our cmplbyers and our Jobs when this blows' up." Officials met with a committee of two strikers shortly after nine o'clock. In the morning nt the city hall. Tho conference was expected to reach nn ngreoment to end the strike. GRAB 28,180 POUNDS COFFEE Government Officials Seize Huge Sup. ply From Storage Ware house at St. Louis. St. Louis, Aug. 15. Federal offi cials hero seized 281,180 pounds of coffco held In storage In n wnrehouso on n libel Information Issued by tho United Stntes district ottorney. It wns alleged In tho Information thnt tho coffee Is held for J. Aron & Co. of Now York. The Information alleged that the coffee had been In tho wnrehouso since October 1, Inst, nnd wns will fully hoarded to Increase Its price. Kolchak Continues Retreat. London, Aug. 10. The retreat In the Ural mountains of the forces of Admiral Kolchnk continues, according to news received hero. South of Urnlsk, It Is added, the bolshevlkl have driven tho Cossacks back GO miles. Seize Butter In Chicago. Chicago, Aug. 10. Elghty-fivo thou sand pounds of butter wns seized In cold storngo houses and freight cars in Chicago by federal agents nnd de partment of justice men started ou on tho trail of more. HOARD! FOOD SEIZED BY U. S, Confiscation Penalty to Bo Added to Fines and Prison for Guilty Ones. TAKE GOODS FROM STORES Government Cuts Prices ns tho Market Falls Lowers Cost of Army Goods to Meet the Reduction Made by Retailers. Chlcngo, Aug. 15. In Its drive to re duce the high cost of living, the fed eral government began tho seizure ol huge nmounts of foods In storage houses. The first seizures were reported from Chnttnnoogu, Twin., and Jackson ville, Fin., and tho United Stntes dis trict attorney's office announced that similar action would be taken In tho Chicago district. Governors of a number of stntes have asked the assistance of tho de partment of Justice to force Into tho market "amnzlng quantities" of food being held In storage, apparently until prices increased. Attorney General Palmer announced In Washington that district attorneys had been ordered to co-opernto with the governors. Not only will Chlcngo food hoarders bo fined and Imprisoned, but their stocks will bo seized and sold. At Chattanooga government agents went to tho storage plnht of tho At lnntlc Ico and Coal corporation and took possession of 81,000 dozen eggs that were being hold for Morris & Co. of Chicago. At Jacksonville, nccordlng to an As sociated Press telegram, moro thnn n million eggs, hundreds of thousands of tins of ennned foods nnd 27,500 pounds of sugnr were seized In rnlds on wholesnlo food warehouses and cold-storage plants by federal offi cers. Plnns for tho seizing of nil hoards of food that may be found are now being perfected, nccordlng to Mr. Mil roy. Violators of tho antl-hoardlng law will bo liable not only to pay a fine of $5,000, or imprisonment for two years, or both, but are also likely to hnvo tho ' government confiscate tho food and sell It. It Is expected that this punishment will bo effective against profiteers. Tho Cubnn sugar crop Is the largest this year In tho history of the Island, according to II. II. Itolopp, who is the head of the sugar distributing committee for the government. Most of It has been marketed, he said. Food caches will be seized for uses of tho army nnd navy nnd Inter will be directed to civilian uses. Rclcuso of sugar for the canning senson Is promised. Determination on the part of con sumers to tnko ndvnntngo of tho gov ernment co-operutlon In bringing about n lower cost of living was Indented In-tho restricted buying of distributers in the produce market during the dny. Sales of government foods continued with reflected lower prices In compet ing commodities. Washington, Aug. 15. To meet re ductions recently made by retnllcrs, n new scale of prices for surplus food stuffs was put Into effect by the war department. Roast beef was reduced from $2.13 to $1.00 per six pound enn; bacon from 85 to 31 cois per pound, nnd No. 3 cans of beuws from 11 to 0 cents. Prices on other Items wcro reduced In proportion.. CALL OFF BIG RAIL STRIKE Threat of Dig Traffic Tieup Is Re moved After Spirited Meeting at Chicago Lay Trouble to I. W. W. Chlcngo, Aug. 10. The break In tho railroad shop' crafts' strlko came on Thursday when representatives of 27, 000 car men decided by nn overwhelm ing vote to return to work. The vote to remain In nllllliitlon with the inter national organization of tho union In stead of with the Chicago district council of federated shop crafts which has had charge of tho strlko, came nfter n spirited session during which It was charged that tho I. W. W. has been responsible for tho rebellion In tho ranks of tho shop men. The reso lution providing that tho men rosunto work was presented by P. A. Ilnllcen, president of tho control body of car men, at a mass meeting In Cnr Men's hall. The meeting wns nddressed by J. M. Patterson, International vlco president of the association, who laid the disturbances in the Chlcngo dis trict to the lntluenco of a "red" cle ment. U. S. Mission to Quit Berlin. I Berlin, Aug. 18. The United States 1 military mission assigned to Germany after the armistice and which has had Its headquarters In Berlin will bo dis solved in the course of the next month und will leave for home. i 1,500 Idaho Miners Strike. Wallace, Idaho, Aug. 18. A walkout of miners of Burke, Mullnn nnd Nine Mllo districts of "tho Coeur d'Alcno oc curred hero. Fifteen hundred men nro out to enforco tho demand for un etght-hour dny. HENRY U. DOHERTY otrn Ntwipiprr Union $1 One of America's biggest nuf-tness geniuses Is Henry L. Doherty. The dny President Garfield was nssnssl nated h.2 mnde $5.48 selling extras. Today ho Is president of tho Cities Service company, n $200,000,000 cor poration controlling two hundred gas nnd electric companies In nearly ev ery state In the United Stntes. Less thnn ten yenrs ago he entered oil pro duction, nnd Is not only tho lnrgest factor In public utilities in America, but second lnrgest in tho world ns a producer of reflnnhle oil. Mr. Doherty got his start selling papers In tho streets of Columbus, Ohio. FORD WINS LIBEL SUIT SIX-CENT VERDICT. AWARDED IN CASE THAT COST MILLION. Magnate Awarded Nominal Damages Because Chicago Tribune Calle Him an Anarchist. Mount Clemens, Mich., Aug. 10. Henry Ford won n verdict In his libel suit against tho Chicago Tribune. At 8:15 o'clock at night tho Jury, which for three months hns been hearing testimony nnd arguments In the suit, returned a decision In favor of the auto manufacturer, who sought vindication In the courts of tho chargu made by the Trlbuno that "Ford Is nn anarchist." i Trial of the suit, which. It Is esti mated, cost a million, was featured by the testimony of Mr. Ford, his son, Edsol, owners and editors of tho Tribune and notublo educators nnd clergymen. The Jury awarded Mr. Ford dam ages of 0 cents, tltus following tho precedent of tho famous Roosevelt damngo suit Jury of somo yeurs ago In awarding u moral victory. The jury hud been deliberating since 0:55 o'clock in the morning. .Tudgo Tucker, Instructing tho jury stnted "tho right of fair comment" Is expected In the case of Mr. Ford, be cause his position as n great employ er of lnbor and entry as n propa gandist Into tho discussion of the pre paredness question made him a pub lic character. The Judge held that a newspaper has no greater privilege. In making comment thnn has an Individual. The Jury was Instructed further to dismiss the ense ngnlnst the Solomon News company, which on a purely technical charge that It distributed In Michigan 20S copies of the Trib une Issue of June 23, 1010, containing the alleged libelous edltorlnl headed "Ford Is nn Annrchlst," was made u co-defendnnt. Tho Judge Instructed thnt plnlntlff's charges of pro-Germanism against tho Tribune and of n selfish interest In advocating Intervention In Mexico had not been proved nnd tho Jury need not consider It. U.'S. RUSHES AID TO KOLCHAK Reds' Dnelster Line Is Smashed Denlkine's Army Takes 1,000 Prisoners and Many Guns. Washington, Aug. M. Material aid for Admiral Kolchnk's retreating army in Siberia is being rushed to Vladivos tok by the American government, it wns said officially thnt 45,000 rifles nnd several million rounds of nmmunl Hon already had been sent from Sun Francisco and that additional equip ment would go forward this week on mi army transport. Copenhagen, Aug. 14. According to a Russian newspaper published In Merlin the bolshevlkl have reenptured Klgn. General Denlkine's advance Is con tinuing along tho greater part of tho southern Russian front against con siderable bolshevik resistance, the war office announces. Kamlshln, which wns taken on July 28, yielded 11,000 prisoners, 00 guns, 1 150 machine guns nud an Immense ! amount of war material. New Army Has 100,0.00. Washington, Aug. 18. Tho "first 100,000" of recruits hnvo been secured for the permanent regular nrmy. Gen eral March, chief of staff, announced, nnd of these moro than 08,000 were ro eullslments. Nab Bank Robbers, Recover Loot. HuHScllvllle, Ky., Aug. 18. Horace Withers and Alfred Armstrong, who with John Wells robbed tho Citizens bank at South Carrollton, Ky surren dered to police here. AH except $1,000 of tho $28,000 was returned. DADDY15 EVENING FAIRYTALE $ JyllXBX 6MJMAI1 BONN01 ' Jb-M AUTHOR. THE TWO HOR8E8. "Listen horses," snld Jenny Horse, "Jerry nnd I have been quite fatuous." The horses were In u stable and they were neighing nnd chatting. "Yes," snld Jerry Horse, "wo have, but It was very, very foolish." "Dear me," snld another horse, "you two horses nro n great addition to the stable. To think thnt you have both been famous and that you consider fame n foolish thing. "One would think that to bo famous would bo everything In the world, llko being In history for example, like being n Gcorgo Washington or somo great crenture." "There, there," snld ono of tho horses, "thnt Is going rather far. You begin to Imagine things nnd then you Imagine more nnd moro. One dny you were maklng-bellovo so hnrd that you almost believed yourself you had been the horse who had been ridden by Paul Revere." "That's so," said the lrso who had been speaking. "Well, fame always seems very wonderful to me." "You have been famous for having been ntwnyB In the ono stnblc. Thnt Is quite unusunl In these days of selling horses nnd buying motor enrs," said another horse. "True," said tho horso who thought famo was so fine. There were many horses In the stable for tho master loved horses and so did the mistress, and so did tho children. They wouldn't have given up their horses for anything, ns they enjoyed riding nnd driving. "Whnt were you going to tell us?" ono of the horses asked Jenny Horse. She was the new white horse who had Just nrrlved. "Oh yes, I wns going to tell you how famous Jerry and I have been." "I'm Jerry," neighed tho other new whlto horse. "Tell us," neighed the horses. "Tell us," they urged. "You tell the story," snid Jerry, nod ding his hend at Jenny. "No, you would tell It fnr better," snld Jenny. "Ah no, thnt Is modest of you but It In not so, you would tell It better." "Pray tell it," tho other horses urged. "Well," snld Jenny, "Jerry nnd I wore two horses who were once In nn opera. Now nn opera Is n great musi cal play. There Is a hugo orchestra or big hand or whntever you want to call It. Then there are singers and before them nre lots nnd lots of people who clap their hands nnd who seem to enjoy It very much." "They say," , snld Jerry, "that It costs lots of money to go to opernB." "Now Jerry," said Jenny, "don't be snobbish I" "Well, I wasn't snobbish, I wns only telling that ns a mutter of interest." "We were In the opera," continued Jenny. "There hnvo been horses who have appeared In other operas nnd ulso In plnys from time to time, hut'wo nro two horses you actually see and know who have been In n great, great Italian opera called Ajdn." "Did you sing?" asked tho other horses. "Oh, gracious no," said Jerry, "we weren't asked to sing, nnd our voices weren't even tried." "We were dressed up with hells nnd n handsome harness," said Jenny, "nnd we brought In n fine wooden cart. Oh, the stage had every color on It Imagin able I It was a glorious scene. "And I nudged Jerry, nnd shook my head nt him nnd snld: " 'Aren't wo n pair of pretty smart horses to bo In n grent opera like this?' " 'Why yes, Jerry answered, 'but we don't understnnd tho henutlcs of music Hke the Joy of eating hny.' " 'Hush,' I snld to Jerry, 'let no one hear you sny such n thing at the opera.' Isn't that a line story?" Just Like, It Aline nnd her brother nttended n blrthdny party of n playmate. Tco cream, enko and lemonnde were served. Tho boy asked his hostess for a glass of water. "Drink your lemonade," Aline snld, Interrupting. "I don't want lemonade. I wnr water." said tho boy, looking plead ingly nt ills hostess. "Don't he silly. Drink your lemon ade." said Aline. "It's Just llko water." He Never Argues, Himself. "Confounil an argumentative, man, anyhow." exelnlmed Mr. Clipping ns he enme In Into to dinner, feverishly mop ping his brow. "What's the matter, dear?" asked .Mrs. Clipping, sympathetically. "I had started homo when I met Twobble on the street. He mado a statement about, tho league of nations nnd I spent nn hour nnd a half trying to convince the Ignoramus thnt he was wrong." In Michigan. Jones Does your wlfo kiss you n lot? Brown Heavens, no; she used to kiss mo occnslonully to seo If Td been drinking, but oven thnt Is un necessary now. Detroit News. Rapid Movement. "Of course, you would never think of deserting your party." "Never I" said Senator Sorghum. "On tho contrary, It sometimes takes quick work on my pnrt to keep my party from deserting me." SI IS ALSO DISSATISFIED. Ezra Windrow I henr you swnppcd nuttymoblles with SI Skinner yester day. Who got the wust of tho bar gain, SI? ni Hu8klD-W-n-ll, the ono I got thrust on we Is suffcrln horribly from ague, wp' hnlks quite n lot 'count uv mlsflVt' on each nnd every cylinder off nn' on, but I heard this mornln thnt SI Is lmnttn for the Justice uv the pence In order to swenr oilt n warrant for somebody." Buffnlo Ex press. Torklns and the League. "Charlie, dear," said young Mrs. Tor klns, "I hope you will continue to dis cuss tho League of Nntlons with ev erybody you meet." "You think I hnvo the subject pretty well in hand, eh?" "No. I'm hoping thnt If you keep on conversing maybe you'll find out some thing about It from somebody." Lon don Tlt-Blts. Safety First. Employer How nbout thnt bill you undertook to collect? Collector You snld I could huve half of It, didn't you? Employer Certainly. Collector Well, .I've collected my half, but couldn't get yours. AT THE BAG GAGE WIN DOW. I Want to ask you a question. Lot It go. Can I send a dross suit enso by a trunk lino? Joys of the County Ditch. I'd ruthur llvo on County Ditch An' lmvo a ltttlo llqhln'. Thnn dwell In mansions of tho rich Where nuthln In but wlshln'l A Small Portion. Lady Don't it humiliate you to beg for food? Tramp No, ma'am. What hurts me Is thnt I'm depriving the poor, Inner cent birds of n feed. Cynical Estimation. Belle While wo wero walking. Ned snld ho would give me n penny for my thoughts. Nell Whnt extrnvnganeo I The Worn-Out Introduction. "Interesting story teller, Isn't ho?" "VOry. He never begins a yarn with tho old bromide: 'I shall never forget It ns long ns I live.' " Banal Hobo I don't know whero my next tuenl.Is coming from, lady. Woman of House Well, this Is no Information bureau. The Only Way. "I've got to get tho money out of thnt old screw for this bill. How would you try It? With tact?" "No; with n monkey wrench." TOO HIGH, Rooster Aro you rolatcd to tho wild ducks? Duck Yes, but wo don't associate. Thoy ly too hisrh for ual Horrible. I do not enre for Old Man Sweot Ills tnlilu manners nro a crlmo; Jin thinks that ho can talk nnd ent And do the two thlnKH nt ono time. Tho One Thing Stone Had. Cobblo After nil, it Isn't brains, It Isn't heredity, it isn't education, but It's personality thnt counts In making u success. Stono Righto 1 Whnt would you ho, old fellow, without personality? Life. Can't Go Wrong. Mr. Plnlnsmlth Thcso gloves nro for n girl who thinks I'm tho finest man In the world. Think she'll llku them? The Salesgirl If your statement nbout her is true I think she'd he sat tailed with anything." Hurried Through It. Henry I just finished my dtty's work. John I low so? Henry I set the calendar ahead to tomorrow. StumfonTChaparral. HI T ill $m
