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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1920)
NORTH PLATTE SEMJ-WEETCLY TRIBUNE. DUTCH SEEK TO BAR BOLSHEVIKS Famous German Castle Ruined by Fire AN INVITATION TO THE DANCE "Underground" Railroad of Sovi ets Causes Worry for Author ities in Holland. HEADED FOR UNITED STATES Soviet Agents Try to Bring Into Hoi land Bolshevik "Missionaries" Who Are to Make Attempts to Reach America. Rotterdam. Holland lino established a great cordon along tlio German fron tier to prevent the influx of large num Infra of Itusslnn Bolshevik agents from Germany. Heavy guard are main tained ho that jKirsoim wishing to cross tlto hounilary In either direction mtiHt pass through frontier posts and over recognized highways. Those . who at tempt surreptitiously to cross run the risk of being shot. Soviets N8tlll Busy. Those precautious have failed, how ever, to chick the novenient of Sovi et agents. Men whom the police would like to Interview have been seen In this city and Amsterdam, hut when the pollco set their dragnet for their quarry the men wanted have utterly vanished. Later there usually comes Information that the suspects have been found In Germany and are on their way to the Itusslan frontier. The system followed resembles tho "un derground rnllroad" by which fugi tive slaves moved through northern states to Canada In tho days before tho Civil war. Police surveillance Is attempted In Hamburg und somo other German cit ies, hut It usually comes to naught, as there are elements In Germany which nro friendly to the Soviet Russian gov ernment. It Is declared here that Germany Is "olmost as good a haven ns. Russia for Bolshevik agents." Radical agitators are frequently found In the Ruhr mining region of Ger many, near tho allied areas of occupa tion, where they seen) to move about without restraint. Headed for United States. Tho "underground railroad" Is uti lized by Soviet agents to bring Into Holland Bolshevik "missionaries" who nro to make attempts to reach America. There appears to bo a con- Oldest Portrait Found on Stamp Discovered in Pennsylvania Uni versity's Collection of Tablets From Babylonia. IT IS A LIKENESS OF 1B1-SIN Picture of the Lost King of Ur la on a Clay Stamp and Is as Clearly i Defined as the Day It Was Made. pldladelphla, Pa. What Is believed to bo the oldest portrait of a huilmti being ha? been discovered In tho Uni versity of Pennsylvania's museum col lection of clay tablets from Babylonia according to an announcement by Cu rator, Lagraln of the Babylonian sec tion. The portrait la on a clay "post ago stamp," which, also served aB a seal for a registered package, dated about 2300 B. 0. ' It Is a likeness of Ibl-SIn, the last king of Ur, known to Blhto students as Ur of the Chaldce. The package or sack bearing tho seal, Doctor Lagraln said, nppears to liavo been sent by the high priest of the Temple of Ur, In which Abraham lator worshiped, to a banker named Shulpae, and probably contnlued gold. 8hows Personal Appearance. "It Is of umnual importance to archeologlsts," he added, "because It probably gives n clew to the personul appearance of tiio Sumerlans. "Tho portrait Is on a clay stamp. It ts ns clear and dlBtlnct and tho fea DEAD WAIT SHIPMENT 1,800 Bodies of Yankee Heroes Are in French Ports. Nine Thousand Bodies Already Havo Been Brought Back All Removed From Qermany. PnrlH. Nearly 0,000 bodies of Amor lean soldiers who died or were killed In Franco during tho war have been shipped to tho United States and turned over to their nearest relatives, and 1,800 moro await shipment at French ports, it Is announced by tho United States grave registration serv ice. Tho work of removing the bod ies of fallen Americans Is expected to fco completed by next summer. Nearly CO por cent of tho hodlea of American' officers and enlisted men tourlcd In French soil will Ihj returned to tho UnltPd States, nccordlng to re cent' estimates. At frequent Intervals Medieval glamor clings more closely i the ancient German castle, Burg Kltz, than to most European relics of the feudal days, and the reports J lift published that It has been destroyed by Hie will be of Interest to thousands. Shunted near the little town of Mosetkern on the Mosel river, the Burg 151 tz towered over miles of surrounding virgin forests. It dntes back to the thir teenth century, and was said to be one of the best preserved castles In Europe. I stnnt current of these men crossing and rccrosslng the frontier. Hvery means of getting them Into Holland Is used. During recent months many l'oles have gone to America, and some of them hnve been deserters from Gen eral I'llsudskl's nrmles. It Is said regularly organized' bu reaus were established to help those men evade military duty and go for ward Into Holland, and that among them were many Bolshevik agents. Thoy had been engaged In propaganda work behind the Polish lines during tho recent Soviet drive on Warsaw, and when tho drive was crushed they lied westward and Joined . their com rades In this country. Reports have been received "hero tures as well defined as the day It was made. Tho astonishing thing Is that It shows tho god-ktng ns smooth shaven. It Is significant that the pic ture shows a lock of hair projecting In the forehend frpm beneath tho tur ban hat and another from behind. Ibl-SIn Was Different. "Before the days of Ibl-SIn we nover heard of a king giving any one a rail containing his portrait, but In this Instance the seal not only dis tinctly says the king-god gave the seal to tho high priest of the Temple of Ur, but shows a picture of the event. "Possibly the fnct that Ibl-SIn was the last of his dynasty and may have seen the end coming, wns responsible for this remarkable gift." Travels of a Wallet. Morgantown, W. Va. Twelve years ago L. K. Friend, local photographer, stnrted to the bank with a wallet con taining $100 In cash and n number of checks. The same old wallet, with checks and papers Intact, hut minus the $100 Is again In his hands, hav ing been picked up by a man who was honest. It is believed that tho finder of twelve years ago had skillfully ex-' traded the currency and thrown tho purse away. Striking at Human Liberty. Fort Wayne, Ind. Girl high school students here are prohibited from us ing rouge nnd wearing skirts more than ten Inches from the floor, wear ing square necked dresses and puffs over the ears. Tho girls object. parents nnd wives of dond soldiers como to France to remove tho re mains of their relatives, but upon see ing the cemeteries hero and learning of the extreme care taken of them have decided upon France as tho tlual resting place for the fallen. The exhumation of bodies within the war sono began on September 15, and slnco then, work has been com pleted In 17 cemeteries, v Operations at Bony, the first of the big American, cemeteries, has begun, and flS per cent of the men burled there will be sent to the United States. Nearly 2,000 men will work all win ter In order to complete tho removals by next summer, The task of ex huming the bodies of soldiers burled In Great Britain lmr been finished, 80 per rent of them being shipped to the United States. Itemova) of bodies from occupied areas In Germany und Luxembourg hns Just been completed, and all of that many BolBhevIk sympathizers who were last year deported as unde sirables from America are to be re turned to thnt country. Polish ofll clals assert n special bureau has been crented here ,to take cure of this class of "emigrants," and carry out care fully laid plans for geltlng the agita tors back Into the United States. LIED TO SAVE HIS MOTHER Boy "Perjured Himself Like a Gentle, man" to Confessing Murder of His Stepfather. , Frankfort, Ky. A parole will bo given Svillle Knuckles of Frankfort, Ky., who, when sixteen years old, "perjured himself like a gentleman," In the opinion of a Jury, In confessing to the murder and exonerating bis mother of complicity In the death of his stepfather. Young Knuckles confessed slaying his stepfather, Graven Crews, and de clared his mother had nothing to do with It. Notwithstanding his testi mony, Mrs. Crews received a life sen tence, but wns pardoned a few years later. Willie, himself, Is .now to he released from Jail. Girls Good Machinists, Says Bureau Director Washington. Training In mn chine shops where , light pnrts are made Is advocated for girls by Mary Anderson, director of women's bureau of tho United Stntos Department of Labor. "As a result of tho war," says the re port, "women hnve gained a new position in Industry not to be re linquished. The fact that wom en render ns good service In ma chine shops ns In clothing fac tories makes It a public respon sibility to offer girls training In these new occupations.". Aged Indian Never In Bed. Minneapolis, Minn. John Smith, nn aged Chlppown Indian, arrived in Min neapolis recently with his adopted son, Tom Smith, to attend tho state fair. John, who Is 13,1 years old, has become blind slnco his Inst visit to Minneapolis a year ago. Ills health Is still good, however, he malntnlns. He Is said to bo the oldest living In dian. "I don't see any more, but I still like to travel," tho old Indlnn said. With him he brought his blan ket, upon which ho sleeps, never hav ing slept In a bed. ,j them were sent to Amerlcn. Work ing forces will begin operations In Belgium next month, nnd from ceme teries In that country 1,0:11 bodies will bo removed. The work of exhuming bodies In Brest, Bordeaux and St. Larare areas lias been completed, nnd now the efforts of the Americans will be concentrated on the war r.ono. It Is not probable that the first of tho uniform headstones recently decided upon by the war memorials council will bo sot In the four permanent cem eteries until Miext autumn. Fear Causes Blindness. Wnbash. Ind. Mrs. George M. Bice of Liberty Mills Is temporarily blind ed as the result of stepping on n nail. The wound was not serious, but fenr of blood poisoning mused tho hlooii vessels. In both Mrs. Hlce's eyes to hurst, according U physlclnns. She haj jn.Ul'11 to a Fort Wayne hospital for Treatment In nn effort to restore her eyesight. Ther" an more than 1.000,000 houpes In London, AARY GRAHAM. BONNER. corrtifMT n vmiu, unvtru union . SANTA'8 TOY SHOP. "Well, my lovely toys, are you wait ing for me?" asked Santn Onus, as he entered his great toy shop after hav ing had n talk with his reindeer. The toys looked at Santa Clnus nnd nnswered him by showing him Just how much work each of them still needed. "Well, I must get to work," said Santa ; "but Ir Is all right. I had been working so hard and so fast that 1 got a little ahead, and I had time to' have a talk with my reindeer. "They get so Impatient so Im patient to be off." "Ah," continued Santa dlaus, "now here Is a dolly I must finish. What n lovely dolly you will be," he said. "Oh, won't some little girl love you' You'll Just bo hugged and hugged and hugged, little dolly. And I'll make you look as though you were smiling, nnd thnt will show the little girl that you simply love to be hugged and hugged nnd hugged. And then she will hug you some morel "And Hhe Is such n nice little girl the one you're going to thnt you'll bo so happy I You'll be fed make-believe afternoon tea out of little blue china cups nnd saucers, and you'll have oth er dolls come to yoilr parties for you will give parties I "Yes, I'll give you golden curls like the little girl hns. And you'll have blue eyes, nnd you'll be able to shut them Just ns she can shut her eyes when It Is night time, nnd when she nwakens and picks you up nnd takes you Into her bed, nnd mnkes you feel so nice and warm, you will nvvaken, too, as she kisses you good-morning, and when you, go In wlthher you'll sleep n little more, too. For you'll lie down beside her and you'll feel so happy and so cozy. . "But you, my fine airplane," Santn said to another toy, "you won't be hugged nnd you won't be loved In the same way that the dolly Is. You're going to be a present for a boy, nnd you're going to fly about the room and hnve Just the very best old time In all the world. "You're going to have a fine wel come, too. Just wait and you will hear the most wonderful sound of Joy when yon are-seen. "And the boy will ask his friends to see you, nnd you will show off nil you can do, and you'll be Just as proud as proud can be! "Ah, train of cars and good old en gine, did you think Santn hnd forgot ten to finish you? No. Indeed; I've made more trains and engines and coal carts than everl So many boys have "fthat a Lovely Dolly." asked for them this year In addition to those boys who've asked for air planes nnd more modern toys. "And I've made tracks and stations for somo of you, and you are going to have the best of fun. On Chrlstmns afternoon you will hnve many vis itors, or rather your little master will, and there will be a Christmas -tea pnrty for some of the grown-ups, for you will have had your pafty when you nrrlved In the morning, nnd nt dinner time, your young friends will hnvo their great celebration. "But when the ten party people como, many of the fathers of your nnster's fr ends will play with you. They'll pretend they're playing with your mnster nnd taking an Interest Ip his toys. "But old Santa Clans knows thnt they like to play with a good train of cars once In a while themselves. "Ah, yes, bid Santa knows I He chuckles to himself when ho Is look ing through his great telescope and he sees the dnddlcs playing with tho trnlns of cars, and Just as they did not so many years ago, either 1 "And he sees them ns they play with you, and he sees though others hnve forgotten, and yon never knew your master's daddy and your master's friends' daddies when you were young the same boyhood expression of hap piness they used to have. "Yes, old Santn sees them as boys again, though to you they mny seem so big I "And as they Vet down on the floor Snntn says to himself: '"They're nothlng'but great big lit tle boy, even If they 'are daddies! jVnd the mothers nro nothing but great big Uttlo girls, even If thoy are moth ers. Santn Clnus kuowsl Thore. my fine trnlo of cars, you're ready, too. We're getting on fast we'ro getting on fast." In the Hospital. "The docjor says' I have a benignant tumor. What Is the matter with you?" "I have n kind-hearted carbuncle." MmMNMIMNNMSSMMNMMMH ONE of the many lovely dance frocks miude of taffeta silk Is pic tured here, and If ever there wns u' more alluring Invitation to the dance than it succeeds In expressing, we will have to look to music to make it. For party dresses, for dancing, nothing seems to hnve quite the charm of taffeta silk, and it mny be rightly de scribed as a Joyous fabric in its light colors. In black and dark colors It makes afternoon and dinner frock's un pretentious, but surpassingly charm ing. Tho youthful and pretty model shown in the picture employs apricot colored taffetn with a frivolous short overdress of chiffon in the same color. This is made of overlapping flounces having scalloped edges bound with bins folds of the taffeta. The underskirt is moderately wide and ankle length, the slmp'le bodice drnpeil In n "VH shaped neck opening at the back and front, and filled in with a chemisette of flno lace. The sleeves are merely two flounces of the scalloped chifti.n. Between-Seasons Blouses IN TH13 race for preference, georg etto crepe hns maintained the lead ns a favorite material for blouses, but fine batiste ts gaining and may at least catch up with it. When the mat ter of new blouses comes up for con sideration and turns one's thoughts to ward spring, It will be wise to con sider both these roaterlnls for new Im portations reveal the batiste blouse with tine lace and tucks furnishing its embellishment, represented In many dainty nnd beautiful models. An un ending variety of blouses, starting with strictly tailored styles and ending with handsome befrllled designs, all rival ing georgette in daintiness, promise to blossom out with the springtime. They will soon Iks on display in the shops, nnd clever needlewomen will busy themselves copying them. In the meantime georgette, em broidered in silk or beads, fills In the interim between seasons, In Buch sat isfactory models as those shown in tho picture. At the left of tho two shown a slip-over model has a round neck bordered with a design worked out In French knots or slmulnted French knots In several colors. In the em broidery, ns In the georgette, the choice of colors is governed by Indi vidual taste, making opportunity for Many pretty rivals of this dress brighten the display room of the shop that presents it. There is one In pink taffeta having a plain "baby" waist with straps of taffeta over the shoul ders and a full round skirt. About the bottom of the bodice there Is n narrow frill formed by gathering tho skirt to the bodice. In this way, nnd nestling In this frill, across the front, there are small, half-blown garden roses set in n row. Over them and over the bodice there Is n veiling of mnllnes scantily draped. It Is hardly notice ohle, but adds n beautiful touch like n rosy mist over silk and flowers. It Is like the taffeta in color. Imagine, In the company of these two frocjks, n third of apple green taffeta, with a low bodice and full skirt gathered on a srrinll wire at the hips to make It stand out from the figure. It has a pretty fichu of malines' to match, and there are motifs made of light green glass beads scattered about on the skirt. much variety nnd unusual becomlng ness. A fulpeplum Is gathered on at the waist line In this blouse with em broidered motifs nt the comers made by tho slashes. One sleeve Is nlso dec orated In this manner. A narrow belt of velvet ribbon repents the dominant color In the embroidery. Another slip-over model, nt the right, is made of georgette in a dnrk color. It also boasts u peplum, short and split nt the sides and using the same ornamentation ns the body of the blouse In bands thnt extend from boulder to hem. Both silk nnd bends are used In the making of these bands. Three-quarter length sleeves are lengthened by means of n ruflle set on with a sntln piping which extends the sleeve nearly to the wrist. Blouses of this character do service for tailored and other costumes. comiOHT rr vmnx Htwux umch Sleeves Flare at Wrist. Slpeves In partl-color, heavily em broidered and flaring at the wrist, are shown.