TUB NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE,
GERMANY WILL
FIGHT PAYMENTS
Decision of Alii d Council on
Reparations Will bo strong
ly Protested by Nat on.
BATTLE ON SUGAR CONTINUES
Opposition Claims Measure Means
High Priced Sugar and Will Coat
American Consumers
Millions.
Paris Germany will light Multilist,
the allies' reparation tliin, formally
wloptod by tlio supremo council. Chief
Bergtuim if the German reparations
delegation says IiIh government would
contest the nlllos' proposals because
tlio exports lux would cripple (ionium
Industry mid prevent Germany from
earning enough to pay the niiniiltles.
"I cannot wiy I am pleaded with
the reparations plan," Herr Bergman
mild, "lint I cannot dispute the mut
ter now. "I first must refer the plan
4o the government at Berlin and let
"Wllhelinstnisso decide on what action
to follow and Instruct me. what to do."
(Icrmany will ho Invited to attend
ihc conference In London, February
IIS, to give Its concent to the allies'
plan and sign tlu protocol covering It.
Will Compel Reapportionment.
Washington, I). ('.The provision in
the reapportionment hill as It passed
the house for a congressional ratio
of one to 2-11,285 population, and
vhlch, If It passes the senate and Ik
fdgned liy the president, will reduce
the representation of Nebraska In the
house from six to live, will compel n
reapportionment of the Ncbraskn dis
trict. Nebraska, however, Is so much
larger than live times the congress
ional ratio, that If exactly divided,
each Nebraska district will contain u
tittle more than 250,000 population.
BATTLE ON SUGAR CONTINUES.
Those Opposed to It Say It Means 1G
to 20 Cent Sugar.
Washington. The "battle of sugar"
continues In the senate. The light on
the measure .centers on Its provisions
putting ii tariff on stlgnrs, The provi
sions, senators opposing them say, will
mean 1(1 to 20 cent sugar to the Ameri
can consumer. The proponents of tho
hill Insist that this Is absurd and
promise tho price won't go above 11 or
12 cents and then only for a short
time. They concede that In a year the
proposed tarllT would cost tlio Ameri
can public $1K),000,000. Foes of the
Mil say it would he nearer half a bil
lion dollars. The sugar turirf, which
Is to apply only until raw sugar goes
to 8 cents a pound and refined to 10
cents wholesale was put In the hill by
the Hciia le tluance committee wild say
Louisiana sugar planters lost heavily
and that the tariff Is Intended to let
Iheiu recou)i their losses.
Capture Many Illicit Stills.
Louisville, Ky. A total of 11.I01 il
licit stills were captured and fi,!J28 ar
rests were made during the year 1020
In tin.' southern prohibition district
which comprises the states of Virginia,
North Carolina, .South Carolina, Ken
tucky and Tennessee, according to
llgurcs unide public by S. It. Grume,-supervising-agent
of the district. Of
the arrests Kentucky bail 1,182. Prose
cutions, the report said, resulted In
lines aggregating $288,58.", and Im
prisonments totalling 2,:i7S months.
Revising Japaneso Treaty.
London. The desire of both flreat
Britain and .lapau to bring the Anglo
Japanese agreement of alliance of 1011
Into full harmony with the league of
nations covenant Is now a matter of
public record as a result of the state
ments of Viscount Uchlda, Japanese
foreign minister, before tho diet. Of-
clal circles hero expressed pleasure
that lie outlined an alliance policy
which they said corresponded with
Great Britain's.
Says Smuggling On Increase.
New York. Smuggling goods Into
tlio United States is1 being carried on
to n greater extent than over before,
declared a statement from the col
lector of customs for the port of New
York, by R, U. Newton. Customs of
fleluls seized $1,000,000 worth of com
modities last year, much of which was
found to be smuggled, he said.
See Improved Business Conditions.
St. houls, Mo, Optimism In busi
ness In the eighth federal reserve dis
trict Is more evident, according to tho
monthly report of business, conditions
In the district Just Issued.
"A good part of the war Inflation has
been absorbed by the level ot prices,"
the report states, adding that with the
exception of tobacco growers, agri
culturists are becoming accustomed to
chaiiged price conditions and gradually
uro abandoning their announced plan
of withholding their products from tho
market. ,
Russian Troops Mutiny.
London. Soviet Russian troops at
Opjtoshka, near the Lettish frontier,
have mutinied and killed several com
missaries, says a dispatch front Copen
hagen quoting udvlces from Riga. The
uprising s Hiild to have been quulled
by force, but similar disturbances nro
declared to lutve been reported from
other districts. They lire snld to hiivo
hci-n dim to the fact that the soldiers
are bnntrry iiutl III clad. Enforced ro
om-1 ttpoii villages In that ills-
i ii--'. ' i iorted, have caused riot-
Jus. " 'vtijant..
GOVERNMENT GETS BACK TAXES
Council Proposes Sliding Scale
on Annual Payments by
Germany.
Monthly Payments of Millions Detng
Made by Delinquents and
More Will Probably
be Received.
Washington. More than $407,000,
000 In buck taxes was collected by the
government during 1020, internal rcv
enu ollclals say, adding the prediction
that an even larger sum probably
would bo recovered tills year.
Commissioner Williams said that
back taxes were being collected at tho
rate of 15,000,000 a month ns u re
sult of audits of 1017 and 1018 Income
and proiit tax returns.
Audit of tlio 1017 returns. will prob
ably be completed by March 1, he said,
and work on the 1018 returns Is al
ready under way.
Hack taxes collected by the govern
ment, olllclals explained, include penal
ties for delinquencies and evasions as
well as addltlnusal amounts In taxes
discovered due.
Near Agreements On Reparations.
Paris Tho session of the cointulttco
of experts of the allied supreme coun
cil has ended, after having reached a
complete agreement on the system of
annual payments of reparations by
('arinany and annuities on Germany's
foreign trade.
It now remains only for the plennry
sitting of the supreme council to In
dorse the agreement, draw up the In
structions for tlio Brussels experts and
tlx penalties for defaults by Oennany.
Premier Brlnnd declared that the
conference of the, supreme council
would not break up without having
reached a dellnlte decision.
The proposed scheme provides for
the payment of annuities on a sliding
scale of from 2,000,000,000 to 0,000,000,
000 gold murks over u period of
probably forty-two years, and also a
V-Vj per cent ad valorem tax on Ger
man exports, so thrit her creditors will
be paid according to Germany's In
creasing prosperity.
For Relief of Unemployed.
Washington. Appropriations of
$100,000,000 flir public roads during
the next fiscal year la proposed in u
hill reported by the house roads com
mittee. Arrangements were made to
call tip the measure February 7 under
suspension of rules and endeavor to
put It through as a means of relieving
unemployment.
Make Appropriation for Free Seeds.
Washington. The house has voted
to appropriate $:MS0,000 for free dis
tribution of seeds by members of con.
gross. This Is $120,000 more than was
appropriated for tho current fiscal
year. The vote was 751 to 12. This is
the first time In history that tho mi
nimi agricultural bill provided no
funds for seed distribution.'
Padercwskl's Visit Not Political.
New York. Jan Paderowskl- will
sail for (he United States from Havre,
France, February (1, according to let
ters and cables received by W. O.
Gorskl, ids step-son. The "father of
the Polish republic" and pianist said
In his communication to his step-sou
that ithe visit will not bo n political
one.
Jury Clears Doctor Kent.
Oinalia. "Doc" H. S. Kent, 01, "poet
and philosopher," charged with at
tempting to murder "Jlninile" and
'ltettlo" Wells, day-old twins, by
ithrowlng them Into an abandoned well
here .July 2-1, 1020, was found not
guilty by a Jury in Judge A. U. Troup's
court. The Jury was out two and one-
half hours. It was the second trial of
the case.
Better Terms to Cattlemen.
Washington. Modification of rules
covering, fee payments for cattle graz
ing on public lands is announced by
Hie department of agriculture as n re
lief measure for cattlemen due to de
pressed conditions In the Industry.
Nebraskan Heads Farm Bureau.
Chicago, 111, C. II. Gustafson, presi
dent of the Farmers Union of Nebras
ka and head of the Fanners' Union
livestock commission at Omaha, lias
been appointed head of the new de
partment of co-operntlvo marketing of
the American Farm Bureau Federa
tlon,h It Is nnnounced.
Finish Count of Country's Cash.
Wiishlngton.Complotlon of the first
count since 11)1!1 of cash and securities
In tho treasury bus revealed tluitUnclo
Sum's vaults hold $i:t.8S:l810,82ll, of
which .fp-.-HO.USa Is cash. More than
$10,000,000,000 ot the bonds and other
securities held In trust which totaled
$12,1108,8 lll.O III. Acting Treasurer Allen
announced, consist of evidences of the
Indebtedness of the allied nations. The
last count of the treasury's cash and
securities In 10111 showed $1,-120,422,-
uni, or. which S11HV.SU ,011 was cash.
Farm Wage Highest In 1920.
Wnshlngton. Wnge rates for farm
lubor reached their highest point In
the history of this country In 1020, ns
national averages, according to figures
gathered by the department of agrlcul-
uiro aim inane punuc. 'rno average
wage rate for labor by the month, It
was shown, was $10.81) with board,
and 501.0.1 without board; for day la
bor at harvest, $:l.00 with board and
$l.:t(l without hoard. For day labor
other than ut harvest, the scale aver-
agfd $2.80 with board, mid $;i.fi with
out board.
NATIONAL "CORN MEAL WLEK,"
Retailers Body Endorses
Plan
Duy
to
Have Every Family
a Small Quantity
of Grain.
Omaha, Neb. National Corn Meal
Week, a plan whereby fanners of Ne-(
hrnskit and other corn states may tlml
a market for their surplus stores or
corn, was proposed at a session of the
Federation of Nebraska Itetallers by
F. S. Penny, n young merchants of
.Fullertnn, Neb.
"When the Now York tnllor Is laid
off, he doesn't stop to think tlio rea
son he lost his Job was because Ne
braska farmers and tholr sons wen!
unable to buy new suits on account of
tile scarcity of money. And he doesn't
stop to think that the scarcity of
money Is due to low price received for
corn," Mr. Penny said.
"If some plan could be devised
whereby every family In the United
States could be Induced to buy two
pounds of corn meal during one week
In Mnrch, It would crente a market
for the present surplus corn crop now
lying idle In the farmers' bins and
furnish the farmer a market and an
opportunity to dispose of his corn,
stirlng him against a total loss."
lii-
Rallroads Ask for Abrogation.
Chicago, III. Denouncing the na
tional agreements between the rail
roads and their employes as restrict
ive, productive of lrtelllclency and, re
lating to piece work, obtained by pro
paganda and undue Influence, the rail
roads made formal request before the
rallrond labor board for abrogation of
the existing agreements.
K. T. Whiter, chairman of tlio rall
rond committee, before tho board de
clared the public "pays In freight and
passenger rates all tho expenses In
curred by the railwnys" due to such
lnefllclency.
General wage reductions on tho
larger railroads will be considered by
tho labor committee ot the Anierlcun
Association of Railroad Executives In
an effort to solve what railroad of
ficials say Is a precarious transporta
tion situation. Tho meeting will make
dellnlto recommendations to the asso
ciation with a view to bringing the
.matter Leforo the railroad labor board.
Sleet Causes Much Damage.
Lincoln, Neb. Damnge to telephone
and telegraph wires throughout Ise
braska amounted to approximately
$200,000, caused by the sleet which
prevailed during the recent s,tonn. The
transcontinental telephono lines were
broke in nine places In Nebraska.
Grand Island, North Platte, Broken
How and St. Paul were Isolated for a
while from telephone service. Tho
storm first struck between .Tulesburg
and Nortli Platte. More than Jt.OOO
telephone poles were reported down.
Telephone service throughout the
state was Interrupted. Though tho
storm was not accompanied by high
winds, tho steady sleet spread ruin
along the wires.
Unearth Plot of Extermination.
Florence, Ala. A plot to extermi
nate the forco of prohibition enforce
ment otllcers operating In northern
Alabama has been unearthed, accord
ing to State Supervisor N. L. Pierce.
Discovery of the plot, he said, follow
ed the arrest of 11 perosns In connec
tion with tho killing of Don Stephen
son, a member of a prohibition sqund,
and the wounding at the same time of
two other otllcers.
Coal Direct to Consumer.
Washington. Taxes on conl dealers,
as provided in the Calder coal regula
tion bill, bus purposely been set high
to "drive the coal straight from tho
mine to the consumer," Senator Cold
er, New York, told the senate commit
tee considering his measure. It Is tho
Intention of tho bill to "tax out of ex
istence" many unnecessary middlemen,
he said, adding that It would bo sliown
where "conl moving on the rails has
been sold three or four times."
To Reduce Immorality.
London. Ilungnrian nowspnrfers
state that In certain villages In
Hungary an order has been published
according to which all men over tho
ngo of 18 who are able to mnlntaln n
family must marry within two months.
The objects of the order nre to reduce
Immorality and to Increase the birth
rate.'
Providence. R. I. Hundreds of
textile mill operatives will this week
earn the ttrst run wccks pay since
onrlv Inst spring, when the mills all
over New Knglaud fell victims of the
general business depression.
Reward for Slayer of Barstow.
Lincoln, Neb. Reward for the ar
rest and conviction of the murderer of
Adrlnn F. Barstow, prominent young
Lincoln business man, who was shot
to death In tho front yard of his home
hero late Saturday night, now totals
$000. The state, through Governor Me
Kelvle, authorized a reward of $'200;
Lancaster county put up $100 for In
formation lendtng to the apprehension
of tho slnyer and the Barstow family
added $;H to tlio- num. rouco nro
without any clews In the case.
Europe's Debt to United States.
Washington. Europe's debt to the
United States will bo Increased to
$20,000,000,000 by 102-1, according to
George F. Wurren, professor of eco
nomics at Cornell university, ad
dressing the houso ways and means
commit too. This sum. he said, will In-
elude the $0,000,00,000 wartime bor.
rowing from tho American treasury.
Mr. Wurren estimated that European
business now owed American tlrnu
neativ $1,000,000,000. and he said tlml
Europe must send her products to this
country Irrespective of Import duties.
Legislative news !
Tim first two bills passed by the
1021 legislature went through the
senate on third reading without a dis
senting vote and now await the gov
ernor's signature. They are: II. It.
No. 70, by tho finance committee
Carries an appropriation for $01,700
for expenses of the legislature session.
II. It. No. 77, by tlio tlnance committee
Carries au appropriation of $110,000
for legislative salaries.
Representative GlfTord of Pawnee
has Introduced n bill In the lower
house In which lie seeks to make It
unlawful to show any moving pictures
that portray the crimes of murder,
rape, shooting, stabbing, felonious as
sault, robbery, blackmail, arson, burg
lary, larceny, gambling or Indecent
exposure.
Speaker' Walter Anderson of the
house of representatives Intends to In
troduce no hlll. of his own during the
legislative session unless there should
hnppen to be some matter needing at
tention which the other ninety-nine
members overlook.
A bill which makes It a felony to
advertise any article for sale untruth
fully or for a public utility corporation
to advertise for the purpose of obtain
ing an Increase in rates lias been in
troduced Into the lower house.
A bill introduced by Senator Mr
Gnwan at the request of tho state lire
marshal, requires anniinl licenses for
dry cleaning establishments, and re
stricts them to One story brick or con
crete buildings.
A bill Introduced by Senator Epper
son, of. Clay county, would tako from
the state department of public works
authority to Issue permits for putting
advertising signs along statu high
ways. The bill providing for n life sentence
for criminal nssaiilt whh placed on
general file wth a recommendation by
the committee on Judiciary that its
consideration lie Indefinitely post
poned.
Petitions from all parts of the stnte
Inspired by women Interested in tlio
children's code commission program,
especially -the state censorship board
feu t tire, nre flooding representatives.
N. T. Harmon, deputy warden of
the penitentiary for over nine years,
has resigned to become chief state
probation ofilcer, the executive di
rector of the new state board of
pardons.
The senate committee on agriculture
has put Its sanction on an administra
tion bill providing for Issuance of
warehouse receipts by farmers against
grain stored In warehouses.
A step to put women on tho same
footing as the men was taken when
Representative Mosely introduced n
bill nbollshing separate ballot boxes
for tho two sexes.
A bill by Representative Foster of
Douglas and .others provides that the
acting governor shall draw the salary
of the governor for the time during
which ho acts.
The stnte department of trade and
commerce would be made responsible
for all bonds of stnte county and
municipal otllcers by a bill introduced
by Representative Yelser of Douglas.
All the statutory tils of Nebraska
must be prescribed for during tlio
present week, as Friday will be the
last day for Introduction of bills at
the fortieth session of the legislature.
By n vote of 7 to 20, the Nebraska
state senate went on record against
the abolition of capital punishment.
A municipal Hying field for Oninhn
Is uuthorized in u bill Introduced by
tho Douglas county delegation.
The Nebraska Realty Dealers' asso
ciation has approved a bill to lie pre
sented to the legislature creating a
real estate department.
Representative Epperson of Clay
has Introduced a measure proposing
repeal of the Fourth of July pardon
net.
Representative Armstrong would
mako bank bandits subject to a pun
ishment or seven to twenty years.
Examination and licensing of nuto-
niobilo mechanics ns a means of in
suring proficiency In their trade is u
bill sponsored by Representative Snow
to cuarantee patrons getting their
money's worth when they patronize a
repair shop.
Representative Reed, youngest mem
ber of the session, bus bad a resolu
tion passed providing that mimeo
graphed lists of the registered lobby
ists bo made and furnished to the
members as well ns copies of the laws
relating to lobbyists.
Prompt nctlon wns taken by the
houso banking committee on II. R. 63
to strengthen the present banking laws
of the state. This bill Increases tho
minimum stock requirement to $25,000,
mnkes It a felony for batik otllclnls to
misuse the hank's funds or defraud It
In any way.
lllruin Chase of Mncy, an Indian
and a graduate of Harvard, talked for
10 minutes before the lower house and
urired the full recognition of the
Anierlcun Indian In suffrage und prop
erty rights.
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they huven't any.
Children's handkerchiefs often look
hopeless when they come to Jhe laun
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A girl sees nothing wrong In. kissing
the right man.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
roach tho diseased portion ot tho ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires constitu
tional treatment. HALL'S CATAItltH
MEDICINE Is a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness Is ccimed by an In-
llamed condition of tho mucous lining of
ibo Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
lnllamed you have a rumbling sound or
Imperfect hearing, and when It Is entire-
closed, Deafness Is the result. Unless
le Intlamtnatlon can be reduced, vour
hearing may be destroyed forever.
HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through tho blood on the mucous sur
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Rulers Whose Ends Were Tragic.
For high tragedy nothing can ap
proach the manner In which the Rom
an emperors quitted earth's stage, Jul
ius Cneser was assassinated on the
ides of March, Tiberius was suffo
cated, Claudius was poisoned by his
wife, and Commodus by his fuvorlto
mistress. Gnlba was slain by tho
Praetorian gunrd;Cnllguln, ufter hav
ing declnred himself to bo n god. was
murdered; while Nero committed sui
cide to save himself from the bunds
of the executioners.
He and Edison.
Paullo was ten years old. lie had
written n paper that was so good that
his teacher called up his mother to
tell her about it.
Paulie's mother called him In to her
and snld: "What did you write that
your teacher liked so much?"
"Oh, I Just told about Edison. Whnt
he'd done with electricity and what
I'd done with It," unswered Paullo
modestly.
Collectors.
"Did you secure a new cook?"
"No," replied Mr. Crosslots. "One
consented to call and look the plnce
over, but she remained only half un
hour or so."
'She never looked nt the kitchen.
She went straight to tho phonograph.
After playing all the records left us
by the previous cook, she remarked
that she didn't believe we bud any
thing she enred to add to her prlvato
collection and departed."
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Girfield Tea, taken regularly, will cor
rect both liver and kidney disorder. Adv.'
Many a bluff refuses to come when
It Is called.
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There is only one medicine that really
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curable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
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Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
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upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be
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realized in most cases. It is a gentle,
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Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores ir bottles of two sizes, medi
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However, if you wish first to test this'
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Urgently Needed.
Mrs. George Gould, at .a New York
reception, was praising to a friend
tho toilet of a beautiful young woman
nearby.
"Mrs. Blank certainly looks stun
ning tonight," snld Mrs. Gould.
"Mrs. Blank? She Isn't Mrs. Blank
now," her friend unswered. "Don't
you remember she divorced Blank
in June and she Is now Mrs.
Brown?"
"Oh, dear, yes," Mrs. Gould replied.
"I forgot. But I'd like to know how
anyone enn keep In mind all the matri
monial changes nowadays. Why doesn't
somebody get out a new reference
book to help us," she udded, smiling
"one entitled 'Who's Whose?'"
Delicate Discretion.
"You did not use the form 'Merry
Xmus this year."
"I avoided the' 'X.' There Is a'thne
for everything, and I thought it would
lie us well not to do anything which
might get article X mixed Into the
holiduy picture."
Unkind.
Gerald "I have a bone to pick with
you." Gernldlne "Is that why you
are scratching your bend?"
We nil squander money on schemes
that won't work.