THE NORTII PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
PLANS READY FOR
PEACE MEASUR
Congress Will Hasten Action
With Brief Debate-Houso
Wiii Cooperate.
FARM LABOR JTLOOK EASIER
Oondltlon Has Been Brought About by
Continued Unemployment In
Industrial Centers.
Washington, D. a Piling of repub.
llcun congressional leaders for effect
ing peaco by congressional resolution
were completed at an Informal confer
ence. The Knox resolution to that end will
be reported to the senute by tho for
eign relations committee as revised, In
technical and legal details, by Senator
ninox of Pennsylvania. Debate In the
senate then will begin and will, It la
believed, bo comparatively short
There Is a possibility of a slight hitch,
uccordlng to democratic senators, in
delay by the foreign relations com
mittee. Farm Labor More Plentiful.
Chicago. Transfusion of labor to
tho farm has been brought about by
the unemployment In tho industrial
centers. For every 100 Jobs offered by
farmers in the United States for
stendy evperlenced help there are now
about 109 seekers. Last year the shoo
was on" tho other foot for every 100
Jobs available there were only 09 men
In the market.
The agricultural labor situation is
easier than it lias been in the last
three years; last season's shortage
bus been supplanted by a labor
abundance. The figures are those of
government bureaus. ,
Wages have been deflated. Where
the former paid $f0 to $80 a month
last year for hired men, everything,
food, shelter, laundry "found," tho
rates offered now range from $35 to
$50 a month. The figures are those of
employment agencies.
Revokes Postal Retirement Order.
Washington, D. C Revocation of
the postolllce order fixing retirement
age of employes at sixty-two years for
women and sixty-five for men, is an
nounced by Postmaster General Hays.
Postal employes eligible for retirement
under the act but who desire to re
main In service will hereafter fill out
questionnaires and each case will be
passed on by the postmaster general's
office.
Will Carry Water Arrearage.
Washington, D. C. Secretary Fall
of the Interior department has given
his unqualified endorsement to Judge
Kinkuld's Joint resolution authorizing
the secretary of the Interior to furnish
water to applicants and entry men in
arrears, for more than one calendar
year, for payment or maintenance
charges, notwithstanding the provis
ions in section G of the act of 1014.
Boy Scouts to Aid In Forestry Work.
New York. The aid of 500,000 boy
scouts during forest protection week,
proclaimed by President Harding for
May 22 to 28, has been pledged gover
nors and foresters of each state, it
was announced nt the headquarters of
the Boy Scouts of America. Every
scout will be urged to plant a tret- dur
ing the week, to guard against forest
fires and fight them when they occur.
$106,000 Bull Dies of Pneurrionla.
Seattle, Wash. King Sylvia, Hol
eteln bull valued at $100,000, owned by
the Carnation stock farms here, is
deud of pheumonia.
Custers Last White Scout Is Dead.
Mundan, N. D. James Flanagan, 84
years old, said to be the last surviving
white scout of Custer's Seventh caval
ry, Is dead here.
For Absolute Japanese Exclusion.
Washington. Absolute exclusion for
the future of all Japanese immigration
with permission allowed for only tem
porary residence for tourists, students,
commercial men, artists and teachers,
was proposed before the house immi
gration committee by V. S. McClatchy
of Sacramento, Calif., as the funda
mental basis for permanent immigra
tion legislation. Mr. McClatchy pre
sented a declaration of principles
Must Make Proposals Clear.
Washington, D. C Any reparations
proposals the German government may
submit to the United States for trans
mission to the allies must be of a char
acter those governments will be will
ing to consider and therefore, before
being formally presented to the power
as a whole, their general nature will
probably bo made clear to tho govern
ments separately. Pending a repara
tions offer which it was expected
might bo received as a result of tlfe
J German cabinet council meeting, offic
ial comment was withheld. .
Mexico Preparing for May Day.
Mexico City. Elaborate preparation
for May day celebrations throughout
Mexico are being made by radical ele
ments, and In some quarters there Is
apprehension that the observance of
the day may lead to disorders. Gov
ernment authorities have been amply
Informed as to the plans being formu
lated, however, and while inclined to
look on the demonstrations as mere
outlets for radical enthusiasm, they
are prep. red to meet any emergency.
WORK OF LEGISLATURE
The foreign language bill, over
which n bitter fight was fought for
weeks in the legislature is now n law,
Governor McKelvlo having signed It
Friday along with a number of other
bills. The new statute is a rewriting
of the Slmnn law, the storm center of
tho last session. Its outstanding fea
tures are that a foreign language can
not be taught outside the homo to
children of grade age except for re
ligious Instruction and that only on
tho day observed as the Sabbath and
that no person can be forbidden to
speak English in any meeting.
The senate has Indefinitely post
poned II. It. 403, a bill amending tho
present law against nepotism. Origin
ally the bill exempted legislators and
legislative appointments from .Its pro
visions, but it was explained that this
had been changed in tho house and
that It was drawn nt tho request of
Secretary Johnson of tho department
of public works to prevent county
boards from appointing their near re
latives as employes or inspectors on
highway work. '
Power of tho state tax commission
er, under authority of tho state board
of equalization, to appoint special as
sessors, or tnx ferrets, to go Into any
county or local community of Nebras
ka and reassess property, was retain
ed as a feature of the administration
revenue bill, S. F. 05, when the ques
tion came to an issue in the lower
branch of the legislature.
Delay in adjournment of the state
legislature has forced Lieut. Governor
Barrows, presiding officer of the sen
ate, to cancel one itinerary and set of
speaking dates to the Pacific coust,
and to chose the southern route to be
present at the division encampment
of the California Sons of Veterans in
his capacity as nutlonal commander-in-chief.
The anniversary of the death of
Abraham Lincoln was the occasion of
a legislative Joint session In the sen
ate chamber Friday afternoon. In
compliance with a resolution adopted
by the senate an hour was devoted to
the memory of the martyr president
of the United States.
Ypu can still get married without
letting tho whole wide world know It
ten days in advance. The bill requir
ing notice which was introduced into
the senate early in tho session by the
child welfare people was allowed to'
die in the sifting committee of the
house.
A. E. Sheldon, director of the legislative-
reference bureau, has an
nounced his resignation, effective Sep
tember lv Mr. Sheldon Is also secre
tary of the Nebraska State Historical
society and has been a member of the
faculty of tho University of Nebraska.
Chief Clerk Frank P. Corrlck was
allowed $1,200, by uanhnous vpto of
the Nebraska house for work to be
done by lim and his assistants in pre
paring, proofreading and Indexing tho
permanent house Journal to be printed
after the legislative session Is over.
Senate File 05, with a tax on in
tangibles reincorporated and with the
reassessment power still in tho hands
of state authorities, was recommend
ed for passage in the lower house of
the legislature by n vote of 59 to 27,
Practically all the bills introduced
at the present session of the legisla
ture relating directly to farmers were
passed, according to a summary of
such bills prepared by the Nebraska
Farm Bureau federation.
The house adopted senate amend
ments to the $800,000 appropriation
bill for a new reformatory which cut
out the provision which forced the
building of the reformatory In or near
Lincoln.
Carrying the same Increases as pro
vided for in the committee report, the
big appropriation bill, carrying a total
of over $22,000,000, was approved In
tho upper branch of the legislature.
House Roll No. 8, the bill penalizing
tho holding Of perlsliable foodstuffs
to manipulate prices has been signed
by Governor McKclvIe.
The lower house refused, to advance
an administration bill which would
make the department of trade and
commerce receivers for failed banks.
Governor McKelvlo has signed Sen
nte File 185, the amended prohibitory
law. This is redrafted from the 1915
prohibitory law to conform to the
situation created by national prohibi
tion, It enlarges the authority of
state officials, giving them the right to
make seizures of stills and confisca
tions of liquors.
Another Income tax proposal may
be made on the floor hy Representa
tive Mellor, who has drafted an
amendment along that line, modeled
after the federal Income tax laws.
No raise of pay for Nebraska
sheriffs is to bo provided at this ses
slon of the legislature, although they
have been given n nice increase In
mileage allowance and rates for board
Ing prisoners.
Chairman Halderman of the senate
committee on fees nnd salaries report
ed II. R. 403 for the general file with
an amendment increasing the salary
of the state board of control from
$3,500, as fixed by the house, to $5,000
as provided when the bill was Intro
duced.
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
OF INTEREST TO ALL READERS
Business men of Wohlhuck have or
ganized a community center.
An American Legion baseball team
has been organized at Crawford.
A company lias been formed nnd
will shortly begin drilling for oil at
btumford.
Fairmont is making preparations to
celebrate Independence day on an
claborato scale.
Mrs. Ida Lyons, of Madison dropped
dead while handing a drink of water
to her little son.
Paving contracts amounting to over
$400,000 will bo completed tilts sum
mer nt Fullerton.
General John Pershing will deliver
the commencement day address at the
state university, Juno 0.
A chapter of the Eastern Star has
been orgunlzed at Chester with a cbtir-
ter membership of fifteen.
Tho state college of agriculture is
planning a short course for Junior
furniera May 30 to June 4.
The hich school huildlni; nt Snnerlor
was destroyed by fire last week, en
tailing n loss around $30,000.
Will S. Juy,,u well known .Nebraska
newspaper mnn, died at the home of
his son in Kansus City last week.
The Ixmp Vulley Editorial Associa
tion will hold its next session ut
Grand Island, Saturday, April 30.
Truck lines handling freight and ex
press have been established between
Wahoo, Omaha, Lincoln and Fremont.
Tho Woman's club of Hebron gave u
homo talent play April 25, for tho
benefit of tho soldier's monument
fund.
Bishop Stunz of Omaha will deliver
the baccalnurcate sermon at the Strfte
University commencement exercises
June 5. '
J. J. Conoughy, for thirty-five years
U. P. station agent nt Hastings, Is
dend, after an Illness of n couple 'of
weeks.
Bonds for bridges for $250,000 and
building on poor farm, $30,000, failed
to carry In Dawes county at a special
election.
The commencement exercises of the
Beaver City High school will be held
May 20. The class has twenty-four
member's.
Alton Tennnnt, of Crab Orchard,
was seriously burned when he attempt
ed to hasten a rather backward fire
with kerosene.
Mrs. J. T. AIcGUl of Center suffered
serious Injuries when tho horse which
she vus driving became frightened
and upset tho buggy.
W. F. Parker of Woodlake has been
appointed receiver of tho ' Brown
county stnte bank at Long Pine, which
closed its doors recently.
Hogs are 0 cents per pound on the
Calloway market and wheat Is 00
cents which is the lowest price on
these things In five years.
Collections made by the European
relief committee in Platto county for
the aid of tho sufferiug children in
central Europe, totalled $2,750.93.
The Blair city schools wl)l graduate
a class of forty-one members on May
27. Tho class play, to be given on
May 27 will he "Green Stockings."
Sheriff Gallagher of Greeley Center
and a special officer of the state pro
hibition department took three stills
in tho vicinity of Wolbach last week.
Ansley's new amusement park, when
completed, will bo one of the finest in
the stnte. Over 1,500 trees are being
planted nnd a grand stand being built.
Ill health caused "Strop" Richards
of Kearney to end his life by asphyxia
tion. He had never fully recovered
from an attack of ""fin" several mouths
ago.
"Uncle" Peter Starr, of Dunning,
the oldest man In Nebraska, celebrated
his 103rd birthday Inst week. At this
advanced age "Uncle" Peter says ho
has Just begun to live and hopes to
have a number of other anniversary
celebrations placed to his credit on
the scrolls of time.
Constitutionality of the 19,17 law,
under which the county seat fight in
Franklin county wob launched, Is at
tacked in an appeal to the Nebraska
supreme court from tho action of tho
voters, who by 300 more than n three
fifths majority on October 20, 1020,
approved tho removal of tho county
seat from Bloomlngton to the town of
Franklin.
The Union Evangelical church of
Seward Is holding n two weeks'
special series of meetings In charge of
Dr. John Garretson.
Mrs. George L. Sheldon, wife of for
mer Governor Sheldori, is n candidate
for postmistress of Jackson, Miss.,
where tho family has resided since
moving from Nehnwka.
Mrs. John Thomas, of Indlnnoln,
was granted a license to prench ntthe
noldrego district conference of tho
Nebraska Methodist church, In Its ses
sion at McCook. She Is the first woman
in Nebraska to have received this
privilege from the Methodist church.
J. Frank Bnn, active In mercantile
business in IJncoln and throughout
the state for many years, died ut his
home In Lincoln last week.
Vandals, operating nt night, destroy
ed n $700 hay baler belonging to Jesse
Wilson of Alliance, which has been
left standing in a field.
Twenty girls and 47 boys were
graduated from the' University of Ne
braska School of Agriculture In Lin
coin last week. The homes of the mem
hers of tho class are scattered over
tho entire state, coming from prob
ably more than one-fourth of the
counties.
A. N. Aylor of Table Rock, whllo
hunting near that place, enptured nlno
baby coyotes in their nest In an old
straw stack. The mother wolf cs
capeo. The stnto-wlile campaign against
graduation cxtravagunce being con
ducted by the stuto agricultural col
lege, Is winning popular favor nil over
tho state.
Karl Lnndreth. residing nenr Broken
Bow, is suffering from four broken
ribs and several bad bruises, tho re
sult of an entanglement with a run
away team.
N. V. Gaines of the agricultural de
partment of the state university will
speak to fanners of tho Burwell vicini
ty May fi. Ho will discuss ngrlculturo
and dairying.
Senator Hitchcock him nominated
Robert W. Fling, Lincoln, as principal
nt the Annapolis naval academy, and
Raymond Buffnm of University Pluca
ns firs; alternate.
The teaching force of the Hebron
public schools was re-elected for next
year's work, at a recent meeting of tho
board of education, nnd all tho grado
teachers have accepted.
Mrs. Marie L. Shaw, a pioneer of
Table Rock and vicinity, died at tho
home of her sister in Elk Crook, whero
she was visiting, the cause of her
death being heart trouble.
A. B. Allen of Tecumseh, hns been
recommended by the Nebraska dele
gation In congress to President Hard
ing for appointment as collector of in
ternal revenue nt Omaha.
The largest class in the history ofr
Colutnbus High school will be graduat
ed at the commencement exercises to
be held June 3, when 51 young peoplo
will receive their diplomas.
Nicholas Ress, former sheriff of
Lancaster county, nnd well known In
political nnd lodge circles,, was Instant
ly killed nt Lincoln, when ho was
struck by n Rock Island train.
' Fines and costs approximating $500
have recently been nssesed to viola
tors of the state fish and game laws,
according to George Koster, chlof of
the stute bureau of fish and gnme.
Twenty-eight elm trees, to stand
ns memorials to tho twenty-eight
Adams county men who lost their lives
In the world war, will be planted in
Highland cemetery at Hastings.
Traveling within a mile of the trail
of the disastrous tornado that destroy
ed Otoe (then Berlin) in 1013 a tornn
do swept through Otoe county, leveling
buildings and killing some llvo stock
Three members of the N. C. Mnrtln
family at Harrison became poisoned
following the enting of spoiled cheese.
After several hours' work by tho doc
tors they were finally brought out of
danger.
The electric light plnnt at Gcnevn,
owned by tho Public Service Co., has
changed managers, F. J. Gunthcr be
ing transferred to Aurora and J. P.
McCullough becoming manager at
Geneva.
Work of excavating for the erection
of Venango's new $80,000 school houso
started Inst week and local workmen,.
wiui teams ami scrapers, have prac-
ticnlly completed the largo basement
excavation.
Pawnee merchants co-opernted In
putting on a big booster sale, selling
many items below cost. Tho streets
were filled with buyers, nnd several
stores were sold out on many items In
u short time.
The body of Orvillo Shields reached
nildreth last week nnd was burled.
This Is the first Franklin county sol
dier's body to be returned from
France. Sixty American Legion mem
bers attended.
Herb Cotton, a pnperhanger nt
Plnttsmouth, who raises Leghorn
chickens as a pastime, hns been ex
hibiting an egg laid by one of tho
birds in his yard which measured eight
inches in length and six in width.
A blackhand letter threatening him
with the loss of his wife unless he
"places $10,000 In n tin can nnd has it
in the alley back of Ills place by Mon
day night," was received through tho
mails by G. A. Smith, real estate man
of Lincoln.
Tho Nebraska senate passed a houso
Joint resolution nnmlng John G. Nei
hardt of Bancroft poet laureate of Ne
braska. Some of Mr. Nelhnrdt's best
known poetical works are "'Hie Song
of Hugh Glass" and "The Song of tho
Three Friends."
Becnuse the Young Men's Christian
association of Lincoln devotes part of
Its property for cafeteria, barber and
tailor shop from which which It de
rives revenues, the supreme court has
reversed tho qrder of the Lancaster
district court and directs that It find
out what part of tho proporty is de
voted to business uses for lncomo nnd
assess the sume for taxation.
The Ansley mills which suspended
operations last fall, are putting In
new machinery nml will soon resumo
work.
Within two hours after Paul Slaglo
confessed to complicity In tho W. C.
Mason drug store robbery nt Lincoln
ho was sentenced to three to fifteen
years In the state penitentiary in dis
trict court.
The Oshkosh State bank has closed
its doors and culled upon tho statu
banking department for an adjuster.
The officers say that the bank is sol;
vent nnd is only closed temporarily bo
cuuse of depletion of Its legal reservo.
Ray Dixon of Stromsburg died In a
hospital at York last week from In
juries received when ho was attacked
by a vicious bull three weeks ago. Ills
skull was fractured by tho animal.
Jean Margaret, baby daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Tapster of North Bend,
weighed only twenty-five ounces when
she came Into this world August 13,
1920. She now tips the scales at seven
and a half pounds, the averago weight
of a baby at birth.
The 102nd anniversary of tho estab
lishment of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows will bo celebrated In
J Omaha April 30.
IS. REIFENSTE1N. AGE
67,
GAIN
Declares She Would Like
To Put a Bottle Of Tan
lac In The. Hands Of
Every Sick Man, Woman
and Child In This Coun
try Never Saw Its
Equal.
"I nm sixty-seven years of ago, but
in all my exporlcnco I hnvo never
known n medicine like Tnnlac. Think
of it I At my ago to gain twenty-flvo
pounds in weight, but that is Just
what I.havo done," said ajrs. Emma
Rclfenstcln, of No. 837 Webster ave
nue, Syracuse, N. Y.
"If I had It lu my power," she con
tlnucd, "I would put a bottle of Tnn
lac In tho homo of every sick man,
woman and child in this country, for
I know what this wonderful mediclno
would do for thorn. For almost two
years I was nlmost n nervOus wreck.
I did not daro to leavo tho houso or
eVen go up town unless my husband
went with mo. I was afraid to oven
cross tho street and had a feeling of
dread all of tho time.
"My stomach was weak nnd easily
upset For days at a time I would go
without solid food. I could not rest
at night to do any good and felt tired
nnd worn out all of tho time. Somo
days I could hardly drag myself
across the room nnd was so weak and
miserable 1 was ready to give up.
"My health is fine now and I ent
anything I want nnd never havo a
touch of Indigestion. I have never slept
hotter than I do now My recovery is
tho talk of our neighborhood, as it was
generally believed I could not last
but a fow weeks longer. This grand
What to Take for
CONSTIPATION
Small
To Be Touched.
"Burroughs must mako a lot to
dress so well."
"Ho does about threo now ac
quaintances a week." Boston Tran
script.
For your daughter's sake, use Red
Cross Ball Blue in tho laundry. Sho
will then havo. that dainty, well-groomed
appearance that girls admire. Cc.
Many n man's popularity is duo to
tho fact that ho uses tho truth wltli
discretion.
MAN'S
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can be as vigorous and healthy at
70 as at 35 if he aids his organs in
performing their functions. Keep
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The world's standard remedy for kidney,
liver, bladder and uric add troubles since
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Look for the name Cold Medal on every bos
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You grow by good blood as a trco
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your blood is
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MRS. EMMA REIFENSTEIN,
337 Wobiter Ave., Qyracusc, N. Y.
mediclno has brought mo health and
happiness nnd I just can't say enough
lu ' Us praise."
Mr. J. Rclfenstcln, In commenting
on his wlfo'a statement, said: "Yes,
her recovery hns been n happy sur
prlso to us all. A few weeks ngo I
had no Idea sho would bo nblo to pull
through, but now sho is in better
health than I have ever seen her and
tho credit is duo to Tanlnc. Wo havd
been married fifty-two years today
and I don't believe I have ever seen
her looking any better."
Tnnlac Is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv.
DON'T IJST THAT COCOIX CONTINUE!
Spohn's Distemper Compound
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act on the glands, allmlnata the disease germ and prevent furth
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standard remedy for DISTEMPER, INFLUENZA. PINK BYU3,
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Take a"good dose of Carter's Little Liver
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Side Comment
Llttlo Belle's Sunday school teacher
was to be married. A gift beautiful
enough to express tho lovo and admi
ration of tho wholo family was bought
and llttlo Bello was permitted to curry'
tho trcasuro to tho home. .When tho
brldc-to-bo herself opened the door
Belle said in her Bwcctest tone:
"Miss Ann, mother sent this to yon
with our lovo." And then, half under
her breath, exclaimed: "I heard her
tell papa last night sho hoped you'd
liko It; goodness knows 'tis better
than anything wo havo in our houso 1"
Exchange
To Have a Clear Sweety Skin
Touch pimples, redness, roughness
or Itching, If any, with Outlcura Olnt
mcnt, then batho with Outlcura Soap
and hot water. Itlnse, dry gently and
dust on a llttlo Cuticura Talcum to
leavo a fascinating fragrance on skin,
Everywhere 25c each. Adv.
Rare, Indeed.
Few porsous who havo admired the
comirion "roso quarts" realize how
very rare is tho crystallized form
Only two specimens nro known.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully over; bottle of
OASTORIA, that famous old remedy
tor inranta ana cnnaren, ana sea mat u
Bears tho
Signature of t
In Dso for Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
He Did.
Jnclc (gallantly) Marie, dear, any
thing you say goes.
Mario (quickly) Jack.
The world will never got any better
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of Life;
Keep It Pure
gets run down and weak easy prey
for disease. To bo safo, keep the
circulation wholesome.
For this S.S.S., tho famous vege
table blood remedy your
druggist keeps, is excell
ent. Start enriching
your blood with S.S.S. to
day, and write about your
condition to Chief Medi
cal Advisor, 838 Swift
Laboratory, Atlanta, Qa.