TUB NORTH PLATTE SI5MI-WE15KLY TRIBUNE
SMALL TO FACE
COUNT IN COURT
State Drops Charges of Em
bezzlement Against Illi
nois Executive.
DATE OF TRIAL JS UNCERTAIN
Charges Against ths Governor Centered
Around Alleged Illegal Practices
During Mr. Sterling's Term
As State Treasurer.
Wanltcgnn, III. Gov. I,o:i .Small was
freed of every chaw agaliiHt lilin ex
cept Hint of conspiring with Meat.
Oov. li'red K. Sterling and Vernon
CtirllK to defraud the stale of $1!,
000,000 during Mr. Storting term as
Ktnte treasurer.
All charges or embezzlement during
Ms own term as state treasurer wero
strlcl;en from (lie record, partly ly
Judge Olnlro A. KdwnrdH and partly
hy the .state, mid the court also
quashed a charge of operating a eon
lldcnco name.
The date of his trial on the one
charge remaining Ntlll Ih uncertain.
The charges against the 'governor
nnd lleuteunnt governor and Mr. Cur
tis centered around alleged Illegal
practices during the term of Governor
Small iih Ntale treasurer, 11)17-1011) ;
and the terms of Lieutenant flovornor
Sterling as state treasurer, 1010-1021.
0 The alleged Illegal operations, accord
ing to a "special report" returned hy
the grand Jury and made public by
Judge 10. S. Smith of Sangamon coun
ty, consisted of the deposit In tho
"Grunt I'ark hank" nt Grant Turk, n
town of about COO population In Kan
Iukce county, n few miles from Gov
ernor Small's home, of sums of slnle
money nggregntlng $10,000,000, which
wan then loaned to Swift & f'o. and
Armour & Co., Chicago packers, on
notes paying 7 to 8 per cent Interest.
Not moro than 2 per cent of this In
terest was paid to the state, the grand
Jury claimed, and the defendants aro
charged with retaining tho remainder.
The "Grant Park bank," the grand
Jury wild, was a private- Institution,
which censed to function In 100S, and
which had at the tlmo of the alleged
conspiracy only one depositor, tho
Ktale of Illinois.
Stato of. Iowa lo 75 Years Old.
Des Moines. Tho stato Is 75 years
old, and" doing ns wellttis un be ex
pected. p
It was on December 28, 1810, that
President James K. I'ollc signed the
Mil passed by congress which gave
Iowa statehood and placed another
star In tho "Stars and Stripes" o rep
resent the Hn'vkeye commonwealth.
At that time Iowa was a wilderness,
full of lighting Indians and wild an
imals. Canada Would Line Up With. America.
Toronto. Heallzlng by the Urltlsh
government that Canada would have
lined up with the United States In
the event or a war between the Uulleil
State and Japan was largely respon
sible, for the scrapping of the Anglo
Japanese alliance, II. II. Steed, editor
of the London Times, declared In an
nddress here.
Ambassador to Belgium Is Selected.
Washington, I). C President Hard
lug lias made his selection of an am
bassador to Helglnin to succeed llrnnd
AVhlllock, and has presented tho namo
to Hri)ssels for approval,' It was re
ported. Henry l. Fletcher, under secretary
or state, has been mentioned nnofli
clally as the, likely one for the ap
pointment. -Over 1,000 Made Homeless by Fire.
Ardmore, Okla.KIro wiped out tho
cast section of the town of Milliard,
located In the heart of the Hewitt oil
field, causing dumige to the amount of
4100,000. None of the structures were
Insured.
More than 1,000 persons were made
llQiiU'KvsfV. Six two-story buildings and
anore than a score of small dwellings
occupied by Held workers' families
were destroyed.
' Treatment for More Ex-Soldlcrs.
Wiflhlnglon, I). !.' Government
facllllles Tor the treatment or nearly
0,000 more former service patients
will he provided by additional beds
In hompllals In eighteen states early
next year, it was announced.
Cry Agents Poisoned In Course or Duty.
1111 Ii'mnclsco. Oil.--l-'our prohibi
tion enforcement agents have been
polMtned In the pul three week from
Illicit briujily which they mummied In
tho course of duly, but none was
made seriously 111.
Woman Dies at Age of 101,
Galena. III.--Mrs. Christina Sehub.
crt, aged 101, died. Until shortly he
'fore her dealh she had done her own
li'ousework and she ascribed her
longevity to hard work 011 the
a nil.
Harvey Sets Out for Cannes.
London George IJnrvoy, the Amor
1civ ambassador, accompanied by Mrs.
llaryy, left for Cannes, France. Ho
will hef aH observer for tho United
Slates at the conference of the 'su
&ireiiiu council,
RAPS FARM BODY HEADS
Charges Conspiracy to Detray Con
suming and Producing Millions
of Nation. "Secret" Meet
ing Held.
Washington, 1). C. Charges wero
made by Senator La Kolletle of Wis
consin, In a statement that represcti
tatlves of the railroads and the coal,
steel nnd lumber Interests, at a "sec
ret" meeting here Decembr t), attempt
ed to obtain from farm organization
leaders and did obtain from some such
leaders adherence to mi agreement not
lo push legislation to repeal the com
monly called guaranty section of the
transportation act and to restore state
control of state rates!
He made his .charges In elaborat
ing on his assertion "that a plan is
afoot to perpetuate the fundamental
provisions of the transportation act,
embodied In Section 15-A, (the guar
anty section of which a portion ex
pires March 1) and to render permit
t.etit the intolerable conditions which
liii.E made the transportation system
tor tho past two years an Instrument
for the exploitation ef the American
people."
In substantiation of his charges, La
I'ollotto made public what he do
scribed as a report of tho "brief ac
tion of the conference" held here De
comber 0, which he branded "as a con
spiracy to betray not only the fanners
but the consuming and the producing
millions of the nation."
'The brief report" of the meeting,
as made public by Senator La Fol
lelte, said:
"On December I) n nccret meeting
was held In Washlnrton, which high
olllclals of the railroads and the coal,
steel and lumber Interests attempted
to enlist the fanners In an agreement
whereby all agitation by the farm In
terests for tho repeal of section lfi-A,
(relating to the "aggrcja'o value") and
for restoration of stato control over In
trastate rates should cease.
"The great special Interests rep
resented at this conferone were sue-,
cessful In obtaining tho consent f cer
tain of tho farm representatives to
aiich an agreement. It Is not neces
sary to Impeach tho sincerity of pur
pose of tlm farm organlzntloa olllclals
who participated In the conference In'
branding this secret meeting as a con
spiracy to bolray not only tho farmers,
but the consuming and the producing
millions of tho nations."
Eugene V. Debs Free.
Washington, D. C Eugene V. Debs,
socialist leader, whoso 10-year prison
sentence for violation of tho espionage
act was commuted on Christmas, came
here from the Atlanta federal peniten
tiary and called on President Harding
and Attorney General Daugherty. Mr.
Daughorty said Debs came of his own
"volition," while Debs declared his
visit was at the "request" of tho at
torney general and the ho was given
a ticket to the capital by tho warden
without choice of destination, nlhough
ho had planned to go Immediately to his
home ut Torre Haute, Ind.
Pay Cost of Occupation Direct.
Coblenz. Current exnenses of the
American forces In Germany, which
amount to approximately $1,000,000 a
month, are to bo paid hereafter by the
lerman government direct In marks.
It was announced recently at army
headquarters In Coblenz.
This Idea -was suncostcd bv Maior
General Henry T. Allen, commander
or the American troops on tho Milne,
iih a substitute of the previous plan
whereby the United States govern
ment paid the expenses of tho occu
pation troops, the funds to he collected
ater from Uertln.
To Rise from Ashes In Three Days.
Illooiulngtoii, Ind.- Thlrt-slx hours
after their church had been destroyed
by lire, twenty-llvc niembors of the
Falrvlcw Methodist. Episcopal congre
gation marched to tho site of the burn
ed building and started to build a tab
ernacle, which was comploted In
time for the weekly prayer meeting.
Train of 100 Carloads of Autos.
Chicago, III. A train of IJK) carloads
of automobiles, with an approximate
value of $.100,000, passed through hero
en route to California. The shipment
lssald In ml mud circles to bo n record
for the largest shipment of a single
product from a factory to a slnglo
destination. There are llvo auto
mobiles to each car.
To Be New York Interne.
Washington. 1). C Dr. L. Dross of
Omaha, a graduate of the University of
zsenraslca, Is in Washington on his
way to New ork whore he will en-
tor tho Now York city hospital as an
Interne.
Milwaukee City Council Favor Beer.
Milwaukee, Wis. Milwaukee's city
council went on record for direct
action by enngros j legalize the sale
of wines and beer when a resolution
embodying this request was adopted,
20 to 1.
Famous Bolglan Horso Dies In Iowa,
llnone, la.- "Farceur," famous Uel
plan horso for which Grant Good paid
$'l".r0O Is dead at the Good farm near
Ogden, la. "Farceur" Is believed to
have been the highest priced lU'lglan
horse In the world.
Sunday "Blue Law" Favored.
Spiingtield. Mo. The citizens of
Sptinglield, by a vote or ti,tS2 to .'1.100,
decided In faor of adopting the Sun-
day "blue law." As a re-salt of the
election all theatres and places of
niuui-umont will he doted 011 Sunday.
Scene In Chinese Quarter of Hong Kong.
(Prepared by thi National Geographic So
ciety, WashltiKton. D. C)
Among all the far Hung possessions
of the British Empire, Hong Kong
might be called tho gem. Many Brit
ishers look upon It as their local col
ony; and It Is indeed n city of super
latives. It Is the pivot of Urltlsh com
merce, naval power and Influence In
the Far East. Travelers acclaim Its
terraced city the most beautiful In tho
Far East; Its deep, commodious har
bor is one of the best In the world;
and In tho tonnage of shipping entered
and cleared It Is outranked since the
World war .reduced Hamburg's Im
portance only by New York. It Is
tho commercial gateway to tho vast
era of southern China and the islands
to the south.
On the military side Hong Kong Is
stronger than Gibraltar and Is tho
base of ono of the most powerful fleet
units In existence, the British Asiatic
squadron. Finally It Is ono of the
most prosperous communities to bo
found either East or West.
Much of Great Britain's pride In
Hong Kong arises from the fact that it
has been built from nothing In just
four score years. In 1830 Hong Kong
was a bare granite Island, nominally
n part Of China, but Inhabited only
by a few thousand fishermen and
groups of the pirates who made com
nierco oft the Chinese coitst n thing of
liuaard and uncertainty In those days.
When British merchants clashed with
the Chinese in Canton In 1830 and
found It necessary to leave that city,
they retired first to the Portuguese
settlement ut Macao, soventy-ilvo miles
down the Canton river, and then com
pletely off the mainland to the rocky
Island of Hong Kong. War followed
this commercial friction, nnd when
Great Britain. emerged as the victor
In 1811 she demanded, and the fol
lowing year was given, outright tltlo
to Hong Kong.
Despite the common idea, Hong
Kong Is not a city, but an Island. It Is
eleven miles long and from two to
five miles wide with an area of more
than thirty square miles. Tho city,
which to the popular mind constitutes
Hong Kong, Is olllclnlly named Vic
toria for the queen who ruled In Bri
tain during its greatest growth. But
though the name Victoria Is used In
ofllelnl documents and on some maps,
to most of the Islanders the big com
munity of half a million souls Is
merely "the city."
Victoria and the matchless harbor
are on the inner side of the island,
and as the ship approaches Hong
Kong only the little developed sea
ward side Is seen. In the distance it
seems Uttlo different, except for Its
size, from the hare granite Islands
among which it lies. As the steamer
draws near differences appear; patch
es of verdure are discerned; tho lino
of a highway stands out on the sides
of Its towering hills, an occasional
pane of glass reflects a flash of light
from among the trees. Yet there Is
little hint of the presence of u great
city of half a million souls on the fur
side of the Island.
Has Wonderful Harbor.
When the ship has nosed around
the end of the Island at tho west or
through the narrow passage near the
eastern end, the grent harbor and city
come Into view. Duo to two peninsulas
which extend from tho mainland close
to the Island and to Uie Indentations
of the shore of tho Island Itself, the
harbor, covering 10 to Id square miles,
seems landlocked. It has the appear
ance of a pond set down In a vast
Irregular grunlte bowl. In this deep
harbor all the world's navies and u
large part of the world's combined
merchant fleets might ho anchored
without undue crowding. And there
In truth .on ulmost any day of the
yeur may be teen generous samples
of the naval or civil craft of nearly
every maritime nation, while among
them move busily countless Chinese
sampans and numerous launches of
the harbor.
For nearly five miles the water front
Is an unbroken quay which the dwell
ers of Doug Kong, borrowing the
name from the fnmous quay of the
Portuguese at Macao, call tho Praya.
Great ocean liners can dock directly
beside this quay or nt one of the ninny
wharves which extend outward from
It. Back from the sea wall a broad
road extends along the entire water
front of Hong Kong, and facing the
hnrbor across it are public buildings,
business houses nnd some of the great
warehouses which proclaim Hong
Kong's chief nctlvlty tho distribu
tion of merchandise to and from
southeastern Asia. Many of the
structures are faced story upon story
by the arched external galleries or
loggias, like our porches, that have
become characteristic of British archi
tecture In 4.hls semi-tropical island.
But looking at Hong Kong from n
ship In the harbor, the newcomer gives
only scant uttentlon to the water front,
Interesting as its appearance and ac
tivities arc. For Victoria Is a city of
terraces; tho whole city Is spread out
before lilm as though It wero n mup
upon tho wall. His eyes aro Inevit
ably led upward to row upon row of
buildings clinging to the sides of a
great hill, past patches of bare rock
and fortjst, to dwellings perched near
the crest of the ridge. To the right, at
tho very peak of the Island, rise the
wireless towers of one of Grent Bri
tain's most important radio stations.
Climbing Up "The Peak."
Suburban conditions arc not reached
In Hong Kong by moving outwnrd as
In most thickly settled communities,
but by moving upward. On the level
area of the middle portion of the town
near the water front much of which,
Incidentally, has been reclnlmed from
the harbor are the banks and count
ing houses, the business structures
and warehouses of the merchants and
shippers. To the east and west Chin
ese merchants hold sway. This level
mercantile region of Victoria extends
only a few blocks from the harbor's
edge. Back of It rise steeply the lower
slopes of "the Peak" against whose
green sides the light buildings of tho
residential section of tho city stand
out boldly. Most of Victoria's cross
streets surrender unconditionally at
the foot of, the hill and aru trans
formed into stair steps. A few, as
though more determined to conquer
the heights, wind with tnnny contor
tions, covering rods that they may
rise feet. But parallel with tho edge
of tho harbor tho streets continue,
each cn u different level, like receding
shelves or the tiers of seats of a huge
theater.
Tho first zone of shelf-like streets
that rises above the mercantile level
is Victoria's "Chinatown" where llvo
the greater part of the closely packed
multitudes of Chinese who have come
from the mnlnlund to cast their lots
under the British flag.
The next level In Victoria's social
stratltlcntlon Is a closely built up sec
tlou of substantial houses occupied
by British, Americans, Portuguese, and
Indeed hy representatives of most
European nations and the United
States. Farther up tho side of tho
peak, above the closely built section
for westerners, are the residences of
tho more wealthy, set in spacious
grounds, half hidden In gardens.
Hong Kong Is In effect a colony of
Chinese ruled by the British. But In
splto of the fact chat 05 per cent of
tho population Is Chinese, people of
many nations and creeds have made u
place for themselves In this unique
community. Nenr the water front may
be found representatives of almost
any nationality or race one likes.
from Portuguese to Norwegian, and
from South Sea Islanders to African.
Ami In spite of this seeming stage set
ting for eternal turbulence Hong Kong
,s the most orderly city of the East.
AMERICAN
LEGION
(Copy for This bepariment supplied by
the American Legion Now Service.)
"HOBOED" TO GET POINTERS
David McCalib, Texas Veteran, Makes
"Blind Baggage" Trip to Aid
Ex-Service Men.
Jobless and penniless, hundreds of
ex-servlco men In the West aro "riding
tho rods" from
place to place In
search of employ
ment. While others
talked about doing
something f .0 r
them, Dnvld
McCalib, young
war veteran of
Dallas, Tex., made
a long trip as a
"hobo" to get
first-hand Infor
mation about the
men to devise
means of helping them that would bo
acceptable to all.
"I rode the blinds and side-door pull-
muns for 800 miles over the M. K. &
T., Snnte Fe and Texas and Pacific
railroads," McCalib reported to tho
American Legion authorities of Texas
handling the unemployment problem.
"I noted three outstanding things In
the six-day trip. First, the real, old-
time hobo of the back door variety
has ulmost dlsanneared. Second.
there were a large number of young
men who were too young to have
entered the army. The majority of the
men riding the rods were of this class.
Third, there "was a comparatively
smull number of ex-servlco men on the
rods. They were noticeably untrained
in the ways of hoboing."
WAS ONLY COMIC OPERA WAR
Americans Experienced Odd Pro
visions When Joining Spanish
Legion Against Moors.
It was Just n comic opera war any
how, according to 83 young Americans
wlu huve returned to New York from
whence they sailed two months ago
to Join the Spanish Foreign Legion
for service against the Moors. The
would-be Foreign Legionnaires were
represented In numbers among ex-serv-Ice
men applying to tho American Le
gion employment bureau for any kind
of work.
After enlistment In New York, U10
recruits, almost nil of whom had
served overseas with the American
army, were sent to Ceutn, Africa.
There they were informed for the first
time that out of their pay of 4
pesetas' a day (about GO cents) they
must buy their own uniform, food,
even arms and ammunition.
"It was the funniest war you ever
saw," declared George Dlmond of
Brooklyn, who explnlncd that tho hard
er you fought the more It would cost
you for ammunition. If a mnn fought
very hurd ho would soon be deeply In
debt to the Spanish government. If,
on the other hand, he conserved am
munition nnd tried to save money, he
stood excellent chances of being
picked off by a Moor. Besides all
that, the Americans, who thought they
were to bo officers, were assured that,
they were welcomed only as privates.
FREE LEGAL AID FOR NEEDY
Loy J. Mollumby, Commander of Mon
tana Post, First to Sue In Be
half of Wounded.
The first mnn In the United Stntca
to file suit ngalnst the government In
behalf of wound
ed soldiers was
Loy J. Mollumby,
young nttornoy of
Great Falls, Mont.
Ho won his case,
which was to ob
tain hospital
treatment a n d
compensation for
a service mnn who
became Insnne us
a result of lifv
wnr experience.
A second suit
a's ...1
against tho government has been filed
by Mollumby In favor of Chris Tuss,
service man, who died of tuberculosis.
This action seeks to secure payment
of war risk Insurance to the young
mun's needy dependents. The govern
ment claims that the disease was con
tracted after Tuss discharge and nf
ter his insurnnce had lapsed. Mol
lumby contends ttinl ho contracted tu
berculosis while in tho army.
Mollumby, commander of his Ameri
can Legion post In Great Foils, has set
up a free legal aid bureau for all sick
and wounded ex-servlco men.
Wants More Land Opened.
For every government farm avail
able today there are 100 service men
standing In line, nccordlng to Secre
tary of the Interior Fall, who has In
formed the American Legion that the
government Is unablo In any degreo
to satisfy the "bnck-to-the-farm" crav
ing of former soldiers and sailors with
out additional legislation. The Le
gion Is endeavoring to have more
land opened to settlement for service
men.
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MOTHER! CLEAN
CHILD'S BOWELS WITH
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Even n sick child loves tho "fmlty"'
tasto of "California Fig Syrup."' If tho
little tongue Is contcd, or If your child
Is listless, cross, feverish, full of cold,
or has colic, give a teaspoonful to
cleanse the liver nnd bowels. In a few
hours you can see for yourself how
thoroughly It works nil the constlpn
tlon poison, sour bile and waste out of
tho bowels, and you have a well, piny
ful child again.
Millions of mothers keep "California.
Fig Syrup" hnndy. They know a tea
spoonful today saves u sick child toi
morrow. Ask your dnigglst for genu
ine "California Fig Syrup" which has
directions for babies und children o
all ages printed on bottle. Mother I
You must say "California" or you may,
get on Imltntlon fig syrup. Advertise
ment.
Too Much to Expect.
A man took n house which proved
to bo of the Jerry-built, order of archi
tecture, so much so that ono dny tho
ruin came through the roof and
swamped tho place.
When the lundlord called for his
rent the tenant exclaimed, Indignant
ly: "I say, It Is too bad; the other
night the rain cumo through the root
nnd gave me a regular shower bath.
You really ought to do something."
"Ought to do something 1" growled
the lundlord. "Do you expect me to
provide you with soup and towels,
too?"
Life's Tragic Moments. 1
When you work In a small office,
AS WE DO,
And think tho boss has left the office,
AS WE DID
And begin talking about ,the "night
before."
AS WE WERE,
And then find the boss is standing la
a corner listening to the conversation
AS HE WAS.
DO TELL US.
Detroit News.
Tho housewife smiles with satisfac
tion as she looks at the basket of
clear, white clothes and thanks Bed
Cross Ball Blue. At all grocers. Ad
vertisement. When a man goes ut tilings head
first, he often gets there with both
feet.
When a man says "I'll think it
over," he has already decided.
Some fortunes remain' unmade be
cause they are too much trouble.
No mntter bow good your credit
may be, your cash Is better.
Poverty often pinches the body and
wenlth sometimes pinches the soul.
How we dislike to pay for things
we have had the use of.
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
6 Bell-ans
Hot wafer
Sure Relief
ELL-ANS
254: and 75$ Packages. Everywhere1
FARM FOR SALE
Florida 20-acre producing farm; lmmedtat
occupancy; good land, high state cultiva
tion; nowly fenced; new Uve room cottage,
well, barn; fronting 60 foot highway In high
ly developed modern farming community:
near largo canning factory, Byrup factory
and dairy; within three-quarters mile -railroad
loading station. Good Irish potato
land; planted In January under fair condi
tions. Irish potatoea Bhould yield 60 barrels
per acre ready for market April ond May
and present Indications should bring -J8.00 or
more per barrel. IrUh potatoes should bo
planted, cultivated, harvested and marketed
within cost of $125.00 or leas per acre. Ex
cellent marketing facilities; abundance good
farm labor. Natural drainage no swamps
or overflows; one or moro additional money
crops may be produced on some land after
potatoes. This fine farm may bo yours for
cash payment of Jl.200.00 and balance with
in nve years. No better Investment any
where. Think. Investigate. Act.
Florida Farm and Industries Co.
Dept. "P" Greon Cove Springs, Flo.
iiarfield Tea
Was Your
Grandmother's Remedy
For every stomach
and Intestinal ill.
This good old-fashioned
herb homo
remedy for consti
pation, stomach Ills
and other derange
ments of the sys
tem so prevalent theso days Is In even
greater favor ns a family medicine
than In your grandmother's day.
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
rtemomipuiarDa-fitaiKtlab'rallliid
Restores Color and .
Beauty to Cray and Faded HaiH
sue. uiasi.wawTDixuM. i
nttrnx Oirm. Wit. Ptg hoiif ,W.TJ
HINDERCORNS Removes Oorni, CU-
lotifri. eta, stops all palo, entures comfort to tae
feet, makes walklnrf e". Uu by mall or at Untr
gists. UlscoxCneuilcal Works,rtciugtM,N. Y,
Comfort Your Skin
With Cuticura Soap
and Fragrant Talcum
Soap 25c, Ointment 25 anil 50c, Talcum 25c.
P1TFNTQ Watson K. Coleman,
., . V. .7T J 0 Adileeand book tree.
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