The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, May 30, 1922, Image 4
TI7E NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE EXPLAINS HIGH LIVING COST REVISION BILL Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION Red Cross Will Ask President to Make An Appeal to the Country for Their Relief. PASSES HOUSE rags U. S. ASKED TO AID STAMGLE France Urges Participation in Proposed Commission of investigation. 15 RECEIVED WITH FAVOR Great Britain Apparently Satisfied, But France Disappointed, and Bel glum In Attitude of Dlspleaoure. Cloiiou. France has appealed In Uu United Sliilcs to participate In Ilie pro posed liilernullnnnl commission to-in-vcstlgMo the Russian hIIiiii t lim. The .American ambassador has Hinted Unit much a proposal had been submitted to Silm by the French dolognllnn. The ambassador understood that the French i'0oHiit suggests that the United State, If the Invitation Is ac cepted, would have a dominant voice Sn the action of the coiiiiiiIkmIoii, hut would not he hound by itu nccoprnino to any decisions if the coinnilHslun which It did not approve. If the United Slates accopts, Franco would ngrs to the Russians bejttg rcprosentcd In the commission. Russia's Reply Well Received. Jonou. Htissln's reply to the allied memorandum, presented to Kignor Jiehnnzor. president of the econoinlc conference, Is regarded as conciliatory. At least It Is consldorvd as basis for fur ther negotiations. Its suggestion that all the tangled financial problems be submitted t a mixed committee of ex perts named by the Oouon conference provided a means of escape from tb. present appears to bo unfavorable for the settlement of the myriad (piestloiiM arising froui the Russian situation. England regards the reply as mod erately conciliatory; so also does Italy. France expresses great disappoint ment at the reply, and Belgium Is fa." from satisfied. Most Colleges Favor Prohibition. Chicago, III. The Intercollegiate pro filbltlon association has made public replies, from lf8 college and university presidents In forty states received In nswor to ii questionnaire asking what the faculty and students of each Insti tution thought about prohibit Ion in theory and fact. The replies showed 1,10 favorable to prohibition, ten non 'ommltnl or Indefinite, eight unfavor able nnd four favorable to theory, but unfavorable to present laws, The riuostlonnalre was sent to qvery college ind university president In the country, Jiut some did not reply. Financial Crisis at Canton. Amoy, China. A financial crisis In Oanton, tho seat of the southern gov ernment, Is reported lit dispatches re volved, here. The banks are closed, JjiiRlness Is paralyzed and the govern ment hank notes have depredated fit) per cent In vnltie. The crisis Is tie lared to be duo to mismanagement on the part of Hun Ynl.Hen, head of tho southern government. Asks Local Red Cross to Aid. "Washington. Local chapters of tho American lied Cross have been re quested by John Barton Payne, na tional chairman, to solicit contributions for a fund to bo used for relief In tint flooded ureas of the valleys of the Mlt alsslppi, Illinois and Ohio rivers. At least half a million dollars Is needed, Chairman I'uyno said, Cut In University Maintenance. Lincoln, Neb. The cut or !?2."0,000 In tmlvorHlty.innlntennnco by Governor McKelvle's special session of the legis lature Inst. January has been bettered liy University of Nebraska regents, who Siave approved a budget for 1023 with a $.'MI1,000 decrease, Chancellor Samuel Avery announces, Tho new budget totul Is $2,82.rvl7!.aS. Deficit May Be Increased. Washington, I). 0. Secretary Mellon flees no immediate prospect of lowering the estimated deficit In government ijminees for 1023 of approximately $1-10,000,000 and gives the Impression of four that the dellclt may be In creased. Retail Clothing Prices Drop. Chicago, III. ltetall clothing prices tinvo driippud 12 per cent since July 1020,. and a further decline Is expected, according to the National Industrial Conference board, which has made u survey of the clothing Industry, Make Draft on Guaranty Fund. "Lincoln, Neb. Secretnry J. H. Hart of the department of trade and com merce has announced n draft of $210, 000 on the state bank guaranty fund tc tiny depositors in the defunct Bank of Cats county at Plattsmoutli. Women Carry Election, (Jokovlllo. Wyo. Tills city, once re puted as a hangout of "had men," held nn election and Mrs, Wfhol Stofier was tho successful candldivit for mayor and Jlrs. J. D. Noblltt met Mrs. Rlchnrd Stoberts woro unmet! to the city, council- Paraguan Cotton Crop Increases. Asuncion. Tho cotton crop In Par aguay this year Is estimated at -1,-110 balQK. Seed Imported from the United States Is found to bo giving a yield nearly W) por cent greater than tho tiallve seed. New York. Americans are "saving at the spigot and wasting at the bung hole" at a period when they should he discarding non-essentials and clinging to nicesaltres, John H. Kdgorton, pres ident of the National Association of Manufacturers, declared at the annual convention of the organization here. "Hlch priced hotels, t neutron, hall parks and other camping grounds of amusement and noii-producllon are en larging their capacities to accommo date the over-Increasing army of refu gees from the storms of lire," ho de clared. 4 "(lolf clubs, cigar factories, Jewelry establishments, walking cane, empor iums, pet dog kennels, canary bird dis pensaries and bootlegging Joints nro nourishing as never before. lSvory street and highway throughout the land Is teeming with automobiles t.iat are burning expensive gasoline in the pre:. once of self-imposed Idleness. Flood Refugees Ned Aid. New Orleans, La. Approximately 70,000 men, women and children are homeless In Minslsslppl and Louisiana as the result of the Mississippi river Hood and of this number 10.000 are be ing fed, sheltered and clothed by the Hod Cross and other organizations, If. Is olllclally announced by various relief bodies. No provisions have been made to aid the .'0,000 persons who have not reached the refugee camp, the state ment said. Hatlons are now being Issued to 18.501 Individuals, who were, driven from their homes In Louisiana. In .Mississippi (he committee plans to feed 20,000 persons In the Yazoo val ley. Cost of State Government. Lincoln, Nebr. The cost of the state government Is now running about SI, 01)0.000 a month. The report of Secre tary I'. F. Itross of the finance depart ment from July 1 of last year to the last of March this year, a period of nine months, shows state warrants Is sued amounting to .$8,51!t,218.20 and $.7r:i,!5i)7.fi7 contracted for but not covered by warrants Issued at the close of March. These two Items, represent ing the cost of the state government for nine months Is $r,01.r,0l.r.01. Investigating Lusltanla Claims. Washington, I). O. Negotiations are under way between the United .States ar I Germany, It Is said in official cir cles, looking to the organization or n mixed claims commission which will puss upon clnlms grow't g out of thu seizure of property In the United States government hy American citizens as n result of the sinking of the Lusltama. Return of American Troops Delayod. Washington. Orders hnve been Is sued by the, war department delaying the sailing of a part of the Aiuerlcnn troops on the Ithlue until .Tune 17. This action lias neon taUen In re sponse to the nllled and Ocrmiin repre sentations that a contingent of the American forces bo retained in Ger many for a while. Result of Indiana Primary, Indianapolis. With tho vote of tho Indiana primary elections completed former Senator Beverldgo Is shown winner of tho republican senatorial nomination by 20,472 votes, and for mer Governor Samuel M. Halston vic tor In tho democratic contest by 7, '105 votes. Italy and Britain In Joint Pact. Genon. A general polltlcnl and economic agreement Is being elaborate between Italy and Great Britain. The- chief object of this agroement Is tho guaranteeing of Italy's position In the Mediterranean. Floods Inundate 3,759 Square Miles. Baton Rouge, La, Flood backwaters of the Mississippi mid tributary streams have Inundated 3,750 square miles lu nine Lonlsana parishes, leav ing 25,000 persons who will need ns Blstanco. To Announce Reduced Freight Rates. Washington, 1"), ( There have neon numerous Indications of late tlmt tne Interstate Commerce commission will shortly announce a general reduction In railroad rates, both freight and pas senger. Foreign Trade Molds Its Own, Washington, D. O. Foreign trade or tho United States Is now higher thnn Its pro-war level, Secretary Hoover said In an analysis of the country's overseas commerce situation, Despite the post-war depression, he said, "wo have held on." Texas Dlstrlcft Again Flooded. Fort Worth, Tex. The lovee winding around the banks of the Trinity river In Arlington Heights hero, has broken again, Hooding that district for the second time In two weeks. Flood Damage In Manitoba. Winnipeg. Seventy-live thousand acres of Manltoba'8 'finest wheat land Is threatened by Hood waters of the Asslnlboliie river between this city and Portage La Prairie, and already thous ands of acres have been Inundated, according to reports. Farmers art) busy trying to protect their land with dykos, Farm houses aro reported sur rounded, .with families rooming In tho upper stories Two thousand seeded acres aro under wator. There will be h total crop failure, It was said. Heaping Screened Guano for (Prepared by the National CJeoKrnphlc Society, Washington, D. C.) Peru, already of considerable agri cultural importance and destined to beconio much more so, Is fortunate in having ono or the most valuable sources of natural fertilizer In tho world its famous "bird islands" on which thousands of tons of gunno nre deposited in a sort, of unnunl crop. Those deposits, rich In precious nitro gen, have been laid down on tho Is lands for thousands of years, nnd'iii tll recently there seemed a well-nigh lnoxhnustlhlo mine of tho material. Hut tho tremendous world demand which arose near tho middle of tho past century brought In its train wasteful methods, and all tho accumulated de posits have boon stripped away. Tho annual accumulations arc still avail able, however, and nro worth ninny hundreds of thousands of dollars. Peru's peculiar geographical condi tions make possible tho preservation of her valuable guano "crop." A few showers might wash away the vnlun hlo fertilizer, but thanks to Its moun tain masses, Its very cold off-shore waters and Its prevailing winds, tho region of tho Bird islands Is rainless. Guano. It will bo understood, is prl mnrlly tho deposit of fish-eating birds, Into which may ho mixed and incor poratcd-ln greater or less proportion -a variety of other substances, such as the eggs and bodies of birds nnd the deposits and the bodies of sea- lions. It may he found mixed with gravel nnd snnd In very small pro nortlon or sometimes To an extent rendering It unprofitable to extract Peruvian Guano is Best. "Peruvian guano" Is practically synonymous with nitrogenous guuno and lias long been recognized ns the best nitrogenous fertilizer that Is, as u fertilizer of generally high nitrogen vnluo in which the nitrogen com pounds are found In a condition most readily assimilable by our plants. Nitrogen is a primary .necessity to tho farmer. Whatever bo the Impor tance of adding to the soil potnsh and other mineral components of our food nnd our clothing, there never exists a doubt as to the fundamental Impor tance of nitrogen. Consequently n pe culiar Interest attnehes to birds of the Peruvian islands, which have long erVed to nt r .,0 worhl's dgr.culture and which, given duo protection, may continue indefinitely to- contribute ma tcrlully to the support of humanity The peculiar climatic conditions pre viously mentioned offer merely tho proper environmental conditions for tho S. o fo mmdant bird 1 n . r inntifiii fmi la nut u.inn;iiv. i " supply, and this Is found In the schools of small tlsh. called ancliobetas, that swarm In the Peruvian current. There shoals of llsh. acres In extent, are often pursued In the wnter by bonlto und other large llsh, wplie nesei irom tho air bv thousnnds of birds. Billions of pounds of llsh must bo consumed each year by the lilrds, lie sides the Incalculable quantity d vminwi lv other fishes: but tho feeundltv of the nnchobetns Is such that their numbers nro still maintain ed. At times great acres of the sea arc made rod by myriads of small, brightly colored sbrlmp-llke crustncoa ; nnd thet-e, too, piny a part of Im-tmftnni-i) us food for the fishes and birds. Islands Crowded With Guanays Not all of tho birds are of equal lninortance from the commercial poln r imieoil. ihreo snecles virtual ly support the guano Industry at tho present tlnip-the white-breast cor- ' . i.i ..nil...... ::, v z sr' 1 mm in" ....... . Gimnuys occur on ..: ' from near the northorn to tne extreme southern tmuntiary, i uv i ,..i untiary, i m uu-.r ! eminent homo Is the doutiie group Bourn ninnu 01 "- Is n rookery which for slzo and com pactness can scarcely bo rivaled In nnv nurt of the world. Tho nesting ground occupies about two-thlrds or the surface of the Is lnnd. embracing the crown and the gcntlo slopes of tho tun umi sunm.mu Itu low blurt walls. Lho ncstH a Transfer to Mainland. very uniformly spaced, nveraglng near ly three to tho square yard, and not a yard of ground within tho outside limits of tho rookery is unoccupied. In form nnd arrangement the nests np- pear as heavy rolled-rim basins stuck into the hillside. The guanay well deserves Its com mon name, its gregarious nnnit, us choice of the level places or more gcntlo slopes for nesting grounds, and Its custom of remaining on the is lands n great part of tho tlmo all com- hlno to ennso the iormation of enor mous deposits of guano, from which there is little nntural wnste. In tho region where this bird Is most abun- dant, nbont the Chlnchas and Bal lestas Islands, the climate 'conditions are most favorable to the preservation of tho nitrates. It Is doubtful If tho guano of tho Chlnchas nnd Ballestns Islands Is over wet from atmospheric moisture. A pair of guannys, with their offspring, produce nearly $1.50 worth of guano per year. How th Work la Done .. practically Tho guano workers nro all Peruvians of the ancient stock, and many of them come down from tho mountains to engage in this work. Often there are few In tho camp who can speak Spanish and the foreman ran communicate with the employees only by signs or through an Interpre ter. The extraction of guano is a very simple process. Where the material is comparatively recent, tho only itu plcments required nre tho pick and tho shovel, a screen und n few saclcs Tho surface cake Is first broken up and thrown into small heaps. Where several contractors have a concession from the government covering the samo island, there Is much rivalry In getting tho best guano mounded, for this Is the only recognized method of establishing a claim to a particular Held. Tho guano Is subsequently pitched throuch slanting wire screens to re- move the gravel, and then sacked for embarkation by lnnchas, which are strongly constructed lighters In tne form of rowboats, adapted for use m the heavy swell liable to prevail about the Islands. A very common method of convey- ing the guano t o the lighter f by mews aiaiiiiK i. " - - nended between a frame at tho top of tho Islnnd nnd somo convenient rocs somewhat removed from the shore, The boat Is rowed beneath tho lower nart of the cable to receive the guano, lowered by pulleys and windlass ends of tho line being attacln uoui ends of tho line being uttacneu to travellni: nulleys, tlio sacks of guano, descending by gravity, draw the empty sncks back. No power Is applied to tho windlass except to prevent the too-rnpld descent of the gunno. When the lancha Is loaded It Is rowed out tin. i-pskpI. where, the sacks nro hoisted into the hold. A much more extensive equipment Is found on tho larger Islands of tho ..nrtii Kn American coiminny. con- rrnctliiL' for tho Peruvian exporters, hns laid lines of track for conveying the guano by trnm-enrs, and tne screen ing is done from trusties over n lower- level track. Bv far the greatest portion of tho L'uano that has been exported con- Ktsted of the nnclcnt deposits, called "mineral" guano, which In places covered the Islands to grout depths. Tills hiiB been simply stripped away nntlt scnrcelv nny of the old guano re- mains exec grades that ..rnnnt some ol tne lowest scarcely justliy expona- linn. n . w.ti,m mo bounds of poty . ...... ...i,uin.il ilenoHlts. DUrieO o- 1 ,i' mnv vet bo located. iiiiu. " " ' i.iHtrV " '" p,r to the annual -; Prod t or w -"-. ' ,, t,. - .,,. ,. r Inter with teins of irrlcntlon. Though tho important Dims uavo ,..,.. rn,.nv roiiiicpii in numucrs. ii IIV-t.ll -- , .1.1 i.. ..,nl,l in nrnect n SUUSiaiUUU Increase under natural conditions, Interference with tho breeding bo t,. n.r. minimum consistent with U.VU " - .. Mw. iirllWnttoii of the deposits. t Authorizes President to Set Allowances Each Year for Subsistence. DIFFICULT TO PAY AT ONCE Note From Germany to Reparations Commission Pledges Good Will and Effort. Washington. Tho McKonzle bill re- adjusting tin pay and allowance of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the army, navy, marine corps, coast guard, coast and goedetle survey and public health service, was passed by the house, UK) to 20. The bill will go Immediately to tho senate, as leaders bad announced that the army and navy supply bills, already passed by the house, were being held tip so that the new pay scales could be Included. Representative Alice Robertson, Oklahoma, won her light for higher subsistence and more room rent money for army and navy nurses. Her' amendment Increased the subsistence rate from 00 cents to $1.20 a day and rent money from $40 to $00 a month. Germany Pledges Good Will. Paris. The (Jerninn reply to th.' reparations note of April Kt, which hns been received by the reparations com mission, reiterates the good will of the Oermnn government, but pleads the material Impossibility of imposing GO, 000,000,000 marks new taxes before May 31, or complying with all tho con ditions laid down on March 21. The Oornmn government, t no re ply says, Is convinced of tho neces sity of covering expenditures without further monetary Inflation. Having re gard, however, for the German eco nomic situation and flnnncinl obliga tions abroad. It Is considered Inevitable that Important payments due by Ger many in foreign currency cannot be met without the aid of foreign loans. Peace Move at a Dead Lock. Dublin. Reports from t:.e vnrlous participants in the dall elrcnnn peace ronforonce ruVeals a break on funda mentals. The republicans will not agree to n settlement of the situation on any terms which involve their ad mission that the Anglo-Irish treaty ts acceptable to the people or that its d nt , tl)e dnll plrpimn ,mR , tored the situation. There was an nl most complete agreement In the dall for an adjournment for week in or der to allow the peace comm. tee to try ngain to smooth over the difficulty. Tornado Strikes Western Nebraska. Lexington, Neb. Five persons wore reported carried away In their farm homo, and more than a score woro in jured, some seriously, in this vlclnlry. by a tornado which struck Severn? miles south of this city. The wind wrecked farm houses and outbuildings. razed croves, and sweenliiK in a norf easterly direction through a corner of (no town, tied un all wire communica- u j,y levelling the lines, unroofed a number of buildings and crushed others by hurling great trees against them. Must Get Rid of Prairie Dogs. Scottsbluff, Neb. June 1 is the time not by the Nebraska law for the (lis- ' .'of ; tQ whcl "Pld.es. and O. L. Taylor, w the law ho has been organizing the county into pest districts, is Issuing final notice that, party or parties having prnlrio dogs on their premises on nnd after Juno 1, 1022, will be subject to arrest unless good cause is shown why such posts hnve not been disposed of. Amnesty for Espionage Violators. Washington. A bill granting nm- nesty to all persons held In federal prisons for vlolntlon of wartime espion age laws, has been Introduced In tho sennte by Senator Ladd, North Dakota, who estimated that 113 prisoners wou'.d bo effected. Awaits Action of U. S. Paris. "France," says n high oftlclat Of the government, "will not recognize tho Russian soviet government until the United Stntes does." Plan New Soldier Hospitals. Washington. D. C. Erection of twelve soldier hospitals nt n cost of $17,000,000 and with a total capacity of 5,-lfiO beds, Is provided for In n bill reported by the house appropria tions committee. NVbrnskn is among the locations proposed. More Jobs Than Men. New York. For the first time since its organization tho American Legion employment bureau hero has more jobs I" " ,ra,,,,,UK.1" "Ul thnn It can fill, nccordlng to word by aucnaei uunoei, nurenu mnnnger. "Earthwaves" Shake Italian Town. Rome. Cornto, a city In southern Italy, about twenty-five miles from Bnrl, hns been visited ngain by "earth waves" which In the past have caused much' damage there. Buildings ex tending for nlmost n mile were demol ished, nnd nO.OOO Inhabitants aro living I I.. .1-,,...! lot tlin ..wli.lntlr.no nlln.m "i m-ii irai ni" ......U.....V....T vuiiwhuu. If Three thousand of them, enrrying their re - belongings, aro seeking refuge In near- ty towns, tjornto is situated over a t A.. . 41. nuiiiuirimuuii uuuy ui wuiur, uu- cur- i rums ui which cuuse uiu lurraiu iu shift occasionally. 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS 25fc and 75$ Packages, Everywhere HOTEL LOYAL OMAHA. NKUKA8KA Headquarters for Merchants, Cattle Men, Agriculturists and Their Families Fireproof. Hooma J1.26 upwards The Hotel with o Imputation Take Dodge Street Car Line from Depot IIAIU'KIl gs KIUKL, Proprietors TO EXCIIANC.B WHAT YOU WANT FOlt WHAT YOU DON'T WANT If you are tired of farm drudgery and want to turn your land holdings for better than cash, let me give you a Chicago Income paying property that will pay you 10 on tho Investment, rain or shine, without work on' your part. 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