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    TTIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
FIXING BLAME
IN MINE WAR
Coroner Finds Employers Re
sponsible for Slaying in
Battle at Hcrrin.
TO HARNESS PLATTE RIVER
Committee In Session with Reclame
tlon Service on Irrigation
Project Survey.
Hcrrin,. 111. The death toll In the
rlotiiiK, when live thousand striking
union miners attacked the " Lester
ntrlp mine, bcinj; operated under
Kinird hy Imported workers, may run
to the forty mark, It Is claimed hy
those In touch with the situation, nltli"
thus far only twenty-seven are posi
tively known to he dead In the Hcr
rin lioMpltal are eight wounded men,
only one it miner, and six of them are
believed to he fatally Injured. There
were nine, hut one died. A miner says
that he hud seen fifteen bodies thrown
into n pond with rocks around their
necks today. About twenty Imported
workers are missing. Checking the
death list has proved almost Impos
sible. The victims, all hut throe of
them, were imported workers and are
nentteri'd over an area within several
miles of tlie mine. Some were bung
ed, some wi'io burned when the mine
was (lred, others are beaten to death
mill the majority fell before the scores
of bullets poured Into them. Three
companies of state guards have been
held In rciiiUnuMH to go to Hcrrin, the
governor disclosed, but he added that
thore apparently was no necessity of
sending soldiers unless rioting broke
out again. A ( Wooer's Jury In Its
verdict has neAd C. K. McDowell,
superintendent" M the "strip" mine of
the Southern Illinois Coal company as
tho murderer of (Jeorge Henderson,
one of the two union miners slain
last week when they visited the mine
to make uii luvestlgatlon on behalf of
the union. Kntlre responsibility for
the murders of 10 nonunion workers
und two union miners resulting from
the riots and massacre was laid upon
the oillclals of the Southern Illinois
Coal company mentioned specifically
by name In the verdict.
Want Platte River Harnessed.
Washington. A committee of promi
nent, NebrnskaiiH are here to urge up
on the reclamation service a prelim
inary survey to determine the feasi
bility of 'a plan to Impound the waters
of the I'lutte for tho Irrigation of tho
belt through which It runs. The com
mittee consists of George 10. Johnson,
Ktutc engineer, Lincoln; Mayor Me
Conaughy, Holdrego; President flrlggs,
Hastings Chamber of Commerce;
ieorge 1'. Klngsley, banker, Mlndcn.
The committee represents tho Central
Supplementary Water association, or
ganized for the purpose of setting tho
I'lattc to work to furnish water for
the I'lutte region. It Itf proposed to
dig open ditches into which the ttood
waters of the river will be run during
high water seasons.
Must Pay Attorney Fee.
Lincoln. The Nebraska supremo
court In tho case of n policy holder
ngalnst tho A. 0, U. W., hold that
fraternal Insurance companies must
pay a reasonable attorney fee for tho
policy holders when tlje fraternal order
takes an appeal to the supremo court
from a Judgment against it. This
holds good, even though tho law pro
vldlng for the payment of this fee
was passed after the contract for in
Hiirance was entered Into.
Field Marshal Wilson Assassinated.
London. Kleld Marshal Wilson,
one of Huglnud'H most Illustrious
Boldlors, wlio was chlof of tho Im
perial staff during tho Una! stages of
tho world war, was assassinated on
the doorstep of his residence In Lon
don by two young men who gave tholr
names us (VHrlen and Connolly. He
tiled before he could bo taken Into
the house.
Opposes Immediate Independence.
Washington President Harding told
members of the Philippine parliamen
tary commission that he could not
yet urge upon congress tho desira
bility of Philippine Independence.
No Official Sanction Yet.
Mexico City. Ofllclal siinctlon to
tho agreement between Secretary of
Jhe Treasury De Ln Huerta and New
fork hankers bus not yet been given
by the Mexican government. No
trouble Is anticipated, however, In
this (imirtcr.
Seventy.flve Days' Coal Supply
Washington, D. C The railroads of
the country on .Juno 1 had on hand
eventy-llvo days supply of bituminous
coal, according to a statement Issued
by the" commerce department.
Urge Reductions In Freight Rates.
Hastings, Neb. Mutorlal reductions
in class freight rates from Chicago,
Bt. Louis and Mississippi river points'
to Hustings, (Irnnd Island and Colum
bus, Nell., huve been recommended to
the Interstate Commcrco commission
ty Kxamlner ICeppart, who held a bear
ing for the commission In this city
last September. The proposed cuts
aro on all' dosses of freight and are
recommended us a remedy for rates
which the examiner holds are "tin
reason! I mid unduly prejudicial."
URGED TO ACCEPT THE CUT
Chairman Hooper Writing Answer to
Union Ultimatum Giving Phases
of Readjustment.
Wnshlngton, D. C. The soldlerH'
bonus bill, by a vote of C2 to 8, has
been made tho special order of busi
ness of the senate Immediately after
the final vote on the tariff bill, unless
It Is disposed of before that time.
Adoption of a motion to this effect
came after an all-day light at tho
outset of which an effort to get the
bill before the senate failed. Several
senators gave formal notice that they
would continue to press for action on
the bonus ahead of the tariff.
Nominate Woman for U. S. Senator.
St. Paul, Minn. A woman has been
nominated for United States senatoi
by a major political party for tho
first time In the history of the coun
try. This became apparent when re
turns from half the precincts pnrtlcl
paling In Monday's primary election
showed Mrs. Annie Dlekh Olosen had
captured the senatorial nomination ol
tho democratic ifarty from two male
opponents.
Urges Workers to Accept Cuts.
Chicago. Acceptance of the $135,
1)00,000 wage cuts July 1 will be urged
upon railroad workers by the United
States railroad labor hoard In reply
to the "ultimatum" from the union
jhlefs at Cincinnati to the effect that
If the workers vote for a strike tho
leaders will sanction it. The answer
)f the board, which Is being prepared
.iy Chairman Pen W. Hooper, will go
nto phases of the readjustment period'
audi as rail wages and their relation
(o transportation costs and to Industry
an the outside Is that It may find Its
text In a paragraph from the wage
reduction order dealing with the busi
ness revlvnl now In progress and tho
manner In which transportation dove
tails Into it all.
Aro Strong for Unification.
Pekln. Two significant develop
ments now point to a reunited China
In tho near( future. One was found
In ofllclal advices from Canton that
Sun Yat Sen's downfall was complete.
Tho other came ln a telegram from
the three provinces of Manchuria,
where Chang Tso-LIn has attempted
to establish a separate empire, that
tho three provinces were ready to
Join the united China movement. The
telegram from Mnnchurian assemblies
statud that, while Manchuria enjoys
self-government, It, nevertheless, was
willing to Join In the program for uni
fication. Honors to Chief Justice Taft.
London. Britain's foremost states
men, Jurists iiiiii lawyers ami a great
body of American friends Joined ln nn
Impressive reception to William How
ard Taft, chief Justice of the United
States supreme court upon his first
public appearance In Kngland. He
wns the guest of honor at the Pil
grims' banquet, at which live mem
bers 6f tho cabinet, many former cabl
net ministers and the greatest logal
minds In the country lent their pres
ence. Purely beforo has a vlsltlug
American received such a spontaneous
welcome.
To Declare 10' Per Cent Dividend.
Omaha, Neb. Tho Federal Land
Panic of Omaha will declare a 10 per
cent dividend to Its borrowing stock
holders on July 1, accord.ng to a stat
ment by Chris Gruenthor, secretary of
the bank. Tho total dividend will
amount to Sirili.OOO. Under the Farm
loan net, as oxplulned by Mr. Gruen
ther, all the stock In the federal land
bank Is owned hy the borrowors and
every borrower bikes 5 per cent of hla
loan ln stock.
Thousands Homeless from Floods.
Washington, D. C Advices from
Moxlco to the state department state
that the government olllces at tho In
ternational bridge at Laredo have been
abaudoiiod, that l,r00 persons in
Nuevo Lnredo had been driven from
their homes, and that business houses.
Including two American stores, had
been Hooded by a raise ln the Hlo
Grande river, which came down from
the San Juan river In Mexico.
San Francisco, Cal. James S. Mc
Candless of Honolulu was named as
Imperial potentate of tho Ancient
Arable order, Nobles of tho Mystic
Shrine, at Its annual session here.
Favorable Crop Conditions.
Washington. Generally favorable
conditions for the harvesting of, grain
and hay and for the cultivation of
crops except In some northeastern
and north central states, wore rocordi
ed by the weather bureau In Its week
ly weather and crop report.
Seattle, Wash. CupL Honld Amund
sen's exploration ship Maud, bound
on a five-year selentlllc expedition In
the north polar basin region, arrived
In Nome, Alaska, after 17W days out
of Seattle
State Sending Clothing to Russia.
Lincoln, Neb. A largo shipment ot
clothing will leave here July 0 for tho
famine area along tho Volga river
In Hussla under tho auspices of the
Central States Volga Ueliof society.
Tills shipment, which Is to bo accom
panied by Jacob Volz of York, will be
directed to Saratov, ltussla, from
where the clothing will ho distribut
ed, llequests have been sent to all
points In the atnto for serviceable
clothing of any description. Received
In Lincoln It Is prepared In 100-pound
bales mid covered with oil cloth.
Street In a
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C.)
. There Is something to be lenrned
from the recent "swing around the
circle'' by the President of France
through Morocco. It includes visits to
Mohammedan holy places near which,
u few years ago, "Christian Infidels"
wero not permitted. Smiles of wel
come met this French party where
formerly nil Huropeans received scowls
or worse. It seems that the history
of Algeria Is being repeated and that
French economic penetration Is prov
ing a success In this anomalous coun
try, whoso Arabic name means "the
extrcmo West," but which has har
bored more tenaciously than Egypt or
Mesopotamia the llavor of the East.
Until a decade ago Morocco scorned
western civilization and had succeeded
In keeping Itself at least a millennium
and a half behind the times. Moslem
fuuatlclsm ran riot. Jews und Chris
tians were treated with a mixture of
contempt, suspicion and hostility. Be
cause, us a result of pressuro by the
European powers, Christians were per
mitted to own land In Tangier, Moroc
cans referred to It as a "dog town,"
and one Moslem mup-maker Insisted
on leaving it off the map of Morocco.
Relatively few Europeans lived ln the
country outside of Tangier and a few
other coast cities; und in somo of
the towns considered holy, It was as.
much as a non-Moslem foreigner's life
wns worth to appear.
The Morocco of today is something
of u mixture govern wiontnlly. The
oretically It is all under tho control of
the sultun of Morocco. As a mntter
of fact, however, tho country Is di
vided Into three purts still nominally
under the sultnn. Along the Mediter
ranean and extending Inland for CO to
100 miles Is tho narrow zone recog
nized to bo under Spanish Influence. A
caliph appointed by the sultan Is sup
posed to bo In control of this zone, as
sisted by Spanish olllclnls. The city of
Tangier, on tho northwestern point of
Africa, and a smull surrounding
district, constitute a special zono
In which nn International commission
assists Moroccan oillclals. The main
portion of Morocco something like
nlneteen-twentleths Is under u French
protectorate which has existed since
1012.
Has Many Capitals.
Morocco is a laud of many capitals.
Tho sultan has palaces ln Fez, Tatilclt.
Marrakcsh (Morocco City) and ltabut,
und resides ln each from time to time.
For some years Tangier was tho diplo
matic capital where all foreign en
voys were resident and where a rep
resentative of the sultun also resided,
Life and property wero too Insecure ln
the Interior for foreign envoys to feel
safe in the city ln which the sultan
happened to be living. This situation
has changed since the French protec
torate was established and the resi
dent genoral now resides In the city
of the sultan, having residences as
well ln the other capitals.
From tho sou, Tangier Is the Arab
city of North Africa par excellence, for
the ugly dashes of yellow, green and
red, with which scattered modern con
structions have marred tho otherwise
glistening whiteness of the native city,
are not distinguishable until the steam
er lies close ln. Helng a city of "In
fidels," It has been visited only on tho
rarest occasions by tho sultan.
The traveler from Europe will bo
struck tit once by the total lack of
the well-known rumblo of city streets,
for though tho uneven thoroughfares
aro In most parts paved with cobble
htones, wheeled vehicles aro practlr
cally unknown, not only In Tangier,
but throughout the empire. Tho streots
are nevertheless crowded with other
means of transport. So narrow are
somo of them that at the oft-repented
"llalakl" "Look out I" one must again
and ughln spring Into some doorway
A I
Moorish Town
In order to let donkeys, mules and
horses, with their spreading burdens,
pass by. .
Camels have to be unloaded on tht
"soke," or market-place, outside the
walls. Things too heavy to be car
ried by a single animal must be trans
ported by men, and It Is no unusual
sight to seo great stones Ave and sis
feet long siting on poles and homo by
a dozen or more half-nuked Arabs.
In these narrow streots the little box
like shops, waist high, give the proper
oriental setting to the whole. In them
we seo the owner reclining and sedate
ly rending, seemingly oblivious to tut
stirring scenes nround him, until he Is
"disturbed" by a purchaser for his
goods, all of which ure within urm's
reach.
Fez Once a 'Paradise.
Inland . Fez is, of course, different
from Tangier. The golden days ot
Fez began ln the Ninth century und
continued till ubout the Thirteenth. It
was then celebrated us a paradise.
Around the city were splendid gardens
ot rarest fruits. The soil watered by
n thousand streams, was of extraop
dlnary fertility. Its numerous schools
and libraries und Its famous univer
sity attracted students oven from Eu
rope. The cllmute, Its fruits und now
ers, Its fountains and wells, Its ver
duro und beauty, caused the city to
enjoy a reputation unique In Islam. Its
glories have departed, but -it still
boasts of one of the most sacred
mosques of the Mohammedan world,
that of Mulal Idress, "the Younger,"
tho founder of tho kingdom.
Tho sights of Fez ure Its teeming
streets, bazars and mnrkets. Weeks
enn be spent In this Interesting city,
and yet new and strange scenes bo
met with at almost any moment.
Snake-charmers, medicine-men, story
tellers, with their gaping crowds, ar
tisans and tradesmen of every descrip
tion, costumes from the four quarters
of Morocco and beyond Interest tho
traveler at every turn. But all Is not
poetry In Fez. Revolting are the Hor
rible diseases to be, seen on every
band.
The residence portion of the city Is
strikingly unnttractlve. One can scarce
ly believe thut he Is being taken to call
on one of the wealthiest Moors of the
city, when ho stops In a narrow street,
barely Ave feet wide, Inclosed by high,
prlsoiMlko wlndowless wnlls. Theso
walls are the houses themselves. A mas
sive, Iron-studded door will bo opened,
nnd In semi-darkness one will be con
ducted nlong u tortuous, dingy pas
sage, through several doors, to suddenly
emerge Into one of those Inner courts
which are the masterpieces' of oriental
architecture, with Its mo3ulcs, tiles,
fountains, colonnades or light Sara
cenic arches supporting a second gal
lery above, all covered with n profu
sion of colored nnd gilded arabesques
and pendentlvos.
Almost rivaling these Inner courts
In popularity, especially with the wom
en, the lint roofs of the houses must
bo mentioned. Here during certain
hours tho men are never expected to
appear, for they are then sacred to
the women of the families, who resort
to them unveiled to enjoy tho cooling
breezes from the Atlas mountains.
Tho city of Meklnez might be called
the monument of Mouley Ismael, the
great contemporary of Louis XIV, who
even dnred sue for tho hand of a
daughter of tho great French king.
Ills mania for building Is everywhere
In evidence. For miles along tho rond
leading to tho quarries to the north
grent blocks of stone can still bo seen
lying, Just ns they fell from tho hands
of tho slnves when they henrd Hint
their tyrant sovereign wns dead. But
a melancholy Interest Is attached to
theso great buildings, for It must be
remembered thut hundreds of Chris
tian slaves tolled and died on these
gloomy walls.
AMERICAN
LEGION
(Copy lui i, wepHiiiiit-iii suiipltnd by
the American Legion New Service.)
DADDY OF AMERICAN LEGION
E. Lester Jones of Washington, D. C,
Founder of the Movement
Back in 1919.
E. Lester Jones of Washington, D.
C, becnuse ho was tho founder of the
American Legion
movement 1 n
A m e r 1 c u, was
cnlled the "dad
dy" of the or
ganization back
in 1010 nnd the
title has stayed
with him ever
since.
Mr. .Tones was
one 'of n handful
df veterans who
1010, and formed whnt wns known ns
the John J. Pershing post of World
Wur Veterans. Lnter, when the sev
eral societies of those who had fought
In the World war combined under
the nnme of the Amerlcnn Legion,
Mr. Jones was made commnnder of
the newly-formed George Wnshlngton
post No. 1. When the department of
the District of Columbia was formed,
he was made departments com
mander. Leglonnnlre Jones was an enlisted
man with the District' of Columbia
Natlonnl Guard prior to the World
wur. During the war he rose from
private to colonel, taking all the
grades.
LEGION HONORED ALL DEAD
Organization Participated In Services
at Final Interment of Men
Brought Home.
Army transports ln which many of
them went across eager for the con
flict huve carried back the Inst of the
15,000 A. E. F. dead, those relatives
bad requested to be returned to this
country for permanent burial. The
graves registration service of the
army, which hnd the work of return
ing these bodies in charge, did an al
most superhuman task. But this
service could not give the comradely
human touch to the handling of these
bodies nfter they reached the United
States that seemed due them.
No organization was so well suited
to perform the last rights of honor
nnd respect for these soldier dead as
was tho American Legion. Tho men of
the Legion took upon themselves the,
obligation. Forty, ship loads of bodies
came to eastern ports during a period
of tw.o nnd a half years. It was not
always possible to have an elaborate
service, because the arrivals were too
frequent, but ln every Instance there
was at least n prayer by a chaplain
of the Protestant, Catholic or Jewish
faith, an address hy a prominent citi
zen or army officer nnd a rifle salute.
A number of times, however, tho
services were noteworthy. President
Harding delivered nn address ut
services arranged by tho Legion, May
23, 1021, when the Princess Matolka
nrrlved with 451 bodies. General
Pershing nnd Senator Lodge spoke
when the Somme nnd the Wheaton ar
rived, July 10, 1021, with 7,000 dead.
Tho last cargo of bodies nrrlved in
Brooklyn, in April, 1022, on the Cnm
bral. On that occasion, the body of
Private Charles W. Graves, Compnny
M, One-hundred nnd Seventeenth In
fantry, Thirteenth division, wns borne
on a caisson through the streets, lined
with silent throngs, to tho army base,
where simple ceremonies mnrked the
close of the last public demonstration
for America's returned dead.
RAN TOWARD BERLIN IN 1918
Clarence De Mar, Winner of 25-Mile
American Marathon Race, In
terested In Boy Scouts.
Clarence II. DoMnr of Melrose,
Mass., winner of tho 2.r-mlle Amerlcnn
Marathon r a c o,
got some of his
endurance as a
1 o n g-d 1 s t n nee
runner while run
ning townrd Ber
lin in 1018, nnd
h o undoubtedly
acquired u good
deal of his agil
ity ond sureness
of foot while
dodging Frit z's
missiles. De Mar
finished fourth In
n long-distance race between tho men
of tho A. E. F. and the other allied
nations ln tbo Pershing stadium ln
Paris.
Ills chief Interest, however, does
not seem to bo in racing, but In tho
welfare of a troop of boy Scouts of
which he has been .In charge for sov
eral years.
Ten Years to Displace the Blue.
It will require about ten years to
clothe all French troops ln khnkl de
spite tho efforts ot the higher council
of war to equip all branches of the
French army ln uniforms of that
color. Tho horizon blue nnd steel
gray cloth on hand must be used up
and It will take ten years to do It,
tho ministry of wnr declares.
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The pains nnd headaches nover bother
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Tanlac Is sold by all good druggists.
Not Too Fast.
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rejecting him. Perhaps ho Isn't"
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