TTTE NORTTT PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRTDUNE. SEEM TO DRIFT TOWARD PEACE No Now Situations Dovolopod But Union and Rail Heads Appear Optimistic, APPROVALS ARE IMPORTANT Board's Position is Aided by Allegation of Finality of Decision. the Chicago, 111, A veil of silence litis descended over tin; railway strike situation, as both rail heads ami atrlko leaders turn hopeful eyes to ward the momentous duveopinents tht next week Is expected to bring forth. The bitterness which hns marked the progress of the walkout at tlmeH, during the punt two weekH, seems to have been succeeded by a pence al most approaching an understanding. Hallway executives who have do clured their willingness to uttend any meeting enlled by the United States railroad labor board, with a view to affecting n settlement, "that would not nullify, but would uphold and carry out the board's decisions," spent the tiahhnth In seclusion. Despite the silence of the leaders, liowever, hopes of an early settlement were expressed freely In both railway and labor circles, although no tangible Jjnsls for these expectations was given. Decisions Binding on Both. Washington. Senator Cummins of Iowa, chairman of the senate Inter Htate commerce committee and one of the authors of the transportation net of 1020, under which the railroad labor board functions, declared that decisions of the board were binding on both carriers and employes and not simply "advisory," as held by union otllcluls. The government, Sena tor Cummins held, can compel obed ience to rulings of the board, notwith standing that the transportation act provided no penalties. Senator Cum mins was In conferenco with President Harding at the White House- for near .ly an hour. After tho conferenco he mild that while in was optimistic, he could see no way at present out of the "tangled situation" which ho re .gurded as critical. Concession is Held Important. Washington. Tho position of . tho railroad labor board 1 as been Im measurably strengthened by the state ment of the railroad executives to itho elTect that they cannot enter Into 'uny negotiations with their men, but that the decision of the railroad labor larnrd is Until. This Is an Interesting nnd hopeful development, as viewed here, for It means a long step toward Industrial Xieace. Heretofore tho labor leaders lmve felt justified In Ignoring the de cision of the labor board by thu strike method chiefly because of a conviction that tho railroads them selves wero not obeying the decisions of thu beard. Protests Preaching of Christianity Peking. Keeling against Christian education in China Is evidenced in a long protest recently published by the Chinese press. This protest signed ly tho Antl-Chrlstlnn Student federa tion, was sent to tho Chinese Educa- tlouat Reform association, which Is meeting at Tslnanfu, capital of thu province- of Shantung. The protest asserts that while China welcomes the Introduction of foreign educational methods, It does not desire them con nuctcd with tho preaching of Chris tlunlty. May Resort to Coal Rationing. Washington. A system of coal ra tioning will bo necessary If tho coal minors and operators tto not agroo to resume mining operations within two or three weeks, according to a lilgh olllclal of tho government In close touch with thu situation. Plans are now being drawn for n voluntary revival of the wnrtlme conservation policies employed by tho fuel ndmlnls tratlon and will he put Into operation if tho strike Is long continued, It was learned. Kunsas City, Mo. Five persons wero killed and -10 Injured, most of them seriously, when the Missouri Tacltle Scenic Limited llyer, west bound from St, Ixnils to California collided heiulon with a local freight train near hero. Pekln. Tho governor of tho prov Ince of Cheklang has openly delled Pekln and a movement Ik said to luivo gained headway in Cheklang to Kwnnghing to establish an autono mous government with Dr. Sun Yat Men at Its head. Bank of England Lowers Rate. London. Tho Hunk of England has lowered Its discount rate to U pet cent, n reduction of per cent from 4he figure established on Juno jo. Washington. Anthracite mine own th have submitted a response to the i-nverninent'8 offer of arbitration hn roal sltimtlon Mint President TTnrrlini- wns said to regard hb n com ploto, acceptance. Meanwhile, th miners' union nnd, to n dogree, tho fiitntnlnouB coal operators, continue to pursuo n policy which high official declared wns Intended to ovnde ot delay nn Immediate response, nnd In which ofllclnlH Baw n disposition to reject tho government's setUemonl plun if public opinion wouiu npprov micii ii course,; . FORBIDS HAMPERING TRAINS Calls Upon the People of the Country to Aid In Preservation of Law and Order. Washington. President Harding, In a proclamation Issued at the White House, has directed "all persons to re frain from nil interference with law ful efforts to maintain Interstate trans portation and the carrying of tho United States malls." In the proclamation, winch wns Is sued after a day In which continued reports had reached the postolllce de partment of Interference by railroad strikers with mall trains, the presi dent Invited the co-operation of all public authorities, state and municipal, and the "aid of all good citizens," to uphold tho Inws nnd to "facilitate those operations in safety which nro essential to llfo and liberty nnd the security of property and our common public, welfare." The peaceful settlement of contro versies between shop craft employes nnd carriers, It was stated, "jn ac cordance with law nnd duo respect for tho established agencies for such settlement are essential to the se curity and well being of our people." The president took the poslt'on that men willing to maintain the op eration of railroad trnlns 4n order to transport malls "have tho same In disputable right to work that others have to decline to work." These activities and tho maintained supremacy of law and order are the llrst obligations of the government and citizenship of our united country. drain Growers Will Handle Sales. Lincoln, Neb. Members of tho United States Grain Growers, Inc., living tributary to tho Omaha grain marker will be shlpp'ng their grain tnrougu merit, own sales agency with in a short time, according to C. II. Oustnfson, presldeia-vi&ntho U. S. Oraln Growers. Mr. Ousliaititni gone to Chicago to complete arrange ments for this sales agency. Tho sale of grain will be handled through a $2i,000 corporation under tho laws of Nebraska with all the stock sold and fully paid up. More tlmn half the stock has been paid for and the sales agency will begin operations as soon as the remainder of the stock has been sold. Special Assessment on State Banks. Lincoln, Nob. Tho stnte department of trade and commerce has announced a special assessment of $1M8,;U2 against the DUO stnte hanks of Ne braska for tho state bank guaranty fund In addition to the regular semi annual July assessment of one-twen- tletli of ono per cent on average de posits, totalling $100,:W2. With tho assessments, the fund stands $2,1101, tVTil. The law requires the fund to exceed "Ppcr cent of nvorage deposits In all stato banks, which on Juno 1 atnountod to .?218,flll,'181. Dos Moines, la. Summons to all patriotic organizations In tho country to Join in an nll-Amorlcnii conclave here next September has been Issued by thu national encampment com mittee of tho Grand Army of the He- public, Invitations lmvo been mailed to every patriotic society, not olllclally allied with tho G. Aa It., to send spec ial delegations to tho fiutli annual en campment of tho veterans, which will bo held here September 21-28. Farm Crops Devastated. Lincoln. Sixteen sections of farm land totalling more than 10,000 acres of farm crops was devastated by a hailstorm that extended from about three miles west of Duvoy to Green wodd, n (i stance of nbupt 11 miles. Tho only posslblo salvage from tho storm will bo a part of the fall wheat crop, which was In tho shock, and It Is estlmatod that 23 per cent of that lBjHt. Britain Will Pay In Lump Sum. London, The livening News says arrangements for repayment of the British loan to America In a lump sum In the near future are In an ad vanced stage, It declares .opnyment will be made by means of a loan to be raised Jointly In England and America. China Has Depleted Treasury. Peking. China's treasury Is empty, according to nfllclnls, hut tho repub lic's generals have demanded moro than $10,000,000 for military expensos and payment of troops. Governor Calls Special Election. Lincoln. Governor Mckelvle has Issued a proclamation calling for a special election In the Sixth district on prlmnry day, July 18, to nominate party candidates desiring to till tho unexpired term of the late Congress man Moses P. Klnkuid. Filings must be made at the olllcc of D. M. Ams berry, socretary of state, at once In order to give tnat olllclal tlmo to send certified lists of candidates to county clerks. Candidates for tho unexpired terms will have their names placed on separate ballots. Llncolu. Information has been ic- celved at the olllco of Attorney Gen eral Clarence A. Davis that Omaha bakers who lost In their fight with Davis In tho supreme court, to hnva the Smith bread law declared uncons tltutlonal, were plnnnlng to carry tho light to tho United States supremo court. Washington. Aiinroxlmatelv SIOO.. 000,000 will no spent for, good road construction throughout the country during" the fiscal year which begun Julv 1. . Stairway of the Central (Prepared by the National Qeoffraphlc Boclety, Washington, D. C.J Rivaling In Inaccessibility our cliff dwellings In tho SmiUiwest. but guard ed by tropical verdure rather tlia'n by desert sands, France has, tucked away hi tho dense forests of Indo-Chlnn, somo of tho most extensive and most magnificent ruins Id the world. They are the great temples and other build ings of tho Khmers, a ruce about which little Is now known, though In scriptions abound and nwalt the work of some clever decipherer. Outside of the Siamese and Cambo- nint.-.j,.ery few people havo heard of Angkor, o -saw that such a nutlon us tho Khmers over iv,OI conquered, worKcu, nnu pensnea irom u. fnce of tho earth. In America even now w S doubtful If there are many who have heard -of Angkor Tom and Angkor Wat, so completely have these splen did ruins been hidden In the Cambodi an jungle nnd kept from civilization by nutural barriers. Up to recent years not many travel ers ever visited Angkor, and some of tfiose who did never returned to tell the story, for the country hns been from time Immemorial Inhospitable to strangers. It Is said that the Romans Bent an envoy in the tlmo of its great est activity. Tho Chinese havo from tlmo to tlmo sent ehvoys nnd mnfle trentles, and have loft the earliest de scriptions so -far discovered and de ciphered. Mnrco Polo mentioned the place, but did not seo It. Journey Up the Mekong. One visiting Indo-Chlna naturally goes llrst to Saigon, capital and chief port, nnd It Is from there thut tho Journey to tlte forest-inclosed ruins will begin. A rallroud Journey of 44 miles takes the traveler to the end of tho line at Mytho. From this point tho Journey Is up tho broad Mekong river by stcumboat for tho next 24 hours; nnd you nro not sorry when It Is ended, either, for tho accommoda tions are nnything but luxurious. The Mekong Is one of the world's grentcst streams; It Is the one great river of tho peninsula of Indo-Chlna. A sheet of yellow wlffigj'n mile or so wide, rringeu wiui coconut nnu ancn palms; some banyans, bananas, and a tangle of lluna vines; an occasional bird or two, n nutlvo sampan, a Chi nese Junk; patches of rice and ncres of Bwamp land: no hills in sight to rellovo tho monotony such Is tho vis ta of the first day's Journey which lnnds you at Pnom Penh, Uie modern cnpltal of Cambodia. An uttractlvo little place Is Pnom Penh, with well-paved streets It takes the French to mnko roads and keep them good a gentle monsoon to cool tho air; a few characteristic buildings of the Cambodian royalty, suggesting "a general flavor of mild decuy"; a nagoda with a 'silver-plated floor and nn absent-minded looking Buddhu made out of glass, attended by a priestess clad In gold nnd glittering with din monds; n "library" without a book in It; a procession of Buddhist priests In bright yellow robes; natives in bright colored silks nnd cottons and, nbovo nil, tho "Pnom" itself, n structure erected as n monument and possessing some lines of beauty that moro than atono for its grotesque features. At Pnom Penh one may go by water up a tributary of tho Mekong, or ho mny roll by motor over n good French built road to Kompong Chang on tho shores of tljo queer lake, Tonle Sap. This bofly of water Is u natural over flow basin for the Mekong. In the rainy season It becomes CO feet deep In some places, but during the dry pe riod It Is. little more than a sea of mud. A launch takes one acres the 70-mllc-long lake, though this modern craft cannot como close to snore nnd must bo bonrded and left by sumpan. Ono transfers to his sampan apparently far out In the lnke, a distant lino of trees marking what ho supposes Is the shore. Hut the discovery is made bo foro long that tho lino of trees is not tho shoro but the edgo of a submerged forest. Grandeur of the Ruins. The first gllmpso one gets of tho rulnB is when n rounded tower appears through tho trees a mile or so distant, Inst n moment, nnd then no more till you are there. It Is Angkor Wat, tho most recent, tho best preserved, the most classic and ornato of them all, Zugh not the iargt. There are Tower, Angkor Wat. many others scattered nbout this wide plain, Including Angkor Tom, only a mile nwny; but these are all ruins, indeed, while, the "wnt" might still bo called n building. Standing In front of the temple grounds (tho word wat means a tem ple), you sec a moat some 30 rods wide surrounding the premises like a medieval castle, and crossed by a stone causeway lending to the main entrance. This entrnnce is itself a mnsslve tower, flanked by two others only a little smaller, set In the Inclosing wall. The whole Inclosure Is 800 by 1,000 me ters, and Its area Is therefore 170 acres. Pnsslng through the entrance, you see the elevated stone causeway, flunked by seve'ral temples, leading up to the wnt In the dlstnnce. a distance you get the effect of laterm -jagnltudo only, for the entire structure d Broup of structures Is sit ting lint on a kvc1 plaIni unaspirinK and almost unlnsp...ng jt jg not n little surprising to loo.'nt tlie centrni tower and hear that It Is nctuaiiy G5 meters (213 feet) from Its Su,mjt t0 the level of tho plain. It Is not till one enters the gnllerle., and begins to measure distances rel atively therefrom that the grandeur and lmpresslvencss of the conception begin to make themselves felt. Those same rounded towers now spring aloft, nnd tho Inner temple Is rnlsed nbovo a surrounding gallery, which Is In turn terraced above aft outer and surround ing gallery, till the roof of tho lutter Is on n level with the base of the for mer. Tlieso two encompassing gener ics and the cruciform temple building proper within them are the main de tails In tho ground plan of tho wnt. The material used throughout In the construction Is a grayish sandstone which the French call "gres." It much resembles marble in closeness and fineness of grain, and It stands weath ering admirably. "Where portions of tho decorative detail had been affec tionately caressed and stroked by ad miring hands, the stone Is as smooth ns polished murble. The effect of the color Is certainly as somber as could bo conceived, nnd to see It In ruins Is pnlnfully suggestive of tho grayness of death. Covered With Carvings. And nil of these tons upon tons of stone were brought from Pnom Coulen, nearly 10 miles away. How, overland? Impossible. If that submerged forest could tell Its own history we should probably licnr of a tlmo when both Pnom Coulen and Angkor were situ ated upon the margin of Tonle Sap and the stone barges went to and fro between them. But that triumphant forest, having driven back the sea, has made n malarial marsh nenr the ruins which is simply one of Its wenpons offensive. If the mass of tho structure Is Im pressive, tho amount of decorative work done upon it, to speak only quantitatively, Is still more so. Inside nnd outside, from top to bottom, it is n mnss of carving In stone. A few blnnk spaces are to bo found nbout the building, and these are generally In tho mnln temple, res6rvcd for the work of the greater artists who never came. Both the encircling galleries consist pf n row of square columns on the outer Bide, nn arch en corbolllo above, and an inner wall with an entablature for tho whole colonnade. And everything is decorated the four flat faces of the columns, the walls, the entablature, and the wooden celling which formerly rested upon It, concealing tho arch which Is unornamented Who built these ruins, nnd when did they build them? The Khmers built them; but who thov were, where tliey came from, when nnd why they built, and finally, why they disappeared, nobody Is yet able to answer with certainty. Traill tlon In the person of nn nlleged Chi neso historian says that a powerful ruler once emigrated from India with all his followers to escape a still more powerful ruler; that he Bubjugatcd the pcoplo ho found here nnd put them to work erecting these enormous cui flees ot stone. At present the safest guess ns to the date of building Is as follows : For Angkor Tom, tho Ninth century A. D.. or during tho reign of Alfred tho Greut in Kngland. For Angkor Wnt the Twelfth century, or 100 'years after the Norman conquest. CONSIDERING U. SJONTROL President Thinks Emergency Action May Be Necessary in Coal Strike. SEE WAY TO A SETTLEMENT Willing to Obey Summons of Labor Board Reach Agreement With "Big Four." Washington. With sennt hope en tertained that the miners and coal operators see a way to adjust their differences, the administration has be gun to prepare itself to use its full power to have coal mined and dis tributed to the American public. This wus made clear at the White House following conferences between the president nnd his advisers ami with representatives of New. England and of the northwest, where the coal shortage Is i.eute. Secretary of War Weeks expressed the hope tho strike would be settled within a short time, but every prepara tion Is made to meet what Is expected to be the greatest Industrial upheaval this country has ever seen if efforts to settle the strike fail. Washington. President Harding has taken the first step toward bucking up with thu military arm of the government his proclamation against Interference with the transportation .of Interstate commerce and the malls. Instructions were sent nt his direc tion to Alujor General John L. Hlnes, commundlng the Eighth army corps arcn at San Antonio, Texas, to pre pare a sufficient fores of troops to give adequate protection to. the lines of tho Missouri, Kansas & Texas rallroud which have been attacked by striking shopmen, particularly at Denlson, Texas. Postmaster General Work has no tified President Harding that 00,000 motor vehicles can bo used to trans port tho malls tf train service falls. Lincoln, Neb. The Burlington hns 090 employes on Its rolls In the Ne braska district taking the places of nbout 2,800 strikers, according to figures given out here. This Is nbout one-fourth of the normal force. At the Havelock shops there are fifty men Employed and 903 men are out. c7enlng Way to Settlement. Chlcnkf) while flntlv rofnslnr? to meet the1- .nders of 400,000 striking shopmen t6,jUscusg peace proposaiS "Stives have left open the door for a s,,tlement of thu stl,,ke through the 0 ,ted stntcs rallroud lubor board. Immediately fcft. rp!t(.Mnsr nn agreement wlthftne heads of tho "big four" brotli4rllood3 not t0 ie quire their mcrnbei tQ (lo 0( tho "ulUL L ""-"us Kopmen. the execu tives began consld.ratlon of a e program submitted t0 them b noara. auer a cont,rcnce wlth B M Jewell, head of the striking shopmen. xiiuir uuo.ri.-i, ... tne form of a letter addressed to i(r IIoopei.( who said that he was actln? m fl ..personal tlons, asserted that (ie strlke wag called In defiance of tno 1)oar( and that therefore any confrenco j)etween the executives and the 3trikers would not no "perniissioie or (tolerable" us It would place the carrls in tne posl'. tlon of seeking to find i,eang to sub. vert tho decision of thoboard Bronze Memorial to Bjffa0 qui Cody, Wyo-An eque,trIan fl of Col. W. P (Buffalo mn) cbod larger than llfo size, to bo dono Jn uronze wiin a ouse 01 ,nk natlye granite, will be unveiled two enrg henco at tho annual Cod,. staulpede It was announced here bytll0 TjUffaio Bill memorlul committee.,' Mrg IIarry Payne Whitney, New rk sodet woman, and sculptress, w,0 ,mg ,)een commissioned to design tho fl left for Now York after, conferrjng with the committee. Bridge Destroyed for TlfJJ -rme Belfast. The brldgo a Dun)e'er County Louth, agiun has ',ecn 0iown' up, together with four oherg UnS severing rail communlcatlj,, 'veen Dublin and Belfast. St. Louts, Mo. Dlsconti;unnco o sixty local and mixed pas- cr nnd freight trains on tho Mlssotrl pacjflc system, has been nnnoutKj llore Tho announcement stuted t0 ncton' was taken becauso of lntcagog ln coal prices due to tho mlne.g, '8trjko Berlin. financial To help relievo th, pre8ent panic, Germany .,.- 4,000,000,000 gold marks ($-000 000 000) loan, and Secretary B.'rgmann' who has Just been sent to I-rls nna' been authorized to ask the epara. tlons commission for this airunt Tho Hague. Thu Europen. delo. gates, under Instructions frot t.(elr governments, havo decided tc; adont a united front on all questions ief))re tho ltusslan conference, more ljrtjcu. larly on tho treatment of conucatcJ property. Dublin. The full list of n lltary casualties In tho recent flgh 7g in Dublin, Issued by tho national headquarters, shows that n!(l( ' army eoldlers were killed and 111 w(,nded It Is Estimated that slxty-flvo ctjlung were killed and 281 wounded. INSURANCE MAN IS ENTHUSED OVER IT Gains 14 Pounds Taking Tanlac and Is Restored to Finest Health, "Tanlnc hns restored my health and built mo up fourteen pounds In weight," snld H. W. Morrison, -1708 Thrush Ave., St. Louis, Mo., agent for the National Life Insurance Co. "Two years ago my stomach went wrotig and I could not cat anything without suffering ngony nfterwlirda from heart palpltntlon nnd shortness of breath. Some nights I wns In so much misery my wife had to get up and try to get me some relief. My health got to be so poor 1 had to stay In bed for weeks at a time. "What Tifniac has done for me is nothing short of wonderful. I now eat anything I want, sleep fine, nnd am working full time every day; In fact, I'm In splendid health. I can't prnl&e Tanlac too highly." Tnnlnc Is sold by all good draggists. Ups and Downs. "How did you lose your money?" "I wns thrown down by a friend, now Old you lose yours?" "I wns held up by a stranger." Judge. Free for Our Readers. We have made arrangements where by every housewife who reads this pnper can obtain a copy of "Reliable Recipes" absolutely free of charge by simply writing the Home Economics Department of the Calumet Baking Powder Co., 4100-28 Fillmore Street, Chicago, 111. "Reliable Recipes" contains 70 pages of recipes and other Information ap preciated by every housewife. It Is Illustrated ln colors and will prove quite helpful In preparing the daily menu. We have also made arrangements with the Calumet Baking Powder Co. whereby their Home Economics De partment will -cheerfully answer all questions pertaining to cooking, kitchen equipment, etc. There Is ab solutely no charge for this service. Write the Home Economics Depart ment of the Calumet Baking Powder Co., 4100-28 Fillmore St., Chicago, TIL, today for a copy of "Reliable Recipes." Advertisement. Some men nre so perverse they will spend their lives trying .to make water run up hill by gravity. You'll Like Radio Are Making Money You can secure complete Informa tion about this new and lucrative business by reading regularly Radio Merchandising The Semi-Monthly Magazine of the eRfidio Industry It is replete with exactly the Infor mation that the dealer, and pros pective dealer, requires. One dollar will bring it to you for four months Three dollars a year. Radio Publishing Corporation E Incorporated I DeptJBS, 342 Madison AveHewYork Cly No Harm Done. "Mrs. Dubwalto recently discovered a package of lovo letters Mr. Dub walte wrote some years ago to a blonde." "Ab Mrs. Dubwnlte is a pronounced brunette, I presume there was the dickens of a row." "No. Tho letterswcre all addressed to Mrs. Dubwnlte." "But" "At that time she was a pronounced blonde." The Optician's Little Joke. "What caused the sudden coolness between you and Mr. Qusherly?" asked the optician's wife. "Why, ho was telling me that ln his deor wife he saw tho most accom plished, tho most beautiful woman Id tho world, and I merely asked him to come over and I'd fit him up with a pair of glasses.'! ARE WORKING HARDER And uninp their feet more than ever before. For all these workers the frequent use of Allen's Foot-Ease. the antiseptic, healing powder to be shaken into the shoes an? sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their efficiency and insures needed physical com fort. Allen's Foot-Ease takes the Friction, from the Shoe, keeps the shoe from rub bing and the stockings from wearing, fresh ens the feet, and prevents tired, aching and blistered feet. Women everywhere are constant users of Allen's FootKose. Don't get foot sore, get Allen's FootEase. More than One Million five hundred thou sand pounds of Powder for the Feet were used by our Army and Navy durinp tlm war. In a pinch, use Allen's Foot-Ease I ExcellO 1 1 j$K it I I SuspenderS nWH 1 Tear's ircr guar- m Srst' ti B antcod. No rnpbor. n xWwJflKA IT 4 PAopftor JJrona K JjwSR 1 2 "tretcb.ClffmortfiM'. W Ip (OflnNSf S on button,. If roar ii -Al lidS 1 SI. BE i. dlrhmk'tUlin.ina tri sVi y YTIMP 5kdtrt. girtam dealer', Y V ,Oy" .rJ V Tnanu. fcOoS 75o pair, R iSl5my H KHu . wy ,strch St j& jQ. "ffi"1 r Co"