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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1922)
'"iff TTTTC NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRTBtWR TO OPEN HEARING ON RAUIERGER Contemplated Creation of All Roads of the Country Into Systems, AIM TO CHECK PROFITEERING Coal Bill Panses Senate and Goes Into Conference Want to Learn Truth About Industry. Washington. The Interstate Com merce coniiiilHHlon Is preparing fur rwumptlon of hearings on thu Impor tant Ihsuo of consolidating the mil iiouds of the United States Into u limited number of systems. The com mission's tentnllve plan contemplates the creation of 10 HyHteniH, Into which (would he Incorporated all the rail inmdH of Hie country. With the wisdom of such a con summation emphasized hy the Indus trial contllct which Is still waging members of the commission are anx ious to renew tho hearings and to got along as rapidly as possible to n point where a Until plan and recom mendations can be prepared. Henry O. Hall, the commissioner directly In charge of the consolida tion problem, Is now planning a series of hearing to bo held In the went, ito begin next, month. The Initial ihcnrlngs held by tho commission here dealt with the three consolidated sys' 'terns proposed foY the southeast. Tho majority of the main linen that would be affected by the proposals for that Ireglon either entered violent protest lor suggested different consolidations. Framed to Control Distribution. Washington. With only seven nega tive votes recorded, the senate passed 'tho first of tho emergency coal bills, itho house measure doilgnod to check 'profiteering and control tho distribu tion of coal. The vote was forty to sevcn, and the measure as amended was sent to conference for adjustment 'of dlfforehces with tho house. Passage of the profiteering hill was .followed Immediately by consideration 'of that fact-finding commission meas ure, but final action on it was de ferred by a sudden and nt times heat ed debute over provisions which would direct the commission to study tho itiestlou of nationalization of the (mines, along with the othor phnscy jot the Industry. ; Canadian Dollar Touches Par. New York. The Canadian dollar lints touched par here for the first tlmu since August, 1015. Tho Canadian discount rate lias been steadily de creasing for two months because of Jtl.o Improved trade balance. This Is accounted for in part by extensive American purchases of Canadian wheat and the virtual shutting off of coal shipments to Canada because jof strikes, Wants Blnckc Removed from Rhine Washington. Calling attention to ireportu of crlntcH committed by French black colonials oil the Ithlne. Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, tank- !...- .1 . ...... I .... 41... Jt 1 ling Huiiiucrui mi wiu unuiKii I'uiiiiioiiu committee, declared In thu senate that It was the duty of the American gov eminent to suggest to France tho substitution of white troops. Fall to Find Klnknld Will. O'Neill, Neb. Search through tho effects of tho late Congressman Moses II'. Klnknld for a will disposing of 'the estate of more than a ipiartor linllllou dollars, fall to disclose such u document and the estate will bo distributed among the heirs, accord 'lng to the Nebraska laws. Veteran Newspaper Man Dead. Beatrice, Neb. Clark E. Perkins, veteran Nebraska newspaper man, and jpurt owner of tho Beatrice Express, 'who wiih taken in wiuie attending n newspaper convention at Omtihu a week ago, Is dead at his home here. Americana are In S'.fe Positions. Constantinople.- -The lieadtpiarters or tuu American commission ror re lief in tho near east has received mes sages Indicating th&t all Americans behind the Turkish lines In Ionia are being well cared for. Rail Hearing September 25, Chicago. Tho railroad labor board has set September lift, for hearing up- plications of the International Broth' erhood of Hallway Signalmen for In creased wages. Tho wage Increaso would affect about 10,000 signal men on till Hues In the country. Postal Receipts on Increase. ' Washington. Postal receipts for August for fifty of the largest cltlen lu tho United Stntes showed an In crease of 10.8 per cent over August, last year. Odessa Proclaims Independence, London. A dispatch front Berlin ays a report bus been received In the German capital that the Odessa soviet has purged Itself of bolsbuvlsm, proclaimed Its Independence of Mos cow and culled upon all citizens to unlto against the "communist usur pers." First Snow In, Montana. Helena, Mont. The first snow of th4 .season fell Thursday In the Elk Iiornf mountains, southeast of. Helena, undAyjjs received tin u welcome relief. ONLY TO PREVENT VIOLENCE Shop Crafts Endorse Nonpartisan League and Name Full State Ticket. Washington. With organized labor caders throughout the country and lu Washington continuing to denounce thu drastic character of the federal Injunction against the railroad shop men's strike, word caino from the administration that the government does' not Intend to Invulo the con stitutional liberties of the citizen through the Wllkerson restraining order. It was stated at the White Hotiso and later reiterated by Attorney General Daugherty that the govern ment will not enforce the Injunction to the point of abridgement of freo speech and lawful assemblage. The government, It was explained, obtain ed tho Injunction for the purpose, oi dealing effectively with Interruption of railroad transportation. While It was admitted that it might be dllllcult to determine In some Instances Just what constitutes un lawful Interference with transporta tion, It was made clear that the execu tive does not contemplate action under thu Injunction which would Invade the rights and liberties of the citizen guaranteed by the constitution and existing laws. Railroad Men Name State Ticket. Lincoln. At a conference on poli tical action held hero by representa tlven of the railway brothurhoods rind the federated shoperafts, It. 1J. Howell, republican candidate for United States senator, and Charles W. Bryan, demo cratic candidate for governor, were Indorsed. The conference Indorsed every can didate who was recommended by the Nonpartisan league at Grand Island several days ago. In addition John II. Morehead, demo' crntlc candidate for congress lu tho first district, was Indorsed. Other lut ilorsements were: Hallway commissioner, C. A. Kan- thill; lieutenant governor, Mayor T. J. Ellsberry, Grand Island; secretnry of Dtate, C. W. I'oole; state auditor, Grant Shiimwny; land commissioner, Dan Swunson; attorney general, Kern lioth McDqnuld; state treasurer, G. E Hall; state superintendent, Until I'yr tie; congressman, first district, Joint II, Morehend; third district, Edgar Howard; fourth, Dr. Cummins; fifth, John Franklin; sixth district, C. W, Heal. Barrows Resigns as Investigator. Lincoln. Lieut. Gov. I'. A. Barrowa has resigned as special Investigator for the Burlington railroad to accept thu vlco presidency of the Nebraska Automobile association. Tho lieuten ant governor will have charge or the organization of automobllo clubs as local divisions of the nssoclatlou throughout tho state. Business Men Join Police Force. llavelock, Neb. Three business men and four moro striking shopmen havo augmented Havelock'a police forco in an effort to curb Htrlkers, who were warned by Governor McKelvlo In person that the next overt act com mitted meant calling of troops am establishment of martial law. I - To Reopen Fifty-four Mines. Pittsburgh. Tho Pittsburgh coal producers' association has accepted tho terms of the Cleveland agreement and signed a supplemental agreement with tho United Mlno Workers' organ- Izatlon to Immediately reopen fifty' four mines, employing more than 10,000 men. Washington. To upoed up their work on the administration tiirlfr Mil. house and senate conferees will bold' night sessions, according to word from the conferenco room. Chicago. Railroads west of tho Mississippi river have been authorized by the Interstate Commerce commis sion to give preference and priority to tho movement of foodstuff, llvo stock, perishable products and fuel Whenever their operating conditions become such as to cause freight con gestion or blockade. The order de clared an emergency and laid down rules of conduct of the western lines Identical with those which have been In effect on railroads east of tho Mississippi for several weeks. Big Move of Fruits and Vegetables. Chicago. The nation's markets for 14 leading lines of fruit and vegeta bles thus far this season have ab sorbed 251,70i cars, or moro than 111,000 cars lu excess of tho movement to markets for the turnip period last year. Detroit. Careless America's toll ot accidental deaths during 1020 was 7(1,000, a life every six minutes, ac cording to a report to the national casualty council at the annual safety congress hero. Dividend of 14 Per Cent. Lincoln, Neb. Secretary Hart, of thp department of trade and corn- morco, bus notified state hanks of the declaration of a dividend of I I per cent for the state guarantee fund from the failed Farmers Slate Bank of Allen. The bank was closed In April, 1021. lowa Man tor Judge in zone. Des Moines. la. The president has nominated John D. Wiilllngford ot this state to bo United States ludgo ror we caniu zone. Tr VIM n Tm A Sarawak Native With Knives With IPrepared by the National GooKraphlc Society, Washington. D. G.) A country such us might have been the creation of the Imagination of a llidcr Haggard Is Sarawak, on the island of Borneo the land of the white, rajahs. There, In a territory jirger than Ohio, an English heredl hiry rajah rules over a population of 00,000 Malays, Dayaks aud Kayans, r.itli a sprinkling of Chinese and other fur Eastern peoples. And ho rules n an exceedingly common sense way. Three rajahs of an English family lamed Brooke have ruled over Sara wak since 1830 uncle, nephew and i. . i 1. . i 1 1 die huh oi me inner, it nas ueen uio ilm of each, as the first rujuh stated t, "to rule for tho people and with the people, and to teach them the rights f freemen under the restraints of rovernment." Harmful customs, such is head-hunting, have been discouraged r prohibited, but not one of their harmless uctlvltlcs, however bizarre to ihc western mind, has been Interfered with. And though the white rajahs Itavo endeavored to develop trade, they have set their faces resolutely against anything that smacked of the exploita tion of their people by cither Euro peans or Asiatics. Tho Sarawak Jungle, inhabited by what westerners would call "savuges," Is better protected than many forests of tho United Stutes. The Jeluton tree, for example, yields a valuable gum, but Is easily killed If Improperly tapped. Inspectors have been ap pointed by tho government to Insure the proper handling of this Important natural resource. Even butterflies and tho country Is the homo of somo of tho most beautiful of these Insects nro protected by tho Sarawak game laws. The history of tho white rajahs of Sarawak began In 1880. At that time tho Dutch occupied the southern por tion of Borneo, while the northern part of tho island was nominally under the ru,c of tIlc SuUnn of Brunei, Once Ruled by Brunei. Many years before, Brunei had been one of tho strongest kingdoms of the Malayan archipelago. Its sultans had conquered a largo part ot Borneo, as well as several of the southern Islands of the Philippines. Industry was en couraged and an extensive trade with Chlnn was developed. But luxury and corruption had done their work until there remained only n degenerate sul tan, with a retinue of licentious Malay an nobles, whose sole occupation was to rob the peoplo In order to cater to the pleasures of their master. The sultan's capital was, and re mains today, the town of Brunei, about 200 miles from the northern extremity of Borneo. In tho days of Its glory, when the surrounding hills were covered with uepper gardens and wenlthy merchants came In annually In fleets of Junks laden with tho riches of Chlnn, tho town may have merited in some degree Its appellation of the Venice of tho East; but for the past century It has been nothing more than a few score of small wooden houses built on pllqs on a muddy bank which Is bare at low tide, exposing an accumulation of refuse from which a stench arises that Is a novelty even to one who has become accustomed to tho varied odors of the East. Sarawak was Inhabited chiefly by Malays, Land Daynke and Chinese, and nad, at times, been independent under k, rukrs. l)Ut , 1830 lt3 munt wns ,n tllp ,,,, of a vussa, 0, ot the sultan, tho Itajah Mudn Haslm, tfenlc and Incompetent, but apparently in amiable man. not entirely devoid ?f humanitarian Instincts; for he did, slon. avail himself ot an .nnrmiitv to render tlmelv assistance ,ft sidnwrocked English sailors. TM& ovont wa8 the c,n,so of James uPnw. first visit to Sarawak, which V Which Planting Cocks Are Armed. led to his great work there and th establishment of tho white rajuhs. Advent of the Brookes. Thja action of the rajah was so un usual that the governor of Singapore and thq Slngnporo chamber of com merce resolved to recognlzo his gener osity by sending presents and a letter of thanks. Jnmcs Brooke, tho son of Thomas Brooke of the East India com pany's civil service, was chosen to car ry out this mission. Ho sailed from Singapore In July, surveyed partn of the coast of whnt was destined to be come his domain, finding Its position so much In error thnt he was "obliged to clip somo hundreds of miles of hab itable land off the charts." On the 15th of August ho nnchored In tho Sarawak river, nt the town of Kuchlng, where ho wns well received by Haslm. After six weeks ho de parted, greatly to the regret ot Haslm, whose confidence he had won. Mr. Brooke ngaln sailed from Singa pore on August 18, 18-10, for Manila, Intending to pay only a short visit to Haslm on the way; but he found his former friend distracted by rebellion In his country, which ho was powerless to control. The visitor reluctantly con sented to glvo assistance In restoring order. In return for this service, Haslm agreed to glvo Mr. Brooke the govern ment and trade of Sarawak, with the title of Rajah; tor Haslm, who was heir presumptive to the throne of Bru nei, foresaw his own prestige height ened If he could return to Brunei, leaving Sarawuk pacified in Mr Brooke's control. But when Haslm saw his country at peaco as the result ot Brooke's elTorts, ho forgot his obligations to the visitor and connived In a plot agulnst tho latter. This failed, however, and ho was obliged to fulfill his agreement and proclaim Brooke rajah and gover nor of Sarawak In September, 1841. The Sultan of Brunei confirmed the deed lven by Haslm and presently also acknowledged Itajah Brooke's complete Independence. Rajah Brooke was recognized as nn Independent sovereign by tho United States In 1830 and by Great Britain In 18G3. Sir Jumes Brooke died In 1808, naming as his successor to the raj his nephew, Charles Brooke. Sara wak was made a British protectorate In 1888. What the People Are Like. With most of the Sarawak tribes, personnl cleanliness Is the rule, and the Dayaks have been known to com ment on a white traveler to the effect that, although he seemed to he other wlso all right, he did not bathe quite as frequently as they considered nec essary. They arc n fine race physical ly and delight In personal adornment, In which they show excellent taste in the use of colors for the chawat, or loin cloth, and for the bead necklaces and headdresses. In common with tho other tribes of Borneo, their houses are long com munnl dwellings built on posts '8 or 9 feet 'com the ground, a passageway on one side giving access to the rooms, each of which Is occupied by one family. The Land Dayaks, unllko the other tribes, also build a square house on very high posts, considerably above tho level of tho "long house." It Is called the "head house" from the fact that In It are kept the heads which they have tnken from their enemies. There are three fairly well defined social classes In tho Knyan house Tho upper clnss, comprising the chief and his relatives, occupy rooms In tho middle of the long house; the middle class, whose members are not related to the chief, occupy rooms on both stiles ndjolnlng, while the rooms ut each end of the house nro occupied by the slaves thnt Is, the descendants of those captured In war. RAIL OUTLOOK SEEMSJRIGHTER Hope is that Partial Peace on "Key" Lines May Start Settlements. COUNTER ORDER IS ASKED Greek Army Flceln0 In Utter Rouf Before Turkish Nationalists Making Last Advance. Washington. On the busts of per sonal reports to certain administration leaders, a more optimistic view of the railroad strike situation is apparent lu government circles than in tho past week. Several officials who have been In close personal touch with strike de velopments declared that settlement of the Inbor controversy on n number ot roads was a "probable" result ot the series of conferences now In pro gress in Chicago. The extent to which the negotia tions might go toward uffectlng u national settlement was not forecast In these circles, but the hope wua expressed that a partial peace with "key" roads might serve us was the case In the bituminous coal settlement -as a starting point for a general settlement. Attorney General Daugherty said the government wus not a party to any negotiations between the railroads and their employes but declared that such negotiations would not bo Inter fered with by the temporary restrain lng order Issued ut Chicago. Attacks Legality of Injunction. Washington. Legality of the order obtained by the government from Federal District Judge Wllkerson nt Chicago restraining the striking rail way shoperafts and the railroad brotherhoods from Interfering with transportation lu prosecution of tho shopmen's strike has been attacked In a suit filed In the supreme court of District of Columbia by the Inter national Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, one of the organizations on strike. The question of jurisdiction of tho Chicago court is also raised by the petition, which denied that the plaintiffs had been guilty of any Illegal act "before or since" July 1. After a conferen" between Attor ney General Daugherty and Senator Borah, It was stated by government officials that no effort would be made to retain in the Chicago per manent injunction (when, and it granted) the provisions which havo been Interpreted as tending to Inter fere with "free speech." How fur government representatives would go in agreeing to a modification of tho temporary order was not stated. But Half Will Reach Safety. Paris. Latest advices reaching ofll- clnl circles here on the Asia Minor situation declare that all that remains of the Greek nrmy is 100,000 men ficelng In utter route before the vic torious Turkish nationalists and now less than sixty miles from the Medi terranean. The advices declare It probable that only half that number of Greeks will reach the sea, as organized fight ing units of Turks are within fifty miles of Smyrna and forty miles from tho Sea of Marmora. Tho Turkish advance since the of fensive wns launched Is stated to bo moro than 130 miles, which experts here say Is one of tho fastest advan ces in all the history of wars. Mild Winter Is Predicted. Selkirk, Manitoba. An open fall with no cold weather until late in December Is predicted by Harry Prince, a grandson of the great Indian chief Peguls. Ho based his opinion, principally on the position nnd move ments of the stars, and declared the dipper is exceptionally slow In Its turning movements this season. This fact, he stated, is an unfailing sign of a long continuance of warm weather. Washington. An Increase of. $85,- 000,000 In the public debt during August is announced by the treasury, On August 31 the total stood nt $23,- 042,755,034, as campnred with $22,- 1)57,373,801 on July 31, nnd with $23,- 922,320,000 on August 31 a year ago. Des Moines. State Fuel Administra tor Charles Webster has started an Investigation of high coal prices. Iowa coal Is costing about $4.50 at the mlno and over $8 In Des Moines, Webster saitl. No authority, however, Is granted the state to regulate prices. Nome, Alaska. Captain Itoald aiuuuukcu, iuivfKiiin u.xpiorur, una definitely abandoned for this year Ida plan for nn airplane ll'ght from north ern Alaska across the north pole to Spltzborgen or Grant's Land, but plans to hop off next spring. Succeeds Kinkald as Chairman, Washington. Representative Smith, republican, Idaho, has been mado chairman of the house commute on Irrigation of arid lands to succeed tho late Representative Kinkald, Ne braska. Berlin. The cabinet hns decided to reject new demands sent through the Gorman finance ministry by tho re parations commission in Paris for somo productive or gold guarantees as a condition to the granting of a moratorium to Germany. ocooooooooooo soooooooooooo The Kitchen Cabinet xxxxxxxxxjpooo (, 191, by Western Newapapor Union.) A mind without convictions Is like a road that begins overywnere ana leads nowhere. "Marriage Is never a failure but sometimes tho man or woman Is." WHAT TO EAT Nicely cooked pork chops are al ways acceptable, tnougii tney are more often dried up in." cooking or underdone. Place the chops In an Iron frying pan with two or three tablespoon fuls of water, not enough to quite cover tho bottom of tho pan. Lay in the chops, and as the water bolls turn often to be sure they are well steamed, then as the water evapo rates the chops will begin to brown; season after turning and brown on both sides. Cooked in this munner chops will be well done, moist and de licious In flavor. Graham Gems. Take one cupful of graham flour, one cupful of sour milk, one-half teaspoonful of soda, the same or less of salt, one egg, beaten, two tablespoonfuts of sugar and three tablespoonfuls of melted shortening. Droit Into well greased gem pans and bake In a moderato oven, This amount makes six largo gems. Fried Egg Plant. Pare egg plant. cut Into slices one-half men unci:, then cut the slices Into quarters, dust with salt and pepper, dip In beaten egg, roll In crumbs nnd fry In deep fat until u crisp and golden brown. Drain on paper, serve very hot. The sliced egg plant is improved by being laid In salt water two hours, then dried between towels. To Make Sauerkraut. Select largo white heads of cabbage; shred them very fine. Line the bottom and sides of a clean keg or barrel with the out side leaves of cabbage. Put in a Inyer of shredded cabbage three Inches deep, sprlnklo over It four ounces of salt and pound it down with a wooden pestle. Put In' an other layer and four ounces of salt, and continue until the keg Is full. Put a round board on top smaller than the keg, nnd on this place a heavy weight. Allow this to stand In n warm place to ferment. When fermentation begins, the cabbugo sinks and the liquid rises. Skim oft the scum, cover nnd place the keg In n cool, dry cellar. The kraut will bo ready to use In two weeks. "Why give a thought to that which has been done? No triumph can from out the past be won. But' in the future thero is not a height Where we from life cannot win a new delight." UNUSUAL GOOD THINGS For the vegetarian tho following dish will be helpful In planning a main dish : Vegetable Tamale Loaf. Chop nnd brown one fourth of a pound of salt pork, with one onion, one clove of garlic also chopped. Add one quart of tomatoes, a can ot corn or hominy, one tn blespoonful of chill pow der, three tablespoonfuls of oil, one tnblcspoonful each of butter and snlt. Heat to the boiling point, tljen ndd one and one-fourth cupfuls of milk and one and one-hnlf cupfuls of yellow corn meal nnd cook ten minutes, stir ring constantly. Remove from the fire; add three well bentcn eggs, ono cupful each of ripe olives and seed less raisins. Bake ono hour. This serves n dozen persons. Apricot Jelly. Take a pound of dried apricots, wash and cover them with cold water nnd let them soak several hours. Add one cupful of sugar and cook slowly for one hour In the water In which the apricots have been soaked. Strain through ii fine wire sieve. With the Juice the nprl cots should be of thu consistency of fruit butter. While hot add two table spoonfuls of gelatine which has been softened in one-half cupful of cold water. Mold and servo with whipped cream. Steak and Peppers. Spread over a round steak the following mixture: A cupful of crumbs, one small onion chopped, one cupful each of fresh chopped tomntoes nnd green peppers, Benson with salt, pepper, cayenno and a pinch of poultry dressing. Roll up, tie nnd pour over a little tomato Juice. Cover tightly and cook slowly for three hours. Add more tomato Julca or water as needed, basting tho ment occasionally. A bit of suet or nny sweet fat ndded to the meat while cooking will Improve the flavor If the steak Itself lacks fat. Apple Custard Pie. Add a cupful of sugar to u cupful of grated apple, two well-bcntcn eggs, ono cupful of sweet cream and tho gruted rind of a lemon. Pour Into n pastry-lined tin nnd bake. A merlnguo may be used for the top If desired. Cherry Preserves. Prepare pound for pound as for any preserves, using sugar, add a glass of currant Jelly or Its equivalent In currant Juice well sweetened nnd cook nil together until thick. Tho currant nnd cherry flavor la especially good. 0
