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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-
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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The Kitchen
Cabinet
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(, 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.
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