TTTE NORTTI PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRTBUNE
CONGRESS END
BUSJfSESSION
Look for Special Call to be
Made in November.
FOR FIRE PREVENTION DAY
President Issues Proclamation Dcslg.
natlng October 0 as Fire
Prevention Day.
Washington. Congress adjourned
sine die Krldiiy. with lenders general
ly expecting call from President
Harding Tor a special session Novem
ber 15, preceding the regular Decem
ber session.
The president was In nttcndiinco for
a few minutes before tlie lltial gavels
dropped, to sign tlie usual shenf of
eleventh-hour hills. The only Impor
lant inuasuro to Ret through on the
last day .was (he deficiency appropria
tion hill, the admlulstrallou Llborlan
loan hill and the Dyer niitl-lynclilng
measure going over until the next
nession.
Leaders and rani: and file now "go
to the country" on tho record, enter
lug the fall campaign. Trains and
autoiuohlles leaving Washington car
ried scores of congressmen released
for the campaign.
During the session aliout 800 laws
were said to have been enacted out
of .'t,ll)8 hills and .'l.r3 resolutions In
troduced In the house, and 1,21!) hills
and about 280 resolutions In the sen
ate. Appropriations of the session
itggregated over $,250,000,000, and,
with authorizations, ?:i,7rl.017,000
was niadu available for the govern
ment's fiscal year needs. About 0,000
nominations were sent to the senate
by President Harding, which were
confirmed with but few exceptions.
National Fire Prevention Day.
WitHhlngton. President Ilurdlng
has issued a proclamation designating
Holiday, October 0, as National Fire
Prevention day. The fire 'waste in
the United States year after year, tho
president said reaches appalling fig
ures which are not approached in any
other country. There ought to ho
especial effort, lie added, to minimize
such losses. He suggests the special
desirability of Impressing upon the
teachers and pupils In (lie schools
und nil workers In Industrial estab
lishments, tho Importance of precau
tionary measures for avoidance of
1)1 CM.
Tho Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, at the same time an
nounced that local coinnlereiHl bodies
throughout the' United .States "will
tul;o (ho lead," In observance of Flro
Prevention Week, from October 2 to
0.
Soon to Begin Reconstruction Work.
lJoriln. Rerlln nowspaperH an
nounce that a contract was concluded
in Paris, September 11, botween a
French construction syndicate com
'prising eighty-eight building firms ami
iu Uerlln firm on the lines of the Stln-ncs-Luhersuc
agreement, for recon
struction work In the devastated
areas of Franco. It Is expected 1B0,
000 workers, of whom 40,000 will ho
Germans, will ho employed. The con
tract, It Is stated, already Involves
;i30,000,000 fruncs.
I Ford Motor Plant Reopens.
' Detroit. Mich. Tho plants of the
Ford Motor company in tlie Detroit
district, closed last week because of
thu coal situation, thereby throwing
300,000 Ford workers out of work In
different parts 6t tho country, has re
opened. I i
) Will Not Permit Any Action.
1 ltomo. Italy has olllelully Inform
ed Itoumunln that she will not permit
nny action by Hulgurla which would
change tho present status quo In tho
lialkans and Is ready, if necessary, to
take recourse to military nieasurse.
j Great Britain's War Debt.
Washington. Oreut Britain's pay
,uent of Interest of her war debt to
'tho United States, duo October 15,
'will amount to approximately $50,000,
000, according to the belief expressed
by treasury olllclals.
Defied Prohibition Officers.
Nuw York. Tlie United States
coast guard cutter Seneca lias been
sent to sea to determine tho exact
location of tlie Onward, a vessel fly
ing the lirltlsh flag, which dolled pro
lilbttton ofllcers aboard the Halm,
Jlngshlp of tlie dry navy. Tho Seneca,
It was said, had orders to selzo the
Onward if she was within tho twelve
mile limit, The vessel Is believed to
1)0 carrying a cargo of liquor and
awaiting tin opportunity to transfer
it to a smaller boat for smuggling into
tlie United Stales.
I Want to Legalize Wine and Beer,
Columbus, O. Ohtouns have been
authorized by tlie state supremo court
to vote on a proposed auimeiidmcnt
to the state constitution legalizing thu
nalo and uianufacture of tight wine
nnd beer. ,
Twenty-two Children Fatherless
Jackson. Cal. Twenty-two children
ore fatherless today because of the
Argonaut mine disaster. More than
lialf of them' nro under 112 years of
ngu.
SOLDIER BONUS IS VETOED
Possession of Standard Metal by
Principal Powers is tho
Largest In History.
Washington. Kxorcislng his veto
power in emphatic manner, President
Harding dealt the soldiers' bonus bill
what appears to be a death blow. Ho
not only rejected the bill, but In his
message explaining his act, question
ed tlie policy of awarding patriotic
service with cash.
Nothing short of a political miracle
can save the bill. Its supporters, en
thusiastic in their optimism for two
years, have now practically given up
iiope of miracles.
The house of representatives un
doubtedly will override the veto by
a'wlde majority, but in tlie senate the
anti-bonus forces appear to have con
trol by n slender majority of two or
three votes.
Only :i.l votes, counting pairs, nro
needed to sustain the veto, and a
careful canvass Indicated that there
would be !15 or .'10 votes to support tho
president.
President Harding vetoed the bill
nnd sent It back to congress for two
main reasons which he set forth at
the outset of Ills message.
First, because It failed to provide
tlie revenue to defray its expense.
Second, because, ho said, "It estab
lishes tho very dangerous precedent
of creating a treasury covenant to
pay which nuts a burden, variously
estimated botween $1,000,000,000 and
Sfi.000,000,000, upon the American
people, not (o discharge an obligation,
which the government always must
pay, hut to bestow a bonus which
the soldiers themselves, while serving
in the world war did not expect."
Gold Supply Sets New Record.
Washington. Gold held by the cen
tral banks of nil principal world pow
ers now amounts to $7,851,000,000
a new record. This sum Is an In
crease of $1,2:18,000,000 In two years.
The increase Is due to tlie fact that
governments by restrictive gold poli
cies liavo brought gold out of hiding.
Then there hns been a steady flow
from the mines.
Of the world's total tho United
NtiitoH hns .10 tier cent or S3.170. 000.
000. Most of tills gold Is In the pos
session of tlie 12 federal reserve
banks of tho federal reserve system,
or In tho vnults of the United States
trciiNiirv mill Its brunch detiosltorlcs.
Tho grand total of all available gold
noes not include gold in uussia.
See End of Labor Troubles.
New York. Tho beginning of tho
end of tho labor troubles that have
from time to tlmo beset the transpor
tntton lines of the nation (or the past
several yenrs, was believed by many
railway heads and union chiefs to
have como when tho New York Cen
tral lines made peaceful settlement
with two of tho operntlng brother
hoods, nnd the Pennsylvania system;
began negotiations toward a similar
end, Arrangements for like confer
ences here between brotherhood lend-
ers and six other big eastern carriers
are-under way. ;
Makes Ruling for Defendants.
Chicago. More than ono third Ini
volume of tho government's evidence
In its injunction suit against the
striking rnllwny Shopcrnfts was ruledl
out when Judge James II. Wllkerson'
upheld the contention of tlie defense
that 283 affidavits recounting violenco
at tho hands of, supposed strikers
failed to show tho persons making
them knew they were to be used In
court.
Bonus Supporters Abandon Hope.
Washington. Soldier bonus sup
porters have virtually ahundoned
hope that an adjusted compensation
bill enn he made Into law at this ses
sion of congress.
Constantinople. All the allies hnvo
notllled the Angora government that
an attack by the Turkish nationalists
ugalnst tho neutral zones of Ismiil nnd
tho Dardanelles will mean war with
the allies and that they are determined
to defend Constantinople against tho
Keniallsts with as njuch resolution ns
they mobilized their troops against
(Ireece when the Greeks threatened
an Invasion of Constantinople. A
squadron of Urltlsh hussars and a
company of Itnllan Infantiy has left
tho Dardanelles for Iamtd.
Postal Savings Take Upward Swing.
Washington. Postal savings de
posits took an upward swing during
August, despite heavy withdrawals
In mining and railroad centers, ac
cording to the announcement by tlie
postoillce department.
Worst of its Kind on Record.
Swatow The typhoon which struck
Swatow and tho surrounding region
on August n, resulting In tho loss of
more than 00,000 livos, without doubt
Is tho worst of Its kind on record In
China.
Pinch Will Be More Acute.
London. The government looks
forward to tho coming winter with
anxiety. It will bo the third winter
of wldosprend unemployment. Dr. T.
J, McNamura. minister of labor, linn
predicted that, despite tho efforts of
local and national authorities to
create employment, "the pinch will bo
more acute.
Genevn. Tho political commltteo
of tho league of nations nssonibly has
voted unanimously to admit Hungary
to the membership in the leasuo.
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Electric Welding In Essen.
(Prepared by the National CleoKraphlc So
ciety, WanhlnKion. D. C.)
Once more the Ruhr valley, Ger
many's beehive of industry, lias come
to the fore In world interest, with tlie
suggestion that France may seize tills
region to force the payment of repara
tions. Merely ns a river, this Ituhr, barely
150 miles long, Is not important. Down
tlie Rhine, below where Caesar bridged
it at Andcrnach, below where Yankee
doughboys now wash their shirts In
its green Hood and British Tommies
play at soccer above the bones of bish
ops, the small crooked stream flows in
from tlie cast. Hut it flows through
and lends its name to n tiny region
not equaled anywhere for intensity of
industry and potential political Impor
tance. Viewed in tho light of events since
the war, it seems safe to predict that
the course of life In Europe for the
next generation may depend on what
is happening now along this short,
crooked, but busy stream.
The Ituhr, ns this famous region is
commonly called, Is not a political sub
division of Germany; it is merely an
industrial district, smaller in area than
Rhode Island, but crowded with mines
and factories from end to end and
settled, In spots, with 1,800 people to
tlie square mile.
Tiny ns It is, a mere speck on the
map, it produces in normnl times over
100,000,000 tons of coal a year; It
mines much of the Iron ore Its many
mills consume, nnd tho steel wnres of
Sollngcn havo been famous since tho
Middle ages.
From Essen there Is trundled out,
month after month, n parade of fin
ished engines, cars, nnd farm Imple
ments, to say nothing of tools, shaft
ing, ship-frames, bridge steel, nnd
plates, that compete in the markets
of the world from Jnvn to Jerusalem.
One Germnn writer, with character
istic racial precision, figures out that
the volumo of rnw nnd finished prod
ucts handled In the Ruhr every work
ing dny would load a train of cars
!!0 miles long I
What the Ruhr Is Like.
To grnsp quickly just what the Ruhr
would look like if painted in on n
map, tnke your pencil nnd drnw a
horseshoe-shaped figure, starting north
cast from Dulsburg, on the Rhine ; then
curve east nnd southenst, so that Dort
mund stands at the toe of tlie shoo;
thence south at Ilngen, southwest to
Barmen, and thence straight on to
strike the Rhine again at a point north
of Cologne.
Then think of tlie Pennsylvania coal
fields packed Into this tiny area ; pour
In tho combined populations of Phil
adelphia, Baltimore, Clovelnnd nnd St.
Louis. Then tako a flock of the big
gest American steel mills nnd railroad
shops you con think of nnd set them
down nlong tho Ruhr. Fill In tho re
maining smaller gaps with paper, silk
nnd cotton mills, glass factories, tan
neries, dye, chemical and salt works.
Now put every man, woman and child
from the cities named hard nt work
digging conl, firing boilers, running
Inthes or rolling steel rails, and you
will get n graphic, accurate mentnl
picture of what this roaring, rushing
Ruhr ronlly Is.
Geographically, tho Ruhr district
lies chiefly in tho province of West
phalia, bounded pn tho west by the
Rhine. A small section of its nren,
however, including tho city of Essen.
flows over Into tho Rhino province.
Physically, It forms a part of tho great
sandy plain of nbrthwest Germany,
merging with what geologists call tho
"Gulf of Cologne." Its cllmnte Is mild
ly oceanic, with the heaviest rainfall
In July.
Plunging suddenly Into this teeming
Industrial field on tho train ride from
Cologne to Berlin, nnd passing tliroucl
Dusseldorf, whoro 150 trnlns a day
puff In nnd out, you aro amazed at tho
solid procession of busy towns, nt tho
almost endless forest of chimneys, and
the pall of somber smoke thnt hangs
over tno Hat, unnttrnctivu country.
In tills small but highly mineralized
region, where men hnvo dug coal for
COO years, over -100 concerns now op
erate mines or hold concessions for
their exploitation. And tlie Ruhr in
dustrlnl region is even larger than
the mining area, for It overflows to the
southwest and Includes the famous
factory towns of Barmen, Elberfeld
and Sollngcn.
Essen's Sudden Rise.
"Boom" towns of mushroom growth
nre not peculiar to America, lis the
startling rise of Essen proves. Though
founded away back In the Ninth cen
tury, it slumbered along for hundreds
of years, an obscure, unimportant ham
let. Even ns late ns 1850 it hud hard
ly more than 10,000 people. Then tho
Krupp boom tlie rise of tlie greatest
machine shop the world has ever seen
struck it, and today tlie city houses
half a million.
Set in the lienrt of the coal fields,
crowded with endless industrial plants
whose tall chimneys belch eternal
smoke and fumes, tho great workshop
fairly throbs with power and energy.
The roar and rattle of ceaseless wheels
and the din of giant hammers pound
ing on metal seem to keep the whole
town atreuiblc.
Here every form of iron nnd steel
nrticle is made, from boys' skates to
giant marine engine shafts. Curious
ly enough, even some of the smoke,
or the fumes from the smokestacks,
Is caught and converted Into a gas
that furnishes more power to run tho
mills!
More than n hundred years ago the
first Krupp set up his small, crude
shop nnd began to mnke by hand the
tools, the drills and chisels, used by
tanners, blacksmiths and carpenters
nlong tho Ruhr nnd tlie Rhine. He al
so made dies for use in the mint of
tho government. Within 30 years, duo
to the) old ambition for expansion,
Krupp tools were known nnd used ns
far away as Greece nnd India.
Then came the great era of mass
production in steam engines, hnmmers,
steel tires for railway cars, cast-steel
shafts for river and ocean steamers,
nnd finally that astonishing output of
guns and nrmor pinto which brought
tho militaristic nntions of tho world
to buy at Essen.
Tlie dally ronr of artillery at the
proving grounds, where each new gun
was tested, added to the din of
whistles, rushing trains, and rattling
gears, mndo pre-war Ruhr probably
the noisiest place on earth. It is noisy
enough now, but tho grcnt guns nre
silent; Krupp makes them no more.
The big lathes that once made guns
for every nntlon, from Chile to China,
now turn out shafting for marine and
other engines. Box cars for Belgium,
car wheels for South America, and
wholo tram-lino systems for the Dutch
Ens't Indies were somo of the orders
being filled n few months ngo.
Everybody Is a Worker.
This Ruhr is pre-eminently the habi
tat of labor. Everybody works, nnd
nenrly everybody works with his hands.
An nrmy of chemists, engineers nnd
technical men is employed, of course;
but they form merely n small element
of the grimy, dusty, swenty popula
tion that keeps tho coal moving, tho
furnaces roaring, and tho big lathes
turning.
The population, variously estimated
at from three and one-half to four mil
lions, is not easy to determine, be
cause thousands come nnd go as tho
tide of trade rises nnd falls; nnd no
where Is the world-wide house short
ngo more keenly felt thnn in this
densely populated area. About many
of- tho mines the government has set
up temporary barracks where thou
sands of miners aro housed.
In tho more picturesque and less
crowded spots of tho Ruhr the ovej
lords of industry have reared their,
villas nnd spacious homes; but a dis
tinctive leisure clnss, an kilo rich, like
the groups conspicuous In Chnrlottcn
berg, Dresden or Wlcsbnden, Is not
found, Hundreds nro hero who have
retired, but they are the nged ond
pensioned workmen, dozing enmfort
nbly In tho clenn, cozy colonies built
for them In cities like Essen.
A tiny speck on tho map Is this
heated, smoking, Ruhr, but big, like
n cinder, In the world's eye a spot
that Caesar knew, n high spot In a
region old In history.
SENATE HAS NEW
BONUSMEASURE
Provides for Payment of $20
for Each Month of Service.
BRITISH ARE MOBILIZING
British Mobilizing Every Resource
While Ottomans Intimate
Action Decided.
Washington Scnntor Bursum, New
Mexico, lias introduced in tlie senuto
another soldiers' bonus measure, de
lined in its title ns the "Veterans' re
fund und adjusted compensation act."
The measure would provide fot
payments of twenty dollars for each
month of service, together with the
return of all compulsory allotments
made by tho service men and pay.
ments on account of government in
surance between April 5, 1917 and
July 1, 1010.
No provision is made for financing
tlie" bonus.
Where the amount due a veteran
did not exceed $50 It would be paid
in full on October 1, 1023. In nil
other cases 50 per cent would be
paid October 1, 1023, nnd the remain
der October 1. 1020, together with
Interest nt 1 per cent.
Tlie obligation given by the gov
ernment on unpaid sums could not
be used ns security for loans except
under regulations prescribed by tlie
secretnries of wur and navy.
Mobilizing Every Resource.
Constantlm pie. The British nro
man. horse, automobile, cannon, and
rifle within reach of the troubled zone.
They are. preparing to deal a tre
mendous blow by land, sea and nlr
If provoked by tho Kemnllst army,
which, according to tlie latest reports.
Is concentrating feverishly uround
Ismld und Chumik.
Hamid Bey, the Turkish nationalist
representative here, informed corres
pondents that it was certain the
Turkish army would declare war on
tho British if the British attempted
to Interfere with tlie movement of
tho Turkish troops across tlie straits
to Thrace.
Refuses to Withdraw Troops. .
Paris. Great Britain has refused
categorically to withdraw her troops
from Clinnak, and has so Informed
tho French government. This was
definitely stnted in olllclnl British Cir
cles in reply to a persistent report in
French quarters that British forces
would probably be retired on tho
other side of the straits. The French
premier received notification of this
decision to hold the troops nt Clmnnk.
The British government lias been ad
vised that the troops 'are In no dan
ger of attack by the Kemnlists.
To Negotiate Funding of British Debt.
Washington. Announcement from
London that Sir Robert Home, chan
cellor of the exchequer of Englnnd,
will leave for this country October 18
to conduct negotiations for tlie fund
ing of the British war debt to the
United States hns given rise to tho
belief at the treasury that separate
arrangement may bo necessary to
cover the Installment' of interest duo
October 15 and that due November 15.
Typhoon In Philippines.
Manila. Serious damngo is believ
ed to have resulted from a typhoon
which lias swept over tho Philippines
for thirty-six hours. It is reported
that tho typhoon was severest in
northern Luzon.
Small Drop in Foodstuffs. j
Lincoln, Neb. Beans, rice nnd flour
hnvo dropped the last three months,
along with bncon, beef and ham,
while codfish nnd cheeso nnd sugar
have advanced, according to bids now
being opened by tho state boaru of
control for tho quarterly supply of
foodstuffs for tho 0,000 Inmates of
state institutions.
Washington. Hearing of the Keller
Impeachment- charges against At
torney General Daugherty has been
postponed by tlie house Judiciary
committee until December.
Deadlock In Conference.
Chang Chun. Manchuria. The con
ference here between Japan, the sov
iet government of Moscow nnd the
fnr eastern republic of Siberia ap
peared to have reached a deadlock
with the Russian demand that Japan
evacuate the northern half of the is
land of Saknallen immediately.
Belfast. Figures In the fatalities
In disturbances here slnco July, 1920.
show u total of 430 persons killed, of
whom It is stated 189 nre Protestants
nnd 217 Catholics.
To Prevrit Enhanced Prices.
Washington. Decision to organize
voluntnry cnmpalgns to assure com
plete supplies of bituminous conl to
householder. and to Industry, nnd to
prevent enhanced prices as a result
of the strike, was readied nt n con
ference of rcpresentntlves of Indus
tries nnd rnllroads with federal fuel
olllclals.
Detroit, Mich. Judge Luclen J.
Enstln of St. Joseph, Mo., was elected
grand she of the Sovereign Grnnd
lodge, I. O O. F., In convention here.
Rheumatism and
Dyspepsia Are
SobnEnded
Victims of stomach troublo nnd
rheumatism often find that when their
stomach Is set in order, the rheuma
tism disappears. Thousands of peoplo
everywhere have testified that Tnnlnc
hns freed them of both troubles simul
taneously. Mr. Robert Trotter, 148
State St., St. Paul, Minn., says:
"About a year ago I began to go
down hill. Sour stomnch and rheuma
tism In my arms and shoulders kept
mo in misery nil tho tlmo. Since tak
ing Tnnlnc all my nehes nnd pains
have gone, nnd my stomnch Is in flno
shape. I'm glad to endorse such a fine
medicine."
Bndly digested food fills tho wholo
system with poisons. Rheumatism
nnd many other complaints not gen
erally recognized ns having their ori
gin in tho stomnch quickly respond to
tho right trentment. Get n bottle to
day nt nny good druggist Advertise
ment
A Hard Luck Record.
Richard Luze, driving his car to
town, skidded into n telephone pole.
Coming buck with. the garage man to
clear up the wreck he found thieves
had stripped it of tires and fixtures.
Walking homo in tlie rnin two high
waymen with howitzers took all his
cash, a watch and his package of plug
cut away from him. Finally reaching
home Luzo discovered lightning had
struck the ham killing n $250 Missouri
mule nnd that the hired man had lit
out with the family savings amounting
to'$l'i0. This made Luze n loser five
times in one day. Capper's Weekly.
MOTHERS AND
DAUGHTERS
.
Read This Letter from Mrs.
W. S. Hughes
Greenville, Del. "I was under tho
impression that my eldest daughter had
some internal troublo
as ever since the first
time her sickness ap
peared she had to go
to bed and even had
to quit school once
for a week. I always
take Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetablo
Compound myself so
I gave it to her and
she has received
great benefit from it
You can use this let
ter for a testimonial if you wish, as I
cannot say too much about what your
medicine has done for me and for my
daughter." MrB. Wm. S. Hughes,
Greenville, Delaware.
Mothers and oftentimes grandmothers
have taken and have learned tho value
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. So they recommend tho medi
cine to others.
The best test of any medicine is what
it has done for others. For nearly fifty
years we have published letters from
mothers, daughters, and women, young
ani old, recommending tho Vegetablo
Compound. They know what it did for
them and are glad to tell others. In
your own neighborhood aro women who
know of its great value.
Mothers daughters, why not try it ?
New Hair
to replace old,
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. w uie Q-Ban Hair
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FREEDOM FROM
LAXATIVES
Discovery by Scientists Has Replaced
Them.
Pills and salts give temporary re
lief from constipation only at the ex
pense of permanent Injury, says an
eminent medical authority.
Science has found a newer, better
wqy a means as simple as Nature
Itself.
In perfect health a natural lubricant
keeps the food wnste soft and moving.
But when constipation exists this nat
ural lubricant is not sufficient. Medi
cal authorities have found that tho
gentle lubricating action.of Nujol most
closely resembles that of Nature's own
lubricant. As Nujol is riot a laxative
It cannot gripe. It is in no senso a
medicine. And like pure water It is
harmless and pleasant.
Nujol Is prescribed by physicians;
used In lending hospltnls. Get a bottle
from your druggist today. Advertise
ment.
English Dally for Jerusalem.
Jerusalem soon Is to have a dally
newspaper published In English. It
will be owned and edited by an Amer
ican woman, Mrs. Gntllng of New
York, who has spent several months
In Palestine studying local conditions.
Mrs. Gutllng has paid .?2f0,000 for a
building to be used for her venture.
The presses nnd other mechanical
equipment for tho paper are now on
their wny out from the United States.
They'll Leavo Together.
Jud Tunklns says lending a friend
nn umbrella Is n sign you don't enro
much If you lose both.
If there Is nnythlng better than to
be loved It Is loving.
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