RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
Rhine Germans
Hate the French
Population in Recently Occupied
Section on Right Bank Are
Sullen and Aloof.
WON'T UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE
Serve Sour Wine to Soldiers In the
Restaurants Women Seen With
Uniformed Men Are Marked
for Reprisals.
Duesseldorf, Germany. Tho nntl
Occupation sentiment Js much stronger
In Duesseldorf, Ittihrort ami Dulsburg,
thu cities of Rhenish Prussia recently
occupied liy the Frcncli, than In May
vnce, Coblonz ami Cologne, which al.so
liuvo been under foreign occupation
for more than two years by the French,
Americans ami Rrltlsli.
As one crosses from the left bank
of the Itlilnu and enters recently oc
cupied territory tho mood of the pop
ulation becomes more milieu, their be
havior more aloof and their hatred
much more pronounced. ,
More Like Military Rule.
The reason may be that tho French
nro occupying that part of the right
bank of the llhlno that tlwy hold near
thu Ruhr In real military fashion anil
tho occupation Is much moru bevcru
than that on thu left bank.
The hatred of the population Is di
rected moru especially against tho
French, and children are being brought
op in a constant terror and undis
guised scorn of tho occupying forces,
tvhlch gives but little promise that the
real brotherly lovo between French
and Germans will bo achieved with
tho coming generation.
The absolute refusal to speak
French, even by persons well acquaint
ed wltli tho language, Is one of tho
most common ways In which the Ger
mans show their dislike of the French
military men. The correspondent walked
Into a clgnr store tho other day while a
French ollicer was attempting to iimlco
tho woman In charge understand tho
brand of cigarettes ho wanted. Sho
fccemcd absolutely at a loss to under
Mnnd him. Tho correspondent trans
lated tho ofllccr's request In English.
After the ollicer had departed she told
tho correspondent In purest French:
"I understood him tho first time,
but I would not give him tho satis
faction." "Boycotted" by Women.
Few women In Ducssehlorf, Uuhrort
or Dulsburg will be seen In tho coin
pony of a uniformed French soldier
or ollicer In tho streets. The fow who
transgress tho unwritten law uru
promptly catalogued at tho German
city headquarters, and aru marked for
Making Homes of
Bll HESMBIB SKIS
WHBM mm Inl 4
Near Kberswalde, Gormany, the building shortage Is being met through
tho erection of unique homes unhpio becausa of the material being used In
their construction. In place of bricks, now very costly ami hard to get, tho
Germans aru using old munition boxes, tilling them with concrete and setting
them In tho framework.
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Carried $1,000 in Silver
Seven Miles and Won It
William Jnlo of Hurley, Wis.,
painter by trade and gambler by
profession, bet $1,000 he could
carry 1,000 silver dollars In n
tug on his shoulder without fal
tering to Ilessemer, Mich., seven
miles away. Ho accomplished
tho feat nud won.
Cured After Talking Threo Weeks.
Spokane, Wash. A enso of Bleeping
ulckness, during which Mrs. Georgo
Bnnby, thirty-live, of Wilbur, Wnsh.,
talked Incessantly for threo weeks, ex
cept when under tho Influenco or
oplntes, was reported hero by physi
cians, who announced her dlschurgo
from tho hospital ns cured.
Although education Is compulsory
In Abyssinia for all boys moro than
twclvo yenrs of age, thoro Is practi
cally only ono school In tho country.
reprisals. In some cases tho dlfllculty
Is avoided by the aecbnipnnyhigswnln
adopting civilian clothes, which seems
to be satisfactory nil around.
In thu wluu cellars of thu most fash
lonable restaurants of Ducssehlorf
there Is a corner called "the occupa
tion corner." There are deposited all
thu bottles of wines that have been
refused by the German customers us
having soured, owing to defective
corks. When a party of French olll
cers put In an appearance they aru
always served with two or three bot
tles of thu special wine, which they
piomptly reject, as a Frenchman's
lastu for wine Is Infallible, but by the
time a real good bottle of wluu Is
reached "the French cannot taste thu
good of it," as one beadwalter put It.
TAHITI NATIVES ENJOY AUTOS
Anything That Runs Is Used. on the
Island Trees Show Result of
Wild Rides.
1'npeete, Tahiti. In olden days
when a Tahiti natlvu wished to refresh
his soul he decked himself with thu
Island's fragrant (lowers, obtained a
goodly supply of raw sugar rum and
retired on foot to some shady valley to
enjoy himself. Now he travels In nn
automobile to his retreat, for thu Island
is full of light machines.
Wounded bnrk of acacia trees nlong
the nvenuu from I'autuu to Papeete,
showing where sundry machines
driven by natives have caromed from
Woman Invades
I African Wilds
-
All Alone She Makes 1,000-Mile
Trip Across Desert to Ex
plore the City of Kufra.
WEIL RECEIVED BY TRIBES
Reaches Sacred Oasis City Where Only
One European, an Explorer of
40 Years Ago, Has Ever
Been Before.
London. England hns censed to bo
thrilled over tho spectaclo of u woman
M. P. ; now u woman explorer Is claim
ing public attention.
Sho Is Mrs. Rosltn Forbes, chic,
Ammunition Boxes
HUNT FOR RARE
Strange Errand of McMillan
Expedition to Arctic.
Savants Will Make Special Effort to
Locate Nest of tho
Blue Goose.
Hoston. A hunt for tho egg of tho
blue goose will be onu of-the odd er
rands of the llonald IS. McMillan ex
pedition to ltallln Land this year. Tho
adult hluu goose, a variety with a
grayish brown body that gets Its uamo
from the blue gray of Its wing coverts,
Is not uncommon In tho United States',
hut Its breeding haunts havo been n
subject of much speculation among
bird lovers and Its nest and eggs huvo
novor been observed.
An announcement by Doctor McMil
lan that on his last trip to tho arctic
he had noticed tledgllugs of theso geeso
uroutted tho Interest of students of
tree to tree, bear grim witness to tht
wild rides taken by somu of tho Tlhl
tlniis. Lately tho government hna
stepped In and madu tho roads com
paratively snfo for pedestrians.
Alt sorts of machines are found hero,
bright cars, shining with glistening
enamel, cars of ancient vintage, with
brass radiators green with verdigris,
stccrlng-gonr tied with wire, nnd cars
of every degree and condition of c
palr.
FIRST PRIZE WINNER
Tarn's Itesult, famous English null
dog owned by Mrs. Gordon Strutter,
lived up to his reputation nnd the
dopesters' prophecies by capturing
first prize at the Long Island Kennel
club dog show, held ut thu Gravesend
race track.
Tho order of tho Iron cross wns In
stituted by Frederick WlUInin III In
1813.
vivacious and charming, who has Just
returned to London after traveling
1,100 miles across tho LIbynu desert
Ir. Africa to explore the city of -Kufra,
headquarters of thu Senussl tribe,
a funatlc and hostile group whoso mil
itary adventures recently have caused
anxiety In Egypt.
Traveled Alone.
Mrs. Forbes, wearing tho nntlvo
costume, was alonu hi her daring ad
venture. Sho Joined u natlvo caravan
and, riding n camel, llnally crossed
tho Egyptian frontiers nnd reached tho
sacred oasis city where only one Eu
ropean an uxpI6rer of 40 yenrs ugo
has -ever been before. Hero sho was
well received by tho tribesmen nnd
given a safeguard back to civilization,
but throughout tho Journey she was
surrounded by hostile natives who
would have killed her had they known
that sho was a white woman.
Tho start of the trip was mnde from
Itenghazl, tho Mediterranean end of
the ancient caravan routo from tho
central Sudan across tho Libyan
desert. Sho had previously nrranged
for a form of passport from tho Senus
sl, but this wns of little value, ns tho
tribes through which she passed did
not recognize their sovereignty. Spies
surrounded tho caravnu ami at tho
sacred city of Taj tho entire party
was placed under arrest nnd thrown
Into n natlvo prison. After great dif
ficulty they 'were released 'and ullowed
to proceed.
Welcomed by Chiefs.
At tho oascs of Kufra tho chiefs
welcomed Mrs. Forbes nnd told her of
tl.clr plans for political power. On
the return Journey sho again had trou
ble with thu natives and was at ono
time forced to disguise herself as a
man.
Mrs. Forbes made n survey of tho
country during her Journey nnd col
lected much valunblo Information
about the national alms of tho Senussl
tribes, but concealed a small kodak
under her flowing native robes nnd
mado snapshots through n bole cut In
the dress. lteturnlng-to London, sho
has now laid tho results of her ex
plorations beforo tho British govern
ment nnd was received by th king.
Tho Senussl aro becoming a powerful
force In Africa, nnd when during tho
war they allied themselves with tho
Turks, Egypt was fortified against
them nt a cost of $300,000,000.
EGGS NEAR POLE
bird life, with the result that ono of
thu scientists who will nccompnny tho
present expedition will be commis
sioned to keep an especial lookout for
bluo-gooso eggs.
Tho price that ono of theso eggs
would commnnd has not been quoted,
but Judging from tho enthusiasm dis
played In natural history societies
over the subject, the goose that laid
tho golden egg will hnvo nothing on
this bird.
ISatlln Land Is believed to bo tho
greatest breeding place of bird llfo
In tho Far North. In Its lfiO.OOO
squnro miles of Interior unexplored by
white men uru lakes which the Eski
mos describe as being at least 100
miles In length and abounding la wild
fowl.
Tho McMillan expedition will lenvo
hero In July In tho schooner Howdoln,
specially built for tho purposo, and
will pnss probnbly 14 months In u
study of ISnfllu Lund a.ang various
scientific lines,
CORNHUSKER ITEMS
News of All Kinds Gathered From
Various Points Throughout
Nebraska.
The state department of Agriculture
has Issued a Warning to fanners to
watch threshing machines to prevent
an enormous waste of, grain and great
loss of time. Improper speed of the
separatcr Is often tho cause of heavy
losses In grain, says tho statement.
"Cure should be taken to sea that the
separator Is operated at the proper
Sliced and that tho engine has enough
reserve power to handle the extra
loads. When the speed varies too
much, more or less loss of grain U un
avoidable," It warns.
Fire, believed to have started from
spin ks from an engine, destroyed the
plant of the American 1'otnsh com
pany, the Catholic church nnd several
other buildings at Antloch. Tho loss
Is placed at sTiOO.OOO. As n result of
thu the tho town will be without
electric light for an Indefinite period.
This Is thu second big fire at Antloch
In throe months. The American I'ot
nsli coinpnny's $000,000 plant was de
stroyed by fire nf similar origin with
a loss of over ."JMO.OOO a short time
ago.
A bulletin Issued by tho state de
partment of agriculture entitled Xe
braska nt n Glance" shows this state
ranks first In nlfalfn, second In wild
hay, third In wheat, third In corn, fifth
In sugar beets. It nlro shows thnt In
10120 Nebraska produced .'W.8 bushels
of corn to the ncro; 10.7 bushels of
wheat; .'11.0 bushels nf oats; 14.1
bushels of rye; U!) bushels of bnrley;
0S.7 bushels of potatoes; 2.S0 tons of
alfalfa ; 1.02 tons of wild liny.
Georgo A. Adams and Otis W. Hahn."
well known Lincoln men, were selected
ns candidates to succeed Mayor Zeh
rung nnd City Commissioner Wright
on recall petitions circulated by back
ers of Charles W. Kryan, who was de
feated for mayorallty election in tho
city council.
It Is understood thnt tho principal
reason for tho failure nf thu Midland
Savings bnnlc nt Lincoln wns Its con
nection with tho IMoneer State bank nt
Omaha which was closed Just recently.
J. E. Hart, secretary nf tho state de
partment of Undo and commerce has
taken charge of tho Lincoln Institu
tion. The Mnsonlc lodge of Liberty has
received nn nnclent ollvowood gnvel
left to tho order by It. L. Gumner,
former member who died In Canada.
The gavel wns given to Gumner many
yenrs ngo when ho nttended n session
of the Royal Solomon lodge In Jerus
alem. According to tho qnnrterly report
of 008 bnnks on May 'Z compiled by
J. E. Hart, secretary of the state de
partment of trade and llnance, Ne
braska bnnks In tho last quarter have
mndu an nverage Increase In reserves
from 10 to ID per cent In spite of the
Severn! failures during thnt time.
Instead of a warden the new stnte
reformatory to be located at Lincoln
will bo presided over by n superintend
ent who will receive ih salary of from
$2,000 to $2,000 n year, according to
members of tho board of control.
Peter Petersen, farmer nenr Te
knmah, hns lost 400 acres of his farm
as the result of thu Missouri river
cutting Into his hind. Other farmers
nlong the river have nlso suffered
heavily.
ISroken Row claims to have tho only
Twilight hnseball league In the stnte.
.It Is composed of threo teams which
will piny two games n week for tho
next two months.
Work of remodeling tho nnywarcl
Military ncademy nt Lincoln" recently
purebnsed by tho state for tho men's
reformatory hns been started.
Among Improvements planned nt
Arapahoe this season Is n modern san
itary sewerage system. Streets of tho
city uru now being paved.
T. R. McCarl, nominated by Presi
dent Harding to bo controller general
of tho United Stntes, is n resident of
MeCook, this stnte.
Tho RurUngton rnllroad hns about
5,000 extra box cars on Its lines In Ne
brnskn for moving this year's whent
crop.
Property at Omnha wns damaged to
tho extent of more than $00,000 by a
cloudburst which swept ovor tho city.
Tho Plerco city council hns granted
permission to tho Commerclnl club to
use tho city pnrk for a tourist park.
Protestant churches of Gothenburg
have united to hold union serv'ces In
tho city park Sunday evenings.
In a letter to Governor Davis of
Ohio, Governor McKchio predicted
that Nebraska's expenditures for
slnto governmental purposes will
bo held 10 per cent under tho $U0,
,000,000 appropriated for thu blcnnlum.
IThu letter wns In reply to ono from tho
'Ohio governor who advised thnt tho
Ruckoyo btnto had recently enacted n
civil administration coda bill some
what similar to tho ono In forco In
(Nebraska.
"Arrango now to nttend tho Ne
braska stato fair, Lincoln, September
4 to 10" Is tho slogan that Lincoln bus
iness men hnvo arranged to stamp on
every pleco of mall sent out of tho city
by them.
The 1020 corn crop cost nn nverngo
of 40 cents a bushel to produco In ono
of tho central Nebraska counties, ac
cording to figures complied by tho
stnto collego of ngii culture. The
nvuuigo cost was figured from lccords
kept by members of tho county farm
I luirenu and aro considered conserv-
i otlvo.
Ilolmosvillc, n village of less than
150 people, located near Rcatrlce, Is
being exploited ns one of tho best ex
nmples in tho stnto for boosting. Re
cently n meeting was held there at
tended by COO people, for the jmrposo
of discussing tho Ice plant proposition,
nnd beforo tho meeting ended $.",:UM)
worth of Ice books were subscribed for,
nnd tho plant will be built nnd be In
opurntlon by the middlu of July.
The Peyote Church of ChilM Is tho
nnmo of n religious organization in
corporated by n number of Indians of
thu Winnebago reservation in Thurs
ton county. The report that Its mem
bers propose to use the drug known ns
peyoto, Is denied by promoters of tho
movement who hnvo mnde It plain
that the organization proposes to use
brend Instead of peyote and water in
stead of wine In the sacrament.
The Nye-Schnelder-Fowler company,
of Fremont, ono of the largest elevator
companies In the country, reported In
fluunelul dlfllcultles, will be accorded
every financial ussNtniico jiosble to
nvert a crash, It was decided at con
ferences between bankers In Chicago
nnd Omaha. Tho general slump In
business Is said to he the cause of tho
company's critical condition.
Thousands of acres of corn near
Kearney nro constantly under Irriga
tion, this being the only place In Ne
braska where the Irrigation of corn Is
practiced. There hnvo been few bad
crops In tho district and the Irrigation
project Is growing constantly, to safe
guard against drouths.
Taxpayers of Pierce assembled Inst
week and adopted n resolution In
structing tho school board to proceed
at once toward thu erection of n new
school building ndequate for tho pres
ent nnd future needs of tho district.
It is esliinnted thnt such a building
will cost $12.-1,000.
Commissioners of Lincoln county
hnvo culled n special election for Au
gust 3 tij, vote on the proposition of
issuing $100,000 bridge bonds. Most
of tho money will be used In repair
ing bridges that were damaged by tho
high water In tho South Pintle river
last month.
Miss Nelson, licensed Avlntrlx of
Wichita, Kan., wiio wns killed when
sho lost control of n racing car sho
was driving on tho track of tho Lincoln
county fair grounds nt North Platte,
was the first licensed woman Hyer In
the United Stntes.
Twenty-eight acres of a thlrty-flvo
acre field of wheat belonging to Roy
Carlisle, nenr Rrndshaw, was destroy
ed by fire. The fire Is thought to hnvo
been caused by the . carelessness of
somo smoker.
Forty Aurora Roy Scouts are plan
ning to spend. 10 dnys nt Camp Sliel
Oon, near Columbus, from August 0 to
lf. They will be accompnnled by
members of the Rotary club.
Paul Green of Of anil Island, who
wns piloting the nlrphine which
crashed to the ground nt IWd Onk, In.,
killing Donald Secfelr, high school
boy. died of his Injuries.
Grand Island's soup kitchen experi
ment hns been discontinued after hav
ing been In operation approximately
one month. From Mny 28 to Juno 20,
Inclusive, there were served 3,021
menls.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Johnson, of
Potter, pioneers of western Nebraska,
recently celebrated their sixtieth
wedding nnnlversnry. Mr. Johnson Is
81 yenrs old nnd Mrs. Johnson, SI.
Sugnr beets In tffb vicinity of Mln
atare were set back at least n month
nnd small grain wns badly damaged
as tho result of n terrific hall storm
that swept tho district.
Hot, dry weather has evaporated
tho water from lakes and ponds In
Madison county so rapidly that mon
ster carp and other fish nro being
cnughl by hand.
Georgo K. Leonnrd, assistant sec
retary of tho department of public
works, forensts n -serious shortnge of
enrs beforo crop movements nro well
under way.
Considerable red rust hns been
found on wheat In Cheyenne county.
There Is no black rust. Rut Httio
damage has been done.
According to nssessors, there Is
nhout 300,000 bushels of old whent
In tho granaries of tho farmers of
Thayer county.
Citizens of Chndron, by n Inrgo inn
Jotity voted to Issue $45,000 bonds for
tho construction of n septic tank and.
sower system.
Crops In tho Cnllnwny district wero
soveiely damaged by a vlolcut wind
nnd hailstorm.
Thu ontl-Snloon Lengue of Nebraska
Is up In arms over an order recently
Issued by Judgo Colby In tho Gago
county district court, directing Sheriff
Emery to turn over nil of the contra
band liquor In his possession to -tho
hospitals at Rentrlce.
Announcement has been mndo lint
work will commence soon on Hebron's
new $12,000 public library building.
Tho adopted plans call for u structure
3(lx3S feet. Tho board has about $13,
000 to spend for library purposes, left
by tho will of tho late L. O. Secrlst,
phllmilhrophlst of tho city.
Tho new Nebraska law which ex
empts $200 of household goods from
taxation has reduced tho assessment of
that kind of property In Hamlltou
county In tho sum of $030,000.
Considerable of tho wheat yield In
southern Nebraska Is abovo tho ex
pectations of the growers; mnny farm
ers estimating tho yield at from IS to
25 bushels nir- ncrc. Ill some fields
heads aro short and not very well
filled nnd the stand Is somewhat thin.
Similar conditions prevnll generally
in tho whole northern and central
Kansas whent belt.
BURY THEIR GOLD
Natives of East India Have No
Use for Banks.
Vast Treasures Hidden and the Secret
Confided to Those Who Cannot
Divulge It.
Doctor VoroI, a former superintend
ent of tho nrchcologlca! survey In In
dia, has been telling us that the pres
ervation of public monuments In India
Is largely dependent on public opinion.
It Is due to the reverencu and the
religious spirit of the people that so
much lias escaped destruction, lie says.
Rut this spirit of reverence Is respon
sible for more than the preservation
of monuments; It Is responsible for
losses. Great treasures luno vanished
through fidelity nnd other qualities
maintaining the secret of their hiding
place.
It Is the habit today of natives of
India to bury gold. Only the year be
fore the war It wus authoritatively
stated thnt nearly all tho gold dug
from thu enrtb In South Africa Is, by
a fresh digging' occupation, deposited
again beneath the soil of India. That
Is what we may call a piecemeal oper
ation; but Imagine the operation con
ducted upon u wholesale scale!
Such things happened during tho
troublous days of war and conflict nnd
raid which preceded Rrltlsli rule. A
wealthy prince or merchant, fearing
armed robbery, would deposit nil his
gold and Jew els, "not In his house or
In u bank, for houses and banks could
be pillaged like u bazar; no, bu con
cealed Ids riches In the earth, In cav
erns in the hills, among the haunts of
tigers nud poisonous snakes.
The practice was to entrust the sec
ret of the deposit only to the poorest
and lowliest, and that for various rea
sons. In the first place, there was tho
belief In native fidelity; then there?
was tho expectation that people so
poor would not covet rich treasure,
and would be suspected If they did
try fo dispose of It; nud, finally, there
was the knowledge that people of such
humble caste would not be allowed to
converse with people of higher ensto
to whom thu hoarded wealth would bo
of worth.
In this way the very outcasts of tho
people became guardians of wealth un
told, hidden by their lleelng lords, who,
often enough, did not survive tho
broils and bntttes to return and re
claim their burled property.
Tho late Sir Maurice Gerard, who
spent many years In Indlu nnd Inves
tigated the subject, declared that enor
mous treasures are burled In some of
thu old Indian hill forts. Tho guard
ians ure dead and the secret Is denil
with them.
Sir Maurice himself knew of plnces
to which treasure traditions cling. Ono
fastness In the Gooua district was that
la which, during the Mahratta warfaro
days, the entire population of threo
vlllnges, hiding with their possessions
Ill n hill enve, wero betrayed to ene
mies by the bnrklng of dogs.
Refusing to surrender, the refugee
were smoked to death by tires lighted
at tho entrance to their retreat. No
natlvo dare enter now fo fear of tho
demons which aro believed to haunt
the plnce.
Several English dogs were once sent
In to hunt through the enchanted cave.
All disappeared. Several days later
the smallest of the lot, u terrier, cnm
out starving. The others had per
ished, but It Is supposed that this one,
falling down n fissure, had found Its
way to a Jackal's liQine nnd scratched
Its way out to liberty.
Not Exactly.
Aunt Jane, who wus a spinster,
camo to visit her sister nnd family of
four children. And from tho very tlrst
nuntle was very much given to offer
ing advice to her sister on tho way to
feed, dress and treat her children gen
erally. The sister listened in perfect:
good humor, but not so Sally, her clll
cient helper. And frankly, Snlly said
so. "Look here, Miss Jane," she be
gan, "what do old maids like you and
mo know about raisin' children? Wo
hain't never had none und n person
has to havo children to know how to
raise them."
Aunt Jane smiled a tolerant smile.
"Oh, not nlways, Sally," she returned.
"Now, take those little chickens out
there. Don't you think you know
moro thnn their mother? You feed "
Rut Sally Interrupted .her. ."Yns,
ma'am, I feed them, If that's what you
mean. Rut I hain't never ylt taught
any of them to scratch have I?" In
dianapolis News.
Owned or Controlled by Stlnnes.
Vorwaorts publishes a list of tho
properties owned or controlled by
Hugo Stlnnes, German Industrial
magnate. These Include: Four coal
mining groups, owning and operating
about f0 Important mines; eight Iron
mines, four Iron and steel corpora
tions, owning 21 groups of furnaces,
steel works or rolling mills; threo pn
per and cellulose mnnufucturjng com
panies, live printing and publishing
houses and great newspaper firms,
seven electrical works and corpora
tions, two motorcar fnctorles, flvo
shipping Hues nnd Importing nud ex
porting businesses, In addition to u
large number of Inland transportation
companies and newspapers. From tho
Living Age.
Not Truo to Type.
Actor 1 pride myself my acting Is
true to life.
Friend Then you'll never succeed.
Vlllnlns In real life do not go around'
purring nnd smiling. London Answers.
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