The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-01-17

eral staff Of the German army, is
dead.
President Taft believes canal dis
putes should be arbitrated by special
board.
Problems in currency reform are
being given attention in the house TINS
week.
P~rogressives hold the balance OF
power in the New Hampshire senator
ship fight.
Pre~sident-elect Wilson, SO far, has
not offered a single cabinet portfolio
to anyone.
Robbers got $4,000 from the State
Bank Of Liberty in Montgomery
county, Kansas.
The Nebraska prison association at
the annual meeting discussed needed
prison reforms.
The Nebraska legislature, now in
session, can do business for sixty days
and be SURF Of pay.
Woodrow Wilson says he is open
to suggestion from any member OF
the uoHlOCTdllC family.
California orange growers will try
to get a special rate in order to rush
their product to the east.
On the theory that our currency
system is wrong, a house committee
has set about to change it.
President Taft asked for an appro-
priation to continue the commission
on economy and efficiency.
Army reorganization was discussed
by Secretary Stimson and a number
of generals in command.
Judge Archibald, as a witness, de-
MED any bad motives in his different
deals with railroad companies.
Leslie M. Shaw told a house sub
committee that a central bank would
mean control by Wall street
Republican senators have rejected
a compromise of the democrats on
confirmation of Taft appointments.
A strike vote or arbitration is the
alternative confronting $4,000 loco
motive firemen on eastern railroads.
Existence of rebates in the ship
ping tra lie was brought out before the
house committee on merchant marine.
Republican members of the Massa-
chusetts' legislature are planning to
hold a aucu on United States sen
ator.
Charles P. Miller. a well to do mer-
chant. of Hulet, Wyo., was instantly
killed while descending a hill in his
automobile.
The report hat the Russian Crown
Prince Alexis has gone to Cape Mar
tin to complete his convalescence is
denied by the Russian authorities.
Permission was granted by the
authorities Of the District of Colum-
bia for the woman's suffrage parade
in Pennsylvania venue on March 3,
next.
Max Green, chairman of the Irish
prisons board, married Miss Johanna
Redmond, youngest daughter of John
E. Redmond, leader Of the Irish Ia
t~ionalist party.
Frederick A. Hyde and Joost II.
Schneider, convicted Of conspiracy to
defraud the United States in come
ton with lands in California and Ore
for pardons.
Commissioners Franklin A. Lane
was elected by the interstate COM
MERGE commission to serve as it's
chairman for the year beginning Janu-
ary 13. He succeeds Commissioner
Charles A. Prouty.
Representative Baker of California
introduced a bill that would appro-
pirate $4,000 to investigate and per-
feet a system of frost prevention in
the citrus and deciduous fruit regions
of the United States.
The Chicago Telephone company is
called on to reduce its rates and ap,
ply an alleged surplus to old age pen
sions, salary increases and rate refor-
nation by a report adopted bya com
mittee Of the city council.
With honors BETTING his achieve
coverer of the south pole, was enter
tanned in Washington as the prin-
cipal guest at the annual banquet Of
the national geographic society.
Nearly 1000. 900 parcels post pack
ages were sent through the postof-
fees of the fifty leading cities of the
country during the first week of the
operation OF the new service, accord
ing to Geographic reports received by
Postmaster General Hitchcock.
Maud Malone, a militant s~uffragette,
who had the distinction of having
been arrested and convicted for dis
turbing a meeting at which Woodrow
Wilson was speaking, appeared in the
court Of special sessions in Brooklyn
and asked that she be fined in order
that she might appeal her case.
Carrying $93. 830.177, an increase or
nearly So, 900, 900 over the amount ap
propriated last year, the army appro-
priation bill was reported to the
house by Representative Hay of Vir-
ginia, chairman of the committee on
military affairs. Onehalf Of the APP
nronriatiOn this wear will be used eX-