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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

The class and graduating exercises of
the Custer high school took place Thurs
day and Friday evenings, May 90 and
23, when twelve young ladies and
gentlemen received their diplomas.
The address to the class was made by
Hon. l.. Fl. Hedrick of Hot Springs. A
more extended mention will be given in
our next issue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

Charley Pitcher was in Lead yester-
day from Flatiron renewing old acquain-
tances and attending to several matters
of business. For several months past
Charley had not been in the best of
health, but of late he has been gaining
and hopes that with the coming of warm
weather he will be able to throw off his
illness and again have the pleasure OF
enjoying the rugged health that was
wont to be his.-Lead Call.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

Ira Barnett and daughter, Mayme,
and Mrs. E. r. Taylor went to Rapid
City Tuesday as delegates from the Gus
ter lodges of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
to attend the meeting of the 1. o. o. F.
grand lodge which has been in session
there this week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
THE WOMAN's COLUMN.

THE CREED OF A WOMAN sUFFRAGIsT.
believe in extending the elective
franchise to women because it is logical.
The basic principal of our government
is, the right to choose those who repre-
sent US in the government. That tax
alton without representation istyranny"
is true today as in 1776. Thus / believe
in the elective franchise for women be.
cause it is just. An inalienable human
right cannot be abrogated by sex, but
now comes marching along a battalion
of Fears and a regiment of Objections,
led by General Prejudice and the Mil
day band playing:
Bring the good old bugle boys
And sing the good old song,
Our mothers didn't want to vote
Our sisters must be wrong"
Then too comes many thoughtful, sim
cere men and women, anxious, and
troubled over many things, and to these
want to talk.
So often we hear the question "will
this new vote do any good-the women
will either not vote or duplicate their
husbands votes. So this week let me
bring some news from abroad.
First, did you know that the bill Civ
ing Equal Suffrage for women in Alaska
will 60 into effect 90 days after the bill
was signed in Juneau by Gov. Walter
Clark, on March 2lst.
NOW NEWS From CALIFORNIA.
On April 22nd California had its first
election for the recall Of a judge-Police
Judge. Chas. Weller, of San Francisco,
who had shown himself particularly neg
lectful of justice in certain class of
cases-treating crime against sex more
lightly than petty larceny.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

The CHRONICLE family is indebted to
Mr.. Frank Peterson for a fine mess of
mountain trout Mr.. Peterson and John
Gage returned home Wednesday after
noon from Ditch creek where they spent
several days fishing with good results.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

Services at the Methodist church for
Sunday are as follows: Sunday school
at 10 a. m. Epworth League at $50 p.
m. Preaching at 7:30 p. m. The Me
mortal sermon will be preached in the
Congregational church at IL a. m. Let
there be good attendance at all these
services.
Il Eiob paotor
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
E. J. Fish, Pastor.

Bills are out announcing the formal
opening of Sylvan Lake Hotel on Sat.
urday and Sunday, June 7th and Sth,
with grand good roads ball. The pro.
ceeds of the dance will be placed to the
credit of the Deadwood-D Denver scenic
route.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

Mrs. r. p. Harris and daughter, have
leased the Kleemann House dining
room and kitchen. They will set their
irst meal today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
Advertisement.
FOR SALE

A quantity of dynamite, by Westing-
house Electric & Mfg. Co. Inquire of
JOHN ROBERTS. Agent,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
CUSTER CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA. SATURDAY, MAY a. 1913
FEDERATION NOTES.
BY MRS. w. #. HANLEY.

The regular social and business meet
ing of the Civic Federation was held at
the Gymnasium Monday night, May
10th. Matters of business were taken
up first and disposed of in a most salts
factory manner. The Federation will
have charge of the services for Decor.
alton Day and all necessary committees
for that work were appointed. Upon
the adjournment of the business meet
ing the social committee took charge
and proceeded to give a most excellent
program. The hall was we'll filled and
very appreciative audience received
each number with hearty applause and
encores. Then came the spelling match
and everyone lined up for good old
fashioned spell.
1t is wonderful what "stunts" the "old
timers" as well as the younger genera
ton can do in the line of spelling when
they are put on their mettle. Not only
in spelling but the composing of SEN
tences, definitions, etc. Altogether, it
was most enjoyable, fun-provoking
affair and proved to be another of those
delightful social evenings for which the
Federation is famous.
*#*
I wish to introduce to the people of
Custer and out-of-town friends and
neighbors, Mr.. NJ. ]. Bailey, in his new
role of Editor of the Federation Notes"
He will speak as zone having authority"
and the Federation is most fortunate in
its choice of a scribe.
Nv
Can it be possible that anyone has
forgotten that the Chautauqua is COM
ing? Ifs just talk to any of the officers
or members of the committees of our
local Chautauqua organization and you
will quickly learn that, 'Tt sure am
a'coming and its on its way"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

AS writer of the Federation Notes my
term of Office has expired and this is
word of farewell to those who have had
the time and inclination to read these
haphazard scribblings of mine. I have
thoroughly enjoyed the work and the
more thought and consideration l have
given the subjects that came under my
observation the more 1 have realized
the possibilities of Custer and of the
country surrounding it. Possibilities of
physical improvement and moral bet
terment. Possibilities in upbuilding
along all lines. But results can be had
only by co-operation-by working to-
gether in good will and harmony, by
realizing to the utmost that in "unity
there is strength" But this sounds
much like things have said before and
my readers are probably weary of the
same old time. 1 wish my successor as
much pleasure as have had in writing
up these Federation Notes and much
greater success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
FROM THE CUSTER "MIKADo."

The weeds that come i'm the spring ira, la,
Have something to do with the case ira, la.
They get in our noses,
And give us big doses,
or asthma, hay fever and grippe ira, Ia.
~
Custer is most fortunate in having so
beautiful place in which to entertain
the Chautauqua which had its birth in
one of the loveliest localities in the
United States. Not only are we to be
congratulated on the particular spot up
on which the tent and paraphernalia
will be placed but still more on the
ideal scenic surroundings which with
out doubt will delight the entertainers
as well as the visitors from the outside.
W.
Self-interest may be the incentive to
work for the good of town but "faith"
is the lever by which the work is ac-
complished. Without faith ye can have
nothing-ye are nothing"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24

Bring the good old bugle boys
And sing the good old song,
Our mothers didn't want to vote
Our sisters must be wrong"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1913-05-24
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION.

Secretary of State.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
NEW SHOW PLACE
FOR METROPOLIS
Grand Central Station Visit.
ed by 100000 People Dur
ing the Past Week.

New York, February 15.-Now. tina
the new Grand Central station has
been opened for business. New York
city is inc richer by one show place
the like of which 10 other city in this
world may boast of. During the past
week more than $50 600 persons WIS.,
tied the station daily. not c%ountins
the many thousands OF travellers who
took trains there or arrived from 4
distance. The building is we'll worth
seeing and is greatly admired by all
visitors. The magnitude OF the strnc-
turc is imposing and the arrange
ments are thoroughly practical and
up-to-date. TIL" attendants, of whom
Their are many, were kept busy an
swcrins the questions of tho sight
seeing visitors and it is surprising how
many utterly stupid and absurd q,les-
lions We're asked by the seekers of
information.
The report of Fire Commissioner
johnson for tho past year shows that
there were more fires in New York
City during the year 1919 than in amy
previous ear in the history of the
city. The total number of fires dur
ing the year was 15.63:. against H.
aI1 in 1911. However,. the loss by
fire was comparatively smaller in
1912 than in the year before. During
tho hrst half of the year the number
of tenement house fires Vas unusually
great. hut after tho beginning Of tho
investigation OF the conspiracy OF the
larson trust there WIS =. marked de
crease in tho number of i%ncendiary
fires. This seems tn indicate that tho
suspicious of the authorities as tn tho
cause of many of the tenement house
fires We're well founded.
h confessions of Fox. the police
maj who pleaded tn bribery Il few
days ago. are likely to lead to furthe,
sensational disclosures concerning tn,
graft system in the New York polio,
department. So far only the mino,
Eraftcrs have hccn exposed, hut ii
seems now probable that II will he
possible for the district attorney I,
obtain evidence enough to indict some
of the men higher up"
Some people are inclined to believe
that the Millennium can't be far off
now that the New York stock In.
lchange has not only Joined thu reform,
reform itself. The most radical 10,
form movement ever inaugurated h,
the Stock Exchange was the passage
the other day of Il new rule by tn,
Governing Committee. forhidding lie,
iitiouS transactions by members of tht
exchange. This rule. which becam,
a law immediately, refers cSpccially tt
the practice of iu@siing the market h.
means of matched orders which in
NnlNe no actual sales and. real changn
of CIV n"rShip OF securities but are ar
lransed merely for the sake Of manip-
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
DO WOMEN DRINK MORE THAN
MEN?" BURNING QUESTION IN COLORADO

l.. Denver. Col.--Do Colorado. women
drink more highhalls than men?
This interesting question has raised
endless discussion in this state during
the past week or two and nc small
amount of bitter feeling. 1t all
started when Senator Heckcr got up
in the legislature and declared posi-
lively and unequivocally that the
women of Colorado do drink more
highballs than men.
Then up rose Mrs. Helen Ring
Robinson. also a member of Color
ADDS dignified upper legislative cham
her. II declared just as positively
and just as. intentionally that.
do not drink as many highballs as
men; Furthermore. she gave notice
to Senator Ileckcr that should he
again assail Colorado womanllood by
publicly declaring in the senate cham
her that the Of. this state
drink more highhalls than the g
she would feel it her painful duty
to move for his expulsion from the
senate.
There may he one place in all
Denver" said Mrs. Robinson i'll her
little speech, where the statement
which he Checker, makcs is true. II
may ha that in he street of forbid
den things. prostitute women do in
deed drink more cocktails than even
the prostitute men.
'IBut however. that may lie. l pro-
test that IL the senator from the
First (iccker) garncrs lis infnrma-
ton from the m,rk and slime of such
places he has no right TO use it an Il
means of libeling my sisters and your
wives n daughters.
II protest against such IL state
ment being allowed to pass unchal-
lcnged. And If ever again during this
session of the general assembly le
dares to attack II womanhoad Of
Colorado. ] serve notice her" and
now that | shall at once %in;rnduce
Il resolution into this body asking for
his expulsion as Il mcnac" to the Dig
nifty of the senlte-a menace. to tho
good name OF the state"
-Nftrr Mrs. Robinson had fi.islicd
her speech Senator ilcrkcr so ny
and declared eXritedly that twartN
I'M to one man in Denver drink.
He alsr. declared his willingness, to
go right ahead and prove his state
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17

bag in Pittsburgh. The bag having
peen locked. was not mailaiolc as Il
parcel but only us Il letter and as such
had to pay letter postage. Il sup
pose said the owner, as he counted
out the money, that il the bag had
had n strap around it. the postal de-
partment would have called it a trunk
and charged me $500"
There was nothing said last fall
about the cabbage crop being excess
i've. yet the vegetable market of New
\ ork City is so overstocked with cah.
bages that no purchaser can be found
for the shipments coming in. Many
wagon loads of cdhbages have been
simply abandoned because the job
hers realized that they would not
bring enough in the market to pay
the transportation.
An example of the laws delay was
furnished the other day in Justice CO.
halan's part of the Supreme Court
When. with twenty-five cases on the
calendar. the Justice was obliged to
send around to other parts in order
10 find a ease for the fifty jurymen
who had been i%mpanelcd. In no UNI
certain words Justice Collalan CEN
s'lrcd the diIat"ry methods of tho law
Ners and Threatened he would dismiss
the cases if the lawyers should fail
10 prepare them in time.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
n.lating the quotations of the secur-
if;o.

Mating the quotations of the secur-
tiles involved.
The city of Yonkcrs can boast of the
proud distinction of having six resi-
dents who object 10 being overpaid
for public service. These citizens wer.
appointed TO several street opening
commissions. After viewing the land
they fixed nominal damages and filed
.heir reports. The Board of Estimate
and Apportionment decided upon the
sum of 500 each for their fees. But
the six men concluded that as they
mad devoted only, about eish, hours
OF work to their duties. 500 was too
much compensation and they appeal
ed TO the Mayor to have the conlpen-
sation reduced to So each. Now the
Supreme Court will asked to fix the
proper fee.
The National Ladies' Tailors and
Dressn1akcrs' Association has begun a
determined var against the practice
of cheating American purchasers OF
labels bearing tho name and address
of some Paris establishment. 1t is
said that such labels are imported
from Paris in large quantities and that
IN many cases the label is the only
part uf Il garment alleged to have
been imported from Paris, that rcall.'
did come from that city.
lslder Ste1lhfrs, q Russian Jew. MAS
sentenced TO an indefinite term in the
penitcntiary the other day, after he
had pleaded guilty to the charge of
hle;amN. His lawyer made n plea for
clcnency upon the ground that stein
hers's first wife had induced him to
marry the second wife. because she
wished to return to Russia. and en-
pected to obtain the necessary funds
from the dowrE of wife No. >. The
Judge, however. promptly cut shor
the pleading and informed the LAWYER
that the Cour, had evidence OF the
fact that the prisoner has not merely
two but actually four wives. one of
them in Russia. the other three living
in New York City.
There is Il man in the employ of
the Westinghouse Electric COMPANY
who has a Very low opinion of the
parcels post system recently installed
i'll the United States. When he ar
rived from Pittsburgh a few days ago
he found that he had forgotten a trav-
cling bag in the Pittsburgh office OF
his company. Having heard a. great
deal about the advantages of the par
cells post, he tclcgraphed to the Pitts
hurGll office asking to have his bag
sent L" him Iy parcels post. The has
arrived in good order. hut it's owner
was chagrined when he learned that
would nave to pay $3.50 postage
due in addition to the 81 ccntS parcels
postage which had been affixed to the
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17

the means by which she can so per-
feet her currency system as to put
the new government upon equal terms
with the commercial nations of the
earth.
One of the first of our larger inter
national financial transactions in the
eastern hemisphere Was in 1895, when
We participated in the Chinese 5 per
cent gold LOAF amounting to $l5.000.-
000. 900.
Three years later We participated
in a national Chinese loan agsrega:-
ing $4,000. 900. Tho Immediate CT
feet of these participations upon ON
trade relations with China was APP
parent. When the proposed loan of
S300.o00.O0 to China ceases to be
discussed and becomes IL fact accomp-
lished. it will be found that American
capital which is to ~underwritc one
sixth of this loan will he represented
by $50. 100000 of these Chinese obli-
cations. Largo as that amount is. it
does not begin to suggest the increase
OF our trade and commerce with
China which the placing of this loan
will make possible.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
, .
WOULD CIIRISTI.iNIZE CHINA.
s. Count BOni'S Novel Offer to
= Pope in Exchange for
+ n Divorce.
sss. =
New York American.)

New York American.)
Count Roni Gle CaStcllane is now in
Rome making the supreme effort OF
his life to have his marriase with
Anna Gould. now the Duchess de
TalleNrand, annulled. He is still bas-
ing his claim upon the plea that Anna
Gould'S consent was merely condition
al: in other words. that her mental
attitude was. II. Anna Cfolll. con
sent to marry you: hut should tho
marriage not turn out we'll. will get .
divorce"
Such a consent" says Count Roni,
renders q marriage invalid according
TO the canon law.
Count Eoni also backs up his Pc
tition With the extraordinary promise
of, the conversion of China to Chris
tianity.
Ten wears ago Count Boni had for
secretary a young Chinese man of LETT
tiers. The youth returned to his own
country to engage in politics and was
the chief organizer OF the recent revo-
luton. In fact. he is none other than
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
the celebrated Sun Vat Sen.

the celebrated Sun Vat Sen.
Count Eoni has kept up friendly
relations with his former secretary all
these years. Sun Vat Sen, it is de-
clared. is sympathetic toward the
Christian religion and is prepared to
favor its propaganda in China. More
over, he promised Count Boni to fa-
cilitate the conversion en- masse of the
Chinese population.
Armed with this promise. Count
Boni made a bee line for Rome. and.
according to Gil Bias. has renewed
his application for annulmens q. the
marriage. promising that if it were
granted he would render the incstinl-
able service to the church mentioned
by his friend Sun Vat Sen.
The case is now before the consre-
cation of Rota. consisting of ten Of
the most learned men in ecclesiastical
law in Rome.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17

woman, ambitious for her children If
not for herself. Will she be content
to sit not on the throne itself, but on
its lower steps. with her children still
lower? Or will she rely on the fact
n a Hungary does not recognize so
unmodern an anomaly as a morganat-
ic marriage and gradually and insid-
iously press the claims of her older
son to succeed to his fathers position :
If Francis Ferdinand Dies.
While Francis Ferdinand lives and
remains true to the oath of renuncia-
ton the question is one of theory
rather than of a%ctuality. But let
Francis Ferdinand fall in battle-he
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17
In 1900 we advanced to the Arsen.

In 1900 we advanced to the Argen-
tine government $40. 600. 600.
In 1908 we participated in the flnan-
cling of $5O.00O,O 900 for 5 per cent
bonds and in 1910 we again partici-
pate1 in financing Il little owe $780,
100000 of Argentine government
loans.
|ciers handled a $4,000, 900 issue of
Argentine railway stock.
We nave within the past IL years
also participated in other South Amer
lean national loans. For instance, in
june OF last year d Brazilian develop
mcnt company loan amounting to
nearly $%S.00O.000 vas financed here
and in 1909 and 1911 Brazilian de-
velopment company bonds were fl
nanced here in the aggregate of about
$l4.00O, 600.
Other Soutlh American Financing.
The United States has mo- partici-
pated greatly i'll other South Ameri-
can loans. We shared two years ago
IN the Peruvian government 5M per
cent loans. $4,000, 900. In 1905 we
participated in the marketing of $685.
100000 of the 5 per cent treasury
bonds of the state of San Paolo, Bra
~. This was presumably a transact
tion upon which the v%alorizution of
coffee WAS based.
1t is a fact easy of demonstration
that every one of these national loans
i'll which the United States particle
pated was followed hy an increase OF
trade n commerce between the
United States and these countries.
This is for tho general public TIE mat
ter of chief value in the development
of the United States as an %interna-
tional financing power.
United States and China.
After the United State. was.
through the persistence of tho secre-
tary of state. Philander C.. Knox. adj
mitted upon equal terms with Great
Britain. France and Germany in the
great work of financing and develop
ing the internal resources of China.
Willard Dickerman Straight was sent
the American syndicate to China
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-02-17

to look after the American interests.
MI. Straight learned soon after his
arrival in China that the condition of
the Chinese currency was such as to
make 1t inevitable that Chinese mer-
chants should be overburdened by
the charges for foreign exchange.
Mr.. Straight thereupon forkcd out
and submitted to the Chinese authori-
tics a plan by which the Chinese cur
rcncy could he SO perfected as to re-
move the ~irtolerable burdens which
the deprecated currency occasioned,
chiefly in the heavy cost of foreign
exchange.
His plan was approved and he nc
gotiated with China n proposition for
| equivalent which vas to be placed in
! the United States. In that way. it
was expected that China could thor
| oughly reform it's currency system.
The proceeds of this loan would be
used as the base of a currency sSs-
! tenn which should hc as good as n
that prevailed in the commercial ma
lions.
American Syndicate Organized.
An American syndicate was easily
organized for the financing of this
loan. But as Great Britain. Germany
and Franco agreed that the United
States should he represented upon
equal terms in the national syndicate
organized to exploit the natural re-
sources and perfect the transportation
system of China. our w syndicate
suggested to the secretary of state
that it would De no more than fair
to- offer to the three European ma
tions opportunity to participate upon
equal terms with the United States In
the underwriting of this ~$50,OoQ.o0o
gold loan.
This offer was gladly accepted and
arrangements were we'll under way
for completing the transaction when
the dynasty of China was overthrown
and the republic of China was estab-
lished.
1t will he the purpose of those who
have the interest of China ut heart TO
furnish the republic of China with