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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14
Iatr with Ills Train.

Duhcrty said he saw a fiagnlan stand
INK at the end of the tirst section OF
the Boston Special. He said III. flag
man should have been back at leas,
twelve telegraph poles, or about l,0po
feet. lie said II. was late with his train,
but he didn't know just how much.
lie said he had shut OF his power be-
fore he got the distance signal because
Of his experience with the air brake at
Norwalk He said his train parted Just
before he struck the Skylark and that
the second half OF 1t stopped three or
-four car lengths back. He said this
showed that the brakes on the coaches
had set
Til. engineer finished his story at
3:l5 o'clock. Then Coroner Ihelan
stood up.
IL hear that the railroad officials
ordered the Skylark to be- burned" h"
said. Mr.. Spock, can you tell me any
thing about that
benjamin Spuck is one ~ the at
torncys for the railroad company.
THAT Is true" he said. The SkylarlS
is owned 10y the Pullman Company
After the wreck the car was taken
TO siding at Glen Brook. They took
| the supcrstructure from the locomotive
there and burned mp the splinters. as
! is the custom on occasions like this
Our of''cials ordered II to he done. We
. don't have 70 have an order from the
/ Pullman Company. II Is customary &c
burn up wreckage Of this kind without
an order. the Pullman Company oi
course being reimbursed for the loss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14
FILM BLOWUP STARTS PANIC.
Cool Headed Policeman l.rts Women
and Children safely Out.

An audience OF women and children N
moving picture house at l25 Fast ll"'h
street between Lexington and Park ave
nucs. was startled last night by All eN'
plosion In the film box. Policeman LOUIS
Lafferty heard the bang. He ran inside,
told the nervous ones to remain seated and
all hands Obeyed. Then he attacked the
burning film with his night stick and
poured water on the blaze.
When the iremen came the noise Of the
engines started folks toward the door
Again l.afferty advised them to take II
easy. He told the musicians TO play
Yankee Doodle" ard nobody was runlpled
UP in the march to the sidewalk
The destruction OF the 'ilms put stop
to the nights show
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14

put the whistle up 300 feet before
we reached the home signal, waved my
arms out of the window and then got
ready To hold myself The fireman was
hraccd too We knew what was COM
ing"
If the brakes had been in proper or
der, were you far enough east To stop
when you first applied the air." asked
the coroner.
Yes, sir" answered Dohcrty
Have you any idea what was the
cause of the air falling"
NO. sir. | had my mir all right. hut
she didn't seem TO take hold. Sh" acted
Just the same as she did al bridgeport.
Did you have trouble anywhere
else? ?" asked the Coroner.
Yes She didn't work right at West
port and at South Norwalk."
What happened at South Norwalk -
Il made a reduction in the air and
drif,ed around Norwalk. When | got
to the bridge over the street re-
leased her again, Then I saw a little
boy about five years old start to walk
along the station platform. blew the
whistle and some one grabbed the little
boy. | put on the emergency air. hut
didn't stop until the engine was az III,
west end Of the station. should hav.
/ stopped in less than two car lengths.
stopped in about four
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14

ticut will be held at New Haven, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock on Monday.
The company announced that the
braking apparatus of the engine ana
equipment will not be touched nor re-
pairs made by the railroad company
until an inspection is made by both
commissions.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1913-06-14

Grace Newberger. s years old. pleased
by the voice Of boy singer In Il nearby
yard, climbed on the window sill 10 see
him and fell three stories to the ground
below the rear OF her home. sos West
l3sth street. yesterday afternoon. She
will probably die.
St. Paul tidende. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1902-1928, 1913-11-28
Crbipro9.

@por ser er mango 1ie1ere, er n1egen Sr9tte.
Juglen fienoer nta1 poa Songe1 og @ee,1neltets
&lggt poa bans Sale.
500, ser glitter fig for cit @aoro, %fortrpoer bet
inoen ct Mar.
&or man n1eget, ioo eaar set til, bar man tibet,
iaa i(oar BET til.
@ooe Gage er oaoe at Mite.
Gen> iom life bar &e1ge / &ungen, mao babe
gooe Sr6 paa E1ngen.
Gen, iom fober, ipnber life.
Soar 9llet gaar ino, iaa gaar @iobet us.
Sen, iom bar iaget en- Short, brpber Jig lite ON
Ell &anin.
6engilerre er oltio ltanete og a%lligebel fuloe,
9enplerne er altio oabne og %olligepel ton1n1e.
@aa al geiel for oreoe @enneter og iterfe Bine.
&pen1 lDper mel t? - Sen, Tom %inaffer met.
8rGnot aat frpgter ogiaa folot 8an0.
Sen iont lite bleier fig 81, fon1rner i,1ge,l Sci.
5s2 pffe11 ffon1rer albDrigB parDiig, lllpffen oIorig
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
A N UNIFORM PLAN

State Engineer Derr is particularly
in favor of all state institutions having
a large, complete and thoroughly APP
proved plan for the grounds, buildings
and other features connected with
them. toward the completion Of which
each institt ton should gradually work
as money for buildings necessary for
new developments and their growing
demands. II each changing board Of
regents, board Of charities and correc-
lions. and other persons in charge Of
institutions change the plans, as new
buildings go up, OIL new developments
are projected, the final result will be
a conglomeration of unsystematically
placed structures, and an inharmoni-
Gus final result. Other states, Califor-
MIA, Minnesota, New York, etc, have
adopted methods Of making large
plans for their universities public in
stitutions, etc, so that as the money
is gradually expended for new build.
ings, roads, landscaping, ETC., the state
is building what will finally and lastly
be a perfect whole. Such plans as
these are not allowed to be changed
for the whims or personal tastes OF
changing boards In control and 1t Is
this policy which has so successfully
been followed in the large universities
and older states than South Dakota,
which Is only now beginning such
work, that the engineer Is ar enthus-
iastic believer in, and hopes that South
Dakota may follow.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
NOT A S o

A subscriber to the Argus Leader
recently took exception to a statement
by the observer" that the dairy de-
partment of the State College has cows
that give ten, twelve to fourteen gal
Ions of milk per day. He concludes
his doubt by writing when a single
COW "a go the half barrel limit in a
single day We are carried off our feet"
1t does sound fishy We admit, but It's
true that the college does have just
such cows. Take the case of College
Belle Wayne the prize Holstein COW at
the college. Her official record when
made last year was the worlds second
highest. The official seven day record
showed a yield of S24.3 pounds Of milk
containing 1873 pounds of butter fat,
equalling 35k pounds Of butter. This
was nearly fifteen gallons Of milk per
day. Her official t~hirty-day record was
3,33S.1 pounds of milk containing 1853
pounds of fat, equalling 1887 pounds
Of butter. This was an average Of
nearly fourteen gallons per day for a
month. But what's more, the college
has other COWS which average thirty
five quarts of milk per day. A few OF
them are two year old heifers which
give 65 to rs pounds Of milk per day
after their first calf.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
c. +. ALLEN AT OAKLAND

We are in receipt of a letter from G.
F. Allen, formerly publisher of the
Press and for years a we'll known
B~rookings citizen, in which he says:
81 have moved myself to Oakland.
Cal, and would like to have you send
the Register to me here instead of to
Tacoma. My family still reside at
Tacoma and will probably remain
there until fall, and / will let them
have the Press, as / want to get my
news from the Register.
you will be surprised when you
learn what I am doing here. We are
opening a mail-order catalog house
for the purpose of selling sash, doors,
moulding, hardware, glass, paint, and
a hundred other things too numerous
to mention, to which we expect to add
from time to time until We get Sears
& Sawbuck faded. I have bucked the
mail order business for a good many
years in behalf of my advertisers and
have concluded that you can't beat the
to the enemy"
Mr.. Allen enclosed a clipping from
the Oakland Tribune, which says:
"a very significant indication of the
growth of Oakland as an industrial and
factory center is e in two leasing
transactions negotiated this week. One
is the leasing of a large warehouse on
the corner Of Fifth and Cypress streets
to the Contractors and Builders Sup
ply Company" a new corporation just
formed. The principal stockholders
arc Nh aries r Allen and A HaaganSOn
capitalists from Tacoma, Wash, who
were attracted to Oakland by the re-
markable building record Of the past
year. Besides holding several valu-
able building material patents, the
company will engage in the manufac-
ture and distribution Of lumber pro-
ducts and all construction materials.
The lease is from E. S. Paddock for a
period of five years at a gross rental
of about $4,000"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
DIVISION COMMANDER HERE

DR.. G.. D. Bently of Minneapolis,
division commander OF the Sons of Vet
Grams for the Division of Minnesota,
North and South Dakota, visited Rob-
ert L. McCook Camp No. 2, Saturday
evening, April IL. The camp held an
open meeting inviting the members
and their wives and the members of
the G.. A. r. and wives. The evening
program was opened by all singing
patriotic songs and short prayer by
DR.. Tilden. Commander Bentley was
then introduced and gave a very in
teresting talk on the work Of the
order followed by short talks from the
president of the w. r. c., the COM
mander Of the G. A. r. post. members
Of the G.. A. r.. and Sons OF Veterans
which were all very interesting and
received with hearty applause. At the
close of the program all adjourned t.
the dining room where q splendid sup
per prepared by the ladies was wait.
ing. Dr.. Bentley Is q very enthusiastic
worker In the osder and made many
friends In Brookings.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
NEW MOTOR LAW

The new motor license law Is the
our of a great deal of inquiry this
spring on the part of auto owners.
The provisions of the law are for the
payment of a license fee of SO on the
part OF each auto owner in the state,
for a license from the first of July
this year until the first of January
mex year, after which time the fee
will be Sc a year for each individual
owner. Applicants for registration
under the present law, with a fee of
81 for registration, are only securing
the registration to the first of July,
when the new law goes into effect.
The administration of the new law is
in the hands of the secretary Of state.
and Secretary Glasner expects to be
able TO get the new number plates and
supplies to the county treasurers by
May 10, after which date they can be
secured for the six months period.
Individual owners pay at the rate Of
Sc a year on each auto owner, but deal
ers are given two number plates for
demonstration cars at $40 per yeai
with the privilege of as many addition
al demonstration numbers as they de-
sire in their business at 81 each.
The money raised from license fees
goes into the road funds Of the oun
ties in which the license is paid with
the exception of 1919 per cent of the
fund, which is sent to the secretary
of state to pay the expense Of securing
the number plates, clerk hire, records,
postage and other expenses incidental
to the administration of the law. The
fund for the first year will reach near
ly 800, 900.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
BOYS ARE CAUGHT

The Volga Tribune in its write-up Of
the wreck west OF there says:
Tuesday morning Claim Agent
Winter, who had the matter Of the
wreck under investigation, went to
the home OF A. Santema, who lives
about one and one-half miles from the
wreck, and three Of his little children
boys aged, six and eight respective.
ly, and a girl aged ten, stated that
they had been playing along the track
Saturday morning and the ~six-year-old
boy acknowledged that he had placed
on the rail the nut that caused the ac-
cident, and several others which were
found by Section Foreman Nordby
and his crew when on the way to the
wreck. The children had picked up
the nuts and several iron washers.
The latter they took home with them
to roll and play with. The little boy
said that the nuts were too big and
clumsy to play with and he put them
on the rails. OF course neither he nor
the other children realized the danger
of his act.
'It Is indeed q matter Of deep re-
greet that this accident should have
happened and is but another argu-
ment that children should be kept OF
the rightrof-way of all railroads. The
Tribune understands that I'm Europe
IL a person is found On the right-of-
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
BRooKINGs PEOPLE BUY BANK

An important change will occur at
the Security Bank about May /. J. z.
Plat. cashier and active manager of
the bank Tor % years. will become
president, and j. A. McGillivray. who
has SC acceptably filed the position
of cashier of the Garden City State
Bank, will assume the duties of cash
Ter. Mr.. McGillivray scarcely needs
an introduction to the citizens of Clark
county, being favorably known by
many. He is keen, bright and cOur-
teOus young business man, thoroughly
competent to fill the important posi-
ton.
Granville Johnston will continue as
vice-president with added duties and
responsibilities, as will Miss Luella
Bennett and Howard Geise, as assist
ant cashiers. The many friends of this
long established financial institution
will be pleased to know that the three
officers last named will continue to
render their courteous service, which
has been characteristic Of the bank
and made it many friends.
Mr.. Plat has devoted nearly thirty
years to the active part of banking
in Clark and feels that this change is
thus furnishing additional
assistance in caring for the increasing
business. 1t will also enable him to
give more attention to the South Da
kota Bankers Association, of which
he is secretary, and other outside mat
ters. He has disposed of a portion of
his stock to H. l.. Hopkins, G.. F.
Knappen and G.. ]. Flittie, of the Bank
of Brookings. These men are all we'll
and favorably known in the state and
stand high as financiers.. They are
state agents for the Union Central
Life Insurance Company as to farm
loans, and command several millions
to be placed on real estate securities.
Through Mr.. Plat and the bank a
connection will be established that
will bring abundance Of capital to the
county to care for the growing de-
mand for real estate loans.
Mr.. Plat is certainly to be con-
graduated upon the large, sound bank
ing business he has built up, and the
excellent connections he has made,
which assures a continuation of the
business policies of this old reliable
bank. Mr.. Plat is the oldest bank
cashier in South Dakota so far as con
tinuous service is concerned, and while
he retires from the cashiership he will
be as deeply interested as president in
the success of the Security Bank as in
the years p~ast.-Clark Pilot-Review.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17
G SCHOOL MEET

The high school inter-class meet
will be the most exciting event Of the
year. Every class has a chance to win
and the contest will be close to the
last event. This meet will be held at
the college athletic park, Monday,
April 81, $3.50 p. m. Admission 15c.
Students tickets will admit college stu
dents free.
/. Every event in the high school inter
class meet at the college park Mon
day will be a final event. Prelimin.
aries will have been run OF before.
The events will go fast and no delays.
College Park, Monday, April 81, $3.50
p. m.
This meet was a great success last
year and the rivalry promises to be
keener than vel A SOC event for 15c,
forty high school athletes will battle
for honors in track.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17

personal visit to congress by the presi.
dent. George Washington was the last
president TO go TO the capital for the
avowed purpose OF influencing legisla-
ton: and while congress had heard
that Mr.. Wilson was coming, still if it
had been Washington on his second
round on earth, the real surprise could
not have been greater. Wilson has
thrown down the gauntlet, and has
given congress plainly to understand
that to oppose him means a fight 10 a
finish.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17

way OF a railroad company he is i'm
mediately arrested. and it would be a
mighty good plan if South Dakota and
the United States as a whole would
enact a law of this kind. There is no
more excuse for trespassing on the
property Of a railroad company than
there is for trespassing on the prope"-
ty of an individual. and this fact is
going to be recognized by law some
day in the not distant future
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-04-17

(Cont.nued on Page Nine)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
HOUSES BENCHES HERE
New Seating Arrangement at
the Capitol May Not Be
Permanent.

The benches which are to take the place
of the swivel chairs and desks which
have been used+{or so long in the House
chamber by the Aaspbers of that body.
have arrived at the a~1111l. and will be
put in place as soon as 9)ln,Qf the
chamber. with it's changed lewe1s mas
been completed.
backs and arm rests. No desks will be
provided in the chamber for the members
except as they have charge of bills
which come up for consideration, or when
they plan to address the House on some
special subject. Then temporary tables
will be placed before them.
The substitution of the benches for the
chairs and desks has been made neces-
sary to accommodate the increased mem
bersiip OF the House. Under the appor-
tionment made after the last census. the
House membership has been increased to
49,. There was not room in the House
chamber to give chairs and desks to all
the new members.
The new arrangement of seats will be
completed in time for the opening of the
extra session next month. Tfse--ehSa:sse
however, may be only temporary no
the new benches are to be tested before
any move is made TO dispose of the old
chairs and desks. Should the benches
not prove satisfactory, the chairs and
desks may be returned and the size Of
the chamber increased, as at one time
contemplated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
INCREASE IN THE PAY
OF NAVY FLYING MEN
Department Gives Notice Of Pro-
vision Made at the Last Ses-
sion of Congress.

Naval aviators. after July 1, will be
given 35 per cent increase In pay and
allowances while actively engaged in fly
ing. The allowance for the increased pay
was carried by the naval appropriation
bill passed March 4. and was publicly
announced from the Navy Department
yesterday. The provision Is that the in
crease shall apply to not more than
thirty officers of the Navy and the Ma
rine Corps, and to these only while act
lively detailed on aviation work. The in
crease for the army aviators provided for
ky the military appropriation bill Is only
- per cent An effort was made to get
an increase of 100 per cent, though this
would be smaller than the extra allow
snce made in England and the European
countries. but this was cut down to 10
per cent in the House and restored TO %
per cent in the Senate.
Orders were issued from the War De-
partment yesterday for three new aero
planes of the general type specified i'm the
War Department requirements issued this
winter. They are to be three weight-carry-
ing scout machines, with a range of speed
of not less than from 50 to 81 miles per
hour There will not be competition OF
machines as is the case with purchases
by foreign governments, but the orders
have been given direct to the Wright.
the Burgess and the Curtiss compa MES,
as has been the case with all other aero
planes purchased by the government. The
novelty in the new machines is that all
will have foreign-made motors. These
win include an S0-horsepower Renault, a
9O-horsepower Austro-Dairner and a 14O-
horsepower Gnome. 1t is not expected
that this last will deliver more than los
horsepower, but the others are reputed
to be close to their rated power.
All Of the new machines are ordered
to be ready for delivery July |. but it Ia
not certain that they a. II be ready for
demonstration at that uinc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
none of the public high schools car
reasonably meet them.
Finds Variety in Requirements.

notwithstanding recent changes in the
direction of uniformity, great variety in
requirements is still found. English is
about the only regularly required SUBJ
Ject. Curious contradictions appear in
the several hundred institutions ex-
amined. Certain subjects are considered
so important by some colleges that they
require them. while other colleges will
hot even accept them. Thus. for adj
mission to the A. 3. course there are four
colleges that give no credit for science,
and four that give credit for only hall
year of it, while, on the other hand,
ninety-one colleges prescribe one full year
of science. Such contradictions as these.
says Mr.. Kingsley. burden the high
school, provinciaiiZe college student
bodies and diseredit fine Determinations
between subjects. Again, some colleges
rigidly enforce the statements printed in
the catalogue, while others leave much
discretionary power to the officer in
charge of admission
Some real improvements in the rela-
ton OF high school and college are noted,
however, showing that these two in1por-
tant agencies In education are more
willing to help each other than they have
been in the past. Many colleges now ac-
cept various practical subjects for ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
SELECTION OF WILLIAMS
SLAP AT THE MACHINE
Virginia Politicians See in Presi-
dents Treasury Selection Echo
Of Convention.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, March 15.-John Skel-
ton Williams, who has been named as
assistant secretary of the treasury, is
one of the most progressive business men
and financiers in the SOUTH He is the
man who built the Seaboard Air Line
system and was for time its president,
till it was wrested from him by Thomas
Fortune Ryan.
Mr.. Williams has never been known
as an ardent democrat, being an open
avowed and determined opponent of Will
liam Jennings Bryan and his presidential
aspirations having voted for Mckinley
and for Roosevelt and Taft in the order
named. For that reason his selection by
President Wilson is regarded as a slap
at the machine. Mr.. Ryan is identified
with the present dominant faction in
Virginia
Politicians here are saying that the
President has carried out Bryan's slap
at the Virginia delegation in the ma
tional convention at Baltimore when he
arraigned Ryan and, Murphy of New
York for being delegates to the conven-
ton.
At the same time, what is hard to un-
derstand. Is how is it that a man who
has always persistently voted against
and opposed Col. Bryan is given such
high honor?
That element of the party which has
returned to the fold since Mr.. Wilson
was nominated is jubilant at the recog-
milton thus bestowed on one of their
number, claiming to see in the selection
OF MT. Williams Indications of the recog-
milton OF the anti-machine' wing of
the party in Virginia.