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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-05
County School Notes.

Florence and Opal Weimer and
Henry Kiehlbauch and Amelia
Thum of District No. Is Matt Ros
and Joe Cuka, Ernest and AGNES
Dyoracek and Mollie Rehurek OF
District No. "a, Frank and Thorn
as Svanda, and Joseph Humpal O.
District No. %; Zeta BEEN and
Fern Kundert of District No. So;
Clarence and Bryson of Distrj
No. SO; Maud Slade of Distriut
No. AZ; Clara, Albert and Ferd-
inand Rauch of District No. 30
and Beatrice Walker of District
No. 65 were all awarded Merits OF
perfect attendance the past week.
Edward Hack and Charley BAN
has Of District No 10 Ralph Schr-
oder Of District No. 81 and Anna
Van Duisen of District No. Il
were given Five Book Librar'
Certificate the past week. Elsie
Welt and Willie De Neui of Dist
riot No. 10, Albert Nagunst of Dis
trict No. 80 were given Ten book
Library certificates, Mary Proks
and Emil Kucera of District No19
were given fifteen book librar..
certificates the past week.
Josephine and Helen Drha, An
ma Kreycik, Dorothy Benewitz,
Miss Hoff, Stan. Kramar Frances
Swihart Frances Hughes Joseph
inc Jones Travelyan Walls and
Miss Black were callers at the
office last Saturday.
There were two absentees at the
Scotland Meeting of the Teachers
District Institute last Saturday.
Every person on the program was
present anb many excellent paper
were read before the meeting.
The Round Table work brought
forth some spirited remarks from
several of the members BY COM
mon consent of al present the
last meeting which is to occur in
about six weeks will include an
evening session in addition to the
regular session on Saturda The
teachers IF the Scotland d 'trict
are enthusiasts for progress.
A First Grade Teachers Fam
inatiun is scheduled for tt3 LIST
three days of this month. Alpli-
can ) must have had SIX months
successful experience in ord, = to
be eligible for this exsminat I'D.
We hope that a great number of
Bon Homme County tea, hers 0ho
are able to satisfy the requirm ,
will avail themselves of this OPP
portunity. A first grade CerGif-
cate is practically a Life Certif-
cate, in that it is renewable for an
indefinite number of times, SO
long as the holder continues ut ac-
tive teaching. ~
While in Scotland last Saturday
we were informed by DR.. Koobs
who is the superintendent of Bon
Homme county Board Of Heath,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-05
Side-Step.

P'x-"Cap YOU lend me SIS Fer "
T. g., OLD a9y?" Dix-"Wha H.
isuce does a month-old boy want with
five dollars ?'--Boston Transcript.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-05

For sale, 5000 cottonwood trees,
3 to 6 feet high. F. A. Hladky,
Utica. s. d. Adv.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1914-02-05
Another paradox.

It's q strange fact that a man can be
used best as q tool when he IL dull
Boston Transcript.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
The Kaiser's Illness.

Announcement that the Emperor of
Germany is seriously ill with pneu-
monia in Berlin naturally raises the
question of the effect of his death upon
the war. should this affliction end
fatally. That such a speculation is by
no means far-fetched or unnatural ap-
pears in a brief examination of the
situation. The kaiser is no longer a
young man. He will be fifty-eight
years of age in January; he has always
led strenuous, active life, is not
physically fully normal and has lately
men have undergone the anxieties to
which he has been subject during the
past four months and half, and it is
not remarkable that he has yielded to
illness now. Thus conditions are not
favorable, and the possibility of the
kaiser's death is not 81 unnatural sub
ject of consideration at this time.
II has been freely suggested since
the war began that if the kaiser were
to die the war would end quickly. Moth
ing is less likely. The German people
are apparently in solid rank behind the
emperor in this conflict. Right or
wrong, they are massed TO fight for
their cause and their country. 1t is
not for the kaiser they are fighting. but
for the fatherland. and If the present
head Of the German empire should pass
away his son would stand in his stead.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
A British Naval Victory,

Three German warships have gone to
balance the destruction of British ves-
sells off the Chilean coast and the naval
score of the war as between Germany
and England is more than evened. from
the latter's viewpoint When Admiral
Craddock was caught by a superior
force and defeated with heavy losses it
was recognized as assured that the
British would pursue his opponents re-
lentlessly. taking no chances on being
caught again with fewer or smaller or
less powerful vessels
Sentimentally the naval victory off
The Falkland Islands is of great i'm
porta ce to the English people, al
though il is of comparatively small
moment as affects the war. 1t clears
the seas of a menace to British navi-
CATION and reduces the German naval
force free to act to very small pro-
portions. That eventually all of the
German ships will be rounded up, sunk,
captured or interned would seem to be
the inevitable result of present con-
ditions. with England so overwhelm-
ingly mistress of the seas.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Secretary Garrison on the Army.

Secretary Garrison makes a most
valuable contribution to the discussion
of this country's preparedness for self
defense in the course of his annual re-
port, just published. Few men are bet
ter qualified to judge the situation.
Mr.. Garrison has. in the course of his
nearly two years of service at the head
of the War Department, been studying
conditions with mind trained to
analysis and deduction. He Is not a
military man. as. indeed. have been few
Secretaries of War since this country
formed it's permanent government. but
none the less he sees matters with an
Intelligent appreciation of the military
needs He has never been accused of
'jingoism'' and he is far from being a
'militarist'' in the sense of advocating
"a great standing army and bristling
armament on land and sea. Nevertheless
he urges in terms that cannot be sighted
prompt measures to bring the army of
the United States up to more respect
able standard of strength, while by no
means making it numerically adequate in
view of the tremendous responsibilities
that devolye upon it in case of attack
from abroad
Mr.. Garrison estimates that in case of
war it would be possible to put into the
field, by a consolidation of the regular
army and the National Guard a force
comprising 9,S1s officers and 14s, 49c men,
this including only regulars of fighting
-orce stationed in the United States
proper Such an army would be barely
sufficient to garrison the few permanent
defenses on one of the coasts. 1t would
not comprise a field force of mo-
ment in case foreign enemy sue
ceeded in effecting a landing with half
a dozen army corps. To equip, organize,
train and make ready for active service
an army of volunteers would take, at the
lowest possible estimate, six months. On
this point the Secretary significantly
says:
ANY one who takes the slightest
trouble to investigate will find that in
modern warfare a prepared enemy would
progress SO lar on the way to success
in six months. if his antagonist had to
wait six months to meet him. that such
unprepared antagonist might as we'll con-
cede defeat without contest
1t is significant that the Secretary dep
recates any suggestion of what is called
milftarism in a reasonable preparat ton
for possible defensive warfare. His i'm
mediate recommendation is that the army
be increased to its full mobile strength
by the addition of %, 900 men, with pro-
vision for the commissioning of 1000
more officers. This would give the regu-
lar army total of about 10000 men,
of whom $4,000 would be available as a
mobile fighting force in the continental
United States.
Secretary Garrison's showing of the
utter inadequacy of our army and the
first line of volunteer reserves to figure
as a defensive factor in the event of
an attack by first-class foreign power
must have decided weight with Congress
at the present juncture.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

the symbol of all that the Germans
hold dear. That son is himself of the
strain that makes the kaiser person.
ally popular in Germany. an uncompro-
missing believer in the might and the
right OF Germany. veritable war
lord" He is exceedingly like what his
father was twenty-five years ago. soon
after his accession to the throne.
This war is not a one-man struggle.
whatever critics of Germany may aver
in their condemnation of the contest.
1t is the inevitable consequence of con-
ditions that have been long preparing.
and the death of a single individual
would not directly and Immediately
affect the result. Perhaps the death OF
the kaiser would shock and greatly
grieve the German people. But they
would probably regard him as VIC
tim of the war, as having sacrificed
himself in the cause. and they would
rather be more likely to stand closer
together and fight the harder for his
passing. Yet the elimination of such
a tremendous personality, so potent
force, would necessarily eventually
have a bearing upon the outcome.
Sympathy must be felt for the En-
peror of Germany as he lies ill at Ber-
lin. He cannot be otherwise than dis
appointed at the outcome of the war
up to date. His tremendous war ma
chine has not yielded the results that
were confidently expected of it. Ger
many may win the conflict, but that it
has not struck a decisive blow ere now
has undoubtedly been a grievous cause
of chagrin to the great leader who now
lies helplessly stricken.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Give! Give!
From the Survey


Never within living memory has there
oeen such a need. or rather such an op-
portunlty, for giving as there is in this
country today, and will be to an ever
increasing degree through the winter
that looms ahead. From the far-fune
Dattiehelds of Europe, where thousands
OF wounded are waiting the ministra-
t1ons OF surgeon and nurse; from Bel
gum, France, Prussia, Galicia, where
fruitful fields have been turned into
deserts and quiet resting places into
haunts of terror: from refugee camps
or Brittany, Holland and England,
where miserable women and children,
driven from their homes stripped of
their possessions. robbed of their loved
ones. are crying out for bread, clothing
shelter and the sweet sacrament of
consolation; from villages and cities
OF our own country, where myriads will
OF JOBS and almS-from all these scat
tered areas of misery goes up a cry
Tor help In the first place. we must
not desert the institutions and moye-
ments to which we have been contrib
utlng In the past, in order to answer
the new appeals incident to the Euro
pean cataclysm. We must give TODAY
tlonal Consumers League, to our state
child labor committee, to our local as
sociatlon for the Improvement of the
condition of the poor We must keen
our pew in the church, renew our
pledge to the missionary or charity
fund, make our subscription to the set
tlement. To permit any long-standine
work to suffer or mayhap perish. be-
cause of even such an emergency as
this which now confronts us. would he
ineXcusable.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Myron 7. Herrick.

Mr.. Herrick's first act upon landing
showed good taste and good politics.
He put the soft pedal on his presi-
Dental boom. Not just yet, gentle
men," was his admonition to the en-
thusiastic Buckeyes who had gathered
to welcome him with the boom in their
hands.
This was to be expected from man
of MIR. Herrick's experience in politics
and affairs in general. Had he de-
scended the gangplank hat in hand
and ready to SHY it into the ring at
once he would have blundered. So
palpable purpose to Capitalize" his
recent admirable record would have
had bad effect.
Mr.. Gerard erred on that side, over
persuaded by his friends and deciding
the question at long range. He per-
mitted an effort to capitalize his fine
record at Berlin in the New York SEN
atorial contest. and the effect told
against him. The New York electorate
did not think his services as ambassa-
dor, in every way praiseworthy, had
any proper connection with partisan
politics: and as a senatorial candidate,
nominated solely on the strength of
those services. he was badly beaten.
MI. derrlcR cannot De lndlnerent to
the suggestion of his name in connec-
ton with the presidency. No man ever
is. or could be. He well understands.
too. that the suggestion grows out of
his work in Paris the past four months
Had he been relieved of his place, as
others were. promptly upon the acces-
sion of Mr.. Wilson to authority, he
might not today be so conspicuously in
the picture.
But the memory of that work, both
at home and abroad, will linger
Eighteen months hence. when the re-
publicans are making their presiden-
tial nomination, it will be as lively as
now. Then. if he looks good as a gen.
eral proposition. his record as ambas-
sador will enter into the equation in
his interests.
The most important disclosure at this
time is that Mr.. Herrick in relinquish-
ing his Office did not relinquish his in.
terest in the situation in Paris as re-
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Words of Wisdom,

There's always some one ready
To tell you what to do
And keep your footsteps steady
AS life you journey through.
There's always some one knowing
Just what your course should be.
And wisdom great bestowing
For pay. or maybe, free.
They teach you how to nourish
Yourself with food and drink;
They put the latest flourish
On what you say or think.
Across these broad dominions
Their chains of thought they wreathe
They teach us our opinions
And how to walk and breathe.
Their joyous demonstration
Throws into havoc sad
The natural information
That once you thought you had.
Their intricate deductions
Make fact seem strangely dense
AS they impart instructions
On simple Common Sense.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
District Suffrage Qualifications.

The constitutional amendment pro-
nosed as A means of securing District
representation in Congress and the
electoral college. approved py the
chamber of Commerce the other night,
sinply Laws down the broad principle
Of national representation for the cap
ftal. leaving for determination by Con-
gress or the District itself all ques-
tions of the qualifications of voters,
whether with manhood suffrage or
manhood and womanhood suffrage. or
with educa tional or property limitations
The essential thing is to amend the Con-
stitution So that the District may be
placed for certain important purposes
on the footing of state with repre-
sentation in the House and Senate.
That once established other matters
and the details of the enfranchisement
will follow in due course
The Star suggests the impolicy of the
woman suffragists now attempting to
force the issue of their particular de-
nand in the preliminary consideration
Of the constitutional amendment itself.
such a course persisted in vigorously
might kill all chances for success that
The proposed constitutional amendment
may now possess.
It is essential to advocates of woman
outrage in the District that they work
1rst to obtain suffrage in general and
underlined. and the course of wisdom
$ for them to get behind this amend
nent and push it with all their might
Then if the constitutional amendment
adopted the opportunity will be pre-
sented in the event of a referendum
Of securing a vote by the District peo-
ole favoring the inclusion of the wom-
IN among the enfranchised Washing
tonians. Woman suffrage here might
De secured by a majority vote of Con-
sress or of the District, when it could
not be secured as constitutional
amendment by the vote of two-thirds
IF Congress and three-fourths of the
state legislatures.
There is nothing hostile to woman
suffrage in the constitutional amend
ment now proposed. 1t does not record
The District as opposed to the extern
sion of the franchise to women. On the
other hand it promises an additional
field within which women may gain
and exercise the right to vote. There
tore there should be no hostility toward
this movement to enfranchise the Dis
trict on the score of the failure of the
amendment as drafted specifically to
1eclare for woman suffrage. On the
other hand the District sufragists
should constitute themselves ardent
champions of the amendment to the
end that they may later win their
specific and final victory at the polls
in the referendum to follow, or through
congressional enactment concerning the
qualifications of District voters.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Peace at Any Price.



Speaking from a practical standpoint
and considering things as they are
rather than as a theorist thinks they
ought to be. peace at any price in the
end means nothing less than slavery
And slavery is anything but a condition
of peace. Which raises the question
whether there is such a thing as peace
at any price: whether, in fact, the peace
advocated by the non-combatant. dyed
in-the-wool pacificist, is not peace at
the greatest possible price, the price of
liberty. The American colonies might
have had peace at this price. The civil
war might have been avoided by the
continued payment of this price. China
has frequently purchased peace at this
price. and after long experience she
has decided the toll demanded of her
has been too heavy. Her more thought
full sons no longer believe in pacif1cism
and have rehabilitated the social status
of the soldier. They prefer liberty with
little military preparation to any fur
ther enactment of the role of interna-
tional foot ball, and they intend to dis
card the part soon as they are able
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Soldiers and Their Songs.

FROM the Boston Transcript.
1t seems to grieve some of our CO.
temporaries that soldiers persist in
singing songs that catch their fancies
and refuse to accept musical models
commended to them by authorities.
"Tipperary" may not be up to the stand
ard British music-lovers would have
British soldiers sing, but the attempt
to switch them over to songs approved
by the government has already proved
fruitless. In our civil war Union SOL
diers delighted in roaring when
Johnny Comes Marching Home," as
easy to sing and appropriate in senti-
ment. Our most stirring war song
Marching Through Georgia." was not
composed until after the event. John
Brown Body" was also favorite, but
we have been assured by veterans that
the army preferred the original words
to the poetry of Mrs. Howe. Few SOL
diers could remember her lines, but all
could sing the early version with such
variations as tune and circumstances
suggested.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

spects the American part in relief
work there. That continues; and as a
private citizen again he is pointing out
what should be done to make that
work thoroughly effective. No man is
so well entitled to attention. AS the
proof of the pudding is in the eating,
the value of Mr.. Herrick's advice lies
in the fact that whenever it has been
taken it has abundantly justified it
self. And that it is as good today as at
any time since the war began is be-
yond question.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
A Nations Ingratitudes.

Republics are ungrateful.' said the
readymade philosopher.
II shouldn't say" replied Senator
Sorghum. that republic as whole
is ungrateful. The man who is liable
to get acquainted with real thankless-
ness is the one who figures as cheer
full giver to a campaign fund"
Evening star., 1914-12-10
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON
Survival of the Fittest.

Il don't quite follow you when you
talk of prohibition carrying out the
law of the survival of the fittest," said
the man who is always willing to learn.
"Of course" replied Uncle Bill Bottle
top. I'm talking about the particular
kind of prohibition we have out our
way. 1t has encouraged a brand Of
liquor that kills man
off before he has had time to become
a habitual drunkard.''
Evening star., 1914-12-10

So far as can be judged by his per-
sona1 expressions, the agitation in
other portions of the map does not
warrant Col. Goethals in taking his
eyes off the Culebra cut.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Ship for ship our navy is equal to any,
according to experts. The same may be
said of our army, man for man. The
difficulty is that arrangement cannot be
made TO decide combat by selecting
champions.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
Temperament.

My daughter is very irascible be-
cause won't let her go into grand
OPERA said Mr.. Cumrox.
Has she the voice for it,
No. But she has the disposition"
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Without any especial training as a
contributing editor. President Wilson al
WAYS manages TO turn out an exceedingly
well prepared article when he delivers a
message to Congress.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
No Limit.

Oh. Christmas comes but once year,
But on the giving gay.
You can, to push along good cheer,
Take encores any day.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Prosperity is expected to arrive in a
way that will enable people interested
In the flight of time to give away gold
watches instead of calendars.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

1t should be understood that American
statesmen do not use the phrase pre-
paredness for war in any temperamental
sense.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Mexico must be convinced in some way
that shooting up Arizona is not to be
regarded as a form of outdoor sport.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

In discussing funds for the maintenance
of railroads the public is compelled to
admit that they are not luxuries, but
necessities.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

1t is feared that a general investiga-
tion Of income tax delinquencies would
cost more money than it would collect
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Wall Streets inactivities have at least
given financiers a little respite from the
terror inspired by Wolf Lamar.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Expressions from The Hague. such ae
might discourage enlistment are not to
be thought of at this time.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

An early presidential boom is very
likely to prove preparatory course
for the also-ran class.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

PAYABLE in advance-nv mail. postage prera'd;
DaiIy Sunday included month. go cents
Daily. Sunday excepted. one month. 20 cents:
Saturday Star 81 year: Sunday Star. $Z-4o year.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

A great many members of Congress are
quite as anxious as the tired business
man to hear motion to adjourn.
Evening star., 1914-12-10

For the government clerk the rule is
not only shop early" but shop fast
Evening star., 1914-12-10

Ern order to avoid DELAYS on aceount Of
osrsonal absence letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connected
With the Office but simply to THE STAR, or to
the Editorial or Business department aecofoinS
to tenor purpose
Evening star., 1914-12-10

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NAV he sent nv mail. or telephone Main 2440.
Collection is made by carrier at the end OF each
month.
Evening star., 1914-12-10
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