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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
ROCKEFELLER TO START
GREAT WORK IN CHINA

Peking. (by mail).--The "China Medi-
cal Board" instituted by the Rookie
Teller foundation, will be established In
China at q very opportune moment, ac-
cording to DR.. j. G. Cormack, the
principal of the Union Medical college
In Picking. Most Of the staff Of doctors
who have been working at this mission
college are British subjects, and the
staff has been seriously affected by
several Of the most important men go
ing HON to England to volunteer for
medical work with the army. DR.. Cor
mack states. also. that while the war
lasts we cannot expect much further
help from England"
He made these statements at the an
nual graduation of Chinese students, at
which there were 16 who received their
diplomas this year-bringing the total
number Of graduates from this college
up to 20. DR.. Cermack added: Truly
this is a very Small number when we
think of the great need there is in Chi
ma for trained doctors. Fortunately
there is a likelihood of a large increase
of our staff in the neal future because
the Rockefeller foundation has insti-
ituted the china Medical board which
proposes to spend a large sum Of money
On medical education in China. This
board has decided that they will first
thoroughly equip this college in every
|department. and make 1t possible for
ever Chinese student to obtain a medi-
cal education Of the very highest stand
ard. The facilities that will be offered
to the young men of China to become
trained physicians and surgeons will be
made equal to anything In Europe or
America.
w are very glad, too, that the
character OF the college as a Christian
institution is still to be maintained. The
missionary societies which founded this
college have from the beginning de-
sired that the moral character of the
students should conform to the Christ
an ideal. and every effort has been
made to show the students that knowl-
edge without virtue is not only undo
sirable but may even be dangerous.
China needs not only the science and
knowledge OF western lands, but much
more does she need that moral regen-
grafton which can alone make a nation
truly great"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
BEST EDUCATED MEN
ARE MADE OFFICERS

London. (by mail),--It has been the
General practice OF the British army In
present war to get its supply OF
oubalterLs from the best territorial reg
tments. which correspond to the crack
1tate guard regiments OF America.
sVneSe regiments receive as recruits
o3ly young men OF a certain standard
@ education N social position. The
Honorable Artillery company, which
consists now OF many companies and
which sprang from the same historic
organization as the Honorable Artillery
company of Boston, Mass, is perhaps
the best known of these regiments in
the United States. But no regiment
contributes more young officers to the
new and regular armies than the Art
lists Rifles, which has won commissions
Tor nearly 1000 of It's former privates.
The Artists Rifles is composed of
young professional men of various call
tngs. It's versatility is Illustrated by an
Incident that happened in the early
days of the war, when six electrical
restored electric lights to a
french town, where the lights had
tailcd with serious consequences. 1t was
the artists who converted a disused
stable at Bailleul into a bath house for
the men returning from the trenches.
Soon after going to France, the regi-
ment was turned into a training school
tor officers, on the ground that it's ma
terlal was too valuable to waste in the
ordinary way.
A man Who enlists as a private In
the Artists and afterwards obtains a
commission from the training school In
France secures his seniority in the reg
.ular establishment, IL he desires a per-
manent career in the army, from the
uate OF his first commission. This train
ing is remarkably thorough, as the men
get all the life and the practical expe-
rienc Of priyates with the technical
training of officers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
Germans New Explosive.

London-Details of a new process devel-
ton Of wood pulp as a substitute eor COT
ton In the manufacture of explosives are
given by the Chronicle, which says the
substitute already is being used success
helm.
The great difficulty in using wood pulp.
according to the Chronicle, was the ne
resin and ox%ycellulose. The process in its
early stages is the same as in the manu-
facture of paper. Wood is ground, cooked.
cleansed by the new process and rolled
into sheets. Then it Is ready for the pro
cess of nitrlfcation, which converts it into
a high explosive.
The timber used is chiefly ash, pine and
birch. For some purposes, says the Chron-
icle's informant, the new explosive is even
moro effective than that made with cot
ton.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
U. s. CONSUL REPORTS
BELGIAN CONDITIONS



Consul Genera Ethelbert Watts, sta
toned in Brussels, sends to Commerce Re-
ports a letter on present conditions in
early months of 1914, Mr.. Watts says:
Altogether. business was in good shape
until war was declared; this brought the
linen trade to a complete standstill.
the working classes, most of the mills and
factories have gone on with the work IS
best they could. . Fruits and vege-
market by Intermediates n sent to Ger
many. There has been no other export
business done in these products, it hav-
Ing been prohibited by the German au-
be the same as usual for the qualities
usually sold in Belgium. Special quail
ties produced for export to America in
portation also being prohibited.
Mills work only a few hours a day. :.
Most of the horses were requisitioned
first by the Belgian army and then by
discontinued. In the coal district about
1861 900 miners have been at work since the
war broke out, as compared with 147 900
and stocks were put under the Control Of
the German central bureau at Antwerp.
This bureau has owe to sell to manu-
fac dr;eas o 2sd RS of works s.; dealers, etc.
the sales are handed to the mine owners
after the deduction of a commission to
cover expenses incurred by the bureau.
All contracts made before the war or
since the occupation are void, and mine
owners can not be considered liable to
damage for nonexecution of such con-
tracts. In special cases contracts may
be executed with the authorization of the
central bureau. This bureau regulates
production, sales and prices over all the
occupied parts Of Belgium. Coal is in
very little demand. except for domestic
consumption, as most of the mills, iron
works, ETC., are not in active operation.
.. +. BY various ordinances of the Ger
man governor general the moratorium
was extended from time to time for the
occupied territory. By an ordinance dated
May %, 1915. the moratorium was extend
ed to June 80. 1915. No special moratorium
has been decreed for ordinary debts, such
as for goods sold and delivered, etc, but
discretion. In order to secure adj
ministrative uniformity in the economic
field the governor general recently estab-
lished a trade commission consisting Of
representatives of the civil administration.
the political division, the banking division,
the war commission for raw materials, the
railway board. the general government,
and the army commissariat. This new
trade commission is a consultative body.
The commission is to consider questions
affecting the economic life Of Belgium,
such as those of imports and exports, the
tariff. labor, traffic and markets, and to
recommend PRACTICAL measures to cope
buttons Of the commission are of an advis-
Dry nature only and have no binding
force, the decision resting in the hands
Of the governor general. The commission
may call on Belgian or German experts or
business men for advice"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
Packing Lesson Not Yet Learned.

ESOASuA y LAf 0dlIlIlOIS, SuanS-
hal. China, in Commerce Reports.)
So much has been written on the sub
Ject Of packing that 1t would seem UNI
necessary to again refer to 1t, but the fol-
lowing letter, addressed to the American
consul general at Shanghai and written by
one of the best posted men in the Far
East, Is SO pertinent that it is Inserted in
order to emphasize the necessity of pay
Ing attention to proper packing.
= gave o. San Francisco. q
execrable. They shipped bottled jams and
extracts as they might perhaps have done
for Oakland, and when the stuff arrived
here. in fragments I could get no salts
faction out of them. Naturally I am not
repeating the order.
When i have been on furlough in
America and manufacturers or wholesal-
ers have asked me what openings there
might be In China for their goods IFhaye
always replied bluntly: Not any, unless
you are prepared to consider the require
ments of the market and pack for long
distance transportation, as European deal
ers do,
Last winter I placed two orders Of the
same value for rose plants, one with a
n-urseryman In Ohiotand another In Eng-
land. The American plants were. simply
tossed into q fimsy pasteboard box with
a little loose moss, SO that the box ar
rived all crushed n the roses as dry
dead as the bones of an early Chris
tan martyr. The English roots were
tightly wrapped in moss, then In cotton,
and finally In a gunny bag. It took them
longer to reach me, but all were alive.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
From "The Wage Slaves"

From forge and farm and mine and bench,
Deck, altar, outpost lone
Mill. school, battalion, counter, trench.
Rail, senate. sheepfold, hrone-
Creations cry goes up on high
From ape to cheated age:
Send us the men Who do the work
For which they draw the wage"
When through the Gates of Stress and
Strain
Comes forth the vast Event
The simple, sheer, suffcing, sane
Result of labor spent
They that a wrought the end UNI
thought
Be neither saint nor sage,
But men who merely did the work
For which they draw the wage.
Wherefore to these the Fates shall bend
(And all old idle things@
Wherefore on these shall Power attend.
Beyond the grasp of kings.
Each In his place, by right, not grace.
Shall rule his heritage
The men who simply do the work
For which they draw the wage.
Not such al scorn the lettering street.
Or waste, to earn Its praise,
Their noontidees u~nreturning heat
About their morning ways;
But such as dover each mortgaHed hour
Alike with clean courage
Even the men who do the work
For which they draw the wage.
-Rudyard kipling.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
The Other Side of the Question.
T1rop, tho Crrirufa15 por,,blio,r

FROM tne Spr1nSneld Repup!lcan.
The British army recognized it's weak
ness, and for years had preached reor-
ganization upon the Prussian system. The
present government must face the fact
hat it did not even stand neutral in this
contest, but led the opposition to the re-
form.-London wal correspondence.
Are there anywhere professional military
men who do not preach reorganization"
General Bernhard was clamoring for it
before the var ,o ae npn the
year to slip through the net of m%ilitarism
because the standing army had not kept
pace with the population. 1t Is not to the
discredit Of the British liberal government
that it has worked consistently against
militarism and for peace, and its record
upon Germany. If a lingo government
had been a power since 1906 Britain and
its allies would not have had so much
sympathy among neutrals. Sympathy may
not help on the battlefield against a per-
fectly equipped adversary, but it Is worth
a good deal in a prolonged war of ex-
hauStiOn,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02

WAR TAKES HEAVY
TOLL OF ATHLETES 4

From the New York Evening Post

From the New York Evening Post.
The effect of the s~tupendous struggle
on athletics and sports will make itself
felt for years to come. There is hardly
a branch of sport that has escaped with
out losing one or moro of its noted eX-
ponents.
The havoc wrought by death among
famous runners has nnquestionabiy been
the most startling. The names of some
of these. known the world over for their
Lieut.. W.. w. Halswelle, the Olympic
isos: Rnders On s Of oSford sve M6o c ne5a u
in the Olympic at Stockholm; James Duff
fy, the Canadian distance inner win
ner of the Workers and Boston mara
thons; Jean Bouin, the great French run
ner, whom experts considered the great
est distancer in the world; r. Rau, the
champion Teuton sprinter n record
die distance runner; Max Hoffman, who
might have been the formers successor;
Heinz Hegemann and Herman Lerow,
berg, cross country runner.
In the death of Anthony F. Wildlng,
killed In action at the Dardanelles, the
been universally considered as the most
skilled wielder of the racquet in the
history of the sport. Kenneth Powell Is
meet Wilding's fate. Germany's leading
lawn tennis. promoter, DR.. Otto Nirn-
helm. died in the hospital in Louvain.
IldNl11S DeGIl WOulueu ny u pursuing smell.
Edward Kraeusel, Of Breslau, winner Of
German tennis tournaments, was killed
in east Prussia. Chelli, a player of ex-
ceptional ability, and Du Bousquet are
the French ennis players of note who
have fallen.
OF noted golfers, one of the worlds
greatest amateurs, Cant. John Graham,
lost his life during a charge at Ypres.
Lord Annesley, formerly amateur cham
pion of Ireland, was killed in attempting
a flight across the channel on an air
raid Capt. c. f. Barber, of Chester.
tleship Goliath. Norman Hunter Is re-
ported among the wounded and se'ss-
ing" Capt. w. A. Henderson, who de-
was killed last fall. Lieut.. H. N. Atkin-
son, erstwhile Welsh title holder, is an
other to lose his life. Julian Martin
Smith died of wounds received in battle.
Miss Neill Fraser, a noted Scotch wom-
an player, died with fever after serving
nc a fial1 ,11,rce
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
Farm Cooperation.

FROM the SATURDAY Evening Post,
Farm co-operation-especially for credit
ton; but the conditions under which 1t
evolved In Germany are very different
from those In the United States. In this
country only $780, W farms-or roughly one
farm out Of eight-are less than 20 acres
IN extent. The typical American farm is
of all our arms falling in that class. In
Germany, on the other hand, more than
4,000,0W farms, or about ~three-quarters OF
all farms, are less than 13 acres in extent.
These small farmers usually live In will
ages, from which they go out to their tiny
fields in. the morning, returning at night:
SO they are constantly in contact With
one another. Meeting to talk over affairs
of common interest is a matter Of daily
occurrence. And when the cooperative
movement sprang up they Were in far
worse plight than the majority Of Ameri-
can farmers are. Few of them could OBJ
tain credit on any tolerable terms. Only
by standing together could they survive at
Cooperation is more difficult here, both
because farmers live much farther apart
and because they can make a better shift
at standing alone than the German farm
ers. 1T is significant that rural co-opera-
uon has been most successful In this coun-
try among fruit and vegetable rower
where the holdings are usually small and
complete failure.
Nowadays the rural telephone and the
automobile go a good way toward can
ceiling distance; and American farmers
with these Inventions, might be about as
~neighborly as German farmers are IL they
ings. The fact that a man can exist in
dependently Is not a good reason for re-
jecting cooperation when he could exist
better by combining with his neighbors.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
PLAYING ON BEACH
INJURIOUS TO HAIR ,

While you are %reveling in sea bath
ing and games on the beach for the
purpose Of drying your hair do not
imagine you are choosing tho best way
for the good of your bright tresses.
Dur poets have sung of the hair that
shimmers in the sunlight. But that
same hair, if continually exposed to the
rays of the hot sun, will soon become
dry, dull and void of color and luster.
The sun burns and bleaches. BY this
process 1t removes the gloss n life
from the hair.
1t is well to remember this fact al
ways, especially during the summer.
Like Bleaching Linen.
When you are drying your hair in
the summer sun, do o not feel the
heat from the suns rays? When the
hair is wet you do not realize the in
dry o are obliged to shake the hair
to allow the air to blow through it in
order that it may not scorch you.
If you will stop TO think you will re-
member that the process of bleaching
linen is the same you use every morn
linens are wet and left to the heat of
the suns rays to bleach. Zach wetting
and drying in the sun bleaches more
and more.
Do you not see that your hair, by
being wet every day and dried in the
sun, must naturally-like the linen
become lighter each day? The serious
q fabric, while you hair is alive, and
very much alive. Because 1t can be
cut without pain the supposition may
be entertained that it is entirely life
less. The fact that it grows is evil
dence that it is sufficiently animated to
be entirely liable to injury.
Hair Will Burn.
The sun kissed tresses are burned n
scorched until they have the quality of
straw if they are blonde. Dark hair
burns red or white.
We all Know that salt water is in
furious to the hair. 1t must be rinsed
out with fresh water.
Continual wetting Of the hair removes
the natural oils from the scalp, the oils
which are so necessary to it's growth
and b~rilliancy.
Hair demands more attention during
the hot months than in winter. Women
spend a larger percentage of their time
in the open and are more liable to
abandon their hats than during any
other season.
There is certainly a temptation to
throw aside a bothersome hat that Is
continually tumbling about during an
exciting game. but that head covering
is quite necessary to protect the hair
as we'll as the complexion.
Moderate exposure to the sun will not
prove detrimental to the hair. In fact,
it will strengthen and benefit, If it is
not wet: but, by the persistence with
which girls submit wet hair to the hot
rays of the sun, it is not much wonder
they find 1T fading and parched.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
Italian Patriotism.
From the Philadelphia Ledger

Is there nothing in the recent action OF
the italian railway men to bring some
little feeling Of shame to those English
their comrades were dying in the trench-
.es? The Italians did much extra work
during the mobilization of the troops.
extra pay. 1--WE should be humiliated II
we could not give our TOLL, they explain.
while others give their lives to the coun-
try" This Is a fine expression of unity
of purpose. On the battle line or at home,
all Italians are soldiers for the oommon
good. A nation with such citizens might
be defeated. but 1t could not be dishon-
Italy to q great place among the powers
Is needed. Long before her uniication
was achieved no sacrifice was too great
And in all the years since the same spirit
hal animated them.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
THE END OF FASCINATION.

Nopyright, 1915, by the Mcclure News
pape Syndicate.)
On, the years we waste and the tears
we waste,
q the work of our heart and hand
Belong TO the woman who did not
know
land now we know that she never
could know
AND did not understand"
II is the nature OF young women to
oe .iighthearted. sunny tempered and
herself ~ the arts Of fascination de-
serves the name Of being heastless,
which Is often tackled on to her.
even q girl OF this kind might be
1seposed to think seriously Of a nice
foung man VINO had been devoted to
saaiI g dozen girls whom she knew and
MS mead was turned admiringly in
direction. She was almost sure
1nal ne did not express his sentiments
as tenderly to Others and clasp their
hands as responsibility as hers when
az her home. and her mothers head
was turned away.
Love making is not a new story to
her. Counting each season has pos
sessed such a fascination for her that
q counts her conquests on her fin
GERS, shrugs her shoulders and laugh
ingly declares she was only Willing
away the time. She is perfectly indif-
ferent to the henrtaches which she has
caused. pooh-poohs at the. chidings
md predictions. 1t is the ~jolliest art
ot asgirIs pastime, she boasts, thinking
there Will be no end to her destinations
nor TO the many followers In her train.
Instead Of realizing what the heart
aches OF the men she has encouraged
dismissed might be, her only re-
gret Is that there will be many a weary
emil adyfrin1~ nhfoh she i, a Lc,,a
stt by the window alone until an
other falls under her spell. Whether
6ne Will@fasctnate a better companion
~ 20 her pure luck-a win or lose ex-
sperience. She loves music, dancing and
all that Is gay and rnirthful. This is
the trait in her nature. Many a nice
young man crosses her path at these
places, and is easily led into adora-
ton Of the fascinating young m
First she aroused his interest.
Every type OF man nay have sweet
hearts but his love will go out to Just
2 aWoman-his ideal. Those who
think they know him should never be
carried away with the impression that
this man or that one win never marry.
i No man is proof against woman,s love
when the right n ONE along.
q who angle for him will seldom
6if ver catch him. There is Just one
person who a hold the. affections of
my particular man-that one is ali
& that any man or m desires. She
must be In true sympathy with his
81 Ideas, have kind, sincere consideration
and be not wholly q creature of moods
4 and fascinations.
Thrt which attracts two different
kinds OF men and women together Is
m tndescribable appeal. Most men will
o1ly want g woman who Is simple and
patural. Those go ahead OF all others
" touching the right chord In his heart.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
How She Managed.
From the National Monthly

She had tried in vain to get the tele-
phone. but the other parties were using
h line. The last time she heard one
woman say:
II have Just put on q pan OF beans
for dinner"
She tried later. but the women were
still talking. -Exasperated. she broke in
1crtsply:
Ing"
A Mortified scream greeted this re-
mark n then she was able to put In
her call.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
How Did He Know.

fine sermon that morning on Mar
ried Life Two old Irishmen who had
been fast friends for years were dis
cussing tire address as they walked
home together.
SIT was q fine sermon his reverence
was after givin us this morning,
Tim" commented one.
III was that. quickly assented the
other. then With dissenting frown he
continued, ian. wish I knew as little
shout the matter az hes does.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02
Well Named.

From the National Monthly.
Whats that you call your mule?"
1T call him Corporation" answered
the old negro.
How did you come to give him such
a name?"
de papers, boss. Dat mule gets mo
blame an abuse dan anythin' else In
de township, an goes ahead havin' on
his way les de same"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02

Arizona has a woman live stock n
snector. probably the only one In the
world. through the appointment Of
Mrs. Okla Noonan.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02

Philadelphia has thirty mothers
leagues in various parts OF the city
where little girls are taught the care
sofainfantS.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1915-09-02

The College Of Hawaii has added 1
ifour-year course In sugar technology.
The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
Velvet Still Dominates the T Fashionable World

and beads and even fur. They are
always worn, these elaborate and
fragile little underbodices, with the
filmy negligee that is still in fashion,
and they are often hidden under
bodices of velvet and taffeta.
Hats.
Hats continue to be of rather alb
sorbing interest. Anybody who has
heard much of the surmises concern
ing the clothes Mrs. Gait has bought
to take with her to the White House
has probably been impressed with
the number of hats she is said to
have bought. Whether she has
bought them or not, the fact remains
that hats are attracting much inter-
est and attention, and any woman
who considers herself we'll dressed
must put a good deal Of money and
a good deal of attention on her hats.