Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-01-20

-lOLlal commission on SclentIIlc aero
nRutics, chiefly for the purpose OF
making observations of the upper air
with kites and balloons, n has made
important contributions to arctic
aerolOgy. Some valuable work has
also been done here in measuring the
height OF the aurora by Photographic
methods.
"A new system OF numbering auto
mobile plates is to be adopted In New
York in 1916. There are to be three
registration zones-Albany. Buffalo and
New York city. In the first zone the
number on the plates will be preceded
by A, in the second by B, while in New
York city they will have nc %alphabeti-
cal prefix. In this way the numbers in
each zone will be restricted to five fig
ures. To give additional legibility to
the figures, the hundreds and thous-
ands will be separated by a hyphen
thus, 35-020.
DIR. Wellington Koo, who had been
appointed Chinese minister to this
country, in succession to kai Flu Shah,
was until his appointment, minister to
Mexico, Peru and Cuba. DR.. Koo was
an undersecretary in the Chinese for
eign office until recently, and as such
was a member of a diplomatic commits
sion which conducted the negotiations
in Picking with the Japanese minister.
He speaks English perfectly. n is a
graduate OF Columbia university, where
he received his doctorate.
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Wisconsin has from time to time
been an annex of various other states.
After Ohio was admitted to the union.
Wisconsin from 1906 to 1909 formed q
part OF Indiana territory. From 1903
70 1878 Wisconsin embraced In the ter
fitory OF Illinois. When Illinois be-
u came a state. 111 fHa on,,nfv1, n ~
e. including Wisconsin, was joined to
Michigan. After more than 40 years of
6nfftlng Wisconsin was admitted into
the union with her present boundaries
in 1S4S.
Detroit, Mich, wants to be a county
Al by itself because or new automo-
bile law which will exact $240, 600 a
year from city motorists, half to go to
the county, half to the state. As q
county Detroit would retain one OF
THESE shares IN its alternate capacity,
which makes Its desire seem an entire
~ reasonable n at least until the
contrary arguments can be heard.
Two motion picture players, recently
married at T~exarkana, which is on the
state line between Arkansas and Tex
m, stood one In one state and n in
the other while the ceremony was go
ing on, a harmless little publicity
schema which cost them nothing, but
the price OF an extra license, 1t being
necessary to nave both Texas and AR
kansas sanction for the nuptial.
The war has practically paralyzed
the trade In wild animals, Of which
Germany has always been the center,
but h Philadelphia ZOO has been
fortunate enough to acquire some very
remarkable specimens, a pair Of Tibe-
tan blue bears, ursus b%ruinosus, which
were sent over as Russian brown bears
and are the only examples OF tho
species in this %country.
Rheumatism is nothing to a man who
VIII find a church spire in which bees
have a hive, suspend himself near the
entrance and submit to a good gener-
Gus stinging. A Minneapolis man UNI
derWent this heroic treatment recently
now says that others may get
stung by the patent medicine route If
they wish, but he will collect his sting
tngs at the source.
The office Of the English coroner is
one OF the Oldest recognized by the
cOnamoE law, having been mentioned
AZ "coronatOr' in the rule Of Kim
Athelstane, In the Tenth century; but
his duties no longer include inquests
into the death Of royal fish," such as
the whale and the sturgeon. that func-
EbAlAt AldtlilS DcSuH ISpGGleu Dy the COR
Orer's act Of 1887.
Commenting on the fact that the
Royalty theater London, is expert
menting with ringing up the curtain at
ESQ o'clock. g writer in the London
Chronicle recalls that at the time OF
the restoration he curtain rose at
4 O'clock, and Garrick In 1741 rang
up his curtain at a. by 1924 the hour
had become s. and17l2 years later Z
o'clock.
The Cheyenne Indians near Clinton.
Okla, held an elaborate '.at home, in
honor of the neighboring Kiowa chiefs
a their people. Everything was in
high style, many Of the tents of both
hosts y visitors being furnished with
beds, carpets and a variety of
such ornaments as most appeal to the
cheyenne and kiDwa sense OF the ar
With Great Britain and her allies
calling for grain. grain I'M more grain.
s1e y said that literally millions Of BUSH
~ Ok wheat are lying or the ground in
western Canada In Imminent danger OF
s~Adecayiffg from lack Of elevator and
storage facilities. Mi valuable heaps
are being covered with straw in an eff
f0st to protect them against the wealth
OFFICIAL returns from Smith town.
snip. Ohio. show Mrs. John GRADER, an.
ardent sutfragtst. has been elected con-
sable, an office for which she was not
AAcandidate. She did not even know
ne being voted for. Men OF the,
township as q Joke wrote her name on
884AtrSballuts. So nan were let In on
s4he prank that Mrs. GRADER won.
London paper has published an.
SAFtlcle Recommending that hens and
&doVea III trained to watch for aircraft