davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
WOUNDED, coNFEssEs MURDER.

Detroit, Mich. March 11-Robt. Tay-
Tor. 80, who was shot in the, breast
during quarrel here on March 6. has
confessed to detectives that he shot
and killed Alva Johnson at Nashville,
Tenn, last September. He will lie
turned over to Tennessee authorities IS.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
WANTS LEASES INVESTIGATED.

Washington, March 1.-THE senate
spent almost all of today's session
debating Usage Indian land legisla-
ton. Senator Gore of Oklahoma in
troduced "a resolution to investigate
the value of leases to be extended
without compensation to the Barns
dell Oil company, under the Oliver
resolution. and to inquire into the
profits of the company during the
past year. s.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
MRS. VILLA COLLAPSES.

Los Angeles, CAL, March 11.-Late
this afternoon Mrs. villa, wife OF
General Villa, suffered a nervous
breakdown. She declared that her
husband has not harmed Americans.
and that reports duplicating him in
the Columbus massacre is a trick Of
his enemies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
SANTA fE MACHINISTS
GET RAISE in PAY
Thirteen Thousand Men Will Receive
Average Increase Of Two
Cents an Hour.

Topeka, KAN, March 11.--Thirteen
thousand machinists on the Santa Fe
system will receive an average wage
increase of two cents an hour, effec-
tive at once. This was the announce
ment made at the general office here
today
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
LoNDON's SPRING OPENINGS.

london. March 11.-This year the
" shops have given few OF
~ u, nVe manneauin fashion paraces
slcn usually usher in The new SPRING
oss Instead, some of the large
s are advertising Their spring
ny means Of exquisitely made
very realistic doll models. These
~ real hair dressed in the latest
pn and a natural expression of
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
nriye in Salient, Capturing
800 French, Several Can
Am and Mine ThroWers.
GAIN NEW FOOTHOLD
IN VAUX VILLAGE
p.r,s Admits Berlin Claims, But Con-
tonds That Counter Attacks Regain.
Cd for French Most Of Ground
Lost.

London. March 11.-After "a hours
~ furious fighting, the Germans have
coined a new foothold in the village
If vaux and have won complete con-
troll Of the Corbeaux and Cuminiere
woods The German drive into Vaux
marking their greatest gain OF the
week is admitted by the French war
office.
Exhausted by their tremendous eff
forts. the men of both armies tonight
are resting on their arms. while the
artillery is keeping up bitter duel
simultaneously with their attack
against Verdun. the Germans launch
ID q determined attack in the A1sne
sector. They drove in French sail
ant at Villaux bois, eleven miles
northwest of Rheims, breaking
Enough the French lines on a front
n almost a mile for a depth of three
fourths of a mile.
Twelve French officers, 725 men, a
revolver cannon, five machine guns
and 13 mine throwers were captured.
Paris admits the Germans penetrated
the French position in this region,
hut declares that by counter attacks
the greater part of the ground was
|regained.
a sharp engagement is being Wageo
over the contested territory.
French Think 1t Feint.
The scene of this latest German
defensive is a point where the German
Tine approaches closest to Paris. The
action is viewed by French critics
more as an attempt by the Germans
D prevent the concentration OF re-
erves at verdun by keeping French
roops engaged on other sections OF
lie front, than as serious move
nent
The French report, which admits
he loss of section of Vaux, states
bat German troops also approached
lie fort of that name, having pro-
Tessed up the surrounding slope.
The German advance puts them al
most mile nearer Verdun from the
ast. On the east bank of the Mouse,
where for more than four days
French and Germans have been hunt
lng each other down in CorbeauX
woods, the Germans are now f1nlsh-
Ing Goose Hill, the dominating
French position, from two sides.
Dispatches from Rotterdam report
That large forces of infantry from the
Riga front have passed through Metz
on the way to reinforce the crown
princes army before Verdun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
HELD TO GRAND JURY.

James Hollis, negro, arrested on a
charge of violating the federal m
ternal laws by selling liquors at Al
tLeimer. was given hearing yester-
day before United States Commls,
sioner A. L. Burnett, and was ordered
held to await the action OF the federal
grand Jury, bond being fixed at 5000
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
New Mexico Offers TrOOps.

Albuquerque. N. NJ. March IL
Gov. VIM. c. Mcdonald this afternoon
asked the aid of the war department
in protecting the border towns of
New Mexico.
He offered the services of state
troops, but said that the state was
without funds to mobilize them.
The New Mexico state guard con-
sists of 80 officers and ST. men.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Texans Eager to Go.

Austin, Texas, March 11.-Inquiries
from practically all captains of Texas
National guard companies reached
Adjutant-General Hutchins today, Civ
ing notice that the militia is prepared
to move as soon as the call is is.
sued. The kilograms indicate the
eagerness with which Texans await
the summons to march.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Chicagoans Organize.

Chicago, March 11.-A recruiting
station was opened here today to en-
roll volunteer regiment to be offered
President Wilson, should more troops
be needed in Mexico. ...
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Russian Warship Sunk.

/ Berlin, March 1.-THE Trans
Ocean bureau announces the receipt
of an official report from Sofia, to the
eject that the Russian torpedo boat
Lieut.. Pushin was sunk by a mine
Yesterday Four officers and eleven
salors were rescued by Bulgarians.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Arkansas in Good Shape.

Little Rock, March. 11.-Should
state troops be required Ito subdue
Mexico, Arkansas can put 1000 or
more in the field, national guard Of
ficers said tonight.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Missourians Ask Orders.

Jefferson City, Mo-. March 11.-Adj.-
Gen. John Omer sent telegram to
the war department today, request
ing that the entire national guard of
Missouri. about 1000 strong, be de-
tailed for service in Mexico.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
CHURCHILL, AN INVENTOR.

London, March ia gua.usi 49,
inst back from the front state ina
Major winston Churchill has m.
vented an apparatus for use IN tne
trenches, which the British war ofiice
has adopted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
Zeppelin Missing.

The Hague. March 11.-Private ad-
vices from Cologne state that one
Of the Zeppelins that participated IN
the recent raid on England failed to
return and is believed to have been
wrecked.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
West Virginia Ready.

Charleston, W. Va, March lad
jutant-General Bond said today he
could have 1900 mi1itiamen ready to
move in 4S hours
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
$4,000 OIL FIRE.

Caney, KAN. March 11.-Eleven
tanks OF oil were destroyed by fire.
starting in the boiler room Of the
Kanotex refiner. Tho loss IS S75,OOV.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-12
he Weather

r ~ lair and warmer; Monday
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27

pend or transient trade. Here you will
find unknown, unadvertised merchan-
disc on which large profits can be
realized.
a small-town jeweler advertises that
he handles only the best of everything
in his line. and that everything bought
from his store represents the acme of
quality.
Purchases from his store are put in
boxes bearing his firm name and it
used to be an everyday occurrence for
people to drop in and ask for a box.
These requests, of course, came from
people who had bought cheap jewelry
elsewhere-most probably to be used
as presents-and, in order to create
the impression that it was of standard
quality, sought to associate it with this
jewelers. reputation for quality gained
through his advertising.
He finally adopted the practice of
supplying free boxes on which his
name did not appear. This put an end
to requests for boxes and possibly IN
creased his sales.
Manufacturers of heavily advertised
brands of merchandise must depend
on repeat sales and continuous pa
lronage at the hands Of satisfied pur-
chasers. AS a rule their responsibility
and methods Of doing business as well
as the reputation of their products,
are thoroughly investigated by the
vertising appears. This protection is
furnished the purchaser gratis by the
best publishers.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
COMMISSIONERS
DISCUSS BRIDGES
APPROPRIATION OF $1,000 FOR
FAIR TURNED DOWN
THE ASSESSORS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS
Much Routine Business Transacted
Board of Health Filled
Report
April, 1916.

bN
The Board of County Commissioners
of Bookings County, South Dakota.
met in their room in the Court House
in the City of Bookings at 2 o'clock
p. M, Tuesday, April 4th, 1916, with
the following members present: Davis,
Jarvis, Tollefson and Kidman. Alb
sent, Halvorson.
The minutes of the quarterly meet
ing of January were read and on mo-
ton approved as read.
A report of the Iowa Bridge company
was next taken up and the balance of
the afternoon was taken up in check
ing it. after which the board on motion
ordered warrants drawn in the sum Of
$2,OO3.49 to apply on 1915 contract
with said company.
Adjournment taken until 9 o'clock
a.. m., April 5th, 1916.
Reconvened at 8 o'clock a. m, April
5th, 1916, with the same members
present as of the previous day.
A depository bond of the First Ma
tional Bank of White with the Ameri-
can Surety Company as surety in The
sum of $40, 100000 was on motion ap-
proved.
A petition asking the board to ap-
propriate $1,000 90 to be used for the
collection, preparation and installa-
tion at the State Fair for the year
1916, a general exhibit of the resources
of Brookings county was next taken DIP
and after consideration a motion by
Tollefson that no appropriation be
made for the above purpose was sec
onded by Davis and upon roll call the
vote stood as follows: Davis, aye;
Tollefson, aye; Kidman, aye and
Jarvis, no; motion carried.
Afternoon Session
The application of Mary O'Leary ror
a loan from the Permanent School
fund in the sum of 100000 with Sc
curity on the Sc a 12-1O9-4S was on
motion approved.
The balance of the afternoon was
taken up in a general discussion or
matters pertaining to bridges and get
ting familiar with the proceedings nee
essary under the laws of 1915.
Adjourned until 9 a. m, April 9TH,
1916.
April 9Th, 1916
Met as per adjournment of the 5th
and took up for consideration tax sale
certificates Nos. Is and q for the sale
of 1915 which were erroneous sales
and on motion ordered refunds drawn
for them with interest at 10 to Febru-
airy 21st, 1916.
The following claims were audited
and allowed and warrants ordered
drawn for the same:
c. A. Gullick, salary, County
Treasurer, Dec. 1915 ........$166.67
H. w. Blakely, salary, Supt. of
Schools, Dec, 1915 .......... 1850
j. l.. Burgess, salary, Deputy
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
STATE WIDE TOUR
FOR GOOD ROADS
STATE DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
HAS ARRANGED AUTOMOBILE
RUNS TO COVER STATE
TO START FROM BRO0MNGS MAY 18TH
Everybody Invited to Become Mem
bers of 1.-The Official Party"
With Automobile

The State Development League, I'M
der the direction of President j. w.
Parmley, has ~inaugurated a general
plan of good roads propaganda for this
mcnt Week, commencing May IA, and
ending May 20 which, according to the
opinion of many will be of consider
able value in stimulating greater in
terest in the good roads movement.
Road runs have been mapped out
to cover all the important highways
of the state. Brookings good roads
boosters will make a run May 16, start
ing from State College and proceed
west to Huron where they will meet
the official party from Pierre. The
good roads committee of the B%rookings
Commercial Club, which consists of G.
A. Gullick, Geo. w. Cobel, and DR..
Harry Sayre; and Prof. II. c. Solberg,
of State College, have the movement in
hand and it is their desire to have n
" sc uilpC VI dutololo tdht pdil III
the run.
The propaganda covering the entire
state is summed up as follows:
Starting from the state capitol steps
at Pierre the forenoon of May 10th,
automobiles will convey the official
party east on the Black and Yellow
Trail to Huron, making stops at all
towns on the way. At the same hour,
other automobiles will start from the
Administration building at the State
College at Brookings and proceed west
ward over the same trail, meeting the
official party at Huron, where a night
meeting will be held; primarily for
the purpose of comforting in reference
to the road problem in general, and
particularly the Black and Yellow Trail
through the state of South Dakota. 1t
is expected that the Governor, state
builders and road experts will be in
the official party and that talks will
be made from the automobiles in each
town.
Wednesday, the 18th, will be Winni-
peg and Gulf Road day and the official
party will run from Huron to Brook
ings, meeting cars from Big Stone,
Milbank and other towns north, pro-
ceeding south to Sioux Falls where it
will meet cars from Elk Point, Vermil-
lion and intermediate territory on this
highway; also from the Scenic High
way west.
Thursday the 18th will be Meridian
Road day. The official party will leave
Sioux Falls via the Waubonsie Road
to Salem, at which point it will be join
ed by cars from Yankton and south,
and proceed owe the Meridian Road to
Watertown meeting cars from Sisseton
and north. Also from the Red and
Yellow Trail east and west.
Friday, the 18th, will be Yellowstone
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
PRIZES FOR ROAD PICTURES

A nationwide Photographic contest
in the interest of the Good Roads
Everywhere" movement, with cash
cash prizes Of $4,000 open to every.
body, was announced at the National
Highways Association headquarters
here today.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt End the
two ~well-known writer's, Hiss Ida Tar
bell and Mr.. Mark Sullivan, will serve
as judges in the contest.
The photographs selected in the
competition will be used to establish
in Washington a national exhibit on
the good roads problem designed pri.
marily to promote a nationally con.
ceived scheme of highways.
In connection with the pending lcgis.
lation in Congress to have the federal
government shoulder a part of the
task of good roads" construction, the
National Highways Association, it is
explained, desires to have adopted a
plan for a syetem of national highways
surveyed and located by expert en-
gineers, so hat federal funds will not
be spent in a hit or miss pork barrel
fashion, but in accordance with a
scientific plan as any railroad is built
or as the Government itself did in the
ease of the Panama Canal.
BY means of the Photographic con
teit it is proposed to gather a com
plete picture of the good and bad road
problem as it exists in every section
of the country, and this the association
will use in it's effort to obtain scientific
'non-pork" legislation from Congress.
The cash prizes of $4,000 were sub
scribed by General Coleman du Pont,
chairman of the Board of National
Councillors, and Charles Henry Davis,
president of the National Highways
Association. The competition will be
known as the du Pont-Davis Road
Photograph Prize Contest.
The first prize, to be given for the
most striking (good or bad) road pho
tograph, will be a $500 cash award. In
all there will be 166 cash prizes award
ed.
There will be 5 second prizes Of
800 each, 20 third prizes Of $25 each,
40 fourth prizes of SIS each, and 100
fifth prizes of IS each, making 166
chances in all for each person enter
ing the contest.
The competition will be kept open
for eight months, closing at noon,
Tuesday, November 7th. All photo
graphs should be addressed to Good
Roads Everywhere" Photograph Con-
test, National Highways Association,
Washington, D. c.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
ADVERTISED MERCHANDISE
BY r. V. Holland

By r. V. Holland
Why is advertised merchandise"
better than "unadvertised merchan-
disc" | have been asked this question
many times lately, states Mr.. Holland
in Farm and Ranch, by merchants
and by others. There are many rea-
sons why.
A manufacturer who spends large
sums of money advertising his particu-
lar brand Of products must necessarily
live up to the statements made in his
advertising in order to keep his pro-
ducts in a steady demand. You may
be induced to make a trial purchase
of a certain article by reason of see
ing it continuously advertised, but I'M
less your purchase fulflls promises
made in the advertising you do not re-
peat the purchase.
No manufactures can afford to let
his advertised products" fall below
his advertised claims" in which case
dissatisfied trial-purchasers would not
only fail to repeat but would volunteer
the information among their acquaint-
ances that a certain brand Of merchan-
disc had not made good.
A few weeks ago | called on a mer-
chant in a small Texas town to inquire
what heavily advertised brands he
carried. His reply was that he refused
to handle trade-marked advertised
merchandise or any brands well known
to the buying public. He further in
formed me that he could buy ready
made clothing from a certain we'll
known manufacturer several dollars
per suit below regular price-provided
the manufacturer was not required to
put his name and trademark on it.
OF course he could. The manufac-
turer had spent thousands of dollars
advertising that particular brand Of
clothes, and was therefore compelled
to keep quality up in order to protect
the reputation of his trademark back
ed by his entire advertising expendi-
ture. However, when he was not re-
CURED to brand his clothes this re-
sponsibility ceased and he could cut
quality to meet price. He could work
off the spoils and seconds" of his fac
tory; for in every manufactury there
are necessarily some spoiled goods and
faulty products.
Another merchant explained to me
that he did not carry trade-marked-ad-
vertised merchandise for the reason
that the retail prices Of same were
usually controlled and advertised by
the manufacturers, whereas on unad-
vertised merchandise, with which the
trade was not acquainted, he could
set his own price, allowing himself a
wider margin Of profit.
He complained particularly about
the profit on a certain article which re-
titled at 10 cents, and which cost him
laid down in his store-7k cents
I made bold to assert hat, in my esti-
nation, 2k cents profit on a 7k in
vestment (33 1-3 per cent) was as much
as he could reasonably expect to exact
from his customers.
AS a rule the leading merchants in
a town carry weIi-known advertised
brands in every line. They are bid
ding for continuous patronage. relying
on repeat sales to satisfied purchasers.
On the other hand, visit the second
class store-especially those that a..
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
HOW HAMBURG CLEANED UP

Hamburg, the great German sea
port, was once the smallpox center of
Europe. Epidemic after epidemic of
that disease, which is the product sole
ly Of filth, swept the city until traders
were afraid to ~sojourn there and the
merchants began to face bankruptcy.
Then Hamburg began to-clean up. At
ter 1t had cleaned up it remained clean.
The smallpox plaques stopped; bust
ness revived; traders again came. To-
day 1t is one Of the three great sea-
ports of the world, because it is also
one of the cleanest cities of the world.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-04-27
"ClEAN up"

Clean Up Week" is something more
than a fad, says the Sioux City Tri-
bune. 1t is a movement in harmony
with nature, which at this season OF
the year Is throwing off the habili-
ments of decay and arraying itself
in a gay, fresh garb that bespeaks life
and virility.
Ever since sanitation and physical
purity as a direct message from God
to the children Of Israel has cleanli-
ness been considered next to Godli-
ness. The two virtues go together.
1t is almost impossible for a dirty.
s~lovenly individual to be morally clean.
It is impossible for a dirty filthy, dis
eas~e-breeding city or section of a city
to be morally clean. Dirt, disease and
vice are the in~separable internal trim
ity of the Stun.
When Jacob Riis undertook to re-
form the most vicious, most diseased
slum in New York-"Five PointS"-he
began by cleaning it up physically, get
ting rid Of the piles of dirt and refuse,
teaching the inhabitants to use soar
settlement in a large city or a mission
in a smaller community establishes is
a public bath, and the first lesson it
teaches is that Of personal cleanli-
ness.
Old fashioned residence districts in
cities begin their decline toward the
rookeries that house disease and crime
by being denied a coat of paint and
the repairs needed to maintain their
appearance Of responsibility. Let a
community acquire a %slovenly. dis
reputable appearance and it will soon
have a s%lovenly. disrcputable charac-
ter. It's harder for a hobo to be on the
level than it is for a well groomed in
dividual, because the hobo's appear
arces are against him.
Havana was formerly one Of the
plague centcrs OF the world; it was
equally a center of moral pc8tilence.
1t was the home Of yellow fever and
the outcasts Of the underworld Of this
continent. It's criminal haunts were
in this hemisphere. A heroic band of
American army doctors, aided by vol
unteer students, cleaned up Havana
physically, and with it's physical re-
generation came it's moral regenera-
ton. Yellow fever and the dregs of
vice disappeared together.
So the list might be continued with.
striking illustrations of cities and even
countries that are far down the scale
in commerce and civilization, in
morals and health, because they are
dirty; and equally striking illustra-
tons Of the commercial and moral
transformations that have followed
clean up campaigns.
The logic Is simple. Cleanliness
means self respect and E.alth. Self
respect is the father Of ambition and
health Is the basis OF that efficiency
which makes the realization Of am
bition possible. Efficient, we'll direct.
ed ambition means prosperity.
Cleanliness mean less disease, few
er human wrecks, fewer dependents
upon society, fewer inmates OF asy-
lumns, hospitals and inarmaries. Clean
Illness means less crime, fewer rock
cries, fewer dingy disreputable haunts
for the vicious. fewer dark. noisome re-
treats for the plotting and commission
Of gvice.
@cean 10 Week. has a vibrant,
tan5ibIss csS11109 meaning to every
IintenlGsnt eeanmpnity
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Continued on Page Thirteen)
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-07-06
CITY HALL EMPLOYEES
RAISES $3.50 FOR co. F

More than $50 has been raised by
city hall employees and members Of
the south Bend police department
for co. +. 163rd Indiana Infantry,
which is encamped at Fort Benjamin
Harrison. When the company left
South Bend the city hall failed 10
contribute. not for lack of inclina-
ton, but because OF the difficulty of
reaching the various workers.
Ellis ID. Diver of the detective de-
partment was chosen TO get the sub
scriptions and reported over $3.50
Thursday morning. Every man on
the police department gave from so
cents TO $500 70 the fund Mayor
Fred W. Keller subscribed $500;
L. @. Manning. SO: Board of Works
SO: B. r. Augustine $500: Chief Of
Police Willard +. Kerr $500; s. z.
Schwartz $500: r. J. Anderson $500:
c. A. Perkins $500; Glenn Smogor
$500.