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GENERAL.

Smallpox and an unnamed fever,
thought to be typhus, have caused 500
deaths in the Ures district Of Sonora,
Mexico.
Canada has begun to tear up 1000
miles of railway TO meet the needs Of
war on the western front in France
and Belgium.
Half a million dollars to insure
grand opera to Chicago for the next
i've years has been pledged by
wealthy C~hicagoans.
A new record for butter production
has been established by a COW belong
ing to NJ. J. Smiley Of Belle Fourche,
s. D.. which shows a production OF
Att pounds of butter in seven days.
Sir Richard Winfrey, under-secre
tary OF state for agriculture, an
nounced in the British house of com
mons that the government would fix
. price for home grown wheat for the
season of 1861.
The whole city Of Waterbury,
Conn. may have to be ~vaccinated in
m effort to check the spread Of
smallpox now prevalent there. in the
opinion Of DR.. John +. Black, secre-
tary OF the state board Of health.
0A> C~,.xh n~l-~A~ cAn<o hood ~
railroad commissioners at Pierre
grantedn the application Of railways
operating In South Dakota for an in
rease Of demmurrage rates. The per
mission was granted to relieve the
! shortage.
Willie Hoppe, billiard champion OF
the world made q new worlds record
at San Francisco in an exhibition
match with Jake Schaeffer Of Chica-
60. In which Hoppe made an unf1n.
ished run of $50 points from the spot
IN 1872 balk line match Of $50 points.
The Australian commonwealth has
provided for the suppression OF the
Industrial workers OF the world. says
! dispatch from Melbourne. Premier
Hughes denounced the organization
and Its leaders.
That there are grounds for sus-
picicn that the recent increase in the
price Of coal was the result Of an
artificial and illegal combination"
Vas the statement made at New York
By George w. Anderson. who is in
charge OF the governments national
1Ood aud fuel inquiry.
1nr setting = new record In her
flight from Chicago to New York Miss
Ruth p. Law received = gift OF $4,000
. ! 6inner giyen n her honor y
leeNt xefk City ~ the Civic Forum
ao1xAo A1re Cub q America
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Death Of Woman Sudden.

Rapid City.-Mrs. Alonxo Leedy,
for the past 25 years . resident OF
Rapid City. died quite suddenly at
her home here. She had been i'll but
two days and her illness was not
thought to be serious until but a few
hours before her death.
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Farmer Goes Insane.

Fairfax.-Losing what he had paid
on a Trip county farm because he
was unable to keep up the payments
required, is believed to have been re-
sponsible for George Weiderrich. a
farmer living near Fairfax. becoming
insane.
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Dakota Rate HEARING,

Examiner Brown, Of the Interstate
commerce commission, will hold hear
ings in Sioux Falls, S. D., January II
and II, on complaints, alleging dis
criminatory rates on flax from Water.
town to Illinois points and on linoleum
from Missouri river to Mississippi riv.
er points.
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Stock Quarantine Raised.

The state live stock commission re-
ports no new cases Of the trouble
which started the quarantine Of a num-
Der Of horses in and about Fort Pierre
several weeks ~ AS no new cases
have developed and all the horses
which were affected have recovered
from the trouble. the individual quar-
antines have all been raised.
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Harrisburg.-Two Indian boy pupils
who fled from the government Indian
school 1t Flandreau. and who were at
tempting to make their way overland
to their homes On n OF the Indian
reservations Of western South Dakota.
were captured in this city by City
Marshal Hansen.
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MANY New Settlers.

Pierre.-It is reported that over $50
new settlers have located in the vi.
cinity OF Rattle Snake Butte. south OF
Redelm. the past fall, and that the
community Is thriving.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

The indications are all 70, a lively
fight at the coming legislative ses.
sion over the issue OF free textbooks
and the method OF selection OF such
books for the schools Of the state.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

A meeting of the state live stock
commission Vas held at Pierre. Elk.
aminations were held for those de-
string to practice as veterinarians in
this state.
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Butter Production Record.

Belle Fourche.-A new record for
butter production has been establish
ed by a COW belonging to NJ. J. Smiley
here. it is claimed. The official test.
made by Prof. Larson. Of the State
college. shows . production OF 47.77
pounds OF butter IN seven day..
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Files Election Expenses.

State superintendent Lugg has filed
his election expense account, showing
the expenditure of 1920.
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news OF THE WEEK
CONVERSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
4 BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Brief Form for All
Glasses o. ReAdera
WAR NEWS.

The new Almanach De Gotha's list
OF nobility fallen in the war includes
c5S counts, 567 barons, and l,4b5 less
er nobility.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

President Wilson received a tele-
gram from former Secretary Bryan
congratulating him on his peace note
to the belligerents.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

Smallpox and an unnamed fever,
thought to be typhus, have caused 500
deaths in the Ures district of Sonora,
Mexico.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

Memphis, Tenn, will probably be
selected by the war department for
the winter establishment of the army
aviation school for the central states,
now located at Chicago, it is said.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

Two men were killed and three
others probably fatally injured IN an
explosion of an oil plant OF the Mlo.
west Oil Co, near Casper, Wyo.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-12-29

1cr setting = new record In hel
Night from Chicago to New York Mis-!
Ruth =. Law received = gift Of $3.50l
8 Manner giyen n her honor =
lQeNt xetk City ~ the Civic Forum
ao1gxAo Aese Cub q America
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After a single reading the Danish
Folkesthing adopted the bill ratifylng
the treaty for the sale of the Danish
West Indies to the United States.
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WILL THE TRAINMEN QUIT?
Their Threatened Strike Menaces the
Well Being Of the Whole Country,

To rHr EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir: There
are those who keep telling us There
Will be no railroad strike IL H. impossi-
BILE" Why is II Impossible? The world
IL as full OF fools as ever. That was
what they said about a war in Europe
two years ago Also. the %trainmen's
unions are as'full of greed and AFRO
sance as ever. They have succeeded
before In playing the part OF highway
men they feel confident that their
threat OF 100000 900 damage n day 10
the railroads" will produce results.
The question the plain person. the
average citizen. the worker for wages
especially. ought to consider Ia not the
damage 10 the railroads but the damage
10 himself \ strike would be a ma
tlonal calamity. second only TO a war In
it, scope and sweep. While injuring
the railroads by immense amounts. the
:rainmen would be penalizing the rest
~ the community by vastly greater
sums. The sudden s%,oppage would be
4 disaster.
These non are among the highest
paid workers IN the world they have
steady Jobs. with sure pay their places
would be fought for by other men. IL
the market was an open one. Thei-
average pay Is more than 100 per cent.
higher already than the pay Of the
1000. 900 workers in American mills and
factories; higher than the aNe-aEe pay
OF ministers and teachers much higher
thar the earnings of 5000 600 farmers,
who not only work hard but are oil ged
To put up at risk a Cuusiderdbl bile amount
OF capital highc, than the net earnings
OF NOR" than a million small merchants,
who also have capital at risk, besides
longer hours of work than tho rain
men have Why should all these peo-
pile be held up by tho railroad unions?
Why should more wages Ne given TO
those who already get most?
II the railroad manage and tinan-
cicrs expect the public to put their saw
ings into railway securities. they must
brace IN and show some sort Of fchting
ginger IN the way OF resisting unjust
grabs at railroad earnings. Time was
when they could simply pass II ON to
the public when the tra.rmcn executed
a grab. hut that day has passed. They
are held down with an iron hand. by the
| deathly clutch az the Interstate Com
! merce Commission. With that rigid. I'M
| pervious. granite Drained entity on one
side and the "ailway unions with their
bu, ,hinly disguised Industrial Workers
OF the World principles on the other.
the railroads will soon he in a rondi
ton that would make a lunatic's dream
appear colby logical by comparison.
BosroS, APRIL l. W &. TAYLoR.
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A CIVIL WAR HIKE.
Il Twenty six Miles In Mexico Equal
10 Thlrty.six In Maryland!

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Su': In
view of the work lone by General
Pershing and Colonel podd the remarks
Of j. Holb.in smith in TIir SIS nf April
/ seem April foolish. He invites the
opinion Of some veteran OF the civil
war"
As one who served as "A captain ~ the
Second Corps of the Army of the puto-
mae my admiration for the way tho
punitive expedition IN Mexico has
tackled the job IL immense, TIL" hardest
march we ever made was thirty-siX
miles on June 30. 1853. from Frederick,
and my brigade had the hardest part
of II. guarding baggage nj the tan end
OF everything, So that We didn't make
camp till II o'clock l.. NJ, having
started at s O'Clock \. NJ. II was tough.
and the Sixth Corps, which arrived late
AT the battlefield OF Gettysburg. had 4
forced march which was about as long
and no doubt more severe. but MARY
land and Pennsylvania are not an Hlkall
desert.
| have n notion that twcuty-siN miles
on that waterloss tramp was some
hiking" II the boys Erumblrl n bit.
what OF il? It's n soldiers priv ilcgc.
We used to, They got there all the
same. So did We, and then forGaNc tho
commissarics l'rp TREfoiI.
NEW YORK. April :.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-S.r. In
the accounts "f the paciiiS, d~isturhane
at city college IN connection with Gem
oral W"od's address attention WAS d-
rccted almost entirely to the acts OF n
few notoricty seeking youths. The be-
hdvior of IN" great mass ur IN. student
body WAS either entirely overlooked or
treated very briefly.
Hut attention should hr called to the
restraint aud observation-disclosures Of tho ma
joritv of tho CITY COLLEGE lnys. Dcspite
III" outhurst Of a pa"iiisi student i'm tho
great hall and pt"iiist c>hortations bv
outside SPEAKERS both IN tho student CON
course and on tho campus they refused
to "" ~statnpcdod. They kept cslm and
hy their attention 10 General Woods adj
dress and by their refusal to fellow the
leader OF TIA" rtoifsts ON ~ the as
scmhly showed their approval 81 ne
college authorities action IN regard TO
preparedness aud their own ,iis,l proval
~ attempts to bring the college into
rIdicllc,
Iy their Gcutl'mauly behavior they
hay" gone far 10 justify the maiutcuau Q
of city college by the city. l.. NJ. :.
NEW NouN. Aptil 4.
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what no the Zeppelin Raids Mean?

What liz the object Of the Zeppelin
raids on England? II Is not the Ger.
nan habit to indulge in costly enter
prises without Il definite purpose In
view. VIZ must assume that these
excursions r undertaken In further.
ance Of a general design formulated
by a competent military authority.
end that they are not mere exhibitions
Of bravado. The German claims Of
damage done to military works. mum.
ton plants and the like. II accepted ut
their face value-and they are mini.
mized by the English--do not justify
the raids; the political effect, in Eng.
land and the neutral nations. Of kill
ing women and babies in their beds.
in tram cars, In the streets Of vii.
lagos. cannot be ignored In Berlin /;
yet the raids continue. seemingly &C.
complishing nothing except to prove
the daring, skill and general feroclty
Of their authors.
That Americans are uniformed on
the effects produced by the aerial
bomb throwers may be accepted as u
fact. The difficulties encountered by
the German observers in Judging the
consequences Of their activities are
manifest : the British censorship has
made us suspicious Of the belittling
official statements originating in the
attacked country all that we can he
sure Of is that the assaults. leopard
ing valuable machines and highly
trained crews, are deemed worth
while by the German Government.
and that the English have not yet
succeeded In producing a satisfactory
defence against them. But this In
f~eriority appears TO be mending; the
Zeppelins have afforded England op-
portunities to train her air fleets.
and their achievements give promise
Of more effective resistance than has
been offered.
When the veil that conceals the
motives animating the strategists who
control the war Is lifted, and We are
permitted to know why certain things
have been done, and what their cOn.
sequences were, no records will be
If greater interest than those which
reveal the truth about the Zeppelin
raids which to-day wear the aspect
Of gigantic murder expeditions d.
rected against non-combatants.
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to be made and labor Is scarce. take
the khaki OF the soldier boys. put
overalls on them and let them wheel
barrow loads Of sand and gravel and
WELD shovel and pick. Keep them
hard and At by sending them to dig
irrigation bitches, and march them
into the Kansas harvest fields.
A company, a battalion or resi-
mcnt In each city could he assigned
to duty in the parks, wheeling baby
carriages. Nursemaids could then be-
come cooks or stenographers. Mothers
would be relieved Of anxiety. Evolu-
lions with the go.carts would train
the soldiers for the field. And the
babies would be happy.
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to act a. We desired" wrote the hero
Inc In a letter at a Aim play which
followed the cartoons the other night.
II didn't expect to find her here. I
only came to see you." the suitor was
made to say In the piece that came
next. And his hearts desire thrilled
him with the words: There Is no mar
in all the world as good al you"
Small things, perhaps, the confusion
Of the singular and the plural. the
m~isplacing Of "only" and the omis-
sion Of "other." but things that
count when they appear before i'm
questionable eyes. ever as they count
when they fall upon impressionable
ears. The actor mr. the actress who
habitually murders the English Ian
guage does not advance fur as n star.
The dramatist whose lines abound In
grammatical errors cnn hardly hope
for success Why should the stand
ard Of Aim English he lower than that
OF stage English?
II the film Is TO be u public school.
master. that part Of the public which
has regard for the prophecies Of
speech has n right to nsk TINT 1t
prove its competence ms such. Enough
Vulnerable offences against the lan-
guage arc heard In the streets of New
York. heaven knows. without our
being made to face Photographic re-
productions Of them when we go 10
the theatre. The censor should not be
discharged until he has put the pro.
ducers through n curse In English.
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INANIMATE
He That Conquereth the Collar But.
ton Shall Rule WOman's Heart.

tt TIE EDITOR OF The SCN-Str. After
reading about the wife who seeks eepa-
ration from her husband because n
swore when he had trouble with his col
lar button" I am inclined to sympathize
with the man. because all OF us have had
similar bitter experience. not only with
the inanimate thing which fasters our
collar TO the shirt. but with all other
metal articles. II happens that when
ever a collar button slips away from
our hand and falls upon the floor II al
ways hides itself under sone piece OF
furniture that Is. II always crawls. as
II Il were gifted with two pairs of legs,
VI to those remote places where II is
well nigh impossible to get hold Of II.
From its lurking place the button
seems to be conscious that you are look
ing for II laughing at your effort ind
ing special pleasure I'm ~tantaliz!ng you
to the utmost. The dcrn thing is not
lost but has just hidden itself from
our view to make us appear ridiculous.
While YOU endeavor tn drag yourself.
almost to the point OF cerebral conges-
ton. up 70 the place where YOU believe
the button has stopped In Its flight. It
folds itself steslthily. II walks nearer
- the wall. and il goes so far in its
w!ckedncss as TO dull its brightness in
order to defeat your purpose Of recover
Ing IL again.
The button shows. indeed. a rebellious
instinct. a wild indiscipllne which our
bodily senses cannot understand, and its
only explanation would be that as the
metal from which II was made had TO
Toe melted. had to be distigured from its
original form before converting 1t into
a useful article, Il harbors a mysterious
thirst for revenge which IL Quenches in
It's peculiar way. And that which &C.
ours viii, the collar button is also the
case. only worse, with many other metal
articles Of daily use.
The SCISSORS and the needle watch
their opportunity to catch us unaware
and cut or prick our clumsy fingers. The
rcnknife would prefer that we leave Il
open i'm our pockets so that II will be in
q position To get even with us. The
min thrusts It's claw from it's hidden hole
and threatens TO do It's rart. The cop
per pot would poison us II We were care
less the table knife would do it's crimi-
nal share II Il w"r" not so blunt. and
the n~utcracker would smash our fingers
II We don look ont. All Of them, bits
Of metal put together. arc blinded I'm a
sinister plot. Of which the collar button
If one or the offenders.
And II man Canno comfort himself
aS Yet with the belief that tina which
h' calls inert matter oheys his power.
urw docs lr dare 'u control the supIal,se
of H." multitude, the will Of a friend or
the heart of a oman II. ~,oLlAzo.
NEW NoEK. April 4.
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PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.
Heated Opposition 20 the Measure
Now Before the Legislature.

To THE EDITOR Dr. THE SuN-Sir. The
teachers pension bill now before the
Legislature must not become n law. and
the teachers hould lose no time In on
vincing the Legislators that they are I'M
alterably opposed to IL. 1t is an act OF
folly. even on the pat Of the few In
favor Of the bill. to urge its passage.
since the constitutionality Of the law
would be tested at once. and no court
would uphold its absurdly unjust pro-
visions.
II Is useless for the sclf-constituted
pension committee which prepared his
amazing measure to try to remove OPP
position to 1t by an appeal to the sym
pathy OF the teachers for thei- retired
comrades. The teachers know perfectly
well that II Is possible TO provide prop
erly for those m the retired list with
out the enactment OF this bill. The at
tempt is worthy OF none other than a
bully.
The Legislature would reflect credit
upon itself II. instead Of considering this
impossible bill. II would Immediately
pass a law making the minimum initial
salary OF teachers In his city not less
than $1,000. The starvation wages paid
young teachers Is a disgrace TO the city.
and should he resented not only by every
self--especting member Of the profession
u ny eNery "'an anu wunnan ~"
but inc climax OF aosu1u.ty anu ILLUS
ice is surely Teacned "heh .nese youns
'eachers gre asked 70 pa! 'ne,r P''.u.
pittance Of 5 per cent. for pensions. and
this injustice IN the contemplated scheme
is to be perpctuated from the beginning
10 the end. to the very pink or tne
grave. PENSIONS or so'ooo. sf'ooV OF
so'ooo are 70 he pald, when salaries Oh
the greater part OF the teachihs corps
never AT n time amount 10 the small
est ot these sums.
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ear Of Secretary DANES and was In
daily communication with him, In
triguing to obtain the honor for him
self when WrNsLow was in line for It
and FLETCHER had earned II By his
services at Vera Cruz? admiral
FisKE urged me a dozen times, until
It became embarrassing. to appoint
him as commander" says Secretary
DANIELS. We cannot imagine Ad-
miral FIsKE allowing this charge Of
unprofessional solicitation to 60 I'M
challenged. We use the word charge,
for 1t Is no secret that the relations
between Admiral FIsKE and Secre-
tary DANIELS were unpleasantly
strained long before the Admiral
asked to be relieved as Aid for Opera.
lions. For a year they had disagreed
about many things. and the inference
Is that Admiral FtsKE was not In a
position to ask for the command of
the Atlantic feet. Would Secretary
DANIELS have the country believe that
Admiral FIsKE told the truth about
the navy at the memorable hearing
Of the House Committee on Naval
Affairs on December II. 1914, because
In the previous September he had not
received the coveted appointment
We are bound to say that Secre.
tary DANIELS did everything In his
power when he appeared before the
committee last Monday to discrcdlt
Admiral FfsxE. The latter had said
that he asked to be relieved as Aid
for Operations because he was not
in accord with the S%ecretary's plans
for preparedness, but Mr.. DANIELS
sought to convey the impression that
disappointed ambition was the cause
Of the Admiral's retirement. The
Secretary's hearers must. however.
have received the impression that he
was using the influence Of his high
position to get ever with Admiral
FIsKE and damage his reputation as
m officer and naval authority.
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Wanted, . Censor Of Film ENGLISH.

The movie mcn are wuging warfare
on the censor. As Il part of their
regular programmes, repeated several
times n day, they present cartoons Of
their critics and appeals 10 patrons
to write letters of protest to "your
Senator, your Representative anu
your Mayor"
1t may or may not be that the
existing censorship Of film morals IL
too exacting, but that II censorship
Of Aim English Is greatly to be de-
sired Is apparent to the spectator at
almost any movie house. If In writ.
Ing to legislators and executives the
patrons use the language Of the screen,
let us hope that the officials will
recognize the need Of vigilance In that
direction, whatever they may think
Of the protests.
Neither mother Or l were free
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German Rcseryists for the American
Army.

To THE EDITOR or TUE SrN-Sir. In
tho newspapers of March ~ appeared
tho following item under date of Chi
cago, March 81:
The National Council Of the Teutonlr
Sons Of America met at the Bismarck
Hotel TODAY and adopted a resolution
which reads In part: "Rrsoiutd. That the
Teutonic Sons OF America viii OFFER to the
United states army the services Of I've
trained soldiers OF Teutonlc origin who
have served In the German army for every
recruit OF English origin Sc,
II this plan tor plot) were to be Sue
cessfully carried out the resulting
American army would be composed
largely II not mainly of German re-
seryists, that is to say Of men who at
the beginning Of their careers as sol
dlcrs of Germany had solenmly sworn
allegiance 10 the German Kaiser. In
case of a WAL with Germany II would
he with this army that America would
have tn fight the Germans. The handi.
cap would he monstrou and impossible.
BERTRAND SHADwhL.
Los ANGELES, Cal, April T.,