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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06


1912 Wilbur Barton Porter. city.
1919 Richard Lee Harrison. Arling-
388 John H. Hefty, city.
1929 cam vernon Frederickson. Ar
llugton.
773 Nels Christensen. CITY.
5l9 John Albert kukuk, City.
$50 Henry c. kleos. Elkton.
$50 Edward II. schaffer, Elkton.
705 william Chapman, Bushnell.
700 Heyko Duin, Bushnell.
1875 John Bechen. White.
7O7 Harry + Bailey, Bushnell.
1926 Frank Dixon, Arlington.
1902 william Henning Kangas,
l1O1 ole Haroldson. Bruce.
$50 Olaf l.. Hammer. Volga.
$50 Leo Frank Sshweickcrt Elkton
1910 Geo. a. Pratt, Bruce
9l9 l.. -. Cochran, Elkton
CSC Henry H.. Steen, city.
1867 Syrus l. Quissel. Toronto
1860 Mark Smith Sheldon, Volga
S4s William G.. sheldon. Elkton,
11S Edwin Fredol' Berkland. Bruce
22l James Fred Foley, Volga
1474 Thomcas Bierke. White
292 Olaf Clarence Amundaon. Es-
telllne
s22 Earl A. Hubbard, city
504 Frank Warren See. white
40 Lawrence a. Finuerty. Aurora
3l2 victor clifford Odland. Vo!ea
1884 Alfred Julian Heath. city
753 Albert Edwin Quail, volga
The following were transferred to
other boards for examination:
4O6 Gustavan Adolph Bucholz. city
1850 Carl Wilbur Sacre. city.
The following will be examined lat
er this week;
I0rC paul Dcborte Clty
1872 John Anton Fcndrick, city.
642 Percy @. Keunard, city.
The following were exempt as phys.
ically disqualified:
383 Lloyd G. Hyde. city.
1899 Christian Jenscn. White
121 Martin Bolstad. Volga
191 MAIDS Peter Munch-Back, Ar
lington
100 Oscar Sardroi Hendricks
1864 Christ Doss. city
Claim for discharge as being ar
alien:
30 Rho Burns. Elkton.
738 Frederick Mashcndorf. Arung
ton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-09-06
PASS MEN
SIX ARE EXEMPT
THE LOCAL BOARD PASSES ON
MEN CALLED FOR SECOND
DRAFT TO FILL QUOTA
SIXTY.N|GE MEN ARE PHYSICALLY FIT
Examination OF Three Men Is Post.
poned And Two Are Transferred
To Other Boards

out OF the eighty men called for
examination yesterday, the highest
percentage Of physically fit men that
would be hoped for was the result of
the scrutiny of the local board. Sixty
nine of these eighty men were found
10 be all right to serve their country.
Two men were transferred to other
local boards for their examination,
Only II claim for an exemption arts
ing under the law was made. that be
ing the Rev. Paul Roberts, minister
Of the Episcopal church of Br%ookings.
There were 81 who filed claims for
discharge On dependant grounds,
which will be considered by the local
board at once. the other 80 Will be
certified to the district board at nee
as liable for service.
The following made nc claim for
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-02

or nature and the result will be the
same. Prohibition to my knowledge
has never made total abstinence, but
the result of drunkenness and edu-
cation has made many teetOtalers.
When I say dry labor men killing
labor laws l don't mean nullify, but
killing the effectiveness, thus: Work
ers turned out by prohibition would
seek other employment. To avoid
starvation they would work cheaper
and throw high-priced labor out.
Now, then, if these new employees
strike for higher wages they would
be OUsted and the former employees,
who by this time would have dis
solved their unions by overdrawing
"Out-of-work benefits" would be
only too willing to make a few dol
lars minus the union scale.
If moOnshine is only lodging re-
venue tax and with prohibition in
cTeasing mOOnshine enormously, also
no liquor tax at all to pay for the
conviction and prosecution of its YiO-
lators, is the result of national pro-
hibition.
Drinking liquors is not an increas-
ing evil. With the increased con-
sumption throughout the country we
have less intemperance in proportion
than ever before. The peoples Of
world always used liquors, but, &C
cording to the drys, if we don't stop
now, why in a few years we will be
the most awful species of animal life.
Why if drink if so bad, the drys would
never be on earth, because, as they
claim, continued use and intemper-
ance would exterminate humanity
Hence, after hundred thousands
years use, they (the drys) must be
the fruit of some awful hereditary
DRINKS. If evil produces its kind,
then all that has been done in the
past must have been evil.
Who or what has proven it injur-
iO11c fO cOoiofu9 hid not tho rot Of
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-02

MickoW.
REFORMERS-'Tis well, Messrs.
FarweH and ThrasheT, to speak
against segregation, but we hear Of
no substitute from these gentlemen
who know so much about it.
How many of those who speak so
much of vice know what real vice
is?
It is not the prostitute that makes
the den of vice, but more often the
'rah 'rah boys with a few shots Of
booze in them.
If any of the seIf-caIled reformers
think that prostitution can be eradi-
Gated, let him or her see men as the
prostitute sees them and he or she
will change their belief.
The prostitute sees life as it is,
not as it should be, and she has
dreams, too, dreams of justice and a
few dollars in the bank, but just then
there's a pinch and its fifteen for the
ndsmanStwenty for lawyer and a
fine or a sentence.
Mr.. Thrasher, the foe OF vice, VINO
drives the poor prostitute into the
clutches of the rich landlady, it
makes no difference to him, and his
kind whether a prostitute is dan
ger to society or supports her moth
er and gives to those who need what
he and his kind could easily spare.
Are they there to help pass the
venereaI disease law? If not, they
should be, for it's of far more inn
portance than the Kate Adams law,
that leaves it to a judge whether a
prostitute shall be locked up for a
year or not.
The judge is human, and if you are
a friend Of a friend Of his, it's well,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-01-02

they done for society? Do we look
to them for example? No, we look
to the most temperate yet the most
wet nation in Europe.
The Jewish people have been the
wine drinkers for thousands Of years
and yet are the most temperate, So
Der, intelligent and successful people
in the world
Prohibition has defenders, but
absolutely no defense. ALBERT
MickoW.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
MEXICO REMAINS NEUTRAL
ACCORDING TO CARRANZA

pages OF manuscript; and the diplo-
mats listened carefully for some in
dication that the now famous Zim-
herman note proposing war on the
United States by Mexico, Germany
and Japan had borne fruit
The first chiefs speech was de-
tailed outline of his position with
regard to the United States, dating
back to the usurpation of power by
Huerta.
In his lengthy recital of Mexican
American relations, Carranza took
occasion to deny statements by P.
c. Knox, formally American secre-
tary of state, that Carranza had once
asked Americas Intervention.
Members of Mexico's senate took
the oath of office last night amid i'm
pressive cerem onies and under the
new constitution. For the first time
in more than thirty years. the Mexi-
can senate is now presided over by
a president of the republic The
new representative of the assembly
likewise met and organized, but all
congressional work was held up BY
lack Of a quorum. :
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
BRYAN OFFERS SERVICES
ON THE FIRING LINE

suggests and do everything he can to
make it success.
Bryan will begin at once as re
cruiting officer among the civilian
population of the country called upon
to offer their services in furnishing
supplies of every kind. that the war
may be brought to speedy and sue
.cessful close.
He will get out tonight speaking be-
fore meetings in various parts of the
country outlining the part the citizens
can play in support of the government.
II do not care to discuss any ques-
ton before congress" Bryan said, "but
whatever the government says is
right, shall support to the uttermost.
81 am heartily in sympathy with
this effort to conserve food by not al
lowing the bread supply to be shorten
ed in order to lengthen the supply OF
alcohol.
"It isn't wise to starve the people
in order to make them drunk"
Bryan conferred with various exc
cutive departments to gather such in
formation as the government wishes
among the people to
arouse them to their duty.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
EVERYBODY JOINS
GARDEN ARMY
Northwest Aroused to the I'm
portance of Cultivating
Every Available Foot
of Ground.
HEAVIEST PLANTIN G
Conference Of Bankers and Farmers
to Carry Out Plan Which May
Mean Salvation of
Country.
HEAVIEST PLANTING G

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
FARGO, N. D., April 16.-Every
banker, business man and farmer in
the northwest is expected to join the
movement on foot today to cultivate
every available acre in the north
west.
Plans for financing the heaviest
planting ever attempted by farmers
in this territory were made at a con-
ference of bankers and farmers held
here at the call of John II. Rich,
chairman of the federal reserve dis
trict A comm ittee was appointed
for the distribution of seed. Other
COMMITTEES will be named to secure
an adequate labor supply, machinery
and loans for the farmers.
Resolutions asking congress to fix
minimum prices for the protection of
farmers were adopted.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
No War News Kel;S< Secret
From An14Eica1, Public
'oHcy of Censorship be Exactly Reverse From That
Great Britain Which Dssatisfies People
limited Press Leased Wire service]

UNITED Pres Leased Service
of
o n
the military Great Britain which dss
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
RADIO STATIONS
MUST CONE DOWN
Any One Operating Wireless
Plant Will be Under Suspi-
cion as Enemy
Agent.
UNTIL WAR rs ENDED
Antenna Must be Lowered, Ground
Connection Broken and the
Apparatus Packed
Away.
UNTIL WAR rs ENDED

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.l
WASHINGTON, April 16.-;In keep
ing with President Wilson's recent
proclamation turning wireless stations
over to the navy, Secretary Daniels to-
day announced all licenses for shore
radio stations are suspended during
the war
Any one operating a station In de-
tiance of the presidents orders will
be under suspicion as being an enemy
agent"
Daniels issued the following state
ment along with the presidents execu-
tive order:
"All licenses for radio stations on
shore are suspended for the duration
of the war. The secretary Of the navy
has directed that during the war all
radio sending and receiving stations,
other than those operated by the
United States government. be closed.
A station is considered closed only
when it's antenna is lowered. coiled
and sealed ground connection broken
and the apparatus dismantled mad
packed away. 1t Is incumbent upon
owners themselves to close their sta
tions.
Failure to close a station will re-
suit in it's apparatus being. confiscated
by the government. The owner of
station operating in defiance of this
order will be under suspicion of being
an enemy agent.
1T is requested that fullest publ
city be given this notice in order that
all persons may be acquainted with
these requirements. The secretary Of
the navy takes these means CT inform
ing the public"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
Seventh Fire in Three DAYS.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, April 16.-What is said
to have been the seventh mysteri-
Gus fire in three days, caused $4,000
worth of damage in the acid room
of Sherwin-Williams Paint company s
dye department today.
AS the fire spread through the
factory. several thosuand employees,
900 Of whom are women, fled from
the various buildings fearing bomb
explosions. The SherwinWilliams s
Co. was the first to begin the, manu-
lecture of dyes after th ewar shut
off the German supplies and are said
to have original German formulas.
German sympathizers are believed to
have been responsible for some of
the confiagrations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
Supreme Test of Nation Has
: Come, When All Must Speak,
Act and Serve
Together.
TIME FOR TEAM WORK
Other Things Besides Fighting fok
Citizens of United States Dur
ing Days OF the
War.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service,
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Here arr
the high lights in President Wilson,
appeal to the country for each mar
and woman to do his bit:
We must supply abundant food
for ourselves = = and for a
large part Of the nations with
whom we have now made COM
mon cause.
We must supply ships by the
hundreds.
The Industrial forces Of the
country-men and women alike
will be great service army en-
gagged In the service of the ma
tion and world, the efficient
friends and saviors of free men
everywhere.
The importance Of an adequate
food supply especially for the
present year Is superiative.
Upon the farmers of this coun-
try in large measure rests the
fate Of the war and the fate Of
the nations.
call upon young men and old
alike to turn in hosts to the
farms.
To the middle man of every
sort-the eyes Of the country will
be especially upon you. The
country expects you as we'll as all
others to forego unusual profits.
This is the time for America
to correct her unpardonable fault
cf wastefu!ness and extravaganza.
These things we must do and
do we'll, besides fightine-the
things without which mere fight
ing would be fruitIess.
The full text of the presidents adj
ress follows:
. My Fellow Countrymen: The en-
rance of our own beloved country
lto the grim and terrible war for
and buman rights, which
as shaken the world, creates so many
roblems Of national life and action
yhich call for immediate considera-
ion and settlement that l hope you
ill permit me to address to you a
ew words of earnest counsel and ap-
cal with regard to them. We are
apidly putting our navy upon an ef'
ective war footing and are about to
reate and equip a great army, but
lese are the simplest part of the
reat task to which we have address,
ourselves.
There is not a single selfish ele-
tent, so far as I can see, in the
ause we are fighting for We are
ghting for what we believe and wish
, be the rights Of mankind and for
le future peace and security Of the
orld To do this great thing worth.
y and successfully we must de-
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
pngress Will Put War on
Firm Footing With Three
Year Campaign Ar
ranged For.
DMMISS10NERS ME ET
klfour From England, vivianI From
France and Other Noted
Personages Coming to
America.
BY Carl D. Groat, United Press Statr
Correspondent q

BY Carl D. Groat, United Press Stan
Correspondent
WASHINGTON April 16.-One OF
Be most eventful weeks in American
istory lay before the United States
bday
With President Wilson's appeal call,
y for the cooperation of every man
Id woman of the nation in waging a
ccessful war bringing the conHct
ONE to every farm, factory and
0usehold, events of the next few days
in move America rapidly forward to
articipation in the struggle with Ger
pany.
Congress- will put the war on firm
boting this week.
At the same time the allied high
onmssion will probably be here.
aeh men as Arthur ]. Balfour, former
nmier Viviani, Of France and other
aables, will offer suggestions, make
h0vn the peace terms Of the allies
ID clinch the cooperation Of this
pTernment.
The senate Is expected to place an
rvavering approval upon the seven
llon dollar war bond issue bill by to-
(orrow or Wednesday. Senator La
dette, however, may vote against it.
With the bond issue out of the way,
Pth houses will consider taxation
nblems. Suggestions for raising
Early S2,000,0 ,00O-about half the
Fst years war expenses-by added
1es, are formally before congress to-
Ey from Secretary Of the Treasury
cAdoo.
The selective conscription bill is
pw before the senate military COM
ittee, while other war time bills like
pionage, wooden ship building plans.
nd finance measures, are due for
srly action. The federal ship build
g board is to organize a S50,06O, 900
FFporation today to build and operate
Pc one thousand wooden ships.
The selective draft measure now
fems likely to pass, though President
Eilson may have to exert further pres
|ere upon halting.
Overshadowing the congress course,
fsofar as the public Imagination is
|oncerned is the visit of the allied
Plgh commission-England's and
frances noted officials. Drawing the
Ferlls Of the deep and possibly the
fte of Kitchener, that they may
F0unsel with their newest war friend.
E0erca.
Aside from nom mentuous co-operat.
|se questions, the issue of peace terms
vital for them.
Tie allies know each others terms
End they know the broad principles of
resident Wilson's terms. But these
|leTs doubtless will be co-ordinated
Continued on page y
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
REVIVAL
Of PEACE
FEEL[RS
Germany Now Said to be
Working Secretly Through
Socialists to Engineer
Truce.
ON HER OWN TERMS
Hint That Colonel House Should Go
to The Hague and Talk the
Matter over at
Once.
ON HER OWN TERMS
by Arthur E. Mann, United Press
Staff Cores pOndent

Stan Correspondent.
COPENHAGEN, April 16.-Ger-
many is secretly seeking to revive
peace talk in all belligerent coun-
tries. She asks peace-still on her
own terms-thoush doubtless some
what amended In December Ger
many asked peace and was refused
Now she is planning to maneuver
the allies into asking her for peace.
The scheme, as established by in
formation from high sources here to-
day. is an ambitious one and world
wide in it's scope.
Positive confirmation of unofficial
overtures from Berlin to the United
States, as reported in United Press
dispatches last Thursday was obtain
ed today. The hint came even
stronger from German official
sources that the United States would
do we'll to send Colonel E. M. House
to The Hague for conference with
German representatives. The main
intrigues, however, whereby Germany
hopes to start a movement for her
enemips to ask Berlin for peace,
was apparently being exerted
through German socialists Suddenly
socialists in the Teutonic empire
have become favored individuals.
Their leaders have been assidiously
cultivated by German officials. The
German censorship has been unDre-
cedently loosened to permit their
communicating with socialists in
such enemy countries as Russia.
Most of all, the drastic German rules
prohibiting departure of her men
from the empire and of holding Of
communication with enemy citizens
has been formally raised to permit
departure of Philip Scheidemann
and other socialists for conferences
with socialist comrades of enemy
nations.
The Russian government may not
be falling in with Germany's in
trigue, but certainly Russian ultra
socialists have been communicating
with German socialists and some
Russian radicals have left for con-
ferences with Germans.
Germany is evidently exerting tre-
mendous pressure through using her
socialists for a separate peace with
Russia. That may be the main part
of her peace plotting. But the feel
ers encountered today indicated this
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
Cals on President Wilson and
Says He is Ready to Serve
Any Way.

|luhited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
WASHINGTON, April 16.-Wm.
innings Bryan practically told Presi-
n' wilson he is for anything the
s'efnment wants in pushing the war
IOr quick and successful end Dur
|,bo q conference with the president at
Bry. ~ilite house lasting half an hour,
|vii,;a iyai tod the chief executive he was
,nvnlts TO serve on the firing line or
|lo sol "nere alse the president wants him
|tbiaa SAID he had but one specific
r. 70 urse-war time prohibition.
|eueh. lne government thinks there
q, 60 70 De universal military service
|rais;u description. or any other way of
beh,ng an army, Bryan will get right
1'na whatever plan this government
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
Two Hundred Page Address
Read by President-El
Before Congress.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
MEXICO CITY, April 16.-Mexico
is neutral. The capital today re-
ceived with satisfaction the long ex-
pected statement by President-elect
Carranza of the nations attitude to-
ward the world war since the United
States is in.
The situation had grown tense.
Nobody knew what stand Carralza
would take until he started to read
his first presidential message to the
first constitutional congress Mexico
has had in three years.
Every chair in the diplomatic
boxes were filled when Carranza
entered the chamber and began to
speak. A hush fell on the brilliant
and lively scene. He spoke for four
hours from two hundred typewriter
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
Lens and st. Quentin Being
Reduced to Ashes by Ger
man Army Before Re
treating Farther.
GATHERING FORWARD
British Drive Continues With Fierce
Opposition From Hindenburg
Line, Pierced by Haig's
Wedge.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service]
LONDON, April 16.-In the face of
the fiercest opposition yet rallied
against the British drive, Field Mar
shall Haig's, forces today battered
their way still further around Lens
and pushed another wedge to within
mile and a half Of the Cambrai-St.
Quentin line.
1--WE progressed to the northwest
of Lens" was the British command
er-in-chief's laconic comment of that
point in the fighting where British
forces have straddled the famed Hin
denburg line. Haig announced cap
ture Of Valaret, southeast of Hardi-
court. It's taking by British troops
widens the wedge thrust against the
main Hindenburg communication, st.
Quentin to Cambria on front Of prob
ably five miles.
Valaret, five miles north, Frcso La
Petit and Pontru, are both already in
British hands and both one and one
half miles from the Cambrain-St.
Quentin line. The German defense
was centering around Monchy Le
Preux. The enemy attack at Monchy
on Saturday, Haig's report asserted
lOudy, was Dl CoSSu LII 'iiC liiSSI oStSi
mined manner. The Third Bavarian
division was again hurried" as a rein
forcement to the German line and or
dered to retake Monchy at all costs.
It's losses, like those of other German
troops, was exceptionally heavy.
Estimate of the booty captured at
Lievien and along the Souchez river
is not available yet, but it was ex
ceedingly large, including some six
inch naval guns and many thousands
of rounds of ammunition Of all cali
bers as far as eight-inch guns
Battle front dispatches today re.
vealed the wild haste of the German
troops to withdraw great supplies Of
food, ammunition and guns, out Of
the doomed cities of Lens and St.
Quentin. Flames were to be seen in
both towns from the British lines
now holding the suburbs Of both
miles apart.
Just such attacks as those on Mon
chy were to be expected from the Ger
mans on the whole British offensive
front Unable to stem the powerful
tide of the British advance at the two
pivotal cities in their line, Lens and
st. Quentin-the Germans were ap-
parently concentrating big forces for
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-04-16
RockefeIIer's Brother Dead

limited, Press Leased Wire Service ]
NEW YORK, April 16.-John d.
Rockefeller was silent today on the
subject of the death of his brother
Frank at Cleveland 1t is not known
whether he will attend the funeral or
whether he has in any way communi
Gated with his estragned brothers near
relatives concerning his death. The
business associates here through
whom the senior Rockefeller makes
his public announcements, were "of-
ficialIy silent