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New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
British Officials
Arrive on Liner

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Dec. 25.-A
liner which formerly was familiar
visitor here, but which has not en-
tered this port since becoming Brit
ish troopship moro than three years
ago. sailed in to-day bedizened with dc
ceptive strcaks of paint and bearing
as passengers officials who declined TO
explain their missions and sailors res
cucd from U-boats who had new tales
10 tell Of those marauder5.
Among the passengers was SIT
Frederick Smith, British Attorney Gen
cral. who was on his sixth trip TO the
United States to confer with Attorney
General Gregory concerning certain
important matters" He will remain IN
this country until February. Others
were Governor R. Livingston BcecS-
man of Rhode Island. who carried 10
American troops in France IN October
a message of greeting from President
Wilson; Colonel William B. Thompson,
head of the American Red Cross Mis-
sion to Russia, and Thomas W. Lamont,
Of J. p. Morgan & Co.
Most Of the Ill third-class passen-
gers were sailors Of the United States
navy and seamen from the American
ship Berwick Law. which U-boat tor
pedoed in the Mediterranean on Deem
Der 2. They soon will embark again
upon a newly completed ship.
The merchant sailors declared that
T-boats were more successful and
numerous than was ge.erally under
stood on this side of the Atlantic. The
bringing Of photographs of the U-boats
10 the United States was prohibited,
they asserted, although such pictures
were published frequently !" English
ucWspaperk
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
w. R. Gaylord and A. M.
Simmons Challenge Victor
Berger to Prove Charges
Will Show Incomes
Ask Editor to Go Before Com
mittee With Them for
an Investigation

MILWAUKEE. Dec. 2J.--The charges
OF Victor l.. Berger. that the men who
have deserted the Socialist party have
done so because they "have found great
financial profit in leaving the party"
have been repudiated by W. r. Gay
lord, former state Senator, and A. NJ.
Simmons, noted socialist. In a signed
challenge TO Mr. Berger the two men
ask for "show down"
They offer to go before any COM
mittee of socialists and unionists that
tho Federated Trades Council may ap-
point, with vouchers, cancelled checks
and afTidavits to account for their in
come during the last two years, if he
will appear and make similar state
ment concerning his income, the in
formation to be published in "The
Milwaukee Leader" This is the So
cialist paper, of which Mr.. Berger is
editor, which was suppressed some time
ago by the governmental authorities
for its seditious utterances. Mr.. Berg
cr is a member Of the executive COM
mittee of the Socialist party and was
one of the members appointed with
Morris Hillquit, Of New York, to at
tend the socialist conference in Stock
holm.
The challenge by Mr.. Gaylord and
Mr. Simmons follows:
Repeatedly in public meetings and
in the columns of The Leader Vic
tor l.. Berger has, with liberal mix
ture Of abuse, insinuated that the
undersigned have found great financial
profit in leaving the Socialist party.
Our personal fortunes can have but
little Importance TO the really great
questions involved in the relation of
the Socialist party to the defence Of
this nation in time of war But there
is way in which it can be so related,
in which these charges can be shown
20 be either deserving Of consideration
or else of such libellous falsity as
thoroughly to discredit those who cir
culated them, and also by which some
other interesting questions Of personal
income may be made public.
"We therefore make the following
offer and challenge: Before any COM
mittee of socialists and unionists that
the Federated Trades Council may ap-
point we will appear with vouchers.
cancelled checks and atfidavits to ac-
count for all income received by us
during the last two years. and Will
answer any questions relating to same,
provided that Victor l.. Berger Will
also appear with similar material to
answer similar questions, and provided
also that the information there brought
forth shall be published in The Mil
waukee Leader
(Signed) "a. VI. SlMONS.
"W. X. GAYLORD"
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
SAYS Cards Disrupted Home
Mrs. RAIDER Bases Separation
Suit on Alleged Losses

Mrs. Fannie RAIDER alleges in suit
for separation that her husband
Leon. loses at cards money that should
20 to the support Of their children.
She asserts, also, that she found
photograph Of young woman who
had written two letters to RAIDER.
"Wbv should | be condemned for
nlaving with friends" asks RAIDER in
his answer, particularly when my
wife likes to and does play cards her
self?"
He adds that his wife deserted him
when he was in pecunisry straits and
returned when domestic times i'm
proved. lie is president Of the RAIDER
Slate Works.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26

and defed the military and naval power
Of the United States, is reechoed in the
New York public schools when German
language pupils open their selections
for German Composition by Charles
Harris. a textbook approved by the
Board Of Education. On page 81 ap-
pears the following:
"You have doubtless read OF the
great Bismarck celebration. and you
will admit that he is great man and
deserves the gratitude that Germany
shows him. And - he prevents the
Americans from declaring war against
us on account Of their pork We shall
be still more grateful. SO keep peace
over yonder. II We DO not wish TO eat
your pork we will AZ least send no
sauerkraut over 20 YOU
The present Kaiser is praised on
page 2l5 in the following anecdote:
zone morning Kaiser William (Wlll-
lam y entered the schoolroom Of his
grandchildren. The princes started TO
rush al him. But the Kaiser shouted;
sit down; take your lesson Then the
Kaiser asked the teacher how he was
satisfied with his pupils. The teacher
replicd: Majesty. ] fear that Prince
William tthe present Kaiser, then a
boy Of less than ten years OF age VIII
,urpass me
IN NAV be noted that tho present
Kaisor's teacher was DR.. Hinzpeter, a
famous man Of great intellectual
power. 1900,
Our Kaiser" reads sketch Of Will
ram ]. printed on page 22O. never m
tcntionally did harm, nor did he cause
sorrow 20 anybody. Manners as WIN
ming Rs can be imagined correspond 70
the most lovablc qualities OF the heart
il is impossible TO imagine a finer type
OF noble. we'll meaning monarch grey
with are than the German Kaiser Is.
who was possessed OF the best
qualities Of 2 royal character ana WIN
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
High School Chairman Says
Language Is of No Com
mercial Value
Asserts Pupils
Don't Want 1t
Students Abandon Kultur'
in Favor of French
and Spanish

aThe German language should have
vo rlscc in tho New York public school
curriculum. Il should be barred not
only from the elementary but from the
tieh schools. Commercially speaking
i is a dead language. Pupils do no;
want it They arc abandoning IL for
French and Spanish"
With this declaration John Whalcn,
chairman Of tho high school committee
~ The Board OF Education, announced
yesterday his intention 10 support the
growing movement IN educational
S;relc, for the elimination of Ieuton
textbooks, literature and all othef
IRONS ~ "kultur" from the public
school system.
The Board OF Education viii act TO-
6sy upon the recommendation OF the
So~u,ttec OF studies and textbooks
hat the study Of all foreign languages
bc discontinued in the elementary
schools. Nr. Whalcn will urge that the
hoard broaden whatever action n takes
N include the high schools. which, he
maintains. require German 10 more
tbsn the primary schools.
81 do not know whether the board
will act In the high school matter a;
to-morrow's meeting" said Mr. Whalen
YESTERDAY. "but have no doubt II
will do so without great delay. ! be-
Tevc there Will be no extensive oppo-
si.ion 10 the action urged. ] anticipate
no fight. The pupils themselves arc
deciding The question Of German
studies. They are discontinuing Ger
man and concentrating on French and
Snauish. This for the reason that they
believe the commercial value Of Ger
nan TO be practically nil, while the
other languages mentioned viii be of
great value with the expansion Of
American business into foreign fields
after the war.
"Tho only students who are dcsirous
Of German instruction are those who
cypcc. 20 specialize in literature and
attain college degrees. These are
ioathc 90 forego the rich fields Of Ger
man literature, but they are compara-
lively few-so few that they would not
be regarded IN ordinary times
The EXCLUSION from all classrooms
or German textbooks and histories
containing laudatory mention Of Ger
man tyrants. ancient and modern" was
held by Mr.. Whalon to be an imme-
tlste necessity.
There can be no argument abou.
such books" he said "While, OF
course. D.. is true that they are offered
as biasscd and prejudiced authorities
and are usci merely for study and
translation. there is 10 doubt that
much o. their fallaoious contents is
stsorbcd by the student. Learned and
trained educators are able 70 dis
unguish the chaf from the wheat. but
unreasonable students are not. Such
books should be eliminated a. once
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Britain Creates Board
For After-War Credits
ISInf CorreepondeNc ]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25.-The British
government, with view Of preparing
for financial arrangements after the
war, has appointed a special committee
with duties defined as follows:
"To consider and report whether the
normal arrangements for the provision
Of financial facilities for trade BY
means Of existing banking and financial
institutions will be adequatt to meet
the needs. of British industry during
the period Immediately following the
termination of the war, and, II not,
by what emergency arrangement they
should be supplemented, regard being
had in particular to the general as
sistance which may be necessary:
"(A) To facilitate the conversion OF
works and factories now engaged upon
war work TO normal production.
"(B) To meet the exceptional de-
mands for raw materials arising from
the depletion Of stocks"
Sir Richard V. Nascar- Smith, OF
Lloyds Bank, is chairman Of the com
mittee.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
San Francisco Iron
Workers Vote to Strike

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25.-The San
Francisco Iron Trades Council, with
twenty-six of its twenty-seven affiliated
unions represented, has voted unan-
imously to strike Wednesday unless
its demands for 10 per cent war
bonus. affecting more than 10000 iron
workers. exclusive of shipyard en-
ployes. is granted.
At the meeting Of the council, which
was in session until early this morn
ing. communication were read from
the California Metal Trades Associa-
tion and the san Francisco Foundry
mems Association refusing the de-
mands.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Eddie Eckert, Former Clown,
Murdered in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY, Dec. Eddie Eek
ert, 2j, formerly a clown with the
Barnum & Bailey circus, was shot and
killed early to-day by an unidentified
man, who escaped. A motor car with
drawn curtains stopped on a corner
in the outlying section Of the city, the
driver dragged Eckert from the rear
seat TO the pavement, steadied him
with some difficulty and shot him
through the fore head with n revolver
The slayer then reentered the car and
drove away.
Before the body was removed. and
while several persons were gathered
about il, car drove up and the occu-
PANT alighted Turning fashlight on
the face Of the dead man, he remarked:
well, guess Eddie's dead" Wit
nesses declared he was the slayer.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
No Xmas Night Fires Here
Record Made When No
Alarm Is Turned In

Not a single fire alarm was reported
TO fire headquarters from Manhattan
or The Bronx last night. 1t is thought
this was due in part 20 the requests
sent out by Chief Kenlon a few days
ago asking families not 10 leave lighted
candles behind the Red Cross emblems
i'm the windows of their homes
The illuminating of many Christmas
trees with electric bulbs in recent
years is said to have helped reduce
the number Of fires.
There was not an alarm for fire from
$40 p. VI. until after midnight.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
ADVERTISEMENT
The Will to Win

But nothing came of it all.
A good beginning was
made. Then days were
wasted in waiting for more
men. The delay meant
failure and after several
engagements the Union
army withdrew. 1tWas a
time of bitter disappoint.
ment.
To many it seemed that
nothing could stop Lee in
his invasion of Maryland.
Surely the city of Wash
ineton would fall. The
doubt behind the lines was
reflected in the weakened
striking power of our
army in that crisis.
This uncertain citizen
morale prolonged the Civil
War by years.
The war we wage today
can end only one way.
Our morale here at home
will decide the length of
the struggle. The strength
of our will to win shall
determine the fighting
spirit of our armies in the
field. Our determination
must remain mistaken
through the stress of
seeming set-backs and
weaknesses.
Our faithmustb be constant.
Though our resolve be
spoken in fire and iron by
a hundred guns to every
gun emplaced against us
a united, dominant zealis
needed behind every blow.
Let doubters stand aside
and be silent.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Miss Irene Flato Married

Miss Irene Flato. daughter of Mrs.
Clara Flato. was married to Lieuten-
ant Marvin NJ. Marcus. jr.. of the l06th
Field Artillery. u. S. r.. yesterday
at noon at the home of her mother.
tice Louis w. Marcus, of the Supreme
Court of New York. an uncle of the
bridegroom. performed the ceremony.
Lieutenant Marcus and his bride left
town yesterday afternoon for White
Sulphur Springs. W. Va, where they
will spend q part of their honeymoon.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
ADVERTISEMENT

ENAIR- weather patriots
i are revealed by every
national emergency.
Now exalted, now hope
less, their wavering moods
give daily aid and comfort
to the enemy.
After the battle of Bull
Run there were those who
urged concluding peace at
once on any terms. They
could not look beyond the
first skirmish to the only
peace that our cause would
permit. They were down
cast after their over
confidence.
One morning in Hampton
Roads the "Merrimac"
sunk the Cumberland"
and put the Union fleet
out of action. Through
the north panic flew from
home to home. Would
she come north and shell
New York? Did this end
our blockade of southern
ports?
1t seemed that we were
not doing our utmost. We
were falling. Faint
heartedneSs was uncover
ed just beneath thesurface.
The next day, without
flourish, the Monitor" an
untried device, retired the
"Menimac" in a stoutly
fought "eive-and-take"
action. The Union took
new heart.
The Peninsular Campaign
under the leadership of
Mcclellan beganwith high
hopes. Richmond was
soon to be occupied. Peace
was in sight.
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
Germans Exult at u. S.
UnprepmedneSS in Books
Used in Schools Here

German cxultation at Americas un-
preparedness for war, expressed forty
years ago, when Germany abolished
free trade enacted her first tariff law
New-York tribune., 1917-12-26
This Is WheatIess Wednesday
Trudeau Hospital
Is Opened in Paris
u. s. Red Cross Operates Tu-
berculosis Retreat in Memory
of American Specialist

PARIS. Dec. 25.-The Edward Tru-
deau tuberculosis Sanatorium, named
in honor of the famous American spc-
cialist, OF French descent, was opened
to-day. The first patients were refugee
women and children.
There are only eight beds now. but
It is hoped to increase the number to
200 within the next year. DR.. James
7. Gamble, Of Baltimore. and American
Red Cross nurses comprise the staff.
This IS the first tuberculosis hospital
in France created wholly by the Amer
lean Red Cross and Is Independent Of
outside French or American medical
collaboration.
DR.. Edward Livingston Trudeau,
known as the pioneer of tuberculosis
treatment in the Adirondack, was
founder uf the Adirondack Cottage
Sanatoriur'. and long before his death.
on November Is, 1915. was known
throughou; the United States for his
work and writings on the treatment Of
tuberculosis. DR.. Trudeau succumbcd
70 the very disease he had worked
ccaselessly for forty-thrcc years to
stamp out
DR.. Trudcau opened his famous cot
tage sanatorium in 1885, shortly after
he had made an amazing recovery from
tuberculosis through the fresh air
treatment. His institution rapidly ex-
banded from two small cottages with
two patients to its present size Of more
than forty buildings aad nearly a thou
sand patients. Hundreds have been
sent away from Saranac Lake cured of
their ills.
shortly after Dr. Trudeau's death
the trustees of the Adirondack Cottage
Sanatorium raised 100000 for an en-
dowment in memory Of the founder.
Both Dr. Trudeau's paternal and ma
ternal grandfathers we're natives OF
France.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01
ONTEST

The thirteenth annual o%ratorical con
test of the South Dakota intercollegiate
Oratorical Association will be held in
the State College auditorium on Fri
day evening. March 2nd. Representa-
tives from six schools will compete. 4
prize Of fifty dollars and a gold medal
will be awarded to the winner and a
prize of twenty-five dollars will be
awarded to the one placing second.
The following are the names Of the
contestants and the subjects of their
orations:
E. w. Benson, State University, "The
Fate of Belgium"
Jean Brady, Huron College, "A Mes
sage to the Middle-Classes."
Lois Zimmerman, Yankton College,
Man Without a Country"
Chester Smith, State College, "Ver-
dun
Lloyd Rising, Dakota Wesleyan,
''The Dignity of Service"
Harold R. Hustled. Sioux Falls Col
lege, The Ideals of the Coming Age"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01
COASTING

From the Sioux Falls Daily Argus
Leader of Friday the Register takes
the following account of the tragic
death of a son of Hans Lunden. a
brother Of County Clerk John A. Lun-
den, and who resides at Sioux Falls:
Gerald Lunden, aged II, is dead, and
his brother Lawrence, aged 9, is in n
local hospital suffering from injuries
received when the sled on which the
Fourth street hill got beyond their con
troll and crashed into a telephone pole.
Nm one saw the accident. Glen Hou-
dek, who lives near where the accident
took place, left his home for his work
and had his attention attracted by Il
number Of boys gathered in a bunch at
the corner of Fourth street and Spring
avenue. He made an investigation and
found the two boys unconscious. He
picked up the elder, Gerald, and car
ried him into a nearby home. and te!e-
phoned for medical aid. When the doc
tors arrived they pronounced that Ger
aid had a broken neck and cracked
skull, and had been killed instantly.
Lewrence had by this time recovered
consciousness. He had bruises on the
head and a bad cut on the head and
another on the wrist and had lost some
blood. He was hurried to the hospital
and the reports were that he had re-
ceived no internal or serious injuries as
far as the examination had developed.
The boys are children of Mr.. and
Mrs. II. Lunden, the father being an
engineer at the city pumping station.
The boys have been using Fourth
street hill all winter. Notwithstanding
it is quite steep, but this is the first ac-
cident Of the winter.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01
NEW INVENTION

Fed Carlson, who came here from
Denmark a little over a year ago. and
is at present the new janitor at the NJ.
f.. church, has just secured a patent on
a new invention for turning the leaves
of a music book while the performer
continues to play. 1t is operated with
the foot on a pedal, and will turn the
pages forth and back as the musician
wishes. 1t will turn pages /, 2. 8, and
then on to say page 125 or PIT just as
the operator desires. The pages are
held down fat so that the wind can
not disturb them.
The inventor has spent about four
years of time on his patent and quite a
lot of money, but he has a good propo-
sition and expects to organize a small
company to put it On the market.
AS this can be used on a piano or
music rack for violin or horn it ought
to be in immediate demand. and MI.
Carlson will no doubt do well on his
invention. He will experience no diff
Guilty in raising funds to put it on the
market.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01
BOUND OVER To
CIRCUIT COURT
CHARGED WITH STEALING S4O0
WORTH OF FURS LAST
DECEMBER
PART Of LOOT RECOVERED BY SHERIFF
Pete Ford Now in County Jail Await
inc Action Of Circuit
Court

Pete Ford, a farm hanl, was arrest
ed Tuesday near Elkton charged with
stealing $500 worth of furs from Tod
Warehouse, a fur dealer there, last
December.
AT the preliminary hearing held at
Elkton Wednesday enough evidence
was submitted to warrant the justice,
before whom Ford had his hearing, to
bind him over in the sum of $500 to
await the action of the next term of
the district court. AS he was unable
to furnish bonds Sheriff MINER, who
had him in charge, brought him over
on the evening train and placed him in
the county Jail.
Ford was working for a farmer nam
ed Tom Welch in Parnell township,
and a search Of the place revealed
about half Of the furs stolen. or, to be
exact, about $195 worth of the stolen
property was recovered by the
Sheriff's force.
These are all the details the Regis
ter feels at liberty to publish at this
time.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01
HON NEXT WEEK

The date for mastering out the
Fourth South Dakota infantry, now at
Fort Crook, has been set for March 2
by Capt. James EveringtOn.
The South Dakota troops will estab-
fish a record in the time required for
them to be mustered out. 1t took
fifteen days for all work necessary to
muster out the Fourth Nebraska in
fantry, and thirteen gays for the Fifth.
the South Dakota soldiers arrive Mt
Fort Crook to the time they are sem to
their homes.
The fast work of the South Dakota
regiment is attributed to the fact that
they did a great deal of the prelimin-
airy work necessary to be mustered out
while still On the boarder.
Company C should arrive in Brook
ings, if all arrangements are carried
out as contemplated now, about Mon
day or Tuesday. The understanding
is that only the home boys will come
on here at the present. the other mem
bers of the company going to their sew
eral homes for visits with their fami-
lie and coming on later to college when
the visit is over.
The Commercial Club board will
meet the last of this week, after more
complete information is available. and
decide on the date of the reception to
be rendered the boys from the front.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-03-01

the orchestra much superior. The or
chestra too is much better balanced.
the string section augmented, and each
of the several sections much better
fitted for their work. The woodwinds
especially appeared to advantage.
The symphony selected was that by
Beethoven in c major. While it pre-
scented this master in some of the
earlier years of his work, it was no
less pleasing and its atmosphere Of
a%miability was rendered contagious
from its mastery Interpretation.
The Scenes from an Imaginary Bal
let" by Coleridge Taylor was also rem
dered in a very efficient way and prov
ed typical of this well known com
poser. or the final group the Drigo
Polka proved the favorite and a repe-
tition was demanded and very grac-
iously accorded. The Grieg "Solvejg
Song" displayed some striking melodic
and harmonic effects and the Arensky
lntermezzo proved very attractive.
Miss Leonora Pier, soprano. appear
ed as soloist giving a very brilliant
rendering of a group of songs by
Sanderson. Her one are of a very
pleasing quality and her training and
musical sense were well displayed.
Miss Sylvia Ciisby. pianiste. also
presented the first movement of the
Greig Concerto in A Minor. While
this is a number Offering no small re
~quirements. il received a very bril-
liant presentation. Its difficulties
We're mel with ample technic, and a
splendid appreciation of tonal values.
The work of Prof. christensen and
the organization which he has so care
fully developed is something of which
State College and its friends may be
Justly proud.