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The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
MUST FAY $1,000 FOR
FATAL AUTO ACCIDENT

Mitchell, S. D.. April 15.-After an all
night session the jury in the Heidner-
Germsheid case reached a verdict for
the plaintiff in the sum OF 81. 900.
The case was q damage suit brough,
by Theodore Heidner against Philip
Gernsheid for the accidental killing OF
his daughter, Edwina, near a school
house south Of Mount Vernon last De-
cember. Heidnep was driving an auto
mobile when the accident ccurr and
h little girl attempted to cross the
roa.d.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
FIXING BLAME FOR
THE COAL SHORTAGE
South Dakota Railroad Commits
sioner Tells Dealers What
He Believes Cause.

WATERFOWL. $. d., April 1~5.--1nabi!its
cure more prompt action from the in
terstate Commerce commission in The
western coal rate, case, and now the facI
h a the Wyoming mine operators havd
increased the price of coal at the mines
81 a ton, has made the use Of wyoming
coal in competition with eastern coaI
to r. w. Dougherty, chairman Of thu
railroad commission, who spoke before
the 0 dealers Of South Dakota. as
sembled at WATERFOWL to consider the
states fuel problems. He said cost OF
Wyoming coal in South Dakota ut the
present time, on the basis of the new
rates recently established by the Inter
state Commerce commission would be
s10.2S a ton, while Pocahontas coal car
be bought for SLABS a ton and burma
twice as long.
Mr.. Dougherty said the Interstate
Commerce commission five years afte,
the case was opened, is about to pu,
into effect its decision on reducing thu
rate on Goa from Wyoming to Soutt
Dakota from $5.16 to $5.6S. The staff
railroad commission asked for a ratj
Of SETS. But in the meantime" he coni
tinued, Wyoming mine operators have
raised their prices 81, so we are worse
off than before"
A weakened transportation system
which he averred has been brough;
about by the attitude Of the public
toward the railroads and the railroad
legislation OF the last 10 years. Is re-
sponsible for the coal shortage in tn,
United States, according to the paper
of w. II. Groverman, secretary Of the
Northwest Dock Operators association
and appointed northwest distributor for
the federal fuel administration. Mr.
Groverman said there had never beer
any shortage of coal. hut simply short
age Of means for it's distribution. Bid.
ding among coal dealers, he said. is re
sponsible for high prices.
In resolutions, the coal men endorsed
the work Of the federal fuel admins
tration and pledged their cooperation,
over 500 delegates from all parts OF
the state are in attendance.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
WHEAT ACREAGE is
INCREASED 20 PER CENT

Mitchell, S. D., April 16.-By increas-
ing their wheat acreage fully 1900
acres over two years ago. Dawson
county farmers are giving the govern
ment a practical demonstration of
their loyalty. This is a 20 per cent
increase. Sanborn, an adjoining coun-
~, Is showing an increased wheat
acreage of over 10000 acres. Increased
live stock production is causing large
areas to be put INTO tame hay. Their
is a shortage of good seed corn.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
RAILRoADERs BUY BONDS
IN LIBERAL AMOUNTS

Mitchell, s. D., April IA. j
Rozun, chief dispatcher of the Chi
g Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company for this division, has received
word that employees of that company
In towns between Sanborn and Rapid
City, have subscribed 500, 600 to the
Third Liberty loan and that the amount
may be substantially increased.
John NJ. Smith, for many years sta.
zion agent at Dolton, a village Of sew
eral hundred population, subscribed
$1,000. A rack man at White Lake in
vested $3.50, as did a car cleaner and
n cinder pit man at Chamberlain.
Mitchell employees of the Milwaukee
raised S25, 900 for the loan.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

A few weeks e a rain consisting
Of two engines, q steam shovel and IL
dump cars left the main railroad line at
Iilpitas. CAL, and started al q snairs
pace along a country road that leads to
the site Of q dam in the Calaveras val
Icy says Popular Mechanics. This spec
tacular feat was accomplished by lay
ing track In front Of the train and then,
n II moved along. taking up the rails
and ties and ~relaying them in advance.
The train Is a part Of an outfit operated
by contractors who have been engaged
10 dump 500, 900 cubic yards of rock into
the great dan being erected across the
Calaveras valley to impound water
from the mountains higher up.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

The California Electric Railway asso-
o1ation has completed q tabulation Of
the losses suffered by all Of the rail-
roads Of h state, steam and electric,
due to the competition of jitney buses
during the year 1915, says the Electric
Railway Journal. The figures show the
estimated losses in gross receipts in
both passenger and freight service
where there vas competition in both
CLASSES. Where no freight traffic losses
arc mentioned the figures refer to re-
duction in income On passenger SER
vice. The total loss suffered by the 16
companies included In the ~tabulation
amounts to approximately 81, 900, 900.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
IL. OF s. DAKOTA TO MEET

Mitchell, S. D., April 1S.-The state
convention of knights of Columbus will
be held in Mitchell, May 10 and IA
and will be attended by a large number
of delegates from the various cities OF
the state and prominent members OF
the order. Sixty candidates will be in
itiated into the lodge and work put
on by the crack Sioux Falls team
Prominent officials of the Catholic
church will be present.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
MORE CANDIDATES HAVE
FILED THEIR PETITIONS

Pierre, s. d., April 17.-Petitions for
the primary filed with the secretary Of
state are: Peter Norbeck, republican,
governor; John e. Kelly, Of Flandreau,
democrat, United States senator; James
Coffey, of Aberdeen, democrat, United
States senator; Jno. F.. Hughes, Of Fort
Pierre, judge, Sixth circuit; n. E.
Knight, of Thomas, commissioner
school and public lands, republicans;
Byron Payne, republican. Of Pierre, at
torney general.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

MILBANK-Cecil Taylor is II. the artil-
lery branch of the service. and who is
andergoining training at a southern mill
tary post, has won distinction for him
self by showing more skill in the hand
ling Of his gun than the French instruc-
tor who is training himself and comrades.
Taylor is in charge of a u crew, which
a few days ago outpointed their French
instructor in target shooting, beating him
nearly two TO one. The cantonment where
Taylor and his comrades are training Is
largely devoted to artillery work and air
service, being the second largest practice
field for air service in the United States.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
WOMAN TEACHER Is
TO BECOME CITIZEN.

Mitchell, S. D., April 1S.-"I had been
teaching patriotism to the children Of
my school," said Miss Anne Petrea
Schultz, teacher of a rural school near
Ethan, when suddenly l thought that l
couldn't well teach patriotism without
being a citizen Of this country. So /
ave come to take out papers and prove
my patriotism
First papers were issued her by clerk
OF courts S. Cattra,l. Miss Schultz
who is a native of Denmark, came to
the United States seven years ago.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
OPEN NEW BRIDGE
OVER THE MISSOURI

Mitchell. s. D.. April 17.-Chamber.
lain's interrupted traffic with points
west will he resumed neXt Thursday
when TIE new pile bridge across tho
Missouri at that point will be opened
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau.
railway. the new bridge, which re-
places the pontoon bridge, which sank
several weeks ago. has a 75-foot swing
ing span. The railroad company ex.
pected to have this PAL in place this
week but construction was delayed by
the presence of a government snag
boat wf.cn occupied the channel.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
BOY SCOUT TROOP is
AWARDED FINE FLAG.

Mitchell, S. d., April 1S.-Troop 2
Mitchell Boy Scouts, was presented
with the flag, offered the troop with the
highest score in the South Dakota Sec
ond Liberty loan campaign by Presi-
dent Wilson, before a crowd that filed
the city hall auditorium, Major F. w.
Mitchell presided at the meeting and
made the presentations, which included
medals to 10 scout workers in the Lib
erty Dan and Val Savings stamp cam
paigns.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
Tho largest railway scale in the worlt

The largest railway scale in the world
has recently been completed at West
Albany, N. Y. 1t Is capable Of accommo-
dating q load Of 1850, 900 pounds. 1t con-
sastS Of six weighing Instruments, each
having a capacity Of 275.000 pounds. 1t
- designed for weighing locomotives
and othersheavy rolling stock. Some OF
b engines used upon the Pacific coast
weigh 216 tons, but this giant would be
able to weigh four Of them at once. II
necessary. The accuracy Of this giant
instrument is remarkable. 1t does not
vary 10 pounds at its full capacity.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
PARKsToN RAISES
MORE RED CROSS MONEY

Parkston, S. D., April 1S.-The bal
We're left from the Red Cross auction
held here a few weeks ago. sold at
auction Saturday afternoon by James
Judge, of Mitchell, and Melted about
$1,000. A case of Parkston AIMED corn
was sold for 800. The case was deco
rated with the national colors. Music
was furnished by the band.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
How a macnine gun is fired through a

How 4 machine gun is fired through a
revolving propeller is told in a recent
issue OF Aeronautics. in an article de-
scribing the more important features OF
two German Fokkers brought down be-
hind the British lines in France. On
these monoplanes, according TO the de-
scription. the machine gun is fired
through the propeller by means Of a
small lever a%ctuating q Bowden wire.
Provision Is further made to throw the
machine u mechanism momentarily
out Of a as each whirling propeller
blade moves into line with the muZzle.
This Is done very simply by means of a
double cam fixed on the engine shaft
and acting on q system OF levers. The
French Morane, after which the Fokker
type has been modelled, also fires its
machine gun through the tractor screw.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
WRITES CT THE SIOUX
INDIAN OF OLD

Pierre, s. D., April 1.-THE current
number of the anthropological papers
Of the American museum of natural
history is exclusively devoted to a
monograph on THE Sun Dance and
other ceremonies Of the Ogllala division
IF the Teton Sioux" by DIR. James X.
Walker, of Pine Ridge. DR.. Walker was
FOR 80 years physician to the Pine
Ridge Sioux and has collected in a
scholarly way a vast fun of Sioux
lore. The volume has been received in
the state library,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
GOVERNOR TO CHOOSE
SUCCESSOR TO STONE

Kansas City. Mo, April 17.--Missour:
will elect a new United States senator
next fall as the result of the death of
Senator Stone. The successful nomi-
nee will serve out Stones unexpired
.erm to March 8. 1921.
Until the November election. however,
q successor TO Stone must serve. Gov
ernor Gardner has not intimated yet
who this will be.
Joseph w. Folk, former governor: w.
II. Kemper n Harry Halves, the lat
ter of st. Louis, have been mentioned
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
WANT NJ. p. LEAGUE TO
LOCATE AT WATERFOWL

Mitchell, S. D., April ID. J.. Dun
Nonpartisan league, has received a let
ter from Lee Slower. secretary of the
WATERFOWL chamber of commerce, in
viting him in the name of that body to
make Watertown the state h~eadquar-
tiers Of the league. The headquarters
in the state were recently moved here
from Sioux Falls.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

A new electric lemon squeezer Is de-
scrtbed In the Electrical World. 1t on
sists Of a motor driven hemisphere pro-
ytded with ribs similar to the ordinary
hand operated glass extractor. The
lemon or orange is halved and held
against this h~emispherical part. The
Juice Is caught in a deflector at the
beck and runs down through a spout at
the bottom. A clamp is provided for at
taching the outfit to q table or counter
and q ring Is attached below the spout
20 support the glass.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
YANkToN BOND QUOTA
is QUICKLY SUBSCRIBED

Gankton, S. d.. April 16.-Yankton
county went well over the top in the
third Liberty bond drive carried out
Monday. The city. under a well Manned
campaign. went on record early, and
1T was the same in the county. At Mis-
sion Hill the quota was exceeded two
hours after the books were opened.
HlTCHCCK-That the Russian-German
Mennonites of the Milford colony, near
here, are patriotic is shown by the fact
that they have turned over to the HUI
ron chapter of the Red Cross the sum OF
s5l2.s5. Of this amount, s342.S5 was raised
at q Red Cross auction and the remain
ing $40 was collected in special contri-
buttons.
MTfCHELL-Letcher is claiming the
state honor flag offered IL the first
town over-suhscribirg her third Liberty
loan allotment In addition she has Sc
cured the Liberty flag awarded to all
towns over-subscribing their quotas.
Detcher raised s19.50o In one dav's cau-
s~sSs .fs.sSV more than was required.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
DISASTROUS FIRE ON
FARM NEAR GROTON

Groton, s. D., April 1S.-Fire Of I'M
known origin destroyed two large barns
on the farm of f. G.. Brooberg, eight
miles from Groton. Twenty-Five head
or horses and 90 head of cattle, be-
sides large quantities of hay, grain and
feed, were destroyed. Mr.. Brooberg
at Groton, as well as the large farm,
but resides at Minneapolis, where he
received word only two days before the
fire OF the death of his son Francis. a
soldier in France.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
PROMINENT MAN HELD
ON FORGERY CHARGE

Bonesteel, S. D.. April 1S.-A sensa-
ton was created here and in other
Gregory county towns when j. G..
Porter, a well known business man
here, who also had been a resident of
other towns in the Rosebud country,
was arrested on the charge Of en-
bezzlement an6 forgery. AS the result
of his preliminary hearing the defend
ant was held under bonds of 81, 200 for
trial in the state circuit court.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Mrs. Eliza Fyffe, age SO, OF Morgan
county. passed through Morehead, KY.
on her way to visit relatives at Scioto-
VILE, Ohio. This Is the first time she
sver saw q train or rode on one. Mrs.
Tyffe was accompanied by her son. age
IS. who was also taking his first ride
Ou 4 train.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

TO eliminate the babel Of tongues and
A~mertcanize. Bayonne, N. j., the edu-
cation board. will establish night classes
Tor the teaching of English to alien
residents who comprise so per cent OF
0ayonne's 10, 900 inhabitants.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
GERMANS lose many
AIRPLANES IN FIRE
Thirty Squadrons Of Machines
Held in Reserve Against
Americans Burned.

Paris. April 1T.--The material losses
In the fire which destroyed the aircraft
factories q. Friedrichshafen, Saturday
night. We're including 30
squadrons Of airplanes reserved for use
against the American air fleets. II was
announced here today.
One hundred and forty persons were
killed and 200 injured.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

A New York scientist has built a
Gamers that can be tilted to any angle
20 get desired photographs of objects
too heavy or fragile to be moved.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

The Argentine government Is re-
ported as gradually transferring to the
Gaia de Conversion the gold deposits in
its foreign legations.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

The sunflower is cultivated to a con-
siderable extent in central Russia,
where every part OF the plant Is put to
certain economic uses.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Norway is to have a plant that will
uso q Belgian engineers process for
the electrical extraction of Zinc from
ores heretofore regarded as worthless.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Natives OF Porto Rico make a fairly
permanent yellow dye for textiles from
the roots Of turmeric. which grows wild
over q considerable part of the island.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Pottsville and st. Clair, Pa, are now
connected by a new trolley line three
miles long, costing 81 an inch to con
gtrucc
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

A new tent for campers has a metal
frame, from which two cots are sus-
pended by heavy springs SO they are
not In contact with the ground.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Switzerland protects rare plants by
law so strictly that to be found in the
possession Of specimens illegitimately
collected Is O penal ofeense.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

An English city is experimenting
with a steam driven street sprinkling
cart, the tank Of which holds 1000 gall
Ions Of water.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Telescope spectacles nave been in
vented for persons who are so extreme
ly nea sighted that ordinary lenses do
not offset the defect.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

The first word in advertising was the
script, written on papyrus 5000 years
& by an Egyptian gentleman who had
lost a slave.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Mrs. William Whittemore, Of Pitts
ford, Mass, made pies from a hubbard
squash which was picked a year ago.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

There are 1859 building and loan as
sociations in Pennsylvania, with assets
amounting to S276,3 1898, 310.99.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Beer has been raised in price in Rio
de Janeiro. Foreign beers cannot COM
pete because Of the high tariff.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Pockets for money and jewelry are
woven into the tops of women's stock
ings that q Pennsylvania has patented.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

The Chinese government controls the
mining Of copper because the metal Is
so largely used in currency.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Frank A. Vanderbilt. president OF the
National City bank in New York city,
Ii q machinist by trade.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Waterproof electric flash lights to be
attached to life p~reservers for night
use are @. recent invention.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Russia maintains at Moscow an ex-
pertinent station for the study of fax
cultivation and manufacture.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18

Governor Capper, cf Kansas. says
women sxcel men IN their interest In
polt.ca.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-04-18
STEEL DEMANDS
TAX FACILITIES
Shipping and Rail Boards Clash
-McAdoo Wants to Build
100000 New Cars and
5000 Engines.
BY United Press.

Chairman Hurley of the shipping
board today went directly to
President Wilson in an effort TO
defeat delays in shipbuilding due
to a shortage of fabricated steel.
He called at the White House
shortly before the cabinet meeting
with cambridge Colby Of the ship
ping board and Charles NJ. Schwab
OF the Bethlehem Steel company.
Washington, d. c., April ~l7.-F'accd
with an admittedly serious shortage Ia.
fabricated steel, officials OF the United
states shipping board started today to
unravel the transportation and milling
tangle which is held responsible for de
lay in building.
The shipping board holds that it
must have steel at nee or see the
ship yards closed. because OF material
shortage. At the same time. Director
General McAdoo has called for steel
for 100, 900 cars and 5000 locomotives.
and the war department has made
known its steel demands vail constantly
grow heavier.
Officials of the shipping board stated
that wherever possible wooden ship
yards will be converted into steel as
sembiing yards.
This does not mean that no more
wooden ships will be built, but the ships
for transatlantic trade hereafter vii!
be Of steel. 1t was explained that prob
ably private plants would place n
service wooden ships to supplant tho
steel vessels taken from the c~oastwise
trade for transatlantic service.
In letting no more contracts for
wooden ships, the shipping board is tax
ing the first erect step at increasing
the size Of vessels with which to sup
ply our troops and the allies.
The prime reason for the revolution
airy move was believed to have been a
lack of docking facilities in European
waters, together with a shortage in
boilers and engines. 1t was pointed out
that wooden ships, few of which are
larger than $500 tons, were forced to
sacrifice 80 per cent OF the cargo space
for carrying coal. so the round trip
could be made in one bunkering.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-30

tects against illness; she is aurst
first, but friend and teacher a.
well, and one Of her great values
to the community is the instruc,
ton She is able to give as she Is
called from house to house.
The immediate necessity is for
more public health nurses and
this means the establishment of
more courses 10 give the special
training necessary.
''The national organization for
Public Health Nursing, of which
Miss Ella Phillips Crandall is ex-
ecutive secretary, is encouraging
the establishment of more courses
for the graduate nurse who wish
es to fit herself for this special
service. More is required than
the nurse regular training be-
cause problems of applied econo
mics and sociology must be met,
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-30
DEATH CLAIMS JOS. BRIG,
SUGAR AND RICE
PLANTER,

Joseph Brig, SO years old, su,
gar and rice planter, died Mon.
day morning at the residence OF
II. L. Lazarus, Jr., 1896 St
Charles street, after five days i'll
ness.
Mr.. Brig was born in Franklin,
La. the son Of Felix and Mary
Ann Brig. He was the owner of
the Katie Sugar Plantation. joint
PARTNER of w. w. Sutcliffe in the
Camperdown refinery, vice-presi-
dent of Oaklawn Sugar Co.. and
p director e the Louisiana State
Rice Milling Co., incorporated.
He ORGANIZED the first bank at
Franklin which was known as The
Ii"ct National Bank. He after
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1918-11-30

and complete cooperation must be
developed with all other agencies
in the community.
Hospitals which are properly
equipped to undertake this added
responsibility and which arep 70
Gated in communities wherf ait
able field work can be furns red
by public health nursing agencies
under adequate supervisors, are
being urged to establish courses
for the undergraduate nurse ir
order that the period of training
be as short as possible. Many
young women are not able to take
the training necessary for public
health work without financial
help. The National Organization,
therefore. seeks scholarships for
these courses.
"The demand for public health
nurses in the period of reconstruc