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Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
HEAVY RAINS CAUSE
CAD TRAIN SERVICE

De Moines, Ia June 5.ra i sar
vice between Des sfpnss srd e a
~ points and Ch:caso is pa.s.as.e
as q result OF wash oats fs,.iaw II
cesssye heavy 4 q MS O. III Gars sar
secutively. No Gniosao trans *,
reAcnsd Des ON sac Tes,s.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

D. d. Dlckey, engineer In a factory
~ Berberton, Ohio. spent just $58.28
for food, or an average OF about 15e a
day, during 1917. Dtckey worked all
through the year. 10 hours a day, six
days q week, and gained two pounds
during the year. Dickey's menu had no
place on 1t for meat and milk for
steady uJe, although he had them oc-
casionally. Fruit and baked dishes
made I'M a large part of the bill OF fare.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
WHOLE SECTION OF
COUNTRY FLOODED

Yankton, S. d. June 8.-By reason.
II is believed, OF al enormous cloud
bcrst, in a storm here Tuesday night,
the whole northern edge of Cedar coun-
~. Nebraska, was under three to five
feet of water yesterday. Close to the
river the land rises and this portion
was an island. with the Missouri to the
north, and the flooded district to the
south. No: communication could he
had with the flooded district from this
point, hut It 10 feared the damage win
be cry heavy. For a distance OF about
six miles, and two wide, the country
was water. and as the rise came.
rapidly at night there was consider
able rescue work done In the dark.
Many families live In the district fiocd-
ed.
SIOUX FALLS-Tkcodore Gerber, 1-
year-0ld son of Mr.. and Mrs. q. ". Ger
her. who ltve ~ niles south of Sioux
Falls. died Mt q hospital here from che
slysp;o IT q revolver bullet which WAS &C.
cidentally fired into his brain by his v
hands.
MADISON-In order TO Increase the
quantity and Improve the quality pf the
stock raised In Lake county. the ,.tcek
breedcrs Of the county held q mes I'M,
In this city and ORGANIZED a live stock
breeders association. The following asa.
GERS were elected: President, ERIC.
Cross: Vice president. II. NJ. Arch: sec.
retary-treasurer.P "A. Johnson.
sioux FALLS-owing 10 a.pronouncoa
Increase In the number OF children Of
school ago In Sioux Falls the board Of
edUcation deemed Il necessary to- ENGAGE
the Gefvtcea OF ninA Observation-Disclosures
- the city schools Tor the coming sehco:
year
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

Raymond Downing, OF Waverly. Ia,
are 10 years, was told by his teacher
few months sag to write to some one
he knew In France. The lad knew no
one. but wrote to General John j. Per-
shin. In the course OF ylme an answer
arrived, and today there ID no prouder
boy In Wayerly than the reciptent of
that brief, kindly letter from the busy
general at the front.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
eYRNE CONCENTRATES
SENATOR STERLING

Washington, D. c., June 8.-Senator
Sterling has received n telegram of
congratulation from former Governor
Byrne. Senator Sterling expressed
hlmsel today not only as pleased over
the primaries but confident over the
prospects for election. He said he be.
lieved the primaries had left a good
feeling among republicans.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

The manufacture OF slippers with
wooden soles and cloth tops is a war
dime industry which has spdung up In
Holland. reports the United States ue-
4artment OF commerce.. The upper n
II twill, corduroy and wooden stuffs.
AL these materials are relatively cheap
and vet make comfortable and durable
clippers. The cloth parts are made by
hand and the wooden soles by machine
Try. In view Of the mounting prices
ef leather footwear, these combination
slippers, which retail for the eQuiva-
lent Of 81 a pair for the best quality.
are selling rapidly.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

The soya bean, whose merits have
been widely proclaimed. may rid cellu-
loid Of its serious drawback, high in
flammahility. A celluloid substitute
which will not burn has been made
from this useful vegetable, according to
advices from Japan. 1t Is called "Sato-
lite" being the invention OF Professor
8. Sato, and Is produced by coagulat-
ing the glucine of soya bean with for
malin. A company has been formed
n will build a factory In TOXIC, wrom
which production will begin soon.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
NoNPARTlsAN LEAGUE
TO HOLD CAUcuSES

Mitchell, S. D.. June 8.-The Nom
partisan league has issued a call for
precinct conventions on June %. A
state convention call will. follow after
the results of these meetings are
known.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
YOUTHFUL ELoPERs ARE
TAKEN INTO CUSTODY

Sioux Falls, S. d.. June g. Nick
Karos and Grace Craig, of Mitchell.
were arrested In Sioux Falls and taken
back to Mitchell on the. charge that
they obtained a marriage license by
making false oaths as to their ages.
They were married Tuesday Of . TINS
week, shortly after securing the mar
.riage licerfse. The arrest OF the y
resulted when information was re-
.ccivedSby the authorities that the girl
was only II years or age.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
NoNPARTisAN LEAGuERs
STAYED AWAY FROM POLLS

Mitchell, S. D.. June, Sit was said
at Nonpartisan league headquarters to-
day that it is believed by members Of
the state organization that the league
was responsible for the extraordinary
vote cast in the recent primary.
They have the idea that farmers, act
ing upon a suggestion of the executive
committee of the South Dakota branch
OF the organization, stayed away from
the polls, with the result that the votes
aggregated only about one-third of the
normal number.
/: To support this contention, a DAY
county member. who wrote to the state
Headquarters in Mitchell, is quoted. He
says that only Is farmers out OF 90 in
his township, votedgat the primaries.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
TWO OILERS ARE
GIVEN THEIR CHOICE

Mitchell. S. D., June 8.-Phi.ip
Charles Matthew and Thomas j. MCGEE
were picked up today by a member of
OF getting to work or entering the sery-
ice. Both decided to join the nav The
me were tral.sients and wanderers.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13
CHARGES THAT L. w. VS.
ARE CAMoUFLAGED HUNS

Aberdeen, S. D.. June l0.--Captair
Richardes, OF the Canadian army. who
is campaigning in South Dakota at this
time IN behalf OF the war activities in
the United States, and who has made a
number of addresses for the Red Cross,
addressed the big joint county insti-
tute mere.
Captain Richardes paid his respects
to the Nonpartisan league and the I.
w. W., referring to members OF both
organizations as 'camouflage Huns"
aid declared that IL such persons pur-
sued their activities in England as
they had in the United States, they
would be shot at sunrise"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

Including those now in office, there
have been four cardinals Of the Ro-
mar Catholic church in this country.
The first al archbishop John Nc
Closkey, Of New York, who was made
cardinal March Is, 1875. and died in
1885. The second. In order. Archbishop
Gibbons, of Baltimore, was ordained
cardinal June z, 1886; Archbishop
O'Connell. of Boston. was ordained
cardinal November q, 1911, and Arch
bishop Farley, OF New York. was made
cardinal in 1911. The three last named
are no win office.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1918-06-13

It Is not generally known that the
banana is an annual. The fruit comes
to maturity about a year after the
shoot is planted, the trunk OF the tree
subsequently attaining a height of
from eight to 10 feet and a girth OF
S6 inches. From the root OF the tree
several shoots or suckers sprout. each
Of which in turn becomes a fresh tree.
The life of the banana tree. however,
Il not unusually long. for 1t is felled
after the fruit Is gathered and some
times indeed during the operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
EXIT VARDAMAN

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
 Vardaman was a pest in peace ana peril in war, and few will mourn his po- litical extinction. The President has been criticized, not without justice, Tor intervention in Congressional contests; but in this case he performed great public srvice. There have been lndlca- tions that Mississippi was getting tired of a Senator who brought only discred1t upor her. Yet it is quite likely that, but for the outsroken warning of the Presi- dent, she might have tolerated him for another term. The south is not alone in being crushed with demagogues; but In recent years she has furnished the na- tional legislature a larger number Of them than in the north. Any indication that the political and social conditions, which brought about the deterioration in the average character of the representa- tives of the south after the civil war. are undergoing change will be welcome to the whole country. It was an anom- ally and a scandal that Mississippi should give a Senator of MT. Williams apinty and character such a colleague as varda- man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
FIVE TIMES FIVE

By Mathilda Bilbro
 sFViye times five are twenty-hve,
 She knew the rule was true. She knew not why-for she was nine
 But this right well she knew. That powers high and wise agree That nine Is made of three times three.
 And so, in simple faith she solved
 Her problems. and the rule was proved- It all came right. she asked not why' Oh. little maiden, by and by,
 When you have grown and grown
 you'll see
 why nine is made of three times
 three"
 Apply your rule: work without fear; All in good time it will be clear Why five times five are twentynvs' So grow and trust, nor cease to strive. God is good. and God is all We know the rule is true. Why not work out our problems As the little child who knew That powers good and wise agree That nine is made of three timss three?" And though at first, we know not WnN Oh. earnest seeker. by and by. We'n comprehend that simple creeos '.Divine love reaches every need' Arply our rule and know no fear; And understanding calm and clear
 Will soou De added to our faith.
 Tor it in Given 'te him uho hate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
LUKE MLuKE SAYS

The meanest man we know of is feed
 ing his wife's goldfish with cigarette
 papers instead of Ish food while his
 wife is away. The poor fish do not
 know the difference and the mean boob figures that he is saving money. Another skunk is the man who is
 always nearing mean stories about
 other men and repeating them and who can't remember where he "heerd" any
 of the stories.
 Some of the June brides are just learning that the things they married didn't even know that the lace the brides had on their lingerie was hand made. And, furthermore, the brides ale beginning to suspect that the things they married didn't give hooraw in Halifax whether the lace was hand made or net.
 | Tt must be pretty tough for some of our Holy Congressmen and Senators to have to take a foot off the rail in front of a Baltimore bar long enough to run up to Washington and vote for a prohibition amendment.
 | A demand never sounds as unreason- | able to the man who is making it as it 1 does to the man on whom 1t is made. Some folks are so slow that they never come to grief. It just natulNlly over takes them.
 l Of course 1t is none of our business. But our opinion is that unless a boy S | parents can settle enough coin on him they should never name him Algernon. l When a man tells you that he was driven to drink, the betting is that 1t ] didn't require the services of an ex-
 pert driver like Top Geers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
work for Boys in Khaki

Among the many organizations wearing the khaki, is that formed among the employees of Crane company, at the main plant in Chicago, and the 55 branch houses and warehouses, and known as the Crane War Comfort club, " said Fl. L. Ansley.
 Each month the members of this club make a donation to the comfort fund, the money being sent to the company's headquarters in Chicago. Crane company adds an equal amount to that subscribed by the employees and the total spent each month in making up the comfort kits to be forwarded to the men in service.
 "As an example of the contents of these boxes the following was sent by the club to the 1264 men in service in the month of June: Foot Ease, Denti- gene tooth paste, one pound chocolate, two boxes dates, pound Bunte's candy, five packages gum. bar wool soap, bar American family soap. bar Sapolio. five packages Camel cigarettes. three cans tobacco, two packages papers, two pair socks, Crane pencil and tip.
 When the regulations were changed so that it was impossible to mail pack ages direct to the boys over there without special permission, J. Austin Murphy, one of the directors of Crane company, established headquarters in Paris, from which point he will look after the welfare and comfort of the Crane men as far as regulations will permit and will give special attention to those who may be ill hospitals. Ar engagements have been made to keep on file at the Paris office the daily papers from each city in which a branch of Crane company is located, The Age-Tierald being on file from Birmingham.
 "The comfort kits for the men .over- seas are being sent to the Paris office l by express and redistributed from there, thus assuring each Crane man of the continued comforts after going across"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
TANKS LIKE SOUVENIRS

From Stars and Stripes, France.
 The American regiments that shared in the avalanche which fell on the Ger man line between Soissons and Chateau Thierry are grooming under the weight of their souvenirs.
 Nearly every man wears "Gott Nit Uns" buckle on his belt till you would think it was a Q. M issue on which regulations insisted. Nearly every man carries German watch. many of them handsome watches shielded by metal trench cases. One doughboy had IA watches-"time to burn,'' as he waggish- ly put it.
 Some brandish Luger pistols, and the lucky ones cen be seen these days star ing into the distance through fine Ger man field glasses and trying to look as much like generals as possible. But the prizes are iron crosses. Every Yankee wants to win the iron cross in manner not contemplated by the Kaiser.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
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Germany's Coffee Bad
 and Cigarettes Worse


 TIT has been sometime since life in U the fatherland was anything like a grand, sweet song. As the war goes on privations in food and luxuries are felt with increasing severity. A Ger man company with the title, "War Refuse for Coffee and Tea Substi- tutes," has published yearly report, says Zurich correspondent of the New York World, in which it states that it's coffee is made of the follow ing substances: Hazelnut and walnut shells, plums, cherries apricots, peaches, dates, almonds with saw dust, turf, grape pits, tan refuse, lu- pin and henbane. This stuff is called Deutscherkaffe, and great must be that Germans love for the Kaiser who can drink it without a few rebellious thoughts and a wry face.
 The scarcity of tobacco in Germany has caused various substitutes to be offered smokers, not one of which has given satisfaction. A standard cigar cite has been introduced, with the result that there is wailing and lamen- tation among cigarette smokers. It is called "Germany's Strength" ac- cording to an Amsterdam dispatch in the New York Times. Vorwaerts, that frankly outspoken journal of the socialists, describes the effects of smoking the new cigarette with un- expected humor:
 When one lights this cigarette,
 one feels at once that Germany's
 strength must be tremendous to
 stand such awful stuff. If one in
 hales the smoke then the first
 feelings of seasickness set in. If
 the paper be removed grayish
 mixture of substances is seen and
 the smell is like that of musty
 cellar dwelling in which there is
 a shoenlakers shop.
 Any subject of the Kaiser who is able to inhale deep draws of Ger many's Strength" and not become forthwith a stretcher case has some excuse for believing himself a su- perman. To make matters worse, Wilhelm's allies, the Turks and Bull garians, have had good tobacco har- vests and presumably cheer them selves during these dark hours with many fragrant puff.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
Clerk of Local Board
 Offers Suggestions

IT M. HOLMAN, chief clerk of the cVo local exemption board of Fay cite county, Alabama, has written to Congressman Dent, chairman of the House military committee, suggest ing that all members of local boards ssbe placed in uniform and given the pay of soIdier;" that they be drafted for the duration of the war with com
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
Starting Early

The travelling salesman who handles staple goods is starting his fall cam paign carly" said Hugh M Brown, who returned this week from Cincinnati where he had spent several days look ing over factory stocks.
 "There is an unusually brisk de mand for goods among the commis- saries and country merchants. I will look after my old customers in the Birmingham district at once. and will then proceed to my new territory new with me last year-including Ar kansas and Oklahoma. Both of those states are highly prosperous at the present. Drouth has hurt cotton. hut Oklahoma's oil business will more thar compensate for any falling off in trade due to the deterioration in what prom ised to be bumper crop"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28

ionable pa1 ishioners, or some dry-as-tne- dust professor who spends his time with
 his nose in his books rather than pok
 ing his nose into what the students m
 his college are doing. Either this or he
 never visited Birmingham in the year ef
 our Lord 1918.
 Even the new edition of the staid oid
 Encyclopedia Britannica knows better a ad
 gives craps a place and an explanation
 within its heavy pages to let the wor1t know that it is at least up-to-date and knows that as sure as these bones shall
 rise again just so long as there are ne. groes, they "are gwine to roll de pones' in spite of the fact that their white brethren are trying tc swipe their copyrighted game.
 Now, here is what the dear Britannlca says The most popular form of pure gambling with dice at the present day, particularly with the lower classes (even the dear old. reliable is unacquaintea with the game's inroad into fashionao'e society," in America, is craps or crapv shooting" It sounds almost sacriligeoas to even sse the words printed Tn sucn highly venerated and respectable ency- 1 clopedia I thought it was bad enough
 to profare its pages with them. but when
 it goes on to explain the game, ought not
 some censor to protest against their he ing used as reference books in our H. braries? Here is chance for some re- former to break into print
 l For fear that none of my readers know anything about the game, I will let the
 great Ere fish authority explain: Two l dice are rsed Each playef puts up stake, and the first caster can cover my I or all oe.s. He then shoots, i. e., throws the dice from his open hand on the table If the suin of the dice is 2 or Il, the thro" is a nick or natural, and the caste wins all stakes. If the throw Is eithe:. 8 or F, 1t is crap, and the caster loses all If any other number is thrown It II 1 a point, and the caster continues unti he throws the same number again, 1T
 which case he wins. or 2, in which cast he loses"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
THE HOUSE OLEO

From the New York World.
 In the House of oleo Friday MT. John and Jeff team of 1S-year-old pages, one slender, one feet inches tall, to show how unfit thay were for war. Whereupon the Tilson quartet of husky marines, all So IS years old. were exhibited as off- SC. Chaplain Couden. blinded in the civil war at 20. took interest in the debate. The wounding of James Murtha. 10 years old. was meanwhile reported from Franco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28

pensation plus "a reasonable amount for board and other things furnished a private soldier"
 MT. Hoffman submits that such a plan would "put all boards on sal- ary basis and eliminate frequent com Iplaints about the pay of members. He ass that the matter be taken up with General Crowder and the Secte- tary of War; but assuming that Con- gressman Dent is disposed to treat all communications with respectful consideration, he will see at once that the Fayette board clerks suggestions are untenable.
 MT. Hoffman overlooks the point that boards are advisedly made up of civilians and are intended to be the connecting link between the civil and military authority.
 Moreover, the work of boards will be frightened by the aid of women volunteers. They will render efficient service and will do it gladly.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28

ton is appealing for still larger crops in 1919.
 It is especially desired that the sowing of winter wheat be on more extensive scale than ever. Alabama will surely respond to the appeal. Few crops pay better than wheat and there is no possibility of producing too much of it.
 This years wheat yield in Alabama will probably total about 1,500,000 bushels. It can easily be doubled in 1919. In order to get the best re- suits, however, it is all important that the farmers select good seed.
 # # # Returning to America with an eye gone, one arm in sling and the Croix de Guerre, Floyd Gibbons affords proof Of the fact that the successful war core spondent nowadays must have all the qualities of soldier, plus those of a newspaper man. That German officer of high rank TO- ported to have been captured by col heard of the proficiency of our colored troops with the bolo and the bayonet. * <. % | The fact that Chicago man became | unconscious after drinking bottle or near beer" may lead thirsty investiga- | tors to hope there may be kick" in the stuff after all. 1 If Spain should decide to sever diplo- matic relations with Germany. it proba- l bly wouldn't result in much greater losses to her shipping than she has already ex- perienced. Prohibition,sts are so confident we are
  are looking forward to the day when 1 John Barleycorn' won't even be figure | of speech. 1 The Germans may claim that mistakes are made when hospitals are bombed, but how are they going to explain attacks on hospitals with machine guns? 7: # ;. 4 I The sob squad in. Chicago rarely gets a chance to rest long. Another young woman with claims to beauty is in jail charged with killing man. # x # Any doughboy who has been in uniform for as long as six months will assure you that candy manufacturing is an essential industry.
 General Fershing has asked for thou sands of "jitney tanks" which are pre- sumably U be used in joy ride to Ber- lin.
 | Spains desire to borrow money from Uncle Sam may have something to do with her coolness toward Germany # # # | Washington would doubtless rather at known as the "City of Salutes'' than the "City of Pirsstical Landlords"
 < 4. z:
 President Wilson has probably discov- cred by this time that politics in America cannot be "adJourned'' * + is
 Foch evidently has no intention of per hitting the hard pressed Germans to get their second wind
 + # #
 The singing of the lorelei won't delay American soldiers when they start across the Rhine.
 * * # An additional tax on champagne will mean nothing in the life of the average man.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
Leon Brittain,s Success

T am greatly pleased at the wonder full business success which Leon Brit
 tain. president of the big fabricating
 plant to be built here, has made said Nathan L. Miller.
 Many will remember the rosy-cheeked lad who used to be so popular around the courthouse in the late eighties. He is the son of our beloved Methodist pas tor, the Rev. J. l.. Britain, member of the North Alabama conference. I am always proud when one of our own young
 men do big things
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-08-28
THEME FOR TEARS

From the Washington Star. Kaiser Wilhelm is solicitous about the mental condition of King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, wEo has frequently dropped into tears. possibly if the Kaiser graspeI the situation as clearly as Ferdinand does, he, too, would be weeping.