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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
uNIvERsIrY-sTATE GAME

Interest in the big game next fall
to occur between the University and
State College is aroused by the fol-
lowing Sioux Falls dispatch:
Inability to reach an agreement on
the use OF the football grounds on
East Tenth street threatens to cost
Sioux Falls the great University
State College game which had heen
scheduled for this city on November
%. the Saturday before Thanksgiving
day. according to the Sioux Falls Ar
gus-Leader. The prospect is, there
fore, that this gridiron classic, the
biggest event Of the collegiate foot
ball season in South Dakota, will 60
to n of the other cities that are max
ting strong bids for it, probably to
Sioux City. although WATERFOWL and
Aberdeen also are competitors.
Coach John Stewart, of the State
University. who vas in the city re-
Gently looking into the situation, left
without having reached any definite
conclusion. He was unable to say
just where the contest would be held.
Sioux Falls is the logical place. he
pointed out, and is agreeable to both
schools. but, with Sioux Falls out of
the running the game may be staged
at Sioux City or WATERFOWL.
On agreement between the schools
the classic was assigned to Sioux
Falls when the schedules for the sea-
son were arranged. and it was fixed
FLOR the Saturday prior to Thanksgiv-
ling. in order to assure a large crowd,
incidentally beneitting the merchants
of the city.
The matter of financing the game
Twas put up to the Commercial Club.
but owing to losses which have been
sustained In past ventures OF this
kind, the club felt disinclined to take
the matter up Cost Of bringing the
contest here would he between 1900
and $4,000, it is 4rd. including ad-
vertising and r.n%r necessary Incl.
dentais. 1rwW
Rather than lose the game, the mat
ter was then taken up by a syndicate
of local business men interested in
both schools, who agreed to finance
the event and stand any loss inciden,
Ito bAd weather or . small attendance
These gentlemen appeared before
1.-THE city board Of education At q recen,
meeliig with = request for terrs On
use of t6s Aeld on East Tenth street
l6pt Coach Howard Wood. to whom
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
WE'D AT SIOUX FALLS

On Monday of this week, at the
residence Of the brides uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. E. J. Evans, oe-
CURED the marriage ceremony that
united Miss Frances Case of Brook.
ings, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. F. W.
Case, to Albert c.. Stegeman, formerly
Of Holstein, la. Mr.. and Mrs. Siege
man returned to Brookings Monday
evening and are at the home of the
brides parents. AS Miss Frances
Case. the bride has been the very eff
ficient stenographer in the law Offices
of Hall & Purdy and is a very pop
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07

alone, but armed with a heavy auto
matte, followed and brought back to
the county Jail two prisoners held
there on a burglary charge, thus en-
abhngsher father to take the men to
Mitchell, where they pleaded guilty
and were sentenced to -four and a half
years in states prison. The pair, T.
H. voiles and P. B. Heck, were arrest
ed in Chamberlain, following the burg
larizing of the houses Of two farmers
near that place. Lodged in the Jail,
they made their escape during the alb
sence of the sheriff. Miss Schair, who
is a school teacher, learned of their
absence, and, arming herself, pursued
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07

ular young lady with many friends.
The groom has lately been discharged
from the service of his country, hav-
ing been with the forces overseas in
France. He is a fine young man and
the young couple will make their flu
ture home in Sioux Falls, is the pres
ent expectation. The many friends of
the Case family and Of their daughter
extend to this young couple as they
start out on the voyage of life, the
heartiest congratulations and best
wishes for a prosperous and happy
future.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07

them. Single-handed, at the point Of
her gun, she marched the pair back
to the jail.
Newspaper reports that the pay or
enlisted men will revert after the
present emergency has passed to the
pre-war scale are absolutely incorrect,
according to the recruiting officers.
The appropriation bill for the fiscal
year 1910 provided that the provisions
of the act approved May Is, 1917, in
sofar as it increases the pay of en-
listed men of the army, are continued
in force and effect from and after the
date of approval of the appropriation
act of 1920.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07
8. S.

General impression in Washington
seems to point to a very possible
agreement between the president and
the senate, at some time, on the peace
treaty. II senatorial dignity can be
preserved by the insertion of a few
reservations. 1t will very probably be
done.
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.W. :. s

Congress is now investigating the
high cost OF living. Being all ac-
ouainted with the cost of high living,
they should be able to solve the
problem.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1919-08-07

Hunting bank robbers with revolvers
has proven rather inadequate to cap
Iture. Next time we have a bank rob
berry here, the officers are going after
them with Winchesters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
Our Frenzy OF Imitation.

In this excruciating problem of the
high cost of living consider the hum
BILE potato.
Our national requirement, produc-
ton and consumption of the white
potato will average now in round
numbers a million bushels a day.
Time was-and not so far back
when the potato started from the
farm at thirty cents to half n dollar
a bushel. Transportation-cou
hauling, rail freight, city trucking
and retail delivery-had to be added
then, as they must be added now, to
the consumers cost. The other labor of
handling had to be added. The selling
expense had to be added. The profit
item had to be added. The economic
wastage had to be added. Consider
here only this item of wastage.
The potato dries out In certain pro-
portions; it rots and otherwise spoils.
1t gets sold, but not paid for. 1t gets
destroyed by accident and fire; it gets
lost; II gets stolen.
But the purchaser, or various pur-
chasers-jobber, wholesaler and re-
tailer-must pay the farmers price,
must pay the country hauling charge
to the railroad, must pay the rail
freight, must pay the trucking charge
from the railroad ON all the potatoes
that go bad from whatever cause, as
we'll as on those that stay good, are
sold and get paid for. every penny.
If, in the old days, potatoes, farm
price 80 cents to half q dollars a
bushel, reached the metropolitan re-
taller at 80 to So cents-including ali
transportation charges and all middle
mems profits-then an added charge by
the retailer of about 20 per cent, or
about 10 to II cents, a bushel to cover
mere economic wastage might seem
TO be an extra profit on top of his
selling expense and regular profit still
to be added. But 1t wouldn't be.
For every bushel of potatoes the re-
taller lost through rot, accident, theft,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
Recent Opinions About Tobacco.

The present agitation against to-
bacco gives especial Importance to
recent observations concerning the eff
fects Of smoking.
The anti-tobacco crusade itself is
not new; among other movements of
the kind, one was started a hundred
and fifty years ago when a German
professor wrote q treatise in Latin on
the supposed i'll effects of the plant.
In the sos of the last century, when
the cigarette came into fashion, its
use was violently opposed by smokers
and non-smokers alike Yet some
good judges of the time, like Lord
GoscHEN. predicted that cigarette
smoking after dinner would diminish
the consumption of wine, an opinion
which many others have since held.
That the cigarette Is milder than
pipe or cigar cannot be doubted by
those who have followed the re-
searches Of lehman, BBUNToN and
Russian and italian chemists.
The war has shown the fallacy of
the main argument against tobacco,
that 1t Is this plant and no other
which is at fault In Holland and
Germany, where the scarcity of gen.
uine tobacco has been most marked,
the substitutes used have had worse
effects than the pure leaf, and the
absence of tobacco has not put an end
to mans taste for smoking.
The war has, however, increased
both the taste for and the amount of
smoking. A London Journal, the Hos
pitdl, In recent issue complains that
English women, and particularly Eng
lish nurses, have become very largely
devoted to the enjoyment of smoking,
and it deplores the custom among
women, while leaving the question of
smoking among men to the readers
judgment. This is fair specimen
Of present opinions regarding the use
Of tobacco.
The use Of cigarettes has increased
enormously among soldiers. 1t has
been observed that aviators smoke
cigarettes excessively. Probably the
most valid objection to tobacco is
based upon observations of the effects
They appear to be both good and bad,
according to the temperament of the
smoker. In an impartial and well
reasoned book, just published, The
Medical and Surgical Aspects of Avi-
ation," there is no evidence that the
moderate use Of the cigarette should
be avoided except by the peculiarly
susceptible, and there is much evil
dence that the cigarette has been of
great assistance In soothing the
nerves after a flight.
The anti-tobacco theorists have al
ways made the cigarette the main OBJ
| ject Of their attack, although the evil
dence shows that it Is not the to-
bacco which Is the injurious element,
but the abuse of the form of smoking.
1t Is this abuse that has led to
nerves." as has just been pointed
out by European surgeons. As this
Is the most serious objection to smok-
ing, 1t seems best 10 note the fact, and
advise caution, not prohibition, which
is not a cure.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
B. r. T. OFFICIALS
GET MEMS DEMANDS
Say They Will Require Con
siderable Study"

Frederick p. Royce. general manager,
and George d. Yeomans, chief counsel,
representing the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company. passed three hours in confer
ence yesterday with the comu.;'ce Of
the unionized employees OF the system.
The committee was headed by Chairman
Edward Smith. p. J. Shea OF the execu-
tive committee of the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION. accompanied the committee,
The committee presented the demands
the resulted In the recent strike They
consisted of new wage scale and better
working conditions. Mr.. Royce and Mr..
Yeomans simply listened TO the demands
and entered into no discussion as to their
merits. At the close OF the conference
they said they would consider the re-
quests made by the committee and when
they have fully digestsd them and are
ready to mako an answer they will notify
ready to make an answer they will
Mr.. Shea. the union leader. announced
that he was well satisfied with the
course of the proceedings Mr.. Royce,
for tho company, said the demands of
the men would require considerable
study. The only question definitely de-
cided yesterday was that OF the reinstate-
ment OF employees alleged by the union
TO have been discharged for their union
activities, 1t was agreed to refer this
to third party for individual consider
alton OF each case,
A meeting OF the general body OF the
union will be held Friday evening in
saengerbund Hall. Schermerhorn and
Smith streets. The committee will re-
port
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
PRIMARY TICKETS
ARE NOW MADE UP
Primary Ballots Completed
When Time for Filling Va
cancies Expired.
La GUARDIA HEADS. LIST
Republicans Substitute G. H,
Hayes as Candidate for Mu-
nicipal Court.

Complete primary tickets were made
UP last night at midnight when the time
for filling vacancies expired. The proofs
OF the ballot will be corrected this MORN
ing and sent to press during the day II
no court orders intervene.
The drawings for place on the ballots
were made In the course of the day.
Representative II. H. La Guardia won
first place in the Republican contest for
the nomination for President OF the
Board of Aldermen. William NJ Ben
nett will have to be content with second
Ilace.
Reuben L. Haskell. Representative
from the Tenth district in Kings, who Is
running against the two organization
designations for County Court there, VIII
be third on the ballot
Charles II. Hayes was substituted as
the candidate for one on tie nomina-
tions for the Municipal Court in the
Third Manhattan district by the Repub-
lican organization. He takes the place
Of Anthony p. Ludden.
The Democrats filed the name of John
N Knoesel as the designee for the NOM
nation for the Board Of Aldermen In
the Eighteenth Manhattan district he
takes the place Of Alderman Edward V.
Gilmore, who died recently. Mr.. Knoe-
sci. who Is a coffee merchant, lives at
400 East Eighty ninth street. He 10 the
founder of the Nut Club, which is a
we'll known social organization In the
Yorkville section.
In Kings county the name Of Warren
I. Lee was substituted as the Republican
designee for the nomination to the AS
sembly in the Twenty-first district He
takes the place Of Wilfred Earl Y6uker
who announced he could not afford TO
go back othe Assembly. Mr.. Lee has
previously served Ave terms. He has
been a Deputy State Comptroller and
Assistant District Attorney in Kings
county and an assistant counsel to The
Public Service Commission.
Charles A. Grtff1ths, one OF the four
men who filed petitions for the one
nomination for the Municipal Court In
the Fifth district. has withdrawn. Those
left in the field are Alexander U. Zinke
and Abram Ellenbogen, both OF whom
have the good wishes of the organiza-
ton in their rivalry. and Mark Ellison.
Justice Cropsey in the Brooklyn Su-
preme Court denied the application OF
Reuben L. Gledhill for a writ Of manda-
mus to compel the Board Of Elections to
accept his petition to enter the primaries
for the Republican nomination for the
Board of Aldermen in the Sixth Assem-
bly, District
Kenneth F. Sutherland failed to get
mandapus to compel the Board OF
Elections to place his name on the
primary ballot for member Of the Demo
cratic State Committee fro the Sixteenth
Assembly District in Kings The court
held that elections for members Of the
State committee would not take place
until the April primaries and in the
meantime the State committee itself
would All the vacancy caused by the
death of John ]. Ryan.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
FAIR PRICES.
Eleven Cent Sugar Surprises q Citizen
Of PENNSYLVANIA.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Str; IL
was indeed gratifying to note that at
last your vigorous campaign to reduce
the high cost of living Is producing sub
stantial results, for In glancing over the
headlines of one of your contemporaries
this morning i noticed on the front page
q headline in bold black type-the larg-
est on the sheet-that read as follows:
Government Begins Food Seizures ;
Fair Sugar Price Set at IL Cents" &c.
1 always did feel that the present Adj
ministration looks at all important ques-
lions upside down and that Woodrow
Wilson is standing on his head most of
the time. but now am convinced beyond
the shadow of doubt, for how else
could 1t be IL they think they're reducing
the cost OF living by fixing fair" price
on sugar of IL cents a pound when
we've been buying It in Bethlehem right
along at 10 cents a pound? I suppose
tomorrow when Bethlehemites go to
market they will find the price has gone
up to IL cents a pound.
A BETHLEHEMITK.
BETHLEHEM, Pa, August 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
For a Lodge.Knox Settlement.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-sir: The
effort to stampede the Senate into vot-
ing for the treaty and the League of
Nations without change by saying that
unless that course is pursued both the
treaty and the league will fail, as far as
this country Is concerned, suggests the
inquiry: What is there in the treaty
itself that is Of any value TO the United
States? Senator Moses In his recent
speech in the Senate pointed out very
clearly that the treaty, aside from the
League. attempts to put onerous bur
dens on the United States that will en-
tangle us in the affairs of Europe for
generation at least. II. therefore,
both the treaty and the League should
fail, as between this country and Ger
many, It is not likely that Senators
Lodge and Knox would have much diff
Guilty In negotiating a less burdensome
settlement in Berlin. A. NJ.
NEWARK. y. J.. August 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
CALL FOR A HALF CENT.
Would New Coin Be Of Help in
keeping Prices Down?

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun Sir: II
during recent years. say ten. cost in
creases of one-half cent each were
made TO the retailer of an article,
presumably each time he advanced his
selling price. There being no circu-
lating half cent piece he had to ad-
vance his price a full cent 80 that
though the article now costs him five
cents more. the customer has to pay
ten cents more for it.
Undoubtedly there have been and arc
innumerable INSTANCES of the above and
considering the millions Of daily retail
sales, one clearly sees how the absence
of a half cent piece materially In
creases the cost of living.
The retailers customer because OF
this increase is forced to demand In
creased pay for his labor. The increa sed
cost of his labor at once increases the
cost Of the article he produces in part
or whole, so once again the retailer has
to pay more for It, and so must his
customer later on.
As the Government is trying 10 re-
duce the cost of living, why should Il
not issue half cent pieces as an aid
thereto? The half cent coin was never
more necessary than at present.
ApoLPH OPPENHEIMER.
New YORK. August 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
WELL BEHAVED FANS.
New York Sets an Example Which
Cincinnati Should Heed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: TAX
ing into consideration the rather severe
treatment accorded the New York Giants
or their recent visit to Cincinnati to
combat the Redlegs for the leading posi-
ton in the National League and the
fact that individual players were sin
glcd out by the Cincinnati rooters as
the butts for personal abuse. and that
the team collectively had to be pro-
tected by the police as II left the field,
local baseball devotees acquitted them
felves credtably at all the games
OF the double headers at the Polo
Grounds between the Giants and the
Clnclnnatis. I'm fact, the tradition that
the New York baseball public is the
NEST nearly non-partlsan and the fair
es. of any on either the National or the
American circuits has been upheld.
Losing two games in one afternoon
to the leading team in the league is
enough to test the mettle Of the most
conservative fan, but, despite this set
back and in the face of impending de-
feat, local partisans did not indulge in
more than the ordinary amount of root
ing against the opposition. True, one
hoodlum did go beyond the bounds of
prorriety by hurting pop bottle at the
Cincinnati players bench, but the cool
headed spectators in his vicinity prompt
ly squelched him. And they would have
had him elected from the grounds if
ne had persisted in his manner of show
ing his dislike for the Redlegs
What a different method the local
partisans adopted in their enthusiasm
from that of the Cincinnati rooters +!
They did not indulge in personal abuse,
nor was it necessary to have the Gin
cinnatl team escorted from the field
after it had captured both games AS
a matter of fact, during the second game
local devotees were quick to applaud
tho good plays Of the visiting team. The
climax was reached when after Magee
Lad singled and scored the two runs that
won the second game for the visitors the
fans in the left field bleachers accorded
the veteran Magee the glad hand when
he came out at the end of the inning
to resume fielding. Compare this treat
n'ent with that received by the Giants in
Cincinnati. FAN.
New YORK, August 1s.
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Paradise Regalned?

Senator SIMMONS has assured a
distracted farmer, who asked if he
could make cider without fear that
before him yawned the penitentiary
and behind him stalked revenue
agent, that cider, according to the
Attorney General, "is not prohibited
by the prohibition law" not being a
distilled. vlnous or malt beverage.
1t was of Mother EVE that the
poet sang:
Grapes, they say. hung round her
in plenty;
Other fruit q hundred and twenty.
But she, I've heard.
An apple preferred.
A juicy one, EVE ate the first
Unless tradition belied her
And as 1t slaked the lady's thirst
She cried, What a good thing is
cider?"
If Senator SIMMONS has correctly
quoted the Attorney General and Mr..
PALMER is as set in his opinions as a
Quaker Is said to be there is boom
coming In apple orchard property such
as will delight the unregenerate vets
seeking to regain a paradise lost and
dismay the drys fearing the loss Of a
paradise gained.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20
PRE-NUPTIAL SHARE
EXEMPT. FROM TAX
Ruling Made in DiUision of
Estate With WIDOW.

Surrogate Cohalan handed down a de-
cision yesterday which settles a point OF
law affecting the imposition of the State
transfer tax upon that portion Of an
estate disposed OF In a pre-nuptial agree
ment. He upheld the appraiser In the
exemption from tax of that portion OF
the estate of Edmond Schmoll, million
aire importer and dealer In furs and
hides who died in December. 1917 in so
far as It relates to the share received
by the widow. Mrs. Emma Schmoll OF
the shares received by Armand Robert
and Therese Schmoll, chi''en OF the
decedent.
Prior to Schmolls marriage in Switz-
erland IN November, 1891 he made an
agreement that in the event OF his DEATH
his wife was to receive two-thirds of his
estate and the children OF their marriage
the other one-third. He made a will.
however. disposing OF his property one
half to his widow and the remainder to
be divided between his three children
The pre-nuptial agreement was upheld
by the court and she received the bulk
OF the s1,S09,264 estate.
In fixing the transfer tax. the widows
share was exempted by reason OF the
pre-nuptial agreement and the children,
through the executors thought that their
share also should not be taxed. This
was taken before Surrogate Cohalan,
who refused to set aside the appraisers
ruling. saying
THE transfer OF the property to dece-
dents children under the terms OF the
agreement is entirely donative in its
character; 1t is a gift to theim by their
parents, and as the gift was not in
tended to take effect until after the
death OF the decedent It comes within
the classification OF taxable transfers
The order fixing the same is affirmed"
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STEEL WORKERS RIOT,
SCORE ARE INJURED
Strike Breakers Are Dragged
From Cars in Butler, Pa.

BUTLER, Pa. Aug. IGNORE than
score OF persons were injured, several
seriously. in a riot to-day between strik-
ers of the Standard Steel Car Company
plant and non-union employees two n,ies
from the plant. \ troop OF State police,
which has been guarding the works, was
rushed to the scene.
The trouble started when interurban
cars hearing non-union employees 10
work at the plant were tagged en- route
to the plant. When the cars stopped
between forty and fifty strikers jumped
from behind nearby buildings, dragged
the workers from the cars and beat
them. Other passengers on the cars
were held at bay by strikers pickets.
who were armed with clubs and stones
Upon arrival of the State pole" the
strikers fed from the scene. Arrest Of
strike leaders Is expected.
The strike has been In effect two
weeks. More than 1000 men are out
There were no signs of settlement To-
day.