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The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
ROBBERS FORCE
 NEBRASKA BANK

OMAHA, Sept. 20.-(P (P)-One of the boldcst robbcrieS ever committed in this state was pulled off today when two unmasked bandits entered the Citizen National bank at Rolston, a small place five miles south of here, and holding up the cashier made away with four thousand dollars in cash. At the time the hold-up occurred there was no one in the bank but the cash fer, the robbers selecting time when business was slack and no one liable to be around.
 At the point of the gun, the cashier was forced to give up the key to his cage and he was immediately locked therein The bandits then proceeded to clean out all the available cash. A
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
FIELD KITCHEN
 IN COLLECTION

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 20 P-Visitors to the Smithonian in stitute in the future will have the pleasure of viewing the field kitchen used by former kaiser Wilhelm of |Germany, whenever that bloOdthirsty
 war lord was making tour of the German trenches. This kitchen fol
 along the front during the entire
 war. Upon the signing of the armi-
 stice 1t was taken over by allied troops and has now been presented
 to the institute.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
SENATE PASSES
 BONDING BILLS
PETERSBURG BONDING BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE AND
 SENT TO WILSON,

WASHlNGTON, Sept 20 (P) The senate today passed the Petersburg bonding bill which allows that city tu issue bonds up to a certain sum, the money to be used in making need yd municipal improN ements. The bill '.uS been sent to the President and uill mo doubt be signed at an early date There was no opposition to the passage of the measure.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
GROUNDED TROOP
 SHIP IS SAVED
BEING AGROUND ON ORk- NfN ISLAND ARMY TRANS
 PORT Is FLOATED

LONDON, Sept 2O.-P)-A report was received here today to the effect that a White Star liner enroute from Russia had run aground on the ork- ney islands but later succeeded in getting afloat unassisted.
 The ship is carrying one thousand troops who are on their way home after seeing service in Siberia against the bolsheviki. 1t is under stood that other boats hastened to the aid of the liner immediately after
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
PALMER URGES LENGTHY TRUCE
 OF INDUSTRIES
ATTORNEY GENERAL URGES AN ABSOLj TIE INDUSTRIAL ARMl STICE FOR SIX MONTHS TO PER MT SOLUTION OF ECONOMIC PROBLEMS ARISING FROM WAR

FREEPORT Penn, Sept 20-(P) unrest would cause the increased production which would be sure to bring about an era of easier living and better times declared Attorney General Palmer today in an address delivered here He attributes a great part of the high cost of living to the labOring man who is continually striking for higher wages and there by halting the production of many necessities because he will not work.
 Attorney General Palmer urged, in his speech, an absolute industrial that length of time is necessary to permit q solution of the economic problems which have arisen from the wars changes At the end of that period stated Palmer the laborers might enter into negotiations with their employers regarding increased wages and shorter hours without fear of causing great suffering and priva- ton to nnumerable families turnout the United States. He believes, how eyer, that d six months industrial aEmiStiCe would result in such bet terment of conditions that the work ing element would not care to go speech the attorney general diScoun tcnanced strikes, declaring that they are seldom productive of good
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
SAYS
 TREATY SHOULD
 BE UNRESERVED
OF STATE DECLARES THERE IN NOTHING IN THE TREATY WHICH INVADES AMER ICA'S SOVEREIGNTY: LANSING SPEAKS AT WA TERTOWN

WATERTOWN. N Y, Sept 20 (PN Robert Lansing. Secretary of statr, made il plain that there i> nothing whatever included in the peace treaty which tends in any way to limit the exercise of Americas full soyerlegnty Lansing told the immense audience which gathered to hear him that no clause of the treaty nor part there ,i nNades the sOVercignt} of this re public and those who Nehrmenty de clare that there Is such an invasion either misundrrstand the treaty ur are deliberately misinterprcDing it. He stated that the treay. which includes the covenant of the league of nations. should be ratified without delay and without any changes or reservations being made
 This is the first public statement made by the secretary of state regard ing the peace treaty since the day Bullitt told various senators that LanS- ing had said, The Americans will never vote for the treaty if they know what it contains" In his address her, tdoay, Lansing did not mention Bull its statement but it is generally taken that his sentiments as express ed in the speech is sufficient denial of his having made any such remark .aS is credited to him
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21

more or less accurate description of tn" men has been furnished the police official by the cashier and it is thot " "hablr they will be in custody be fore long
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
WOODS RESIGNS AS EMPLOYMENT
 BUREAU CHIEF
COLONEL ARTHUR E. WOODS RE SIGNS HIS POSITION AS SPECIAL BECAUSE BELIEVES HIS TASK ABOUT COMPLETE

ABOUT COMPLETE.
 WASHINGTON, Sept. 2O.-(P)- That the War department has about completed it's task of placing dis charged soldiers in positions is evi- denced by the resignation of Colonel Arthur E. Woods who, as a special as sistant secretary of war, had complete charge of this branch of the depart ,nent's activities.
 Ever since the signing of the armi- stice the war department has endeav- ored to place every discharged soldier in a position suited to his abilities. The branch of the department is for is being conducted with a view of helping him in every way possible.
 Colonel Woods stated today when interviewed regarding his resignation that he firmly believes the task of his department is about completed and it will not need his personal supervision to finish the few remaining details. The work of placing the discharged soldier in jobs, stated Colonel Woods, has kept pace with the demoboliza- ton of the troops and now practically every emergency man is discharged Colonel Woods was formerly police commissioner of New York
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21

hearing she had run aground but the boat was afloat before they arrived at the scene of the accident
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
LOSS OF SHIP
 IS CONFIRMED
 BY SUB CHASER

STEAMER DURING HURRICANE IS CONFIRMED BY A SUBMA RINE CHASER; VESSEL CAR REED THREE HUNDRED PAS SENGES.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21

KEY WEST, Sept 20-(P) A sub marine chaser, arriving in this port today, confirms the previous report that the Nalbanera, a Spanish pas senger vessel, was totally destroyed during the terrific hurricane which recently ragged in the southern wat CTS. The Nalbanera carried three hundred passengers. the majority of them being from Malaga Spain and was enroute to South America port
 Immediately following the hurri cane, report Was received here that a Spanish vessel with large number of passenger aboard had foundered a short distance from this place but the submarine chaser which arrived today, brings the first authentic news of the sinking. The officers of the naval boat say that there is absolutely no chance of the boat having escaped as they have absolute proof that it sunk during the storm.
The daily Alaska citizen., 1919-09-21
NO SURVIVORS.

KEY WEST, Sept. (P)-The steamer Valbanera, which was lost recently between here and Havana during a heavy storm. carried, be- sides three hundred passengers, a crew of eighty persons. So far, no survivors have been found and it is generally believed that all on board perished
 Rear Admiral Decker, who is now here, stated this evening that he is convinced the vessel which is report ed lost is the Valbanera despite rumors that it may have been an other ship.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Unidentified Dead
Less Than l Per Cent

New York, July 30.-Less than
one-half of one per cent of the Amer
lean soldiers who died on the battle
fields of France were buried uniden-
titled, according - Col. Joseph S.
Heron, of Cincinnati, commander of
the $4,000 troops who inferred the
fallen Americans and who have just
returned from France. The men un-
der Col. Herron's command removed
the dead from the temporary graves
dug for them under fire or at night
on the field where they fell and laid
them TO rest in a large concentration
camp.
The cemetery is surrounded by a
painted fence anG the grass on the
graves is kept green and cared for by
adetachment of soldiers left on duty
as caretakers. The largest grave
yard is a Romagne, where lie $4,000
Americans who died in the Argonne
and Meuse sectors, and the next larg-
est is at Thiaucourt, where 4,300 sol
diers who fought at ST. Mihiel and
Toul are buried.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Medical Relief for
Disabled Veterans

Sioux Falls, July 30.-Medical re-
lief will be given disabled soldiers in
Minnehaha county who are in need of
attention, according to word just re-
ceived by the local home service sec
ton. DR.. Brakken. of st. Paul, who
is in the service of the government,
will be in Sioux Falls in week or
ten days and all service men who
have been wounded or gassed or are
in any way in need of expert medical
advice are urged to make appoint
ments with DR.. Brakken at once
through the secretary of the home
service department.
Proving that no matter how small
and insignificant the task may seem
the Red Cross is always ready to
serve, new activity has been de.
manding attention. Workers in the
harvest fields, in shifting about from
place to place, have come to rely upor
the home service to have their mai
forwarded to them. Another new
feature in the scope of their activity
is setting up the returned soldier and
his war bride in housekeeping.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Train Caught
i'm Sand Drift

Garretson, July 80 Passenger
train No. So on the Great Northern
bound for the twin cities from Yank-
ton, was lost between here and Sioux
Falls for several hours, few nights
ago. The train left Sioux Falls on
time, but upon its failure to arrive
here much apprehension was felt.
Farmers were called by telephone
along the line, but they said that
they had seen nothing of the missing
train. Finally, when the train had
been missing for over three hours
railroad men were sent out from Gar
retson in an effort to locate it, About
fifteen miles from here the train was
located in bank of sand that had
been washed down upon the track by
a heavy storm. The engine had beer
derailed when it struck the sand, bu
did not turn over. No one was in
jured.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Educators to Meet
at Aberdeen

Aberdeen, July 30.--At a special
meeting of the county superintend-
ent of Brown county and 19 other
counties in this part of South Da-
kota, with rural teachers from the
same section of the state, held here,
arrangements were made for a dis
trict meeting of superintendents and
teachers to be held at the Northern
Normal and Industrial school in
Aberdeen the second week in August,
for the purpose of discussing the
most efficient methods of extending
instruction in agriculture to the rural
schools. A number of noted instruc-
tors along agricultural lines will be
present, including Prof. p. G. Hol-
den, now of Illinois; E. H. Noteboom,
state inspector of rural schools;
President w. E. Johnson, of State
College at Brookings, and President
Harry M. Gage, of Huron college.
At least $50 county superinten.
dents and teachers are expected a.
the conference Other conferences
will be held at Sioux Falls and Mitch
ell, and later county meetings viii
be held. One hundred speakers arr
expected to be put to work in The
state and eventually every rura
school district in the state will b'
visited. and interested in the cours'
of instruction proposed
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Cold Electric Light.

Electric lights heat up, and an inven-
tor, William l.. Barnard, comes for
ward-that is to the patent Office
with a scheme for making your elec-
trio lights cold. Heat is cumulative.
You turn your lights en-. They bright
en- Immediately, but 1t takes them a
few minutes to grow warm. This In
veAtor purposes turning off the light
before 1t has had time to develop any
great heat. That is. he provides an in
candescent electric lamp with numer-
GUS filaments, instead of the usual sim
gle one These filaments are connect
ed with a rotary switch which turns
each filament on and off at intervals.
but the periods of luminosity of the
filaments are SO spaced that contin-
uous illumination results In other
words. when one is switched off others
are switched on. so that there is no
discontinuity.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Prehistoric Skull.

The bureau of American ethnology
has made public the discovery Of a
human skull 'in concrete" filled with
hard breccia, which was found on the
coast of Florida.
The skull, collected by Samuel l.
King of Bristol, Tenn, from Demere
Key, off Fort Myers, is believed to be
of prehistoric origin. because, like
other human bones discovered by
scientists, it is so placed in a strata
of earth and pebbles that the age of
the bones can be ascertained geolog-
ically
Other bones mineralized by age
and believed to be from 10000 to
10000 years old have been discovered
in Florida, Peru and California, Civ
ing proof of the existence Of prehis
toric man, as web as the prehistoric
huge beasts; but man, II would
seem, were not so much larger than
those Of today.
Students of these fossil remains be
lieve that some of them were mel
who died during the glacial period
and that since then ting shifting o.
the earth buried them under from x
to $50 feet of gravel which water
partly eroded, which makes it posi-
BILE to estimate that at least thousand
Of years have elapsed since the mai
died.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30

the ten days of the camp. He also
will preach on both Sundays. He is
pastor of the largest negro congre-
cation in the world. He commands
an audience everywhere he goes He
is called by some the "Quayle" of the
negro church.
DR.. ID. A. McBurney, chairman of
the camp meeting, booked him two
years ago in order to get him. Last
year he held a camp meeting in Bos-
ton. He only helps in one camp
meeting each year.
Evangelist Frank T.. Lindgren, of
Chicago, also will be present and
take charge of the morning period
each day, which will be for preachers
and other church leaders on efficient
church methods. He will preach
once each Sunday.
Prof. Horace f. Erwin, from Chi.
cago, a trombonist, will have charge
of the music. Mrs. Erwin will play
the piano.
The camp grounds are two miles
due west of the town of Spirit Lake
on the north end of West Okoboj
lake.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC
POWER PLANT
PETITION CIRCULATING AND Sc
CRET INTRIGUE TO DEFEAT
WILL OF THE PEOPLE

1t was supposed that the second
bond election settled for the good of
the community all controversy be-
tween the advocates of municipality
owned and operated electric light
plant and those favoring the purchase
of current produced at Sioux Falls
Just recently there has developed
a very anomalous situation in regard
to the production OF current. A petit
tion is now being circulated request
ing our citizens, at this late stage OF
the game, when bonds have been
legally voted and sold and arrange
ments are being made to completely
build and equip new plant, to re-
scind all prior action toward munic-
ipal independence and enter a con-
tract with the Northern States Power
company for supplying US with cleo
tricity.
That company first asked Madison
to build its own connecting line and
pay a rate of 51a cents. This the
PEOPLE refused to do. Again the conf
rany came forward with a 3.4-cent
inducement and an iron clad contract
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Villa Followers Raid
Americans Ranch

Ell Paso. Tex, July 30.-Villa fol-
lowers under Ramon Vega Friday,
visited the ranch of Il. p. Fuller, an
American, twelve miles from Villa
Ahumada, and drove off twelve
horses and a number OF cattle. A
small federal garrison was stationed
on the ranch at the time, but made
no effort to pursue the band, accord
ing to report brought to the bor-
der.
An American who arrived from Du-
range city, Durango, reported Fran
cisco Villa with small band of men
operating in northern Durango He
said the federal troops were making
little effort to pursue Villas men in
that state and there were only zoe
LarranZa troops in Durango city, the
capital He said Villas troops were
scattered and no effort was being
made to conduct a campaign, but that
each band was operating indepen'
IDENTIFY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Thirst Kills Fine
Hereford Cattle

Osceola, Neb., July 30.-Sixty head
of thoroughbred Hereford cattle out
of total of eighty in the herd be-
longing to Benda Bros, ten miles
northeast of here, died from lack of
water. The loss is placed at nearly
$4,000.
The herd was kept in a pasture
about mile from the house in the
Platte bluffs A cistern is fed by a
windmill, and serves watering tank
through a pipe controlled by float
valve, SO that when the tank is full
the water is automatically shut off.
1t has been the custom of the
Bendas to visit the pasture at least
two or three times a week to see that
all was we'll with the herd, but they
had been so busy that no visit had
been made for a week. In the mean
time someone had either intention
ally or accidentally broken the float
valve, and when one of the owners
went to look after the stock, they
found twenty animals GeaG, while
forty more died later.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
SHIPPING BOARD URGES
BOYS To GO To SEA
Chairman Hurley Says Hope Of
Merchant Marine is Amer
lean Boy.

Chairman Edward N. Hurley of the
United States shipping board has is
sued an appeal to American boys to
take up seagoing, which Is part of
nationwide movement by the board
to interest the American people in the
manning of the great new merchant
feet which resulted from the war.
Mr.. Hurley points out that the new
ships must be manned by Americans
If they are to remain an asset worthy
of the country's greatness.
"The backbone of the merchant ma
rine is the men who are in it" he
says. "It is as vital to the nations
prosperity that we have efficient Amer
lean crews for the ships of the new
merchant marine as 1t is for the rail-
roads to have skilled and loyal train
crews"
The American boy is the hope of the
merchant marine, according to Mr..
Hurley.
"Our present greatest need" he
says, 'is to get I'm touch with the
American boys who should man our
new ships. I hope that every news
paper in the country will take notice
of it; that every preacher will men
tion 1t from the pulpit; that every city
and town, through its officials, will
make canvass Of the young men of
the community who might be available
for training as merchant mariners,
with view to becoming officers, or
shipping agents, or foreign trade rep
resentatives for American interests
Mr.. Hurley adds that the shipping
board will give its fullest cooperation
to any community wishing to send IL
boys to be trained for the merchant
marine, and requests that communica.
tions on the subject be sent to Henry
Howard, the shipping boards director
of recruiting at Boston, Mass.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Automobile for
Every Nine Persons

Watertown, July 30.--In the per
capita ownership of automobiles the
state of South Dakota is the fourth
from leadership in the United States.
The tabulation shows that the west
leads the nation in per capita own
ership of motor cars, the first nine
states on the list AL being west of
the Mississippi river. The west states
where cars are the most numerous in
proportion to population are Nebras-
ka California, Iowa, South Dakota,
Arizona and Minnesota.
South Dakota has an automobile
for every nine people, enough cars
to take the whole state on JOY ride
at one time by crowding a little.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30

which also received major negative
from our citizens. They are again
proposing the same contract, with the
of a lower rate again, name
ly 2h cents per kilowatt hour, or,
one-half cent cheaper
than we are supposedly able to pro-
duce current for. Why was not the
~ cent rate offered year ago
when our plant burned?
1t is scarcely believable that the
people who voted for municipal
plant are now willing to change their
decision for the difference of one
half cent per kilowatt. 1t is about
time that our people demanded the
city commission carry out their will
as expressed in the last election, or
resign, and do it quickly, without
further waste of time or money, or
consider themselves subject to imme-
diate recall.
1t is a known fact that a secret
meeting was held in a certain busi-
ness office in this city at about IL
u ClOCh MOnudy hiol ElhS oI "hASh
time Commissioner Joseph Henkin
was present, the purpose of the meet
ing being to devise ways and means
for taking on Northern States service.
Think of it, a city commissioner
planning in secret to defeat the
wishes of large body of citizens in
municipal matters.
If referendum is necessary it will
come and along with it recall
What we need is two new members
on the commission, men who care
more for the interests of the city in
which they live than they do for the
advancement of any outside corpora
tion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Appeals to State
Supreme Court

Pierre, July 3O.-The attorney
general is appealing to the supreme
court two decisions of July Is, by
Judge Medin, of the county court in
Minnehaha county.
One relates to the release from the
penitentiary of James F Davis on a
writ of habeas corpus on the ground
that while he was sentenced to term
for breaking Jail, while awaiting
trial, the statute applying to such
cases allows only six months in Jail
as punishment.
The attorney general is appealing
on the ground that the statute per
hitting the shorter sentence was re-
pealed by adoption of the 1919 code
and that if the Medin decision in this
case is held to cover it there is no law
Furnishing Jail breaking while await
ing trial in this state now
The other case is on. request by
Sheriff Wagsness, of Minnehaha
county, for $S0.62 sheriff's fees for
going to Chicago for a prisoner who
consented to return without requisi
tion papers. Commissioners refused
to pay on a demurrer filed by the
states attorney, but Judge Medir
overruled the demurrer.
In appealing, the, attorney genera
holds there is no law to cover fees
in cases outside the state where there
is no requisition.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-07-30
Minnesota Hogs
Perish from Heat

Pipestone, Mimi, July 30.-Chas.
Pease, a farmer residing near Hat
field, lost more than $500 worth of
hogs while he was driving the pork
ers to market Pease was driving
about twenty-five hogs to town from
his farm when twelve of the fattest
and best of the animals were over
come by the heat and fell dead by
the roadside. The farmer drove the
remainder of his herd into the shade
of grove near the road and saved
the other thirteen animals. The hogs
ranged from 400 to 500 pounds each